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HISTORY 
 
 ap 
 
 BOOTHBAY, SOUTHPORT 
 
 AND 
 
 BooTHBAY Harbor 
 
 Maine. 
 
 1623 - 190?. 
 
 WITH 
 
 Family Genealogies 
 
 BY 
 
 FRANCIS B. GREENE, 
 
 Member of the Maine Historical Society, the Maine Genealogical Society 
 and the New England Historic Genealogical Society. 
 
 ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS, CUTS AND PORTRAITS. 
 
 "A people which takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote 
 ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride 
 by remjjte descendants." — Macaulay. 
 
 PORTLAND : 
 
 LoRiNG, Short & Harmon, 
 
 1906. 
 
 
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 Copyright 1906 
 By Francis B. Greene, Boothbay Harbor, Me. 
 
 The Lakeside Press Co., Portland, Maine, 
 Engravers, Printers and Binders. 
 
 
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TO THE MEMORY 
 
 OF 
 
 William Kenniston, 
 
 whose acquaintance I enjoyed for five years, and who, by his 
 remarkable memory, keen wit and sentiment, ready fund of 
 reminiscence and anecdote, and pleasing conversational quali- 
 ties, first interested me in 
 
 The Story or Boothbay ; 
 
 and a man who deserved a kinder fate than that to which he 
 fell a victim, I dedicate this volume. 
 
 The Author. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 From time immemorial it has been the custom of authors, 
 when the volume was completed, to write an apology for its 
 infliction upon the public and place it at the beginning of the 
 book, calling it the preface. I submit to the custom to a cer- 
 tain extent, but not in an apologetic sense. If such a work as 
 this is correct and trustworthy no apology is needed for its 
 presence. It simply collects, compiles and preserves in print 
 the essence of a town's past records and the relationship of its 
 families. It is a plodding task for any one to undertake, par- 
 ticularly the genealogical work. It is compiling rather than 
 composing. It does not require a high order of ability to 
 perform the kind of work necessary, but it does require labor, 
 patience and system. In unraveling some of the knotty prob- 
 lems the keen scent of a detective and the accuracy of an ac- 
 countant, combined, would be desirable qualifications. Some 
 experience in the every-day affairs of a municipality and a 
 knowledge of how town records are produced are matters of 
 inestimable value. 
 
 When I settled in Boothbay, in 1886, I had collected a 
 small library on local Maine history. My traveling occupation 
 had given, and continued to do so, some opportunities in this 
 direction. My interest as well as my library on this subject 
 has increased from year to year. In 1887 and 1888 I contrib- 
 uted several articles to the Lewiston Journal upon the early 
 history of Lincoln County. At that time I first learned some- 
 thing of how important a part was played upon these shores in 
 the early history of the District of Maine. At the same time 
 I noted how fast the sources of information were fading and 
 fleeting from us by the loss or defacement of both public and 
 private records and the decease of aged persons in the com- 
 munity. 
 
 The first year and a half in town I lived at Boothbay 
 Center, in a part of the residence of "William Kenniston. He 
 was a man of rare conversational powers and had a very reten- 
 tive memory. Scarcely a day passed, when associated with him, 
 but he would recall some of the early occurences of his life, or 
 repeat some of the traditions of the locality. The humorous or 
 ridiculous side of an occurrence always appealed to him strong- 
 
IV PREFACE. 
 
 est, but, like all bright men, he had a serious and pathetic side 
 to his nature. I became at once interested in the story of the 
 town and began the collection of data. 
 
 In the fall of 1888 it fell to my lot to do considerable 
 work on the town records, as a member of the petitioner's 
 committee on the town division case. I then noted the fact 
 that, though in worn and tattered condition, they contained 
 the basis for a history of the town and a genealogy of many of 
 its old families. 
 
 The collection of material has continued since, as time 
 could be spared from business matters, until, in 1902, 1 an- 
 nounced through the columns of the Boothbay Register that I 
 had concluded to prepare a history of the three towns wliich 
 originally constituted the old one of Boothbay, as incorporated 
 in 1764. At the same time a general invitation was extended 
 to interested persons for assistance in the matter of old private 
 records and documents, or any other information, to supple- 
 ment what I then possessed. This announcement was gener- 
 ously responded to by citizens as well as those descended from 
 our older families but now living elsewhere. Another source 
 of assistance, springing from a general interest in the subject, 
 as well as a fraternal feeling, came from the members of the 
 Maine Historical Society. 
 
 Following this, at my request, each town voted to permit 
 its clerk, at his discretion, to allow me the use of such records 
 as I might want in the prosecution of the work, to be taken to 
 my own home. This has been of great value and convenience 
 to me. In 1904, at the annual meetings, each town voted to 
 contract with me for a certain number of copies of the work ; 
 Boothbay and Boothbay Harbor taking 400 copies each and 
 Southport 100 copies. These votes were nearly unanimous in 
 each town. 
 
 As one might reasonably expect among any population, 
 on any subject presented for consideration, there has been some 
 indifference, but I have noted no real hostility. The object of 
 the work simply has not appealed to some people as it has 
 to others. When this view of humanics is taken it can easily 
 be explained. Tastes differ and human inclinations are unlike. 
 Authors of other town histories have complained that the 
 adverse criticisms upon their work came almost entirely from 
 persons who had assumed an indifferent attitude and rendered 
 no assistance while it was progressing. I trust I may be saved 
 these unpleasant experiences by requesting those who have not 
 responded to repeated invitations to lend a helping hand in this 
 work to be as inactive in criticism as they have been in assist- 
 ance. 
 
PEErAOE. tr 
 
 The sources of information from which I have drawn most 
 largely, outside of local public and private records, are the col- 
 lections of the Maine Historical Society, the York Deeds, the 
 Massachusetts Archives, the Lincoln County Records, "William- 
 son's History of Maine, Johnson's History of Bristol, Cush- 
 man's History of Sheepscot, Sewall's Ancient Dominions of 
 Maine and other kindred works throughout Maine and Mass- 
 achusetts. 
 
 I feel that public acknowledgments are due, for assist- 
 ance rendered, to the following persons : Hon. William M. 
 Olin, Secretary of State, Massachusetts ; the late Hon. Leonard 
 D. Carver, State Librarian, Augusta ; Fred V. Matthews, 
 Esq., Portland, for the result of his research relating to North 
 Boothbay families ; Mr. Emerson Rice, Hyde Park, Mass., for 
 Boothbay references collected and indexed from the State 
 Archives ; to the clerks of the towns, Alpheus Dodge, Booth- 
 bay, Everett E. Pinkham, Southport, and Willard T. Marr, 
 Boothbay Harbor, for aid and courtesies extended in the use 
 of records over which they are custodians ; for general infor- 
 niation, covering family, church and military matters, to 
 Messrs. John E. Kelley, John K. Corey and Albert R. 
 Matthews, North Boothbay ; Granville J. Seavey, John R. 
 McDougall and W. Irving Adams, East Boothbay ; Warren 
 L. Dolloff, George B. Kenniston and William M. Smith, 
 Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 On the subject of the fishery interest, which has been so 
 long an important and leading industry in our town, I have 
 been generously furnished many facts by Hon. Luther Mad- 
 docks, whose business connection with it has extended over a 
 long and eventful period. In the town of Southport I have 
 been ably assisted by two lifelong residents of that island, 
 Messrs. Freeman Grover and William T. Maddocks, their in- 
 formation being general upon past events and present interests, 
 as well as upon family history. Charles J. Marr, Boothbay 
 Harbor, has also rendered valuable aid on Southport matters. 
 
 A most valuable aid has been received from an element in 
 our population, relating to former customs in living and con- 
 ducting business, as well as bearing upon the early families, 
 who from their years and residence among us make them be- 
 long to the community in general rather than within the limits 
 of either town, and a group of persons who are still enjoying 
 to an unusual degree, health, strength and a clear, undimmed 
 remembrance to a time when the entire locality was held fast 
 to primitive conditions. These, with date of birth, are : 
 Messrs. Paul Giles (1814), Thomas Orne (1814), Joseph 
 McKown (1820), John Farnham (1824), Eliphalet Holbrook 
 
VI PREFACE. 
 
 (1824), John M. Hodgdon (1824) and Mrs. Cordelia Welch 
 (1829). It may bo said in this connection that from the first 
 the columns of the Boothbay Register have been generously- 
 opened to my use by its proprietor, Mr. Charles E. Kendrick. 
 Valuable information bearing upon the early Scotch families 
 was furnished by Mrs. Catherine Graupner Stone, Berkeley, 
 California. 
 
 That errors have crept in is practically certain. A work 
 of so much detail and containing so many dates makes this 
 well-nigh impossible to avoid. These are more likely to occur 
 in the genealogical department than elsewhere. Many errors 
 occur in the town records, and many of the ones I have detected 
 have been corrected by substituting private ones. This I have 
 done when the private ones presented a regular appearance. 
 It has also been done when inscriptions in cemeteries differed 
 from the town record. To the reader who knows how little 
 was enforced in former times by statute upon the medical 
 profession as to the return to town clerks of vital occurences 
 this course must appear proper. 
 
 A valuable feature of this volume is the presentation of the 
 four maps which are redrafted from a publication of 1857, 
 from a survey of the previous year. This affords a retrospect 
 of just half a century. The work of redrafting was performed 
 by Mr. Carl K. Holton, Boothbay Harbor, and presented to 
 the author. 
 
 Now that the labor and effort in producing this volume 
 have closed and it goes forth in printed form, if it meets the 
 approbation of those for whom it was written — those who live 
 in or feel an interest in this old territory — I shall feel satisfied. 
 
 Francis B. Greene. 
 
 Boothbay Harbor, Me., Dec, 1905. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 
 
 Page 
 
 I. 
 
 Physical and Descriptive Historj', 
 
 9 
 
 II. 
 
 Aboriginal Inhabitants, 
 
 35 
 
 m. 
 
 Early Voyages and Explorations, 
 
 44 
 
 IV. 
 
 Early Settlements, 
 
 57 
 
 V. 
 
 Growth and Government o£ the First Settlement, 67 
 
 VI. 
 
 The Indian Wars, 
 
 84 
 
 vn. 
 
 The Interim: 1689 1729, 
 
 98 
 
 vm. 
 
 The Dunbar Settlement, 
 
 109 
 
 IX. 
 
 1733 to 1764, 
 
 125 
 
 X. 
 
 Municipal History of Boothbay, 
 
 132 
 
 XI. 
 
 Land Claims and Claimants, 
 
 164 
 
 XII. 
 
 Ecclesiastical History, 
 
 175 
 
 XIII. 
 
 Boothbay in the Eevolution, 
 
 213 
 
 XIV. 
 
 Boothbay in the War of 1812, 
 
 247 
 
 XV. 
 
 Boothbay Publishments of Intentions of Mar- 
 
 
 
 riage, 1766—1820, 
 
 262 
 
 XVI. 
 
 Official Lists and Tables, 
 
 279 
 
 XVII. 
 
 Municipal History of Southport, 
 
 310 
 
 xvni. 
 
 Division of Boothbay, 
 
 316 
 
 XIX. 
 
 Mills, Shipbuilding, Stores and Hotels, 
 
 332 
 
 XX. 
 
 Fraternal Societies and Associations, 
 
 353 
 
 XXI. 
 
 The Fisheries, 
 
 358 
 
 xxn. 
 
 Casualties, 
 
 378 
 
 XXIII. 
 
 Schools, 
 
 395 
 
 XXIV. 
 
 Summer Resorts and Carrying Companies, 
 
 411 
 
 XXV. 
 
 The Civil War, 
 
 424 
 
 XXVI. 
 
 Monographs and Incidents, 
 
 439 
 
 Genealogical, 
 
 462 
 
CUTS, MAPS AND PORTRAITS. 
 
 Francis B. Greene, 
 
 Boothbay in 1856, 
 
 Cape Newagen, 
 
 Boothbay Harbor in 1856, 
 
 The Oak Grove House, 
 
 Hodgdon's Mills in 1856, 
 
 Boothbay Harbor from Pisgah 
 
 Boothbay Harbor from McKown's Hill, 
 
 Southport in 1856, 
 
 Edward E. Race, 
 
 Rev. John Murray, 
 
 Boothbay Center, 
 
 George B. Kenniston, 
 
 Charles B. Fisher, 
 
 Capt. George Reed, 
 
 The McKown Fishing Stand, 
 
 A Southport Flake Yard, 
 
 Charles J. Marr, 
 
 Joseph Ross Kenniston, 
 
 Squirrel Inn, 
 
 Alonzo R. Nickerson, 
 
 Luther Maddocks, 
 
 William Kenniston, 
 
 Freeman Grover, 
 
 Bayville Plan, 
 
 McCobb and Leishman Houses, 
 
 Benjamin Blair, 
 
 East Boothbay, 
 
 Mrs. Mary A. Auld, 
 
 Nathan S. Baker, 
 
 James T. Beath, 
 
 Capt. John Auld, 
 
 Capt. William Carlisle, 
 
 Joseph Maddocks, ' 
 
 Marshal Smith, 
 
 Townsend Block,' 
 
 The U. S. Fish Hatchery, 
 
 Steamboat Route Map, 
 
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HISTOEY OE BOOTHBAY, 
 SOUTHPORT AND BOOTHBAY HAEBOR. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 Physical and Dbsceiptive History. 
 
 THIS history is specially devoted to that territory which 
 constituted the original town of Boothbay, from which 
 Southport and Boothbay Harbor have since been sepa- 
 rated. Though municipally divided into three towns, its 
 geographical formation is such that it must always continue 
 closely related in business and social intercourse. Boothbay 
 and Boothbay Harbor, together, include the greater part of 
 that peninsula formed by the Sheepscot and Damariscotta 
 Rivers, and take to themselves all the water front and coast 
 harbors which are therewith connected. Sheepscot River, 
 which rises about sixty-five miles back from the coast, broad- 
 ens into a beautiful bay and harbor at Wiscasset. From that 
 point to the sea is about fifteen miles. The excellence and 
 unusual advantages of the Sheepscot waters, to the point 
 where Wiscasset Village is located, have always been recog- 
 nized, and brought that town into prominent consideration in 
 the early twenties as a location for the State capital. At the 
 very point of reaching Boothbay territory, namely. Cross 
 River, the Sheepscot more than doubles its width, and gradu- 
 ally broadens until that point on Southport, known as Hen- 
 drick's Head, is reached, when it opens to the sea. On the 
 west and southwest of the main this bay is studded with many 
 islands, the largest of which is Southport, now an incorporated 
 town, bridged to Boothbay Harbor. The other principal 
 islands on that side of the main, included in Sheepscot waters, 
 are Barter's, Sawyer's, Isle of Springs, Indiantown and Hodg- 
 don's Islands. 
 
10 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Draining a territory of similar extent and parallel, easterly, 
 with the Sheepscot River is Jefferson Lake and its principal 
 inlets. This lake is about ten miles in length, though com- 
 paratively narrow, with its outlet the " Damariscotta Fresh 
 Falls," which is the water power at Damariscotta Mills, but 
 always thus designated in early history. Southerly, two 
 miles, the "Damariscotta Salt Falls," also an early designation, 
 is reached. From this point, that of Damariscotta Village, the 
 river is navigable for shipping. When the Boothbay line is 
 reached, as is the case opposite in the Sheepscot, the Damaris- 
 cotta fully doubles its width by means of Wadsworth, Burn- 
 ham and Pleasant Coves. Farther to the south are narrows on 
 either side of Fort Island. Opposite East Boothbay Village 
 the width becomes that of a capacious harbor, and well pro- 
 tected from the sea. Just southerly from this point the river 
 opens to the ocean. The harborage of the entire locality 
 shows a wonderful provision of Nature. Four large harbors, 
 of acknowledged excellence, either of which situated at a dis- 
 tance from the others would be highly appreciated, indent the 
 shores, and are known as Boothbay Harbor, Linekin Bay, 
 East Boothbay and Ebenecook. All possess suitable depth, 
 have good holding grounds and are practically free from shoals 
 and ledges. The boundaries of this territory are natural, 
 excepting the line between Boothbay and Edgecomb. By the 
 trend of the bay at Oven's Mouth to the eastward and the 
 similar opposite formation of the Damariscotta to the west- 
 ward, the line runs across almost the narrowest part of the 
 town from west to east. This distance is about two and 
 three-eighths miles. 
 
 An abstract from the charter, covering this feature, follows : 
 
 " Beginning at the most Northerly part of a Bay called the 
 Oven's Mouth, and from thence to run an East South East 
 Course to Damariscotta River; thence Southerly down said 
 River to the Sea or Western Ocean, then to run Westerly on 
 tlie Sea Coast as the Coast lies to the Mouth of Sheepscot 
 River, then to run Northerly up Sheepscot River between 
 Jeremy Squam Island and Barter's Island to the Cross River 
 at the head of said Barter's Island and from thence over the 
 Water to the most Northerly part of the Oven's Mouth afore- 
 said with all the islands in Damariscotta River below or to the 
 
PHYSICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE. 
 
 
 Southward of the first described line, and also All the Islands 
 lying within Six Miles from the Main Land to the South, 
 between the aforementioned Rivers of Sheepscot and Damaris- 
 cotta, be and hereby is erected into a town by name of Booth- 
 bay and the Inhabitants thereof shall have and enjoy all such 
 Immunities and Privileges as other Towns in the Province 
 have and do by law enjoy." 
 
 The greatest width on the mainland of the original town 
 was attained by measuring due east and west from Farnham's 
 Head, just south from East Boothbay Village, to the western- 
 most point near the summer residence of Dr. Edgar D. Moffatt. 
 This distance is four and five-eighths miles. A width taken 
 through Boothbay Center is but three and three-fourths miles ; 
 while a measurement taken from a point opposite Tibbetts 
 Island, in Back River, to the Damariscotta lacks but one-fourth 
 mile from the widest point given. From where the stage road 
 crosses the Edgecomb line to Spruce Point is eight miles ; 
 from the same place to Ocean Point is nine miles. From 
 McFarland's old stand, now Sawyer's, to Carlisle's Point on 
 the Damariscotta is six miles ; while from McFarland's to the 
 Edgecomb line is six and five-eighths miles. 
 
 The latitude, taken at Boothbay Center, is 43° 52' 33" 
 north, and the longitude west of Greenwich is 69° 38' 22". 
 From the United States Coast Survey Charts the following 
 distances are found in statute miles : 
 
 Boothbay Harbor to Bath, via Five Islands and Squirrel, 
 
 ,1 U 1< 1. 11 11 11 
 
 2oX 
 
 TT 
 
 
 " " most direct route. 
 
 17 
 
 " 
 
 " " " usual route. 
 
 i5>^ 
 
 (1 
 
 " " Wiscasset, 
 
 15H 
 
 " 
 
 " " Squirrel Island, 
 
 2H 
 
 " 
 
 " " Ocean Point, 
 
 3)4 
 
 Squirrel 
 
 Island to Ocean Point, 
 
 2 
 
 " 
 
 
 ' " Murray Hill, 
 
 AYz 
 
 " 
 
 
 " Ram Island Light, 
 
 2>^ 
 
 11 
 
 
 " Damariscove Harbor, 
 
 5 
 
 " 
 
 
 ' " East Boothbay, 
 
 7 
 
 " 
 
 
 ' " Cape Newagen, 
 
 3 
 
 " 
 
 
 " FortPopham, 
 
 loX 
 
 " 
 
 
 ' " Seguin Light, 
 
 10 
 
 " 
 
 
 ' " Monhegan, 
 
 17 
 
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 ' " Damariscotta, 
 
 20%. 
 
 A( 
 
 
 " Bath, 
 
 16^ 
 
HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Mouse Island 
 Southport 
 Isle of Springs 
 Sawyer's Island 
 Goose Rock 
 Riggsville 
 Westport Junction 
 Westport 
 Upper Hell Gate 
 Arrowsic Bridge 
 
 to Bath, 
 
 83/ 
 
 7 
 
 5 
 
 2>^ 
 
 y<^ 
 
 The coast of this territory is included in the First District 
 of the United States Lighthouse Establishment on the Atlantic 
 and Gulf Coasts. The Post Roads Survey, made by the Gov- 
 ernment in 1812, from Washington, D. C, to various parts 
 of the country, gives the following distances in miles and 
 hundredths : 
 
 Boston to Washington, 
 
 
 
 440 
 
 " New York 
 
 
 
 
 231 
 
 " " Philadelphia, 
 
 
 
 323 
 
 " Providence 
 
 J 
 
 
 
 42 
 
 Eastern Route to Eastport. 
 
 
 Boston, Old State House, to Salem, 
 
 
 
 14-37 
 
 it (1 11 
 
 ' " Ipswich, 
 
 
 
 28.18 
 
 (C <* (( 
 
 ' " Newburyport, 
 
 
 
 39-07 
 
 .< 
 
 ' " Portsmouth, 
 " York, 
 " Portland, 
 
 
 
 64.26 
 
 73-32 
 118.05 
 
 < t (( (( 
 
 ' " Brunswick, 
 
 " Bath, 
 ' " Wiscasset, 
 ' " Thomaston, 
 
 
 
 145-36 
 152.68 
 167.19 
 203.45 
 
 
 
 " Belfast, 
 " Ellsworth, 
 
 
 
 232.86 
 282.59 
 
 (( (( (( 
 
 " Eastport, 
 
 
 
 397-36 
 
 Other points upon th 
 
 e old post line may 
 
 be calculated from 
 
 the ones given. A 
 
 traveler by land 
 
 could not 
 
 shorten the 
 
 distance as above given. 
 
 Names of Local and General Application. 
 
 1. Adams Pond. — Situated wholly in Boothbay ; about 
 three-fourths of a mile in length by one-fourth in breadth ; has 
 a good depth of water ; is fed by springs ; furnishes a good 
 mill privilege at its outlet, now owned and occupied by Dodge 
 
PHYSICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE. 13 
 
 & Giles with a sawmill. This stream empties into the easterly 
 body of water known as Back River, near the sites of the old 
 shipyards and the Pinkham mill. From this pond is taken 
 the supply for the Boothbay Harbor water system. Samuel 
 Adams and his sons originally owned the mill privilege and 
 most of the land about this pond, — hence the name. High- 
 ways extend entirely around it. Before the settlement of 
 Samuel Adams it was called Long Pond. 
 
 2. Back Narrows. — A name originally given to the 
 narrow, back passage of the Damariscotta, between Webber 
 or Fort Island (sometimes called Narrows Island) and the main- 
 land ; now also applied to the neighborhood in that locality. 
 
 3. Back River. — A name given to the water on the 
 westerly side of the mainland of Boothbay, northerly from 
 Hodgdon's Island, as early as 1666, in a deed from Robin 
 Hood to Henry Curtice. It also applies to the water lying 
 above the old Pinkham mill site and Oven's Mouth. The 
 neighborhood bordering on the above first-mentioned water is 
 also known by this appellation, and this name was given the 
 post office when established there. 
 
 4. Barter's Island. — A part of Boothbay; bridged to 
 Hodgdon's Island and from thence to the mainland ; is about 
 three and three-fourths miles long and varies from three- 
 eighths to about one mile in width ; has one small fresh pond 
 near its southern extremity; takes mail from Trevett post 
 office ; received its name from the early families of Barter, 
 who were the first settlers. 
 
 5. Batville. — A village of summer cottages at the head 
 of Linekin Bay, formerly owned by the late Thomas Boyd, 
 and started by him as a summer resort soon after 1880. Is 
 three miles by highway from the Harbor steamboat landings ; 
 has a summer postal service ; is a part of Boothbay Harbor. 
 Its name was suggested by its location on Linekin Bay. 
 
 6. Boston Island. — A part of Southport, formerly 
 known as Ebenecook Island, owned by Boston parties and 
 used by them as a summer residence ; name probably derived 
 from residence of its owners ; contains about twelve acres ; 
 situated on the northwesterly side of Ebenecook Harbor. 
 
14 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 7. BooTHBAY Centek. — The most central part of the 
 original town, before divisions were made, in all respects ; 
 geographically, as the roads run, and, in early times, about 
 the center of population. The first and second churches were 
 built there and it has always been the place for holding the 
 Boothbay town meetings. The post office there was known as 
 North Boothbay until the division of the town in 1889, since 
 which time, or soon after, it has taken the name of Boothbay. 
 It contains two churches, a graded school, two stores, two 
 smithing establishments and several residences. Eight roads, 
 branching to all parts of both towns, center there within one- 
 half mile of the post office. 
 
 8. Boothbay Haebok. — Before the division in 1889 this 
 name was accurately applied to the water harbor in front of 
 the town, and locally to the village at the head of the harbor. 
 Since division it is the legal name of the town and its principal 
 post office. The town, as set off, attains its greatest width at 
 a point near its northern line, where it is about three and one- 
 fourth miles wide. Its easterly line strikes near the center, 
 from east to west, of the northern end of Linekin Bay ; run- 
 ning from thence northerly about three-fourths of a mile, and 
 then westerly to the middle abutment of Sawyer Island Bridge ; 
 thence around southerly, easterly and northerly by the water 
 to the point of starting. It contains (1905) three churches, 
 five school buildings, in which are thirteen schoolrooms where 
 schools are regularly in session ; opera house, including the 
 several lodge rooms ; steamboat landings, custom house, two 
 post offices, stores representing nearly all kinds of merchan- 
 dise, restaurants and bakeries ; six hotels, besides many 
 boarding houses open in summer ; all of the sardine canning 
 establishments within the territory included in this work, the 
 cold storage plant, two marine railways, six livery stables 
 and a part of the boat-building and ice-storing establishments 
 of the locality. Other fishing concerns of various kinds are 
 divided between the three towns. 
 
 9. Buokland's Neck. — A name given to that part of 
 Linekin Neck which is situated south of a line drawn from the 
 head of Little River westerly to Linekin Bay, in deeds and 
 
PHYSICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE. 15 
 
 other documents made during the latter half of the seventeenth 
 century. In 1674 George and Richard Bucknell (sometimes 
 appearing as Buckland) were living there and from them it is 
 supposed to have taken the name. The southern part of this 
 neck is now known as Ocean Point. It is a part of Boothbay. 
 
 10. BuKNHAM Cove. — A westerly projection of the 
 Damariscotta waters into the main, just north of Pleasant 
 Cove, where the Burnham families settled at an early date. 
 Situated in Boothbay. 
 
 11. Cabbage Island. — An island containing about four 
 acres, situated about one-half mile southerly from Wallace's 
 Point, in Linekin Bay. Derivation of name unknown. A 
 part of Boothbay. Name changed by the Legislature, on 
 petition of owners, to Independence Island, in 1905. 
 
 12. Cape Harbor. — A small but excellent harbor at 
 Cape Newagen, formed by Cape or Jerry's Island lying just 
 outside and furnishing a breakwater to that harbor. Entrance 
 from easterly and westerly sides. 
 
 13. Cape Island. — Sometimes called Jerry's Island, 
 situated just outside Cape Harbor, above named; contains 
 about seven acres ; a part of Southport. Formerly owned by 
 Jerry Nelson. 
 
 14. Cape Newagen. — This is the first and oldest name 
 attached to this locality. In the earliest times this name was 
 applied to the entire region covered by this volume. After 
 the Dunbar settlement, and prior to its incorporation as a 
 town, Southport was usually referred to as Cape Newagen 
 Island. Levett's reference to it in 1623, which is the first 
 given in history, seems only to apply to the point or cape. 
 To this first impression common usage has practically returned, 
 and Newagen now means distinctively the cape, and the post 
 office which is located there, and has no broader signification. 
 Like most early names it is found in several different forms. 
 Newaggon, Nekrangan, Bona-waggon and other slight varia^ 
 tions from the present form may be seen in old documents. 
 Included in Southport. 
 
 15. Cape Cod. — A local name given to McKown's Point 
 after the Mckersons opened business there. The geographical 
 
16 mSTOEY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 formation and likeness, and the fact that this firm came from 
 Harwich, Mass., a Cape Cod town, are suggestive of the 
 origin of the name. Included in Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 16. Campbell's Brook. — The outlet stream from Camp- 
 bell's Ponds into Campbell's Cove. This brook furnished a 
 mill power in early times and appearances indicate that mills 
 were located at two places on it. The derivation of the name 
 is unknown, for it is found used in John Eeed's will more 
 than thirty years before the ancestors of the present family of 
 Campbell located in Boothbay. Situated mostly in Boothbay. 
 
 17. Campbell's Cove. — A narrow arm of the sea extend- 
 ing from West Harbor about one and one-half miles northerly 
 into the main, receiving Campbell's Brook at its head. It was 
 dammed and bridged with stone where it empties into the 
 Harbor in 1879, thus making one of the finest ice ponds in 
 Maine, producing an excellent quality of the product and 
 affording opportunities for winter shipping. It was a hiding 
 place for local shipping during the Revolutionary War as well 
 as that of 1812, being in those times surrounded by a heavy, 
 old growth of wood. Situated entirely in Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 18. Campbell's Pojtds. — The head waters of the brook 
 of that name, filling considerable of the space between the 
 Back Eiver road and the Sheepscot waters. For many years 
 they have been owned by the Knickerbocker Ice Company and 
 utilized as the ice ponds for that concern. Situated in Boothbay. 
 
 19. Card Cove. — A cove opening to the southwest, 
 formed by Ocean Point and Negro Island. 
 
 20. Capital Island. — Originally known as Pig Cove 
 Island, it being situated in Pig Cove. Name was changed by 
 those who purchased it for a summer resort to Capital. Its 
 purchasers were mostly residents on the Kennebec River. It 
 surveyed twenty-four acres. It has a hotel, numerous private 
 cottages, a steamboat landing and summer postal service. A 
 part of Southport. 
 
 21. Carlisle Point. — The northeastern extremity of 
 the neck of land formed between the Damariscotta and Pleas- 
 ant Cove, and selected as a settlement by Josephus Carlisle, 
 
PHYSICAL AND DESCEIPTIVE. 17 
 
 ancestor of the family of that name in these towns. Situated 
 in Boothbay. 
 
 22. Cedaebush Island. — Located just off West South- 
 port, and furnishing the breakwater which makes Marr's 
 Harbor. A part of Southport. 
 
 23. Christmas Cove. — A cove about one-half mile in 
 length, situated on the southwestern side of Southport, open- 
 ing into Sheepscot Bay. 
 
 24. Coebin's Sound. — The name of the ancient settle- 
 ment where that of Ocean Point now stands, which was 
 destroyed when the surrounding country was laid waste in the 
 second Indian war. Known by this name in records bearing 
 date as early as 1674. Probably the name is that of a princi- 
 pal resident applied to the water passage between the mainland 
 and Eam and Fisherman's Islands. Included in Boothbay. 
 
 25. Ceoss Rivee. — The connection between the main 
 Sheepscot and Back River, just north of Barter's Island. 
 
 26. Cuckolds. — Two dangerous ledges about three- 
 fourths mile southerly from Cape Newagen. 
 
 27. Damaeiscotta. — This name has applied since the 
 earliest records to the river separating Boothbay, Edgecomb 
 and Newcastle, on the west, from Bristol, Damariscotta and 
 Nobleboro, on the east. The Damariscotta "fresh falls" and 
 " salt falls " were early terms used in this region. Frequently 
 the name was applied to the settlements on either side of the 
 river ; for, in the absence of well-defined towns, settlements 
 in early times took the name, all the way along, of the river 
 on which they were situated. It was the same on the Sheep- 
 scot River. For this reason considerable that is of historic 
 interest, that rightfully belongs to Boothbay, was termed in 
 early days either Damariscotta or Sheepscot matter. In later 
 days, as these names have become restricted to narrower limits, 
 the impressions of these events have retreated with the names. 
 Therefore a misconception is produced, because Boothbay had 
 no distinctive early name, as a whole ; but her history is 
 merged in that of the two rivers which flow on either side. 
 
 28. Damaeiscove. — This island, in the matter of settle- 
 ment by the English, is practically contemporary with Cape 
 
18 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Newagen, Corbin's Sound, Pemaquid and Monhegan. If a 
 difference in age of settlement of any consequence exists it is 
 probable that Damariscove and Monhegan are older than the 
 other places. This island is about two miles long, with an 
 average width of about one-fourth of a mile. At high tide it is 
 divided into two distinct islands. The northern part was 
 formerly called Wood Island, on account of its heavy growth 
 of wood. 
 
 The earliest records show the name in two words, varied 
 somewhat in spelling, but usually in the following form, 
 "Damarill's Cove." Capt. John Smith in 1614 mentions the 
 group of islands in that vicinity as "Damaril's Isles." This 
 grouping of those islands always occurred in early times. 
 Williamson speaks of the "Damariscove Islands," and others 
 of the "Damariscove Group." The reason for this is probably 
 explained in the fact that in early times they were owned as a 
 group by one party, and that party was probably Humphrey 
 Damarill, seaman, who died in Boston about 1650, and claimed 
 to own part or all of the main island. It is thought he did 
 business there before 1614, that he owned the group of islands, 
 hence the name, "Damarill's Isles " ; and that he chose the one 
 with the cove or harbor on which to do business and which 
 was made a headquarters, hence "Damarill's Cove," later 
 becoming Damariscove, and the other islands taking on indi- 
 vidual names. 
 
 An excellent harbor opens to the ocean about south, south- 
 west from the settlement, which is about one-half mile from 
 the entrance. On the western side, about halfway from the 
 entrance to the settlement, is a stone wharf, built several years 
 ago by parties who thought the granite valuable which the 
 island indicates in some quantities. The harbor has about 
 twenty feet of water, toward the settlement from the wharf, 
 being free from shoals, so that vessels may lay close in shore. 
 Estimates place the area of this island at about three hundred 
 acres. It is part of Boothbay. 
 
 29. Decker's Cove. — A cove extending into the north- 
 easterly part of Southport from Townsend Gut. It takes its 
 name from the Decker family who owned land about it in 
 early times. It has been utilized for many winters as a safe 
 
PHYSICAL AND DESCEIPTIVE. 19 
 
 and suitable place for laying up yachts, tugs and steamers 
 temporarily out of service. 
 
 30. Dogfish Head. — The northwestern projection of 
 Southport, forming the western weather barrier to Ebenecook 
 Harbor. It is high, bold land, and is being opened as a sum- 
 mer resort. 
 
 31. Dover. — A local name given to that body of land 
 lying southerly from Oven's Mouth and between the two bodies 
 of water constituting Back Eiver. The name originated from 
 the fact that its earliest settlers came from Dover, N. H., and 
 some of their ancestors had come from Dover, Eng. Included 
 in Boothbay. 
 
 32. East Boothbat. — The second largest aggregation 
 of trade and business establishments, together with residences, 
 within the territory considered. All the shipyards, a large 
 part of the boat-building shops, seven stores, restaurants and 
 smithing establishments are there. A church, graded school 
 building and public hall are centrally located. Mails are 
 received and go out by way of Boothbay Harbor stage. The 
 larger part of the passenger travel connects with the Bath 
 steamers at the Harbor. The Portland steamer touches there 
 as its terminal point. The early local name of the village was 
 Hodgdon's Mills, as was the post office from its establishment 
 in 1831, to 1876, when th« name was changed to East Booth- 
 bay. This village is the principal business center in Boothbay. 
 
 33. Ebenecook Hakbor. — A commodious and well-shel- 
 tered harbor, affording good water and anchorage, situated at 
 the northwesterly part of Southport. The name is of Indian 
 derivation. 
 
 34. Echo Lake. — A small pond situated easterly from 
 Pisgah, which has for some years been used as an ice pond. 
 It drains a considerable territory and empties into Lobster 
 Cove. The acoustical peculiarities of the region suggested 
 the name. Included in Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 35. Epituse. — A name mentioned in 1685 in a deed of 
 Damariscove, by which it is inferred that the mainland of 
 Boothbay may have once borne this name. It is used in a 
 sense to indicate that land northerly from Damariscove is 
 
iO HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 meant, and, at that date, all the important islands in the vicinity 
 had distinctive names, while the mainland is not known to 
 have possessed one. 
 
 36. Farnham Head. — A bold projection of land running 
 from the northeastly part of Linekin Neck into the Damaris- 
 cotta, just below East Boothbay Village. Settled by the 
 Farnham family. 
 
 37. Fisherman's Island. — Formerly known as Hippo- 
 eras. The Hypocrites, in the immediate vicinity, probably 
 derived their name from this ; and the larger island took on 
 its present name at some subsequent time. It contains about 
 165 acres. It is a part of Boothbay. 
 
 38. Fort Island. — Also sometimes called Webber's or 
 Narrows Island. Situated at a commanding point in the nar- 
 rows of the Damariscotta River, about two miles northerly 
 from East Boothbay Village. The old blockhouse and fortifi- 
 cations of earth and stone were constructed there in the War 
 of 1812, the remains of which are now visible. It contains 
 from forty to fifty acres and is a part of Boothbay. 
 
 39. Fort Point. — The point on the above island where 
 the fortifications were built. 
 
 40. GrREBN Islands. — Two small islands in nearly direct 
 line between Dogfish Head and Boston Island. The smaller 
 contains one and the larger three acres in area. They are 
 part of Southport. 
 
 41. Green Landing. — A point just southerly from East 
 Boothbay Village, purchased several years ago for the purpose of 
 summer resort, development by Mr. Frank L. Weston, Boston. 
 
 42. Haley. — The former name of the post office now 
 known as West Boothbay Harbor. It was established October 
 24, 1882 ; name changed March 26, 1902. Received its name 
 from Eben D. Haley, South Gardiner, who was an owner and 
 manager of the Maine Ice Company's works. 
 
 43. Harbor Island. — A small island a short distance 
 from McFarland's Point, in Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 44. Hendrick's Harbor. — The early name, and still 
 used on charts, for Marr's Harbor at West Southport. 
 
PHYSICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE. 21 
 
 45. Hendrick's Head. — The extreme westerly point of 
 Southport where the Government light is located. The origin 
 of the name is unknown. 
 
 46. Hypocrites. — Name probably derived from Hippo- 
 eras. Two dangerous ledges a short distance east from Fish- 
 erman's Island. 
 
 47. Hodgdon's Cove. — A cove opposite Southport land- 
 ing making up into the mainland of Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 48. Hodgdon's Island. — Situated between the mainland 
 of Boothbay and Barter's Island. The channel on either side 
 is bridged, and another bridge leads on to Sawyei"'s Island 
 from its southern extremity. It contains about seventy-five 
 acres. It received its name from the Hodgdon family. A 
 general store has been kept for many years there by S. G. 
 Hodgdon & Son. The post office of Trevett was established 
 there in 1882. It is part of Boothbay. 
 
 49. Hodgdon's Mills. — See East Boothbay. 
 
 50. Indiantown. — An island in the Sheepsoot, west of 
 the mainland of Boothbay Harbor, one point of which is only 
 275 feet distant from the main shore ; surveys eighty-four 
 acres ; is about three-fourths of a mile in length, and is part 
 of Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 51. Ingleside. — The name given the residence and 
 grounds of Joseph McKown at the Boothbay Harbor end of 
 the bridge uniting that town with Southport. 
 
 52. Isle oe Springs. — Formerly Swett's Island, and 
 earlier still, at the date of its purchase by John Swett, was 
 called Thirty Acre Island. Name changed to Isle of Springs 
 after its sale in 1887 to the association which has developed it 
 as a summer resort and who now own it. It surveys eighty- 
 seven acres ; has a hotel, known as the Nekrangan House, and 
 about twenty summer cottages ; is a regular steamboat landing 
 of the Eastern Steamship Company. Is a part of Boothbay 
 Harbor and has a summer postal service. 
 
 53. Joe's Island. — Situated in Sheepscot Bay, at West 
 Southport, southerly from Marr's Harbor. Contains about 
 fifty acres. It is part of Southport. 
 
ii HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 54. Kenniston Hill. — The hill easterly from Boothbay 
 Center, situated on the farm originally settled upon by David 
 Kenniston soon after 1785, and retained by the family until 
 1888. It has an altitude of 180 feet. 
 
 55. Knickeebockek. — The ice-storing establishment at 
 West Boothbay, formerly owned by the Knickerbocker Ice 
 Company. 
 
 56. Labrador Meadow. — A meadow tract, containing a 
 wooded growth, in the interior of Southport, about one mile 
 in length by one-fourth mile in breadth. 
 
 57. Lewis Cove. — A small cove on Linekin Bay making 
 into the mainland of Boothbay Harbor, on what was formerly 
 known as the Allen Lewis place, where that party had a wharf 
 and fishing stand. 
 
 58. Linekin Bay. — That body of water between Linekin 
 Neck and Spruce Point, the harborage qualities of which are 
 only second to Boothbay Harbor proper. It has a length of 
 about three miles by a breadth of one to one and one-half 
 miles. The charts show the line between Boothbay and Booth- 
 bay Harbor as nearly dividing this bay lengthwise. It received 
 its name from the Linekin families who lived upon the neck 
 of the same name. 
 
 59. Linekin Neck. — A body of land about three and 
 three-fourths miles from its northern extremity, at East 
 Boothbay Village, to Ocean Point, its terminus. Its width 
 will average nearly one mile. In early times the part south- 
 erly from the head of Little Eiver was known as Buckland's 
 Neck. It was nearly all owned at one time by the Linekins, 
 from whom it took its name. The Linekin post office was 
 established in 1880. It contains several stores ; has a contin- 
 uous settlement its entire length ; once contained nearly all 
 the menhaden oil factories of the locality ; of late years has 
 made steady and rapid development as a summer resort. Is 
 included in Boothbay. 
 
 60. Little Rivee. — A narrow cove extending from 
 Damariscotta Bay, northwesterly, into Linekin Neck about 
 one mile, nearly cutting it in two parts. Whoever will care- 
 
PHYSICAL AND DESCEIPTIVE. 23 
 
 fully note the chart of this locality will observe that Linekin 
 Neck came near being two islands. 
 
 61. Lobster Cove. — Extending above Lewis Cove to a 
 point east from Pisgah. 
 
 62. Lower Mark Island. — A small island belonging to 
 Southport, about one-half mile off shore, at the southwestern 
 extremity of that town. Contains about four acres. 
 
 63. Marr's Harbor. — The name in general use for what 
 was formerly known as Hendrick's Harbor. 
 
 64- Meadow Cove. — A cove of the Damariscotta just 
 north from East Boothbay Village. 
 
 65. McCobb's Hill. — A bold elevation at the north- 
 westerly extremity of Campbell's Cove, on the farm of the 
 late Samuel McCobb. It reaches an altitude of about 175 
 feet and its ledges next the cove are very precipitous. In 
 early days the waters of the cove came to these ledges, but in 
 the thirties a road was graded at their foot with stone and 
 earth. Situated in Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 66. McFarland's Point. ^- The southern extremity of 
 Boothbay Harbor Village, extending westerly. It was for- 
 merly owned by the Pipers and Reeds, but took its present 
 name the first years of the nineteenth century from John Mur- 
 ray McFarland, who established there the largest business in 
 town in the way of fishery and general trade. 
 
 67. Mill Cove. — A cove between the main harbor and 
 West Harbor. It receives a brook at its head which drains 
 the basin extending northerly and easterly from that place. 
 This brook affords a small mill privilege, and a mill was once 
 located there, hence the name. 
 
 68. McKown's Point. — Originally called Oliver's Point, 
 and so referred to in 1842 in the Townsend charter. Some- 
 times called Cape Cod, which is on account of its shape and 
 the fact that members of the Nickerson family, who came to 
 Boothbay from Cape Cod, first did business on this point 
 before going to the Harbor village. The lobster hatchery, 
 erected by the United States Government in 1903, is located 
 there. It takes its name from "William McKown, who settled 
 there about 1800 and owned the entire point for many years. 
 
24 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 69. Molly's Head. — A bold ledge projection into the 
 ocean from the southwestern side of Southport, forming 
 Christmas Cove. 
 
 70. Montgomery's Point. — The land just north from 
 East Boothbay Village projecting into the Damariscotta. 
 
 71. Moore's Rock. — A huge granite mass of regular 
 formation just northerly from West Street, Boothbay Harbor.' 
 A place affording excellent views in all seaward directions. 
 It was formerly on the premises of William Moore, an original 
 settler under Dunbar. 
 
 72. Mouse Island. — An island situated in Boothbay 
 Harbor, containing about twenty acres. It has the Samoset 
 House and stone cottage located there. It is a regular landing 
 of the Eastern Steamship Company, and that company has, 
 for several years, made this the regular transfer and distrib- 
 uting center to all the other summer locations touched by their 
 boats. It is part of Southport and has a summer postal service. 
 
 73. Murray Hill. — Situated southwesterly from the 
 village of East Boothbay. It has an altitude of about 200 
 feet descending gradually to the head of Linekin Bay. It has 
 several summer cottages and is well calculated for such a pur- 
 pose. It is a regular landing of the Eastern Steamship Com- 
 pany during the season, and receives mail at East Boothbay. 
 It is included in Boothbay. 
 
 74. Negro Island. — Situated a short distance from the 
 mainland westerly from Ocean Point. Contains about sixteen 
 acres. It is part of Boothbay. 
 
 75. North Boothbay. — Before division of the town it 
 was a name definitely applied to the post office at Boothbay 
 Center, now known as Boothbay. Since the division it brings 
 that part of the town near its southern extremity, therefore 
 the old term of North Boothbay is much less used than for- 
 merly, and no post office exists with that name. 
 
 76. Oak Point. — A point well wooded with oaks, jut- 
 ting sharply out from the Boothbay Harbor mainland, nearly 
 opposite the Southport landing. 
 
1 Congregational Church 
 
 2 Congregational Parsonage 
 
 3 Store 
 
 4 Union Church 
 
 5 Store^Robert Spinney 
 (> Robert Spinney 
 
 7 William Kenniston 
 
 8 Store— William P. McCobb 
 1) Boot Shop— S. & C. Fuller 
 
 10 Townhouse 
 
 11 Martha Moore 
 
 12 Blacksmith Shop 
 
 13 F. W. Baptist Church 
 
 14 Post Office 
 
 15 Ephraim Piukham 
 K; Charles Corey 
 
 17 Schoolhouse 
 
 18 Arthur Blake 
 
 111 Wilmot Chapman 
 
 20 Arthur Matthews 
 
 21 Ira Quimby 
 
 22 Nathaniel C. Reed 
 
 23 Westbrook G. Lewis 
 
 24 William Holton 
 
 25 Widow Greenwood 
 
 26 Mrs. Sarah A. Emerson 
 
 27 Joseph C. Auld 
 
 28 Capt. Allen Lewis 
 
 29 Store — Allen Lewis 
 
 30 John Love 
 
 31 John McClintock 
 
 32 Store — John McClintock 
 
 33 John McClintock — rent 
 'M Ferdinand Brewer 
 
 35 Samuel Brewer, Jr. 
 3G Edmund Matthews 
 
 37 George Brewer 
 
 38 Samuel Brewer 
 
 39 William M. Bennett 
 
 40 M. Brewer 
 
 41 Amasa Brewer 
 
 42 Artemas Tibbetts 
 
 43 John McClintook— rent 
 
 44 Francis Sargent 
 
 45 George Brewer 
 
 46 James Harris 
 
 47 George W, Boyd 
 
 48 William Montgomery 
 40 Alexander Adams 
 
 50 Luther Huff 
 
 51 Joshua Reed 
 
 52 Samuel Wylie 
 
 53 William McCobb 
 
 54 Blacksmith Shop 
 
 55 John Leishman 
 
 50 Old Red Schoolhouse 
 
 57 A. Lewis 
 
 58 Charles Knight 
 50 Alexander Boyd 
 
 60 Thomas Boyd 
 
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 62 
 63 
 
 Samuel Boyd 
 Robert Webster 
 David Blake 
 
 64 William Blake 
 
 65 Levi Reed 
 
 GO James Murray 
 
 67 Samuel and Charles Mnrray 
 
 G8 Jacob Fuller 
 
 (>9 Charles M. Seavey 
 
 70 Washington Boyd 
 
 71 Charles Clifford 
 
 72 Bennett 
 
 73 Bemiett 
 
 74 J. Priest 
 
 75 Jackson Hodgdon 
 
 70 Washington Hodgdon 
 
 77 John Hodgdon 
 
 78 Alfred Hodgdon 
 7i> F. Farnham 
 80 George Martin 
 
 81 
 
 C. Farnliam 
 S'ish House 
 Capt. John Race 
 E. & E. Holbrook 
 
 85 Capt. Nathaniel Foster 
 
 8G Widow Rowe 
 
 87 James Linekin 
 
 88 J. Chaples 
 81) Schoolhouse 
 
 90 Benjamin Reed 
 
 91 J. Keller 
 
 92 B. Bennett & William Keller 
 
 93 R. Poor 
 
 94 John Poor 
 
 95 John Tibbetts 
 
 96 Widow Alley 
 
 97 Capt. R. Tibbetts 
 
 98 C. Brewer 
 
 99 Henry Hatchard 
 
 100 E. Clifford 
 
 101 L. Bennett 
 
 102 Gibson 
 
 1113 N. Bemiett 
 
 105 John Grimes 
 
 306 Benaiah Dolloff 
 
 107 Edwin Auld 
 
 108 James T. Beath 
 
 109 Charles Matthews 
 
 110 Joseph Farnham 
 
 111 Joseph Auld 
 
 112 JohnBryer 
 
 113 Rufus Holton 
 
 114 John Auld 
 
 115 Capt. Jeremiah Holton 
 
 1 IG Widow of Augustus Auld 
 
 117 Daniel Auld 
 
 118 Widow of Richard Adams 
 
 119 AsaG. Baker 
 
 120 John Williams 
 
 121 Charles Giles 
 
 122 Joseph Hutf 
 
 123 Capt. John Wheeler 
 
 124 John Merry 
 
 125 Jeremiah Blake 
 
 126 Benjamin P. Giles 
 
 127 Samuel Blake 
 
 128 James Brown 
 
 129 S. Wheeler 
 
 130 Jonathan Hutchings 
 
 131 Schoolhouse 
 
 132 Alexander and Andrew Boyd 
 
 133 Martha Kelley 
 
 134 William Kelley 
 
 135 
 
 Mrs. John Kelley 
 
 
 
 VM 
 
 Benjamin Kelley 
 
 
 
 ■i:i7 
 
 John Pinkham 
 
 
 
 13K 
 
 Paul G. Pinkham 
 
 
 
 13!) 
 
 Widow of Joseph Bryer 
 
 
 
 14(1 
 
 John Murray 
 
 152 
 
 Eleazar Giles 
 
 141 
 
 William Trask 
 
 153 
 
 Charles Wylie 
 
 14?, 
 
 Willard Merry 
 
 154 
 
 Capt. Jacob Toothacher 
 
 143 
 
 D. Pinkham 
 
 155 
 
 L. Webber 
 
 144 
 
 Joseph Bryer 
 
 15S 
 
 Samuel Burnham 
 
 14.1 
 
 John Bryer 
 
 157 
 
 Daniel Knight 
 
 1411 
 
 Samuel Bryer 
 
 158 
 
 Daniel Dodge 
 
 147 
 
 Elihu Bryer 
 
 159 
 
 John Burnham 
 
 148 
 
 Henry Keed 
 
 ICO 
 
 Benjamin Nason 
 
 14'J 
 
 Samuel Sawyer 
 
 161 
 
 M. Knights 
 
 IM) 
 
 Capt. John Reed 
 
 16'2 
 
 John Merry 
 
 151 
 
 Schoolhouse 
 
 163 
 
 George Sherman 
 
 BOOTHBAY IN 1856. 
 
 164 James Vaughn 
 
 165 Schoolhouse 
 
 166 Zachariah Sherman 
 
 167 David Merry 
 
 168 John Alley 
 
 169 William Mowry 
 
 170 Bbenezer Clisby 
 
 171 Jason Pinkham 
 
 172 Capt. Eben Preble 
 
 173 Capt. Joseph Tibbetts 
 
 174 Luther Emerson 
 
 175 Washington Reed 
 
 176 
 177 
 178 
 179 
 180 
 181 
 182 
 183 
 184 
 185 
 186 
 187 
 
 John Carlisle 
 Tilly Clisby 
 Robert Page 
 Charles Carlisle 
 William Carlisle 
 Nathan S. Baker 
 John McDougall 
 Joseph Willey 
 Joseph Lewis 
 Mrs. Martha Lewis 
 Robert Wylie 
 William F. Lewis 
 
 188 
 189 
 190 
 191 
 192 
 193 
 194 
 195 
 196 
 197 
 198 
 199 
 
 John Wylie, heirs 
 Robert Reed 
 Capt. Matthew Reed 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Brown 
 Jonathan Morrison 
 Israel Holton 
 John Holton 
 Augustus Whittaker 
 James Adams 
 David MoOobb 
 Paul Giles 
 David Adams 
 
 200 Giles Dunton 
 
 201 Widow Clark 
 
 202 Saw and Carding Mill 
 
 203 Alexander Wylie 
 
 204 Samuel Wylie 
 
 205 Isaac Pinkham 
 
 206 Dover Schoolhouse 
 
 207 Waterman McClintock 
 
 208 John McClintock 
 
 209 William Giles 
 
 210 Silas Lewis 
 
 211 George Hutchings 
 
 212 John Welch 
 
 213 John Hutchings 
 
 214 Capt. Giles Tibbetts 
 
 215 Frederick Hutchings 
 
 216 Cornelius Murphy 
 
 217 Robert Welsh 
 
 218 Payson Tibbetts 
 
 219 Enoch Stover 
 
 220 Enoch Poor 
 
 221 John Stover 
 
 222 Kbenezer Matthews 
 
 223 George Stover 
 
 224 William Bryer 
 
 225 James Tibbetts 
 
 226 Miles Lewis 
 
 227 David Lewis 
 
 228 Loring Lewis 
 220 William Matthews 
 
 230 Schoolhouse 
 
 231 Wilmot Lewis 
 
 232 Capt. Benjamin Nason 
 
 233 Ephraim Lewis 
 
 234 Samuel Tibbetts 
 
 235 Lemuel Lewis 
 2:56 James Tibbetts 
 
 237 Alfred Matthews 
 
 238 Rufus Adams 
 
 239 Rufus Reed 
 
 240 Osgood Reed 
 
 241 Kiah B. Merrill 
 
 242 Martin Hodgdon 
 
 243 William Durant 
 
 244 Samuel Bryer 
 246 William S. Bryer 
 
 246 Solomon Dodge 
 
 247 Caleb Reed 
 
 248 Thomas Matthews 
 
 249 James McCobb 
 
 250 Paul Reed 
 
 251 Freeman Reed 
 2.52 Henry Reed 
 253 Auiasa Tibbetts 
 2.54 William Miller 
 255 Samuel Farmer 
 250 William Farmer 
 2.57 Neal Wylie 
 
 258 Harris McKowu 
 
 259 Alonzo Wheeler 
 
 260 Robert and John Wylie 
 
 261 Thomas Berry 
 
 262 Silas Orne 
 
 263 Thomas Orne 
 2G4 Robert MuUin 
 205 Warren Reed 
 
 266 William Grady 
 
 267 William McKay 
 
 268 Oliver Davis 
 
 269 Joshua McKown 
 
 270 R. Crosby 
 
 271 Andrew Reed 
 
 272 Charles Thorpe 
 
 273 Francis Reed 
 
 274 Mrs. Ruth Reed 
 
 275 Freeman Hodgdon 
 270 Benjamin McKown 
 
 277 Cliarles Reed 
 
 278 Jackson Hodgdon 
 
 279 John Hodgdon 
 
 280 John M. Hodgdon 
 
 _„. Benjamin F. Hodgdon 
 
 282 William McKown 
 
 283 Samuel Lewis 
 
 284 Capt. Charles Lewis 
 William Johnson 
 Andrew Reed 
 
 _. . Edwin Hodgdon 
 
 288 Schoolhouse 
 
 289 Mrs. Esther Reed : ; 
 
 290 James Orchard 
 
 291 Rufus Greenleaf 
 
 292 B. Pinkham 
 
 293 lohabod Pinkham 
 
 294 James Pinkham 
 
 295 Robert Reed - j 
 
 296 Patton Keed ' :^ 
 
 297 Samuel McCobb 
 
 298 Hewey Gray 
 
 299 John Fitch 
 
 .300 Wadsworth Pinkham 
 301 Thomas Pinkham 
 .302 Benjamin Orchard 
 
 303 Samuel Fuller 
 
 304 John Reed, 2d 
 
 305 W. and L. Thorpe 
 
 306 Tannery 
 
 307 Capt. John Reed 
 
 308 William Hodgdon 
 
 309 Stephen G. Hodgdon 
 
 310 Store— William Hodgdon 
 
 311 Thoinas Hodgdon 
 
 312 Store— Thomas Hodgdon 
 
 313 Benjamin Campbell 
 
 314 H. Caswell 
 
 315 William Campbell 
 
 316 Albert Kimball 
 
 317 Rufus Hilton 
 
 318 Henry Gove 
 
 319 Samuel Lewis 
 
 .320 Christopher Lewis 
 
 321 William Barter 
 
 322 A. Barter 
 
 323 Schoolhouse 
 
 324 Cliarles Harding 
 
 281 
 
 285 
 286 
 287 
 
 325 
 326 
 327 
 328 
 329 
 
 Mrs. M. Lewis 
 A. Lewis 
 
 . Stover 
 
 - Barter 
 
 „„., Samuel Lewis 
 3,30 Silas Greenleaf 
 
 331 John Roberts 
 
 332 J. Lewis 
 
 3.33 Daniel Pinkliam 
 
 334 Joseph Barter 
 
 335 Daniel Abbott 
 
 336 Henry Abbott 
 
 337 Wilmot Barter 
 
 338 Bial Barter 
 
 339 Bliphalet Pinkham 
 
 340 John Pinkham 
 
 341 Thomas Bourgette 
 
 342 E. Pinkham 
 •M3 O. Lewis 
 
 344 Daniel Barter 
 
 345 Pinkham McGow 
 .341 ; W/JiamTool 
 ,347 J. Tibbetts 
 
 348 Schoolhouse 
 ;M9 Luther Pinkham 
 
 350 Widow Barter 
 
 351 John Greenleaf 
 .352 Daniel Barter 
 3.53 Isaac Barter 
 ,3,54 Elbridge Stone 
 a55 William Stone 
 ;^6 John Kent 
 
 ffi" W.N. Linekin 
 ,358 Zina H. Hodgdon 
 ;i,59 Timothy Hodgdon 
 
 360 1 yler Hodgdon 
 
 361 Hiram Lewis 
 
 362 Schoolhouse 
 
PHYSICAL ANB DESCRIPTIVE. 25 
 
 77. Oak Grove. — The name applied to the location and 
 grounds of W- H. Eeed, "West Boothbay Harbor, on which' 
 the Oak Grove House stands, together with the store and post 
 office. It faces West Harbor, southerly, while Campbell's 
 Cove borders on the west. One and one-half miles from the 
 Harbor steamboat landings. 
 
 78. Ocean Point. — The southern extremity of Linekin's 
 Neck. Evidently the very spot of the ancient settlement of 
 Corbin's Sound. It has two hotels, a general store, restau- 
 rants and a summer colony of cottages. It is a regular land- 
 ing of the Eastern Steamship Company ; has a summer postal 
 service and is included in Boothbay. 
 
 79. Outer Heron Island. — Sometimes called Southern 
 Heron. Contains about 150 acres. About six miles at sea 
 from the Harbor landings. Obtained the name from the great 
 number of herons observed there by the early visitors to it. 
 A part of Boothbay. 
 
 80. Oven's Mouth. — This name is taken from a double 
 projection to the southward from the water passage connecting ' 
 the two parts of Back River, in the form of coves, extending 
 into the Dover district, so-called. The formation evidently 
 suggested the name, which was well established by records as 
 early as 1719. It forms a boundary on the north of Boothbay. 
 
 81. Paradise Point. — A small cape or point extending 
 into Linekin Bay, at its northeastern extremity, near East 
 Boothbay Village, at which place its mail is received. This 
 point is wholly devoted to summer residences. Included in 
 Boothbay. 
 
 82. Parish Lot. — The lot on the hill easterly from 
 Boothbay Center, originally appropriated to the early Presby- 
 terian church of the town. Situated in Boothbay. 
 
 83. Pig Cove. — The cove extending westerly from Capi- 
 tal Island into Southport. 
 
 84. Pirates Cove. — Another name for Lobster Cove. 
 
 85. Pleasant Cove. — A cove extending nearly two 
 miles from the current of the Damariscotta Eiver into the 
 mainland of Bopthbay, in a southwesterly course. One of the 
 principal early settlements of the town was about this cove. 
 
M HISTOEY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 86. PiSGAH. — The name given the hill easterly from the 
 village of Boothbay Harbor by the Kev. John Murray, when 
 his parsonage vras completed and he settled in it. It was as a 
 name given to a country scat, and in line with the customs of 
 the country from which he came. In his record book of mar- 
 riages the place where the ceremony was performed is inva- 
 riably given, and, if at the parsonage, is always "Pisgah" — 
 never Mount Pisgah. He sometimes headed his correspond- 
 ence in the same manner. The prefix has been attached to the 
 name since Mr. Murray's time. This hill is a natural feature 
 of great value to the village, affording a location for the 
 standpipe to the water system as well as for the United States 
 Weather Signal Station. It has an altitude of 184 feet. 
 
 87. PowDERHORN IsLAND. — Contains about three acres ; 
 lies southwest from the Isle of Springs, and was sold by Mr. 
 Swett with that island to the association. 
 
 88 . Pumpkin Kock. — An iiTegularly shaped island of 
 ledge, seven and one-half miles from the village of Boothbay 
 Harbor, southeasterly. A part of Boothbay. 
 
 89. Ram Island. — Northerly from Fisherman's Island, 
 with a narrow channel of water between, lies Ram Island, five 
 acres area, on which is located the Government light. North- 
 westerly from the Isle of Springs are the two Ram Islands, 
 one of four and the other of three acres. All are included in 
 Boothbay. 
 
 90. Reed's Island. — Situated easterly from Linekin 
 Neck, where Little River opens from the ocean. Contains 
 three acres. A part of Boothbay. Took its name from Ben- 
 jamin Reed, who formerly owned it. 
 
 91. Sawyer's Island. — An island in the Sheepscot con- 
 nected with Hodgdon's Island by bridge ; also bridged to the 
 mainland of Boothbay Harbor, the center abutment of which 
 bridge is the town line. It contains about 175 acres. There 
 are several good farms, a hotel, general store, chapel, school- 
 house and several residences. A regular landing of the 
 Eastern Steamship Company. Takes mail from Trevett. It 
 is part of Boothbay. 
 
PHYSICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE. 27 
 
 92. Sheepscot. — A name contemporary in age with 
 Pemaquid, Newagen, Damariscove or any of the other ancient 
 localities in this region. Like Damariscotta it is a name that, 
 to some extent, has usurped Boothbay's place in history. 
 Sheepscot deeds extended even to the northern part of Cape 
 Newagen Island at a very early day. Later the name, though 
 continuing to apply to the river and bay, related to no settle- 
 ment except that near the bridge in the western part of the 
 town of Newcastle ; but the connection of a fact and a name 
 fixed in the mind, where the conditions have changed, is often 
 misinterpreted by later generations. Some of the ancientry 
 belonging to Boothbay is ascribed to Sheepscot, because it is 
 regarded as enacted at Sheepscot, but the point of its enact- 
 ment was from twelve to eighteen miles farther south than the 
 Sheepscot settlement of to-day. 
 
 93. SoTJTHPORT. — The incorporated town which includes 
 Cape Newagen Island, formerly so-called, and other islands 
 set off from Boothbay and incorporated as Townsend, February 
 12, 1842, the name being changed to Southpoii; in 1850. It 
 has a boat landing where all boats to and from Bath touch. 
 It is bridged to the mainland of Boothbay Harbor, across 
 Townsend Gut, about two miles west from the village. It 
 contains three post offices, known as Southport, West South- 
 port and Newagen, and a summer postal service at three of its 
 island resorts. It has nine summer boarding houses and five 
 hotels, three general stores, boat-building and ice works. 
 
 94. Spectacle Islands. — They lie at a point in the 
 Sheepscot about equally distant from Indiantown, Isle of 
 Springs and Boston Island, and contain about one acre each. 
 Their formation suggested the name which has been applied to 
 them for many years. They are part of Boothbay. 
 
 95. Spruce Point. — A point of land consisting of about 
 three hundred acres, which divides the waters of Boothbay 
 Harbor from Linekin Bay. The land rises gradually from all 
 sides toward the center, with bold shores and good water all 
 about. 
 
 96. Squirrel Island. — This island surveys one hundred 
 and thirty acres. It is owned by an association and is exclu- 
 
28 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 sively devoted to summer homes. It has hotel, store, restau- 
 rant, church, casino, post and telegraph offices and library. 
 Connected with Boothbay Harbor by submarine telegraph 
 cable ; takes water from the Boothbay Harbor system, by 
 submarine pipe laid from the end of Spruce Point to the 
 island. At its steamboat landing all steamers on the Portland 
 and Boothbay Harbor line touch each way, and all steamers of 
 the Eastern Steamship Company to and from Bath during the 
 season. It is part of Southport, but has a charter conferring 
 special privileges. A petition to Governor Andros in 1687 
 shows the name to have then existed. 
 
 97. Thorpe Island. — Situated in the Sheepscot, north- 
 easterly from Trevett, between Barter's Island and the Booth- 
 bay mainland. Contains about twenty acres. It is a part of 
 Boothbay. 
 
 98. TiBBETTS Island. — Situated in Back Eiver, about 
 two and one-half miles north of Thorpe Island. Contains 
 about sixteen acres. Owned by George Adams, and now 
 called Adams Island. A part of Boothbay. 
 
 99. TowNSEND. — The name given by Colonel Dunbar to 
 an indefinite territory situated between the Sheepscot and Dam- 
 ariscotta Eivers, where he settled a colony in 1730. It was 
 named in honor of Lord Charles Townshend, second viscount, 
 of England, and father to Charles Townshend, who later was 
 the chief figure in imposing the stamp and tea taxes upon the 
 Colonies. When the name Was dropped by the incorporation 
 of Boothbay in 1764, it still clung to the harbor, and to this 
 day the older element all alongshore refer to us as Townsend. 
 In 1842, what is now Southport chose it for the new town 
 name, but it was changed as heretofore noticed in 1850, and the 
 principal reason assigned was the confliction which was caused 
 by the sticking of the name of Townsend to Boothbay Harbor 
 by the seagoing public. The letter "h" has seldom appeared 
 in the spelling of the name in America. 
 
 100. Townsend Gut.— The passage by water between the 
 mainland of Boothbay Harbor and Southport. It alone retains 
 the name, in part, once applied to the entire region. 
 
PHYSICAL AND DE8CKIPTIVE. 29 
 
 101. Tumbler Island. — A small island at the entrance 
 to the inner harbor. 
 
 102. Wadswoeth's Cove. — The most northerly cove 
 extending from the Damariscotta into Boothbay territory. It 
 takes its name from Deacon Wadsworth, who formerly lived 
 there. 
 
 103. Wall's Point. — Named for Andrew Wall, who 
 first settled there, and owned the entire point. It has grown 
 by degrees to be known as Wallace's Point, which is clearly 
 wrong. The proper name should be restored. 
 
 104. West Boothbay Harbor. — That part of the town 
 which the name indicates. Formerly called Haley. 
 
 105. White Islands. — Mere rocks having the appearance 
 of islands, southeasterly from the Hypocrites. 
 
 106. WiDGiNS. — This, in a sense, is the nearest a mystical 
 name we have to deal with. It is mentioned in Hubbard's 
 Indian Wars as being a settlement in flames, seen by looking 
 shoreward from Damariscove, whence the settlers had fled for 
 safety in 1676, from an Indian outbreak. It is enumerated in 
 connection with Corbin's Sound and Cape Newagen, and is 
 thought to have been a settlement on either Spruce or 
 McKown's Point. 
 
 107. Wood Island. — The northern end of Damariscove, 
 which formerly was heavily wooded, and makes at high water 
 the appearance of a separate island. 
 
 Sailing Directions to Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts 313, 314, and 105. 
 
 From the Eastward. — " Passing Earn Island Light-House, 
 1-8 mile off and heading W. 3-4 N., continue until Burnt 
 Island Light-House bears N. W. 1-2 N., when, if at night, 
 you will be in the white rays ; by keeping inside of the white 
 rays, and heading N. W. 1-2 N., you will be clear of all 
 dangers ; continue until the light-house is distant 900 feet, 
 when N. by E. 3-4 E. carries into the harbor. On this course 
 give Tumbler Island a berth of 600 feet. Boothbay affords 
 excellent anchorage, with good holding ground, and is much 
 frequented. Mean rise and fall of tide, 8 3-4 feet." 
 
go HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 From the Westward. — "Bring Seguin Light-House to 
 bear N. W., 1 1-2 miles, and Ram Island Light-House N. E. 
 3-4 E., and run N. E. 3-4 E. for Ram Island Light-House 
 until the Cuckolds Bell Buoy bears N. N. W. 1-4 W., 1-2 
 mile. This course at night keeps within the white rays of 
 Ram Island Light until past the red rays of Burnt Island 
 Light, and when the latter light, showing white, bears N. by E. 
 1-4 E. change course to N. by E. 1-4 E. for Burnt Island 
 Light ; keep within the white rays until Ram Island Light 
 opens out beyond Squirrel Island and bears S. E. 1-2 E., then 
 run N. E. by N. until you have crossed the red and white 
 rays of Burnt Island Light, giving it a berth of 900 feet, and 
 enter the red rays ; then haul up immediately to N. by E. 1-2 
 E. for the harbor, giving Tumbler Island a berth of 600 feet." 
 
 That the reader may make a comparison between the 
 accurate directions, which are given our seamen now (1904), 
 and the more general ones, before our coast was defined by 
 lights, whistles, bells and other signals, an extract is here 
 introduced from Blunt's American Coasting Pilot, edition of 
 1804, thus giving the improvement of just a century. 
 
 "Directions for Townsend Harbor. 
 
 "If you come from the westward and make Seguine Island, 
 you must leave it on your larboard hand, give it a birth of 
 about half a mile, and steer N. E. about 2 leagues, which 
 course will carry you to Squirrel Island; if it is day time 
 you will see two large rocks (called the Cuckolds) on your 
 larboard hand, to which you give a small birth, and when you 
 pass them you will make Squirrel Island, which you leave on 
 your starboard hand, directing your course N. 1-2 W. about 
 4 or 5 miles. The entrance of Townsend is narrow, and there 
 is a small rocky island that is very low which you leave on 
 your starboard hand ; then you may haul to the N. E. or N. E. 
 by E. but in a dark night and thick weather I would recom- 
 mend to anchor under the lee of Squirrel Island." 
 
 Lights and Fog Signals. 
 
 Ram Island. — Established in 1883 ; tower of granite 20 
 feet high, from base of structure to center of lantern, 39 1-4 
 feet, white above; connected with shore by an open bridge. 
 White dwelling on shore near the end of bridge. Bell on the 
 northwesterly side of tower ; red-brick oil house 500 feet S. E. 
 
PHYSICAL AND DESCEIPTIVB. 31 
 
 from light tower. It is 35 1-2 feet above mean high water 
 and visible 11 1-4 nautical miles. This light is located on the 
 northerly side of Ram Island, thus bringing it on the southerly 
 side of Fisherman's Island passage into Boothbay Harbor 
 from the eastward. The light is fixed red with two fixed 
 white sectors ; and the fog signal is a bell struck by machinery 
 every twenty seconds, a double and single blow alternately. 
 
 Burnt Island. — Established in 1821 ; white conical tower 
 and white dwelling, connected by a covered way and porch. 
 White pyramidal bell tower, 60 feet S. E. 1-4 S., and red-brick 
 oil house 168 feet from light tower. The light is 61 feet above 
 mean high water and is visible 13 1-4 nautical miles. This 
 light is located on the southeasterly part of Burnt Island. It 
 is a red light flashing every five seconds, with two fixed white 
 sectors ; and the fog signal is a bell struck by machinery a 
 double blow every minute. 
 
 Cuckolds. — Established in 1892 ; white half-round stone 
 pier, surmounted by half-round, white, brick fog-signal build- 
 ing with high conical roof, shingled, natural color. White 
 one-and-one-half story wooden dwelling attached to pier and 
 fog-signal building on northwesterly side, protected on easterly 
 side, to half height of first story windows, by a bulkhead 
 extending from stone pier to outbuildings in rear of dwelling. 
 This is a fog-signal station only. It is fitted with a DaboU 
 trumpet, the signal being blasts of three seconds, silent inter- 
 vals of seventeen seconds. If the trumpet should be disabled 
 a bell is to be struck by hand. 
 
 Hendrick's Head. — Established in 1829 ; rebuilt in 1875 ; 
 white square tower and dwelling ; pyramidal white bell tower, 
 near water's edge to westward ; all connected by covered ways ; 
 red-brick oil house 247 feet N. E. 7-8 N. from light tower. 
 The light is 42 1-2 feet above mean high water, and is visible 
 11 3-4 nautical miles. It has a flashing white light every thirty 
 seconds ; its fog signal is a bell struck by machinery every 
 twenty seconds. 
 
 Water Powers. 
 In Wells' Water Power of Maine, published in 1869, by 
 a return of the board of selectmen of Boothbay, the town is 
 
32 HISTOEY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 accorded three water powers : first, the outlet of Adams Pond ; 
 second, the outlet of Campbell's Ponds ; third, the Mill Cove 
 stream. All these have had mills in the past, and, at Adams 
 Pond, one still is in operation. Additional to these there was, 
 in the early days, a mill on the stream which emptied into 
 Pleasant Cove, owned by Benjamin Kelley. 
 
 In recent years a mill has been run at some seasons on the 
 N. C. Keed place, a small power being furnished by damming 
 the brook on his land. The stream from Echo Lake, which 
 empties into Lobster Cove, also would furnish considerable 
 power at some seasons ; and this was probably one of the con- 
 siderations which caused several to settle at that particular place 
 at the time of the Dunbar colonization. Situated as Boothbay 
 was, being the southern end of a peninsula, which attained 
 less than five miles at its greatest width, and less than seven 
 miles to the north this width was narrowed about one-half, it 
 seems little less than wonderful that provisions of nature were 
 such that water powers existed, evenly distributed over the 
 territory, to serve the colonists in their primitive wants, — to 
 saw their lumber, grind their grain and work their wool and 
 flax, thus covering the three great necessities of man, food, 
 raiment and shelter. 
 
 Geology. 
 Three separate appropriations were made by Maine in the 
 years 1836-7-9, for a geological examination of the State, to 
 be conducted by Dr. Charles T. Jackson, Geologist to the State 
 of Maine. Dr. Jackson held membership in several foreign 
 mineralogical societies and stood eminent in his profession. 
 The principal points of Maine were visited by him, and three 
 annual reports were made. This work was published and is 
 now very rare and much sought for by libraries and others. 
 In the second report is found the following : 
 
 "The surf preventing us from exploring the islands around, 
 we ran into Townsend Harbor at Boothbay. This place is one 
 of the most frequented harbors on the eastern coast of the 
 State, and is a favorite resort for invalids during the summer 
 season on account of the purity of the air and the facilities for 
 bathing in clear sea- water. This harbor is well protected from 
 the swell of the sea, and has an excellent light-house placed at 
 its entrance, upon Burnt Island. 
 
PHYSICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE. 33 
 
 " The rocks of Boothbay are not very interesting, being 
 mostly coarse varieties of mica slate, gneiss and granite, the 
 latter rock being found in veins traversing the gneiss. We 
 next ran to Cape Newagen, which we found to be composed of 
 gneiss rocks, the strata running northeast and southwest, and 
 dipping to the northwest. There are also veins of granite of 
 a light color intersecting the strata." 
 
 The report upon Boothbay and Cape Newagen is much the 
 same as it appears relating to other parts of Lincoln County, 
 as the county is now constituted. Edgecomb and Broad Cove, 
 in Bristol, showed a more valuable granite than other points. 
 
 Chaets, Plans and Publications. 
 
 But one plan of Boothbay is known to have been made, 
 which is supposed to have embraced the entire town, including 
 the islands. This was the work of Dr. Daniel Rose, and bore 
 his name, though the appropriation designated John McClin- 
 tock as the contracting party with the town, and references 
 show that it bore date of December 15, 1815. A reference to 
 it in John Swett's deed of Thirty Acre Island, in 1816, from 
 the State, shows that section to have been included. Another 
 reference to it in a deed of the farm lately owned by W. C. 
 Clisby, near O. M. Delano's, being the property owned by 
 members of the Alley family in early times, shows that place 
 to have been marked on the plan "Lot No. 52." Inquiry has 
 failed to unearth this plan, or even to find any person who 
 remembers having seen it. The numbering of the lots com- 
 menced at Cape Newagen and went north. 
 
 The United States Geological Survey charts issued in 1893 
 are very accurate in the matter of mapping the locality, cover- 
 ing in a comprehensive manner the general contour of the 
 territory, including the ponds, streams and roads. The Coast 
 and Geodetic Surveys made by the Government are very full 
 and complete. 
 
 No work specially treating of the Boothbay region has ever 
 been published. There are disconnected articles and references, 
 widely scattered, which relate more or less fully to certain 
 features, which may properly be termed incidents in history, 
 but nothing general or connected has ever appeared. It was 
 in recognition of this fact that the present work was prompted. 
 
34 history of boothbay. 
 
 Soil and Trees. 
 The soil on the elevations throughout the region is shallow 
 and of gravelly composition ; in lower lands it is also gravel 
 mixed with clay, tending, on the Damariscotta side, to a clay 
 suitable for brickmaking. The uplands are early lands, as a 
 rule, and the valleys when properly cultivated are productive. 
 Nearly all the various trees of the State are found within the 
 limits of this territory, but soft woods largely predominate. 
 
CHAPTEE II. 
 Aboriginal Inhabitants. 
 
 THE purpose of this chapter is to give some of the leading 
 characteristics of the native inhabitants who occupied these 
 lands before the advent of the Europeans. Something in 
 the way of description of that race, their modes of living, num- 
 bers, divisions into tribes, and where, in our immediate vicinity, 
 are the plainest designated points of their occupancy. The con- 
 test between savage and civilized life for supremacy in this ter- 
 ritory will not be presented, for that more naturally belongs to 
 the story of the struggles, the victories and defeats of the colo- 
 nists, extending over a period of nearly a century and a half. 
 
 The Indian inhabitants of Maine were divided into two 
 great confederacies ; the Abenaques and the Etechemins ; and 
 the Penobscot Eiver was the line of demarcation. ^ The Abena^ 
 ques dwelt westerly and the Etechemins along the banks and 
 east of this river. The former were divided into four large 
 tribes ; the latter into three.® The Sokokis, the smallest 
 tribe among the Abenaques, were settled upon the Saco River ; 
 and their principal abode was Indian Island, just above the 
 Lower Falls, also a settlement in the present town of Frye- 
 burg and another on the Great Ossipee. The Anasagunticooks 
 dwelt along the Androscoggin River, on the west side, from 
 its sources to Merrymeeting Bay ; their principal resort being 
 at Pejepscot, now Brunswick. The Canibas lived on the 
 Kennebec River, from Norridgewock to the sea, and Kennebis, 
 the paramount lord of the tribe, lived on Swan Island ; but 
 there were several other points along the river where settle- 
 ments of some size were indicated, notably at Norridgewock 
 and Teconnet, now Winslow. The Wawenocks occupied the 
 remaining space between the two great rivers, Kennebec and 
 Penobscot, their principal settlements being on the Sheepscot 
 and Damariscotta, of which more particular mention will be 
 made. 
 
 1. Will. Me, 1, 463 ; 1 Kendall's Travels, p. 61 ; Heckewelder, p. 109. 
 
 2. Parkmau's Jesuits, p. 321 ; Will. Me. 1, 466. 
 
36 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 Among the Etechemins the Tarratines were the most power- 
 ful and we shall have more occasion to notice them hereafter 
 than the others ; they lived along the Penobscot, one settlement 
 being at the mouth of the Kenduskeag, where Bangor now 
 stands, another three miles above, on the west side of the 
 river, nearly opposite the present village of Eddington Bend ; 
 their principal resort, however, was on the peninsula of Major- 
 biguyduce, now Castine ; and if Capt. John Smith did not err, 
 probably they had one settlement on the west of the Penobscot, 
 between that river and the mountains, in the vicinity of where 
 Camden stands to-day. The smallest tribe of the Etechemins 
 was known at an early date and often referred to as the Open- 
 angos, but later as the Passamaquoddys or 'Quoddy tribe ; they 
 have lived around the waters of Passamaquoddy Bay and the 
 Schoodic River. The last and most eastern tribe was known 
 as the Marechites. They bordered upon the Micmac territory 
 of Nova Scotia, and were the least intelligent as well as the 
 least known of the Maine tribes. They lived along the St. 
 John Eiver and had two leading resorts, one at the mouth of 
 the Madawaska and the other some eighty miles farther down, 
 at Meductic Point. 
 
 While these were the main divisions of the two great con- 
 federacies, in several instances these tribes were to some extent 
 sub-divided. For instance we have record of the minor tribes, 
 like the Pejepscots and the Machias Indians and others. 
 
 About 1614 and 1615, when the Europeans made their 
 first estimates of the Indian population of Maine, based largely 
 on the calculations of Capt. John Smith, it was placed as fol- 
 lows : The total number of Abenaque warriors, 5,000, allowing 
 to the Sokokis 900, to the Anasagunticooks 1,500, the Canibas 
 1,500 and the Wawenocks 1,100. The Etechemins were esti- 
 mated at 6,000 warriors, divided thus : Tarratines 2,400, 
 Openangos 1,400, and Marechites 2,200. The total Indian 
 population of the territory now constituting Maine being then 
 placed at from 35,000 to 40,000. The sources of information 
 at that time were such that great confidence has been placed in 
 the estimates by all writers upon this subject. 
 
 The Abenaque tribes were all subject to the Bashaba, his 
 rule extending from the Penobscot to Cape Cod. He dwelt 
 
ABORIGINAL INHABITANTS. 37 
 
 with the Wawenocks, at some point within their territory, and 
 they were his immediate subjects. Imagination has been yery 
 fertile with some writers on this matter, and Norumbegua, 
 Arambec and Arumpeag, as each author has fancied to term it, 
 has figured as the mythical city of this ancient race — sought, 
 but never found. The fact doubtless is that it never existed. 
 The Indian had his resorts and temporary abiding places. 
 These places he went from, and came back to, and lived in 
 often, but not continuously. 
 
 In the early part of 1615 a war broke out between the 
 Tarratines and western Indians. It raged with great violence 
 for two years and was the beginning of the end of the Abena- 
 ques of Maine. In 1617 a plague or pestilence, the exact 
 nature of which has never been known, broke out among the 
 Indians to the westward of the Penobscot and continued into 
 the next year. By this they were cut down by hundreds at all 
 points along the coast and up the rivers, wherever their settle- 
 ments extended ; the disease seeming to hover over the van- 
 quished and claim them alone for its victims. ^ One great 
 peculiarity of the disease that afflicted them was that where it 
 raged the worst English fishermen mingled with them, even 
 sleeping in their wigwams, and were unaffected. It has been 
 thought that the two years' war that just preceded it, during 
 which time the western Indians were driven from their hunting, 
 fishing and planting grounds, forced them to that precarious 
 kind of diet that their systems became impoverished to that 
 extent that they fell an easy prey to the malady that followed. 
 It is certain that the eastern Indians were not much, if any, 
 affected by it.^ Years after the early explorers found many 
 places where several had died together, perhaps all of a family, 
 and had been unburied. 
 
 This wholesale scourge was referred to by the English King 
 in one of his patents, at the time, as a visitation of God, and 
 a providential interference with the race favoring European 
 colonization.^ In the war the Bashaba was slain and the title 
 
 1. As late as October, 1763, a pestilence of an unknown nature broke out among 
 the Indians of Martha's Vineyard and the following January there were left hut 86 
 persons from a tribe that numbered 320 at the beginning of the scourge. Hutch. Hist, 
 Mass. I, 38. 
 
 2. Annals of Warren, p. 17 ; Johnson's Pemaquid, p. 43. 
 
 3. Young's Chronicles of Plymouth, p. 183. 
 
36 HISTORY OF BOOTIIBAY. 
 
 never reappeared among the tribes. As may well be supposed 
 from the location of the Wawenocks they were more nearly 
 exterminated than either of the other tribes ; but it was nearly 
 the middle of the following century before the remnant broke up 
 and left their native country, merging themselves in the tribes 
 of Canada. During all this period they acted generally under 
 the influence of either the Massachusetts Indians or the Tarra- 
 tines, their former foes, in their hostility to the colonists. The 
 Anasagunticooks first went to Canada and joined the St. Fran- 
 cois Indians early in 1747, followed soon after by the Sokokis. 
 The Canibas withdrew the remnant of their tribe to Norridge- 
 wock, where after many years with dwindling numbers they, 
 too, went to Canada. Soon after 1747 the Wawenocks, having 
 but few families left, went to Canada and joined their brethren 
 at Becancourt.^ 
 
 The Etechemins withstood the war and the ravages of the 
 plague, but were much cut down in numbers. The remnant of 
 the Tarratines, now known as the Penobscots, are at Indian 
 Island, Old Town. The ' Quoddy tribe are on the shore of their 
 old bay at Pleasant Point in the town of Perry, both wards of 
 the State of Maine. The remainder of the Marechites are near 
 Frederickton, N. B. 
 
 The principal dwelling places of the Wawenocks must have 
 been those spots here and there alongshore which have shown 
 the greatest amount of offal deposit. They had no fortifications 
 or earthworks, no buildings with durable foundations, nothing 
 that marked the surface of the earth in other than a temporary 
 fashion, except where had accumulated huge piles of shells 
 from clams or oysters, mingled with the bones of birds and 
 game, various implements and cooking utensils, lost or cast 
 away, with sometimes the skeletons of their own dead. 
 
 Ordinarily in the vicinity of one of these places, which 
 shows to have been an Indian resort, has been found an Indian 
 burying ground. Search where one may for these localities 
 and they invariably will be found on a southern slope, with 
 high, well-wooded land, as a weather shield, lying to the north 
 and west, with a pond, spring or stream of good pure water 
 near, and, at a convenient distance, productive clam flats, which 
 
 1. Will. Me. I, 469. 
 
ABORIGINAL INHABITANTS. 39 
 
 to the present day are famed for both quantity and quality of 
 this bivalve. 
 
 There is every reason to believe that the Indian has always 
 been a migratory being. He is that now. He was probably 
 the same before ever a European set foot on American soil. 
 In winter when the interior was closed down under ice and 
 snow he came to the seashore, where he had all that that locality 
 produced for sustenance, clams, oysters, fish and birds ; and in 
 these regions, before civilization had placed its mark upon the 
 territory, all the game worked seaward, too, in winter, on 
 account of the great depth of snow back from the ocean. ^ In 
 spring the Indian followed the salmon and shad up the rivers, 
 and hunted the forest game, which also at that season worked 
 back along the rivers and streams. 
 
 The two great centers of Wawenock settlement were where 
 the Damariscotta oyster shell deposit exists and about the 
 lower Sheepscot waters, though there were many minor ones. 
 Indications point to this Damariscotta locality as the Norum- 
 begua or Arambec of the ancients, and also as being the resi- 
 dence of the Bashaba, more strongly than any other place. 
 These beds form a cliff varying from six to twenty-five feet 
 above high water mark ; they are from eighty to one hundred 
 rods in width, and extend one hundred and eight rods in 
 length, and were estimated by Dr. Jackson as containing 
 45,000,000 cubic feet.^ There are several reasons why this 
 place is indicated as the chief point in old Mavooshen.^ It shows 
 to have been the center and abode of a mighty horde of eaters, 
 much greater in extent than any other in America, and one of 
 the largest in the world ;* it was as nearly central in their 
 territory as any place that could be selected ; the quality of the 
 food was better than any other section has shown, being oysters 
 instead of clams, and the ruling element usually takes the best 
 in either civilized or barbarian life ; lastly, when the Popham 
 and Gilbert colony was visited by a delegation from the Bashaba, 
 
 1. As an indication that this is correct it may be said that this fact still exists in 
 Washington County, the only county in Maine having unsettled territory to any extent 
 near the sea ; and deer are always more numerous on the borders of civilization, where 
 there are some cleared spots, than they are in the depths of a dense forest. 
 
 2. Geological Report III, 67. 
 
 3. The aboriginal name for the Wawenock territory, 
 
 4. Fiske's Discovery of America I, 4; Second Annual Report of the Peabody 
 Museum of American Archaeology, p. 18. 
 
10 HISTORY OF BOOTHS AY. 
 
 consisting of his brother Skidwares and Nahanada, extending 
 an invitation to visit him, a locality northerly from Pemaquid 
 was indicated by them/ and not the lower Sheepscot, where 
 the next greatest aggregation of offal deposit exists. 
 
 A similar, though smaller, deposit is to be found on the 
 Hawthorne or Barton farm in the town of Gushing.^ Another 
 is found in Bremen, on the farm formerly owned by Jacob 
 Keene ; again on the Benjamin Palmer place at Broad Cove ; 
 and also on the northerly end of Loud's Island, formerly known 
 as Muscongus. Westerly from the Sheepscot, in Kobin Hood's 
 ' Cove, Georgetown, may be found a similar deposit. All these 
 places have the requisites previously mentioned : a high, wood- 
 sheltered background, a southern slope to the sun, with good 
 fresh water and productive clam flats near at hand. 
 
 In our own locality each reader is somewhat familiar with 
 the physical features of the country. On ancient Cape 
 Newagen, now Southport, there are several minor spots about 
 Ebenecook Harbor, but the one most in evidence is the southern 
 slope from Dogfish Head, where the entire soil in some places, 
 particularly where the old Haddocks fish stand was built, and 
 all about where the old flake yard was, is composed of pulver- 
 ized shell deposit to the depth of several feet. This was in 
 mounds in Palgrave Haddocks' time, but was leveled to a 
 smooth and regular field by his sons and grandsons. Across 
 the cove from the Haddocks stand, near the Cameron landing, 
 is another of the old resorts ; but the most famous in our 
 vicinity are the indications about Sawyer's Island and Indian- 
 town.^ 
 
 At the head of the cove which penetrates Sawyer's Island 
 from the north, more than half the distance across it, were in 
 early times quite well-defined cooking pots, cut in the rocks, 
 which in later years have crumbled and sloughed off. It is 
 supposed that they were used for cooking maize and vegetables 
 by immersing hot stones in the pot holes when filled with water 
 and the articles to be cooked. On Swett's Island Indian remains 
 
 1. Me. Hist. Coll. Ill, 307. 
 
 2. It may be said that all these other deposits are principally of clam shells and 
 other offal. Few if any oyster shells are found. Cushman's Sheepscot, pp. SKMis. 
 
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 were exhumed, where the skeleton showed that the buried was 
 in a sitting posture, facing the rising sun, an almost universal 
 custom, indicated by nearly every exhumation that has been 
 made, and which has been interpreted as symbolic of their 
 belief in a resurrection. ^ 
 
 On Indiantown during the fifties, while plowing in a field 
 where the soil was largely composed of this deposit, a piece of 
 a two-edged knife or sword was unearthed, imbedded in a 
 human skeleton, while near by were uncovered six other skele- 
 tons, the blade of a long-bitted iron axe, a stone axe with a 
 grooved neck instead of an eye, a piece of old-time saw plate, 
 a short piece of iron chain, and a table knife of ancient pat- 
 tern.^ This shell deposit at the south end of Indiantown 
 Island is about ten feet in depth in places. It is unmistakably 
 an artificial rather than a natural deposit, for, like that at 
 Damariscotta, the earth beneath it is of the same composition 
 as that about it, and the bottom of the deposit is above high 
 water mark. All along the lower Sheepscot are vestiges of 
 this ancient race, but much plainer when they were young, so 
 the old men tell us. "Time's effacing fingers" have nearly 
 swept the lines. 
 
 The Wawenocks, as might be supposed, being the tribe 
 which were the immediate subjects of the Bashaba, had many 
 superior traits of character. They and the Canibas showed less 
 hostility to the colonists than the two western tribes ; but the 
 Abenaques as a whole, regardless of the many black crimes 
 recorded against them, lacked much of the natural savagery of 
 the Tarratines. Maine's leading historian says of the Wawenock 
 race :^ "They were a brave^ active, personable people, — faith- 
 ful in amity ; and when uninfluenced they disinclined to make 
 war upon the English. They defended their prince with much 
 valor until overcome." 
 
 The signification of the name Wawenock is " veiy brave — 
 fearing nothing." So numerous were they about the Sheepscot 
 in early times that Douglas, an old writer, terms them in his 
 
 1. The religion, churcli service, marriage ceremony and manner of burial among 
 the Indians have all changed in the last two centuries or thereatout, and for many 
 years have taken on the Catholic forms. This has been the case ever since the French 
 Jesuits gained an ascendancy over the Indians in matters of religious belief. 
 
 2. Ancient Dominions of Maine, p. 27. 
 
 3. Will. Me. I, 469. 
 
42 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAYi 
 
 description "the Sheepscot Indians."' They were well formed 
 men and women, not so large as the Tarratines but better fea- 
 tured. They subsisted entirely on cooked food and would eat 
 nothing raw. Like all others of their race they loved gewgaws 
 and finery, high colors and ornamental articles of dress. In 
 war they painted their faces with red pigment into terrifying 
 appearances, wearing glittering medals of copper or silver on 
 their breasts, and pendant jewels in their ears and sometimes 
 in their noses, with feathered turbans for a head gear. They 
 lived in many cases to great ages, and deformity or idiocy was 
 unknown among them. Their best wigwams ranged from 
 twenty to forty feet in length by about fifteen in width. The 
 ridgepole and plates were supported by crotched sticks driven 
 in the ground. They were covered with bark and battened, 
 but without doors or windows. The entrance was covered by 
 a curtain, frequently being either a bear or deer skin. Each 
 wigwam had a smoke hole near the center and the fire was built 
 on the ground beneath it. Beds of evergreen boughs and twigs 
 were ranged in a sort of windrow form along the sides, upon 
 which they slept at night and sat upon while doing their work 
 on garments or snowshoes during the day. They had but one 
 regular meal and that was at evening. At other times they ate 
 according to the' demands of appetite. No bird, fish or animal 
 which they were able to capture was ever thrown away if they 
 needed food. All were eaten. They did not know how to 
 make bread until they learned from the French and English. 
 They formerly pounded their corn in stone mortars, and boiled 
 their water in wooden troughs and trays by inserting red-hot 
 stones. They usually smoked or broiled meats and fish, boiled 
 or stewed vegetables, and roasted nuts in the hot ashes. 
 
 The Indians of Maine all believed in a Great Spirit, called 
 by the Abenaques, Tanto ; and by the Etechemins, Sazoos. 
 Their paradise was always in the direction of the setting sun. 
 The principal Indian names of individuals of rank belonging 
 to the Wawenock and Canibas tribes, which were best known 
 to our English colonists along these shores from 1605 to the 
 end of that century, and which may be found by searching 
 the early York Deeds and local history, were Moxas, We^un- 
 
 1. Will. Me. 1, 4G8. 
 
ABORIGINAL INHABITANTS. 43 
 
 gavet, Kobin Hood, Menawormet, Mchodehant, Samoset, 
 Quesemenecke, Sebenoa, Obias, Damarine, Sasanoa, Wiwurna, 
 - Skidwares, Nahanada, Amenquin, Dick Swash, Jack Pudding, 
 Josle, Agilike, Wittinose, Erie Dugles, Matahando, Sheepscot 
 John and Hopehood. The last named was son of Robin Hood, 
 and the most desperate, cruel and relentless leader from these 
 parts. He was killed while leading a raiding band through 
 New Hampshire, in 1690, by some Canadian Indians who 
 mistook him for a Mohawk, with whom they were at war.^ 
 
 1. It is probable that the Wawenock territory would he more exactly described 
 if its eastern limits were set at and upon Georges or St, George Eiver, than as extending 
 to the Penobscot waters. It is likely that the Tarratines occupied the Penobscot and 
 had some settlement along its western banks. 
 
CHAPTER III. 
 
 Early Voyages and Explorations. 
 
 PAEKMAN briefly covers the Spanish case when he says : 
 " Toward the close of the fifteenth century Spain achieved 
 her final triumph over the infidels of Granada, and made 
 her name famous through all generations by the discovery of 
 America. Every ship from the New World came freighted 
 with marvels which put the fictions of chivalry to shame ; and 
 to the Spaniard of that day America was a region of wonder 
 and mystery, of vague and magnificent promise. Thither 
 adventurers hastened, thirsting for glory and for gold, and 
 often mingling the enthusiasm of the crusader and the valor of 
 the knight-errant with the bigotry of inquisitors and the rapac- 
 ity of pirates. The extravagance of hope and the fever of 
 adventure knew no bounds." ^ 
 
 Spain confined herself, principally, to that part of America 
 near the equator, notably to Central America, Peru, Mexico, 
 the West India Islands and Florida. The only oflicial Spanish 
 expedition to the northern Atlantic coast of America was 
 undertaken by Gomez, sailing from Corunna, soon after Feb- 
 ruary 10, 1525, with the intention of making the intermediate 
 coast his objective point. De Leon and Ayllon, of his own 
 country, had discovered and explored Florida in 1512 and 
 1520, as far as 33° north. John Cabot, in 1497, and Sebastian 
 Cabot, who was a friend and correspondent, in 1498, had vis- 
 ited Newfoundland and Labrador ; therefore, Gomez sought 
 an unworked field. ^ He was absent from Spain about ten 
 months, in which time he sailed along the coast from Florida 
 to Newfoundland. Ribero's map, which followed this voyage, 
 depicts our coast in a general way, so it would be recognizable. 
 The triangular form of Penobscot Bay is clearly given, studded 
 with islands, and the shores of Maine were called the land of 
 Gomez. This name, and others that he gave to prominent 
 
 1. Pioneers of France, p. 9. 
 
 2, Me. Hist. Coll. Doc, Ser., Vol. I, p. 274. 
 
EAELY VOYAGES AND EXPLORATIONS. 45 
 
 points on that voyage, lasted, in some cases, many years. 
 Portuguese and Spanish fishermen were about Newfoundland, 
 and perhaps as far west as the Maine coast, as eai-ly as that 
 date, probably early as 1504, and continued to come to these 
 shores well up to 1600. 
 
 The interests and efforts of France were centered farther 
 north. As a matter of private enterprise, Denis, of Honfleur, 
 explored the Gulf of St. Lawrence in 1506 ; Aubert, of Dieppe, 
 followed in 1508. In 1524 Verrazzano, a Florentine in the 
 service of France, explored the coast from near the site of 
 Wilmington, N. C, to Newfoundland. He skirted the coast 
 along, touching near the site of Portsmouth, and then made 
 his cruise along the shores of the Gulf of Maine. He stated 
 that while at the South he found the natives agreeable and gen- 
 tle, here, on the Maine coast, they were in an irritable state, 
 rude and ill-mannered. No navigator of his time knew better 
 than Verrazzano just what localities had been visited up to that 
 date by voyagers and fishermen, and he interpreted it at once 
 as an indication that the Indian race, in these parts, was dis- 
 affected from treatment they had received from European 
 visitors. He noted another peculiarity of the Indians on this 
 coast, which strengthened his suspicions ; while at the South 
 the natives were pleased with any trinket or ornament, here 
 they wanted nothing but fishhooks, knives, or some iron or 
 steel instrument that would cut, and appeared as though they 
 had learned the use of such articles. He concluded that Euro- 
 pean barter with the natives had commenced before his visit.^ 
 
 Francis I, of France, directed two vessels to be fitted for 
 western exploration, and placed them in command of Jaques 
 Cartier, who sailed from St. Malo April 20, 1534. His land 
 fall was near Cape Buonavista, Newfoundland, near where 
 Cortereal reached in 1500. He passed through the Straits of 
 Belle Isle and entered Bay Chaleur, ascending the St. Law- 
 rence as far as Anticosti. In 1535 Cartier made a second 
 voyage, this time going up the St. Lawrence to Stadacone, 
 now Quebec, and after a little tarry proceeded still further to 
 Hochelaga, now Montreal. Again Cartier sailed with Eober- 
 val. It is said that in 1545, during January and February, 
 
 1. Me. Hist. Coll. Doc. Ser., Vol. I, p. 266. 
 
46 HISTORY OP BOOTHBAY. 
 
 an average of about two vessels a day sailed from French ports 
 for Newfoundland. La Roche, in 1598, under a commission 
 from Henry IV, sailed west to Sable Island. In 1556 Andre 
 Thevet sailed from Florida along the North Atlantic coast to 
 Newfoundland. He mentions "Norumbegue," which, he 
 states, the natives called "Agoncy." He speaks of the region 
 in detail, clearly indicating Fox Islands, Camden Hills and 
 Islesboro, which, he says, the natives called "Aiayascon," and 
 that it was inhabited only by birds and fishermen. From this 
 trip he sailed to Labrador, and home to France by way of the 
 Azores. He describes no other part of his voyage with the 
 interest that he does in the case of Penobscot Bay. De Monts, 
 the French explorer, accompanied by Champlain, reached the 
 present Liverpool, in Nova Scotia, in 1604 ; he rounded Cape 
 Sable into the Bay of Fundy, later anchoring in the attractive 
 harbor, which he granted to Poutrincourt, and he, in turn, 
 settled it the following year as Port Royal, now the city of 
 Annapolis, N. S. De Monts' charter from Henry IV, of 
 France, embraced the territory between the 40th and 46th 
 parallels of latitude (from the Delaware Bay to the GuK of 
 St. Lawrence) . He cruised about the bay for a time, visited 
 and named the St. John River, became somewhat acquainted 
 with the Openango and Marechite tribes, which we have had 
 previous occasion to notice, and then settled down for the 
 winter of 1604-05 on Neutral Island, which is situated in the 
 St. Croix River, and had been selected by Champlain for the 
 purpose. Of the seventy-nine who commenced the winter, 
 thirty-five died by the opening of spring from exposure and 
 the scurvy. In the previous September, in a little bark of 
 fifteen tons, he sailed west to Mount Desert, which he visited 
 and named, and entered the Penobscot River, by him called 
 the Pentagoet, and again, in these old records, the mystical 
 name of Norumbegua is sounded. June 18, 1605, almost 
 the exact time that Weymouth was about Pentecost Harbor, 
 De Monts sailed west, past the mouth of the Penobscot, where 
 he had been the previous autumn, erected a cross at the Ken- 
 nebec, taking possession of that country by the act, and so 
 proceeded westward to Cape Cod, returning to St. Croix 
 August 3d. 
 
EARLY VOYAGES AND EXPLORATIONS. 47 
 
 Thus far only French and Spanish voyages have been noted ; 
 but England, though apparently lagging in the enterprise of 
 discovery and colonization, was destined to show a lasting 
 though a latent energy. In 1497 John Cabot, accompanied by 
 his son Sebastian, under a grant from Henry VII, made a voy- 
 age of three months, touching Labrador only, and returned to 
 England. The next year Sebastian again crossed the ocean, 
 his first land fall being near Davis Strait. He then sailed 
 southward along the coast, stopping at Newfoundland awhile, 
 and probably sailed along the Gulf of Maine to Cape Cod. 
 The Cabots were seeking both territory and a northwest pas- 
 sage to Cathay, and their knowledge of geography and naviga- 
 tion, and the principle of what is termed " great circle sailing," 
 led them to make those far north land falls. In the Privy 
 Purse account of Henry YH occurs an item each year, for 
 1503-4-5, where cash gifts were made to parties who had 
 brought him relics and wild animals and birds from Newfound- 
 land, yet not a word in identification of the person or the voy- 
 age. It simply shows the communication to have been greater 
 than has been commonly supposed between the old world and 
 the new at that period. Similar entries of making like gifts 
 also occur between the date of Cabot's voyage and 1503. But 
 for half a century after Cabot voyaged for his King, little, on 
 the part of England, was done in following up the fisheries, in 
 comparison to what was being done in the same line by the 
 French, Spanish and Portuguese. This is surprising, inas- 
 much as Cabot reported the cod in such schools off Newfound- 
 land as to impede his progress ; but at that time, England con- 
 trolled the Icelandic fisheries and this may account for not 
 persevering to a greater extent, about the Newfoundland waters, 
 early in the sixteenth century. 
 
 The Portuguese brought both cattle and swine to Sable 
 Island and they are reported to have multiplied greatly in a 
 native condition.^ An English navigator, John Rut, June 10, 
 1527, sailed from Plymouth, with two vessels, the Mary of 
 Guilford and the Samson. The Mary reached Newfoundland 
 August 3d, and reported finding " eleven Norman vessels, one 
 from Brittany, and two Portugal barks, all a-fishing." Rut 
 
 1. Hakluyt, p. 691. 
 
48 HISTOKY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 sailed along the coast and mentions Norumbegua. As this name 
 actually applied to the Maine coast, and sometimes in a broader 
 sense to all New England, this is the first recorded instance 
 where Englishmen put their feet on Maine soil. Nowhere else 
 on either continent has the fishing business been carried on so 
 extensively and successfully, over a long term of years, as along 
 the northern Atlantic coast, from 'Maine to Newfoundland. 
 In 1577 there were reported one hundred fishing vessels about 
 the Newfoundland waters. By 1600 England was sending 
 annually about one hundred vessels there. ^ It was but a few 
 years after this before the English fleet of fishermen was num- 
 erous along the Maine coast. 
 
 Bartholomew Gosnold sailed from Falmouth, England, 
 March 26, 1602, with thirty-two men, and made land May 4th, 
 somewhere north of the Isle of Shoals. He skirted the coast 
 along to Cape Cod, where, on June 18th, he re-embarked for 
 England. The next year merchants from Bristol, England, 
 fitted up a ship of fifty tons, giving the command to Martin 
 Pring. They sailed from Milford Haven, April 10, 1603, 
 shortly after the death of Queen Elizabeth. They sighted the 
 Azores and fell in with the American coast at Fox Islands, in 
 Penobscot Bay, on June 7th. The cod and haddock which they 
 took were esteemed better than those taken farther north. 
 Pring examined our coast line more carefully than any one who 
 had preceded him, and carried back a careful draft and an 
 account of it. They sailed for England in August. 
 
 No other English navigator is mentioned until the voyage of 
 George Weymouth, in 1605. He sailed from the Downs, March 
 31st, and on May 11th came in sight of the American coast 
 near Cape Cod. He ran northwardly three days, from the 14th 
 to the 17th of the month, and anchored about noon of the lat- 
 ter day on the north side of a prominent island, which he named 
 St. George, but which is now known by its aboriginal name, 
 Monhegan. On the 19th he sailed northward two or three 
 leagues, among the islands, toward the mountains he viewed 
 in the distance, and anchored in an excellent harbor, which he 
 named Pentecost Harbor. It has been a broadly discussed 
 question, and much has been written upon it, where this Pen- 
 
 1. Sabine's Rep. on Fisheries, pp. 209-216. 
 
EARLY VOYAGES AND EXPLORATIONS. 49 
 
 tecoat Harbor was, and what river Weymouth ascended after 
 he left his anchorage. There seemed to be a settled impression 
 that it was St. George's Harbor for many years, but the river 
 he ascended was thought to have been the Penobscot. To this 
 view Belknap, Williams, Eaton and Williamson inclined. The 
 writings of these authors being among the earliest published, 
 and practically on the ground, other historical works, that only 
 mentioned the matter incidentally, accepted their views, with- 
 out, a knowledge of the locality. The report of Captain Wil- 
 liams and the publications of Belknap are principally respon- 
 sible for this view, however. 
 
 At a later date McKeen, Sewall and others, seeing that this 
 was untenable as a theory, when compared with Rosier's narra- 
 tive, the chronicler of the voyage, launched the Kennebec 
 Eiver theory, with Boothbay Harbor as the Pentecost of 
 Weymouth. The historians, Bancroft, Abbott and Palfrey, 
 accepted the Kennebec and Boothbay idea, and for some years 
 this voyage became the largest subject for discussion in all 
 Maine's early history. When carefully examined the Kenne- 
 bec view was more inconsistent with Hosier's chronicle than the 
 Penobscot had been. In 1859 Captain George Prince, of 
 Bath, drew public attention to' the matter in a careful and 
 exhaustive paper before the Maine Historical Society, in which 
 he set forth that all inconsistencies might be eliminated if the 
 earliest view of the harbor, St. George's, be taken, and the St. 
 George Eiver substituted for the Kennebec or the Penobscot, 
 in either case. The direction of the mountains, being those of 
 Camden ; the description of the islands forming the harbor ; 
 and the coves along the St. George, on either side ; the river, 
 " trending westward into the main " ; all tallied with Rosier. 
 It is probable that the matter would have been settled at a 
 much earlier date had not Rosier described the river as a 
 " large river." With that impression uppermost. Captain Wil- 
 liams, who looked the gi-ound over in the interest of Belknap, 
 reported the Penobscot was the only " large river " that could 
 be considered. Had he only thought that in the country from 
 which Weymouth and Rosier came the Thames and the Severn 
 are considered large rivers; and had he critically examined 
 that part of the narrative where the author estimates this 
 
50 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 " large river" as extending only forty miles into the main, then 
 Captain "Williams, as well as Captain Prince, might have recon- 
 ciled the St. George as fitting the description. Members of 
 the Maine Historical Society, it is believed, as a unit, accept 
 the Prince theory, as do students of the subject everywhere.^ 
 
 One act of Weymouth's voyage, which will always cause it 
 to stand out prominent in history, was the capture of five 
 Wawenock Indians, by treachery, and taking them to England. 
 The names of the captured were Nahanada, Skidwares, Asse- 
 comet, Dehamida and Tisquantum. For this act Weymouth 
 is to the present day held up to the execration of mankind ; 
 while Lord Popham and Sir Ferdinando Gorges are viewed as 
 Christian gentlemen of unblemished character. The exten- 
 uating facts that may be urged in behalf of Weymouth's mem- 
 ory are, that he caused the kidnapping of these natives for no 
 monetary gain. They were not sold into slavery or ill-treated, 
 further than such punishment as would naturally be incidental 
 to capture and transportation away from home and friends. 
 He was on a voyage in the interest of Gorges and Popham, and 
 when he returned to England these stolen Indians Avere divided 
 between his employers. Gorges taking three into his house- 
 hold, and Popham the other two. Gorges says, in his brief 
 narration : 
 
 " They were all of one nation, but of several parts and sev- 
 eral families. This accident must be acknowledged the means 
 under God of putting on foot and giving life to all our planta- 
 tions." 
 
 The real use to which the Indians were put in England was 
 to teach them English, and then to obtain from them a descrip- 
 tion of their country and its natural resources. They were all 
 returned later and, unquestionably, were well cared for while 
 in England. Captain Weymouth has been held before the 
 public by many writers with all the odium of a slave-stealer, 
 and his memory is blotted by this act ; but he was only the 
 agent of principals on the other side of the Atlantic. The 
 agent's purpose was secondary to that of the principals, but the 
 nature of the act forced the first move on him. That accom- 
 plished, the principals accepted the result of his work for the 
 
 1. Me. Hist. Coll., Vol. V, pp. 307-338 ; Vol. IX, p. 302 ; Vol. VI, pp. 291-307. Same, 
 2d Series, Vol. II, p. 226. 
 
EAKLT VOYAGES AND EXPLORATIONS. 51 
 
 carrying out of their object ; and Gorges, Christian gentleman 
 that he was, only termed it an "accident." 
 
 When the treatment of the captured, and the fact that they 
 were sent back to be landed on the shores of their nativity, is 
 all considered, the act does not take so dark a hue as it has 
 many times been given. The intent was the essence of the 
 crime then, as always ; and the intent was not bad. It worked, 
 however, to the disadvantage of the English. The forcible, 
 treacherous act of kidnapping was started in the minds of the 
 natives, and, while nearly three-quarters of a century was to 
 intervene before they should wage a disastrous war upon the 
 white population, there was ever after a feeling of suspicion 
 and distrust of the English on the part of the Indians. 
 
 By act of King James I, who was now the English ruler, 
 two patents were granted on April 10, 1606, with a view to 
 colonization. This was the most vital action in this direction 
 thus far taken by the English Government. They were known 
 as the First and Second Colonies of Virginia.^ The first con- 
 sisted of London gentlemen. Gates, Somers, Hakluyt, Wing- 
 field and their associates ; and the other was composed of 
 Gorges, Hanham, Gilbert, Popham, Parker and their associ- 
 ates, from Plymouth and elsewhere. The country granted 
 was from 34° to 45° north latitude, or from about the point of 
 Cape Fear to the central part of Maine. The First Colony 
 was permitted to begin a settlement anywhere below 41° north, 
 and the Second Colony could commence anywhere above 38° 
 north ; but one having commenced, the other should not begin 
 a settlement within one hundred miles of the first planting. It 
 will be only with the Second Colony of Virginia, sometimes 
 called the Plymouth Company, that we shall have to do as we 
 proceed. 
 
 In August, 1606, the Second Colony sent out to their terri- 
 tory, for the purposes of colonization, Capt. Henry Chalons. 
 He had thirty-one men, and took along Dehamida and Asse- 
 comet, intending to return them to their native shores. This 
 is strongly presumptive that the locality that Weymouth had 
 visited, and Rosier had described, was the intended destination. 
 A little later one of the patentees, Capt. Thomas Hanham, 
 
 1. Will. Me., Vol. I, p. 196. 
 
52 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 with more men and supplies, and the Indian Nahanada, fol- 
 lowed Chalons. The latter, however, was not to be found by 
 Hanham, so after some search he returned to England, accom- 
 plishing nothing further than giving the country and the oppor- 
 tunities for colonization a favorable word painting. Chalons, 
 meantime, on November 10th, had been captured by the Span- 
 iards, taken to Spain and his vessel condemned. 
 
 While disappointment came to the North Virginia Com- 
 pany, the Southern Company was making some progress. In 
 April, 1607, with three ships and one hundred men, the settle- 
 ment of Jamestown was effected, which was never entirely 
 broken up. The spirit of rivalry at about this time is in evi- 
 dence between the two companies in the matter of colonization. 
 On May 31, 1607, George Popham, brother to the Chief Jus- 
 tice, and Ealeigh Gilbert, nephew of Sir Walter Raleigh, sailed 
 from Plymouth with two ships, the Gift of God and the Mary 
 and John, with one hundred and twenty men, and provisions, 
 utensils and other necessities adapted to planting in a wilder- 
 ness. With them was Skidwares, another of Weymouth's 
 captives, returned to his home and friends. Early in August 
 they made land, evidently in the vicinity of Mount Deseit, 
 and sailed westerly to an anchorage under Monhegan. They 
 were among the islands in that vicinity for a few days, one of 
 Strachey's descriptions being as follows : ^ 
 
 "From twelve of the clock noon they kept their course 
 due west and came neere unto three islands, lying low and flat 
 by the water, shewing white to the water as if it were sand ; 
 but yt is white rock, making shew afar off almost like Dover 
 Cliffes. There lyeth so-west from the easter-most of the three 
 islands a white rocky island, and those other three islands lye 
 one of the other east and west." 
 
 It is generally accepted that in the above the islands Dam- 
 ariscove, Outer Heron and Fisherman's are described, and the 
 white rocky one is Pumpkin Eock. The text preceding and 
 following the above supports this view. On August 9th, it 
 being Sunday, they went ashore at some island, presumably 
 
 1. William Strachey was not connected with this expedition. He was not even 
 on this coast ; but he was Secretary of the South Virginia Company from 1609 to 1612, 
 at about which time he returned to England. About 1618 he prepared his "Historie 
 of Travaile into Virginia," some chapters of which were devoted to the Northern Col- 
 ony. The data was probably from Interviews with or journals of some of the members 
 of that voyage, 
 
EAKLY VOYAGES AND EXPLORATIONS. 53. 
 
 Monhegan, perhaps another, and held divine worship. At 
 whatever island it may have been, it was evidently the first 
 Protestant church service ever held north of Jamestown, Va. 
 While in the vicinity of the three islands referred to they were 
 becalmed, but during the night a furious southern storm broke 
 upon them. This they rode out till daybreak when Strachey 
 tells us further : 
 
 "Soe soone as the day gave light, they perceaved that they 
 were hard abourd the shore, in the bay that they were in the 
 dale before, which made them look out for some place to 
 thrust in the shipp to save their lives ; for towing the long 
 boat, yt laye suncke at the stern two howers and more, yett 
 would they not cutt her off, lyving in hope to save her ; So 
 bearing up helme, they stood in right with the shoare, when 
 anon they perceaved two little islands, to which they made, 
 and there they found (God be thancked) good anchoring, 
 where they road untill the storme broak, which was the next 
 dale after. Here they freed their boat, and had ashore to 
 repaire her, being much torn and spoiled. These are two 
 leagues to the westward of Sagadehoc. Upon one of them 
 they went ashoare, and found four salvadges and one woman. 
 The islands all rockye and full of pine trees." 
 
 They selected the point of the peninsula, known by the 
 Indians.as Sabino, on the western side of the Kennebec River, 
 then called the Sagadahoc. This point is now well known to 
 all as Popham Beach. It is well for the reader to consider 
 for a moment the early distinction which that place received. 
 The two great companies, chartered under James I, had each 
 made its selection of a locality, in the same year, 1607, upon 
 which to build a city, which should in future times be the cen- 
 ter or nucleus of a New "World's population. Popham went 
 down early, and is now, for its natural beauty, used as one of 
 the many summer homes along the Maine coast, with but few 
 inhabitants ; while of Jamestown Fiske justly says : " Of 
 that sacred spot, the first abiding place of Englishmen in 
 America, nothing now is left but the ivy-mantled ruins of the 
 church tower and a few cracked and crumbling tombstones." 
 
 "While Popham superintended the building of the fort and 
 houses. Captain Gilbert explored, with a few of his men, as 
 far west as Cape Elizabeth and about Casco Bay, also up the 
 Kennebec to a point thought to be between Augusta and 
 
54 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Waterville, and during the month of September went to Pem- 
 aquid, by arrangement with Nahanada and Skidwares, to go 
 with them and visit the Bashaba ; but on arriving there, being 
 belated, those Indians had gone before them, and they returned 
 to the settlement. While the others were getting ready for 
 winter, Capt. Robert Davies was dispatched back to England 
 in the Mary and John for supplies, expecting to return in the 
 spring. After his departure they finished the fort, built fifty 
 houses, a church and storehouse, and " a pretty Pynnace of 
 about some thirty tonne, which they called the Virginia." 
 Captain Davies arrived the following season, "with a shipp 
 laden full of vitualls, armes, instruments and tooles," but he 
 found President Popham dead, besides many others. It had 
 been a rigorous winter in both America and Europe, far 
 beyond the average in severity, still a good quantity of sassa- 
 fras had been gathered, a large stock of furs had been obtained 
 in trade with the Indians, and matters were not necessarily in 
 the discouraging state that they have been depicted, had it not 
 been that their leadership was gone. The ship brought over 
 letters to Gilbert announcing the death of his brother, to a 
 part of whose property he was heir. This influenced Gilbert 
 to return to England, and the result of this western effort may 
 be summed up in Strachey's closing : 
 
 " Therefore they all ymbarqued in this new arrived ship, 
 and in the new pinnace, the Virginia, and sett saile for Eng- 
 land. And this was the end of that northerne colony uppon 
 the river Sachadehoc." 
 
 No oflScial voyages to this locality are recorded until 1614, 
 when Capt. John Smith, of South Virginia fame, appears giv- 
 ing some attention to the Virginia of the north. He set sail 
 from England, March 3, 1614, with a ship and a bark and for- 
 ty-five men, and reached Monhegan, where he anchored in its 
 harbor, the last of April. He built several l)oats at Monhegan 
 to range the coast with, leaving his vessel in that harbor. He 
 took eight men with him on his excursions, and with his usual 
 energy explored and surveyed the coast, which he mapped two 
 years later, producing the best map of this coast that had 
 appeared up to that date.' Again the two faithful Indians, 
 
 1. Captain Smith's map included the coast from the mouth of the Penobscot to 
 Cape Cod. 
 
EARLY VOYAGES AND EXPLORATIONS. 55 
 
 Nahanada and Skidwares, appear to advantage as friends to the 
 English. Captain Smith says : 
 
 "The main assistance, next Grod, I had to this small num- 
 ber, was my acquaintance among the Salvadges, especially with 
 Nahanada, one of their greatest lords, who had lived long in 
 England. By the means of this proud Salvadge, I did not 
 doubt but quickly to have got that credit with the rest of his 
 friends and alliants, to have had as many of them as I desired 
 in any design." 
 
 While Smith lay at Monhegan he reports " right against 
 him in the main was a ship of Sir Francis Popham," also to the 
 westward, some leagues away, were two French vessels well 
 laden with furs and ready for a homeward voyage. On July 
 18th Smith sailed for England in his bark, leaving Captain 
 Hunt in his ship to finish the fare of fish. No sooner had Smith 
 departed than Hunt sailed westward to the Massachusetts shore, 
 kidnapped twenty-seven Indians, and sailed to Spain, where a 
 part of them were sold for about one hundred dollars apiece. 
 This act of Hunt's was one of the most injurious to the English, 
 who were trying to colonize the country, that ever occurred. 
 
 Captain Smith dedicated his map and " Description of New 
 England" to Prince Charles, afterwards Charles I, requesting 
 him to change the barbarous names of the locality for such 
 English that posterity would pronounce him their godfather. ^ 
 
 New England first appears as a name at this point, as also 
 does Charles Eiver, Cape Ann and Cape Elizabeth. Pemaquid 
 was named St. John's town, and Monhegan called Barty Island. 
 The last two names did not stick, though the others have. 
 
 Sir Ferdinando Gorges, in 1616, sent Richard Vines to this 
 coast with the express stipulation that he should winter here. 
 This he did during the winter of 1616-17 with the Indians at 
 the mouth of the Saco River.® Next we learn of Captain 
 Rocroft in 1618, who came to these shores in the interest of the 
 Plymouth Company. In a quarrel with some of his crew he 
 put three of them ashore near where Vines had wintered. They 
 worked east along the coast and reached Monhegan, where they 
 spent the winter of 1618-19, in a suffering condition. Rocroft, 
 
 1. Mass. Hist. Coll., Sd, Vol. VI, p. 95. 
 
 2. From Vines, more than any one else, has been learned the severity of the 
 epidemic among the Indians. That winter, while they were dying in hundreds all 
 about him, not one of his crew was affected by the scourge. 
 
56 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 without orders, sailed for Virginia, where in a quarrel he 
 was killed by one of his own countrymen. Captain Dermer 
 was sent out in the spring of 1619 to meet Rocroft, and largeh' 
 for the purpose of conciliating the natives, who had, under the 
 bad treatment they had received from the English, been growing 
 very hostile. He failed to find Rocroft but touched at Monhe- 
 gan and took off the three men who had passed the winter 
 there. Dermer made Monhegan his headquarters, loaded with 
 furs and sent his vessel back to England to market them, while 
 he, in an open boat of five tons, with six or seven men, started 
 for Virginia, going by way of Long Island Sound, the East 
 River, New York Harbor and Sandy Hook. This was prob- 
 ably the first time this route had been taken. 
 
 At this point we have reached about the date when it is 
 believed that several settlements were formed along the coast 
 in our vicinity. The principal voyages on the Xorth Atlantic 
 coast have been mentioned ; but, like Capt. John Smith in his 
 "Historic," we have no doubt we have failed to mention 
 " divers others that have ranged these parts whose true descrip- 
 tions were concealed or died with their authors." We believe 
 that enough has been presented, however, to convince the 
 reader that the earliest movement along our immediate coast 
 was not from that country to the south and west of us, along 
 the Atlantic coast, which has become more populous than wo 
 have ; but that the early visitation of these waters commenced 
 far to the eastward of us, as far in fact as Newfoundland, 
 and worked this way. The fact that Monhegan, in several 
 instances, was made a headquarters for prominent action, nota- 
 bly so in the case of Capt. John Smith, leads us to believe that 
 that island, in the earliest days, was viewed in Europe, among 
 navigators, as one of the principal landmarks on the Ameri- 
 can coast. We shall not again meet with Nahanada or Skid- 
 wares. Those noble and faithful natives, who have so often 
 appeared, and with such prominence, were last mentioned by 
 Captain Smith. When we think that just after his voyage, came 
 first, to the Indians of our coast, a destructive Avar, followed 
 by a blighting pestilence, we are licensed in the presumption 
 that these two were among the fallen. 
 
CHAPTER IV- 
 
 EaKLY SjlTTLEMENTS. 
 
 THE exact date at which the first settlements were made, 
 either in our immediate vicinity or in neighboring locali- 
 ties, is unfixed. What may justly be termed a settlement 
 certainly did not exist before 1620. Between that date and 1623 
 there were several commenced, including Monhegan, Damaris- 
 cove, Pemaquid and Cape Newagen. These four places varied 
 but little in their dates of birth as colonies. By ingenious inter- 
 pretations of the recorded return to England of the Popham 
 colonists, in the spring of 1608, many have come to believe that 
 a part of these recolonized at Pemaquid, or elsewhere east of 
 the Kennebec. Both documents and reason disprove this. 
 "They all returned," is told us by the documents of the times. 
 Reason adds that these leaderless, homesick men went back to 
 England, and the passage was none too quick to please them. 
 Popham, the head and life of the colony, was dead. Gilbert 
 had learned by the vessel just arrived from England that he 
 was heir to an estate, and, lacking positive characteristics, 
 preferred the ease that goes with an inheritance to the honor 
 that attaches to a successful pioneer. It must be remembered 
 that the previous summer these colonists had ranged these 
 parts for a feasible location, and decided in favor of the 
 advantages of the place which they selected. They had built 
 houses, fort and storehouse, besides making other improve- 
 ments. They had passed the first winter, always the most 
 severe ; a vessel laden with provisions, clothing, implements 
 and all the necessary supplies for their support had come to 
 them in the spring. They had already commenced a lucrative 
 trade with the natives. Their sufferings were mostly behind 
 them, not ahead. But they returned and defeated, by lack 
 of resolution, all the efforts igade by themselves and all that 
 had been made by the company that sent them. Can it be 
 supposed that men in this frame of mind left what was estab- 
 
58 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 lished and commenced anew on Damariscove or Monhegan, 
 or at Pemaquid ? 
 
 During the summer of 1614, when Captain Smith made 
 Monhegan and its little harbor his headquarters, while he 
 boated alongshore from Penobscot Bay to Cape Cod, entering 
 every river of consequence, sounding some twenty-five harbors 
 and visiting about forty Indian villages, had he not a perfect 
 opportunity to ascertain as to settlements? But he tells us: 
 "When I first went there the Northern Colony was dissolved 
 and there was not one Christian in all the land." This should 
 be final up to 1614. After this, for some years, Smith and 
 others made vain attempts to raise a colonizing company in 
 England to settle in America. It had been reported that the 
 severity of the winters in this country made wintering here 
 a practical impossibility. It was to test this very point that 
 caused Gorges and Popham to send Richard Vines, with a 
 crew, as we have seen, in 1617, with the express stipulation 
 that they should pass the winter here. If a settlement had 
 existed anywhere along the New England coast would this effort 
 have been made? Again we noted where Rocroft put three 
 of his seamen ashore, near the mouth of the Saco River, and 
 that they wandered back, easterly, along the coast, and passed 
 the winter alone at Monhegan, being taken off in the spring of 
 1619 by Captain Dermer, who was looking for Rocroft. These 
 men were on the very place that had been made for years the 
 most prominent landmark on the coast, and where, if anywhere, 
 a settlement would naturally have been found. In coming 
 from the westward they had passed Damariscove and Cape 
 Newagen, and they were within sight of the smokes that would 
 have arisen from the settlers' cabins at Pemaquid, had there 
 been such there. But there was evidently nothing in the way 
 of habitations of settlers along the shore, and, therefore, they 
 betook themselves to the safest place in their knowledge, and 
 where, at the opening of the ensuing spring, they would be 
 most likely to be visited by the fishermen, who annually came 
 across, and by that means get back to England. 
 
 The southern branch of the corporation of 1606 obtained 
 new patents, which were more definite in scope of territory 
 and authority over it, at two different dates, 1609 and 1621. 
 
EAKLY SETTLEMENTS. 59 
 
 Believing such action a necessity at the north, the Plymouth 
 Company, through Gorges, petitioned the crown for a new 
 patent, which was granted November 3, 1620. This last com- 
 pany consisted of forty noblemen and gentlemen, who, in their 
 associate capacity, were termed : " The Council established at 
 Plymouth in the County of Devon, for planting, ruling and 
 governing New England in America." The name. New Eng- 
 land, here appears for the first time in high official form. 
 North Virginia had been discarded as a name, and Captain 
 Smith's appellation of six years before adopted. "With this 
 change the prefix was dropped from the Southern Colony, and 
 it became simply New England and Virginia thence forward. 
 The bounds of the new company were set in the patent between 
 the 40th and 48th degrees of northern latitude, which on the 
 coast line commences at the parallel of Philadelphia and extends 
 along the mainland to the head of Bay Chaleur.^ East to west 
 this patent extended "throughout the mainland from sea to sea." 
 The powers delegated to this company were very full and 
 complete in the matter of succession, filling of vacancies, 
 appointing of governors and the administration of justice. It 
 included also the exclusive trade and fishery interests ; the 
 privilege of importation free of duty from England for seven 
 years ; and the expulsion of intruders. The Council held 
 exclusive powers in granting any of its territory as it saw fit. 
 Its first grant was to John Mason, who subsequently became a 
 patentee of the tract between the Naumkeag and the Merrimac 
 Kivers, under the name of Mariana. This grant was dated 
 March 2, 1621. Encroachments were already made on the 
 New England territory, as defined in the patent, that portended 
 conflict and bloodshed. The Dutch had settled, in 1614, within 
 its southern bounds at Amsterdam (New York) and New 
 Jersey ; while the French, tenacious of the claims of their 
 country, through the efforts of De Monts and Champlain, had 
 rebuilt Port Eoyal after its destruction by Argall in 1613, and 
 were also settled at Mount Desert. Gorges was much concerned 
 about this northern interference, and was instrumental in pro- 
 curing from the Council a grant of a large part of the northern 
 country, with the St. Croix Kiver as a western bound, to Sir 
 
 1. This did not include Newfoundland or Cape Breton. 
 
60 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 William Alexander, Secretary of State from Scotland. The 
 object was to enlist a Scotch interest, and thus crowd out the 
 French. This grant was named New Scotland, but as the 
 patent was in Latin it took the form it has ever held. Nova 
 Scotia. 
 
 Both Mason and Gorges were men of broad ideas, and about 
 this time they had extensive plans. They obtained of the 
 Council on August 10, 1622, a grant of all the land lying on 
 the seacoast and extending sixty miles inland, between the 
 Merrimac and Sagadahoc (Kennebec) Elvers, with the adjacent 
 islands. This was named the Province of Laconia.^ On 
 November 7, 1629, Mason alone was granted all of the above- 
 mentioned tract that lay between the Merrimac and Piscataqua 
 Elvers. This he named New Hampshire. This was by agree- 
 ment with Gorges, who took from the Piscataqua to the 
 Sagadahoc for his share, and this became the Province of Maine. 
 
 The Mayflower, with her distinguished colony, landed at 
 Plymouth Eock, December 16, 1620. They had with them a 
 charter for territory, but it was from the Virginia Company, 
 and the point reached was out of the jurisdiction of the Virgin- 
 ians, therefore, on the return of the Mayflower, they made 
 application to the Council of New England for a charter. This 
 was granted June 1, 1621, in the name of John Pierce, "citizen 
 and cloth worker of London,"^ and reached Plymouth in 
 November, 1621, in the ship Fortune. This patent always had 
 an element of mystery about it. It is not known that the 
 colonists of New Plymouth ever accepted it. It applied to any 
 place within the entire territory, providing it did not interfere 
 with some other settlement that had been commenced. Pierce 
 and the colony at Plymouth had a falling out regarding it, but 
 compromised by the payment of £500 to Pierce, and he 
 assigned his interests in it to them. It then disappeared, and 
 was not found until 1741, then in the hands of his heirs, who 
 
 1. Will. Me. 1, 226. Sanborn's New HampshiTe, p. 3, reyerses the order in which 
 the names Laconia and Maine were applied; stating that the name Maine was eriven 
 in 1622 to the eailier grant. Williamson is clearly correct. 
 
 2. John Pierce never came to America, so Johnson states. Some have thought ho 
 lived once at Pemaqaid, but this is probably an error. His son and descendants lived 
 at Maiblehead, and their residence there, the similarity of family names, with other 
 reasons, makes it strongly presumptive that he was the ancestor of the Pierce family 
 so numerous in Boothbay and Southport. The four brothers, Joseph, Samuel, Sylvester 
 and David Pierce, came to Cape Newagen from Marblehead before the Revolution. 
 
EARLY SETTLEMENTS. 61 
 
 pressed their claims under it against the inhabitants of Bristol. 
 Richard, son of John Pierce, came to Pemaquid about 1623, 
 in company with John Brown, whose daughter he had married, 
 and who became a prominent historical personage on account 
 of his early purchase of lands at Pemaquid, of Samoset, in 
 1625.^ 
 
 The beauties of Laconia ; its wooded highlands and fertile 
 valleys ; its numerous harbors, swarming with fish of the 
 largest size and finest quality ; its prospective mineral resources, 
 were all flatteringly portrayed in England to induce settlers to 
 the New England shores. All that these portrayals fell short 
 of those of a western real estate agent, of modern times, was 
 the extent to which the science of advertising and the typo- 
 graphical art were inferior. It is clearly evident that a strong 
 and effective effort was made at that time. Settlements were 
 started in 1622 at Piscataqua, now Saco, and Cocheco, now 
 Dover, N. H. From St. George to the Saco, at intervals along 
 the shore, were the rude beginnings of fishermen's huts and 
 trading stages.^ There is a probability that Monhegan had a 
 slight lead over the other places, and that priority belongs to her. 
 
 Hubbard tells us that no colony was ever settled in any of 
 these places "till the year 1620 " ; and it was the eastern coast, 
 not New Plymouth, of which he was writing. In the autumn 
 of 1620 five of Gorges' men had an affray with the Indians 
 near Cape Cod ; three were killed, and it is said " the other 
 two barely escaped to Monhegan."^ Why should men at such 
 a distance as that between Cape Cod and Monhegan, in a 
 desperate plight as these survivors were in, try to escape there, 
 unless the object was the safety that a settlement would afford. 
 Prince calls Monhegan a plantation of Sir F. Gorges in Feb- 
 ruary, 1621 ; and the April following mentions it as "a settle- 
 ment of some beginnings." From 1622 to the first Indian 
 war Monhegan was continuously settled with an English 
 speaking population.* 
 
 Indications strongly point to John Brown, who purchased 
 
 1. An extended explanation of these complications appears in Jolinson's Hist, ot 
 Femaaoid, pp. 48-69. 
 
 2. A landing with conveniences for curing fish and collecting f uis of the natives, 
 where the traffic of those days was carried on, was called a trading stage. 
 
 3. Prince's Annals, 99, 
 
 4. WiU. Me. 1, 226. 
 
iS HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 land of Samoset, July 15, 1625, together with his son-in-law, 
 Richard Pierce, and some others less known, as being the first 
 English settlers at Pemaquid. If this is so they probably 
 reached that place in the earlier part of 1623, for very early 
 that year the second ineffectual attempt of John Pierce, to send 
 a colony across was made when his ship, the Paragon, 
 returned to England after having reached the mid-Atlantic. 
 They were probably at Pemaquid when Captain Levett was at 
 Cape Newagen later that year. 
 
 Robert Gorges, son of Sir Ferdinando, was appointed 
 Governor of New England in 1623. Among his councilors 
 was Capt. Christopher Levett, a man of advanced knowledge 
 in nautical and mathematical matters. He had been Woodward 
 of Somersetshire to James I. His judgment, therefore, was 
 deemed of practical value in selecting localities for planting 
 settlements, as well as judging the value of timber for the 
 King's navy. An entry on the Council's records reads : " May 
 5, 1623. Christopher Levett to be a principal patentee, and to 
 have a grant of 6,000 acres of land." Again : "June 20, 1623. 
 The King judges well of the undertaking in Xew England, and 
 more particularly of a design of Christopher Levett, one of 
 the Council for settling that plantation, to build a city and call 
 it York."^ Levett made his voyage that year, probably in the 
 autumn. He reached the American shore at Isle of Shoals and 
 found six fishing vessels there from England ; he then sailed to 
 Panaway, which was David Thompson's plantation at the 
 mouth of the Piscataqua. At that place he met Governor 
 Gorges, with whom he was to be associated, and together they 
 went along the coast to the eastward, examining it carefully 
 for a suitable place for a settlement. His next stop was at 
 Cape Porpoise and then at Saco, where he remained five days 
 on account of violent storms. The next point eastward where 
 he touched was Quack,- and from there he sailed to Sagadahoc. 
 Of this place he writes : ^ " For Sagadahoc I need say nothing 
 
 1. Sainabury's State Papers, 1, 45. 
 
 2. Quack was the name for the locality where Portland and adjoinine towns now 
 stand. It Is supposed the name was taken from the Indian Macguack, meaning red. 
 The ledges there during winter thaws discolor the snow beneath, on account of 
 mineral deposit which they contain. 
 
 8. Captain Levett published in book form a report of his trip in 1628. One copy 
 only of the original edition is known to be owned in America. That belongs to the N. 
 Y. Hist. Society, but the Me. Hist. Society had a reprint in 1847. 
 
EARLY SETTLEMENTS. 63 
 
 of it, there hath heretofore been enough said by others, and I 
 fear me too much. But the place is good ; there fished this 
 year two ships." After leaving Sagadahoc Levett came to our 
 own locality. He writes thus : 
 
 " The next place I came to was Capmanwagan, a place where 
 nine ships fished this year. But I like it not for a plantation, 
 for I could see little good timber and less good ground ; there 
 I staid four nights, in which time there came many savages 
 with their wives and children, and some of good account 
 amongst them, as Menawormet, a sagamore, Cogawesco, a 
 sagamore from Casco and Quack, now called York, Somerset, 
 a sagamore, one that hath been found very faithful to the 
 English, and hath saved the lives of many of our nation, some 
 from killing, others from starving. They intended to have 
 gone presently, but hearing of my being there, they desired 
 to see me, which I understood by one of the masters of the 
 ships, who likewise told me that they had some store of beaver 
 coats and skins, and was going to Pemaquid to truck with one 
 Mr. Witheridge, a master of a ship of Bastable, and desired 
 me to use means that they should not carry them out of the 
 harbor. I wished them to bring all their truck to one Mr. 
 Coke's stage, and I would do the best I could to put it away ; 
 some of them did accordingly, and I then sent for the saga- 
 mores, who came, and after some compliments they told me I 
 must be their cousin, and that Captain Gorges was so (which 
 you may imaginge I was not a little proud of, to be adopted 
 cousin to so many great kings at one instant, but did willingly 
 accept it) , and so passing away a little time very pleasantly, 
 they desired to be gone, whereupon I told them I understood 
 they had some coats and beaver skins which I desired to truck 
 for ; but they were unwilling, and I seemed careless of it (as 
 men must do if they require anything of them) . But at last 
 Samoset swore there should be none carried out of the harbor, 
 but his cousin, Levett, should have all ; and they began to 
 offer me some by way of gift, but I would take none but one 
 pair of sleeves of Cogawesco, but told them it was not the 
 fashion of English captains always to be taking, but sometimes 
 to take and give, and continually to truck was very good. But 
 in fine we had all except one coat and two skins, which they 
 reserved to pay an old debt with ; but they staying all that night 
 had them stolen from them. In the morning the sagamores came 
 to me with a grievous complaint. I used the best language I 
 could to give them content, and went with them to some stages 
 which they most suspected, and searched both cabins and 
 chests, but found none. They seeing my willingness to find 
 
64 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 the thief out, gave me thanks, and wished me to forbear, say- 
 ing the rogues had carried them into the woods where I could 
 not find them. 
 
 " When they were ready to depart they asked me where I 
 intended to settle my plantation ? I told them I had seen many 
 places to the west, and intended to go farther to the east before 
 I could resolve ; they said there was no good place, and I had 
 heard that Pemaquid and Capmanwagan and Monhiggon were 
 gi-anted to others." 
 
 The next day Levett returned to Quack or York,^ as he 
 tells us, "with the king, queen and prince, bow and arrows, 
 dog and kettle in my boat, his noble attendants rowing by us 
 in their canoes." 
 
 There is a vast lesson on the early conditions to be learned 
 from the foregoing copious extract. It tells us that Cape 
 Newagen had been granted to others, and mentions particulars 
 of the settlement there, hot only giving us the name of Coke, 
 as the proprietor of one of the trading stages, perhaps the 
 principal one, but mentions that there were several, together 
 with cabins, where the stolen furs were searched for. Levett 
 had previously spoken of snowstorms on the way down, so 
 we may judge it was late in the season, but the settlement had 
 accommodations so that he stopped four nights, and evidently 
 stayed ashore. These conditions indicate more than a tempor- 
 ary headquarters for an English fishing fleet. That it had been 
 established long enough to become an important business point 
 is confirmed by two facts, the one, that nine vessels fished 
 from there, and the other, that the Indians, from several 
 directions, were there to truck their furs at the stages. It 
 also confirms the impression, which many have held, that the 
 lower Sheepscot was a real center of Indian population. 
 
 Further than this the evidence of Levett is added to that 
 of Prince and Hubbard and others relating to the settlement 
 on Monhegan ; and, being late as it was in the year. Brown 
 and Pierce had had ample time to arrive and be planted at 
 Pemaquid, and these were the parties which we have previously 
 mentioned as, in all probability, commencing there that year. 
 
 But what a scene is this first one we are permitted to look 
 
 1. Some contusion may occur in the matter of proper names. Leyett had designed 
 to found a city and name It York, as we have seen. Quack was the place he selected, 
 and this he named York. But the name did not stick. It was later transferred to 
 ancient Agamenticus, the present town of York. 
 
EARLY SETTLEMENTS. 65 
 
 upon in the eventual Boothbay territory. The Governor, 
 Gorges, son of one of the closest advisers of James I, and 
 the man of all others considered authority on New World 
 subjects ; Captain Levett, his councilor, and one of the 
 ablest English navigators ; Samoset, the first to grant a deed 
 to the English in American history, and a figure that never has 
 appeared in history in other than a noble light ; Cogawesco 
 and his wife, king and queen of the Sokoki tribe ; with numer- 
 ous fishermen, sailors, fur traders, adventurers, all together for 
 four days at Cape Newagen in November or December of 
 1623. This little point bordering on Cape Harbor was then 
 one of the few and one of the principal places in America ; 
 but, alas for the ravages of time, it has since lost both 
 distinctions. 
 
 Damariscove, like Pemaquid, lacks in the definiteness of 
 early references more than either Monhegan or Cape Newagen ; 
 but that it was contemporary with them in settlement is certain 
 from the many general references one may meet in consulting 
 old authors and records. Thirty fishing vessels are said to 
 have made that island their headquarters during the season of 
 1622, more than three times the number found about Cape 
 Newagen the following year. There is reason to suppose that 
 a seaman by name of Humphrey Damerill, who lived until 
 about 1650, dying in Boston, owned the group of islands 
 made up of Fisherman's Island, the Hypocrites, Damariscove 
 proper, in early times sometimes divided and a part called 
 Wood Island, White Island, Heron Island and Pumpkin Eock. 
 As early as 1614, when Captain Smith mapped this coast these 
 were called Damerill's Isles. ^ This idea of grouping them 
 was followed at the time Williamson prepared his history,^ 
 but they were then called the Damariscove Islands. The fish- 
 ermen's headquarters were on the main island, they employing 
 that harbor for the purpose. The harbor or cove first gave 
 the name to the island proper, Damerill's Cove, and in that 
 form the name is met with in the earliest records. In later 
 years it underwent a change of both form and spelling. 
 
 The Sheepscot settlement is more indefinite as to date than 
 
 1. Humphrey Damerill claimed to own part or all the main island at the time 
 of his death. He probably had originally owned them all, hence the reason of group- 
 ing them in old writings. 
 
 2. 1832. 
 
66 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 any of the other places mentioned. It was certainly settled on 
 Mason's Neck, just south of the present Sheepscot Village, as 
 early as 1630, perhaps a few years before. The name of 
 Sheepscot is one of the earliest recorded in our vicinity, and 
 formerly applied to all settlements on the river of that name, 
 as well as to the river itself. Therefore it included settlements 
 on the western side of the present towns of Edgecomb, Booth- 
 bay and Boothbay Harbor, as well as on Jeremisquam, now 
 Westport. The name gradually narrowed in significance to 
 its present neighborhood ; but the reader of old-time matter is 
 often misled by supposing that some recorded happening, 
 which belongs to this immediate locality, refers to the present 
 Sheepscot. 
 
 Sometime between 1630 and 1650 six families settled in 
 the vicinity of the present village of Damariscotta. Among 
 these were John Brown, Jr., son of John Brown of New 
 Harbor, and Walter Phillips, the first recorder of deeds and 
 documents in this region, and withal a prominent character in 
 history. 
 
 John Parker settled on the southern end of Reskeagan 
 Island, now Georgetown, in 1629 ; about 1650 the north part 
 was occupied by Thomas Webber, and together they sold to 
 Clark and Lake some territory there. These latter parties 
 held title from the natives to the island of Arrowsic, and in 
 1658 laid out a town on the southern part, with ten-acre lots 
 and regular streets. In 1639 Edward Buterman and John 
 Brown, who had been living at New Harbor, bought for " a 
 hogshead of corn and thirty sound pumpkins,'" a tract of land 
 known by the natives as Neguasset, now Woolwich, of Robin 
 Hood. Brown however sold out in 1646 and moved back to 
 Pemaquid. 
 
 On October 27, 1661, Robert Gutch bought the site of the 
 present city of Bath of Robin Hood. It is said on what is now 
 known as Arrowsic and Georgetown there were, in 1670, thirty 
 families, and twenty more on the west side of the river below 
 the chops. ^ No other point near enough to be termed a 
 neighboring colony, on the eastern coast, was settled as early 
 as the above-mentioned places, except about the St. George 
 River, which was probably contemporary. 
 
 1. Me. Hist. Coll. H, 193. 
 
CHAPTER V. 
 
 Growth and Government of the First Settlement. 
 
 THE first attempt at government in New England was in 
 1623, when Robert Gorges was appointed Governor 
 over the Colonies. West, one of his ablest councilors, 
 was commissioned admiral and instructed to restrain all unli- 
 censed vessels from fishing in New England waters. He made 
 a vain effort to carry out his orders, but was unable to do so 
 on account of the stubborn spirit shown by the fishermen and 
 gave up further effort. The English Ecclesiastical Court sent 
 over an Episcopal minister with a commission to superintend 
 the New England churches as fast as formed, but he met with 
 such a reception as caused him to return to England disgusted. 
 Charges against Gorges were preferred in the House of Com- 
 mons, to which he answered, but not in a satisfactory manner. 
 Disappointed and to some extent disheartened, he got an indi- 
 vidual grant of 24,000 acres at Agamenticus, and, through the 
 agency of his grandson and Colonel Norton, settled it in 1624. 
 After this, while still continuing to hold first place in interest 
 and authority regarding the New England settlements, his 
 chief individual interests centered in the new town, which 
 received the first English city charter of any place in America, 
 on April 10, 1641, under the name of Gorgeana.^ The east- 
 ern limits to Gorges' patent, known as the Pi'ovince of Maine, 
 had been the Sagadahoc River ; and while the jurisdiction of 
 the Plymouth Council extended to Bay Chaleur, but one spe- 
 cific grant northerly and easterly of that of Gorges had been 
 made, which was the one to Sir William Alexander. The 
 country lying between the Sagadahoc and the St. Croix was 
 really an open territory at this period. It was simply within 
 the Plymouth Council's jurisdiction, but not specifically granted 
 like many places to the westward. > 
 
 1. Grorgeaaa was organized in I6S2 into a town, the second in Maine, under the 
 name of York. 
 
88 HISTORY OF BOOTHS AY. 
 
 At this time occurred the accession of Charles I to the 
 English throne and his marriage to a French princess of the 
 Catholic faith. This worked ill to all western interests, those 
 of the New England Colonies in general, and to Gorges and 
 Alexander in particular. By the marriage treaty, or, as one 
 writer puts it, " a bonus to a marriage intrigue," Acadia was 
 resigned to France. Gorges, however, went before the King 
 and his Council when the French ambassador urged his coun- 
 try's claims. Sir Ferdinando based the English claim entirely 
 on the early voyages mentioned in a preceding chapter, par- 
 ticularly on the great charter of 1606 and the Popham settle- 
 ment immediately following, and claimed continuous occupa- 
 tion thereafter, if not by actual settlement, by continuous 
 effort toward that end, and annual use as headquarters, without 
 interruption, by the English fishermen. The New Plymouth 
 Colony was not used to base the claim upon in any sense ; 
 simply those places along the coast of Maine, and particularly 
 those points farthest east, like Pemaquid, Monhegan, Damaris- 
 cove. Cape Newagen and Sagadahoc. 
 
 His efforts availed a postponement of this concession to 
 France, but, in 1626, France and England went to war, peace 
 followed three years later, but another three years passed 
 before a treaty, that of St. Germain, was drawn, when 
 Charles I resigned to the French King " all the places occupied 
 by British subjects in New France, Acadia, Canada — espe- 
 cially the command of Port Koyal, Fort Quebec and Cape 
 Breton." 
 
 There had been up to this point ( 1632 ) at least twelve, 
 probably more, grants made by the Plymouth Council along 
 the shores of Maine ; but three only of these will be presented, 
 and to do so of these is necessary on account of frequent 
 future reference to them. 
 
 1. January 13, 1630. A grant to William Bradford and 
 his associates of fifteen miles on each side of the Kennebec 
 River, extending from its mouth to the Cobbossee River, at 
 the present site of Gardiner. This was afterward transferred 
 to Plymouth parties and became known as the Kennebec 
 Purchase. 
 
 2. March 2, 1630. A grant to John Beauchamp and 
 
GROWTH AND GOVEKNMENT. 89 
 
 Thomas Leverett, of England, known as the Muscongus Patent 
 or srant. It extended on the seaboard line from the Penobscot 
 to the Muscongus River, and northerly to an unsurveyed line 
 running east and west far enough, without interfering with 
 any other grant, to be equivalent to a tract thirty miles square. 
 It contained no powers of civil government. Eighty-nine 
 years later it became known as the Waldo Patent, and eventu- 
 ally came into the possession of Gen. Henry Knox. It con- 
 tained about 1,000,000 acres, and when adjusted it was found 
 that the north line came in the south line of the towns of 
 Hampden, Newburgh and Dixmont. 
 
 3. February 29, 1631. The Pemaquid Patent was made 
 to two merchants from Bristol, England, Robert Aldsworth 
 and Gyles Elbridge. It extended on the coast line from the 
 Muscongus to the Damariscotta River, far north enough to 
 include 12,000 acres, exclusive of settlers' lots, which were to 
 be one hundred acres each for all settlers transported hither 
 by the proprietors within seven years, and who would reside 
 three years thereafter. This grant was made on two consid- 
 erations, for past public services and the present in building a 
 a town. It included Monhegan, Damariscove group and other 
 islands within three leagues of shore. 
 
 At about this date (1630) it has been stated there were 
 eighty-four families, besides fishermen, about Merrymeeting 
 Bay, Sheepscot, Pemaquid and St. Georges. Damariscove 
 and Monhegan were probably included in Pemaquid, and Cape 
 Newagen in the Sheepscot settlement.^ Williamson presents 
 a table of the total population in 1633 as viz. : ^ 
 
 Piscataqua Settlement, 200 
 
 Agamenticus, ' 150 
 
 Saco and Black Point, 175 
 
 Casco, or Lygonia Patent, and Pejepscot, 75 
 
 Kennebec Patent, 100 
 
 Sagadahoc, Sheepscot, Pemaquid, St. Georges 
 
 and the Islands, 500 
 
 Isle of Shoals and other places, 200 
 
 1,400 
 
 1. Gov. Sullivan's Hist, of Me., pp, 167 and 191. His inlonnation was from the 
 Council files. 
 
 2. Will. Hist. Me. I, 267, 
 
70 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 At this point in our narrative it may be well to draw 
 attention to the grant made Endicott and his associates, which 
 culminated in March, 1629, in the grant of a royal charter, 
 creating a corporation destined to be the most far-reaching 
 and powerful yet formed in the New World, and known as the 
 " Governor and Company of Massachusetts Bay in New Eng- 
 land." Their territorial limits were from three miles north of 
 the Merrimac to three miles south of the Charles Eiver, and 
 westerly to the Pacific Ocean. It may be well to note that but 
 a few years had passed since a northwest passage to Asia had 
 been sought by navigators of all nations crossing the Atlantic, 
 and even now, in these grants on the Atlantic seaboard of New 
 England, which took their width westward to the Pacific, that 
 coast was not thought to be much west from Hudson's River. 
 The affairs of this corporation were to be managed by a gov- 
 ernor, deputy governor, and a council of eighteen assistants, 
 to be elected annually by the company. Very full powers of 
 government were obtained from the crown, the most important 
 of all beinof that the government need not reside in England. 
 Very soon after this grant was completed six ships fitted out 
 for Massachusetts Bay with 300 men, 80 women and 26 chil- 
 dren, bringing also 140 head of cattle, 40 goats, with arms, 
 ammunition and tools. 
 
 To return to the treaty of St. Germain : by the artful 
 drafting of the third article, there was indefiniteness enough in 
 the western limits of the territory ceded to France to produce 
 on our eastern frontier a continual menace. iM. de Razilla was 
 sent by Franco to take command of the country, which he did. 
 The following year a French vessel, early in June, put into 
 Penobscot River, claiming to be in distress. They aiTived at 
 the Penobscot trading-house, which the New Plymouth Colony 
 had established there. In an unguarded moment they fell upon 
 the guard, rifled the place of all its valuables, amounting to 
 about £500, and made their escape. In 1634 the Massachu- 
 setts Bay colonists established a trading-house at Machias. 
 Almost immediately it was attacked by La Tour and two of the 
 defendants killed and the others made prisoners, the stock of 
 furs made prize of, and a return made to Port Royal. Mr. 
 Allerton, of New Plymouth, was sent in a vessel to claim and 
 
GROWTH AND GOVERNMENT. 71 
 
 bring home the prisoners. Upon his arrival at Port Royal he 
 asked La Tour if he had any authority for his course, when 
 that party promptly replied : 
 
 " I have taken them as lawful prize ; — my authority is from 
 the King of France, who claims the coast from Cape Sable to 
 Cape Cod ; I wish the English to understand, if they trade to 
 the eastward of Pemaquid, I shall seize them ; my sword is all 
 the commission I shall show ; when I want help I will produce 
 my authority. Take your men and begone." 
 
 The first fort at Pemaquid was built in 1630 or 1631, more 
 as a protection against renegades and pirates, then infesting the 
 coast, than against the Indians, who at that time seemed well 
 disposed toward the settlers. In 1634 this fort, which was 
 simply a stockade and located about where the others have been, 
 was captured by the pirate. Dixy Bull, who carried on for a 
 time a reign of terror along the New England coast, particu- 
 larly in the vicinity about Pemaquid. Governor Winthrop 
 sent four vessels into Pemaquid waters to try and capture Bull, 
 but he eluded them. He operated some on the Kennebec 
 River, but was later captured, taken to England, and said to 
 have been executed.^ 
 
 At about that date all the bread eaten by the settlers along 
 the Maine shores was brought from England as meal, or from 
 Virginia as grain. If as grain, it was sent to Boston for 
 grinding, as a windmill, which had been first erected at New- 
 town, Mass., was removed to Copp's Hill, Boston, in August, 
 1632. No water mill was erected in Massachusetts until 1633, 
 then it was at Roxbury.^ It is thought that very soon after 
 this a mill was built at Pemaquid, for many years ago two 
 small millstones were found at the head of New Harbor, made 
 of granite, and could only be accounted for in this way.^ 
 
 The great storm of 1635 was, probably, the most severe 
 ever experienced on our coast. It occurred on August 15th 
 and was attended with peculiar circumstances. It was a north- 
 easter and blew with unabated fury for some six hours. The 
 tide rose to about twenty feet and high water was at the proper 
 time ; it then partially ebbed, when it was succeeded by a 
 
 1. Winthrop 1, 115. 
 
 2. Belknap's Hist. N. H. 1, 26 ; Drake's Hist. Boston, 141-44. Holmes Annals. 
 
 3. Johnson's Pemagiuid, p. 67. 
 
72 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 tidal wave higher than before, doing great injury everywhere. 
 Crops and the forests suffered severely from the gale. At this 
 time took place the first wreck of consequence in New England 
 history. The Angel Gabriel, 240 tons and carrying sixteen 
 guns, and the James, 220 tons, sailed from Milford Haven for 
 New England. The Mather family, so prominent in our early 
 history, was on the James. They parted company on the 
 voyage, and at the date of this storm the James was at Isle of 
 Shoals, while the Gabriel was at Pemaquid. A part of the 
 crew and passengers of the Gabriel were lost, while the live 
 stock and cargo were a total loss. The James lost all her 
 anchors and put to sea again, but the next day, in a battered 
 condition, reached Boston Harbor. 
 
 That year (1635) the Plymouth Council's charter was 
 revoked. Clamor on the part of the public had been from the 
 first against it, because it was suspicioned that it carried with 
 it a monopoly of trade. This would have been true, perhaps, 
 had the outlay in settling been less, and had the settlement 
 been made up of a more stable class of people ; but, as it was, 
 many of the settlers were unstable and indolent, shifting from 
 place to place, and hardly able to sustain themselves, say noth- 
 ing of being able to be fed upon. In fact, many were hired to 
 come and assisted to stay in the new country. But facts were 
 of no avail. The annulment of the charter was called for to 
 appease public clamor and petty jealousies. The Council 
 decided as a preliminary step to divide the whole patent into 
 twelve grand divisions, and, in the presence of His Majesty, 
 draw lots for them, trusting that these individual grants might 
 be confirmed after the charter was annulled. The drawins 
 occurred February 3d, and on April 1st they informed the 
 King that they were ready for action. Their last meeting was 
 the twenty-fifth of that month. The King then appointed 
 Gorges Governor General over New England. 
 
 During the summer of 1635 Razilla sent D'Aulney to 
 Biguyduce (Castinc) to rifle the trading-house and take pos- 
 session of the country as far south as the fortieth degree of 
 latitude. The New Plymouth Colony sent Captain Girling 
 with a large vessel to retake their Penobscot property, but 
 though he expended his ammunition he was unable to accom- 
 
Store— Allen Lewis 
 
 Fish House — Allen Lewis 
 
 Allen Lewis 
 
 Fish House— J. C. Auld 
 
 Joseph C. Auld 
 
 Schoolhouse 
 
 Ruf us Campbell 
 
 James Campbell 
 
 Sail Loft — Arber Marson 
 
 Widow Linekin 
 
 John Auld 
 
 Charles Sargent 
 
 Blacksmith Shop 
 
 Jason Fuller 
 
 Daniel W. Sawyer 
 
 William Harris 
 
 Harris Store 
 
 Paul Harris 
 
 SewaU S. Wylie 
 
 Samuel Wylie 
 
 John Andrews 
 
 John Adams 
 
 Cemetery 
 
 Isaac C. Sherman 
 
 Elbridge G. Love 
 
 Gun House on Old Muster 
 
 Field 
 
 William Montgomery 
 
 Store— W. Montgomery 
 
 Willard Holton 
 
 Widow Greenwood 
 
 Mrs. Sarah A. Emerson 
 
 Benjamin Blair 
 
 Post Office 
 
 "id Cong. Church 
 
 Dr. Alden Blossom 
 
 Dr. Jackson 
 
 Jacob Orne 
 
 Cong. Parsonage 
 
 Nathaniel Greenleaf 
 
 Marshal Smith 
 
 Leonard McCobb 
 
 Schoolhouse 
 
 Lydia P. Beath 
 
 Stephen Sargent 
 
 Hodgkin's Blacksmith Shop 
 
 Brick House 
 
 Store — Leonard McCobb 
 
 Weymouth House 
 
 David Newbegin 
 
 BooTHBAY Harbor in 1856. 
 
 50 George Newbegin 
 
 51 Parker Wilson 
 
 52 Store— P. Wilson 
 
 53 Samuel Alley 
 
 54 Store— W. H. & C. E. Fisher 
 
 55 Shoe Shop— P. Wilson 
 
 Isaac W. Reed 
 Custom House 
 
 58 Boothbay House 
 
 Store — D. Newbegin 
 Andrew McFarland 
 
 61 Nathaniel C. McFarland 
 
GBOWTH AND GOVERNMENT. 73 
 
 plish his object, and he returned home. D'Aulney and La 
 Tour both informed the Massachusetts authorities that, without 
 further orders, they would in the future claim no lands west of 
 Pemaquid. Governor Gorges on March 28, 1636, opened 
 court at Saco. Civil and criminal cases were tried, and certain 
 orders, of the nature of a legislative statute, passed. The 
 jurisdiction extended from the Piscataqua to the Sagadahoc. 
 This is the first instance of organized government in the Prov- 
 ince of Maine, though three years earlier Thomas Elbridge, son 
 of the proprietor, tried some cases at the Pemaquid fort. 
 
 On April 3, 1639, Sir Ferdinando Gorges obtained from 
 King Charles a provincial charter, the limits of which in ter- 
 ritory were from the mouth of the Piscataqua Kiver, up that 
 river and Salmon Falls River northwestward 120 miles ; from 
 Piscataqua Harbor northeastward along the seacoast to Saga- 
 dahoc, thence through that river and the Kennebec northwest- 
 ward 120 miles, and thence overland to the northerly end of 
 the first-mentioned line. This was to be called the Province 
 or County of Maine. It possessed large powers and privileges 
 and provided carefully in matters of government. It seems to 
 have been the custom at that time, when a scheme of govern- 
 ment had become evolved in the mind of some one with suffi- 
 cient influence, to make a new grant regardless of previous 
 ones. At this time patents and grants were everywhere 
 conflicting with others. This one just recited as made to 
 Gorges included the whole of the Lygonia Patent of a few 
 years earlier. The grant to Massachusetts Bay overlapped 
 that of Mason, while the last one to Sir William Alexander 
 included the whole of that of Muscongus. Thus one might 
 pursue this matter at length. Historians have been confused 
 and contradicted each other in the matter of the Laconia 
 Grant, and some have claimed, extensive as it was, that it 
 could not be determined upon by the grantees or their agents, 
 who vainly searched for it three years, and returned the 
 report: " Non est inventa\Provincia."^ 
 
 About 1641 there seems to have been a strong return tide 
 to England among the colonists. It is said that beginning 
 with that date, for the ensuing twenty years, there were as 
 
 1. Chamberlain's, " Maine : her Place in History," p, 44. 
 
 6 
 
14 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAr, 
 
 many lost to the colonies by return as there were gained by 
 recruits.' The cause for this was largely due to the threatened 
 civil war in England, which broke out in 1642, culminating in 
 the execution of King Charles I, in 1649. This affected prices 
 of all commodities. Cows that sold in 1640 for £20 could 
 be bought for one-fourth that amount in the next two years, 
 and many other things in like proportion. 
 
 A peculiar situation seems to have been almost continuous 
 in our immediate locality. None of Gorges patents or grants 
 had extended east of the Kennebec River. The Kennebec 
 grant itself had taken fifteen miles each side of that river, but 
 this hardly reached the Damariscotta, while the Pemaquid 
 grant came only to that river as a western bound. Even 
 though the Kennebec grant in range might include the territory 
 on the Sheepscot, and between the Sheepscot and the Damaris- 
 cotta, this particular territory always seemed to be an appendage 
 to Pemaquid — adopted on account of its waif-like condition. 
 Pemaquid had become the hub of the region about it, and while 
 there seems to have been as many as formerly at Cape New- 
 agen and Damariscove, and not far from this time a settlement 
 had been commenced at Corbin's Sound (Ocean Point) and 
 Hippocras (Fisherman's Island), still Monhegan, in 1635, was 
 depopulated. The Pemaquid proprietors had their agent, 
 Abraham Shurte, remove the inhabitants to the mainland. 
 
 Capt. Sylvanus Davis, covering the period about 1640, 
 in a statement made in 1701, said there were at "Hippocras 
 Island, two families ; Damariscove, fifteen families ; Cape 
 Newagen, many families and ten boats ; between Sheepscot 
 and Damariscotta Rivers, ten families."^ 
 
 For the first half century after settlement Pemaquid and 
 the neighboring territory were without civil government. 
 Abraham Shurte, who for many years acted as proprietors' 
 agent, performed some magisterial duties, and, to a less extent, 
 Thomas Elbridge did the same. The fort served as court- 
 house for these slight attempts at administering justice. Full 
 governmental powers were not contained in their charter and 
 patent as had been delegated to Massachusetts Bay, to Mason 
 in New Hampshire or to Gorges in the Province of Maine. 
 
 1. Neal's New England 1, 218 ; Holmes Annals, 1640. 
 
 2. Council Files, State House, Boston. 
 
GROWTH AND GOVERNMENT. 75 
 
 By general acceptance some powers, however, were thought to 
 belong to and devolve upon the proprietors as owners.^ 
 These conditions greatly retarded the growth of these parts. 
 Under the conditions Pemaquid was the frontier of New 
 England. The French claimed to that place and occupied the 
 country to the Penobscot. By the artful wording of the third 
 article of the treaty of St. Germain, the cession of Acadia, 
 always of indefinite limits, had been inserted, instead of Nova 
 Scotia, which was well defined. Therefore the particular 
 region in which we now reside was continually menaced by the 
 French, and later was to feel the earliest and severest effect 
 from the aroused natives, urged on and assisted by the French. 
 
 A tendency to consolidate the English Colonies for offen- 
 sive, defensive and prudential reasons commenced in 1643. 
 The menace of the French at the north and east, that of the 
 Dutch to the south and west, and that of the Indians all about, 
 made this necessary. The first to act were the Colonies of 
 Massachusetts, Plymouth, Connecticut and New Haven, on 
 May 19th. The Province of Maine could not be admitted to 
 this confederacy for ecclesiastical reasons. Its rulers were 
 of Episcopal tenets, and its territory had afforded an asylum to 
 excommunicants from the other Colonies. 
 
 Serious difficulties broke out in Gorges' Province at about 
 this time, and the two parties at issue called in commissioners 
 from Massachusetts to arbitrate. At about the same time of 
 this internal trouble in his Province, Gorges was thrown into 
 prison in England by the Parliamentary forces, after the cap- 
 ture of Bristol, at the end of a long siege. He had always 
 been a staunch adherent of the King. At length, in his sev- 
 enty-fourth year, when his perplexities seemed thick on every 
 hand, his master's cause upon the wane, his interests abroad 
 in a state of trouble and turmoil, his estates at home plundered 
 and confiscated by the Parliamentary army, death came as a 
 sweet relief to Sir Ferdinando Gorges. He was a man of 
 great energy and tenacity of purpose, but all have united in 
 ascribing to him an intensely selfish character. He probably 
 brought more censure upon himself by assailing the Massachu- 
 setts charter, which stood in the way of his favorite scheme, 
 
 1. Johnson's Pemaquid, p. 96. 
 
76 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 to divide New England into twelve provinces of a royal char- 
 acter, with himself the Governor General, than in any other 
 act of his life. But, regardless of this, his memory is entitled 
 to much reverence from the population of Maine, where he 
 bent his principal energies, spent his money, and devoted the 
 best years of his life. 
 
 In 1651 Massachusetts Bay laid claim to the Province of 
 Maine and New Hampshire, grounding its claim on this item 
 in its charter, which embraced all lands " within the space of 
 three English miles to the northward of the river Merrimac, 
 and to the northward of any and every part thereof." This 
 claim was both new and ingenious. Under it, however, a sur- 
 vey was made with the result that a line from three miles north 
 of the head of Merrimac Eiver, in latitude 43° 43' 12", touched 
 the coast at " Clapboard Island, about three miles eastward of 
 the Casco Peninsula." ^ Jurisdiction over New Hampshire, and 
 so much of Maine as above mentioned, on the grounds of their 
 colonial charter, was now proclaimed, and court was convened 
 at Kittery, November 15, 1652, and five days later forty-one 
 citizens of Kittery signed submission to this concession, fol- 
 lowed almost immediately by Agamenticus. Kittery, which 
 had been incorporated in 1647, was recognized as a town by 
 the new government, and Agamenticus was constituted one at 
 once, under the name of York. The County of Yorkshire was 
 organized and a county court established. 
 
 In 1652 the English captured Acadia and took possession 
 of that entire country and so westward to the Penobscot, but 
 this held only until 1668, when, by the treaty of Breda, it was 
 receded to France. During these years it became a common 
 matter to purchase by deed of the Indians at all points on these 
 grants, particularly on the Kennebec Patent. Several deeds are 
 recorded in this locality at about that time, but none within the 
 limits of what became Boothbay. The ^Massachusetts colonists 
 had long had trading-houses along the Kennebec, extending as 
 far up as Teconnet ( Winslow) . They were not in a flourishing 
 condition. Like the region east of the Kennebec they were 
 without government. They, like us, had been the frontier 
 barrier against many troubles and obstacles, which had beset 
 
 1. Will. Hist. Me. 1, 342. 
 
GROWTH AND GOVEKNMENT. 77 
 
 them and prevented growth, while the Massachusetts Colony 
 was prospering and increasing in population. England, the 
 parent country, was too far away to enforce rule, and the local 
 attempts at it were but little more than a farce. 
 
 The Duke of York, in 1663, made a purchase of the Earl of 
 Stirling of his American possessions, and the following year 
 Charles II, then on the English throne, and brother to the 
 Duke, gave him a royal charter of all the territory westward 
 from Nova Scotia to the Kennebec, including Pemaquid and 
 the islands. This charter extended northward to the St. 
 Lawrence.^ 
 
 In due time, to confirm the treaty of Breda, he easily let 
 go that part of his grant east of the Penobscot. He then sent 
 a commission of four to America to inquire into the state of 
 his dukedom, with almost absolute powers to adjust disputes 
 and settle civil and criminal matters by holding court. The 
 commissioners first come to Boston, then proceeded east to 
 York, where they held court June 23, 1665. They issued a 
 proclamation annulling the authority of both the Gorges 
 Government and that of its successor, Massachusetts Bay. 
 They journeyed eastward, annulling, as they termed it, the 
 municipal government of each settlement they came to. They 
 reached Sheepscot September 5th, and " opened court " at the 
 house of John Mason, calling upon the inhabitants of this 
 region to come forward and swear allegiance to their royal 
 master, the King of England. 
 
 Twenty-nine persons took the oath, but one, however, that 
 of George Buckland, who lived at Corbin's Sound, which I 
 recognize from our vicinity. Damariscove and Cape Newagen, 
 as also Monhegan, were unrepresented. Their action was to 
 erect the Sagadahoc territory into a county called Cornwall. 
 They changed the name of Sheepscot to New Dartmouth. 
 Walter Phillips, of Damariscotta, was appointed clerk and 
 recorder, Nicholas Raynall, of Sagadahoc, Thomas Gardiner, 
 of Pemaquid, and William Dyer, of Dartmouth, justices of the 
 peace, and Richard Lemons (no residence given), constable. 
 These scions of royalty did their work, then went home to 
 England and reported. They were well received and kindly 
 
 1. Pemaquid Papers on file at Albany, N. Y. 
 
7S HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 treated, and made more welcome in our "eastern parts" than 
 any other place they visited, which was probably due to the 
 fact that this locality had no government and gladly welcomed 
 some form of law. It is evident that there were about three 
 hundred families in this territory when they visited it, but 
 they reported : 
 
 "The places beyond Sagadahoc were given to His Eoyal 
 Highness by His Ma*ie, yet as Col. Nichalls desired, who could 
 not attend to go himself, we have appointed some to govern 
 them for the present, as there was great need. Upon 3 rivers 
 east of the Kennebec, the Shipscot, Damariscotta and Pema- 
 quid, there are three plantations ; the greater hath not more 
 than 20 houses, and they are inhabited by the worst of men. 
 They have had hitherto noe government, and are made up of 
 such as to avoid paying their debts and being punished have 
 fled hither ; for the most part they are fishermen, and share in 
 their wives as they do in their boats." ^ 
 
 By 1668 all they established had died out. The commission 
 was made up of impractical men, knowing nothing of the wants 
 of the colonists, in either these parts or elsewhere. There is 
 little doubt but that the general condition of this first settle- 
 ment was, at the date of these transactions, wretched in the 
 extreme. Without school or church privileges, no govern- 
 ment, no market, no improvement, fifty years of this kind of 
 life had told upon these people, who were simply the worn-out 
 result of vanished schemes. Still they knew there was a hope 
 for something better in government. They, in accordance 
 with this impulse, made the following humble request : 
 
 "To the Honoured Governour, Deputy Governour, Magis- 
 trates & Deputies Assembled in the General Court now sitting 
 in Boston this 18th day of May, 1(!72. 
 
 "The petition of * * * * several of the inhabitants of 
 the Eastern parts of New England viz ' Kennebec, Cape Bona- 
 wagon, Damares Cove, Shipscoate, Pemaquid it IMonhegan. — 
 
 " Humbly sheweth that whereas the Providence of God hath 
 stated our habitations into those parts wherein sometimes past 
 we have had some kind of Government Settled amonst us ; but 
 for these Several years have not had any at all which is greatly 
 to our Prejudice & damage having no way to Right ourselves 
 upon any account whatsoever & have little hopes of obtaining 
 any to be help full to us for the good of our Soles unless 
 
 1. Doo. Cal. Hist. N. Y. HI, 101. 
 
GROWTH AND GOVERNMENT. 79 
 
 we have Government settled amonst us ; The Humble Eequest 
 therefore of your Petitioners is that you will please so farr to 
 favor us as to take us under your Government and protection 
 that we may all have the benefit of all those Laws settled among 
 yourselves granted unto us which if this Honourable Court 
 shall accept of & granted to us we have desired our loving 
 friend Mr. Kichard Callacott to advise with this honoured 
 Court or committee w^^ they shall appoint for that purpose, & so 
 to act in our behalf what shall be judged meet or convenient for 
 us whereby your Petitioners shall be ever engaged to pray &c." 
 
 This petition had the .signatures of twenty-five residents of 
 "Kennebeck," sixteen of "Cape Bonawagen," eleven each of 
 " Shipscoate " and "Pemaquid," fifteen of "Damaris Cove," and 
 eighteen of " Monhegan." Those falling within the Boothbay 
 limits follow : 
 
 Cafe Bonawagon. Damaris Cove. 
 
 Robert Gamon, Richard Honywell, 
 
 John Pride, Jon» Allen, 
 
 Edw'i Barton, Roger Seaward, 
 
 Henry Walderne, Jn° Wrieford, 
 
 Steph. Woolfe, Elias Trick, 
 
 Mathew Dyer, Jn" Bed well, 
 
 Richd Seeth, Rob* Parker, 
 
 Nicholas Bond, Emanuel Whitehouce, 
 
 Benj* Barton, Leonard Alber, 
 
 Jn° Anthers, William Lee, 
 
 Aron Beard, Sym" Lewsombe, 
 
 Thos Salton, Nich" Oyand, 
 
 W™ Dane, Rich^ Friend, 
 
 Tho^ Haalf, Th^ Alger, 
 
 GaW Skiner, Edm* Robins. 
 Rob' Baker. 
 
 The petition was passed upon favorably by the deputies, 
 four days after its date, but not consented to by the magistrates, 
 consisting of the Governor and Assistants ;i but was taken up 
 by the General Court again in October, 1673, resulting favor- 
 ably the following May. Massachusetts certainly, by the light 
 of these records, worked no usurpation in extending her gov- 
 ernment over the Sagadahoc territory, even though she be open 
 to the charge of making a very ingenious interpretation of her 
 Merrimac bounds, to get possession of Western Maine. Here 
 
 1. Me. Hist. Coll. V, 240. 
 
80 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 she came only upon appeal. Four commissioners were 
 appointed to repair to the places of the petitioners, or some 
 one of them to the eastward, and there keep a court, in the 
 form of a county court, to give power to constables, perform 
 marriages, punish criminal offenses, organize the militia and 
 have civil jurisdiction. ^ The board of commissioners consisted 
 of Major Thomas Clark, Mr. Humphrey Davy, Mr. Richard 
 Collicutt, Lieut. Thomas Gardiner. 
 
 At the May term of the General Court at Boston an order 
 declared the name of the new county to be Devon, and Lieut. 
 Thomas Gardiner was appointed Treasurer of the county. The 
 following orders were issued : 
 
 "Richard Olliver, of Monheghen, is nominated and ap- 
 pointed to be, recorder and clerke of the courts of this county, 
 who took the oath accordingly." 
 
 " Thomas Humphries, cunstable at Saggerdehock and Ken- 
 nebec ; Robert Gammon, of Capenawaghen, William Walters 
 of Dameralla cove John Dolling of Monheghen, took theire 
 oaths as cunstables allsoe Th° Cox of Pemmaquid : took his 
 oath allsoe." 
 
 "The Grandjurimen tooke their oathes allsoe, according to 
 law for their severall places as followeth, — 
 
 "Robbert Edmunds, Ambrosse Hanewell, John Verrine of 
 Saggerdehoke. 
 
 " John Wriford, Elias trick, John Pride of Dammeralls cove. 
 
 "George Bickford : Reynold Kelley of Monheghen. 
 
 "John Cole of Pemaquid." 
 
 " The Cunstables & Grand Jury men aboves"! tooke the oath 
 of fidelity (only John Pride tooke his oath at Salem) as alsoe 
 these psons following present Inhabitants. 
 
 " Gapt. Edmund Pattishall, Ichabod Wisswall, 
 
 Richard Oliver, William Bickford, 
 
 Edward Barton, Richard Hill, 
 
 Henry Curtis,^ Francis Brown, 
 
 Richard Warren, henry Stoakes, 
 
 W" Denbo, Edward Dorr, 
 
 Jno Dare, George Burnett, 
 
 Nico Osbourne, Thos Parker, 
 
 David Oliver, Emanuel Witchalls, 
 
 Jno Cock, Tho Phillips, 
 
 1. Johnson's Pemaquid, p. Ill ; Rec. Mass. V, pp. 6-17 ; Will. Hist. Me. I, 443. 
 
 2. Henry Curtis is the party who bought the west side of Boothbay In 1666 of 
 Menawormet. Italics indicate those who lived at either Cape Newagen, Damariscove 
 oi Corbin's Sound. 
 
GROWTH AND GOVERNMENT. 
 
 81 
 
 Tho Helman, 
 Jno Parker, 
 Edward Cole, 
 Tho Parnell, 
 Gregory Lansberry, 
 Tho Coxe Jun^, 
 Shadrick Cox, 
 Rich<i Pearce Jun, 
 Tho Adger, 
 Rich^ Buchnell, 
 Tho Cox, 
 W"i Welcone, 
 Peter Collins, 
 Tho Phillips, 
 Jii° Palmer Jun'" , 
 W°i Phillips, 
 Jno Palmer sen^ , 
 James Widger, 
 Jno Gingden, 
 Jn° Selman, 
 Nic° Heale, 
 W>^ Cox, 
 
 Nic° Carary, 
 Nic° Denning, 
 Jno Wildgoose, 
 Aaron Beard, 
 Abra Clark, 
 Henry Curtis Jun'', 
 Richard Cox, 
 Robert Cawley, 
 Rich"^ Brad way, 
 Wm Edwards, 
 W™ Waters, 
 Jno Bessell, 
 Rich^ Glass, 
 Hen. Palmer, 
 Phillip Brye, 
 Jn° Stover, 
 Rob* Edmunds, 
 Tho Haels, 
 Nic° Vallack, 
 William Trout, 
 Geo Buchnell, 
 Th" Cox." 
 
 "The Constables of each place in this County were ordered 
 to call the inhabitants togth'^ and to Read or cause to be read 
 the Laws of this Jurisdiction unto y™ in Convenient time." 
 
 " These psons ffoUowing are Nominated and approved as 
 Sargeants & Corporalls to Exercise Millitary Discipline to ye 
 Inhabitants in the severall places according to law ffor Saga- 
 dehoc and Kennebec Tho : Humphrys Sargeant and James 
 Middleton Corporall." 
 
 "ffor Damarells Cove and Hippocrass, Jn° Bessell Sargeant 
 & William Trout Corporall. ffor Monheghen John Dolling 
 Sargeant & he to choose his Corporall there." 
 
 "ffor Cape bone Waggon Robt Gamon Sargeant & to 
 choose his Corporall there." 
 
 "These persons ffoUowing are chosen to be Clarkes of the 
 Writs in severall places viz* 
 
 " In Sagadehock & Kennebeck Tho : Humphryes 
 
 "In Monheghan Richard Oliver 
 
 " In Damerells Cove William Walters 
 
 "In Capebone waggon Robbert Gamon." 
 
 "The persons following are appointed & have liberty to 
 keepe houses of publique intertaynemente & are to be provided 
 with permits &c accordingly and to retayle beere wyne & 
 liquors in ye Severall places for the yeere Ensueing according 
 to Law 
 
82 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 " ff or Monheghen Jii° Dolling 
 
 " ff or Saggadehock & Kennebeck "William Cock 
 
 " ff or Damarells Cove John Wrif ord 
 
 " ffor Capebonewagon Edward Barton 
 
 "ffor Pemequid Jn°, Cole alsoe Lief Gardiner to his fish- 
 ermen & Jn° Earthy 
 
 "ffor Cor bin Sound George Bucknell." 
 
 " It is Ordered That warrants be issued out for y« levying 
 of twenty pounds uppon the Inhabitants of this county for 
 Court charges, Law bookes, Constables Staves &c viz* upon 
 Saggadehock & Kennebec four pounds upon Monheghen five 
 pounds x^ upon Cape bone Waggon three pounds x^ uppon 
 Dammerell's Cove & hippocras five pounds, and on Pemyquid 
 40^ and that the Commission™ where any is with the grand 
 Jury men and constable in each place shall equally Levy the 
 same on y^ psons & estates of y^ Severall inhabitants to be col- 
 lected by ye Constables & delivered to Lief ten* Tho : Gardiner 
 treasurer of the County. 
 
 "Humphry Davie p Order." ^ 
 
 Of the above twenty pounds levied on the entire county it 
 ■will be noted that Damariscove and Hippocras paid exactly 
 one-fourth of the amount, the Kennebec settlement paid less 
 than these islands, while Cape Newagen ranked above Pema- 
 quid. Monhegan alone was as much as Damariscove. This, 
 doubtless, is an accurate key to estimating the proportion of 
 population at that period. There are, however, several other 
 indications corroborative of the above assessment. This does 
 away with an impression, long believed by some to be errone- 
 ous, that Pemaquid, besides being the central point and having 
 the fort, the court, and otherwise being the point of chief 
 importance east of the Kennebec, also held the greater part of 
 the population and taxable property. It is plainly evident 
 that such an idea is incorrect. When the locality petitioned 
 Massachusetts to extend her government over them the num- 
 ber of petitioners was less in Pemaquid and Sheepscot than in 
 any of the other places, and thorc are several other indications 
 in the same line. 
 
 Commissioners, in a sense corresponding to the present 
 trial justice, were appointed to hear cases with jurisdiction not 
 exceeding £10. This was to save the expense and effort of 
 
 1. The matter above produced is largely from Me. His. Col., Doc. Ser. IV, 344-48; 
 Also do. First Ser. V, 239-243 ; Johnson's Pemaquid, pp. 110-112. 
 
GROWTH AND GOVERNMENT. 83 
 
 holding court in this then distant region. The court was to 
 convene annually, but there is no record of any session in 
 1675, and while a record exists for convening a court at Pem- 
 aquid on the "third second day of July," which meant the 
 third Monday, no record of such a session has been found. 
 There was a well-grounded reason for these omissions, as we 
 shall see in the following chapter. 
 
CHAPTER VI. 
 The Indian Wars. 
 
 IN JUNE, 1675, there were thirteen settlements, or planta- 
 tions, in Maine, as follows: 1, Kittery, including the 
 settlements about the mouth of the Piscataqua ; 2, York ; 
 3, Wqlls ; 4, Cape Porpoise; 5, Saco, on both sides of the 
 river; 6, Scarborough; 7, Falmouth, including the peninsula, 
 Portland, Cape Elizabeth and Westbrook ; 8, Pejepscot, 
 including the lower Androscoggin settlements and Maquoit 
 on Casco Bay ; 9 , the plantations of Kennebec and Sagadahoc, 
 including Cushnoc and Arrowsic ; 10, Sheepscot and Cape 
 Newagen ; 11, Damariscotta Eiver, or New Dartmouth, since 
 New Castle, the Damariscove group of islands and Corbin's 
 Sound; 12, Pemaquid ; 13, Monhegan, George's Islands and 
 the opposite settlements on the mainland. The other settle- 
 ments were east of the Penobscot, at Biguyduce (Castine), 
 Eggemoggin Reach (Sedgwick), Mount Desert, Machias and 
 Schoodic, composed entirely of French, probably not exceed- 
 ing seventy-five persons.^ 
 
 To be more minute in relation to our immediate settlements, 
 it may be said that there were at this time four settlements in 
 the territory that became Boothbay nearly a century later. 
 The one at Damariscove was the largest, being about one-fourth 
 of Cornwall County, as we have seen by the assessment. Cape 
 Newagen, by this assessment, shows to have been about three- 
 fifths that of Damariscove. There were a few families at Cor- 
 bin's Sound, probably two on Hippocras, and Henry Curtis 
 somewhere on the west side, bordering on the Sheepscot. He 
 also- had a son, Henry, Junior, appearing on various docu- 
 ments. A small settlement, called Widgin's, or Widgor's, was 
 
 1. The general story of the ladian Wars in more or less detail, the particular facts 
 presented varying with each author according to the field covered by him, appears in 
 several Maine publications. To obtain about all the information to be had upon the 
 subject the following references may be cited: Will. Hist. Me., Vol. I; Eaton's Annals 
 of Warren ; Johnson's Pemaquid ; VFheeler's Hist, of Brunswick, Topsham and Harps- 
 well, and the Maine Hist. Society's Collection. 
 
THE INDIAN WARS. 8fi 
 
 located somewhere on the shore, probably either Spruce Point 
 or McKown's Point, presumably the former. The settler for 
 whom this place was named was, probably, James Widgor. 
 The application of the Sagadahoc petitioners, which has 
 appeared in the preceding chapter, was undoubtedly brought 
 about by an existing fear of French domination, on one hand, 
 and an impression, on the other, that the government of James' 
 ducal province of Cornwall, which was only an appendage of 
 his New York grant, would amount to nothing in the matter 
 of either system or strength. These people, as well as those 
 of the Province of Maine, and both the Massachusetts and 
 Plymouth Colonies, were all composed of nearly pure-bred 
 English stock. One old writer says that the New England 
 coast at the close of the seventeenth century was peopled with 
 as pure-bred English stock as England herself. Therefore, 
 while a loose and irregular life might be the one led in the main, 
 where neither clergy nor legal restraints were in evidence, still 
 there was an underlying tendency toward Protestantism and 
 an equally deep-seated prejudice against Komanism. Hence 
 the fear of French encroachments and a desire to rush under 
 the wing of Massachusetts, which was steadily growing strong 
 and populous. 
 
 At the breaking out of King Philip's War, June 24, 1675, 
 at Swanzea, Massachusetts, the English population of Maine 
 and Sagadahoc exceeded 6,000, while the native population, 
 both Abenaques and Etechemins, was from 15,000 to 18,000. 
 The reason for the outbreak at this particular time is only 
 explainable in a general way. It was the breaking out of a 
 long smouldering fire, the culmination of troubles long fer- 
 mented, and in Philip the leader came, as is usually the case, 
 fitted in all ways to head the movement. The actual colonists, 
 realizing the dangers constantly about them, had been careful 
 and discreet, in the main, in their intercourse with the natives. 
 Some avaricious ones engaged in trade had overshot the mark 
 in driving hard bargains ; but the greatest irritant was the 
 course pursued by vessels' crews, fishing and otherwise engaged, 
 which were only occasionally on the coast. By some of these 
 the Indians were first made drunk, or by some deceit enticed 
 aboard, then kidnapped and sold into slavery, at either the 
 
86 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 West Indies or in Spain. Another serious provocation was 
 the treatment of the native women. Further than this, the 
 Indians looked on with suspicion to the clearing of land by 
 axe and fire, the erection of fortifications and the advance of 
 civilization generally. 
 
 Within twenty days of the attack on Swanzea the Indians 
 of Maine and Sagadahoc, at places 250 miles distant, were 
 growing turbulent. It is evident that the Maine Indians were 
 reinforced from the westward, for Narragansetts were captured 
 in Maine during the war. The war in Massachusetts lasted 
 until August 12, 1676, when it was broken by the death of 
 Philip. He was shot at his old home, Mount Hope, to which 
 he had just returned, by a friendly Indian fighting in the 
 English ranks under Captain Church. Two bullets brought 
 him to the earth, where he fell upon his face in some mud and 
 water he was running through to elude his pursuers. His 
 hands were cut off and carried in triumph to Boston as a trophy 
 to the Bay colonists ; while his head was severed and raised 
 upon a pole and borne to Plymouth for that Colony to view, 
 the day being devoted to a public thanksgiving. The leading 
 men under Philip, who surrendered, for the most part fared 
 badly. Watascompanun and Captain Tom were hung in 
 Boston. Matoonas was sentenced to hang, but his friends, 
 looking upon hanging as an ignoble death for a chief, begged 
 the privilege to shoot him themselves, which was accorded. 
 Three leading Nipmucks were later hung in Boston, and a 
 Narragansett chief shot in Rhode Island. Tispaquin and Anna- 
 won, two of Philip's principal men, were taken to Plymouth 
 and there beheaded. Four out of seven identified as being 
 parties who set fire to Plymouth were hung. Of 200 prisoners 
 captured by Major Waldron, at Dover, and sent to Boston for 
 trial, seven ringleaders were hung and the remainder sold into 
 slavery at Bermuda ; among them was Philip's son. Massa- 
 chusetts lost during the war 600 men, 1,200 houses, 8,000 
 cattle, and the cost otherwise was £150,000. The Indians 
 lost 3,000 lives. 
 
 But while Massachusetts cleared herself in about fourteen 
 months the Indian spirit was unsubdued. Marauding parties 
 came into Maine, where the population was less and where- they 
 
THE INDIAN WARS. 87 
 
 could obtain arms and ammunition from the French. Soon 
 after the death of Philip the war was waged in Maine and 
 Sagadahoc fiercer than ever. It lasted until the treaty of peace 
 at Casco, April 12, 1678. 
 
 The war in Maine broke out by an attack on Thomas Pur- 
 chas, a trader, living about six miles below where Brunswick 
 now stands, on September 5, 1675. Settlers in Falmouth were 
 attacked the 12th, where a family, Wakefield by name, was 
 murdered, some being burned with their house and the rest 
 horribly tortured and their remains mutilated. Soon after this 
 a battle at New Meadows Eiver occurred, where two Indians 
 were shot ; but the latter came off victorious, putting to flight 
 some twenty-five whites and capturing two boat loads of corn. 
 Scarborough was burned on the 20th. Attacks on Saco and 
 Wells immediately followed. The Sagadahoc territory was 
 the last to be attacked, though the weakest places existed there. 
 This was largely due to the efforts of Abraham Shurte, then at 
 the age of eighty-three or more, who, by pacific policies, held 
 off the impending catastrophe. 
 
 That portion of the State now composing York County was 
 harassed in nearly every neighborhood repeatedly. No one 
 knew when it was safe to move in any direction, for behind 
 any bunch of bushes or cliff of ledge the murderous savage 
 might be lurking in his war paint. The Indians were at a great 
 advantage. They had no houses or homes to lose. What 
 would undo the white settler would not affect them in the least. 
 The forest, lake or stream was equally their home. They could 
 endure any privation and travel across country at surprising 
 speed, appearing in a locality one day and striking an unex- 
 pected blow many miles from there the next. Every white 
 habitation was known to them and none were overlooked in 
 this war of destruction. 
 
 The day following Philip's fall Woolwich was destroyed 
 and Arrowsic burned. The attack at Woolwich was made at 
 Stinson's Point, upon the house of Richard Hammond, a trader. 
 A young girl escaped and, following footpaths, reached the 
 neighborhood of Sheepscot Farms, about twelve miles distant, 
 and alarmed the inhabitants. She told the settlers as she was 
 fleeing from the house, unseen by the savages, she heard loud 
 
88 HISTORY OF BOOTHS AY. 
 
 blows within. This was true, for Hammond, Samuel Smith 
 and Joshua Grant were killed, and sixteen others taken cap- 
 tives. After finishing their depredations at Woolwich they 
 divided themselves into two bands ; one ascended the Kennebec 
 to where Francis Card lived and took captives him and his 
 family, while the others went in their canoes by night to 
 Arrowsic. They made a silent landing on the southeasterly 
 part of that island, near where the settlement and fort were 
 situated. A few crawled along beneath the walls of the garri- 
 son and the others ambushed behind a large cliff, all, however, 
 being able to note the movements of the sentinel. He retired 
 from his post that night earlier than usual and was not relieved. 
 Unknown to him, he was followed through the gate inside the 
 fortress. All rushed in with a wild war whoop, closing the 
 portholes and engaging in a hand-to-hand conflict as fast as 
 the surprised inmates appeared. A bloody fight ensued, sev- 
 eral falling on each side, but the odds were too great and the 
 remnant of the English fled through a back exit toward the 
 shore. Just as the boats were reached Captain Lake was 
 killed ; Captain Davis was also shot down, but not fatally. 
 He secreted himself in a crevice in the ledge, from which, in a 
 weak condition, he escaped two days later. 
 
 Clark and Lake had at Arrowsic one of the largest and 
 most expensive establishments along the coast. It consisted 
 of a mansion house, built after an English model, many out- 
 buildings, a mill and the fortifications. The whole had cost 
 several thousand pounds and a long term of years of enter- 
 prising industry. Thirty-five persons were either killed or 
 captured at this attack ; about a dozen escaped. After the 
 Woolwich girl reached and alarmed the upper Sheepscot settle- 
 ment, that community, with all possible haste, left homes, 
 live stock, crops — all they possessed in the world — and fled 
 down the river, arousing any by-settler to his danger, reaching 
 Cape Newagen in a few hours and there taking refuge in the 
 fort. The people on the Damariscotta likewise fled down their 
 river and across to Pemaquid, joined by the Corbin's Sound 
 neighborhood. From Pemaquid all tried to make Monhegan, 
 but adverse winds prevented and they landed on Damariscove. 
 Upon reaching that island a few persons were found there who 
 
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THE INDIAN WARS. 89 
 
 had fled from Arrowsic and along Casco Bay. Those Avho had 
 reached Newagen, feeling insecure, after a short tarry, also 
 went to Damariscove. About 300 were then gathered there, 
 in flight from all the surrounding country, and this has been 
 thought to be a fairly correct key to the amount of population 
 in the locality at that time. In about two hours after the last 
 had reached the island, Hubbard tells us that they "saw all 
 the other islands, Widgin's, Corbin's Sound, New Harbor and 
 Pemaquid, all on fire." 
 
 Being informed they could expect no help from Boston, 
 and feeling insecure on Damariscove, they quit that place and 
 went in different vessels to various places at the westward, 
 mostly, however, to Boston, Salem or Piscataqua. Before 
 sailing some of them visited another island in the vicinity and 
 there found two dead bodies, the ashes of the buildings just 
 burned and the cai'casses of the cattle which the destroyers 
 had slaughtered. Exactly what island this may have been is 
 uncertain, but, presumably, Hippocras ; for two families had 
 been living there by the records just previous to the war, and 
 no other island, except Damariscove, where they were then in 
 exile, is mentioned as being inhabited. There are other rea- 
 sons for this presumption ; persons living on that island might 
 not have received the alarm, and, if they did, might have fan- 
 cied themselves secure in their location. Further than this, it 
 was near Damariscove, for parties had time to go there when 
 preparing in haste to depart for the west. 
 
 Jewell's Island was attacked September 2d, but several of 
 the Indians were killed and forced to beat a retreat. Many 
 who had escaped from the eastern settlements to Boston and 
 other points to the westward obtained arms and ammunition 
 there and immediately started on a march back into Maine. 
 One hundred and thirty English and forty friendly Natick 
 Indians reached Cocheco (Dover, N. H.), where they met 
 Major Waldron with more men. Just then they met a force 
 of 400 Indians. Though secretly hostile, they showed no 
 belligerent spirit and seemed disposed to parley with Waldron. 
 He proposed a sham fight, with the understanding that each 
 side should fire over the heads of the opposing force. The 
 Indians fired as understood, but the English held their fire and 
 
90 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 then ordered the Indians to ground their arms and took them 
 into custody. A culling process was instituted and about half 
 the number were at once released ; but 200 were sent by a 
 vessel to Boston for trial, and it was of these that it has been 
 before mentioned that seven were hung and the remainder sold 
 to Bermuda. Cape Neddock settlement was destroyed Sep- 
 tember 25th and about forty whites killed. Black Point was 
 attacked and surrendered. By the middle of February, 1677, 
 Waldron had reached Mere Point, Brunswick, and a little later 
 came to Arrowsic, where part of his force was left to fortify, 
 and he with the rest kept on to Pemaquid in two vessels. 
 Several sachems were found there and with them Waldron 
 went ashore and held a truce. Hostilities were suspended and 
 both sides were supposed to meet without arms ; but Waldron 
 espied the point of a lance protruding from under a board and 
 at once charged them with treacherj'. A tumult ensued. One 
 squaw caught up a bundle of guns and ran for the woods. 
 A hand-to-hand fight followed, while from signaling a well- 
 equipped reinforcement came to the aid of the English from 
 the vessels. A canoe was overturned and five or six Indians 
 were drowned ; as many more were killed ashore in the fight 
 besides the chief, Mallatawando. 
 
 In this battle Waldron preserved all of his own goods, 
 captured 1,000 pounds of beef and other articles, besides a 
 number of prisoners. Among these was a sister of the Chief 
 Madockawando, an Indian woman of great beauty and influence 
 in her tribe. Also Megunnaway, an old chief and one of the 
 most desperate, long-time offenders among the race. He had 
 been concerned in the murder of Thomas Bracket and his 
 neighbors, and several other of the most atrocious murders in 
 the war. When it was learned whom they had captured,' with- 
 out trial, he was taken out and shot on Pemaquid ground. 
 
 Waldron, on his return to Boston, stopped and built a gar- 
 rison on the Woolwich side, opposite Arrowsic, and left Cap- 
 tain Davis with forty men to guard it. They found Captain 
 Lake's body perfectly preserved by cold and took it to Boston 
 for burial. A little later a part of the garrison went over to 
 Arrowsic to bury the dead who were killed some seven months 
 before. They anticipated no danger, for no Indians had been 
 
THE IJTDIAN WAES. 91 
 
 seen for some time in the vicinity, but no sooner had the place 
 been reached than they were fired upon from ambush, their 
 retreat to the boats cut off and nine of them shot down on the 
 spot. About the same date seven were killed in the town of 
 York from an ambush. Battles at York, Wells and Black 
 Point occurred that spring, and then there seemed a lull in 
 hostilities, but not peace until the treaty at Casco, April 12, 
 1678. Altogether 260 settlers were known to have been killed 
 or carried away into captivity, over 150 captured and afterward 
 released, the settlements of Cape Neddock, Casco, Arrowsic, 
 Pemaquid, Scarborough and other places burned. The cost of 
 the war was about £8,000 besides all losses. 
 
 A letter from Francis Lovelace, Governor of New York, 
 under the Duke of York, was sent the inhabitants of Pema- 
 quid, bearing date February 16, 1672. In it he asked them 
 as to the nature of government they desired, and the general 
 tone of the letter indicated a spirit desirous of consultation on 
 Eastern affairs. While Lovelace was the second Governor of 
 New York, which was the Duke's principal grant, no attention 
 had been given Sagadahoc, which his commissioners had vis- 
 ited in 1665, bestowing upon it the name of Cornwall, and 
 then reporting as to the insignificance of the territory and the 
 vicious tendency of its inhabitants. It had been absolutely 
 ignored until the receipt of this letter, if it ever was received, 
 for the only record the public has of it is that to be found 
 in the Albany archives. If received it may not have been 
 answered, but a suspicious circumstance exists in the fact that 
 Lovelace sent this epistle in February, and in May, following, 
 the Pemaquid Colony petitioned the Massachusetts Government 
 to extend itself over them. The letter may have stimulated 
 this action. Sir Edmund Andros succeeded Lovelace as Gov- 
 ernor of the Duke's dominions in 1674. No aid was extended 
 the settlement in its perilous position by Andros, but after its 
 destruction, September 8, 1676, the following resolution was 
 recorded : 
 
 "Resolved, To send a sloop to Piscataway, Salem and Bos- 
 ton to invite and bring as many of the Inhabitants particularly 
 ffishermen, as will come driven from the Duke's Terrytoryes 
 and parts Eastward, and to supply them with land in any part 
 of Government they shall chuse." 
 
92 HISTOKY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 The sloop came on from New York, but returned without 
 passengers. General Court convened at Boston the October 
 following, and the second day of the session passed a resolution 
 denouncing the action of the Duke's New York Government 
 as a mean attempt to gain population at the expense of the 
 east, which that country could not afford to lose ; and made 
 provision to send 150 men to Sagadahoc to protect that coun- 
 try against the French and Indians. On June 9, 1677, it was 
 decided by Governor Andros to take possession at once of the 
 Sagadahoc territory, and on the 13th four vessels sailed with 
 lumber and other material to build a redoubt at Pemaquid. 
 Before leaving New York their instructions were, if for any 
 reason they could not land at Pemaquid, then to make a tem- 
 porary lodgment "upon Cape Ano wagon, DamerellV Cove, 
 Monhigan or other adjacent islands." 
 
 The fort was completed early in the season and the com- 
 mand intrusted to Capt. Anthony Brockhals and Ensign Caesar 
 Knapton, being christened Fort Charles in honor of the King, 
 and the locality named Jamestown, in honor of the Duke. A 
 most stringent set of rules and regulations were now pro- 
 claimed. Pemaquid alone must be the trading place of the 
 entire region ; Indians were not allowed to go to the islands ; 
 neither should the natives be trusted ; questions of disagree- 
 ment between inhabitants and fishermen should be settled in 
 New York ; no fisherman should keep more than one dog ; no 
 rum should be drank on the side the fort stood ; no " straggling 
 farmes to be erected, nor no houses built anywhere under the 
 number of twenty " ; all vessels from any other Government 
 coming there to fish must first enter at Pemaquid, and, except 
 in stress of weather, should go into no other harbor. 
 
 It was with the building of Fort Charles, and this second 
 attempt at government on the part of the Duke of York, that 
 business of all kinds in the Sagadahoc territory centered at 
 Pemaquid. The reason was that it was forced there by the 
 controlling powers. The cause is here found why no other 
 section, save Pemaquid proper, filled up after the dispersal by 
 the Indians in 1676. The entire Government was abhorrent 
 to the fishermen living under it. In every sense it aimed at 
 monopoly in trade. Massachusetts Bay, which had established 
 
THE INDIAN WARS. 93 
 
 a brief rule just preceding the Indian outbreak, could not now 
 follow it up without coming into conflict with the brother of 
 the King, and it was then clear that both the King and Duke 
 looked jealously upon Massachusetts. 
 
 Col. Thomas Dongan was appointed Governor of New York 
 and Sagadahoc in 1682, and arrived in this country in August, 
 
 1683, as successor to Andros. He found the people every- 
 where dissatisfied with their Government. A few reforms 
 were instituted by him, among which was an election by the 
 freeholders. Writs for election reached the county of Corn- 
 wall, and Gyles Goddard, Esquire, of Sheepscot, was unani- 
 mously elected to the New York Assembly to represent the 
 county. Petitions to Governor Dongan, at this time, bore a 
 set of signatures almost entirely different from those which 
 had a few years before appeared, petitioning Massachusetts to 
 spread a protecting arm over Devonshire. This showed the 
 population after the war to be composed of a new element. 
 
 The King, Charles II, and his advisers, having all along 
 l)een jealous of Massachusetts, vacated its charter June 18, 
 
 1684, and thereupon the liberties that colony had enjoyed 
 were seized by the Crown. Colonel Kirke, one of the blackest 
 names in English histoiy, was appointed Governor over Massa^ 
 chusetts, Plymouth, New Hampshire and Maine ; but before he 
 embarked for America to take his office, on February 16, 1685, 
 Charles II died, thus saving the Colonies that humiliation. 
 James, who had been Duke of York, now became King James 
 II of England. Sir Edmund Andros, who had been the Duke's 
 Governor of New York and Sagadahoc from 1674 to 1682, 
 now became Governor of New England. He reached Boston 
 December 20, 1685. 
 
 The next year Governor Dongan sent Palmer and West as 
 commissioners into Cornwall County to survey and convey to 
 settlers tracts of land, understood to be one hundred acres, 
 but in many cases they only conveyed three or four acres. 
 Excessive fees were charged in all instances, and then the set- 
 tler only received a leasehold, the fee remaining in the propri- 
 etor. They placed and displaced at pleasure, preying upon 
 the poor, ignorant and war-worn population, as many a 
 political parasite has done before and since. After Andros' 
 
94 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 appointment there appeared for a time some confliction in 
 authority between himself and Dongan, when Andros' commis- 
 sion was enlarged in March, 1688, making him Captain Gen- 
 eral and Vice Admiral over New England, New York and the 
 Jerseys. Almost immediately he sailed with an expedition to 
 Penobscot, where he attacked Biguyduce, pillaged Castine's 
 headquarters and came back to Pemaquid. Castine resented 
 this outrage, and, as he was supreme among the Indians, 
 uneasiness and acts of hostility at once commenced. Every 
 English fortress from Penobscot to Piscataqua was at once 
 repaired. Soldiers were enlisted and detached for an eastern 
 expedition. Andros returned to Boston and, evidently fearing 
 a war he had himself aggravated, tried pacific policies. He 
 issued proclamations to the Indians, and broadly advertised 
 that Indian prisoners would be freed, commanding, at the same 
 time, that the savages should release their English prisoners. 
 The Indians gave no heed to him or his efforts, and released 
 no prisoners in their custody, but in some cases put them to 
 death by torture. Andros, meantime, had let the Indians go 
 which he had been holding. 
 
 The war broke out in earnest August 13th, by an attack on 
 North Yarmouth, followed soon after by a descent on Jewell's 
 Island and Saco. At Merrymeeting Bay, after capturing the 
 inhabitants, they fell into a drunken carousal and killed their 
 victims. This marauding party next appeared at Sheepscot, 
 where they made prisoners of two families. The remainder of 
 the settlers defended themselves in the garrison. One of the 
 party went out with a truce to try and treat with the assailants. 
 They captured him and after terrible tortures dispatched him. 
 Every building in the place was burned. Seeing war was now 
 inevitable, Andros called out an army of from 800 to 1,000 
 men, and late in November led them on an eastern expedition, 
 broadly making threats of his purposes. Soldiers suffered 
 severely from lack of food and exposure to the inclement 
 weather. Many died from these causes and he returned with- 
 out killing or capturing a single Indian. With no wisdom in 
 any of his actions, he made as great a display of his power as 
 possible. 
 
 The greatest catastrophe of the year was the capture of 
 
THE INDIAN WARS. 95 
 
 Dover, New Hampshire. One evening two squaws came along 
 and begged the privilege of shelter for the night, which was 
 granted them. In the night they opened the fortress gate, 
 letting in a large party who were on the war path. A bloody 
 hand-to-hand encounter followed, but with defeat to the English 
 and capture of the garrison by sheer force of numbers. Major 
 Waldron, whom we followed in the previous war, was there 
 that night, an old, man of eighty. Twelve years before he had 
 deceived them on the soil of that very town by a sham fight, 
 and later, at Pemaquid, punished them severely, executing 
 Megunnaway after the battle. Waldron was stripped and 
 seated on a table, when each savage, passing him in procession, 
 slashed his breast "with a knife, saying at each stroke : " Thus 
 I cross out my account." At last they cut off his nose and 
 ears, and as he was pitching from the table from loss of blood 
 one Indian placed the Major's sword so that it ran him through 
 as he fell. So died one of the greatest Indian fighters the 
 Colonies ever knew. 
 
 At Pemaquid a special effort was made to capture the new 
 Fort Charles, recently built by Andros. A large body of Indi- 
 ans appeared from the direction of Round Pond on August 2, 
 1689. Dividing into two parties, one part went to the Falls, 
 where Judge Gyles and fourteen men were at work on the 
 farm, obtaining a secreted position between the men and the 
 garrison. The' other part ranged themselves between the fort 
 and the houses before their presence was known. The attack 
 began by the party attacking the fort, and as soon as the report 
 of the firearms was heard the party above made an attack on 
 the workmen. Several, including Judge Gyles, were there 
 killed and the rest made prisoners. Lieutenant Weems at the 
 fort, seeing that he could not possibly hold out, thought that 
 if terms could be made an early surrender might obtain safety 
 for the garrison. A promise was made that they might go 
 aboard schooners for Boston if they would make no resistance. 
 This was done, but no sooner were the doors opened than faith 
 was broken and a slaughter ensued. All were either killed or 
 made prisoners. Two captains of vessels in the harbor. Skin- 
 ner and Farnham, were shot, and Captain Pateshall, who lived 
 so many years at Damariscove, being there with his vessel, 
 
96 HISTOKV OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 was captured and killed. At this point of time every English 
 inhabitant eastward of Falmouth withdrew to that place. 
 
 At the end of 1690 only four Maine settlements remained, 
 Wells, York, Kittery and Isle of Shoals, and of these York 
 was destroyed in 1692. While the worst was over, the Indians 
 still continued in a belligerent condition until the treaty at 
 Mere Point, Brunswick, Januaiy 7, 1699. The date, however, 
 of August 2, 1689, may be set as that of the vacation of the 
 county' of Cornwall. The fort at Pemaquid was again rebuilt 
 in 1692, of stone, by Governor Phipps, and named Fort 
 William Henry ; but the territory lying between the Sheepscot 
 and Damariscotta Rivers, with the islands about, was abso- 
 lutely without other than the native population until 1729. 
 
 From near 1620 until its destruction a second time, in 1689, 
 there had been some English population, and they met with no 
 serious disturbance until 1676. After that war a few came 
 back, but the names were largely new ones, and these, under 
 the restricted conditions imposed by Andros, mostly settled at 
 Pemaquid proper. But with the second war these old names 
 disappear forever. When settled forty years later bj' Colonel 
 Dunbar it was by not only people of other families, but those 
 of another race. 
 
 The tyranny of Governor Andros overreached itself, and 
 on April 18, 1689, he and thirty of his most thoroughly hated 
 followers were thrown into prison by an enraged Boston popu- 
 lace. Palmer and West, who had plundered the people of the 
 country we now live in, were among the number. No bail 
 that could be offered was accepted and for some weeks they 
 were confined. This has come down to us as the first Ameri- 
 can revolution. In England James II had abdicated his throne 
 on December 12th, previous, and taken up his abode in France. 
 His son-in-law, William, Prince of Orange, and Mary, wife of 
 William and daughter of James II, were proclaimed on Feb- 
 ruary 16th King and Queen of England. 
 
 During these months the Jesuit priests and Castine had 
 thoroughly inflamed the Indian mind. France, the asylum of 
 James II, sympathizing with him on account of his religion, 
 espoused his cause, and on May 1st war was declared by 
 England against Franco. It was another war of Popery 
 
EAKLY SETTLEMENTS. 97 
 
 against Protestantism, and in New England the first onslaught 
 was upon the weakest places, the frontiers of Maine and New 
 Hampshire. Early in 1690 Sir William Phipps, a native of 
 Woolwich in the Sagadahoc territory, was sent with 700 men 
 to make a conquest of Canada. Port Royal fell before his 
 fleet, but being late in the year and receiving no aid from 
 England he was unsuccessful before Quebec. This second 
 Indian war has been sometimes called King William's War. 
 
 While the Boothbay territory lay uninhabited two other 
 Indian wars took place. The first of these is known as Queen 
 Anne's War, which lasted from August, 1703, to the treaty at 
 Portsmouth, July 11, 1713 ; and the second, called Lovewell's 
 War, from June 13, 1722, to Dummer's celebrated treaty, 
 made December 15, 1725. The interim which occurred by 
 absence of population from our locality must, of necessity, be 
 reflected in these pages. Space forbids me in carrying along 
 even the most important general matters, when we had no 
 people to be affected by them. To this point the brief, cur- 
 sory treatment given to general affairs has been necessary on 
 account of such matters, as have been selected for presentation, 
 having an intimate relation with what was transpiring here. 
 Our next chapter, while not strictly in sequence, will be 
 inserted for the reason that some matters appearing in it will 
 be thereafter a matter of common reference. Following it the 
 Dunbar immigration and settlement will be taken up, after 
 which point of time our story is continuous to the present. 
 
CHAPTER VII. 
 The Interim: 1689-1729. 
 
 IN THIS chapter the reader will be given various matters, 
 presented in monographic form, with the hope that that 
 which is of most interest, and most necessary for refer- 
 ence, will have been presented before commencing the story 
 of the Dunbar immigration. 
 
 There is no record that Squirrel Island was ever among 
 the number composing the Damariscove group. Neither was 
 it inhabited until after the Dunbar settlement. At what time 
 the present name was applied, or for what reason, is uncertain. 
 It was a lone island, uninhabited, and an appendage to Corn- 
 wall County in 1687 ; then known by its present name, as 
 evinced by the appended record. William Sturt about 1684 
 was town clerk of Pemaquid, as shown by various documents. 
 The date of this petition is July 28, 1687, and he states that 
 he is building a house on Hippocras " in order to a settlement." 
 It has already been noticed that a rule existed in the Pemaquid 
 Government, then recently promulgated, that outside of Pem- 
 aquid single houses should not be built, and the building, 
 away from that neighborhood, of houses to a number less than 
 twenty was forbidden. From William Sturt's position he 
 must have been a leading citizen of Pemaquid, and a colony, 
 to the number of twenty houses, may have been intended on 
 Hippocras at this time. If such was the case, a considerable 
 colony must have existed there at the date of abandonment in 
 1689. 
 
THE INTERIM. 99 
 
 To his Excellency S"^ Edmond Andros Kn* Cap* Gener*" & 
 Governo'^ in Chiefe of his Ma^^^s Territory & Dominion in 
 New England in America 
 The humble Petticon of William Start humbly Sheweth. 
 
 "Whereas yo"^ Petticon'^ being Possest of a Small Island 
 Commonly caled hypocrist where yo"^ Petticon"^ is building an 
 house, in ord"^ to a Settlement But the sd Island being voyd of 
 "Wood Either for ffire or other vse : And there being A small 
 Eocky Island w* Woods Cloase by Caled Squirrill Island 
 which is Noe wayes Comodious for the iishery, & Never have 
 been taken vp, or Disposed of to Any as Yett the Which Yo"^ 
 Petticon^ humbly Prays yo"' Excellency to Confirme to him 
 And Grant that he may have A Pattent for the Said Island & 
 he As in Duty bound Shall Ever Pray for Yo'' Excell^ Pros- 
 perity &c. 
 
 (Me. Hist. Coll. Doc. Series, VL 361.) 
 
 Somewhere in the present town of Boothbay or Boothbay 
 Harbor lived, as early as 1666, up to the outbreak of the first 
 Indian War in the east, in 1675, a settler by the name of 
 Henry Curtis (or Curtice) . 
 
 He had a son, Henry, Jr., old enough to be signing peti- 
 tions about 1674. It is likely that they lived on the west side, 
 on Sheepscot waters. The conveyance to Curtis by the well- 
 known chief, Robin Hood, is one of the earliest in the entire 
 region. From this deed came much trouble to the inhabitants 
 in later times, claimants under it commencing to annoy the 
 settlers, in their holdings, as early as 1737 and continuing 
 until the adjustment in 1811. 
 
 "A deed of Henry Curtice, senior, recorded the 16th. of 
 June, in the year of our Sovereign Lord King Charles the 
 Second Anno Domine 1666, Jan'y 20th. day 1666. 
 
 "Know all men by these presents, that I Eobin Hood, 
 sagamore, doth sell unto Henry Curtice, his heirs and assigns 
 forever, a parcel of land lying on the northwest side of the 
 northwest passage, and the pond joining into the head of the 
 northwest passage unto the Gutt of the Back river, with all 
 the islands and inlets and marches containing unto the same. 
 And likewise I the said Robin Hood doth prhibit and doth 
 disown that any of my heirs and assigns shall lay any clam or 
 privlidges unto the abovementioned land, and have given unto 
 
100 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 the abovementioned Henry Curtice, his heirs and assigns, full 
 power and possession to sett down there without any let or 
 molestation. Whereunto I have set my hand and seal, the 
 day and date above mentioned. the 
 
 Kobin T Hood 
 
 Witness, mark 
 
 Daniel Benether 
 William Cliffe 
 
 Rascoba his office 
 Examined 
 
 "This deed was acknowledged by Robin Hood, Sagamore, 
 this 29th. May, 1666, before me 
 
 Henry Joslin, Justice in coram. 
 
 "In the year '66, Walter Phillips, Recorder, Essex, ss. 
 Aug. 23, 1785." 
 
 John Palmer, who was associated with West in confirming 
 lands in Cornwall County to settlers, confirmed to Elihu Gun- 
 nison, then living in Cornwall, on September 17, 1686, that 
 part of Linekin Neck southerly from where it is partially 
 divided by the indentation of Little River. When driven out, 
 in 1689, by the Indians, Gunnison took refuge at Kittery and 
 there followed his trade of shipwright. On November 1, 1693, 
 he sold this tract of land to William Pepperell, of Kittery, 
 who was a native of Cornwall, England, and the father of Sir 
 William Pepperell, one of Maine's most famous productions. 
 Pepperell evidently bought it as a speculation, for he con- 
 tinued to reside at Kittery. The description follows : 
 
 " That Tract or parcell of Land within the bounds of James- 
 town in the afores<i County (Cornwall) containing five hun- 
 dred Acres Lying and being at y« place or neck of Land called 
 Bucklands Neck, beginning at a certain place known by y^ 
 name of Corbitts Sound to y" Southwest of y^ s^ Neck, from 
 thence along ye upland l\y the River called by the name of 
 Damaris Cotty river, Soe North : north east of y® Narrows of 
 s<* Neck known by yo name of Winagance or carrying place, 
 from thence East south east over the said Winnegans to y« 
 cove in y^ back River, from thence along ye upland by the s^ 
 River South : south west to ye^ si^ Corbitts Sound to y^ place 
 
 where begun." 
 
 ( York Deeds, Book VI, Fol. 58.) 
 
THE INTERIM. 101 
 
 By the following abstract it may be seen that practically 
 all of what now constitutes the town of Boothbay Harbor, 
 together with that part of Boothbay where East Boothbay Vil- 
 lage now stands, and Linekin Neck, with the islands southerly 
 of the entire tract, were sold by John Bland, of Georgetown, 
 on March 15, 1717, to "William Robinson, of Arrowsic Island, 
 then a part of Georgetown ; and mortgaged by Robinson on 
 April 11, 1717, to John Cookson, of Boston, a gunsmith, a 
 one-fourth interest. 
 
 " I y« s'i W™ Robinson have and hereby do give grant bar- 
 gaine Sell Convey And Confirm unto y^ 8"^ John Cookson One 
 quarter part of a Certain Tract of Land lying between Shep- 
 scoat Bay & Damaris Scotty river Called by y^ Indians the 
 Winneganse which is a Carrying place between y® sd bay and 
 ye gd river bounded as follows. Two miles up y« river afores<i 
 & two Miles up Shepscoat Bay Side both upon one and y® 
 Same point of y« Compass with y« others & So a Straight line 
 to be run there from y^ river to y« s** Bay with y« point of 
 Land from y^ Winneganse or Carrying place down Toward y« 
 Sea & ye Island Called Agguahega or Damaris Scotty Island 
 with a Quarter part of all y*' Islands with all ye Island Adjoyn- 
 ing & Lying Southerly from y® s^ Neck of Land with all Such 
 rights Libertys Profits priviledges Comodityes & Appurte- 
 nances as belong thereunto which s"^ granted premises I bought 
 of John Bland of Georgetown afores Yeoman as by his deed 
 dated y^ fifteenth day of March last will Appear." 
 
 ( York Deeds, Book VIII, Fol. 229.) 
 
 William Robinson, above-named mortgager, died before 
 satisfying this mortgage, and his widow, Sarah, while still 
 administratrix of his estate, married Major Samuel Denny, of 
 Georgetown, for many years the leading citizen there, and 
 who, in 1764, was empowered by the General Court to issue 
 his warrant for the call of the meetina; of orsanization in 
 Boothbay. On September 4, 1722, Major Denny purchased, 
 for £120, Cookson's claim and took a confirmation of the title 
 himself. Later, Gen. Samuel McCobb, of Georgetown, son 
 of James McCobb, one of the original settlers of Townsend, 
 married Rachel, daughter of Major Denny. The intimate rela- 
 tions back and forth between Georgetown and Townsend in 
 the early days are matter of frequent record in many ways. 
 
102 IIISTORr OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 An abstract of a deed given by Agomogus (also known as 
 Moxes) and Egeremett, August 3, 1685, to Richard Pateshall 
 is as follows : 
 
 "A Certaine Tract or parcell of land Commonly Called by 
 y^ Name of Damerel Cove lying & being an Island in y^ Sea 
 Bounded with Seguin on y^ West Wood Island & Pumkin 
 Island to y^ East Cape bonawagon & Epituse on y« North the 
 Sea on y« South with all and Every y^ privilege Libertye & 
 Immunitys thereunto belonging as hunting hawking ffowling 
 ffishing or in any wise Appurtaining." 
 
 John Manning, of Boston, on August 24, 1725, deeded to 
 Job Lewis, also of Boston, for £120, fifteen hundred acres of 
 land, in several tracts, situated within the present limits of 
 the southern towns of Lincoln County. An abstract follows : 
 
 "Part of several certain Tracts or Parcell s of Land situate 
 lying and being within the County of Cornwall within his 
 Majesty's Dominions at the Eastward Parts of New England 
 butted & bounded as followeth viz Two Islands lying Eastward 
 of the Bay of the Eiver & running up to New Dartmouth in 
 Sheeps Coat River from Cape Newagon Westerly with the s<i 
 River ; Easterly with the Back River on Albonegon ; Southerly 
 with three small Islands that are in the Passage to two bacon 
 gut. Northerly with the Branch of the s^ Main River, which 
 runneth into the Back River at the Southerly End of the great 
 Narrows Also two Necks or Tracts of Land beginnine at 
 Sheepcot Falls running right over a Cove to a Parcell of Pine 
 Trees from thence right over one of the s<i Necks to the Head 
 of another Cove on the Easterly Side of the s^ Neck ; And a 
 Parcell of Marsh Ground lying on the Side of the River South- 
 erly w'='^ Bounds are from the burnt Islands which is the North- 
 ern End of it, from thence to a freshett called by the English 
 the Ovens Mouth, & all the s^ Marsh is on the South Side of 
 the River with the Upland joining to it as will more at large 
 appear by the Records of the Indian Titles within the s"! County 
 Reference thereto being had, Which were lately lodged in the 
 Hands of Samuel Phiphs of Charlestown Esq' late^ Clerk to 
 the Proprietors of the Eastward Lands (since deceased) wd s"! 
 two Islands were granted & confirmed unto the s"! Nicholas 
 Manning by Patent from John Palmer Esq^." 
 
 The two islands deeded by Manning were probably Barter's 
 and Sawyer's, but may have been others. Westport had been 
 
THE INTERIM. 103 
 
 deeded in 1666, as Jeremisquam ; and the bound at the north, 
 evidently being Cross River, would indicate Barter's Island. 
 The three small islands at the south were probably Indiantown, 
 Isle of Springs and Boston Island. The names Back River, 
 Oven's Mouth and Sheepscot were then applied to the same 
 localities as at present ; and Albonegon was doubtless the 
 Indian name for the mainland of Boothbay, and thus referred 
 to in the clause "easterly with the Back River on Albonegon," 
 
 Almost every old deed following 1686, recorded from the 
 Sagadahoc territory, makes reference to a confirmation of title 
 by John Palmer, Esquire, the Duke's commissioner under 
 Governor Dongan. The method of obtaining a confirmation 
 of title was to present a humble petition, setting forth that the 
 petitioner was an inhabitant, and then describing in a rather 
 loose, indefinite way the tract desired, using such terms as 
 "ranging easterly," or " southerly," as the case might be, to a 
 hill, or a cove, or a "parcell of trees." This being presented 
 was indorsed on the back by Palmer, "Granted." Then a sur- 
 veyor followed, and his survey was but a little more definite 
 than the limits mentioned in the petition. On the back of the 
 survey would appear the word "ffact," meaning performed. 
 Then came Palmer's deed to the petitioner, whose tract was 
 governed by the amount of cash he could raise. Petition, sur- 
 vey and deed must all be paid for, and in the end all that the 
 ignorant settler obtained was a leasehold, which in after years 
 was brushed aside as worthless whenever contested by a claim 
 with any foundation. The fees paid Palmer and West simply 
 amounted to a tax, nothing more or less ; and the whole affair 
 serves as an object lesson of the point of ingenuity reached at 
 that period in the science of what is modernly termed "graft." 
 
 The irregularity of spelling proper names in the early days 
 must be obvious from what has already been presented in these 
 chapters. As a matter of fact, the person who could read and 
 write, and having proficiency enough to perform clerical or 
 magisterial duties, did not always, even in the same document. 
 
104 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 spell his own or another's name in the same manner twice. 
 This may be noted, not only of those first peopling our coast, 
 but of many later inhabitants down to a period somewhat later 
 than the American Revolution. A case in point : On February 
 8, 1665, an Indian deed was made to Sylvanus Davis, of a tract 
 of land adjoining the Damariscotta River, b}^ one Gosle, saga- 
 more. Throughout the body of the deed the name is spelled 
 "Gosle." The signature, which is by mark, appears "Gosil" ; 
 while the acknowledgment, before George Muujoy, is written 
 "Gossery." 
 
 These instances are confirmative of the fact that no real 
 form of name existed, in many instances, Ijut simply a sound, 
 which each person spelled as he understood or heard it, or 
 judged might be correct. This same Gosle, Gosil or Gossery 
 is likely to have been the chief who lived in that vicinity and 
 deeded, joined by his wife and son, a tract to "Walter Phillips 
 over the signature " Josle." If so, four forms of the same 
 name occur. Something over twenty forms of spelling Pema^ 
 quid has been referred to by one author, and it is likely that 
 either Cape Newagen or Damariscove appears in as many ways. 
 The names of the five Indians captured by Weymouth vary so 
 much in form, as presented by different old writers on the 
 subject, as to make them hardly distinguishable. 
 
 The reign in England of William and ^lary, which com- 
 menced in 1689, just as the Sagadahoc Colony were fleeing 
 westward for their lives, lasted until 1702 ; Anne, the second 
 daughter of James II, succeeding them and reigning until 
 1714. The Stuart dynasty ended witli Anne and, in 1714, was 
 followed by George I, of the House of Hanover or Brunswick, 
 who reigned until 1727, when George II, his son, came to the 
 English throne. It was from the government of George II 
 that Col. David Dunbar received his American commission, 
 and his reign continued until 1760, only four years before the 
 settlement founded by Dunbar became the incorporated town 
 of Boothbay. 
 
IIodgdon's Mills in IS.'iii. 
 
 1 
 
 Methodist Cliiiicli 
 
 17 
 
 Woodbury M. Davis 
 
 33 
 
 Jeremiah P. Kaker 
 
 2 
 
 William Seavey 
 
 IS 
 
 Caleb Hodgdon 
 
 .34 
 
 William .\dams 
 
 3 
 
 David Lang 
 
 I'.l 
 
 Lincoln House — A (ioud> 
 
 X'y 
 
 Isjuie Murray 
 
 4 
 
 Red Store 
 
 211 
 
 Store— A. Goudy 
 
 3t; 
 
 William Murray 
 
 .-, 
 
 Store 
 
 21 
 
 Hodgdon Shipyard 
 
 37 
 
 James Murray 
 
 i; 
 
 " 
 
 22 
 
 Hodtidon Shops 
 
 .IS 
 
 Rufus Murray 
 
 7 
 
 Andrew Adams 
 
 23 
 
 Store — Benjamin Reed 
 
 311 
 
 Samuel Murray 
 
 K 
 
 John Uould 
 
 24 
 
 James McDoiigall 
 
 411 
 
 G. W, 'Whitelumse 
 
 M 
 
 Charles Mcl>ougall 
 
 2:". 
 
 B. Fowles 
 
 41 
 
 Capt. .-Vudrew Montgomery 
 
 10 
 
 Bradford V. Baker 
 
 2(1 
 
 Sehoolhouse 
 
 42 
 
 Ralph Whitehouse 
 
 11 
 
 Miles Hagan 
 
 27 
 
 Williiini Soiivey 
 
 43 
 
 Lumber Yard 
 
 12 
 
 Frederick Montgomery 
 
 2.S 
 
 Temperance Hall 
 
 44 
 
 Michael Knight 
 
 13 
 
 Robert Montgomery 
 
 2'.l 
 
 Capt. James L. Race 
 
 4.-. 
 
 Caleb Hodgdou's Saw and 
 
 14 
 
 Leonard Montgomery 
 
 ;;(i 
 
 I'eter McGvniigle 
 
 
 Grist Mill 
 
 15 
 
 Harvey Oliver 
 
 :;i 
 
 Reuben Jones 
 
 4i; 
 
 Store and Post Office 
 
 ii; 
 
 Abigail Sawyer 
 
 32 
 
 .laines Seavey 
 
 47 
 
 Shoe Shop 
 
THE INTERIM. 105 
 
 The vicissitudes of the Province of Maine were many in 
 both general conditions and forms of government, but not 
 greater than those of the Sagadahoc territory, with which these 
 chapters are more directly concerned. It was first embraced 
 by the New England patent of 1620, and so continued until 
 after the treaty of St. Germain, in 1632, when the French 
 claimed it as a part of Nova Scotia. In 1654, under Crom- 
 well's government, it again came into the possession of the 
 English by the efforts of Major Sedgwick, and the government 
 was given to Colonel Temple. Under the treaty of Breda, 
 concluded in 1667, it was again claimed by France, as a part 
 of Nova Scotia. By petition in 1672 to the Massachusetts 
 Government the county of Devonshire was erected and a local 
 government formed in 1674. The Indian War soon broke up 
 the Colony, and the territorial government of New York was 
 extended over it, and in 1688 was fully taken possession of 
 by the English Crown. The charter of William and Mary, in 
 1691, included it, and again, in 1697, by the treaty of Kyswick, 
 the French made claim. Posse"ssion of Nova Scotia by the 
 English forces under Nicholson, in 1710, was gained, and the 
 charter of William and Mary ever after held the St. Croix 
 River as the New England boundary. 
 
 The fort at Pemaquid, built by Governor Phipps in 1692, 
 was of stone, built in a quadrangular figure, and was about 
 737 feet in compass about the outer walls and 108 feet square 
 within the inner ones. It had twenty-eight ports and, at 
 least, fourteen guns mounted. Six of the guns were eighteen- 
 pound ers. The wall fronting the sea was twenty-two feet high 
 and exceeded six feet in thickness at the ports. The great 
 flanker or round tower at the western end of this line was 
 twenty-nine feet high. The eastern wall was twelve feet high, 
 the north ten, and the west eighteen. It took about 2,000 
 cart loads of stones in its construction. Sixty men were con- 
 sidered a suitable garrison, and Mather, in his "Magnalia," 
 quaintly says : "Which, if they were men, might easily have 
 maintained it against twice six hundred assailants." 
 
 8 
 
106 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Captain March held command of the fort until 1695, when 
 he was succeeded by Pascho Chubb, a man without a single 
 qualification for his position. Several altercations occurred at 
 intervals between the building of the fort and its capture under 
 Chubb, in which there was some loss of life on the side of 
 each, the English garrison and the Indians. Castine, with a 
 land force of French and Indians, numbering about 200, 
 reached Pemaquid on August 13, 1696 ; D'lberville came with 
 the French fleet about twenty-four hours later, standing off a 
 league from the fort. At five o'clock on the afternoon of the 
 14th a summons was sent to the fort to surrender ; but Captain 
 Chubb, with a great amount of bravado, sent back the answer 
 that he would not " even if the sea were covered with French 
 vessels and the land with Indians." 
 
 The French commenced the attack with some fieldpieces, 
 and the fort replied. Nothing was accomplished in the pre- 
 liminary action, but during the night some heavy mortars were 
 landed and the next day bombs were thrown into the fort. 
 Castine, at this time, sent in a letter that if surrender was 
 immediately made no massacre would follow, but if, after 
 much resistance, the fort was captured he could not restrain 
 the Indians. The attack had proceeded far enough at this 
 point to produce a change of opinion on the part of Chubb 
 and he capitulated at once, with the terms that the English be 
 transported safely, but as prisoners, to Boston, and there 
 exchanged for a like number of French and Indian prisoners 
 in English custody. Chubb was thrown into prison by the 
 Boston authorities for his cowardice and disgraceful surrender, 
 where he lay for some months, but was finally released and 
 allowed to join his family in Andover. There on February 22, 
 1698, the Indians, about thirty in number, sought him out and 
 killed both him and his wife. On the part of the Indians it 
 was wholly a matter of revenge for the treacherous treatment 
 they had received at his hands when he was commandant of 
 the fort at Pemaquid. 
 
 "With the destruction of Fort William Henry all English 
 influence was at an end east of the Kennebec River. Every 
 
THE INTERIM. * 107 
 
 English settlement was for a second time broken up and aban- 
 doned. Patrick Rogers, a well-known pioneer, testified in 
 1773 that he lived in Georgetown in 1720-21, and at that date 
 there was not a house, with the single exception of a fish house 
 on Damariscove, between Georgetown and Annapolis Royal in 
 Nova Scotia. 
 
 In 1713 the General Court, recognizing the desire of many 
 to return and settle in the abandoned country, took action by 
 selecting a committee of nine to receive applications, investi- 
 gate and sanction titles where they appeared sound, for many 
 of the titles and other records had been burned when the 
 inhabitants were driven out. In considering the best methods 
 of settlement, it was deemed advisable to locate in groups of 
 twenty or thirty families by the seaside, with lots of three or 
 four acres each, and outlying lands according to individual 
 needs and desires. After due investigation the Court ordered 
 the settlement of five towns, as follows : Saco, Scarborough, 
 Falmouth, North Yarmouth and Arrowsic. Without license 
 people were not allowed to settle elsewhere than these five 
 towns and the places which had survived the war. 
 
 By 1717 Saco, now changed to Biddeford, had a settled 
 minister; Scarborough had thirty families in 1719; in 1715- 
 16 there had twenty families settled at Falmouth ; in North 
 Yarmouth a delay of about six years occurred ; while on June 
 13, 1716, twenty-six men having settled on Parker's and 
 Arrowsic Islands, the territory now included in Arrowsic, 
 Georgetown, Woolwich, Bath and Phippsburg was incorpor- 
 ated as the town of Georgetown. A sergeant's guard of twenty 
 soldiers was sent by the Court as a guard to the inhabitants 
 for the first six months. This town was now the frontier of 
 New England. Another order of the Court was that the 
 county of Yorkshire should extend over the Sagadahoc country 
 and to the eastern bound at the St. Croix, and that York 
 should be the shire town for holding court and keeping the 
 registry of deeds. 
 
108 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 The Lords of Trade, in response to an order from the King, 
 made a report upon the forts and defenses of -His Majesty's 
 Plantations on January 10, 1700, from which the following 
 extract is quoted : 
 
 " Towards the mouth of the Kennebec River (seven leagues 
 from Pemaquid) are many little Islands. On that of Damaras 
 Cove there was before the war a Pallisadoed Fort for the 
 defense of ye fishermen, and another on Cape Newagen where 
 they used to cure their fish. But to Guard the Entrance of 
 the River a Redoubt ought to be raised on the Island Sagada- 
 hoc, and a little Fort at New Town in Rowsck Island two 
 leagues up the River where there was formerly a small square 
 one Pallisadoed." 
 
 (See Mass. Archives, Vol. LXX, 'pp. 486-493; Doc. 
 Coll. Hist. ]Sr. Y., IV, 831.} 
 
CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 The Dunbak Settlement. 
 
 COLONEL DAVID DUNBAR ^ arrived in America 
 sometime during the year 1729, and probably went to 
 Pemaquid that year. His commission was that of 
 Governor of the Sagadahoc territory, with authority to rebuild 
 Fort William Henry. In addition to this he had another com- 
 mission as Surveyor General of the King's woods. The last- 
 mentioned one, however, was the first one he obtained. He 
 was of Irish birth and had been a colonel in the English army, 
 but for cause had been reduced in rank. Some surprise, in 
 contemplation of this fact, has been manifested that he should 
 have received so much authority and so important a position. 
 But he was proud and ambitious, though poor. He was highly 
 endowed in that which goes to make up the successful intriguer 
 in politics, — a good presence, broad ideas and ready promises. 
 In England he had an inflential friend in a certain Colonel 
 Bladen. Through Bladen's influence with the association known 
 as the Lords of Trade, of which he was a member, Dunbar 
 received recommendations for this appointment, and the Crown 
 conferred it upon him, removing one Bridger to make room 
 for him. His commissions made his sway well-nigh absolute, 
 about the only reservation imposed upon him being that 
 300,000 acres, within his territory, must be kept intact for use 
 in the King's navy. 
 
 Nearly ever since its destruction, in 1696, there had been 
 a controversy going on between Massachusetts and the English 
 Government as to which should bear the expense of rebuilding 
 the Pemaquid fort. The Puritanism of Massachusetts would 
 not yield, so England, at this date, decided to stand the bur- 
 den. There existed in England at this time an element that 
 wanted to detach Sagadahoc from Massachusetts and append it 
 to Nova Scotia. Their arguments were based on the ground 
 that when the French reduced Pemaquid, in 1696, it amounted 
 
 1. Will.Hlst. Me., 11,165. 
 
110 HISTORY OF BOOTHS AY. 
 
 to a conquest of the Province of which that place was the 
 capital; that again, in 1710, when the English recovered that 
 Province and Nova Scotia from France it was also a matter of 
 conquest, and, therefore, the ownership vested in the Crown. 
 Then, by the treaty of Utrecht, this claim was confirmed by 
 the formal retrocession by France to Great Britain of both 
 Provinces. Colonel Dunbar was simply an adventurer, and a 
 fit instrument to lend his influences to the politicians who 
 favored this scheme. His prominence in history is far beyond 
 his just due ; but it happened in his case, as it sometimes has 
 in others, that he was attached to a movement that ultimately 
 became successful, and that by becoming a matter of frequent 
 historical reference, he, as a matter of course, has always been 
 coupled with it. He was the instrument, at the opportune 
 time, by which a colonization of these parts was effected that 
 succeeded and, in the end, became permanent ; but the colo- 
 nists who came under him came on account of the misrepre- 
 sentation and deceit which he practiced upon them, and they 
 endured privation and suffering, while establishing a home 
 here, that their descendants can hardly imagine. 
 
 At that date, 1729, it has been estimated that there were 
 along the coast, from the mouth of the Kennebec to the Mus- 
 congus, 150 families ; most of these, however, were living 
 near the Kennebec, at Georgetown. A large part of this pop- 
 ulation was composed of a strictly new element on the coast. 
 But comparatively few of those who had been driven out of 
 the country from 1676 to 1696 were alive, or situated, if alive, 
 to go back on the old territory, and but few of their descend- 
 ants went back. The new element was the Scotch-Irish Pres- 
 byterians, of whom it was estimated that they constituted from 
 one-fourth to one-third of the total population of the united 
 Colonies at the time of the Revolutionary War. They were a 
 people of pure Scotch blood, bred on Irish soil. There had 
 never been anything in common, after their advent in Ireland, 
 between them and the native population. They were oppo- 
 nents in religion, which at that time was the strongest senti- 
 ment swaying the minds of the inhabitants of Western Europe. 
 
 During the Irish rebellions in the reign of Elizabeth, the 
 northern counties of Ireland, constituting the Province of 
 
THE DTINBAK SETTLEMENT. Ill 
 
 Ulster, were nearly depopulated. James I made it a special 
 object to induce Scotch Presbyterians to emigrate there and fill 
 the vacant counties. The highlands of Scotland were less pro- 
 ductive than formerly and were over-populated. James viewed 
 the matter in the light that the Scotch, in both religion and 
 industry, would be a desirable element. Largely by his efforts 
 the counties of Antrim, Londonderry, Tyrone and Down, in 
 Ireland, were settled by this new element, and they at once 
 became a thrifty and prosperous population. It was but twenty 
 miles across the channel from the Scottish coast to the Antrim 
 shores, and at Ballycally, in that county, the first Presbyterian 
 church was established in Ireland, in 1613. A gi'eat exodus 
 from Scotland to Ireland followed, so that, in 1684, on account 
 of over-crowded territory, the first small colony of these people 
 embarked for America, settling in New Jersey ; and by 1690 
 other colonies, all small, had gone across to Maryland, Penn- 
 sylvania and the Carolinas. The summer of 1718 saw the first 
 concerted movement on the part of this people going to Amer- 
 ica. On August 4th five vessels, with 120 families, arrived in 
 Boston and scattered to different places, principally in Massa- 
 chusetts and New Hampshire, a few crossing into Maine.' 
 Thereafter the immigration was continuous, influenced not only 
 by the promise held out by the Colonies, but more largely by 
 persecution and famine at home. 
 
 The first work Dunbar did on reaching Pemaquid was to 
 rebuild the fort with all possible speed. It is said that the 
 walls were found in excellent condition. Early in the spring 
 of 1730 the Governor of Nova Scotia sent a military guard to 
 garrison the fort, and on April 27th he took formal possession 
 of the Sagadahoc territory. This was simply a formal move, 
 on the part of the Crown, to absolve whatever relations might 
 be thought to exist between Massachusetts and the Province ; 
 and the militia company was to be a support to Dunbar in case 
 of a possible encroachment from the westward. A surveyor 
 by name of Mitchell came from Annapolis to assist in laying 
 out the projected towns. Meanwhile Dunbar issued a procla- 
 mation, sending it broadcast over the settlements to the west- 
 ward, inductive to settlement under his commission. Before 
 
 1. Me. Hist. Coll., VI, 12. 
 
112 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 leaving England he had stated that the dissatisfaction of the 
 Scotch-Irish and their tendency to emigration was one of his 
 chief sources of dependence in peopling the new territory. 
 
 To these people, knowing their thrift and fortitude, was 
 his proclamation principally aimed. It is not probable that, 
 as some have thought, he came across the water with his colony 
 ready for settlement upon reaching here. It is very evident 
 he did nothing of the kind. He may have induced some to 
 come here directly from Ireland after he established himself, 
 but his first work was as has been above stated, with the 
 further effort of obtaining the good will of Colonel Phillips, 
 Governor of Nova Scotia. Most of Dunbar's settlers who 
 came to Townsend were in this country, and had been for 
 varying short periods of time, when he came ; and the induce- 
 ment to settlement which he offered was what brought them 
 from other places to that over which he was in control. 
 
 The fort's name was changed to Fort Frederick, in honor 
 of the Prince of Wales. His plan included the laying out of 
 four towns, two on each side the Damariscotta. The tract 
 situated between the Damariscotta and Muscongus Rivers he 
 divided into Harrington and Walpole ; the former included 
 the southern and greater part of the present town of Bristol, 
 and in it at Pemaquid Point was projected a city, which during 
 his administration was known as Fort Frederick ; while Wal- 
 pole comprised the northern part of Bristol, all of Damariscotta 
 and the western and southern parts of Nobleboro. Between 
 the Sheepscot and Damariscotta Rivers, in a territory similar 
 in extent, both in width between the rivers and in depth back 
 from the sea, two other towns were projected, Townsend ^ and 
 Newcastle.® These four towns cornered at a certain conspicu- 
 
 1. Lord Townshend's name always appears in English history spelled in the way 
 here given. After the name was applied to our locality the " h " was dropped, and 
 even in public documents it has seldom appeared. 
 
 2. It may appear like presumption to state that Dunbar laid out four towns 
 instead of three, for all the histories I have consulted only mention three, with the 
 exception of Johnson's Pemaquid, in which, by a note, he mentions Newcastle. I am 
 satisfied from several sources of information that Newcastle was laid out by Dunbar 
 as much as Walpole or the others, but it was farther removed from his seat of authoi^ 
 ity than either of the other towns, and therefore less convenient to attend to its 
 interests. Besides the Newcastle settlers were more Independent of Dunbar than the 
 other places, and refused to submit to his dictation. The deposition of William 
 Moore, a Townsend settler under Dunbar, now on file at both the Lincoln County 
 registry and the State House at Boston, should satisfy any one upon this point. It 
 appears in full elsewhere in this volume. 
 
THE DUNBAR SETTLEMENT. 113 
 
 ous and well-known ledge in the Damariscotta. A city was 
 laid out at Townsend on the same general plan as that at Fort 
 Frederick in Harrington. These places were named by Dunbar 
 for Sir Robert Walpole, who at that date was England's Prime 
 Minister ; Lord Charles Townshend, who had been England's 
 Secretary of State, and was father of Lord Charles, who, in 
 1767, championed the taxation of imports into the Colonies, 
 doing more than any other one person to precipitate the Amer- 
 ican Revolution ; the Duke of Newcastle, who at that date was 
 England's Secretary of State ; and, probably, James Harring- 
 ton, an English author and politician of prominence in the 
 preceding century. 
 
 The idea of Dunbar was similar to that pervading the Gen- 
 eral Court in 1713, when it took action in settling five towns 
 along the Maine coast. He favored the grouping of settlers, 
 with small lots apportioned to each, so that they need not be 
 widely scattered in case of troubles with the natives, and the 
 greater part of the lands apportioned to each lying back from 
 the settlements. At Townsend he laid out lots twelve rods 
 wide with sufficient depth to make two acres. These were laid 
 out about the Harbor and were intended for the settlement, — 
 the projected city. The settlers cast lots for choice, and they 
 were guaranteed a title if a house eighteen feet long was built 
 and the two acres cleared within three years, and at that time 
 a further tract, of forty acres in one lot and one hundred in 
 another, as nearly situated to the first two acres as possible, 
 should be given them in fee simple forever. Additional to 
 this, any number of acres less than 1,000, according to the 
 request of the party, was to be given in some part further 
 back in the country. Besides these land inducements, he 
 promised to support the settlers and their families for a time.^ 
 These were, indeed, magnificent proposals to make to a people 
 who had been tenants on small tracts, in most instances, and 
 had never held the fee in land. Williamson states that "the 
 assurances of title he gave the settlers were leasehold inden- 
 tures, with the antiquated reservation of a 'pepper corn' rent 
 
 1. Johnson is indefinite in his statement as to the length of time this support was 
 to last, while Cushman states it was one year. His proclamation has never been 
 found, and the substance of it depends on statements of the settlers. There were then 
 but two newspapers in New England, and they were published in a locality that was 
 hostile to Dunbar. 
 
114 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 if demanded." The same author further states that on account 
 of differences between the settlers and Dunbar, on the lands 
 north of Townsend and between the rivers Sheepscot and Dam- 
 ariscotta, he threatened to expel them from their possessions. 
 This means no other than the Newcastle settlement, which 
 at that time reached to Townsend, Edgecomb not existing. 
 Immediately about Fort Frederick the plan was the same as 
 about Townsend, but the river lots in Harrington and Walpole 
 were of twelve acres each, but back of these they were 100-acre 
 lots. The lots not immediately taken were granted to Mont- 
 gomery and Campbell, two speculators, but with that action 
 the record ends. It seems that Montgomery died and Camp- 
 bell disposed of his interests to William Vaughn, who built a 
 house, two double sawmills and a gristmill, about 1740, at 
 Damariscotta Mills, also clearing a farm there. None of the 
 deeds or leases given by Dunbar have survived to afford a 
 copy to the present generation. It was supposed they were in 
 the custody of William Vaughn, and as his house was con- 
 sumed by fire, shortly after building, it is likely these docu- 
 ments were then all destroyed together.^ 
 
 A grant was made of Townsend to Samuel McCobb and 
 Patrick Rogers, and through their efforts the place was settled 
 by about forty persons during the fall of 1730. Rogers is the 
 same person, formerly referred to, who was living in George- 
 town in 1722. He was, in 1730, living at Fort Frederick, and 
 there is nothing to indicate that he ever came to this place to 
 live. There is no existing record to show who constituted the 
 total number that settled under Dunbar. Depositions show us 
 there were about sixty persons here in 1731, and the record of 
 Dunbar soon after would indicate that, from lack of title, the 
 hardships endured by the inhabitants and the general perplexi- 
 ties of their situation, but few were added to this latter number 
 by new families moving into town, and that whatever increase 
 of numbers appears can be largely accounted for by the natural 
 increase in the families then here. Corroborative of this is 
 the fact that added to this population, which is believed to have 
 been, without exception, of Scotch-Irish descent, were several 
 families of English descent coming from New Hampshire, in the 
 
 1. Johnson's Femaquid, p. 271. 
 
THE DUNBAK SETTLEMENT. 115 
 
 neighborhood of Dover, and others from about York and Kit- 
 tery, in Maine, soon after the close of the French and Indian 
 War, in 1759. Even with this addition and the natural increase 
 of the first population, there were, in 1764, but about seventy- 
 five polls in town, and of these several were young men, 
 unmarried, who had just attained majority and were living in 
 their fathers' families. Statements have also been left by some 
 of the Dunbar settlers to the effect that to them and their chil- 
 dren but few were added in their neighborhood until after 1759. 
 
 The names of the heads of the families settling in 1730 or 
 soon thereafter are believed to be as follows : Samuel McCobb, 
 
 James McCobb, McKechnie, William McCulloch, Thomas 
 
 Tully, Edmund Brown, David Bryant, Walter Beath, John 
 Beath, William Fullerton, William Fullerton, Jr., William 
 Moore, John McFarland, James McFarland, Daniel McCurda, 
 Patrick McGuire, Abner Ford and, perhaps, Robert Mont- 
 gomery. Here we have seventeen men, possibly eighteen, 
 nearly all, perhaps all, married. So far as I have been able to 
 gain accurate information, by records, the number of children 
 at the date of coming to Boothbay was very few ; and but few 
 need be added to make the total number settled here in 1731 
 reach about sixty, which will accord, with John Beath's deposi- 
 tion. There is a reasonable likelihood that some names have 
 never come to light and are omitted, for our records were not 
 commenced until we had assumed town organization in 1765. 
 While doubtless this little colony was added to, in a small 
 way, from time to time, by a new family coming among them, 
 there are but three instances, prior to the close of the French 
 and Indian War, where families are thought to have settled here 
 that have been influential or numerous. These three are the 
 families of Alley, Reed and Wylie, all of whom probably set- 
 tled in Townsend between 174v0 and 1750. 
 
 The settlement, so far as individual instances of location 
 are concerned, will be taken up in another chapter ; in a gen- 
 eral way it may be said that indications point to Boothbay 
 Harbor, from a point a short distance easterly from Mill Cove, 
 across to Pisgah, and again easterly from Pisgah, at the head 
 of Lobster Cove, on both sides of the Echo Lake Brook, as 
 being the selected places by the Dunbar colonists. 
 
116 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 There exist among the Lincoln County records, and also in 
 the State House at Boston, several depositions, taken in 1770 
 or soon after, and filed for future reference by settlers at this 
 period. Probably the principal object for this extraordinary 
 act was that, in view of the harassing of land claimants living 
 elsewhere, keeping the inhabitants in an unsettled and insecure 
 state of mind, and the consideration that the settlers of 1730 
 and 1731 were advanced in years and few in number, it was 
 done in a protective sense for the good of their descendants. 
 No more opportune place to introduce these depositions appears 
 than the present, for they embody, practically, the greater 
 part which is obtainable relating to the history of this colony 
 until about the time it assumes town organization. 
 
 Deposition of William Mooee. 
 July 6, 1770. 
 
 William Moore of more than seventy years testifieth and 
 saith sometime in the fall of the year 1730 he with several 
 others were settled in a place called Townsend by Col. Dunbar 
 their agent of the Crown at Pemaquid. That David Bryant 
 was one of his neighbors then settled by the said Dunbar on 
 the same footing with the other settlers, which were as follows : 
 that forty feet upon the shore was to be common to all fisher- 
 men unless the settlers adjoining should consent to make fish 
 for any fisherman at two shillings and sixpence per quintal, in 
 which case said forty feet were to be included in his lot ; that 
 the lotts on the shore were to contain two acres ; that the set- 
 tlers were to build an house eighteen feet in length upon them 
 and settle there ; that upon that condition each was to have 
 forty acres backward from thence added to the lotts of this 
 settlement, and further backward still one hundred acres more ; 
 that the said David Bryant was then settled on the lot now in 
 possesion of Rev. John Murray in Boothbay, then Townsend ; 
 that he built an house according to the above articles upon it ; 
 that some years afterward he had the said lott run out by one 
 Willis a surveyor at his expense so as to contain fifty acres 
 and inhabited and improved the same for some years until he 
 sold his Right to Edmund Brown another of Said settlers 
 under the Said Dunbar, from which time the Said Dunbar relin- 
 quished the possession and the Said Brown entered upon it 
 and continued to occupy the premises in company with this 
 deponent mowed the meadow belonging to said lott, which 
 
THE DUNBAR SETTLEMENT. 117 
 
 formerly had been mowed by the Said Bryant. Said Meadow 
 and all others in the Neck up to the rocks in the Damariscotty 
 River having been granted to said settlers in common by the 
 Said Dunbar, and by the Said settlers divided into lotts for 
 their convenience ; that Said Brown continued in possession 
 of Said premises until August 1739 when he gave the inhabit- 
 ants a deed of it in trust for the first settled minister there ; 
 that the same inhabitants entered upon and kept possession 
 thereof until the settlement of the Kev. John Murray in the 
 ministry among them ; the first minister of Said Townsend ; 
 when it was given up to him, in whose hands it remains until 
 now & further saith not. 
 
 "William Moore. 
 
 Deposition of Samuel McCobb. 
 October 23, 1772. 
 
 Samuel McCobb, aged 64 years, testifieth and saith, that 
 in the year 1729, Col. Dunbar came with a commission from 
 his most excellent Majesty George the Second, with instruc- 
 tions to take possession and settle with the inhabitants, in 
 behalf of the Crown, the lands lying to the Eastward of the 
 Kennebec River in said Province, that with a number of men 
 and necessaries he arrived at Pemaquid in the same year, and 
 forthwith proceeded to survey and settle several towns around, 
 publicly inviting His Majesty's liege subjects to come and set- 
 tle thereon, promising them ample encouragement in the name 
 of the King, his master. In consequence of which encourage- 
 ment the Deponent with more than 40 others, applied to the 
 said Dunbar and by him were brought to and settled on a cer- 
 tain neck of land bounded on the sea, and lying between the 
 Sheepscot and Damariscotta Rivers, the which lands the said 
 Dunbar had laid out in parallel lotts, twelve rods broad, con- 
 taining two acres apiece, and ordered the settlers to cast lots 
 for their respective places, which being done, the said Dunbar 
 did, in the King's name and behalf, put them in possession of 
 lotts they had respectively drawn, and promised that on condi- 
 tion of their building one house eighteen feet long and clearing 
 two acres within the space of three years he could give them 
 an addition of forty acres in one, and one hundred in another 
 division, as contiguous to the first two acres as possible, in fee 
 simple forever, and likewise to add thereto another division 
 devising to each settler any number of acres besides, less than 
 1,000, which they should request. A number having complied 
 with these terms, and said Dunbar offered to give them deeds 
 
118 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 of said lands, but the Execution thereof was delayed, and in 
 the year 1733 he was removed to New Hampshire. The lands, 
 being naturally broken and poor, and more especially then, in 
 their wild uncultivated state, and the settlers coming there 
 generally in low circumstances, and most of them (as being 
 from Britain and Ireland) utterly unacquainted with the mode 
 of managing lands in that state, little of the necessaries of life 
 was raised from the soil, their whole living depended on cutting 
 firewood and carrying it to Boston and other towns more than 
 one hundred and fifty miles from them ; hence the settlers 
 lived, from the first, exposed to the utmost Extremities of 
 Indjfrence and Distress, and at the same time in almost contin- 
 ual alarms from the Savages all around, till the year 1745, 
 when the murders and depredations in their borders forced 
 them from their Habitations to seek shelter in the westward, 
 where they were scattered in a strange country, at nearly 200 
 miles distance from their homes, for five years. In October, 
 1749, as soon as the news of Peace reached them, this depo- 
 nent with man}-^ of his former neighbors ventured back to their 
 Said Settlements where they had scarce finished the repairs of 
 their wasted cottages and improvements, when in a year or 
 thereabouts, the Indians tho' in a time of Peace fell on their 
 neighborhood, burnt barns, killed many cattle, attacked the 
 little garrison kept by the people, and carried away a number 
 of men, women and children into Captivity. By this the 
 deponent and his neighbors were Obliged to flee to the little 
 fortress they had raised for themselves where they lived and 
 defended themselves as they might, not daring to look after 
 their plantations, by which means the little provisions then 
 growing for their support the next winter were chiefly destroyed 
 whereby, when they returned to their places, little better than 
 the Horrors of famine were in prospect ; many were obliged 
 to live by clams only, which they dug out of the mud when 
 the tides were down ; thus they subsisted in general till the 
 late war with France broke out, when tho' their cries were sent 
 up to the Government for some Protection on this settlement, 
 which they still held in the King's behalf, and from which 
 should they again be driven they knew not where to seek a 
 place of abode, yet no defence or assistance went to or a 
 morsel of bread was allowed them, but such as they found for 
 themselves, by garrisons and guards of their own where their 
 families lived in continual Terror and Alarm from the Savages 
 who ranged the Wilderness all around, till the late Peace was 
 concluded, when their Settlement was increased much by new 
 comers from the Western Parts. Thus happily rid of the 
 French and Indians they were not long suffered to rest for 
 
THE DUNBAR SETTLEMENT. 119 
 
 three or four opposite setts of claimers, part claiming by 
 Indian deeds Never approved according to Law, and part by 
 pretended ancient occupation and other Pretexts never justified 
 in Law, at divers times came among them demanding the pos- 
 session of these said lands, or requiring a purchase of them. 
 These imposing upon the Credulous Simplicity of some of the 
 Inhabitants by fair promises, and terrifying others with Threats 
 of Lawsuits for wMch the poor Settlers were ill provided, so 
 far prevailed that the generality were fain to contract with and 
 buy their lands from one or another of them, and some of them 
 all successively, and such as have not done so are still harassed 
 by the said Claimers and threatened by each in his turn, with 
 Law Suits, Ejectments, if not Imprisonments and Ruin, whilst 
 those of whom they bought have never done anything to 
 defend them from competing claimers, and all have left them 
 to become a prey to who comes next. However, by the help 
 of God, they continued on their said possession till the year 
 1764, when desirous of obtaining the Benefit of order and the 
 enjoyment of the Gospel, they applied to the General Court of 
 the Province and were legally incorporated into a town by the 
 name of Boothbay and tho' the generality of them are in very 
 low circumstances, many in extreme Indigence, and very few 
 able to raise on their farms provisions to supply their families 
 for nine months in the year, yet in the year 1765, without any 
 help from the Publick (from abroad) , they at their own cost 
 and charge erected a church, settled a Gospel minister and still 
 endeavor to support the Gospel amongst them, and likewise to 
 contribute their required part towards defraying the charges of 
 government, and in all other respects to demean themselves as 
 peaceful and loyal subjects of King George the Third. 
 
 These things the deponent testifyeth to facts within his 
 own proper knowledge to be personally present, and intimately 
 interested therein and he declareth that the deposition is not 
 given with any injurious intent towards any person whatsoever. 
 
 Samuel McCobb. 
 
 Deposition of John Beath. 
 October 23, 1772. 
 
 John Beath aged sixty-two years testifieth that he lived 
 with his Father who dwelt at Lunenburg, in the Western part 
 of Said Province, when the news was published over New 
 England that his most excellent majesty King George the sec- 
 ond had commissioned and sent to Pemaquid, in the Eastern 
 Part of Said Province, a certain Col. Dunbar, as his agent to 
 
120 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 take possession and begin the settlement of the lands to the 
 Eastward of the Kennebec River in his majesty's name and 
 behalf, and said Col. Dunbar was arrived, and had published 
 large encouragement to any of his majesty's Protestant liege 
 subjects who should settle on Said lands. In pursuance of 
 which the deponent together with his Father and family, in 
 June A. D. 1731 left their Plantation, and at no small expense 
 transported themselves, their stock and effects to Pemaquid, 
 when after treating with the said Dunbar, this deponent with 
 his father, and as he supposes above sixty others, were, by the 
 said Dunbar, settled on a neck of Land bounded by the sea 
 lying between the Sheepscott & Damariscotty Rivers, then 
 called the Winnegance contiguous to a fine Harbor, where 
 Dunbar said he proposed to found a City, and which place he 
 then called Townsend. Said Dunbar employed one Mitchell 
 said to be the King's surveyor to lay out our Said lands in 
 parcels twelve rods wide, containing two acres each of which 
 were determined to the several Settlers by Lott. 
 
 Then the said Dunbar contracted with the said Deponent 
 and others to give them forty acres in one division and one 
 hundred in another, as near as might be to the two acres on 
 which they severally settled and that on condition of each set- 
 tler's building an house eighteen feet long and clearing two 
 acres of land the Said Dunbar engaged to give each a deed 
 under the King's Seal of said one hundred and forty-two acres, 
 as also, to any Settlers that required it any number of acres 
 next adjoining his own less than one thousand. That this 
 deponent with many other of the Settlers fulfilled the Said con- 
 ditions, and in consequence thereof Said Dunbar offered them 
 deeds, but as they had to be sent to a gentleman at a distance 
 to be sealed, he advised them to defer it until he should have 
 the seal committed to his own hands, which he expected very 
 soon would be the case and thus the matter stood until Said 
 Dunbar was removed. Yet that, being placed on the Said 
 Lands in the King's Name and Behalf, the Settlers resolved to 
 keep their possessions till his majesty should see fit by the 
 same authority to remove them, the which they have hitherto 
 done under hardships scarcely tolerable to human nature, 
 partly from want of Sustenance, being nearly 200 miles from 
 the place where all their provisions must be procured whence 
 in the Winter of several years the inhabitants must inevitably 
 perished by famine had they not been supplied from the clam 
 bank with their only food for several months together, and 
 partly by the enemy that continually harassed them and for 
 the most part pent them up close in their little garrisons and 
 once forced them from their settlement for several years, no 
 
THE DUNBAK SETTLEMENT. 121 
 
 support or defence being afforded them by the Government, 
 but on the contrary a number of their men were carried off to 
 defend places elsewhere. That on the 19th of August 1749 
 this deponent and 17 others was taken captive with the 
 Indians, but they were detained till November, that the Said 
 Indians took from him a sloop of sixty tons burthen, with her 
 cargo, and tho' this deponent had bargained with them for the 
 Ransom thereof, she was sold to the French at St. Peters, 
 whereby he was returned to his family after many hardships 
 having now lost his all, and having yet a large share of the 
 vessel to pay for, by which means his young and numerous 
 family who depended on his labors for subsistence were 
 reduced to many and great extremities. John Beath. 
 
 Deposition of William Fullbkton. 
 October 23, 1772. 
 
 William FuUerton aged 67 years testifieth & saith that he 
 was one of the first settlers on the lands in Townsend now 
 Boothbay, where he still dwells. That he hath examined a 
 deposition by Samuel McCobb of the same date and caption 
 with this relating to the settlement of Said lands and he declares 
 the facts therein related to be true and further adds that the 
 chief garrison made by the Said settlement against the enemy 
 was a Small Stone House which they jointly fortified with a 
 Flanker and Watch Box rearward & a Picquet hold in front 
 and in which they kept a constant guard during all the War. 
 That instead of getting any support from the Government a 
 number of men belonging to said Settlement were carried off 
 into the war and several of them lost their lives in it. And 
 from the first to the present day the Inhabitants of this Settle- 
 ment have studied to approve themselves to be loyal subjects 
 and friends to Government have never cut down, to the depo- 
 nents knowledge, or destroyed any tree fit for any service as a 
 mast in his majesty's navy, nor ever joined in any of the late 
 unhappy disputes between this Government and the Mother 
 Country. William Fullerton. 
 
 Deposition of William Moore. 
 October 23, 1772. 
 
 William Moore aged 74 years testifieth and saith that he 
 hath perused the above deposition of Samuel McCobb of the 
 same date and with this, concerning the Settlement of 
 
122 HISTORY OF BOOTHS AY. 
 
 Boothbay in said County, and that he was intimately acquainted 
 with all the facts therein stated, as having been one of the first 
 settlers and on the premises at the time referred to, and from 
 his own knowledge he declares the above relation to be true, 
 and further adds that the names of the Several Towns begun 
 by the Said Col. Dunbar were Frederick's Fort, Harrington, 
 Walpole, New Castle and Townsend. The four last were to 
 meet at a noted Ledge of Kocks in the Damariscotty Eiver. 
 That on Townsend the said Col. Dunbar said he meant to 
 found a city, that the two acre lotts were laid out by his order 
 by one Mitchell the King's Surveyor sent from Annapolis in 
 Nova Scotia, for that purpose and after him by one Newman 
 sent by said Dunbar from Pemaquid. That the reason why 
 this deponent and the other Settlers who had fulfilled the con- 
 ditions required did not receive deeds from Dunbar, was by 
 him discovered to be because they must needs be sent to a 
 certain Governor Armstrong in Said Annapolis to be sealed, 
 which being a hardship on Settlers and disagreeable to Said 
 Dunbar, he advised them to defer the execution of the deeds, 
 till he should have an answer from the Court of Great Britain 
 to an application he had made requesting the Seal should be 
 committed to himself. That the Poverty of the Inhabitants 
 joined to their distance to any market, to the brokeness of the 
 soil, to their continual alarms from the enemy rendered pro- 
 visions so scarce among them that the only subsistance the 
 deponent could find for himself and his family was clams and 
 water for weeks together and he knows not of any of the Set- 
 tlers that were not then in the same state. That when the first 
 child was born in the Settlement not more than three quarts of 
 Meal could be found among them all. That in the time of the 
 late French war the said settlers petitioned the General Court 
 for some assistance or defence, that said petition was sent to 
 Boston by Robert Wylie late of Boothbay deceased, that this 
 deponent treated with several members of the General Court 
 about it but no relief was ever offered the Government, & fur- 
 ther saith not. 
 
 William Moore. 
 
 Whatever may be said or thought of Dunbar's course of 
 procedure, which certainly was arbitrary and irregular, it still 
 must be said of him that he was a man of energy and action, 
 and while in power matters went along successfully. His chief 
 characteristic seems to have been to let the future take care of 
 itself if only his present purposes might be accomplished. It 
 has been suggested that perhaps his arbitrary methods were 
 
THE DUNBAR SETTLEMENT. 113 
 
 due to his instructions, but these he refused to show. By him 
 all former claims were disregarded. Eoyal grants, proprietors' 
 claims and Indian deeds all fared alike. This was in accord- 
 ance with the theory that the title was in the Crown ; but, for 
 whatever reason, it bred strong opposition on every side. 
 
 The tables of the General Court in Boston were crowded 
 by petitions for Dunbar's removal, though it was powerless to 
 act except by appeal to the Crown ; but this was done by a 
 committee of investigation, appointed for the purpose, which 
 denounced his action. Samuel Waldo, agent for the claimants 
 under the Muscongus patent, went to England for this purpose 
 only. Shem Drowne, proprietor of the Drowne claim, peti- 
 tioned the Crown ; and Governor Belcher, of Massachusetts, 
 used every influence possible in the same direction. In 
 England the matter was referred to the Attorney and Solicitor 
 General. Both sides were represented by counsel. The law 
 oiEcers of the Crown allowed the matter to hinge on the ques- 
 tion whether England had, by the new charter to Massachusetts 
 in 1692, in which jurisdiction over both Sagadahoc and Nova 
 Scotia ^ had been given that Government, lost this jurisdiction 
 in the conquest by France in 1696, or in the retaking, in 1710, 
 by England, and the retrocession by France, revived it. It 
 was decided that these changes had no effect to annul the 
 rights of Massachusetts, that they only suspended her rights. 
 
 The report was made in August, 1731, and adopted by the 
 Government, but hi-s dismissal did not occur until August 10, 
 1732. The same order that dismissed Dunbar withdrew the 
 soldiers from Pemaquid and revoked whatever authority Gov- 
 ernor Phillips, of Nova Scotia, had received over Sagadahoc 
 territory. Dunbar remained as long as excuses would permit 
 him to do so at Pemaquid, when he removed to New Hamp- 
 shire, of which Province he was Lieutenant Governor. He 
 still held his commission of Surveyor General. Becoming very 
 unpopular in New Hampshire, he returned to property he still 
 held at Belvidera Point, situated across the pond from Dama- 
 riscotta Mills, in a westerly direction from the County Fair 
 Grounds. There he built a fine house and lived until 1737, 
 
 1. Massachusetts had voluntarily relinquished Nova Scotia to the Crown, though 
 having received in its charter jurisdiction over it, hut had never relinquished Saga- 
 dahoc or any territory west of the St. Croix. 
 
124 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 when he went to England. Keaching there old creditors caused 
 his arrest and he was thrown into prison, but was soon released 
 through the influence of friends. In England he still held the 
 Surveyor's commission, but in consideration of £2,000 sterling 
 was persuaded to resign, when, in 1743, he was appointed 
 Governor of the Island of St. Helena, destined later to become 
 world-famous as the exile home of the great Napoleon. Where 
 or when he died is not known. He probably never revisited 
 America ; but after his death his widow came to Maine and 
 married a man by name of Henderson, living in Gushing as 
 late as 1776. The larger part of the families who came into 
 the towns settled by Dunbar located in Townsend. But few 
 settled in Newcastle. The names to be found in Bristol rec- 
 ords, coming there under him, are Young, Kent, Sproul, Keed, 
 Burns, Bailey and Henderson, previously mentioned, who 
 married Colonel Dunbar's widow and removed to Cushins. 
 
CHAPTER IX. 
 1733 TO 1764. 
 
 FOUR of the six Indian wars which devastated the coast 
 of Maine have been previously mentioned. The last of 
 these had closed in 1725, four years before the advent 
 of Dunbar at Pemaquid. The settlements, therefore, enjoyed 
 a respite from general warfare, offensive and defensive, for a 
 longer period at about this time than for many years before. 
 No general alarm, all along the line, occurred again until 1745. 
 There happened, during this so-called period of peace, many 
 minor depredations, carried on in a predatory manner, and the 
 Townsend settlers have stated that to some extent they suffered 
 in this way, but they have not left us the story of the specific 
 instances of injury. 
 
 For some months before the outbreak which occurred on 
 July 19, 1745, a hostile attitude had been discerned on the 
 part of the natives by the colonists. Their attitude just before 
 a war had been studied so that now it was recognized as a cer- 
 tain precursor. This was known as the Spanish or Five Years' 
 "War and lasted until the treaty at Falmouth, October 16, 1749. 
 Nearly all the native tribes west of the Penobscot River had 
 been reduced to mere remnants and these had gone to Canada, 
 where they became merged with those of the St. Francois or 
 other tribes. But they inherited the traditions of their ances- 
 tors, a leading feature of which was an eternal hatred of the 
 English settlers. They now returned to the coast of Maine, 
 reinforced by the tribes from Cape Sable and St. John. Many 
 of the younger warriors had been born since a general war had 
 been on between the two races and were eager for the conflict. 
 The method in this, as in previous wars, evidently aimed at 
 extermination of what they termed intruders on the grounds 
 which they considered naturally theirs. 
 
 The first blows were struck, almost simultaneously, at St. 
 George, Newcastle and Pemaquid. There was not a great loss 
 
126 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 of life in this war, which has been accounted for by the fact 
 that the whites better understood the methods of Indian war- 
 fare than formerly. There were, however, some casualties in 
 nearly every town along the coast. Several were killed at 
 Sheepscot, Newcastle, St. George, Wiscasset, New Meadows, 
 North Yarmouth and other places farther west. The colonists 
 at Townsend, realizing their weakness both from point of num- 
 bers and lack of fortifications, sought safety in Massachusetts, 
 where many of them had first arrived on coming to America. 
 There they stayed from the outbreak to the close of the war, 
 and again was this peninsula barren of population ; but this 
 time it was four instead of forty years. Early in 1749 several 
 families came back to their homes, and from the deposition of 
 John Beath we learn that he and seventeen others were cap- 
 tured and carried away into captivity, being held from August 
 19th until the following November. But Samuel McCobb 
 tells us that he and others did not return until after peace 
 was declared in October. 
 
 Beginning anew, in 1749, the Townsend settlers had a 
 respite from Indian hostilities until April, 1755. Then the 
 French and Indian War came upon the entire country, involv- 
 ing every part of the English and French possessions in 
 America. It was destined to eclipse all former wars as to 
 magnitude and far-reaching effects. At the commencement 
 both a New England and a New France existed — at its close 
 New England stood alone ; New France had gone down, never 
 again to gain an ascendancy. Those times present great food 
 for reflection. Just then England and the colonists were 
 driving France from the Atlantic shores of the New World ; a 
 generation later France, with no expectation of territorial gain, 
 was assisting the colonists to drive England from the more 
 promising pai-t of the same seaboard. Thus by this European 
 duel, on American shores, were both forms of royalty and 
 foreign influence relegated back to their proper limits and the 
 better part of America was left as a free home for those who 
 had here cast their lots. 
 
 A synopsis of the principal events of this war will, perhaps, 
 suffice in a work of this kind. The early part of the war was dis- 
 tinguished by a triumph of French arms. Braddock, the Eng- 
 
1733 TO 1764. 127 
 
 lish general, met disastrous defeat, and lost his own life at Fort 
 Duquesne, George Washington, then a youth of twenty-three, 
 conducted the retreat and saved the army from annihilation ; 
 the Acadians were transported from Grand Pre, arriving the 
 following year, 1756, at New Orleans, in French territory; 
 during that year Montcalm, one of the most brilliant military 
 men in France, arrived at Quebec, taking charge of the mili- 
 tary affairs of his country; in 1758 Louisburg surrendered to 
 the English General, Amherst, Fort Frontenac to the English 
 Colonel, Bradstreet, and Fort Duquesne was abandoned by the 
 French. In 1759, on September 18th, the last hope of France 
 as to her possessions in this region went 4own with the defeat 
 of Montcalm and the fall of Quebec. 
 
 During this war England furnished vessels and munitions 
 of war ; the Colonies were depended on for the commissariat. 
 The English and Colonial Army ^during the last year of the 
 war was composed as follows : England, 22,000 ; Massachu- 
 setts, 7,000 ; Connecticut, 5,000 ; New Hampshire and Ehode 
 Island, 1,000; New York, 2,680; New Jersey, 1,000; Penn- 
 sylvania, 2,700; Virginia, 2,000; South Carolina, 1,250; 
 Maine, 600. 
 
 The actual loss of life along the coast of Maine was proba- 
 bly less than in any of the preceding wars. Marauding parties 
 of Indians visited the region about here, and even kept the 
 people in continual suspense and alarm by their hostile depre- 
 dations, but it is doubtful if they were in the vicinity in much 
 force. The main body of Indians was held in Canada, assist- 
 ing the French on the defensive, for in that war the English 
 and Colonial forces were the invading ones. Persons were 
 killed, however, during this war in the settlements of Frank- 
 fort (now Dresden), Harrington, Georges, Broad Bay, New 
 Meadows and others. 
 
 The depositions in the preceding chapter inform us that 
 during these wars the Townsend settlement not only received 
 no assistance from the Government, but that some of their own 
 men needed at home for defense were forced into the service 
 elsewhere. About one-half of Maine's quota of troops was 
 held within its own limits for garrison duty. The principal 
 defenses between the Penobscot and Kennebec were Fort Fred- 
 
128 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 erick. Fort Georges, Meduncook and Broad Bay. It may be 
 inferred, as there exists no record on the matter, that Towns- 
 end obtained no outside aid. The record being silent on the 
 subject reinforces the statement of William Fullerton, wherein 
 he says : 
 
 "The only garrison of the Townsend settlers was a small 
 stone house, which they jointly defended with a flanker and 
 watch box rearward and a piquet hold in front, and in which 
 they kept a constant guard during the war. That instead of 
 getting any support from the Government a number of men 
 belonging to said settlement were carried into the war and 
 several of them lost their lives in it." 
 
 To illustrate this point with an instance from old Townsend 
 itself, and one brimming with adventure to such an extent that 
 the old adage, that "truth is stranger than fiction," is verified, 
 the following narrative, in an abridged form, is given, and its 
 perusal will show the reader how several things were done in 
 those old times. 
 
 Michael Smnett was born about 1730 in an inland town in 
 Ireland. As a boy, nearly grown up, he sought work at 
 Dublin in company with two other boys about his own age and 
 from the same neighborhood. A few days after reaching 
 there, while loitering about the wharves, they were accosted by 
 a well-dressed, genial-appearing man, who asked them if they 
 had ever been aboard a large vessel, and if they would enjoy 
 taking a sail down the harbor, in one then lying at the wharf, 
 and return with the pilot. They gladly accepted. The mouth 
 of the harbor was reached and Dublin was fairly left behind. 
 The boys grew anxious and made some inquiry of the captain. 
 He told them they were on their way to America and there 
 was no way to avoid it. They were dazed, but there was no 
 help for them. When they landed in Boston they were taken 
 before oflicials and the captain made oath to the statement that 
 they came on board of their own free will and accord, but 
 without passage money. Thoy were accordingly sold to pay 
 their passage money, and Joseph Orr, who with his brother 
 had recently purchased Orr's Island, bought Sinnett and took 
 him to Maine. The others were sold elsewhere and no more 
 is known of them. Sinnett worked out the amount of his pur- 
 chase price, meantime becoming much attached to Orr and his 
 
1733 TO 1764. 129 
 
 family, and they likewise to him. It was now somewhat later 
 than 1750. He remained awhile longer with Orr and finally 
 married a woman who had relatives in Hingham, Mass. 
 
 At Orr's advice he and his wife came to Townsend, took 
 up 100 acres of land, built a log house and a hovel for their 
 live stock, and commenced clearing a farm. An opportunity 
 being afforded, his wife took passage to Boston in a schooner 
 going there, to visit her relatives for a few weeks. Shortly 
 after she left a British man-of-war came into Townsend Har- 
 bor, a pressgang came ashore and Sinnett and several others 
 were seized and carried aboard. They were then taken to 
 New York and enrolled in the Provincial Army, and made the 
 march through the forests to Canada, fought through the cam- 
 paign against the French, and, after the fall of Quebec, made 
 a return mai'ch to New York, were mustered out and made 
 their way back to the shores of Maine. Sinnett went first to 
 Orr's Island, and there, in the family of his old friend, Joseph 
 Orr, found his wife. She had, in due time, returned to Towns- 
 end, where the sad news of the kidnapping of her husband 
 awaited her. In despair she picked her way back to the home 
 of their old benefactor, Orr, who at once went to Townsend in 
 his coaster and loaded upon it the belongings to this ruined 
 home, taking them back to his own. 
 
 The man of these adventures was the founder of the numer- 
 ous family of Sinnett now living in Harpswell. They never 
 returned to Townsend. Part of these facts may be gleaned 
 from Wheeler's History of Brunswick and Harpswell ; some 
 of the particulars I have received from his descendants and 
 from an old plan made from a survey by Jonas Jones, sur- 
 veyor, in 1757, of 700 acres at Back River, now in possession 
 of Albert E. Matthews, of that place. I find that Michael 
 Sinnett's 100 acres were situated next north of John Matthews' 
 lot, both of whom had houses built at the time of this survey. 
 The Sinnett place afterward became the home of James 
 Tibbetts. The date of this survey cannot vary much from the 
 time Sinnett was impressed into the service of the Crown. 
 This same survey shows that Abijah Woods lived where Albert 
 E. Matthews now does in 1757, but Boothbay's records are 
 silent as to such a person. As others were captured and 
 
130 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 impressed in the service with Sinnett, this man was probably 
 of the number, and he is likely to have been one in William 
 Fullerton's deposition referred to as losing their lives in the 
 service, evidenced by his non-return. 
 
 The fall of Quebec, which occurred September 18, 1759, 
 became known in Falmouth (now Portland) on October 14th. 
 A celebration of joy and thanksgiving ensued. Some days 
 after this an eastern bound schooner, from Falmouth, for some 
 reason was obliged to go into Round Pond. By that means 
 the news reached there. Soon after that the news was carried 
 down to Fort Frederick, but not fully confirmed. Thomas 
 Johnson volunteered to go to Round Pond for a verification. 
 Fearing to go through the woods he crossed to Xew Harbor 
 and there took the shore to Round Pond. Arriving there he 
 found the schooner, obtained the facts and returned as he had 
 come. These particulars are given that the reader may ponder 
 upon the conditions of the then contrasted with the nov:. 
 
 There is reason to suppose that soon after the Townsend 
 inhabitants returned to their homes, in 1749, an effort was 
 made by them, together with the inhabitants of that part of 
 Bristol formerly known as Harrington, to obtain incorporation 
 as a town. The petition has not been found, but the protest 
 presented by the inhabitants to the west of Sheepscot indicates 
 the settlers in these two localities. Alexander Nickels, who 
 evidently headed the petition, was a lieutenant and the com- 
 mander at Fort Frederick, a native of Londonderry, Ireland, 
 who had come to America in 1721, living in Boston before 
 going to Pemaquid. The protest follows : 
 
 Protest. 
 
 To the Honourable Spencer Phipps Esq Lieut Govinor and 
 Commander In Chief In and over His Magestys Province 
 of Massachusetts Bay. The Honourable his Majestys 
 Council and House of Representatives In General Court 
 Assembled at Boston the Fifth day of October 1750. 
 Samuel "Whitmore of Cambridge In said Province Gentle- 
 man and Israel Averill of Sheepscot In said Province Yeoman 
 for and in behalf of themselves and others, the Proprietors and 
 Inhabitants of the West side of Sheopscut River In the County 
 of York Humbly Sheweth. 
 
 That they have just now been Informed that there is filed 
 
1733 TO 1764. 131 
 
 in your Honourable Court a Petition or Memorial of one Alex'r 
 Nickels and other Inhabitants of the East side of Sheepscut 
 Kiver afore said praying for certain Reasons therein mentioned 
 that they may be Incorporated Into Town order. The grant- 
 ing of which Petition your memorialists conceive will be very 
 prejudicial and therefore humbly pray your Honour and Hon- 
 ours that before any proceedings are had thereon they may be 
 admitted to shew cause in your honourable Court why the 
 prayer thereof should not be granted and as In duty bound 
 will ever pray 
 
 Sam'l Whittemore 
 Israel Averell. 
 
 Immediately upon the close of the war the coast between 
 the Penobscot and Kennebec Rivers, which had been the fron- 
 tier for 140 years, passing through every conceivable form in 
 government and general conditions, rapidly increased in settle- 
 ment. The inhabitants of Townsend up to about that date 
 remained as they had started under Dunbar, almost purely 
 Scotch-Irish. At the latter date (1759) but little of that blood 
 came as accessions to the place, but, instead, the nearly pure- 
 bred English from the older settlements to the westward. 
 
CHAPTER X. 
 Municipal History of Boothbay. 
 
 THE town plan of local self-government is original with 
 the New England Colonies. Nothing precisely like the 
 town, which the colonists established here, had existed 
 in the countries they came from. In England they had Tith- 
 ings and Hundreds, which, in a modified condition, served as 
 the model from which the town was patterned. But these 
 were not laid out with exact territorial dimensions, as corpor- 
 ate bodies, with exactions and requirements to, and powers 
 conferred by, the superior government. Some writers have 
 thought the town form of local government at first must 
 have arisen as much by accident as any way, but there would 
 appear, by a little research, a fairly good reason for the birth 
 of this form of municipality. In the early Colonies themselves 
 various forms of government existed. ISIaryland, Carolina, 
 Georgia, New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania (includ- 
 ing Delaware) and New Jersey were proprietary. In most 
 instances the proprietors became tired of their grants and sur- 
 rendered them to the Crown, in which cases they became royal 
 provinces, over which the King appointed governors with 
 absolute power of veto on legislation. Only three Colonies 
 remained proprietary down to the Eevolution, Pennsylvania, 
 Delaware, then become a separate Colony, and New Jersey. 
 The only Colonies organized under a charter government were 
 Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Islalid. These charters 
 gave the colonists the right of choosing their own oflScers and 
 otherwise governing themselves as Ihcy thought best. There- 
 fore, is it any wonder that the New England town and, partic- 
 ularly, the New England town meeting should have had their 
 births in the exact locality where the largest degree of liberty 
 had been exacted and obtained? In 1684 the Massachusetts 
 charter was annulled, but a new one was granted seven years 
 later in which former powers exercised by the colonists were 
 
MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 133 
 
 somewhat abridged, and she became partly a royal province. 
 Connecticut and Ehode Island were the only Colonies which 
 through all vicissitudes held their charters. 
 
 Imperfect government has always been in evidence, but 
 the colonial efforts are entitled to much respect, when the 
 highest authority states that England herself never had a 
 stable constitution until after the revolution of 1688. It mat- 
 tered little where the American colonist hailed from, his teach- 
 ing had always been that of an almost inseparable blending of 
 Church and State. Thus the New England town, an innova- 
 tion of wonderful governmental value upon the past, embodied 
 both town and parish of the present day. Boothbay had been 
 a town many years before a strict division occurred between 
 town and parish affairs. Therefore, in the present chapter, 
 covering the municipal action of the town in a partial manner, 
 if the reader finds business matters and ecclesiastical affairs 
 intermixed, it will be because the author finds the same condi- 
 tions in the early records. 
 
 The early petitions to the General Court for the incorpora- 
 tion of towns usually contained several reasons why the settlers 
 wished for corporate powers. In the Boothbay petition one 
 reason only is given : " We have a desire of settling the Gos- 
 pel among us." No business disadvantage is recited except 
 that one which may be inferred in the matter of inability to 
 legally raise the funds for the support of a minister. Had our 
 plantation records, meager as they probably were, been saved 
 for later reference, some indications of other reasons might 
 appear. This, however, we must accept as the one reason 
 most important in the minds of the petitioners. This view of 
 the case is supplemented by a clause in Samuel McCobb's dep- 
 osition, made eight years after incorporation, wherein he says : 
 
 " When desirous of obtaining the benefit of order and the 
 enjoyment of the gospel, they applied to the Gen'l Court of 
 the Province and were legally incorporated into a town by the 
 name of Boothbay." 
 
 If we read the history of the organization of the early 
 Presbyterian Church in Boothbay, which was prepared by 
 John Beath and read before the parish in 1767,^ being approved 
 
 1. See first took of parisli records of the early church in Boothhay. 
 
134 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 by it as essentially correct, we again are given the reason for 
 incorporation as expressed in the petition. To the average 
 reader of the present day, when all legal documents are couched 
 in the terms that best convey the idea of the business reasons 
 that prompt them, the action of this little community may 
 appear almost puerile. To those, however, who are conversant 
 with the religious fortitude of those people in Ireland, men- 
 aced by the native Catholic on one side and by the oppressive 
 hand of the Church of England on the other, adhering to the 
 doctrines of Wycliffe, Knox and Calvin with a tenacity that 
 excites admiration ; then planted here in the wilds of America 
 amid another sot of foes, — the warlike savage, a severe climate, 
 almost starvation from a hard, unjdelding soil, — we lose our 
 surprise and no longer wonder that in their adversity their 
 uppermost thought was to obtain relief from the conditions 
 which surrounded them, and that, in their extremity, they 
 should see that relief in the Church where for generations they 
 had placed their faith. 
 
 On January 31, 1764, the following petition was completed 
 and sent by a commissioner to Boston, to the Royal Governor, 
 Francis Bernard, asking at the hands of himself and the 
 Council incorporation of the plantation of Townsend. On the 
 third of the following November the act of incorporation was 
 granted. Four days previous to the passage the record shows 
 that the petition was read, and it was ordered that the peti- 
 tioners have leave to bring in a bill for the purpose mentioned, 
 with the following careful reservation attached : " But that 
 the incorporating them as a Town is not to be understood to 
 give countenance to any Persons claiming property in these 
 lands." It may be seen by this clause that incorporation did 
 not close the door on the many evils complained of by McCobb 
 and others in their depositions. The way was still open to 
 the claimants to harass the settlers as much in the new town 
 form aa in the old one of a plantation. Nothing was settled in 
 respect to ownership of the land, and those who had hitherto 
 claimed under Drowne, Brown, Tappan, Ludgate, Hathorne 
 and Vaughn still continued to ply their vocation until the 
 adjustment by a commission in 1811, of which a more com- 
 plete statement is made elsewhere. 
 
MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 
 
 135 
 
 Petition for Incorporation of Townsend. 
 Mass. Archives, Vol. 118, p. 22. 
 
 To His ExcelleDcy Francis Barnard Esq^ Cap* General and 
 Commander in Chief in and Over his Majesties Provence of 
 the Massachusetts Bay in New England together with his 
 Majesties Council &c 
 
 The Petetion of us the Inhabitants of Townsend So Called 
 Humbly Sheweth — 
 
 That Whereas we have for a Number of Years Livd in this 
 Place till we have Increased to about the Number of Seaventy 
 five Eatable Poles and as we have a Desire of Settleing the 
 Gospel among us Labour under a Great deal of Difficultie on 
 account of Not Being Incorporated into town Order we would 
 Humbly Beg your Honnours would be pleased to take our 
 Case into Consideration and for that End Set Off as a town the 
 Land Lying on the East Sid of Sheepscut River Extending as 
 fair to the Northerd as a Place Called the Cross River — and 
 from thence about E. S. E. across the Neck to Damariscotty 
 River to the Northly Part of the Land in Possession of Samuel 
 Kelly and So Running Southerly down Damariscotty River to 
 the Sea with all the Islands Ajacient Your Compliance in this 
 will Greatly Oblig Your Very Humble Serv* and we in Duty 
 Bound Shall Ever Pray 
 
 Given at Townsend 
 this 31»t Day of 
 January - 1764 
 
 Natei Tebbets 
 Thomas Kenney 
 Joseph Crosby 
 Joseph hosden 
 Ichabod pinkham 
 James Crommett 
 Samll Adams 
 Joseph Farnum 
 Abner foord 
 John Young 
 Cornelius Cook 
 Willi" Fullerton 
 Ephraim ™farland 
 Joseph Beath 
 James fullerton 
 
 William Mor[?] 
 Roley Vin[?] 
 Samuel M<=Cobb 
 Samuel Barter 
 John Beath 
 
 his 
 Will™ O Kenedy 
 
 mark 
 Andrew Reed 
 Israel Davis 
 Paul Reed 
 James Montgomrey 
 Robert montgumery 
 Joseph Reed 
 Samuel Kenney 
 
 To his Excellcy Fra^ Barnard Esq' Gov^ of the Province of the 
 mass* Bay, to the hon : his Majesty's Council & the hon^^e 
 House of Representatives 
 
 The Proprietors of the Kennebeck Purchase from the late 
 
For themselves 
 >■ & Partners of the 
 Kennebeck Purchase 
 
 136 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Colony of new Plymouth humbly join in the Prayer of the 
 foregoing Petition. 
 
 Silv. Gardiner 
 
 James Pitts 
 
 Benj. Hallowell 
 
 W«» Taylor 
 
 Gershom Flaggy 
 
 In the House of Rep^^s Octr 31 1764 
 Read and Ordered that the PeV^ have liberty to bring in a Bill 
 for the purpose mentioned. 
 
 But that the incorporating them as a Town is not to be under- 
 stood to give countenance to any Persons claiming property in 
 said lands. 
 
 Sent up for concurrence 
 
 Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ^ 
 
 Office of the Secretary. > 
 
 Boston, Sept. 10, 1902. ) 
 A true copy. 
 r ,^A^ ) Witness the Seal of the Commonwealth. 
 
 ) SEAL i Wm. M. OlIN, 
 
 ( -.^v~ S Secretary. 
 
 Act OF Incorpoeation of Boothbay. 
 Chapter 15, Acts of 1764. 
 
 Anno Regm ) ( Regis Georgi 
 
 Tertii Quarto ) V Et Quinto 
 
 [An*] Act for Erecting a Town in the County of Lincoln, by 
 the Name of Boothbay. 
 
 Whereas the Inhabitants of Land lying between Sheepscot 
 and Damariscotta River within [the count*] y of Lincoln, 
 known by the Name of Townsend have Petitioned this Court 
 that for the reasons mentioned th[ey may be*] Incorporated 
 into a Town, and Vested with the Powers and Authorities 
 belonging to other Towns 
 
 For the Encouragement of said Settlement 
 
 Be it enacted by the Governor, Council and House of Rep- 
 resentatives, Th[at the*] said Tract of Land described and 
 bounded as follows viz*^. Beginning at the most Northerly 
 part of a Bay [called*] the Oven's Mouth, and from thence to 
 run an East South East Course to Damariscotta River ; thence 
 
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MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 137 
 
 Souther [ly*] down said Eiver to the Sea or Western Ocean, 
 then to run Westerly on the Sea Coast as the Coast lies to the 
 Mou[th of*] Sheepsoot Eiver, then to run Northerly up 
 Sheepscot River between Jeremy Squam Island and Barter's 
 Island to the Cross river at the head of said Barter's Island 
 and from thence over the Water to the most Northerly [part*] 
 of the Oven's Mouth aforesaid with all the Islands in Damaris- 
 cotta Eiver below or to the Southward of the fi[rst*] described 
 line, and also All the Islands lying within Six Miles from the 
 Main Land to the South, between the [afore*] mentioned 
 Rivers of Sheepscot and Damariscotta, be and hereby is erected 
 into a Town by the Name of Boo[thbay*] and the Inhabitants 
 thereof shall have and enjoy all such Immunities and Privi- 
 ledges as other Towns in this Pro[vince*] have and do by 
 Law enjoy. 
 
 And be it further enacted That Samuel Denny Esq"^ be and 
 hereby is Impowered to Iss[ue*] his Warrant to some Princi- 
 pal Inhabitant of the said Town of Boothbay requiring him in 
 his Majesty's n[ame*] to warn and Notify the said Inhabitants 
 Qualified to Vote in Town Affairs to meet together at such 
 Time and Place in said Town as shall be appointed in said 
 Warrant to chuse such officers as the Law directs, and may be 
 necessary to Manage the Affairs of said Town and the Inhab- 
 itants so met shall be and are hereby Impowered to chuse such 
 Officers accordingly. 
 
 November S"! 1764 This Bill having been read three several 
 times in the House of Representatives 
 Passed to be Enacted 
 
 S. White Spkr 
 
 November d^ 1764 This Bill having been read three several 
 times in Council. 
 
 Passed to be Enacted 
 
 A Oliver. Sec 
 November 3 1764 By the Governor 
 
 I Consent to the Enacting this Bill 
 Era Bernard 
 
 Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
 
 Office of the Secretary. 
 Boston, Sept. 10, 1902. 
 A true copy. 
 r r^A^ ^ Witness the Seal of the Commonwealth. 
 
 } SEAL > Wm. M. OlIN, 
 
 ( -—v^^ ) Secretary. 
 
 * Parchment mutilated. 
 10 
 
138 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 The early records of Boothbay would present, if no expla- 
 nation existed, a very mixed and unusual form to an investi- 
 gator of them. No warrant for a town meeting is found until 
 the one for a special meeting, called June 24, 1776, is reached. 
 Some random proceedings are recorded from the very first, but 
 they are such as would naturally be best remembered, and form, 
 at most, a sort of incomplete digest of town action. No one 
 can peruse the old first book of records of proceedings without 
 detecting a lack of what must really have occurred. Prior to 
 the date of this first recorded warrant very important action 
 had been taken, including the several meetings of 1775, when 
 the town was put in a state of defense against the British. 
 This first book contains all we have, except some family rec- 
 ords and publications of intentions of marriage, relating to 
 municipal action and other affairs in town between the years 
 1765 and 1807. This book, on its first page, gives a list of 
 moderators and clerks from 1765 to 1774, inclusive. On the 
 third page are recorded the selectmen and assessors for the 
 first four years. Thus are the affairs of the town irregularly 
 scattered along. The principal officers for several years are 
 recorded on pages by themselves ; then pages of petty officers. 
 Next, recorded sales of pews in the new church, perhaps a bill 
 of sale, marriage intentions, registered marks of cattle owned 
 by the various citizens which were running at large, road sur- 
 veyors' minutes, records of deaths, children's ages and other 
 family records, diagram drafts of land bounds and plans of 
 buildings, — all in mixed and random condition, recorded with- 
 out order or natural sequence. 
 
 The explanation is that several jeava of our earlj- records 
 were, doubtless, written from memory. Andrew iMcFarland 
 was town clerk from 1765 to 1773, inclusive. Then John 
 Beath held the place for two years, and again IMcFarland was 
 clerk in 1776. He died in 1780. At some date during his 
 clerkship his house, which was located at the Harbor, where 
 the late Isaac C. Sherman had his home, was burned and nearlj' 
 all the town records with it. While no evidence exists, that is 
 known, as to the date of this loss, there are indications in the 
 records themselves that would lead one, who knew such an 
 event did occur, to believe it to have been at about the end of 
 his first term of clerkship, or 1773. 
 
MUNICIPAL IIISTOEY. 131 
 
 Out of this mixed mass of matter has been extracted, by a 
 great deal of painstaking labor, such facts as are here presented 
 to make up our early municipal records. The first town meet- 
 ing in Boothbay was held February 27, 1765, which may be 
 termed the meeting of organization. Four months had nearly 
 elapsed between the date of the charter and that meeting. No 
 proceedings are found of that meeting, but there is a record of 
 the officers elected. The next action was the meeting of April 
 12, 1765, and only two votes from that meeting are given : 
 one appropriating five dollars to purchase a town book ; and 
 the other, "That the lott of land left by Edmond Brown, 
 deceased, to the first Settled Minister is to remain to that pur- 
 pose in Boothbay."^ It is evident, however, at the earlier 
 meeting, that of February 27th, there were appropriations 
 made for building a church on the lot where the First Congre- 
 gational Church now stands at Boothbay Center, as well as 
 others to cover the necessary town expenses. Inexperienced 
 in town affairs, they supposed this meeting of February 27, 
 1765, the early part of the year following incorporation, would 
 stand in its action until the spring of 1766. But in this they 
 erred. Under the laws of Massachusetts Bay they should 
 have held another meeting in March, 1765, elected officers and 
 enacted the necessary legislation for the year ensuing, or, 
 what would have been better, as they had delayed organization 
 some four months, to have waited a little longer and brought 
 the meeting of organization at such a date as would have suf- 
 ficed for the regular annual meeting. But they tripped over 
 the technicality of the law, and the petition sent to the General 
 Court on September 3, 1765, which is inserted and explains 
 itself, shows that they had become cognizant of their error. 
 
 Petition to Legalize Town Proceedings. 
 Mass. Archives, Vol. 118, p. 154. 
 
 Province of the ^ To His Excellency Francis Barnard 
 
 Massachusetts- > Esq'" Governer in Cheif , the Hon^^e 
 
 Bay in New England ) the Councill & House of Representa- 
 tives in Generall Court Assembled, 
 
 The petition of the Select Men of the Town of Boothbay in 
 the County of Lincoln Humbly Sheweth, 
 
 1. The particulars of tMs conveyance of Brown and the murder of Bryant are 
 given, in another chapter. 
 
140 HISTOKT OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 That the Inhabitants of said Town soon after Their Incor- 
 poration by Virtue of a Special Order of this Court Assembled, 
 & chose Town OflScers In February last, that they Imagined 
 the Officers so Chosen might serve a Year Insuring & so neg- 
 lected to Chuse Officers in March following. That the Officers 
 so Chosen have Acted in their several Capacities. Eates have 
 been made a meeting House is Contracted for, & in Building, 
 and all this before Your Petetioners & the Other Inhabitants 
 were sensible of their mistake & that they Had not compleyed 
 with the Letter of the Law. so that without the Aid of Your 
 Excellency & Honours the Town must be Greatly Distressed 
 thereby & all Publick Business Cease. 
 
 Your Petetioners Therefore Humbly pray that the Town 
 Officers so Chosen in the Month of February may be Declared 
 to be the Officers of said Town untill new ones shall be Chose 
 in March 1766 & that all the Doings of the Officers so chosen 
 in February shall be as Valid and Effectual as if they had 
 been Chosen in March, or that Your Petitioners may be Other 
 wise Releaved as you in your Wisdom shall seem Meet. & as 
 in Duty bound shall ever pray &c 
 
 Ephraim m'^farland ^ 
 Boothbay 3"^ September 1765 John Beath V Select Men 
 
 Jn° Alley ) 
 
 "We the Subscribers being Inhabitants of the Said Town of 
 Boothbay, do Acquise in the Petition of the Within Mentioned 
 Select men of Said Town 
 
 Dauid Reed Thomas Boyd John Willey 
 
 Paul Reed Thomas Reed Ebenezer Smeth 
 
 Joseph Beath Willem ™<=(;;oob Joseph Sloos 
 
 Joseph Reed Joseph Crosby Samuel Berto 
 
 Andrew Reed Samuel ™<=Coob James Montgomry 
 
 Samuel Adams Willem Mour John Reed 
 
 In the house of Representatives Ocf^ 24 A. D. 1765 
 Resolved that the Prayer of the foregoing Petition be So far 
 Granted that the Several Town officers Chosen in February 
 last as mentioned in Said Petition, and their Proceedings in 
 Consequence of their Respective offices for the time Past be 
 held good and vallid to all Intents & Purposes as much as tho 
 they had been Chosen in the month of march last & that Said 
 officers retain their respective offices and excersice the same in 
 Said Town untill others shall be Chosen in their room to y^ 
 respective town offices in ye month of march next any thing in 
 ye Law to ye Contray notwithstanding 
 
 Sent up for concurrence 
 
 S. White Spkr 
 
MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 141 
 
 In Council Oct^ 25. 1765— 
 
 Eead and Concurred. A Oliver Sec 
 
 Consented to 
 
 Fra Bernard 
 
 Commonwealth of Massachusetts. . y 
 
 Office of the Secretary. > 
 
 Boston, Sept. 10, 1902. ) 
 A true copy. 
 r ,■>.^^ ^ "Witness the Seal of the Commonwealth. 
 
 } SEAL S Wm. M. OlIN, 
 
 ( v^v-^ ) Secretary. 
 
 The annual meeting of 1766, which was their second, con- 
 sumed two days, March 6th and 7th, yet, outside of election 
 of officers, little of importance is recorded. One hundred and 
 twenty pounds lawful money was voted the Kev. John Murray 
 as a yearly salary ; and John Beath, Israel Davis and Thomas 
 Kenney were chosen a committee to run the town line from 
 Oven's Mouth to the Damariscotta Kiver. The following year 
 one hundred pounds was raised to pay for outlays on the new 
 church and other town expenses. One hundred acres of land 
 was voted as a school lot. The selectmen were directed to 
 employ a schoolmaster for that year. Wild animals were 
 extremely troublesome and injurious to live stock and crops, 
 as well as dangerous to the safety of children or lone persons 
 traveling from point to point through the forests, then practi- 
 cally unbroken in the interior of the town. Six shillings was 
 voted as a bounty for the heads of wolves, and three shillings 
 each for bears and "wild-eattes." The committee for building 
 the church, having completed its duties, was discharged. A 
 pound was built for strays and located at Boothbay Center. 
 The selectmen, as a school committee, employed a teacher, 
 and, as it was the second year after organization and the first 
 provision for a school mentioned in the records, it is believed 
 that the school of 1767 was the first ever taught in this locality. 
 The teacher's name was Faithful Singer, a resident of the town, 
 who married Susanna Knight the following year. He received 
 for his year's teaching, which was fifty-two full weeks of work, 
 £18 13s. 4d. and board. The conditions were such that the 
 town was divided into four districts : the Harbor ; the west 
 side of the town, in the locality of where district No. 8 has in 
 
142 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 more recent times been located ; at Oven's Mouth, and the 
 fourth at Pleasant Cove. In each instance the school was 
 taught in a private house as there were no school buildings yet 
 provided for. The exact house at which the school was kept 
 is given in only one instance, that at the Harbor. There it 
 was held in the old house of William Fullerton, on the ground 
 where the house of the late Benjamin Blair now stands, on 
 Oak Street.^ The terms were of equal length, commencing at 
 the Fullerton house and running seven weeks, then seven more 
 at each of the other three places ; at the end of these twenty- 
 eight weeks another start was made at Fullerton's, this time 
 six weeks, and again the rounds were made, filling out in good 
 measure the year. It might not be amiss in compx-ehending 
 the situation at that time to think of the scarcity of holidays. 
 Teachers' conventions were not existing, for lack of material ; 
 Washington's birthday was an important event to no one but 
 himself ; Thanksgiving was not a regularly established annual 
 festival, though in some years a day was thus observed: the 
 fourth of July had acquired no special significance : and many 
 years were destined to elapse before there would be Ivy, 
 Arbor, Labor and Memorial days. The districting of the 
 town in the manner recorded is suggestive of where the prin- 
 cipal settlements existed. 
 
 In 1768 a committee was chosen which had as duties the 
 selection of a school lot, also a burying yard and a " menestarel 
 lott," the latter probably meaning a location for a parsonage, 
 for up to that date the Rev. John Murray had been boarding 
 with his cousin, Andrew Reed. The selection of the yard 
 known as the Old Congregational Cemetery followed. The 
 "menestarel lott" was the selection of Pisgah, where the par- 
 sonage was built and Mr. Murray continued to live during his 
 pastorate in Boothbay. This was the lot left by Edmond 
 Brown for the purpose on that August morning in 1739 when 
 he disposed of his property, while calmly aAvaiting the coming 
 of the officers to remove him forever from the scenes of his 
 home and his crime. The bounty on wolves was doubled that 
 year. A committee was selected that brought in a report 
 
 1. It is a tradition in the Reed family that the first school in West Boothbay and 
 for some years thereafter was kept in the house of David Reed, which of late years 
 has been the home of his lineal descendant, Albert N. Reed. This is probable. 
 
MUNICIPAL HISTOBY. 143 
 
 which was largely a recital of the wrongs the colonists were 
 subjected to by the unjust taxation of the Mother Country. 
 It closed with a declaration and enumeration of what articles 
 should not be purchased by the citizens of the town, except 
 they be manufactured at home or in some of the American 
 Colonies. This was unanimously adopted and the prohibitive 
 list follows : 
 
 "Gold, silver or thread lace of any sort, wrought plate, 
 diamond stone or plate ware, clocks, watches or any silver- 
 smith's or jeweler's ware, sole-leather, sheathing or deck nails, 
 snuff, mustard, broadcloths that cost above ten shillings per 
 yard, muffs, furrs or tippets or any sort of millinery goods, 
 starch, women's or children's stays, fire-engines^ china-ware, 
 silk or cotton velvets, gauze, pewterer's ware, linseed oil, glue, 
 lawns, cambrics, silks,- malt-liquors, spices or teas." 
 
 An appropriation of fifty-five pounds was voted "to pay 
 up the behindments of last year and other abeatments if any 
 appear." Fifty pounds was appropriated for a schoolmaster 
 in 1769, and it was voted to petition the General Court to 
 establish an academy here. A vote was also passed 
 
 " That the road leading from the meeting-house to Samuel 
 Adams shall go round the head of the meadow along the ledg so 
 far as the committee thinks proper toward the Oven's Mouth." 
 
 Another road was voted from near Samuel Adams' house 
 running southerly along the westerly side of "Adams' fresh 
 meadow to a tree on Joseph Erwin's lot," on the road leading 
 from the church to the house of Samuel Adams. 
 
 Only thirty pounds was appropriated for the total expenses 
 for 1770. A vote was passed establishing a width of two rods 
 for all highways that might be built in town,^ that they should 
 be repaired by rate,^ and that the surveyor's warrant should be 
 sufficient notice to the inhabitants to labor on the highways. 
 The galleries of the church were voted to be " pewed all round 
 the front." In 1771 only thirty pounds was appropriated for 
 public charges, and schools were reduced to three months' 
 teaching by one teacher. The first record of any town debt 
 occurred that year in a vote to keep one hundred pounds at 
 interest for another year. The gallery pews, provided for the 
 
 1. No repeal of this vote appears, and continuous compliance with it furnishes a 
 strong precedent for all road building in the three towns. 
 
 2. A term formerly used to mean tax. 
 
144 HISTORY OF BOOTHS AY. 
 
 previous year, were voted to be sold at " publick Vendue or at 
 privet sail as they shall think most beneficial to the town." 
 But little was transacted in 1772, only ten pounds being raised 
 for all public charges. 
 
 The appropriation at each annual meeting in those days 
 was made in a lump or gross sum. There were no special 
 appropriations, nor specified amounts for the several regular 
 annual outlays. Everything points to poverty general in the 
 community at about these years. The ten pounds raised 
 would do nothing of consequence. Eoads could not have been 
 improved, and it would appear as though schools may have 
 been for the time discontinued.^ The only outlay that year, 
 specified by vote, was that two horse blocks should be erected 
 front of the church. Twopence was offered for each crow's 
 head. Several town histories make mention of the alarming 
 prevalence of this pest at about the same period. 
 
 In considering the cause for the extreme general poverty 
 existing at that time, the reader will bear in mind that it was 
 little more than two years previous to the breaking out of 
 the Revolution, the very time when England was pinching the 
 Colonies to the last extremity. There was also another reason, 
 which sentiment might almost forbid one to mention, but it 
 doubtless had its effect. This little handful of people, distant 
 from markets, with practically no salable productions, living 
 as best they could in an isolated locality, with soil, climate, 
 aborigines, distance, everything against them, had built an 
 expensive church and taken upon themselves to support by far 
 the ablest minister at that time in Maine. 
 
 In 1773 a vote was taken that "the sexton lift a contribu- 
 tion each Saboth day accepting on saccrement Sunday for the 
 present year and any of the inhabitants that Contributes to 
 the value of £1 old tenor & mark his money shal be alowed 
 for it in their rate and the remander after told by two of the 
 Deacons to be delvd to the Treas of sd Town for the use of sd 
 Town." 
 
 Paul Twombly was voted five pounds for "being at the 
 Truble of Collecting the whole of the Town and County rates " ; 
 
 1. Mr. Murray's services were going on at this time. Later, by record, the town 
 appears considerably indebted to him, which debt he failed to collect during his life- 
 time, and the town settled with the administrator of his estate by a committee chosen 
 for the purpose. This debt was probably contracted during these years that the 
 appropriation tails to appear. 
 
MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 145 
 
 and this has the appearance of being the remuneration for sev- 
 eral and not for a single year's service. A sample vote as to 
 the disposition of a poor child in those days appears in that 
 year's proceedings : 
 
 "That Mary Whiting is to be bound by the Selectmen to 
 William McCobb till she is eighteen years of age, said McCobb 
 is to find Mr meet and Drink washing and loging and Cloathe 
 for such a printice." 
 
 The meeting of 1774 simply elected the regular town officers 
 and engaged Joseph Beath to teach three months at ten dollars 
 per month. It seems a veritable calm before the storm which 
 broke with such terrible force over the Colonies the succeeding 
 year. The meetings of 1775, some six in all, are in many 
 respects the most remarkable ever held in town. The occasion 
 demanded of the inhabitants the best there was in them, and 
 well did they respond. The action taken in both 1775 and 
 1776 finds a more appropriate place in the chapter on the 
 Revolution. 
 
 Regular business affairs claimed part of the town's attention 
 in 1777. One hundred pounds was raised for roads and, for 
 the first time, they voted that the roads should be freed from 
 the obstructions of bars and gates. Forty-three pounds and 
 four shillings was raised for teaching. Thirty-six dollars of 
 this was to be applied for a master for three months' service, 
 and the balance to be used to employ "school dames," who 
 might be distributed to the several parts of the town as the 
 selectmen might see fit and direct. Highway rates were first 
 made at this meeting and were fixed at four shillings per day 
 for a man, two shillings and sixpence for a "yoak of oxen and 
 chain," one shilling and sixpence for a plow or cart. A 
 thoughtful vote was taken at that meeting, and if it was ever 
 carried out it is a lamentable fact that care was not taken of 
 the result. It follows : 
 
 " Voted the depositions of the old Inhabitants of this town 
 respecting the first settlement be taken in perpetum." 
 
 This was nearly five years after McCobb, FuUerton, Beath 
 and Moore had spread their depositions on the Lincoln County 
 records, papers which, by their plain, unvarnished recitals of 
 what occurred in the early days, give us facts in the history of 
 
146 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 the Colony that have never been obtained elsewhere. The 
 school lot of one hundred acres was directed to be sold to John 
 Holton, and a committee was authorized to execute a deed to 
 him. A road from Oven's Mouth to the meeting house, on 
 the east side of Adams Pond, was voted. The committees of 
 inspection and correspondence met and established a scale of 
 prices for labor and town productions, as well as all articles 
 carried in town places of trade, either sale or exchange. The 
 list is long and the articles arc rated in English sterling. 
 
 In 1778 a bounty of twelve pounds was offered any man 
 who would enlist and "turn out against George and emesaries." 
 The Rev. John Murray was to have his salary increased "if 
 the value of money does not increase." Collectors and treas- 
 urers were to be indemnified in case counterfeit money was 
 passed upon them. A log fence, the first of any kind, was 
 voted for the cemetery at the Center. In 1779 the two com- 
 mittees were called together and very materially raised the 
 schedule of prices for labor and all merchandise previously 
 rated on account of a further depreciation in the currency. 
 This, however, followed a meeting of delegates from Massa- 
 chusetts towns held at Concord July 10th. The continued 
 depreciation of the currency made it necessary in 1780 to raise 
 six hundred pounds lawful money for the gross expenses. A 
 schoolmaster was hired for a year and the town was divided 
 into five districts. 
 
 On May 3, 1781, a meeting was held, when the first ballots, 
 other than for town officers, were thrown. The war was not 
 finished, nor was the end in sight. The surrender of Corn- 
 wallis did not occur until October 19th following. But it had 
 been seven years since the first Continental Congress had 
 assembled, the scat of hostilities was removed largely to the 
 southern part of the Colonies, and the northern part was expe- 
 riencing a partial relief at that time from British aggression. 
 The extremities of the country were now voting for State 
 officers. The record appears as follows : 
 
 "Voted John Hancock Esqr. to be Governor and Com- 
 mander in Chefe of the State of Massachusetts B*y, Votes, 
 Twelve for Governor." 
 
 No opposition appears. Major William Lithgow received 
 
MUNICIPAL HISTOKY. 147 
 
 thirteen, all that were thrown, for senator. It was voted to 
 waive the right and send no representative to the General 
 Court. Joseph Langdon, one of the board of selectmen, was 
 directed by vote to take a valuation of the town, real and per- 
 sonal, and an enumeration of the inhabitants. This is the first 
 record of a regular valuation being taken. Enumerations of a 
 different character, as a military measure, were taken in 1775. 
 The demoralization of the currency and almost universal pov- 
 erty brought people to a keener realization of their expendi- 
 tures, and necessity drove them to a business-like method of 
 applying their burdens equitably. The appropriation for the 
 year was one thousand "hard dollars," or paper money "a 
 quiflent to 75 for one hard dollar." 
 
 Ichabod Pinkham, John Daws and William Reed were a 
 committee in 1782 to look after the quantity of ammunition 
 furnished by the General Court, also to inspect the condition 
 of the cannon and small arms. It was voted not to send a 
 representative to the General Court. John Hancock again 
 received the total vote for Governor. It had been an occur- 
 rence in nearly every meeting since 1777 to ask permission of 
 the town to erect either bars or gates across the highways at 
 places to convene the inhabitants. By this date nearly every 
 road must have been again obstructed, if they had been cleared 
 by enforcement of the earlier vote to that effect, which is doubt- 
 ful.^ One prominent citizen living not far from the church, 
 on one of the principal roads, had an article in the annual town 
 warrant to gi'ant him the privilege to " erect a hansum Swingin , 
 gate " across the highway. This was the best proposition ever 
 made the town according to the record. 
 
 In 1783 it was voted that the board of selectmen should 
 thereafter constitute the committees of correspondence and 
 inspection and safety. A road was accepted from southwest 
 to the northeast of Barter's Island, in the manner that would 
 best convene the inhabitants. Joseph Barter and Samuel 
 Kenney were chosen a committee to lay out the road. For the 
 first time since the assurance of self-government, the town sent 
 a representative to the General Court in the person of Captain 
 
 1. It was told the author a few years ago that when action was taken hy the town 
 officers under the vote of 1777, a citizen living at Back River, belonging to one of our 
 oldest and most numerous families, prepared to defend his gate with his trusty old 
 flintlock. 
 
148 HISTORY OF BOOTHS AY. 
 
 Paul Reed. He held the distinction of being the town's first 
 representative, though the Rev. John Murray and Capt. Andrew 
 McFarland had performed similar duties before the attainment 
 of independence. For Governor the town cast twenty-nine 
 votes for General Lincoln to four for John Hancock. The 
 public thanksgiving for peace occurred December 11th. The 
 town contracted with Samuel Adams for a set of stocks to be 
 built and set up at the church, for which he received two dol- 
 lars, "he finding the stuff himself." The iron work was done 
 by Benjamin Sawyer for one dollar. A stringent vote was 
 passed as follows : 
 
 " That no absentees or refugees shall have any liberty to 
 return to this town, neither shall they have any lot or portion 
 with us." 
 
 For the better enforcement of this act there were now added 
 to the board of selectmen Capt. Paul Reed, Thomas Boyd, Jr., 
 John Murray and Leighton Colbath, to make up the old 
 committee of inspection and safety, with special instructions. 
 Now that independence was attained, the honest, patriotic res- 
 idents, who had endured every privation, had an opportunity 
 for a retrospective view. It can hardly be supposed that kindly 
 feelings existed toward that class denominated " absentees and 
 refugees," and it does not take a great stretch of the imagina- 
 tion to discover a relation between the expression of the meet- 
 ing against them and the addition of a set of stocks to the 
 town furniture. 
 
 The year of 1784 saw but little of importance transacted. 
 The stocks were removed from the church to the residence of 
 William McCobb. Capt. Paul Reed was again chosen repre- 
 sentative to the General Court, and also delegated with a com- 
 missioner's authority to inquire into disputed titles of land in 
 town." "William McCobb and John Murray were a committee to 
 procure preaching for the summer, and the town raised " thirty 
 pounds for the youse of the Gospel." The following year a 
 road was built from Jeremiah Beath's to intersect the road 
 " leading from Boyd's to the meeting house." Two hundred 
 pounds was appropriated for roads, half to be assessed on the 
 polls and the other half on the real estate. Six shillings was 
 fixed as road wages for a man and three shillings for a pair of 
 oxen. In 1786 a road was laid out from Capt. John Borland's 
 
MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 149 
 
 to the Back River road ; also another from Captain Harris' to 
 Nelson Mills' residence on Cape Newagen. A pound for strays 
 was authorized near Col. Edward Emerson's, he to be the 
 keeper. A town workhouse was voted to be built and a task- 
 master appointed to oversee those who should be put into it. 
 A committee of three was appointed to employ a grammar 
 school teacher, the first time in the record that this term appears. 
 
 In 1788 the town tripped again in the proceedings of their 
 annual meeting, as they had done twenty-three years before, 
 and were obliged to petition the General Court for a legalizing 
 act. This was accorded June 9th, and the regular annual 
 meeting was held July 14th, at which meeting it was voted to 
 build a road from the northern end of Cape Newagen Island to 
 Chaples' Harbor. The balance of salary account due the Eev. 
 John Murray was voted to be put in the general assessment. 
 Thirty pounds for summer preaching and one hundred pounds 
 for highways was raised. A road from Pleasant Cove to 
 James Kennedy's residence was accepted. The church common 
 and cemetery lot, which at that time were not divided by 
 streets, were ordered to be surveyed by Robert Randall and 
 staked out. A plan was drawn by the surveyor and appears 
 on page 230, first book of records. 
 
 The first prohibitive fish law ever passed in town, and the 
 author has been unable to find one of so early a date at any 
 other place in Maine, was passed in 1789. John Murray and 
 William Reed were a committee 
 
 " To see that the fish called alewives and shad may have a 
 free passage up Campbell's brook, so called, and not to suffer 
 any fish to be taken or interrupted in going up said stream on 
 Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays." 
 
 The town was that year divided into two collection districts 
 and a collector chosen for each one. William McCobb was 
 directed to draft a petition for the removal of the court from 
 Frankfort' to Wiscasset. A road was laid out on Linekin 
 Neck, from Samuel Montgomery's to John Rackliff's ; and 
 another from Pleasant Cove to Capt. John Borland's. A spe- 
 cial provision of the Linekin road was that the inhabitants be 
 permitted to hang gates along for their convenience. 
 
 1. This was tlie plantation name of Pownalboro, now Dresden. 
 
150 HISTORY OF DOOTHBAY. 
 
 In 1790 William McCobb was chosen town agent, the first 
 appearance of this position in the records. Dr. Edward 
 Creamer was mentioned in the records that year. No physi- 
 cian had previously appeared in them. The custom in vogue 
 in town affairs at this period was to elect town officers at the 
 annual March meeting for the year ensuing, and in addition to 
 them choose a committee of three to investigate the town's 
 finances, review the work of the retiring board of officers, per- 
 form an auditor's duties, adjust any unsettled business hanging 
 over from the previous year, investigate the needs of the ensu- 
 ing year, and, at an adjourned meeting, make a report. Then, 
 having only attended to the election of officers at the earlier 
 meeting, at the adjourned one the appropriations were made 
 and other business attended to. 
 
 A vote was passed in 1791 as follows : 
 
 " That all the money raised be appropriated for the verj-- 
 uses they are allowed for and no other use, and assessed in 
 separate bills." 
 
 For the first time, a single school committee-man was 
 selected, in the person of Samuel Bryer, and exclusive man- 
 agement of the schools was given him. Better methods of 
 business were beginning to be practiced in all town affairs. 
 
 The system of special appropriations naturally followed the 
 above vote, and in 1792 we find a designated sum for the first 
 time raised for the several usual expenditures. A vote was 
 taken that j'car to see if Maine desired statehood, hy being set 
 off from Massachusetts, and resulted twelve in favor and thir- 
 teen against separation. The General Sessions of the Court 
 met at Hallowell in 1793 and fined the town of Boothbay nine- 
 teen pounds for failure to send a representative to the General 
 Court in 1788.' By 1794 there was such an increase of schol- 
 ars as to require re-districting the town, which was done as 
 follows : No. 1 was composed of Cape Newagen Island ; No. 
 2, from Capt. Andrew Eeed, Jr.'s, to the house of Euggles 
 Cunningham, with Barter's and Sawyer's Islands ; No. 3, from 
 Oven's Mouth, on both sides, to the meeting house ; No. 4, 
 from the "Widow Wheeler's to Deacon Auld's ; No. 5, from the 
 
 1. The small vote thrown on several occasions can only be explained on the 
 ground of Indifference to public affairs. There were in 1791 resident taxpayers to the 
 number ot 182, nearly every one ot whom was a legal voter. 
 
MUNICIPAL HISTORr. 151 
 
 Widow Montgomery's to John Kackliff's ; No. 6, from Capt. 
 John Holton's to the house of David Keed, 3d, including the 
 families at the head of Campbell's Cove. The school money 
 was to be divided into six equal parts, and each district was to 
 have one part for the maintenance of schools. Each district 
 was to have a school committee of three, and this committee 
 possessed what might be termed exclusive powers, as those 
 powers embraced all that formerly vested in the district agent 
 with those of superintendency added. It is likely that the 
 wishes of the district were consulted as to the composition of 
 those committees, but' it is certain that they were elected in 
 open town meeting, and it does not appear that district meet- 
 ings were held. In 1795 no school money was raised, and a 
 vote was taken that any unexpended money might be used as 
 any ten freeholders in any district might designate. Fifty 
 pounds was borrowed to buy a town stock of ammunition, 
 with a direction that it should be stored in the church garret. 
 Three hundred dollars was raised for schools in 1797. By a 
 vote in 1798 a glimpse may be had of the appearance of the 
 town common and Boothbay Center : 
 
 " To give Samuel Eackliff and Samuel Adams thirty dollars 
 to clear the town land on the front of the meeting house on 
 westerly side of the road so far as is now fell and burnt, and 
 also to fence the whole of said land on the westerly side of 
 said road to Mr. Fullerton's line, and also to clear the town 
 land on the easterly side joining on said Fullerton's and David 
 Kenniston's." 
 
 At the meeting of 1799 a new school district was added, 
 and names instead of numbers were given the districts. They 
 were known as Cape Newagen, Back Eiver, Oven's Mouth, 
 Pinkham, Pleasant Cove, Linekin Neck and Harbor. The 
 highway districts were also re-formed and numbered. 
 
 "With the advent of 1800 came the clearest expression in 
 the matter of town appropriation, freed from English sterling 
 terms, which had appeared since organization. That year was 
 raised for highways, $700 ; for miscellaneous town charges, 
 $200 ; for schools, $200 ; for standard iveights and measures, 
 $30. The eighth school district was formed on the west side 
 of the town and the name given to it was Number Eight, which 
 through all changes still adheres. Population was evidently 
 
152 HISTORY- OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 increasing considerably in these years, for two more school 
 districts were formed in 1801, and still another in 1802. In 
 the latter year the district committees were reduced to one in 
 each district, and that one had all the powers formerly held by 
 the three. No superintending school committee for the town 
 appeared until 1818. 
 
 In 1803 two suits were brought against the town, one for 
 damage at Wildcat Bridge, which was not railed, and the other 
 was a pauper case with Newburyport. No lawyer residing in 
 town, Jeremiah Bailey, Esq., of Wiscasset, was chosen town 
 agent, with full power of attorney. In 1804 Cape Newagen 
 asked for a ferry, but the article was dismissed. In 1806 
 some of the school districts were divided, and it was voted to 
 ' procure a tmnk or chest in which to keep the town's books and 
 papers, — this was the first town "safe." Crows had become 
 so troublesome that a bounty of ten cents per head was offered. 
 An instance may at this point be given of the compensation of 
 town officers in those days. Whoever has examined the first 
 book of Boothbay records can hardly fail to admire the fine 
 penmanship of Jonathan Sawyer, clerk. Many of the pages 
 were artistically bordered with naiTow scroll by his pen. 
 With the possible exception of Doctor Rose, who took the 
 clerkship in 1807, no records from organization to the present 
 show the tilne and care that these do. As Mr. Sawyer was 
 retiring from the clerkship, which he had held for thirteen 
 years, during which time he had received no compensation for 
 his services, it was now voted him in a lump sum, for the 
 entire term, the amount of thirty-six dollars. There appears 
 of record simply routine work during the years 1808, 1809 
 and 1810.1 
 
 In 1811 the town appropriations exceeded any previous 
 year. One thousand dollai's was raised for roads, six hundred 
 for schools and one thousand for town charges of a miscella- 
 neous character. The road from Church Square, now so- 
 called, at Boothbay Harbor, to whei-e East Boothbay Village 
 now stands, was built, about as it now exists except that it 
 went over the hill. The April and May meetings for 1812 
 
 1, Some ecclesiastical action was taken in these years, which will appear under 
 its proper head ; and some extraordinary action in the way ol petitioning the Execu- 
 tive to remove the existing embargo will also appear elsewhere. 
 
Robert Harley 
 Richard Poor 
 Stephen Pierce 
 Joseph Huskins 
 Warren Poor 
 Peter Westman 
 Ijfivi Spoiford 
 Joseph Spofford 
 Sa)nuel Pierce — rent 
 
 lieujamiu Pinkham 
 Thomas Coolen 
 Est. of Warren Pierct 
 Samuel Pierce 
 Loring Pierce 
 Store— T. *S: N. Marv 
 Thonuis Marr. Jr. 
 Hainiali Pierce 
 Nahum B. Marr 
 Jiiritel M.irr 
 
 
 
 H( 
 
 )UTHPOUT IN 
 
 ■-•1 
 
 Hiram Marr 
 
 4:\ 
 
 Robert Cameron 
 
 ■J'J 
 
 John Rand 
 
 44 
 
 George W. Pierce, 
 
 ■j;i 
 
 Henry Rand 
 
 4r> 
 
 George W. Pierce 
 
 ■24 
 
 Alexander Tibbetts 
 
 4() 
 
 Parsonage 
 
 '2.') 
 
 Samuel Rand 
 
 47 
 
 Methodist Clmrch 
 
 ■2(i- 
 
 7 George "Webber 
 
 48 
 
 SchooUiouHe 
 
 ■28 
 
 Thomas Pierce 
 
 41t 
 
 Daniel Pierce 
 
 ■211- 
 
 !0 Amherst Spofford 
 
 no 
 
 William Pierce 
 
 :il 
 
 Hendricks Head Light 
 
 :.i 
 
 Charles Pierce 
 
 :;2 
 
 William Orne 
 
 .'yj 
 
 James Orne 
 
 ;i.T 
 
 James Orne 
 
 :,-A 
 
 George Love 
 
 :54 
 
 Mark Rand 
 
 .-^ 
 
 Thomas Williams 
 
 :!.") 
 
 •William Tierce 
 
 r>5 
 
 Gilbert Love 
 
 ;->ti 
 
 Silas Pierce 
 
 .v; 
 
 Samuel Harris 
 
 :iT 
 
 Moses Pierce 
 
 57 
 
 Isaac Brewer 
 
 :j8 
 
 Joseph Haddocks 
 
 .')8 
 
 Alfred Brewer 
 
 :«» 
 
 Robert Maddocks 
 
 :>'.) 
 
 Cameron Building 
 
 4(1 
 
 John Maddocks 
 
 (>i) 
 
 Daniel Cameron 
 
 41 
 
 Widow Webster 
 
 (ii 
 
 John Cameron 
 
 42 
 
 Moses Jcwett 
 
 111' 
 
 (Jitmernn Biiihiing 
 
 i«5(; 
 
 !'>:'> 
 
 Store— Cyrus McKowii 
 
 St; 
 
 Henry Gray 
 
 ti4 
 
 Store — Miss McKown 
 
 87 
 
 Christopher Ileckei 
 
 iiri- 
 
 ) Cyrus McKown and Sisters 
 
 SS 
 
 David Pierce 
 
 (17 
 
 Daniel R. Matthews 
 
 89 
 
 Joseph Pierce 
 
 (i8 
 
 Jonathan P. Thompson 
 
 90 
 
 Miles Pierce 
 
 (ia 
 
 Dyerk Rose 
 
 111 
 
 Franklin Jones 
 
 70-1-2 William Thompson 
 
 il2 
 
 William Gray 
 
 73 
 
 William Nickerson 
 
 !i;i 
 
 William Hai ris 
 
 74 
 
 Willard Lewis 
 
 04 
 
 ■' 
 
 7.-) 
 
 Robert McKown 
 
 !).-. 
 
 Ebenezer Lundy 
 
 7(i 
 
 Robert G. Decker 
 
 ;i(> 
 
 Albion Alley 
 
 77 
 
 Alden Moore 
 
 117 
 
 Schoolhouse 
 
 78 
 
 S'reemaii Grover 
 
 ;»8 
 
 John Alley 
 
 70 
 
 Store and P. 0.~F. rover 
 
 ii'.i 
 
 David Preble 
 
 80 
 
 Klbridge Horn 
 
 100 
 
 Joshua D. Cushniai 
 
 81 
 
 George Love. Jr. 
 
 101 
 
 William Brown 
 
 82 
 
 Eben F. Decker 
 
 102 
 
 Miles Orne 
 
 x; 
 
 William Decker 
 
 io:i 
 
 Jacob Orne 
 
 m 
 
 George Pierj;c 
 
 104 
 
 William Cameron 
 
 S.". 
 
 Kli Nelson 
 
 10.-, 
 
 Jerry >'el.soit 
 
MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 153 
 
 show only routine matters, but one on July 7th presented this 
 article : 
 
 " To take into consideration the alarming and defenseless 
 condition of the town's inhabitants against the enemy or any 
 plundering parties which may invade the town upon the sea- 
 coast harbors, or any other part thereof, or take such measures 
 thereon that the town may think proper." 
 
 Under this article a committee was chosen, a petition for 
 aid drawn and forwarded to the President, and other matters 
 acted upon which will more properly appear in another place. 
 In 1813 nothing appears of record, outside the war measures 
 and routine affairs, except the action taken in regard to the 
 poor. They were bound out to service by vote of the town in 
 the discretion of the selectmen. In 1815 the selectmen were 
 directed to petition the General Court to relinquish the claim 
 of the State to land in this town. John McClintock was em- 
 ployed to suryey the entire town, including the lots or tracts 
 claimed by each settler, and make plans of the same, in con- 
 formity with a resolve of the General Court, passed February 
 11, 1811, entitled "An act for quieting settlers on lands in 
 Bristol, Edgecomb," etc. For this service Mr. McClintock 
 was voted six hundred dollars.^ 
 
 School districts underwent a revision of lines in 1816, 
 reaching the number of sixteen. In the annual meeting of that 
 year occurred a discussion and strife over the question whether 
 or not swine should be permitted to run at large, resulting in 
 the full, unhampered liberty of that animal. On May 20th 
 the question of statehood again came up in this form : 
 
 " Shall the Legislature be requested to give its consent to 
 the separation of the District of Maine from Massachusetts 
 proper, and to the erecting of said District into a separate State." 
 
 The vote was ten in favor to fifty-two against the proposi- 
 tion. On September 2d the same question came up in similar 
 form, resulting in sixty-four to twelve against separation. A 
 school committee first appears in 1818, with the following 
 duties : to examine candidates for teaching, to visit and exam- 
 
 1. Though the town records show the contract was made with Mr. McClintock, 
 snch old deeds as make reference to a plan cite a certain one and a survey made in 
 1815 by Dr. Daniel Hose. Both parties lived in the same part of the town, in fact 
 were neighbors, and both were surveyors. The fact can be reconciled only by assum- 
 ing that for some reason Mr. McClintock employed Dr. Rose to do the work, and that 
 the plan was allowed to bear the Doctor's name. 
 
 11 
 
154 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 ine as to the progress of the several schools, with the provision 
 that no teacher should receive pay from the selectmen until 
 their bill for services was approved by the committee. A road 
 loading from Jeremiah Beath's to and intersecting the road 
 from the Harbor to Murray's mill was accepted and ordered 
 built. In 1819 a meeting was called for July 26th to act on 
 the following article : 
 
 " Is it expedient that the District of Maine shall become a 
 separate and independent State, on the terms and conditions 
 provided in an act entitled ' an act relating to the separation of 
 Maine from Massachusetts proper, and forming the same into 
 a separate and independent State.'" 
 
 To this article a vote of ten in favor of statehood and thir- 
 ty-six against it was cast. The adoption of the resolution 
 favoring statehood resulted in the District, showing Boothbay 
 to be somewhat out of line with the popular feeling elsewhere. 
 
 Another meeting was called for September 1st 
 
 "To choose one or more delegates, to meet delegates from 
 other towns within the District of Maine, in Convention at 
 Portland, on the second Monday of October next, for the 
 purpose of framing a constitution, or form of government for 
 the said District." 
 
 Dr. Daniel Kose and Major John McKown were chosen 
 delegates from Boothbay. On December 6th another meeting 
 was called to act on the constitution which had been framed 
 by the convention, and a total of thirty-eight votes were all 
 thrown in approval of it. 
 
 With the year 1820 came statehood to the District of 
 Maine. Indications may be observed that it had its effect on 
 the town action by stimulating it in efforts to improve in 
 municipal methods. Individual appropriations were continued ; 
 the collection of taxes was fixed on a percentage, varying with 
 the year and the conditions of collecting ; the town treasurer 
 was the only officer who labored for a fixed compensation; 
 the number and limits of the school districts remained as they 
 had been in recent years ; the highway districts were revised 
 in form and a new schedule of prices for labor was fixed in 
 town meeting. In 1823 a committee was chosen to prepare a 
 remonstrance against the division of Lincoln County. Cattle 
 at large had become so injurious to all crops that a town meet- 
 
MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 155 
 
 ing was held resulting in a vote forbidding the practice. A 
 special meeting that year was called on November 10th and 
 one hundred dollars appropriated to the relief of the sufferers 
 from the fire at Wiscasset and Alna. In 1824 a stone bridge 
 was voted for Sawyer's Island, and Nicholas T. Knight chosen 
 to superintend the work. That year the record shows the first 
 vote of the town directing the highway surveyors to keep the 
 roads clear in winter. In 1827 an indictment was found 
 against the town for a defective road along the east side of the 
 Harbor leading to Spruce Point. That year was the first to 
 adopt a regular auditing system of town accounts, but instead 
 of a single auditor a committee of three was chosen. The road 
 from John Love's house to the middle bridge, near Edmund 
 Wilson's, was built in 1828. 
 
 In 1829 a law permitting license for retail liquor selling 
 had just passed the Maine Legislature. A strong contest at 
 the annual meeting was had, for the law was one of local 
 option. It resulted in favor of license. That year a road was 
 built fi'om Major John McKown's to the Cape, on the east side 
 of Cape Newagen Island. In 1831 the road about the head 
 of Campbell's Cove was built with stone, William Kenniston 
 doing the work by contract. That year the town petitioned 
 the Legislature for the privilege to purchase the lots known as 
 town lot and Common, providing the title was found to be in 
 either Maine or Massachusetts, or jointly in them ; and the 
 following year Marshal Smith was chosen agent to perfect the 
 title in these pieces of property. At about this time many 
 roads were being accepted on the condition that they should 
 be no expense to the town. It is quite evident that some of 
 these were never built. 
 
 The first individual auditor of town accounts was chosen in 
 1833, in the person of Willard Thorpe, In 1834 a road was 
 accepted from Keed's meadow bridge, running southerly, to a 
 point near the line between the FuUerton and McFarland 
 farms, and another from Sawyer's Island bridge, through land 
 of Ichabod Pinkham, to Benjamin Hodgdon's. In 1835 it 
 appears that the poor were sold to the lowest bidder, to be 
 clothed, fed and provided with medical attendance to the sat- 
 isfaction of the selectmen. On these conditions they were 
 
156 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 struck off to John Hodgdon, 2d, at forty-nine cents per week 
 for each one. An action at that date was that the school com- 
 mittee should decide on what text-books were to be used in the 
 schools and post a notice of their decision in each church. 
 
 An event occurred in 1837 which a few persons still 
 remember. At that time it had no precedent and probably it 
 will never have a repetition. The distribution of the surplus 
 revenue in the United States treasury is referred to. Under 
 the act entitled by the Federal Government " to regulate the 
 deposit of the public money," a distribution took place from 
 the Federal treasury to each State treasury. It being a per 
 capita distribution, based on the preceding census, each town 
 received its proportion from the State. A vote to elect an 
 agent for this town to demand and receive of the State its 
 share resulted in the choice of William Carlisle. At a later 
 meeting John Leishman was chosen treasurer of the fund, giv- 
 ing bonds in the sum of eight thousand dollars. The town 
 action, after deducting three per cent, for expenses, was to 
 allow the treasurer of the fund to 
 
 " Loan to each master or mistress or head of a family in 
 the town of Boothbay, without interest, in equal proportion 
 according to the number of persons in their several families, 
 by giving safe and ample surety to the treasurer of said town, 
 to pay the same sum to the treasurer of said town, whenever 
 called for by the treasurer of Maine, according to said act." 
 
 The agent was directed to call on Judge Weston and ascer- 
 tain if the town method of proceeding was regular. On 
 February 26, 1838, a meeting was called to fix a plan for dis- 
 tribution of the surplus revenue, it not having been distributed 
 under the directions of the year before. John Leishman was 
 continued as treasurer and distributor, and it was directed that 
 he should be governed by the census taken by William Green- 
 leaf, but if any person was not properly enumerated, then Mr. 
 Leishman was empowered sole judge as to whether or not the 
 person was entitled to a share. He commenced the Monday 
 following this meeting, at the schoolhouse at Hodgdon's Mills, 
 to pay two dollars to each person, or to parents or guardians 
 in the case of minors, to the inhabitants of school districts 
 Nos. 3, 5, 6 and 12. On Wednesday at the schoolhouse at 
 the western side of the Harbor to districts 7, 20 and 9. On 
 
MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 157 
 
 Friday to the inhabitants on Cape Newagen Island, at Major 
 John McKown's. Monday at Willard Thorpe's for districts 
 8, 2, 18, 13 and 19. Thursday at Capt. Nathaniel Pinkham's 
 for districts 4 and 10. The agent was instructed when he 
 went after the money to change one thousand dollars for bills 
 under the denomination of five dollars, and to get Wiscasset 
 money. 
 
 In 1839 Capt. William McCobb bid off the poor at eighty- 
 five cents each per week, with usual conditions, except that he 
 was permitted to let out individuals as he saw fit. In 1840 
 appropriations were $1,200 for highways, $1,800 for poor and 
 other town charges, and the legal limit on schools. The town 
 that year was divided into four collection districts, each one to 
 be composed of five school districts and furnishing its own 
 collector. 
 
 On February 12, 1842, the first dismemberment of Booth- 
 bay occurred. Cape Newagen Island was incorporated as the 
 town of Townsend. No direct allusion is made to the separa- 
 tion in the Boothbay records, which indicates there could have 
 been no contest or complicated settlement of affairs between 
 the two towns. In November it was voted to petition the 
 Legislature for separate representation. A vote in 1844 was 
 passed " that two of the selectmen go together to every house 
 and take the valuation on the spot." The unique wording of 
 this vote, and the fact that the records disclose no other so 
 direct, convinces the author that this was the first actual, busi- 
 ness-like valuation ever taken in Boothbay. An article to see 
 if the town would purchase the Congregational church was dis- 
 missed in 1845. That year, the first since 1777, it was voted 
 to direct the highway surveyors to remove the gates and bars 
 then across the highways throughout the town. It was voted 
 to establish a liquor agency with some person, not a trader, 
 and licenses were refused retailers that year. 
 
 In 1847 seven hundred dollars was appropriated to build a 
 townhouse. Eobert Spinney, Marshal Smith, Ammi Pierce, 
 Daniel Knight and Thomas Hodgdon were chosen a committee 
 to draft a plan, receive proposals, contract for building, 
 arrange terms of payment and select the location, the town 
 having voted that it should be upon the Common. It was 
 
158 HISTOKY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 specified that it should be completed for the September meet- 
 ing. The meeting of September 13, 1847, for the election of 
 State and county officers, was the first held in the house. In 
 1848 it was voted to allow the balance of the surplus revenue 
 to remain to the credit of the town. A road from the house 
 of Benjamin Giles to intersect the road leading past the house 
 of Charles Giles was built that year. In 1851 the road 
 running along the shore on the east side of the Harbor was 
 discontinued. 
 
 In 1853 a road was laid out from Mill Cove to the land of 
 Andrew Berry ; one hundred and fifty dollars was voted in 
 assistance of a bridge between Barter's Island and Thomas 
 Hodgdon's Island ; the sale of liquors was licensed ; but an 
 article to raise one thousand dollars for the support of high 
 schools was dismissed. In 1854 it was voted to permit the 
 Free Will Baptist Society to build a church on the Common. 
 A road on Sawyer's Island to the bridge and another across 
 Hodgdon's Island were accepted. It was also voted to discon- 
 tinue the old road from Joseph Lewis' place, at the head of 
 Adams' Pond, to Jonathan Morrison's as soon as the county 
 road should be completed. In 1855 roads as follows were 
 accepted : from the west end of Barter's Island bridge to 
 Samuel Lewis' barn ; from near the old red schoolhouse to the 
 top of the hill near Beniah Dolloff' s house ; from William 
 Hodgdon's north line to S. G. Hodgdon's house ; from Parker 
 Wilson's store to intersect the old road near David Xewbe- 
 gin's store ; from Elbridge Love's to John McClintock's south 
 dwelling house. A road from McClintock's to Samuel Brewer's 
 was refused by the town, but granted by the county commis- 
 sioners on appeal. 
 
 In 1857 a committee of four was added to the board of 
 selectmen, empowered to purchase and stock a town farm, 
 move the poor upon it and employ necessary help to carry it 
 on. The meeting refused a motion to have the annual town 
 report printed. In 1858 a road was accepted from Southport 
 Bridge to Benjamin Hodgdon's east line,^ to intersect the road 
 leading to the schoolhouse. That year sixty-two votes, the 
 
 1. The first bridge between Southport and Boothbay crossed Townsend Gut from 
 the mainland at Oak Point, now so-called, to the business establishment of Major 
 John McKown, which in recent years has been the Southport steamboat landing. 
 
MtJNICIPAL HISTORY. 159 
 
 total thrown, were in favor of the adoption of the prohibitory 
 law just passed by the Legislature, the license provision in the 
 law receiving no support. In 1859 the town refused to receive 
 as a gift the bridge from John Reed, 2d's, leading to Hodg- 
 don's Island, but appropriated two hundred dollars toward 
 making Campbell's Cove bridge free. A road from Samuel 
 Murray's to intersect the road leading to Hodgdon's Mills was 
 accepted. In 1860 the town refused to accept either the 
 Campbell's Cove bridge or the one leading from Hodgdon's to 
 Barter's Island. The road, however, from the west end of the 
 Cove bridge, to intersect the road leading to the Center, was 
 accepted. The townhouse was moved from the east side of 
 the Common to its present location. In 1862 nearly every 
 special request was refused, the regular annual expenditures 
 only being voted. War expenses were beginning to be severely 
 felt. In 1863 a road from John N. Seavey's to the town road 
 was accepted. In 1864 appeared the first printed town report. 
 In 1865 the road on McKown's Point was accepted, also 
 McKown Street at the Harbor. Three hundred dollars was 
 voted in aid of repairs on bridge from John Reed, 2d's, to 
 Hodgdon's Island. In 1867, in support of a petition by Allen 
 Lewis and others, in an effort to have Boothbay made a port 
 of entry and a custom house established, an appropriation of 
 five hundred dollars was made, and a committee chosen, con- 
 sisting of Robert Montgomery, M. E. Pierce, S. K. Hilton, 
 William E. Reed and John McClintock. 
 
 In 1868 it was voted that petitioners for new roads should 
 pay all expenses incurred when the roads asked for were not 
 approved by the town. The county commissioners having 
 been appealed to by the residents of Barter's Island, and upon 
 a hearing having granted a ferry, the town, at a special meet- 
 ing in November, voted to build a bridge on to that island in 
 lieu of the ferry decreed by the commissioners. This action, 
 however, in the spring of 1869, was reconsidered, whereby the 
 town had voted to build a bridge from Barter's Island to the 
 mainland, north of Hodgdon's Island, and it now voted to 
 build a bridge from Barter's to Hodgdon's Island. 
 
 Boothbay having been made a port of delivery, resolutions 
 were passed in 1871 and spread upon the records, extending 
 
160 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 thanks to Senators Blaine and Hamlin and Col. Orin McFadden 
 for their efforts. In 1872 the road easterly from the marine 
 railway was built. Five hundred dollars was appropriated to 
 procure a survey for a railroad to intersect the Knox and Lin- 
 coln Railroad, and Luther Maddocks, George B. Kenniston 
 and Alden Blossom were chosen a committee for the purpose. 
 In 1873 fifteen hundred dollars was raised for rebuilding 
 Hodgdon's Island bridge. An effort to get a high school 
 building at the Harbor was defeated. In 1874 roads were 
 accepted on the north and west sides of Barter's Island. School 
 districts 1 and 7 united for the purpose of maintaining a sys- 
 tem of free graded schools,^ and the next year districts 3 and 
 12, at East Boothbay, united for the same purpose. As an 
 outcome of the union of districts 3 and 12, a town meeting 
 was called which erected a district midway between the two 
 villages, known as No. 12, with the old red schoolhouse as their 
 building, which continued until after the division of the town. 
 
 In 1875 it was voted to sell the town's bonds to an amount 
 not exceeding $25,000 for the purpose of paying the town 
 debt, $2,000 of this amount to fall due in five years, and ten 
 per cent, of the remainder to be paid annually thereafter. In 
 1877 Boothbay appropriated one hundred and seventy-five dol- 
 lars to assist in grading and purchasing cable to meet one-half 
 the expense of a ferry to Southpoil. George B. Kenniston, 
 Chapman N. Reed and John Montgomery were chosen a com- 
 mittee to investigate the expense of and obtain designs for a 
 soldiers' monument. A road from John Grimes' house to 
 Ocean Point was accepted, five hundred dollars appropriated 
 for its building, and the contract awarded to William Kennis- 
 ton. A road was built from Allen Lewis' old place to the 
 lobster factory, and a road across the land of Isaac Pinkham. 
 
 In 1878 an appropriation of two thousand dollars was 
 made for a soldiers' monument and the former committee, with 
 the board of selectmen, was authorized to purchase, locate and 
 set the same. The road from the store of Miles Pierce to the 
 house of T. J. Emerson was built. By a vote of eighty-three 
 
 1. School district No. 1 appeared at the Harhor alter the island of Cape Newagen 
 hecame incorporated as Townsend. Previously it had existed there. The Boothhay 
 districts were then revised and Nos. 1 and 7 were at this time the districts on either 
 side of the Harbor. 
 
MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 161 
 
 to sixty-three, at a special meeting in May, the town refused 
 to buy fire apparatus for Boothbay Harbor. In 1879 the town 
 contracted with the Maine Ice Company to pay them two hun- 
 dred dollars annually for the term of ten years for the exclu- 
 sive use of a road across the company's dam at Campbell's 
 Cove, the company to keep the road and dam in good order, 
 and the town to have a further free use for twenty years. The 
 first free high school appropriation was made in 1880 of two 
 hundred and fifty dollars. The streets at the Harbor were 
 straightened, from the old schoolhouse to the store of D. W. 
 Hodgdon, and from Joseph Chambers' house to the Wilson 
 store. A road was accepted from the schoolhouse in No. 5 to 
 the house of William Bennett. The lockup lot, so-called, was 
 given to the Engine Company and one hundred dollars to assist 
 in building an engine house. In 1881 abatements of tax were 
 generally made on property formerly engaged in the porgy oil 
 business, now rendered nearly worthless from scarcity of fish. 
 Permission was granted the Boothbay Telegraph and Telephone 
 Company to run lines from the Harbor to East Boothbay and 
 to the Knickerbocker Works. It was voted to forever reserve 
 for a public park the land at Boothbay Center, south of Maho- 
 ney's and Welch's lots, and bounded on the east and south by 
 the town road and on the west by the county road. In 1882 
 the Mahoney lot was purchased and an exchange made for the 
 Welch lot, and both were added to the north end of the Com- 
 mon. Cross Street at the Harbor was built. In 1883 and 
 1884 town action was simply routine. In 1885 the vault was 
 added to the townhouse at a cost of five hundred dollars, and 
 the Jason Pinkham lot at the Center was repurchased. In 
 1886 the following roads were built : from Townsend Marine 
 Railway to house of Frank Albee ; from Martin Brewer's 
 house to house of George Brewer, 2d, near Echo Lake ; and 
 straightening the street from the Wilson store to the store of 
 K. H. Richards ; the street was broadened from the Sec(Jnd 
 Congregational Church to the residence of I. C. Sherman. 
 
 In 1887 the town had printed a special report containing 
 the inventory and valuation of polls and estates as of record, 
 April, that year. It included a summary statement of the 
 town's financial standing, a schedule of vessel property owned 
 
162 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 in town, and was a work of much value, bringing to the atten- 
 tion of the citizens many omissions and irregularities of valua- 
 tion. After being four times refused by town action, the 
 county commissioners, on appeal, ordered McClintock Street, 
 at the Harbor, built that year. The same season roads were 
 built from the town way to Paradise Point ; from Horace 
 Pinkham's to John H. Welsh's, ending at the town way near 
 the house of Charles Rush ; from the steamboat landing at 
 Ocean Point to the road leading to John Grimes' house. At 
 the last annual meeting before division, in 1888, roads were 
 accepted from West Street to the house of Levi Burns ; from 
 near the house of Allen Lewis, on Atlantic Street, to the fac- 
 tory of the Winslow Packing Company ; from the house of 
 Payson Tibbetts, Back River, to the Isaac Hutchings' place, 
 Dover ; from the house of Gi'anville J. Seavey, East Booth- 
 bay ; and widening and straightening the road at West Harbor 
 from Mill Cove to Campbell's Cove. 
 
 While the author trusts his readers may appreciate this 
 chapter for what it contains, he is well aware that many impor- 
 tant acts of the town have either been treated in a cursory 
 manner or omitted altogether. While imperfect work should 
 bear its share for all shortcomings, it must be remembered that 
 this chapter is made up from the records as they exist, and 
 much that makes the clearest imprint on the memory as it is 
 passing in a deliberative assembly, like a town meeting, shows 
 but slightly in the record ; and much that causes a great amount 
 of preliminary discussion scarcely appears thereon. Perhaps 
 no more fitting place will appear to draw attention to town 
 action in the construction of roads than the present. The road 
 system in any locality, from the date of colonization to the 
 present, is controlled by the same variety of conditions that 
 influence its citizens. The longer the stretch of time between 
 the one point and the other the more complex become the 
 duties of the investigator. A century and a quarter practically 
 intervenes between 1764 and 1888. Boothbay had during that 
 time belonged to two States and assisted in fighting through 
 three wars, in two of which she became an object of attack by 
 
MUNICIPAL HISTOHY. 163 
 
 the enemy. Her colonists settled along the shore, at favorable 
 spots, knowing but little about, and deriving but little from, 
 the interior of the town. Her citizens for a long term of years 
 obtained their support from the sea. To roads they were to 
 some extent indifferent. One citizen, born in 1814, has related 
 to the author that, when of suitable age to possess a general 
 acquaintance over town, there were but four residents who 
 owned a riding wagon. The only highway ratings in the 
 matter of wages for team labor, showing in the records up to 
 1860, were for oxen. Roads, from the most primitive condi- 
 tions until they reach perfection, present simply an example of 
 evolution, governed by the wants and requirements of the pop- 
 ulation. The leading industries of a people have a controlling 
 influence over them. With these thoughts, founded upon the 
 facts, there seems little wonder that roads were so totally neg- 
 lected in early times and have become so great an expense in 
 later years. 
 
 There was much road action in Boothbay's early meetings, 
 but roads which were accepted, in most cases, were mere bridle 
 paths, cut off by gates and bars, and entirely impassable for a 
 modern carriage. The author has noted many instances, in 
 the earlier records, where a road was laid out, reported and 
 regularly accepted, and the presumption would be natural that 
 building followed, when to his surprise the same road, a few 
 years later, is again before a meeting for acceptance. This 
 occurs several times in some instances, until it becomes bewil- 
 dering as to what the eventual action of the town was. It is in 
 cases of this kind, where the subject is befogged by irregular 
 town action, where most omissions occur. 
 
 In this chapter municipal action has been almost entirely 
 omitted at four material periods : during the Eevolutionary 
 War, again in the War of 1812, the part relating to military 
 action from 1861 to 1865, and the particular votes upon which 
 the petitioners based their action in 1888. In each of the fore- 
 going instances town proceedings have been withheld from the 
 mass presented, to make in each case a separate chapter. The 
 municipal record, therefore, closes with 1888, the year of the 
 water contest and the last of united municipal action of the 
 mainland of Boothbay. 
 
CHAPTER XI. 
 Land Claims and Claimants. 
 
 THE foundation of the claims ^ and the naanner of their 
 descent will first be given that the reader may proceed 
 with a clearer understanding of the difficulties experi- 
 enced by the settlers in Lincoln County, and particularly those 
 of Boothbay. 
 
 1 . — The Brown claim is founded on the purchase by John 
 Brown, of New Harbor, July 15, 1625, from the two Wawe- 
 noc sagamores, Capt. John Somerset and Unnongoit, of the 
 tract described as follows : 
 
 "Beginning at Pemaquid Falls and so running a direct 
 course to the head of New Harbor, and thence to the south 
 end of Muscongus Island, and so running five and twenty 
 miles into the country north and by east, and thence eight 
 miles northwest and by west, and then turning and running 
 south and by west to Pemaquid where first begun." 
 
 The consideration for this purchase was fifty beaver skins. 
 These limits would include, as now constituted, all of Noble- 
 boro, Damariscotta, Bremen and Jefferson, and the greater 
 part of Bristol and Newcastle. John Brown died about 1670, 
 in either a place very near where Damariscotta Village stands, 
 or in Boston, at the home of his son. He left three children, 
 John Brown, Jr., Elizabeth, who married Richard Pierce, of 
 Marblehead, and Margaret, who married Sander Gould. In 
 1660 Brown deeded to Gould and his wife a tract eight miles 
 square, nearly in the center of his purchase. The Goulds had 
 
 1. Eeferenee to the land troubles experienced by the settlers may be made to 
 Will. Hist. Me. II, 623; Cushman's Sheepscot, Chapters I, II. V, VII, XVI, XVU, XIX, 
 XX, XXI; Johnson's Pemaquid, Chapters XXXV, XXXVI; but more largely than 
 from any of the foregoing may the leading tacts, as well as the general conditions, 
 be obtained from the printed report of the commission appointed to adjust the dif- 
 ficulties in 1811 ; this report is, however, very rare, there being but few in existence. 
 
LAND CLAIMS AND CLAIMANTS. 165 
 
 three daughters, Margaret, Mary and Elizabeth. Margaret 
 married William Stilson, who was killed by the Indians, but 
 left two children, James and Margaret, who the next century 
 made claim of the lands. The daughter, Margaret Stilson, 
 married William Hilton, who was killed by the Indians, but to 
 whom the larger part of those bearing the name of Hilton in 
 this part of the State trace their descent. The old Indian deed 
 of Brown's was recorded at Charlestown, Mass., December 26, 
 1720, and at the York registry, in Maine, August 3, 1739. 
 It is supposed the deed was burned in the Boston courthouse 
 in 1748. 
 
 2. — The Drowne claim descended from the Pemaquid pat- 
 ent to Aldsworth and Elbridge, February 20, 1631. Elbridge 
 received it entire by survivorship. In time it was inherited 
 by his son John, and he devised it to his brother Thomas, who 
 lived at Pemaquid and held early courts there. In 1650 
 Thomas mortgaged Damariscove and Monhegan to Eichard 
 Kussell, selling one-half of the patent to Paul White for £200. 
 They, jointly, in 1653, conveyed their interests to Eichard 
 Eussell and Nicholas Davidson. Eussell then sold Davidson 
 his share, and Shem Drowne, marrying an heir of Davidson 
 and obtaining power of attorney from the other heirs, came 
 into possession of the claim and worked it for a revenue many 
 years. The Drowne claim embraced all of the present towns 
 of Bristol, Bremen and Damariscotta, with a part of Newcastle 
 and Nobleboro. 
 
 3. — The Tappan claim covered nearly all of the present 
 towns of Newcastle and Damariscotta, extended to Edgecomb 
 and included a part of Nobleboro, also in the vicinity of Mount 
 Sweague (now Montsweag in Woolwich), and, perhaps, more 
 on the west of Sheepscot Eiver. This claim rested upon three 
 deeds from Indian sagamores to Walter Phillips, in 1661, 
 1662 and 1674. Phillips conveyed all his right and title in 
 the property, in 1702, to Eev. Christopher Tappan, of New- 
 bury, Mass. Tappan had one son and three daughters. On 
 September 11, 1746, he deeded one-fourth of his property to 
 his son, and September 16th, shortly before his death, con- 
 veyed the remainder jointly to his daughters. Besides his 
 purchase of Phillips, Tappan bought out the heirs of Mason 
 
166 HI8T0KY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 and Gent and some others on the Sheepscot. He sent parties 
 to take possession and live upon his lands in 1718. He made 
 efforts to purchase claims of heirs of other settlers, who had 
 been driven out by the Indians the previous century, but failed 
 to do so. 
 
 4. — The Noble ^ claim, which was a source of great annoy- 
 ance to the early inhabitants of Boothbay, rested upon the fol- 
 lowing : Mary, daughter of Sander and Margaret (Brown) 
 Gould, married John Coats ; they had one child, a son, Prin- 
 sent Coats. He sold his claim, whatever it might amount to, 
 to William Noble, mentioning, in particular, the eight-mile- 
 square tract. He, doubtless, had retained his interest in this 
 as the others of the family, and his mother's share was a one- 
 third interest. This descended by will from Noble to his 
 heirs, and they were very active in pressing their claims, in 
 many instances where there was no semblance of likelihood 
 that they ever extended, even if they had an equity anywhere. 
 
 5. — The Vaughn claim originated with William Vaughn, 
 who established himself at Damariscotta Mills in Dunbar's 
 time. His connection there has been previously referred to. 
 It has also been mentioned that the century before there lived 
 at Damariscotta and Newcastle, as now known, four families : 
 Walter Phillips and John Taylor on the Newcastle side, and 
 John Brown, Jr., and Eobert Scott on the east side. It has 
 also been noted that Phillips conveyed his interests to Tappan. 
 Now Vaughn sought out all the heirs he could find of Taylor, 
 Brown and Scott and purchased their interests. John Brown, 
 Jr., sold on October 30, 1734, a large tract east and south of 
 the present village of Damariscotta, and the following year, on 
 December 8th, made a further deed of all he had conveyed the 
 previous year and, in addition, the whole of the old John 
 Brown tract, regardless of the rights of any of the other heirs 
 of his grandfather. In 1741 Tappan brought an action of 
 ejectment against Vaughn, but judgment was given for the 
 defendant, and on appeal judgment was confirmed by the 
 Superior Court of York County. 
 
 1. James Noble was the heir of William, who purchased the claim ol Prinsent 
 Coats. In 176B James Noble married the widow ot William Vaughn, with whom the 
 Vaughn claim originated. The town of Nobleboro, much against the wishes of its 
 inhabitants, took its name when incorporated, November 20, 1788, from Arthur Noble, 
 heir of James. 
 
LAND CLAIMS AND CLAIMANTS. 167 
 
 6. — The Hathorne claim depended upon the deed of Kobin 
 Hood to Henry Curtiss, in 1666, of the west side of the penin- 
 sula between the Sheepscot and Damariscotta Rivers, which 
 became Boothbay ninety-eight years later. Curtiss conveyed 
 his interests to one Hathorne, whose heirs kept the claim alive 
 and annoyed the settlers greatly with it. Hathorne's heirs 
 evidently laid claim to the whole of Boothbay, but on account 
 of rival claimants withdrew to the west side of the town. 
 
 7. — The Plymouth Company's^ interests on the Kennebec 
 became vested in a body or company of men known as the 
 Kennebec Purchasers. Silvester Gardiner got several of the 
 Townsend settlers to take deeds of him, also he and others of 
 his company leased lands on Linekin Neck. By observing the 
 petition for incorporation by the Townsend settlers, it may be 
 noted that it is endorsed by " the proprietors of the Kennebec 
 Purchase from the late colony of New Plymouth, Silv. Gardi- 
 ner, James Pitts, Benjamin Hallowell, William Taylor, Ger- 
 shom Flagg." 
 
 Reading between the lines of this petition, it is apparent 
 that this group of wealthy landholders on the Kennebec held 
 a whip suspended over the heads of the Townsend inhabitants. 
 
 8. — The Ludgate claim was confined entirely to the Booth- 
 bay lands. It conflicted with that of Hathorne and that of 
 derivation through the Plymouth Company as well. It was 
 represented by John Ludgate, of Boston, and had descended 
 to him by the will of one Champnoi, who was probably a 
 descendant of Henry Cuiiis. In September, 1737, he laid out 
 lots about the water front of fifty acres each, reserved ten acres 
 ior a church, training field and burying ground, and ordered 
 that the first settled minister should share equally in the 
 meadows with the first settlers. One hundred acres was to be 
 given the first minister, and an additional one hundred acres 
 for the use and support of the ministry. The fifty-acre lots 
 were offered on terms of credit to the settlers, with the condi- 
 tions that, from the second payment, one hundred pounds 
 might be appropriated toward building a church, and thirty 
 pounds thereafter, annually, from the payments to aid in sup- 
 
 1. An excellent idea may be obtained of all facts relating to the Kennebec 
 Purchase, in an article by Robert Hallowell Gardiner, in Me. Hist. Coll., Vol. II, pp. 
 269-294. 
 
168 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 porting a minister. William McCobb's deposition reinforces 
 the facts here presented, but throws no further light on them. 
 The plan he saw in 1770, or later, was probably the old one 
 made in 1737. It is doubtful if Ludgate ever effected many, 
 if any, sales. 
 
 By examining the bounds of the various claims it will be 
 seen that in the afflicted towns, at the north and east of our 
 own, the Brown, Drowne, Tappan, Vaughn and Noble claims 
 conflicted, either by overlapping one another or covering 
 entire the same tract ; while in the towns of Boothbay alone, 
 the claims of Noble, Hathorne, Ludgate and the Kennebec 
 Proprietors, practically, all claimed the same territory. It 
 appears that Hathorne and Ludgate settled their differences by 
 Hathorne confining himself to the western part while Ludgate 
 took the eastern. No compromise between claimants, other 
 than this, appeared. Noble seems to be coupled with the 
 Hathorne interests at times, and from his activity and inclina- 
 tion for that kind of work, it may be that additional to his 
 own claims, which were stretched into this locality without the 
 semblance of a reason for doing so, he may have purchased an 
 interest in Hathorne's or it may have been given him upon a 
 plan of percentage, the Hathorne claimants recognizing his 
 ability and success in blackmailing the destitute inhabitants. 
 
 The reader may find particular references to these hard- 
 ships in the depositions which have appeared in a former 
 chapter. Previous to incorporation the oppression existed, but 
 of that we have no record except in the depositions mentioned. 
 As the country became settled ^nd improved these claims were 
 pressed with increased energj' for the reason that there was a 
 larger field to work and more revenue to be harvested. Town 
 action in Boothbay occurred at three periods as follows : 
 
 " Voted that the town will stand by one another to stand a 
 law-sute with the proprietors if any of them is sued by 
 Hathorne's clamers impowering James Noble to sue the inhab- 
 itants within the lines mentioned excepting those persons that 
 has taken under above sd clamers meaning all the inhabitants- 
 to the Eastward of Cambels Cove so called and Cambels pond 
 so called and from thence to the Oven's mouth so called all 
 inhabitants that has not tied them Selves to sd Nobel by 
 
LAND CLAIMS AND CLAIMANTS. 169 
 
 writing or any other way is to be in due proportion in sute 
 against him the sd hathorne and nobel. " ^ 
 
 The above vote, besides showing the oppression of the land 
 claimants, also shows a peculiar method of doing town busi- 
 ness. No appropriation is here made to be assessed for a 
 purpose ; but a vote is taken, evidently understood by those 
 voting, to make a certain element legally liable to a contri- 
 bution. In 1777 all the town voted to defend any person 
 against the prosecutions threatened by the land claimants 
 against certain individual inhabitants; and again, in 1787, the 
 Hathorne claimants pressed so many of the people with threats 
 of suits of ejectment, that the town, at its annual meeting, 
 chose William McCobb, Capt. John Borland and Capt. John 
 Reed to defend individuals at the expense of the town. 
 
 As time wore on the land troubles steadily increased. The 
 heirs, in each successive generation, were becoming more 
 numerous, and even pretenders appeared, looking upon the 
 rural population of this little cluster of towns as an easy prey 
 for their peculations. The greater number of claimants lived 
 in Massachusetts. It was a rare thing that any of their suits 
 were pressed to trial. They were mostly brought in the nature 
 of a bluff, knowing the natural fear and dread in which the 
 inhabitants stood of the law and legal action. There is but 
 little doubt that the proprietors themselves realized their 
 own weakness, inasmuch as they seldom clashed with each 
 other, though their claims were everywhere overlapping or 
 covering the identical tracts of land. Many instances are 
 recorded where some proprietor induced some one to take a 
 deed under him, when the party thus purchasing would be 
 almost immediately sued by another claimant. 
 
 A survey of the property was necessary upon which to 
 sustain an action, and at last the people, goaded to despera- 
 tion, took the matter into their own hands and decided to 
 allow no more surveys to be made. . Bands of citizens collected 
 wherever it was proposed to run a line, and surveyors, fearing 
 to come into collision -with the people in their existing state of 
 mind, desisted from the purpose. The claimants were con- 
 veniently located and subtle enough in their plans to make a 
 
 1. Town records, 1769. 
 12 
 
170 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 favorable impression upon the General Court. At that dis- 
 tance from the scene of trouble it was plausibly presented that 
 these heirs of just claims were being wronged of their rightful 
 inheritances by a set of squatters, who, as a last resort, by 
 riotous action, with force and arms, were even obstructing 
 land surveyors in the duties to which they were appointed by 
 the Court. 
 
 Through this influence, on March 6, 1810, a law was 
 passed, entitled " An Act for the more speedy and effectual sup- 
 pression of tumults in the Commonwealth. " This law author- 
 ized any judge of the Supreme Court, in certain circumstances, 
 when the regular administration of the law was obstructed, to 
 call out, in his discretion, a sufficient force of militia to sup- 
 press the riot or tumult and restore order. 
 
 Two test cases were brought that year, probably by collusion 
 between the plaintiffs. One was James Noble vs. John Hall, 
 of Nobleboro, founded on the Brown claim, through the 
 Goulds, to the eight-mile-square lot ; and the other was Eliot 
 G. Vaughn vs. Nathaniel Thompson, of Nobleboro, based on 
 the Brown claim, through the original deed of 1625. If the 
 latter should be held valid the other certainly would be, and 
 if it was not held valid the other might be. James Malcomb, 
 of Cushing, was appointed surveyor by the Court and duly 
 sworn on August 25th. On the 27th he went to Hall's to 
 commence the survey, accompanied by Noble's agent. While 
 searching for a corner bound at which to commence they were 
 confronted by a band of some fifty or sixty inhabitants, 
 headed by that old Revolutionary hero. Com. Samuel Tucker, 
 who was then sixty-three years old and spokesman for the party. 
 He demanded their authority, whereupon the Court order was 
 produced. Tjacker denounced it as a forgery, told them that 
 no court would order a survey without giving notice to all 
 parties whose lands were affected ; that if Hall's farm was 
 taken from him, perhaps his (Tucker's) would be taken next, 
 and that would never occur until it had been enriched by the 
 last drop of blood in his veins. He then issued his ultimatum, 
 that the town of Bristol had decided to have no lines run, and 
 if they persisted their instruments would be taken away from 
 them. Giving up the effort they turned to leave town, and 
 
LAND CLAIMS AND CLAIMANTS. 171 
 
 were escorted out of it by Com. Tucker, William and Thomas 
 Burns, ^ and others. On the way toward Damariscotta Mills a 
 party was met, who stated that about 100 men near that place 
 were congregated and that they stated that they were on the 
 lookout for land proprietors. 
 
 Statements were made to the Court at once and it ordered 
 a draft, principally from Boothbay and vicinity, of 500 men, 
 under their proper officers, to be held in readiness to march at 
 short notice. It is said that representatives from Bristol at 
 once came to Boothbay and interviewed the drafted men as to 
 their views. The agents of Bristol were assured by the Booth- 
 bay contingent that if they had to fight they should choose 
 which side to fight on. 
 
 About this time the entire District of Maine was highly 
 excited over an occurrence at Malta, now Windsor. There the 
 Kennebec Proprietors were pressing their claims against a poor 
 and needy community. While making a survey in that place 
 on September 8, 1809, Paul Chadwick was shot and killed. 
 Seven of the party who did the shooting were at once arrested 
 and lodged in the Augusta jail. Their sympathizers, from all 
 the locality about Malta, disguised as Indians, besieged the 
 jail and tried to rescue the prisoners. The militia were called 
 out to guard the jail. The judges ordered an extra session of 
 the court to try the prisoners for murder at an early date. 
 The trial lasted a fortnight ; the evidence was direct as well 
 as circumstantial, and of the strongest character, including 
 that of one of the prisoners, who, evidently frightened and 
 advised, turned State's evidence. Notwithstanding this, all 
 were acquitted. The fact of this acquittal against evidence and 
 the fear to depend upon the Boothbay militia against their 
 brethren in distress, residing in the neighboring towns of 
 Nobleboro and Bristol, went far toward precipitating the issue. 
 
 1. The report made by Vaughn and Malcomb to the Conrt stated that Tucker told 
 them regardless of his years he could still wield a sword or pull a trigger ; and that 
 both William and Thomas Burns declared they would shoot the first person who at- 
 tempted to run a line on their land, no matter what court they might have an order 
 from. This William Bums, for his last marriage, married Margaret, widow of 
 William McClintocfc and daughter of William Fullerton, of Boothbay. The McCltn- 
 tock children, one of whom was John, who founded the Boothbay family were reared 
 by Bums. 
 
172 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 out of which an adjuatment came and the existing troubles 
 subsided.^ 
 
 The following jvinter the General Court repealed the 
 obnoxious law permitting a single judge to call out the militia, 
 and passed a resolution directing the Governor to appoint a 
 commission of three members, whose duties should be to take 
 into consideration his message to the two branches of the Leg- 
 islature, in relation to the disturbances in Lincoln County, 
 also to consider the memorials of the inhabitants of the towns 
 of Bristol, Edgecomb, Nobleboro, Newcastle and Boothbay, 
 then pending before the General Court. The commissioners 
 were directed to go to the county of Lincoln empowered to 
 send for such persons and papers as they deemed necessary, 
 and to give notice of the time and place of their meetings to 
 the selectmen of the towns mentioned. 
 
 The Governor appointed on this commission Hon. Perez 
 Morton, a prominent lawyer in Boston, Jonathan Smith, Jr., 
 and Thomas B. Adams. They met at the house of Dr. Josiah 
 Myrick, Newcastle, on April 29th. John M. McFarland, then 
 one of the Boothbay board of selectmen, with William McCobb 
 and Dr. Daniel Rose, represented Boothbay. William McCobb 
 was chosen chairman of the assemblage of town committees. 
 A sub-committeee to represent and conduct the case for the 
 inhabitants was chosen, of which Doctor Rose was selected 
 chairman. Just three weeks were spent upon the case. i\lany 
 depositions were taken, by which means much of the early his- 
 tory of this locality has been rescued from oblivion. Nearly 
 every part of the disputed territory was visited and a report 
 with recommendations followed to the General Court. In 
 place of a miserable set of squatters, preferring mob rule to 
 law and order, the commission reported that churches, well- 
 supported, existed in each of the towns ; that schools were 
 numerous and well-supported, and that the country had been 
 settled nearly a century ; that the people were thrifty, well- 
 ordered,^ industrious, and had, by industry, made comfortable 
 
 1. The defendants in this case were David Lynn, Jaliez Meigs, Elijah Barton, 
 Prince Cain, Nathaniel Lynn, Ansel Meigs and Adam Pitts. The trial was commenced 
 November 16, 1809, before Judges Sedgwiclc. Sewall, Thatcher and Parker. Jury- 
 men were entirely chosen from Somerset and Kennebec Counties. This trial excited 
 great interest everywhere in Maine and Massachusetts. It appeared in hook form 
 January, I810, from the press of Ezekiel Goodale, Hallowell. 
 
LAND CLAIMS AND CLAIMANTS. 173 
 
 homes for themselves. They recommended that, from the facts 
 obtained by them, another commission should be appointed to 
 determine what, if any, ownership existed in the claimants, 
 and that if any was found to exist that they be awarded wild 
 land in the District to satisfy the amount determined, and that 
 the settlers on the lands in dispute be unmolested. 
 
 Accordingly, June 11, 1811, the Governor alluded favor- 
 ably to the report in his message and the new commissioners 
 selected were Hon. Jeremiah Smith, Exeter, N. H., William 
 H. Woodward, Hanover, N. H., and Hon. David Howell, 
 Providence, E. I. By this decision a full township of land 
 was given the Kennebec Proprietors, and half a township to 
 claimants under the Drowne claim. The Brown, Tappan, 
 Noble and Vaughn claims were extinguished as never having 
 had any foundation in either law or equity, while the Hathorne 
 and Ludgate claims were declared obsolete. 
 
 I add to this hasty sketch of long and weighty troubles, 
 which bore upon our early inhabitants, a valuable deposition, 
 taken of the venerable William McCobb, before the commis- 
 sion in 1811 and but four years before his decease. 
 
 William McCobb's Deposition. 
 
 William McCobb, of Boothbay, testified : That he is sixty- 
 nine years of age. That the first claimants of Boothbay since 
 his remembrance, about the year 1775, was the Plymouth 
 Company. A Major Goodwin, as their agent, came about 
 that time and brought a surveyor with him. He said he was 
 willing to quiet the old settlers under Dunbar with an hundred 
 acres each. He brought with him Indian deeds, grants and 
 plans to show that the Company's claim extended to the sea. 
 After Goodwin went away another agent of the Plymouth 
 Company, Doctor McKecknie, settled in town. Many people 
 took deeds under Dr. Sylvester Gardiner, who claimed under 
 the Plymouth Company — among others there were Andrew 
 and Ephraim McFarland, and four or five more. The witness 
 further testified that the next claimant was Major James Noble, 
 who claimed under one Hathorne, by virtue of a deed from 
 Robin Hood to Henry Curtis, and from Curtis to Hathorne. 
 Noble offered to quiet all old settlers in their possessions, in 
 case they would give up the rest of their land. About the 
 year 1766 or 1767 in one part of Boothbay Noble convened 
 the inhabitants, made proposals, but they refused to do any- 
 
174 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 thing ; afterward, as witness was informed, he went into the 
 other part of the town, and asserted that the inhabitants gen- 
 erally had agreed to settle and had taken deeds. Under this 
 impression a number were persuaded to compromise with 
 Noble, and they gave their notes. Noble gave them each a 
 stipulation, that on paying £13 68 8d, the amount of the 
 notes, he would give a deed. The witness believes that none 
 of the notes were ever paid, or deeds given, and never knew 
 of any person being called on for his note. 
 
 About thirty to forty years ago, witness testified that he 
 saw a survey of a part of Boothbay, under a claim denominated 
 the Ludgate claim, who derived his title from one Champnoi, 
 under a will. Hathorne and Ludgate came down and made a 
 division, and Hathorne took one side of the town and Ludgate 
 the other. Ludgate made great professions, if people would 
 buy of him, that he would build a meeting house and give 
 every settler fifty acres, but he never did either. The claims 
 of Hathorne and Ludgate did not extend to Edgecomb, but 
 there was another Tappan claim which did extend to Edge- 
 comb. The witness further testified that the Plymouth Com- 
 pany gave leases to people on Linekin's Neck in Boothbay. 
 
Rev. John Murray. 
 1742-1793- 
 
CHAPTER Xn. 
 Ecclesiastical History. 
 
 TO JUSTLY comprehend any historical situation it is nec- 
 essary to understand the existing predominating beliefs 
 of the people and the conditions surrounding them at 
 the particular period. Nearly one and one-half centuries have 
 elapsed since the occurrences enumerated in the early part of 
 this chapter. Eeligious belief was then more direct and simple 
 than at present. There was less diversity of opinion then than 
 now, but the opinions of that epoch were tenaciously held. 
 Church attendance was then believed to be a necessity, if pos- 
 sible, and the efforts to attend, in some cases of which we 
 have record, seem well-nigh incredible. Ministers assiduously 
 attended to their duties, against many adverse conditions, for 
 a very small pecuniary compensation ; and yet, to raise those 
 slight salaries, at the time, was a greater burden than to con- 
 tribute to the larger expenses of the present. But regardless 
 of the strain upon the parish it was usually accomplished, as 
 matters always are that carry with them the sense of duty. 
 The efficacy of prayer, — the intercession and response, direct 
 and immediate, — the foreordination of events, the special 
 providences were all tenets of faith which are largely modified 
 at the present day. 
 
 There were in Maine about the middle of the eighteenth 
 century but few in religious beliefs outside of the Congrega- 
 tionalists, Presbyterians and Episcopalians. The latter, how- 
 ever, were not as numerous nor as diversified in settlement 
 over the State as either of the former. Those localities where 
 the inhabitants were principally of Scotch descent were gen- 
 erally Presbyterian in their earliest history. 
 
 The first Presbytery in New England was established at 
 Londonderry, N. H., April 16, 1745, called the Boston Pres- 
 bytery. The fixst Presbyterian Church in New England had 
 
176 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 been gathered in the same town, in 1719, by the Eev. James 
 McGregor, both pastor and people being of Scotch-Irish blood, 
 and immigrants then recently from Ireland. In 1775 this 
 Boston Presbytery was divided into three, known as the 
 eastern or Salem, the middle or Londonderry, the western or 
 Palmer. These were organized at Londonderry, September 4, 
 1776, into a paramount body known as the Synod of New 
 England. But this body declined until 1782, when it became 
 again a single one, known as the Salem Presbytery, and its 
 last meeting was held at Gray, Maine, September 14, 1791. 
 The principal churches of this denomination in Maine were 
 gathered in the towns of Boothbay, Bristol, Brunswick, Cam- 
 den, Georgetown, Gray, Newcastle, Scarborough, Topsham, 
 Turner, Warren and Windham. At the date last given they 
 had lost their sectarian character and, within a few years, 
 became Congregational, the two denominations differing but 
 little in either faith or customs. 
 
 The earliest mentioned minister about the Kennebec, or 
 east of it, was the Kev. Joseph Baxter, a Congregationalist, 
 who accompanied Governor Shute to Arrowsic in 1717 for the 
 purpose of holding a conference with the Canibas Indians. 
 He preached there, at intervals, until 1721. No other is 
 recorded until 1734, when, at the same place, the Rev. William 
 McClanethan, a Presbyterian, commenced his labors and con- 
 tinued, irregularly, for ten years. Congregationalists and 
 Presbyterians were about evenly balanced in numbers in 
 Georgetown, and, not being able to support two chui'ches, nor 
 to agree on one, they were without religious worship much of 
 the time. At last the right man came in Rev. Ezekiel Emer- 
 son, who was ordained July 1, 1765, and a successful pastor- 
 ate was conducted for fourteen years. 
 
 Rev. Robert Rutherford, who came into the countrj' under 
 Dunbar, preached at the fort at Pemaquid and in the houses 
 and barns about Harrington, Walpole, Townsend and New- 
 castle until 1735, when he settled at Brunswick. The Rev. 
 Robert Dunlap, born in the county of Antrim, Ireland, in 
 1715, receiving his degree and license to preach at the age of 
 nineteen, embarked for America in 1736. The vessel he came 
 in was wrecked on Isle of Sable, but he and a few others 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTOEY. 177 
 
 reached the Isle of Canso. He then went to Cape Ann and 
 Boston. From there he came to Nobleboro, Maine. Next he 
 came to Townsend, where he lived awhile and preached, like 
 Rutherford, in the houses and barns of the plantation. He 
 next went to Sheepscot and finally, in 1746, was ordained as 
 the first pastor at Brunswick, where he preached for thirteen 
 years, afterward living out his days in that town. 
 
 Eev. Alexander Boyd came to New England in 1748, and 
 preached for a time in Georgetown, but the two denominations 
 could not harmonize on him, so he went to Newcastle, where 
 he was ordained at the Sheepscot church, but under great 
 objection from part of the people, and a condition that it was 
 not to be understood that his pastorate extended to the Dam- 
 ariscotta side of the town. He, like the others mentioned, 
 preached occasionally at Townsend. Mr. Boyd was an elo- 
 quent, ready speaker and attracted congregations wherever he 
 appeared ; but he was unsuccessful in his calling, as he bred 
 dissensions in all his charges. He labored under the further 
 disadvantage of a blemished reputation, brought about by an 
 irregular marriage before he left Scotland, and desertion of 
 his wife when he came to America. There may have been 
 others who occasionally preached to the inhabitants of old 
 Townsend, but no records of such instances that are trust- 
 worthy. Tradition was general at the beginning of the nine- 
 teenth century that George Whitefield, that renowned and 
 shining light of Methodism, preached to the early Townsend 
 settlers, which is not improbable. 
 
 As mentioned in an earlier chapter, the pbpulation of 
 Townsend received many accessions from the westward, — from 
 about York, Kittery, Kennebunkport, Portsmouth and Dover 
 during and immediately after the close of the French and 
 Indian War. These families were of English descent, for the 
 most part, and included the names of Kelley, Bryer, Carlisle, 
 Giles, Tibbetts, Hutchings, Storer, Barter, Matthews, Lewis, 
 Kenney, Morrison, Pinkham, Crommett, Lamson, Decker, 
 Avery, Clark and others. Previous to this the inhabitants 
 had been nearly all of Scotch descent, through the Scotch- 
 Irish immigration in Dunbar's time. This Scotch element 
 were all of the Presbyterian faith, but the newcomers were a 
 
178 HISTORY OF BOOTHS AY. 
 
 devout and religiously inclined people, divided, however, into 
 several sects. 
 
 If the Townsend settlers had other objects in obtaining 
 incorporation they were not expressed. The paramount rea- 
 son given was that the gospel might be settled among them. 
 They were stirred to action in this matter early in 1764, by 
 an occurrence late in the preceding year. The venerable 
 Andrew Reed, whose wife was Jean Murray, had kept in- 
 formed of their nephew in Antrim, Ireland, left behind them 
 in their native town when they came to America. This 
 nephew was John Murray, who was born May 22, 1742, and 
 was now twenty-one years of age. He had been duly inducted 
 into the sacerdotal office according to the usages of the church 
 to which he belonged. No formal installation was necessary 
 as a prerequisite to his administration of Christian ordinances. 
 Thus being a probationer his position was such that a connec- 
 tion with any church might be made by a union in covenant, 
 and with a parish by contract. 
 
 Upon the urgent solicitation of his American relatives he 
 landed in New York late in the fall of 1763 and came to 
 Townsend at once. Here he preached several times in differ- 
 ent parts of the plantation at the houses. His fame as a devout 
 and eloquent preacher went before him and people flocked to 
 hear him. The desire became immediately unanimous that 
 he should settle with them as pastor. A meeting was held at 
 the Harbor, December 22, 1763, at the house of John Beath, 
 and five leading citizens pledged him a salary of ninety pounds 
 a year sterling. But he declined to accept on the ground 
 that by being without town form or government the place 
 was an undesirable one in which to settle. He admitted their 
 apparent necessities, and appeared pleased at his acquaintance 
 with the people, but was inflexible in his determination. He 
 concluded while among them, and so stated, that it was his 
 intention to return to Ireland at once. He took leave of his 
 eastern friends in February, promising them if he ever returned 
 to America he would settle with them. 
 
 While making a tarry in New York he made some public 
 appearance and his genius and ability were at once recognized. 
 Influences were brought to bear upon him of such strength 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 179 
 
 that he changed his intentions and was received under the care 
 of the New York Presbytery. In May, 1765, he was settled 
 as the successor of the Rev. Gilbert Tennent, in the Second 
 Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia. 
 
 Boothbay, having been incorporated the fall previous, was 
 organizing in her new capacity about the time of Mr. Murray's 
 Philadelphia settlement, and about this time the inhabitants, 
 who had so much admired him when among them, learned of 
 his location. During the preceding year (1764) it seems that 
 they had written to him and he to them, but it was thought 
 the coiTespondence in both cases had been intercepted by inter- 
 ested parties. At any rate the letters never reached their des- 
 tination. Communication at length being established, the set- 
 tlers set forth the fact of their new condition, and insisted 
 upon the fulfillment of the promise he had made them. The 
 old church records contain in full the long and complex story 
 of the petitioners to the western Presbytery for the release of 
 Mr. Murray, for he was now willing to take up the Boothbay 
 charge if a release from Philadelphia could be obtained. They 
 tell of the reluctance of his Philadelphia parish to part with 
 him, and the aid they obtained from New York in trying to 
 influence his continued settlement with them. Capt. Andrew 
 McFarland, John Beath and Mr. Murray's cousins, Capts. 
 Andrew and Paul Reed, made several trips to Boston, and at 
 last interested the Rev. John Morehead, of that city, to aid 
 them. After every technicality had been exhausted he was 
 released and came to Boothbay immediately, much to the 
 regret of the parish from which he had severed his connection. 
 In the few months of his pastorate therg more had united with 
 that church than during the entire settlement of his predeces- 
 sor, Tennent. 
 
 The new church at Boothbay was practically completed when 
 he arrived in 1766. Its raising had occurred September 27, 
 1765, and its dedication took place July 28, 1766, when he 
 assumed pastoral charge of the parish. The organization was 
 not entirely completed and the church officers ordained until 
 September 20, 1767. On Sunday, April 13, 1767, they cele- 
 brated for the first time the service of the Lord's Supper. The 
 first church officers were as follows : William Moore, Robert 
 Murray, John Beath and Nehemiah Harrenden were ruling 
 
180 
 
 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 elders ; Israel Davis, Samuel Adams, Ephraim McFarland were 
 deacons ; Mr. Murray was moderator and John Beath, scribe. 
 The date, July 28, 1766, is the one recognized as the ecclesias- 
 itcal beginning in Boothbay, and is the proper anniversary day. 
 The old, worn book of records tells us of the membership 
 at organization as follows : "The names of the persons thus 
 incorporated, some of whom were absent at the time, but 
 afterward fully acceded to all that was done," were 
 
 Men. 
 Eobert Murray, 
 William Moore, 
 John Beath, 
 William FuUerton, 
 Samuel McCobbe, 
 William McCuUoch, 
 Samuel Adams, 
 John Murray, 
 Samuel Pierce, 
 John Wheeler, 
 John Keed. 
 
 Women. 
 Sarah Davis, 
 Elizabeth Pierce, 
 Jane Reed, 
 Jane Moore, 
 Margaret Beath, 
 Janet Fullerton, 
 Mary McCobb, 
 Janet McCulloch, 
 Sarah Reed, 
 Mary McCulloch, 
 Margaret Fullerton, 
 Margery Reed, 
 Elizabeth Beath, 
 Mary Beath, 
 Marj' Reed, 
 Elizabeth Boj'd, 
 Mary McKown, 
 Hannah Marshall, 
 Rhoda Davis, 
 Martha Wiley. 
 
 The foregoing names were received by letter soon after the 
 following persons were received by profession. 
 
 Men. 
 Andrew Reed, 
 Ephraim McFarland, 
 Israel Davis, 
 William Davis, 
 William McCobb, 
 Benjamin Thomas, 
 * James Blanchard, 
 Andrew McFarland, 
 
 Women. 
 Elizabeth McFarland, 
 Sarah Adams, 
 Mary Reed, 
 Anne Murray, 
 Rachel McCobb, 
 Martha Reed, 
 Mary Reed, 
 Margaret McFarland, 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 
 
 181 
 
 Elizabeth Merry, 
 Alice Wiley, 
 Margaret McGuire, 
 Elizabeth Gilmore, 
 
 *Mary Winslow, 
 Sarah Boyd, 
 
 *Mary Allen, 
 Margaret Boyd, 
 
 *Hannah Burns, 
 Marianne FuUerton, 
 Mary Boyd, 
 Lydia Eawlins, 
 Martha Day, 
 
 *Mary McCurdy, 
 Martha Harrenden, 
 Sarah Tibbetts, 
 Margaret Decker, 
 Mary Caldwell, 
 Jane Reed, 
 
 *Mary Kincaid, 
 Sarah Reed, 
 
 *Anne McMullan, 
 
 *Mary Stetson, 
 Ruth Maddocks, 
 
 *Mary Carter, 
 
 *Hannah Fling, 
 
 *Margaret McFadden, 
 Jane Montgomery. 
 
 In the winter or early spring of 1767 occurred the great 
 revival, an account of which finds a descriptive place in the 
 works of all who have written upon the early ecclesiastical his- 
 tory of Maine. Mr. Murray was the sole inspiration of the 
 movement. We have no record of assistance being given him 
 either in its origin or continuance. Extracts from his diary 
 show the vital, energetic character of the man and his deep 
 solicitude for others. His powers did not end in his oratory, 
 but he was an active, faithful pastor in every sense. William- 
 
 *MemlDers thus designated are not thought to have heen residents of Boothbay, 
 and are nearly all recognized as names In Bristol. 
 
 David Reed, 
 
 Thomas Boyd, 
 
 George Boyd, 
 
 John McCobb, 
 
 Thomas Tully, 
 * William Burns, 
 *James Hilton, 
 
 Nathaniel Rawlins, 
 
 Nehemiah Harrenden, Jr. , 
 
 David Decker, 
 
 Enoch Avery, 
 
 John Ingraham, 
 
 William Reed, 
 
 Patrick McKown, 
 
 John Leishman, 
 *Robert Given, 
 *Hezekiah Eggleson, 
 *Patrick Kincaid, 
 
 Joseph Irwine, 
 
 Simeon Rush, 
 *Henry Hunter, 
 *Thomas Clark. 
 
182 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 son well says : "A minister whose piety was an incense both 
 at the fireside and the altar." The desire for his ministrations 
 spread from Boothbay to the surrounding towns, and, after 
 the work of revival had been well advanced at home, he went 
 in March, 1767, to the surrounding towns as a field of con- 
 quest. The old record tells us : 
 
 "Beginning at Squam and free town, he visited Pownal- 
 borough and Sheepscut, the head of the tide, Walpole, Har- 
 rington, &c., and during the space of two weeks, which this 
 tour took up, he preached every day, and the work of God 
 was glorious." 
 
 The list of baptisms which followed in the summer months, 
 and which stands recorded in this old record book in his hand- 
 writing, included Pleasant Cove, Sheepscot, Hopkins, Walpole, 
 Pemaquid, Harrington, Muscongus, Broad Cove, Damariscove 
 and Georgetown. Day and evening, for several months, his 
 lodgings as well as his church were filled with anxious souls, 
 we are told, until past midnight, sometimes until two and three 
 o'clock in the morning, and this condition existed in the towns 
 he visited as well as at home. If we may believe contemporary 
 writers, or Greenleaf, Williamson and others who wrote of 
 it from fifty to seventy-five years later, we must conclude that 
 the Lincoln County revival of 1767, led by the Eev. John 
 Murray, surpassed anything else of the kind that had occurred 
 in the history of Maine. 
 
 But Mr. Murray's powers were not all in his magnetic 
 oratory. He was a scholar and an earnest student, and his 
 powers and influence extended into other fields of usefulness 
 besides the church. He will appear again to our readers in 
 the chapter on the Kevolutionary War. At an unusually early 
 age he entered the University of Edinburgh, from which he 
 graduated with high honors. His familiarity with the book 
 from which he preached was to many a wonder ; but it was no 
 miracle, — it simply showed his great mental power for reten- 
 tion of facts, and to that were added the qualities of an attentive 
 student. This power, though uncommon, is often exemplified 
 by individuals in all the professions. Mr. Murray, however, 
 had all the requisites of a great man. His mind being stored 
 with all that was best, he possessed the faculties necessary to 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 183 
 
 handle and display his knowledge to advantage : a faultless 
 elocution, a complete command of language, an earnest pur- 
 pose, ready thoughts, and the capacity to combine and mar- 
 shal to advantage all that was within him. 
 
 A case in point occurred once at Brunswick. Mr. Murray 
 was well under way in his sermon, when some remark dis- 
 pleased Judge Hinkley, one of his hearers, a descendant of the 
 Plymouth Pilgrims, and said to be a disputatious, overbearing 
 man, who generally opposed the Scotch-Irish of that town and 
 church. The Judge stepped boldly into the broad, center 
 aisle and asked the preacher if he " knew in whose presence he 
 stood." "Yea," replied Mr. Murray, "in the presence of a 
 Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas." " Then," said 
 the Judge, "I will say to you, as the Lord said unto Elijah, 
 ' What doest thou here,' John Murray ? " Instantly Mr. Murray 
 repeated Elijah's answer (1 Kings xix. 10), dropped the thread 
 of his regular discourse, and, making this impromptu passage 
 his text, spoke for an hour with an eloquence that captivated 
 his hearers. 
 
 When he first went to Newburyport, one who opposed his 
 settlement passed him a text, as he entered the church one 
 Sabbath morning, to test his qualities. Mr. Murray, when in 
 the pulpit, unfolded it, laid his own notes aside, and gave his 
 congregation such a sermon as disarmed all prejudice, and 
 caused the Kev. Mr. Parsons to say that Murray had not been 
 surpassed since the days of the apostles. Many clergymen 
 were jealous of his ability. The Rev. Mr, Smith, of Portland, 
 wrote in his diary, in 1772, that he had raised a "sad toss' 
 among his people by not inviting him to preach, and at another 
 of Mr. Murray's visits, in 1787, again writes : "A great uproar 
 about Murray's not preaching." An old writer mentions the 
 fact that once in Brunswick he noticed the church " blocked 
 up," in addition to its foundation, in several places. He asked 
 the reason, and was told that it was done as a safeguard against 
 occasions when Mr. Murray came along and preached there. 
 
 But of all his opponents in the ministry none were so bitter 
 and unyielding as Dr. Samuel Spring, of Newburyport, who 
 was a man of ability and also of strong prejudices. He made 
 a place for himself in history by being chaplain to Arnold's 
 
184 HISTORY OF BOOTHS AY. 
 
 forces on that memorable campaign against Quebec. He once 
 left the room, on an occasion when they were together, just as 
 Mr. Murray engaged in prayer. A rhymester composed the 
 
 following : 
 
 " Parson Spring began to fling, 
 And seemed to be in a hurry, 
 He couldn't stay to hear him pray. 
 Because 'twas Parson Murray." 
 
 Later Doctor Spring published a book of his own writings, 
 
 and Mr. Murray, in witty retaliation, wrote upon the fly leaf 
 
 of a copy : 
 
 ' ' What mortal power, from things unclean. 
 Can pure productions bring ? 
 Who can command a vital stream 
 From an infected spring? " 
 
 Insinuations have sometimes been made against Mr. Mur- 
 ray, as though something dark or hidden or irregular existed 
 in his character, and during his lifetime he was widely 
 charged with having forged his license to preach, and his name 
 is recorded in the printed " Extracts of Minutes " of the Presby- 
 tery of Philadelphia as a deposed minister. The facts, how- 
 ever, are capable of explanation, and since the decease of Mr. 
 Murray and those who opposed him, perhaps from jealous 
 motives, later writers have simply made brief mention and 
 explanation of the charges and passed them by as both techni- 
 cal and trivial. It appears that when prepared for his license 
 he took issue with certain ministers of the Presbytery of 
 Ballymena in Ireland, and with some warmth charged them 
 with defection in doctrine. For this reason he went to Eng- 
 land for his license, which he obtained from the class of Wool- 
 lers, at Alnwick, Northumberland. On his return his creden- 
 tials were questioned and he sent his papers to Edinburgh to 
 be attested. Two young ministers, friends of his, attested a 
 certificate as " moderator " and " clerk " of a Presbytery. This 
 was untrue on their part, and later, when the matter was 
 brought up, they besought him not to expose them as it would 
 ruin their position and prospects in the church. Bather than 
 ruin them he made an attempt to support the paper as genu- 
 ine, and for this he was accused of forging his credentials. In 
 mature years he always lamented the indiscretion of his youth. 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 185 
 
 The Philadelphia Presbytery deposed him, after having given 
 him certificates of the highest character, when he was and had 
 been for several months preaching in Boothbay. This they 
 did in a very irregular way, without giving him notice or fol- 
 lowing regular procedure in such cases. The proceedings were 
 published in the Massachusetts Gazette of May 12, 1768, 
 together with a manifesto from eleven ministers who publicly 
 withdrew all fellowship with him. He prepared his "Appeal 
 to the Impartial Public," and the " Presbytery of the East- 
 ward" took up the case and in 1771 annulled the censure and 
 always sustained him in good and regular standing. He never, 
 however, outlived the prejudices of some of his fellow clergy- 
 men, which, perhaps, he never would have encountered had 
 he been a man of mediocre ability, even though other condi- 
 tions had been as they were. 
 
 During his entire pastorate at Boothbay Mr. Murray was 
 persistently sought by other and larger places to come and 
 settle with them as pastor. In 1774 the congregation of the 
 late Eev. John Morehead in Boston expressed a desire to set- 
 tle him as successor. The previous year he had declined a 
 large salary and settlement at Portsmouth, N. H. For some 
 reason he loved the people and the place of Boothbay beyond 
 any others. Society nor salary could not tempt him to 
 remove from his eastern isolation, where he enjoyed the dis- 
 tinction of being pastor of the most easterly situated Protes- 
 tant Church in America. "There," he wrote to a friend, "I 
 find my comfort, and, I hope, my God ; and there I see less 
 danger of being a stumbling block in Zion, the very idea of 
 which to me is worse than death." 
 
 The pastorate commenced in Boothbay in 1766, practically 
 ended in 1779, at which time Mr. Murray went to Newbury- 
 port and commenced his labors in the Presbyterian Church 
 there, becoming its settled pastor in 1781, in which capacity 
 he continued until his death, March 13, 1793. 
 
 At the dedication service in the Boothbay church in 1766, 
 he had preached from the text : " Come over into Macedonia 
 and help us." The first years of his settlement in Boothbay 
 he made his home with his cousin, Col. Andrew Keed. On 
 December 15, 1772, he married Susanna, daughter of Gen. 
 
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186 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 William Lithgow, of Georgetown. They had three children, 
 all born in Boothbay : John Wentworth, born in 1774 ; Kath- 
 erine, born in 1776 ; Eobert L., born in 1778. 
 
 After marriage he lived while he remained in Boothbay at 
 the parsonage on Pisgah, built upon the land left for that 
 purpose by the unfortunate Edmund Brown. John Leishman 
 was builder, and it was considered in those days of rude 
 abodes an imposing structure. 
 
 The first Congregational Church at the Center stood where 
 the present one does. It was about forty by sixty feet in size 
 and two stories in height. There were two vestibules and three 
 entrances, at the east, west and south. From a large hallway 
 stairs went to the gallery. The pews were seven by nine feet 
 in size and the backs came just about to the shoulders of a 
 person of medium height ; they had seats on three sides with 
 a door opening to the aisle. There were gallery pews on both 
 sides and a singing gallery at the south. The pulpit was at 
 the north. The finish throughout was of pine moulding, in the 
 panel style of architecture so prevalent in those days. "When 
 the new church was built the old one was taken down and 
 moved to East Boothbay, where it may now be seen in Adams' 
 shipyard, used as a workshop and model room. The first par- 
 sonage was built where the present one stands. It was voted 
 at the annual meeting in March, 1796 : 
 
 "To build a ministeral house on the Commons. That said 
 house be 36 feet long, 26 feet wide and eight foot post. Said 
 house to be finished in a good workmanlike manner, nearly in 
 the form of Mr. Jno. Sawyer's house at the Harbour ; voted 
 three acres of the south part of the Commons be appropriated 
 for the use of said house. " 
 
 The first church was built by Samuel Adams, as leading 
 carpenter, and the parsonage was under the direction of a 
 building committee, composed of William McCobb, Samuel 
 Montgomery and Ichabod Pinkham, and for the latter a build- 
 ing fund of £200 was appropriated. The parsonage was 
 removed to the street east of the Common, when the pres- 
 ent one was built, and is now owned and occupied by John S. 
 Spinney. 
 
 Before passing from Mr. Murray's pastorate to the subse- 
 quent history of the church, his fixed method of visitation 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 187 
 
 among his people may be mentioned. It is given as noted by 
 himself. 
 
 " 1st. Salute the house. 2d. Compare the lists with the 
 family — mark them who can read into — Catechisables — Cov- 
 enanters — Church members. 3d. Address, first, the children 
 to engage in early religion ; second, young ones to reading, 
 secret prayer, the Sabbath, public worship, ordinances, good 
 company, good houses, good tongues, love and concord, fidel- 
 ity, conversion. 4th. Address parents, first, about their 
 spiritual state ; second, secret devotion ; third, family wor- 
 ship, government, catechising ; fourth. Sabbath, public wor- 
 ship, sacraments ; if church members, see what profit — if not, 
 remove objections ; if in error or vice, convince, reclaim ; if 
 in divisions, heal ; if poor, help ; lastly, exhortations to all — 
 pray." 
 
 Mr. Murray's popularity never waned while in the Booth- 
 bay parish, and the only reason for changing his field of labor 
 to Newburyport was the solicitation of his family and friends 
 to have him go to a place of greater personal safety, as the 
 war was then raging and British aggression along the coast, 
 particularly in our harbor, was frequent, and he had, from his 
 well-known ability and influence among the people, always 
 preaching a gospel of staunch patriotism in addition to his 
 other teachings, become a special target for the enemy. Soon 
 after the close of the war he published two political pamphlets, 
 one entitled "Tyranny's Grove Destroyed," and the other, 
 "The Altar of Liberty Finished," both of which enjoyed a 
 broad circulation." 
 
 We now find the people of Boothbay impoverished by war, 
 taxed heavily for its support, its able-bodied men in the field, 
 cropping, fishing, lumbering, every visible means of support 
 cut off, and the men themselves paid in a depreciated, almost 
 worthless, currency, that we have seen in our municipal chap- 
 ter once voted as an alternative of " seventy-five for one hard 
 dollar." On top of this they had lost their central power of 
 inspiration when Mr. Murray went to Newburyport. That 
 church never again reached in interest and influence what it 
 had been under him. A few bright spots reappear in its his- 
 tory, notably in the pastorates of Kev. Isaac Weston and Rev. 
 David Q. Cushman. 
 
188 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 It is evident that only occasional preaching was had for 
 some time after 1780. In 1783 the sessions of the church was 
 declared a committee to employ a minister, during the summer 
 only, "as far as £100 will go, or serve, or extend." Under 
 this vote a Mr. Merrill may have been employed, for we find 
 a vote in the annual meeting for 1785 "not to employ the Kev. 
 Mr. Merrill any longer than the committee had agreed." In 
 1785 William McCobb and John Murray were a committee to 
 procure preaching, for summer only, and thirty pounds was 
 raised for support. The next year a committee was chosen to 
 employ a minister, for trial only, with a view to settlement. 
 Sixty pounds was raised and the Eev. Mr. Williams was 
 employed for six months. In 1788 John Murray was chosen 
 agent to " go to the westward and procure a minister who may 
 be settled for life." In 1789 Eev. Jonathan Gould, who, 
 evidently, had been preaching here at times, was engaged for 
 "one year from date of his first coming here." Seventy-eight 
 pounds was voted him, he to find his own board. At a meet- 
 ing March 14, 1791, it was voted not to settle Mr. Gould, or 
 to employ him longer, but a vote of thanks was given him 
 and a disclaimer that his dismissal was for any moral fault. 
 The objection was doctrinal. 
 
 The record shows no regular preaching until November 15, 
 1795, when the Rev. Pelatiah Chapin was engaged for one 
 year, at four dollars per week and board for himself and horse. 
 
 On November 21, 1797, a call was given Rev. John Sawyer, 
 of Oxford, N. H., which was accepted, and with his family he 
 came to Boothbay the following March. The parsonage then 
 being completed received them as its first occupants. He 
 received $333.33 per year and house rent, with an additional 
 one hundred dollars for the first year for moving expenses. 
 
 The church was in a declining state. No religious revival 
 had occurred since that of Mr. Murray, thirty years before. 
 The Lord's Supper had not been administered for twenty years. 
 It was still Presbyterian, but there was no Presbytery in Maine 
 with which it could unite. In Mr. Murray's time they had 
 belonged to what was known as the Presbytery of the East- 
 ward, but they were now in the position of an independent 
 church. William McCobb and seven others, in 1798, applied 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 189 
 
 to the Lincoln Association, representing the disordered state 
 of religious affairs, and requested the aid of the Association in 
 organizing a Congregational Church. 
 
 On September 20th of that year a Congregational Church 
 was organized out of the remains of the ancient Presbyterian 
 Church and Rev. John Sawyer was installed as pastor. On 
 that day eight members of the earlier church were examined 
 and subscribed the articles of faith and covenant. They were 
 John Beath, John Leishman, Samuel Montgomery, William 
 McCobb, John McCobb, Eachel McCobb, Mary Knights and 
 Mary McCobb. 
 
 Mr. Sawyer was settled with the express provision that he 
 could cancel his engagement at any time, by accompanying his 
 resignation with his reasons for requesting it. This he did, 
 and his reasons, at length, appear in the early book of town 
 records. They were concisely and ably written, the principal 
 among them being the extent of the liquor traflic in town and 
 the lack of sympathy in his church with his efforts for a better 
 state of affairs. Mr. Sawyer's pastorate was about seven years 
 in length, he preaching his farewell sermon in October, 1805. 
 He was a man of great strength of character and would have 
 performed valuable moral and religious work had he been 
 properly supported by his church. He went into Penobscot 
 County, then new, as a missionary ; was one of the founders 
 of the Theological Seminary at Bangor, dying in the town of 
 Garland somewhat past his one hundred and third year. 
 
 In 1807 Doctor Rose was directed by vote of the town to 
 engage Rev. Jabez Pond Fisher to preach one year. He 
 remained with the church until October, 1816, when, upon his 
 request, the town granted him dismission. A call was then 
 extended Rev. Jonathan Adams, a native of Boothbay, then 
 settled at Woolwich, which he declined. 
 
 It is uncertain as regards the disposition of the old Murray 
 parsonage on Pisgah. It may have been disposed of when the 
 new one was built, in 1796, near the church, but probably still 
 remained church property, for a reference indicates that Mr. 
 Fisher lived on Pisgah, at least a part of the time. His suc- 
 cessor, Rev. Isaac Weston, lived at the Center, but the strength 
 of the Congregational Society was at that date and continued 
 
190 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 to be at the Harlior. The separation of the Baptist Society, a 
 little before the opening of the century, had drawn away nearly 
 all of the Back River support and a greater part of that north 
 of the Center. This impression is reinforced by the record, 
 showing many midweek services being held at the house of 
 Deacon Ebenezer FuUerton, at the Harbor. 
 
 Mr. Weston first came among the people of Boothbay as a 
 missionary at the beginning of the second half-century of the 
 church. Between sixty and seventy converts were made and 
 added to the membership, His work was only secondary to 
 that of Mr. Murray. He was a man of pleasing address, good 
 abilities, and popular with all the people, in and out of the 
 church. From Boothbay he went to Cumberland, where, in 
 addition to his pastoral cares, he did considerable literary work 
 of note. Bibliographies credit him with five publications of 
 importance. His first sermon in Boothbay was on September 
 25, 1817, and his last was at the centennial observances of the 
 church, September 23, 1866. His pastorate ended in 1830; 
 being, practically, the same length of time covered by Mr. 
 Murray, and ranking below that pastorate only in popularity 
 and results. 
 
 Rev. Charles L. Cook was called August 10, 1830, ordained 
 October 6th, and for irregularities dismissed and deposed 
 November 5, 1832. 
 
 Between the dismissal of Mr. Cook and the installation of 
 Rev. David Q. Cushman, February 7, 1838, Rev. Thomas 
 Bellowes, Rev. Joseph W. Sessions and Rev. Nathaniel Chap- 
 man supplied until May, 1835, when Rev. Henry A. Merrill 
 occupied the position for one year, followed by supplies 
 through 1837. 
 
 Mr. Cushman's pastorate lasted until May 15, 1843, at 
 which time it ceased for lack of proper support and failure on 
 the part of the parish to fulfill the obligations into which it 
 had entered. The early part of his ministry in town was 
 accompanied by a great revival of interest and accessions to 
 his own and sister churches. His work was harmonious, and 
 recommendations followed him from the parish and district 
 council to new fields of labor ; but at the last of his ministra- 
 tion, by no fault of his, one of those waves of laxity and 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 191 
 
 depression, which had been at times upon the church in earlier 
 days, swept over it. Mr. Cushman was a practical man and a 
 devout Christian. He did great service to the educational 
 interests of the town, and, in after years, completed a history 
 of the Sheepscot settlement, a valuable and authentic work. 
 
 Kev. "William Tobey followed, in 1844, continuing until 
 the early part of 1848. He is said to have been one of the 
 ablest pastors ever connected with that church. Rev. Samuel 
 L. Gould, a nephew of the Rev. Jonathan Gould, who was 
 pastor in 1789, next came, in June, 1848, and remained three 
 years. 
 
 Mr. Gould was followed by Rev. Jonathan Adams, on 
 October 18, 1852, remaining until 1858 ; several months at the 
 last of his engagement the services of his son, Rev. Jonathan 
 E. Adams, then recently graduated at Bangor and pastor of 
 the Harbor Society, were substituted. October 31, 1861, Rev. 
 Horace Toothacher commenced his work and continued until 
 1864. Mr. Toothacher was the last pastor to receive his entire 
 support from the old society. At the end of his term it had 
 reached its ninety-eighth year. Rev. Leander S. Coan was the 
 first pastor whose ministrations covered both parishes. It fell 
 to his lot, while thus engaged, to furnish the centennial sermon 
 upon the observances of the day, at the church, September 
 23, 1866. This sermon was largely historical and was pre- 
 served in pamphlet form. From the beginning of this dual 
 work by Mr. Coan until the close of the pastorate of the late 
 Rev. R. W. Jenkins, December, 1883, the plan was regularly 
 followed. Since that only occasional services have been held 
 there. For this divided pastoral care the record of the Second 
 Society will afford the list of clergymen. 
 
 Early in 1848 occurred an exodus of considerable magni- 
 tude. Forty-eight members took their dismissal in a body for 
 the purpose of organizing a church at the Harbor, and from 
 that time until 1875 dismissals frequently occurred for the 
 same reason. The present church was built in 1848, two 
 years after that of the new society. A spirit of rivalry may 
 be suspected in this action, though records are silent, and, if 
 in a sense competitive, it was evidently good-natured. The 
 parish organization is still maintained, and the income from 
 
192 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 rental of the parsonage is judicially used in preserving in good 
 repair the society's property. 
 
 The Baptist Society. 
 I 
 The prefix " Freewill " to a branch of the Baptist denomina- 
 tion became attached about 1780. At that date Elder Benja- 
 min Randel, of New Durham, N. H., is said to have first 
 preached the doctrines that led to this distinction. Elder 
 Eandel had two great qualifications as a leader : an industri- 
 ous, energetic worker and a great organizer. At first he 
 gathered a church in his own town, and then, with the aid of 
 two or three associates, extended his work rapidly. In 1781 
 churches of this denomination were collected in New Glouces- 
 ter, Parsonsfield, Hollis, Woolwich, Georgetown and Edge- 
 comb. 
 
 The practice of Elder Eandel as he traveled through the 
 country was, as fast as people embraced his doctrines, to 
 gather a company of them within reasonable limits under the 
 general name of a monthly meeting. A certain number of 
 these monthly meetings assembled once in three months and 
 held a quarterly meeting. When enough of these branches 
 became established the quarterly meetings combined became a 
 yearly meeting. The whole body was considered one church, 
 but the term "church" was not accepted until 1809, when 
 it was substituted for that of " monthly meeting. " Regular 
 quarterly meetings were first established in 1783, at New Dur- 
 ham, New Gloucester, Hollis and Woolwich. Many of the 
 society had originally been Calvinistic Baptists, and conse- 
 quently close communionists, but at a quarterly meeting in 
 Gorham, December, 1785, they voted to open their commu- 
 nion to other denominations. By 1820 four yearly meetings 
 had been established ; one in New Hampshire, one in Vermont 
 and two in Maine, one of the latter being called the Gorham 
 and the other the Edgecomb. This last held its meeting one 
 year at either Woolwich or Edgecomb and the next at Farm- 
 ington. 
 
 It is, therefore, a matter easily to be understood why the 
 Freewill Baptists showed so much early strength in Booth- 
 bay, when it is seen to what extent their doctrines had taken 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 193 
 
 root in the adjoining town of Edgecomb. Elder Randel on 
 his earliest circuits came often to that town. 
 
 Public and family records show that he preached and 
 baptized converts in Boothbay as early as 1790, perhaps ear- 
 lier. In June, 1798, thirty-five taxpayers in Boothbay peti- 
 tioned the General Court for incorporation of the Baptist 
 Society, but it failed of enactment, which is not surprising 
 from the fact that the entire society in Maine, numbering some 
 2,000, were refused incorporation in 1804. Soon after that 
 date they began to incorporate as distinct societies. In the 
 &st book of town records may be found the earliest request of 
 members of this society in Boothbay to be relieved of their 
 ministerial tax, which went to the support of the Congrega- 
 tional Church, and to be allowed to use it themselves. 
 
 " Gentlemen Selectmen of Boothbay your Petitioners find- 
 ing it their duty to request your Honours to discharge us the 
 subscribers from paying the Ministers Rates, that is to say the 
 Revd. Mr. Sawyer his salary as we have joined in the Society 
 called the free will Baptists and are desirous to pay our Minis- 
 ter Rate into that society to which we think it our duty to 
 attend, and if you do not see fit to set us off into a society, 
 we request you to deposit our proportion of Ministers rates to 
 our committee who we trust to lay it out to pay or defray the 
 expenses of our Elders who we think is the ambassadors of 
 Jesus Christ. Being in duty bound to God shall ever Pray. 
 
 Joseph Stover *Timothy Dunton 
 
 *Eph™ Alley Joseph Giles 
 
 Aaron Sherman Giles Tibbetts 
 
 *Roger Sherman Benj^i Hutchings 
 
 *Eleazer Sherman, Jr. Solomon Pinkham 
 
 *John Alley, Jr. *Stephen Lewis 
 
 *Eleazer Sherman *"William Lewis 
 
 *Elisha Sherman Joseph Pinkham 
 
 Samuel Perkins *James Tibbetts 
 
 John Giles *Lemuel Lewis 
 
 Solomon Pinkham, Jr. *Isaac Lewis 
 
 *Benj° Kenney Ichabod Tibets 
 
 Calvin Pinkham, Jr. *John Southard 
 
 *Joseph Matthews Ruggles Cunningham 
 
 John Barter, John Webber 
 
 John Barter, Jr. Timothy Stover 
 
 John Lewis Nathaniel Tibbets. 
 
194 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 " This may certify that the names above -writen consisting- 
 of professors of a Baptist Society are members of the Baptist 
 Society has and do steadily and do Conscienciously attend 
 public worship in the Town of Boothbay both before and since 
 the first of December 1799. 
 
 Boothbay March 14th, 1800. 
 
 Giles Tibbets Clerk of Said Society. 
 
 "The above recorded by the request of Mr. Timothy Dun- 
 ton & others." 
 
 The foregoing list of names is the same as that of 1798 
 which petitioned for incorporation. An act of incorporation 
 was obtained by the Baptist Society of Boothbay February 23, 
 1809. The incorporators were the names in the foregoing list 
 marked by an asterisk (*) , together with the following : Israel 
 Dunton, Benjamin Kelley, Samuel Smith, Timothy Dunton, 
 Jr., Stephen Lewis, Jr., Joseph Lewis, John Matthews, Ben- 
 jamin Lewis, John Brown, Jr., John Farnham and Asa Hutch- 
 ings, "together with such others as may associate with them 
 and their successors, with their families and estates." 
 
 The first meeting of the new society was called by a 
 warrant issued by William McCobb, justice of the peace, ta 
 Stephen Lewis, Jr., a member, to meet at the schoolhouse on 
 Back Eiver, near the house of John Southard, at ten o'clock 
 in the forenoon, Thursday, February 1, 1810. Samuel Tib- 
 betts was moderator and Samuel Loomis, clerk. The date of 
 the annual meeting was fixed on the first Monday of March. 
 No regular organization as a church occurred until November 
 18, 1826. This was done by a committee appointed by the 
 Edgecomb quarterly meeting and consisted of the following 
 persons : 
 
 Males. Females. 
 
 Stephen Lewis, Jane Dunton, 
 
 William Lewis, Martha Tibbetts, 
 
 John Lewis, Mary Lewis, 
 
 Lemuel Lewis, Sarah Lewis, 
 
 William Dunton, Isabella Lewis, 
 
 Ephraim Lewis, Lois Stover, 
 
 Samuel Tibbetts. Sarah Southard. 
 
 The town first exempted the Baptist Society from their 
 ministerial tax in 1806. After that date, as long as the con- 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 195 
 
 nection between church parish and municipality existed, the 
 ministerial tax was not assessed against those of the Baptist 
 Society. In 1830 the Freewill Baptist Society secured per- 
 mission at the annual meeting to build a church on the Com- 
 mon. A lot was given them upon the corner now occupied 
 by the house of John E. Spinney for the purpose, and also a 
 permit to cut the necessary timber for building a church from 
 the town lands. Up to that date there had been but few in 
 town, outside of Cape Newagen Island, who accepted the Meth- 
 odist teachings. On that island it was the only doctrine 
 preached, and this had been the condition since 1808. But on 
 the mainland of the town there were several Methodist fami- 
 lies, and an effort was now made to gather them into a church, 
 combine with the Baptists and build a house of worship on 
 the union plan, dividing its occupancy between the two socie- 
 ties. This was accomplished and the Union Church was built 
 in 1831. It was a building forty by fifty feet with sixteen- 
 foot posts. It was regularly occupied until 1856, when the 
 present Baptist Church was built. It was then sold to the 
 late Kobert Montgomery, who tore it down and rebuilt it at 
 East Boothbay, where it was used as a store by him for many 
 years. J. H. Blair purchased it and moved it to the Harbor, 
 where it was occupied by F. H. Harris. It was in this store 
 that the great fire in October, 1886, originated. 
 
 Previous to the erection of the Union Church the Baptists 
 had held their meetings at the Back River schoolhouse, with 
 occasional gatherings at other places. On September 19, 
 1832, they were assembled at the new meeting house and with 
 due ceremonies formally set in order a church to be known as 
 the Freewill Baptist Church of Boothbay. 
 
 In 1856, when the present church was built, the building 
 committee, in setting this house upon the Common was thought 
 by those of the Congregational Society to be encroaching upon 
 the rights of the other parish and an unhappy conflict ensued, 
 in which legal process was resorted to ; but tlie differences 
 were healed and nine years later ready permission was granted 
 the Baptists to erect a parsonage at the side of their church 
 upon the Common. 
 
 The recorded ministers in the Baptist Society follow. 
 
196 HISTOKY OF BOOTHS AT. 
 
 They were termed Elders until 1856, after which date Rev. 
 appears regularly as title prefix to the name. 
 
 1. Elder John Leman, 1826 to 1830. 
 
 2. Elder William Emerson, 1830 to 1832. 
 
 3. Elder Dexter Waterman, 1832 to 1838. 
 
 4. Elder Smith, 1838 to 1839. 
 
 5. Elder B. G. Page, 1839 to 1841. 
 
 6. Elder J. Stevens, 1841 to 1842. 
 
 7. Elder Nathan J. Robinson, 1842 to 1844. 
 
 8. Elder S. P. Morrill, 1844 to 1848. 
 
 9. Elder E. G. Page, January 13, 1849, to spring of 1852. 
 
 10. Elder A. Libby, April, 1852, to August, 1855. 
 
 11. Rev. J. D. West, June, 1856, to April, 1857. 
 
 12. Rev. H. Whitcher, May i, 1857, to January, 1860. 
 
 13. Rev. E. G. Page, January, 1860, to January 17, 1863. 
 
 14. Rev. James Boyd, January, 1863, to December, 1866. 
 
 15. Rev. L. Given, December 13, 1866, to March 14, 1870. 
 
 16. Rev. C. F. Russell, October 1, 1871, to June, 1873. 
 
 17. Rev. W. C. Hulse, June 18, 1873, to July, 1874. 
 .18. Rev. H. Atwood, 1874, to August, 1880. 
 
 19. Rev. F. A. Palmer, August 8, 1880, to June 13, 1886. 
 
 20. Rev. F. H. Peckham, October 1, 1886, to October 1, 1888. 
 
 21. Rev. E. Owen, September 8, 1888, to September 4, 1892. 
 
 22. Rev. C. A. Buker, November 1,1892, to November 2,1895. 
 
 23. Rev. B. S. Fifield, December 1, 1895, to October 15, 1899. 
 
 24. Rev. G. G. Haynes, January 7, 1900, to May 19, 1901. 
 
 25. Rev. I. V. Mayo, July 1, 1901. 
 
 Methodism in Southport. 
 
 While Colonel Dunbar was laying out Harrington, Wal- 
 pole and Townsend for settlement, in 1729, John Wesley was 
 commencing his first Methodist Church at Oxford, England. 
 Just a century later, in 1829, Rev. Elliot B. Fletcher, an able 
 exponent of^ Methodism in New England, appeared for the 
 first time on Cape Newagen Island, riding a small, peculiarly 
 marked horse of dun and white. He was not the originator of 
 that doctrine there, nor their earliest preacher, but he was to 
 that island what Rev. John Murray sixty years before had been 
 to the entire town. In fact, five regular and several itinerant 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 197 
 
 preachers had preceded him, but their accomplishments were 
 slight in comparison to his. 
 
 In 1807, following the precedent established in the case of 
 the Baptists the previous year, the town allowed the inhabit- 
 ants of this island their ministerial tax, with the proviso that 
 it should be expended for the support of preaching, one-half 
 at the schoolhouse at the north end of the island and the other 
 half at the schoolhouse near where the post office now stands 
 at "West Southport. It is presumable that some previous 
 movement in this direction had existed, but the earliest record 
 probably covers the first effort of much importance toward 
 establishing a church. In the year 1808, following immedi- 
 ately upon the action of the town, meetings were held quite 
 regularly by a local minister by the name of Rogers. The 
 New England Conference sent Eev. Caleb Fogg there in 1809. 
 Regular preaching continued until 1813. Then came a period 
 of inactivity. For this we are left to guess the reason. Per- 
 haps the troubles along the coast from the war then in progress, 
 perhaps a season of backsliding after a good start had been 
 made in faithful, active work ; but more reasonable to suppose 
 that interest was arrested by the war, and, once arrested, did 
 not for a season return. 
 
 That season appears a long one, for the church records tell 
 us that from 1813 to 1829 there was only occasional preaching, 
 by ministers from Georgetown and Bristol. A great revival 
 in interest commenced immediately upon Mr. Fletcher begin- 
 ning his work. He saw that the great lack of his people was 
 that of possessing no church, and he made efforts at once to 
 interest them in that direction. The following year (1830) 
 saw a new church completed, and accepted by the trustees on 
 December 7th. Mr. Fletcher worked hard himself upon the 
 construction of this church, for he was a man who could work, 
 or pray, or preach, as he saw necessity demanded. When the 
 bills were in it was found the cost had been $774.58. At the 
 dedication Mr. Fletcher's first remarks were to congratulate 
 his congregation upon the possession of a church, and adding : 
 "And you have just as much fish and potatoes as ever." 
 
 Mr. Fletcher remained on the Boothbay circuit three years, 
 commencing with 1829. In 1832 he went to Livermore, but 
 
198 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 in 1833-34 he was back again on this circuit. His energy in 
 everything connected with the good of his people, material and 
 spiritual, must always be largely credited with the important 
 start and growth of Methodism in this locality. Besides the 
 Cape Newagen Island church, for which he obtained the sub- 
 scription and upon which he labored with his hands like any 
 other carpenter, he organized the few Methodist families upon 
 the mainland of Boothbay, and is largely to be credited for 
 bringing about a union between the Baptists and Methodists 
 at the Center, where a new church home, at a cost of about 
 $1,200, was provided in 1831 for both societies. Not only did 
 he inspire the building of these churches, but he filled them on 
 the Sabbath. The work he did in town largely influenced the 
 gathering of the Methodist Society at East Boothbay and the 
 building of their first church, though it was not erected until 
 two years after his second pastorate here was closed. 
 
 Soon after arriving at Cape Newagen he realized the incon- 
 veniences they labored under by having no ferry. He inter- 
 ceded with Moses Riggs, of Georgetown, then a considerable 
 property holder about Newagen, and received a gift of lumber 
 sufficient for the purpose. With his own hands he set about 
 the work and soon completed a good ferryboat, the first that 
 island had. Mr. Thomas Orne, now (1905) ninety-one years 
 of age, and himself a native of the island and a devout Metho- 
 dist since boyhood, thus describes Mr. Fletcher to the author : 
 
 "He was a short man, well-formed, of medium size, black 
 eyes and hair, of nervous appearance, a ^ery ready talker, but 
 a much better sermonizer than exhorter. He craved joint 
 debates, and particularly with the Second Adventists, whom 
 he met several times, and so undid them that they never gained 
 any foothold here, though they made a great effort to do so." 
 
 Mr. Fletcher was twelve years a superannuate. He was 
 born in 1799 and died May 12, 1882, at Georgetown, where he 
 was buried, his tombstone bearing the inscription : "I am set 
 for the defense of the Gospel." He lived a single life, and, 
 while never hesitating to talk religion to any one, he showed 
 no inclination for married life, with home and family. Near 
 the end of his days he wrote a friend : " For fifty-eight years 
 I have been a gospel minister and a man of one work." 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 199 
 
 In 1864, on January 25th, certain persons in interest asso- 
 <iiated themselves together for the purpose of " building a meet- 
 ing house that shall be more convenient and upon more modern 
 plans," at the same time mentioning that "the meetinghouse 
 in the town of Southport is much impaired by time, and the 
 pews uncomfortable to sit upon, and the house quite ancient 
 in its structure." The first meeting was held February 4, 
 1864. The organization was perfected and a building commit- 
 tee selected. On February 18th by-laws were adopted and a 
 vote was taken to complete the house by the last of the follow- 
 ing October. No further action or mention occurs for three 
 years. On March 27, 1867, a meeting was held at which a 
 new building committee was chosen, and they were "authoi'ized 
 to build such a house as to size and finish as they may deter- 
 mine, provided that it shall contain sixty pews." The work 
 -commenced soon after this meeting, but the church was not 
 completed until 1869. The old church was located just west- 
 erly from the second one. 
 
 In 1845 Townsend (for that was then the island name) 
 had become a separate charge. This was effected while Eev. 
 D. P. Thompson was pastor, he having at the time been 
 there one year and he remained one year afterward. This 
 church was destroyed by fire October 22, 1903. The lot 
 was then sold to the town for a school lot, and was built 
 upon in 1904. 
 
 A new lot for building was purchased in 1904 of Ozias 
 and Mary Orne, and earnest work at once commenced to 
 raise another church. Very material aid is being furnished by 
 the two ladies' societies : the Union Club, on the east side, 
 a,ndthe Ladies' Aid, at West Southport. The principal funds 
 are, however, being raised by subscription. During 1904 the 
 foundation was put in and a considerable start made upon the 
 building. It will probably be completed in 1905. The size 
 is sixty-nine by thirty-one feet with an eleven-foot post. The 
 ceiling is to be arched, occupying a part of the space above 
 the plates. Entrance beneath the spire ; a small vestry open- 
 ing into the auditorium, on the ground floor ; over the vestry 
 a room of similar size, for use as a church parlor or ladies' 
 circle, opening also to the auditorium. 
 
200 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 List of Ministers. 
 
 1808. Rev. Rogers. 
 
 1809. Rev. Caleb Fogg. 
 
 1810. Rev. John Williamson. 
 
 1811. Rev. Daniel Wentworth. 
 
 1812. Rev. John Atwell. 
 1813-28. Supplies. 
 
 1829-31. Rev. Elliot B. Fletcher. 
 
 1832. Rev. John Perrin. 
 
 1833-34. Rev. Elliot B. Fletcher. 
 
 1835. ■ Rev. Ariel Ward. 
 
 1836-37. Rev. Nathaniel Xorris. 
 
 1838-39. Rev. James Harrington. 
 
 1840-41. Rev. John Cumner. 
 
 1842-43. Rev. Nathan Webb. 
 
 1844-46. Rev. D. B. Thompson. 
 
 1846-47. Rev. John G. Pingree. 
 
 1848-49. Rev. B. F. Sprague. 
 
 1850-51. Rev. Nathan Webb. 
 
 1852. Rev. William J. Jewell. 
 
 1853. Rev. Elliot B. Fletcher. 
 1854-55. Rev. Jesse Harriman. 
 1856-57. Rev. S. F. Strout. 
 1858-59. Rev. R. S. Dixon. 
 1860. Rev. M. W. Newbert. 
 1861-62. Rev. C. A. Plumer. 
 1863. Rev. G. G. Winslow. 
 1864-65. Rev. P. Rowell. 
 1866-67. Rev. I. P. Roberts. 
 1868. Rev. T. Cookson. 
 1869-70. Rev. M. E. King. 
 1871-72. Rev. C. A. Plumer. 
 1873-74. Rev. Daniel Smith. 
 
 1875. Rev. D. B. Thompson. 
 
 1876. Rev. E. Bryant. 
 
 1877. Rev. W. Lermond. 
 1878-79. Rev. Daniel Smith. 
 
 • 1880-81. Rev. W. B. Eldridge. 
 
 1882. Rev. J. R. Baker. 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 201 
 
 1883. 
 
 Rev. 
 
 J. C. Lamb. 
 
 1884 86. 
 
 Eev. 
 
 J. D. Pay son. 
 
 1887-88. 
 
 Eev. 
 
 S. M. Dunton. 
 
 1889. 
 
 Eev. 
 
 T. R. Hogue. 
 
 1890. 
 
 Rev. 
 
 W. H. Washburn 
 
 1891-93. 
 
 Rev. 
 
 C. W. Lowell. 
 
 1894-95. 
 
 Rev. 
 
 J. W. Price. 
 
 1896-97. 
 
 Rev. 
 
 M. T. Anderson. 
 
 1898-1903. Rev. C. F. Butterfield. 
 1904. Rev. Warren A. Hanscom. 
 
 The Methodist Chukch at East Boothbay. 
 
 With the story of the old Presbyterian Church at the Cen- 
 ter, together with that of the earlier organization of the Bap- 
 tists, and of the Methodists on Cape Newagen Island, that 
 which is most truly colonial has been presented ; but there 
 still remains at East Boothbay and the Harbor the story of 
 small, feeble congregations, both as to numbers and financial 
 strength, with plain and rigidly economical beginnings, 
 inspired by a sincerity of faith that might well serve as a model 
 for later days. 
 
 People in earlier times had traveled from all parts of the 
 town to attend the meetings under Mr. Murray at the Center. 
 Cape Newagen, Linekin Neck, Pleasant Cove, Barter's Island, 
 with some from Edgecomb and Newcastle, met on the Sabbath 
 at the old church, and many of them walked the distance, for 
 walking or horseback riding was the only method of reaching 
 it, there being no carriages or carriage roads. In places where 
 there were Methodist families they were favored with occa- 
 sional preaching from a very early date. In 1796 a circuit 
 was formed about the mouth of the Kennebec, and the minis- 
 ters went both sides of it in their tours. To the eastward, 
 Union was the limit. It is probable that Boothbay then may 
 have had its first real attention from this society. At the 
 close of 1804 the Methodists in Maine numbered 2,399, with 
 seventeen ministers besides the presiding elder, who then was 
 the Rev. Joshua Soule. In 1803 Bristol, Newcastle and Booth- 
 bay formed a circuit. The traveling minister was Rev. Samuel 
 Baker, and the local ones, Rev. Enos Baxter, Josiah Loudon 
 
 14 
 
202 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 and Amos Gray. Such was the growth that in 1809 Boothbay 
 was constituted a circuit, but, though scattered families existed 
 about over the town, the strength of that society was on 
 Newagen. 
 
 We have seen the start, the laxity and the revival of inter- 
 est there. Mr. Fletcher inspired people to work and remove 
 obstacles rather than sit down and gaze at them in dread and 
 horror. He commenced his work where material was most 
 abundant, which was on the island, and after getting them a 
 church, in 1830, and his people, together with the Baptists, a 
 union home at the Center, in 1831, he held meetings in kitch- 
 ens, shops and barns about East Bootbhay and Linekin until 
 enough existed to require a church. Two years after he fin- 
 ished his second pastorate, in 1836, a new Methodist church 
 was built on the hill north of the bridge at the mill in East 
 Boothbay Village. In this undertaking Caleb Hodgdon, the 
 principal business man then in the place, was the leading 
 spirit. The building was thirty-eight by forty feet. It was 
 at first only finished on the outside, and plank benches, with- 
 out backs, were put in for seats. It had the old style, short 
 belfry without steeple. In 1839 the inside was finished in 
 good shape and the pews were sold to pay the bills. There 
 were forty pews and they averaged about thirty dollars each, but 
 many among the people were poor and unable to purchase, so 
 that only about thirty pews were sold ; " Father " Hodgdon, as 
 he was termed, held the rest. The church was dedicated under 
 the form of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. Charles 
 Baker was presiding elder and Rev. James Harrington, the 
 local minister. The trustees were Caleb Hodgdon, William 
 Seavey, Levi Reed, Nathaniel Montgomery, John Race and 
 James Linekin, of East Boothbay and Linekin ; John Fuller, 
 Center ; Marshal Smith, Harbor. Eleazer Sherman and James 
 Preble were builders. Rev. Ariel Ward was the first minister. 
 Some of the earliest members wei'e : 
 
 Men. Women. 
 
 Caleb Hodgdon, Eliza Hodgdon, 
 
 William Seavey, Catherine Davis Seavey, 
 
 Levi Reed, Abigail Perry Reed, 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 203 
 
 Henry Parsons, Mrs. Henry Parsons, 
 
 John Race, Abigail L. Race, 
 
 Daniel Bennett, Jane L. Bennett, 
 
 Henry Hatchard. Mrs. Henry Hatchard. 
 
 Quite a number of families at that time in the vicinity 
 belonged to either the Congregational] sts or Baptists at the 
 Center, who later united with the home church. 
 
 In 1863 the old church was torn down and moved to the 
 south side of the bridge, on the hill. It was enlarged and 
 rebuilt with modern architecture, belfry and steeple, at a cost 
 of $4,500. The building committee was composed of James 
 Seavey, Peter McGunnigle and Simon McDougall. The arch- 
 itect and builder was Deacon Paul Giles. The committee on 
 apprizal was Robert Montgomery, Benjamin Reed and Miles 
 Hagan. The trustees of the new church were William Seavey, 
 Simon McDougall, Peter McGunnigle, Granville J. Seavey 
 and Ezekiel Holbrook. 
 
 A bell was bought in New York, but the steamer that 
 brought it east was captured by a Southern privateer, and on 
 the coast of Nova Scotia it was taken ashore and sold to a 
 church which put it into service. It was traced, and after the 
 war, at the request of the United States Government, was 
 restored to the East Boothbay church, where it was used for 
 several years ; but, being of a harsh tone, was sold and another 
 purchased. 
 
 In 1888-89 the church was refurnished inside with modern 
 oak pews, newly carpeted, and about five hundred dollars 
 expended in improvements. In 1897 memorial windows were 
 put in, bearing the names of members of the Adams, Hpdgdon, 
 Montgomery, Race and Seavey families, who had been promi- 
 nent early workers in, or benefactors of, the society. A par- 
 sonage, easterly on the street from the church, was built in 
 1878. 
 
 Now, about seventy years from the rearing of the first rude 
 house of worship, the descendants of those who erected it 
 enjoy the blessings and conveniences of a modern church, 
 attractive both inside and out, overlooking a prosperous and 
 thriving community, which is now united in one religious 
 society. 
 
204 HISTOKY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 The list of ministers follows : 
 
 1837-38. Rev. Ariel Ward. 
 
 1839-40. Rev. James Harrington. 
 
 1841. Rev. John Cumner. 
 
 1842-43. Rev. D. P. Thompson. 
 
 1844-45. Rev. Charles Andrews. 
 
 1846-47. Rev. Nathan Webb. 
 
 1848-49. Rev. Jesse Harriman. 
 
 1850. Rev. John C. Prince. 
 
 1851. Rev. Charles Tapper. 
 
 1852. Rev. Nathan Webb. 
 1853-54. Rev. J. P. Adams. 
 1855-56. Rev. Rufus Day. 
 1857. Rev. O. F. Jenkins. 
 1858-59. Rev. S. F. Strout. 
 1860-61. Rev. D. P. Thompson. 
 
 1862. Rev. E. Cheney. 
 
 1863. D. W. Sawyer. 
 
 1864. Rev. Joseph Baker. 
 1865-66. Rev. C. L. Haskell. 
 1867-68. Rev. L. H. Bean. 
 
 1869. Rev. D. P. Thompson. 
 
 1870. Rev. P. Higgins. 
 1871-72. Rev. P. E. Brown. 
 1873-74. Rev. D. M. True. 
 1875-76. Rev. C. E. Knowlton. 
 1877-78. Rev. C. L. Haskell. 
 1879. Rev. B. C. Wentworth. 
 1880-81. Rev. A. J. Clifford. 
 1882-84. Rev. W. E. Brown. 
 
 1885. Rev. Frank D. Handy. 
 
 1886. Rev. David Merrill. 
 1887-89. Rev. James Byram. 
 1890-91. Rev. Nathan H. Campbell. 
 1892-93. Rev. W. I. Johnson. 
 1894-95. Rev. Virgil D. Wardwell. 
 1896-99. Rev. A. E. Russell. 
 1900. Rev. W. A. McGraw. 
 1901-02. Rev. E. S. Gahan. 
 
 1903. Rev. T. W. Hunter. 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 205 
 
 Ministers to the close of 1849 were sent by the Maine Con- 
 ference, after that by the East Maine Conference. Beginning 
 with Kev. S. F. Strout, in 1858, and closing with Kev. B. C. 
 Wentworth, in 1879, when the circuit was divided, the same 
 ministers filled both the East Boothbay and Harbor pastorates. 
 In 1863, while the church was being rebuilt, the ministrations 
 by Daniel W. Sawyer were local ; Mr. Sawyer being an active 
 member of the Harbor church did this work, and no minister 
 was sent by the conference that year. 
 
 Second Congregational Society. 
 
 For many years, in fact ever after the Baptists drew away 
 their support, the old Congregational Church showed plainly a 
 weakening condition. When the Methodists at Cape Newagen 
 withdrew, another support was gone. The popularity and abil- 
 ity of Mr. Weston for a time rallied the waning interest, but 
 his pastorate ended just as the new churches were being erected 
 at Newagen and the Center. A few years later, as we have 
 noted, the organization of the East Boothbay church must have 
 had a similar effect. The greater part of the membership had 
 come to be at the Harbor, and in 1845 a movement was started 
 to build a church and organize a parish there. The following 
 subscription paper tells its own story : 
 
 "We, the subscribers, inhabitants of Boothbay, believing 
 it to be for our interest to build a Congregational Meeting 
 House for the public worship of Almighty God, at or near the 
 Eastern Harbor, so called, in the town of Boothbay, do hereby 
 promise and agree, and do hereby bind ourselves, our heirs, 
 executors and administrators, firmly, by these presents, to pay 
 the sum or sums set against our several names, to be appropri- 
 ated for the purpose aforesaid, and to be paid at such time or 
 times, and in such sums, and to such person or persons, as 
 shall be agreed upon by said subscribers, or a majority of 
 them, at any legal meeting holden by them, the said subscribers. 
 
 Boothbay, Me., June 4, 1845." 
 
 Benjamin Blair, 
 
 $ 50.00 
 
 Ferdinand Brewer, 
 
 $25.00 
 
 Willard Holton, 
 
 50.00 
 
 Edwin Auld, 
 
 25.00 
 
 Samuel McClintock, 
 
 25.00 
 
 James T. Beath, 
 
 30.00 
 
 Leonard McCobb, 
 
 25.00 
 
 John Auld, 
 
 30.00 
 
 John W. Weymouth, 
 
 175.00 
 
 Daniel Auld, 
 
 25.00 
 
 L. P. Beath, 
 
 30.00 
 
 William McCobb, 
 
 25.00 
 
206 
 
 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 P. and I. Harris, 
 
 $100.00 
 
 N. C. McFarland, 
 
 $75.00 
 
 Charles Sargent, 
 
 50.00 
 
 Nathaniel Pinkham, 
 
 60.00 
 
 Joseph C. Auld, 
 
 25.00 
 
 Joseph E. Corlew, 
 
 30.00 
 
 D. Newbegin, 
 
 30.00 
 
 Jacob Auld, 
 
 35.00 
 
 Allen Lewis, 
 
 50.00 
 
 Isaac W. Reed, 
 
 25.00 
 
 George Eeed, 
 
 .50.00 
 
 Luther Weld, 
 
 25.00 
 
 Paul McCobb, 
 
 30.00 
 
 Isaac W. Brewer, 
 
 25.00 
 
 Samuel M. Eeed, 
 
 40.00 
 
 John Andrews, Jr., 
 
 25.00 
 
 William M. McFarland, 
 
 . 50.00 
 
 James Auld, 
 
 25.00 
 
 Andrew McFarland, 
 
 25.00 
 
 Samuel Farmer, 
 
 12.00 
 
 Stephen Sargent, 
 
 30.00 
 
 William Farmer, 
 
 25.00 
 
 Parker "Wilson, 
 
 50.00 
 
 Andrew Anderson, 
 
 30.00 
 
 William Maxwell Reed, 
 
 25.00 
 
 Nathaniel Greenleaf, 
 
 , 25.00 
 
 William Greenleaf , 
 
 25.00 
 
 
 
 The church was built the following year by John W. Wey- 
 mouth. Preaching commenced in 1847, but the church was 
 not organized until August 1, 1848. A council was conrened 
 of pastors and delegates from the First Congregational Church 
 of Boothbay, Winter Street Church in Bath and Wiscasset 
 Church. A call was extended the Rev. George Gannett, who 
 accepted. Just previous to organization forty-eight members 
 of the First Society were dismissed by request, in a body, for 
 the purpose of uniting with the Second Society upon organi- 
 zation. They follow : 
 
 Men. 
 Parker Wilson, 
 David Newbegin, 
 Nathaniel Pinkham, Jr. , 
 Benjamin Blair, 
 John W. Weymouth, 
 George Reed, 
 Paul McCobb, 
 John Andrews, 
 Charles F. Sargent, 
 John Love, Jr., 
 Jacob Auld, 
 James Auld, 
 Andrew Anderson, 
 Willard Holton, 
 Stephen Sargent, 
 
 Women. 
 Mary Y. Wilson, 
 Lydia P. Beath, 
 Mary Newbegin, 
 Margaret F. Blair, 
 Elizabeth F. Weymouth, 
 Martha Reed, 
 Sarah jNI. Reed, 
 Jane McCobb, 
 Margaret McFarland, 
 Martha Andrews, 
 Caroline F. Sargent, 
 Sarah Sargent, 
 Susan Love, 
 Mary Dockendorf , 
 Mary J. Pinkham, 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 207 
 
 James T. Beath, Mary Campbell, 
 
 Edwin Auld, Emiice F. Auld, 
 
 Charles Knight, Eliza G. Auld, 
 
 John Auld, Susan S. Andrews, 
 
 Samuel M. Eeed. Martha J. Harris, 
 
 Mary Holton, 
 Elizabeth Weymouth, 
 Eliza Sargent, 
 Mary Beath, 
 Frances M. Auld, 
 Mary Ann Knight, 
 Mary Ann Auld. 
 
 The last survivor of this body of men and women, who in 
 1848 were the strength and support of the new church, died, 
 in the person of Miss Elizabeth Weymouth, January 9, 1905, 
 at the age of seventy-eight. She was daughter of the architect 
 and builder, John W. Weymouth. 
 
 This church was remodeled in 1881. The changes were a 
 new roof of steeper pitch, a vestibule, twelve by fourteen 
 feet, built at the front, extending to the height of the build- 
 ing. The tower was moved forward upon the addition. The 
 entry and singing gallery were removed, while at the rear a 
 recess, fourteen by eighteen feet, was built for the pulpit and 
 choir, thus giving the entire floor of the auditorium for pews. 
 The size of the main house is forty by sixty feet. At the 
 south corner a chapel, twenty-five by twenty-five feet, was 
 built, with entrance from the south side of the main building. 
 A memorial window, with the names of Margaret F. Blair, 
 Elizabeth F. Weymouth, John W. Weymouth and Willard 
 Holton, was inserted to the north of the pulpit. Ventilators 
 were added and a furnace put in. New carpets and pulpit, with 
 painting inside and out, were among other improvements. A 
 valuation of $1,400 was put upon the old pews and $4,000 on 
 the betterments. At the sale of pews the first choice was 
 awarded Capt. John B. Emerson, for thirty-four dollars pre- 
 mium. The next eight ranged from twenty-five dollars to 
 thirty dollars ; the second eight from fifteen dollars to seven- 
 teen dollars. Sixteen more were sold before the choice fell 
 below eight dollars. In all a little more than six hundred 
 
208 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 dollars was received as premium money. All pews were sold 
 immediately. 
 
 In October, 1890, a pipe organ was purchased, and in 1901 
 the Ladies' Sewing Circle, from work and sales, entertain- 
 ments and suppers, furnished sufficient funds for a steel ceiling, 
 tinting the walls and a new carpet. Acetylene gas lighting 
 was introduced in December, 1904. This church has had con- 
 tinuous service and loyal support, and is now, as a society, in 
 thrifty condition. The list of ministers follows : 
 
 1. Rev. George Gannett, January 14, 1847 to May, 1850. 
 
 2. Rev. Joseph Smith, October, 1850, to , 1852. 
 
 3. Rev. J. K. Deering, , 1852, to , 1854. 
 
 4. Rev. E. Burt, May 7, 1854, to November, 1855. 
 
 5. Rev. John Furbush, April 6, 1856, to November, 1857. 
 
 6. Rev. Jonathan E. Adams, April, 1858, to April, 1859. 
 
 7. Rev. John T, Bulfinch, September, 1859, to May, 1862. 
 
 8. Rev. William Leavitt, , 1862, to , 1864. 
 
 9. Rev. L. S. Coan, July, 1865, to July, 1867. 
 
 10. Rev. A. J. Smith, August, 1868, to May, 1872. 
 
 11. Rev. E. B. Pike, June, 1873, to , 1877. 
 
 12. Rev. R. W. Jenkins, May, 1878, to January, 1884. 
 
 13. Rev. Lewis D. Evans, April, 1884, to June, 1889. 
 
 14. Rev. John H. Matthews, July, 1890, to May 29, 1892. 
 
 15. Rev. Arthur G. Pettingill, June 5, 1892, to Aug. 28, 1892. 
 
 16. Rev. M. O. Patton, June, 1893, to February 1, 1895. 
 
 17. Rev. Donald McComick, May 5, 1895, to Nov. 27, 1902. 
 
 18. Rev. Frank B. Hyde, July 26, 1903. 
 
 The average term of service of the eighteen pastors has 
 been about three and one-fourth years. But four pastorates 
 have exceeded four years, those of Mr. McCormick, J\Ir. Jen- 
 kins, Mr. Evans and Mr. Pike, and all these were both profit- 
 able and popular. Mr. McCormick, of Scotch birth, was for 
 a time in England and Canada before coming to Maine. He 
 had entered several months upon his eighth year when he was 
 suddenly stricken down while in active service. His life was a 
 continual benediction. He loved his church, the town and its 
 people, and his death was the cause of universal mourning in 
 the community. Mr. Jenkins went to Gardiner from Booth- 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 209 
 
 bay, where he enjoyed the fullest confidence of his church, 
 but was cut down in middle age. Mr. Evans went from 
 Boothbay to the Congregational Church in Camden, where he 
 is still pastor, and now, after sixteen years with his church, 
 pastor and people are inseparable. Mr. Pike went to New 
 Hampshire, where he is still living in the town of Brentwood, 
 able to cast a retrospective view over much well-done work. 
 
 The Methodist Church at Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 When the union of Baptists and Methodists at Boothbay 
 Center was dissolved by the building of a new Baptist church, 
 in 1856, there was not, in that locality, enough strength left 
 for the Methodist Society to continue the support of a church. 
 As we have seen, a single society existed and was well supported 
 both at Southport and at East Boothbay. The Baptists had 
 the strength of numbers about the Center, and the only Meth- 
 odists not provided with church quarters were largely located 
 at the Harbor. An old quarterly meeting record informs us 
 that in 1850 the arrangement for preaching had been : "At 
 Townsend, three Sabbaths in four ; at Hodgdon's Mills, three 
 Sabbaths in four ; at the Union Meeting House, two Sabbaths 
 in four, " In 1846 we note that there were sixty Sabbath- 
 school scholars at the Mills, and fifty at the Union Church. 
 
 October 17, 1858, a record is made by Daniel W. Sawyer 
 that no records of quarterly conference meetings existed on 
 that date, and he, thereupon, from 1846 to 1858, made a 
 partial one from consultation of the Southport and East 
 Boothbay books. Up to that date no regular preaching ser- 
 Tice had been held by the Methodists at the Harbor. In 1858 
 Kev. S. F. Strout was assigned to the Boothbay charge. No 
 place presented itself suitable for the purpose at the Harbor, 
 where it was intended that preaching should occur one-half the 
 time, the other half to be at East Boothbay. A request for the use 
 of the Congregational church was made, but not granted. The 
 late Arber Marson had a vacant loft or chamber in a building sit- 
 uated where Pierce and Hartung's coal yard is now, and this was 
 fitted up with settees and used for a short time. A little later 
 Paul Harris tendered the society the use of his store chamber, 
 mow known as the W. G. Lewis store, rent free for the first 
 
210 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 year, after one year to be fifty dollars per annum. The con- 
 gregations increased to that extent that, in 1860, Mr. Harris 
 declined longer to rent the hall, as he deemed his building not 
 suffcient in strength. 
 
 Silas Orne at once became the active party to circulate a 
 subscription paper, and subscriptions were obtained from one 
 dollar to twenty-five dollars. Isaac Eich, Esq., Boston, gave 
 one hundred dollars, and Marshal Smith gave the society a lot 
 on which to build a chapel. This was completed in 1860, and 
 now, remodeled As a residence, is owned by Miss Isabel BeaL 
 The rebuilding was done by the late John A. Carter, M. D., 
 about 1880. The chapel was occupied until 1879, in which 
 year the present church on Townsend Avenue was built. 
 
 The first move toward building a church occurred one Tues- 
 day evening after the prayer meeting. Members remained in 
 consultation. A committee was chosen to select a lot, which 
 is the present one, purchased of the late Silas Smith. The 
 church was built as it now appears. It has been kept in an 
 excellent state of repair. A pipe organ was purchased during 
 the pastorate of the Rev. J. F. Haley. The parsonage was 
 completed early in 1882, at a cost of about $1,500. Eecorda 
 show the deaths of twenty-two members and probationers dur- 
 ing the period in which the chapd was occupied. At the open- 
 ing of the new church the Sabbath school consisted of twelve 
 classes with an average attendance of eighty-five. The Sab- 
 bath congregation averaged in attendance that year one hun- 
 dred and thirty-six. 
 
 The List of Ilinisters. 
 
 1858 to 1860. Rev. S. F. Strout. 
 
 1860 to 1862. Rev. D. P. Thompson. 
 
 1862 to 181)4. Rev. E. Cheney. 
 
 1864 to 1865. Rev. Joseph Baker. 
 
 1865 to 1867. Rev. C. L. Haskell. 
 1867 to 1869. Rev. L. H. Bean. 
 
 1869 to 1870. Rev. D. P. Thompson. 
 
 1870 to 1871. Rev. P. Higgins. 
 
 1871 to 1873. Rev. P. E. Brown. 
 1873 to 1875. Rev. D. M. True. 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 211 
 
 1875 to 1877. Rev. C. E. Knowlton. 
 
 1877 to 1879. Eev. C. L. Haskell. 
 
 1879 to 1882. Eev. B. C. Wentworth. 
 
 1882 to 1883. Eev. S. L. Hanscom. 
 
 1883 to 1884. Eev. J. L. Thompson. 
 
 1884 to 1887. Eev. W. F. Chase. 
 1887 to 1889. Eev. M. F. Bridgham. 
 1889 to 1892. Eev. S. L. Hanscom. 
 1892 to 1895. Eev. J. F. Haley. 
 
 1895 to 1895 (December). Eev. F. H. Osgood. 
 1895 (December) to 1897. Eev. A. W. Pottle. 
 1897 to 1900. Eev. William Wood. 
 
 1900 to 1901. Eev. H. L. Williams. 
 
 1901 to 1903. Rev. A, E. Luce. 
 1903 to 1906. Eev. J. H. Gray. 
 
 This circuit was divided in 1879 and Boothbay Harbor has 
 since constituted a separate charge. The term of service in 
 the table presented above is computed from spring to spring, 
 upon usual dates of appointment. 
 
 The West Boothbay Haeboe Chapel Aid. 
 
 This society, though not incorporated, has independently 
 erected a chapel for public worship and maintains regular Sab- 
 bath service. It presents a fine illustration of what persistent 
 work by a few persons in a small community may accomplish, 
 as well as the aggregate of small savings over a term of years. 
 It organized in October, 1897, with the definite object of 
 laboring to secure funds to purchase a lot and erect a chapel to 
 accommodate the people of the immediate locality. Sixteen 
 ladies composed it, all members of the Methodist Church at 
 the Harbor. By entertainments, suppers and the sale of their 
 products as a sewing circle, they found themselves, in 1904, 
 with a fund a little in excess of $1,000. A chapel was erected 
 with this fund and dedicated on February 9, 1905. The ded- 
 icatory sermon was delivered by Rev. J. P. Jones, assisted by 
 Eevs. William Wood, W. A. Hanscom and J. H. Gray. The 
 society is not incorporated and its most active workers are at 
 present members of the Harbor church, but the origin and 
 results of the work are entirely to be credited to those inter- 
 
212 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 ested in the immediate vicinity. Technically it is at present 
 included in the Harbor charge and the pastor of the church 
 officiates in the afternoon services at the chapel, but his labors 
 are supported locally. A Sabbath school numbering about 
 fifty pupils has been organized. The costs of building were 
 about 11,100 and with other incidental expenses a small indebt- 
 edness exists. 
 
CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 BOOTHBAY IN ThB REVOLUTION. 
 
 THE sixteen years between the close of the French and 
 Indian War and the beginning of that of the American 
 Revolution witnessed considerable growth in all the 
 towns from Kittery to St. George. That part of Lincoln 
 County from the mouth of the Kennebec to Broad Bay, and 
 running back along the Sheepscot and Damariscotta Rivers, 
 made a good degree of advancement in both increase of popu- 
 lation and improvement in general conditions. The additions 
 to Boothbay's population largely came from about Kittery, 
 York, Kennebunkport and Dover, N. H. A few families 
 came in from the eastern towns of Massachusetts and New 
 Hampshire situated between Portsmouth and Boston. The 
 natural increase in population already here, before this rein- 
 forcement from the westward, was considerable, for nearly 
 every family was a large one, eight to twelve children consti- 
 tuting an ordinary family. At incorporation we have noted 
 the statement that there were about "seventy-five ratable 
 polls"; now, in 1775, there were males of suitable age for 
 military service to the number of nearly two hundred. 
 
 The old men who were settlers under Dunbar and their 
 descendants still constituted the majority of the inhabitants, 
 and were the real town fathers in advice and influence. Doubt- 
 less the memory of wrongs suffered under English oppression 
 in their old homes in Antrim, Londonderry and Tyrone still 
 rankled in their minds ; but, though indications exist that the 
 burdens of English taxation were felt and viewed as an unrea- 
 sonable imposition, still the sentiment was conservative. They 
 had experienced, since planting in America, so much of war, 
 famine, poverty and general hardship that peace, even with its 
 unholy burdens, was earnestly sought. Many public utter- 
 ances, which became matter of record, clearly indicate that 
 they viewed their Boston brethren as too hasty in their revolt 
 
214 HISTORr OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 against the parent country, and determined that they would 
 become belligerent only in the emergency of defense. But 
 such a spirit once roused becomes thoroughly reliable and pro- 
 duces soldiers that rank among the best. 
 
 In 1768, as appears in the municipal chapter, a vote restrict- 
 ing the articles of merchandise which the inhabitants might be 
 permitted to purchase was passed by the town and a list of 
 prohibited articles issued. No questions of constitutional law 
 came up to bother them at such times. The surrounding towns 
 generally passed similar votes and there is abundant reason to 
 believe that these local laws were generally lived up to. That 
 Boothbay's inhabitants, notwithstanding their isolated situa- 
 tion, foresaw the coming storm is evidenced by the calling of a 
 special town meeting on February 4, 1775, at which Benjamin 
 Sawyer, William McCobb and Ichabod Pinkham were chosen 
 a Committee of Correspondence, with instructions to carry out 
 the recommendations to such committees by the Continental 
 Congress, until such time as successors might be elected or 
 appointed. At the same meeting a Committee of Inspection 
 and Safety was chosen, consisting of Andrew Reed, David 
 Reed, Patrick McKown, Samuel Bryer, AYilliam McClintock, 
 Samuel Montgomery, Solomon Burnham and Paul Reed. The 
 same committees were continued in 1776, after which date the 
 duties of the two committees were merged in one, and its 
 composition for the remaining years of the war follows : 
 
 1777. Andrew Reed, "William McClintock, Edward Emer- 
 son, Andrew McFarland and Nathaniel Tibbetts. 
 
 1778. Edward Emerson, John McCobb, John Daws, 
 William Reed, Ichabod Pinkham, Paul Reed. 
 
 1779-1780. The militia officers living in town. 
 
 1781. Benjamin Sawyer, John Daws, Samuel Bryer, 
 Thomas Boyd, John Matthews, John Montgomery and John 
 Borland. 
 
 1782. Thomas Boyd, Thomas Kennedy and Samuel Bryer. 
 Beginning with 1783 and for a few years subsequently, 
 
 until further use of such a committee became unnecessary and 
 the practice was discontinued, the selectmen of the town 
 served in that capacity. 
 
 The value and aid of these committees throughout the Col- 
 
BOOTHBAY IN THE REVOLUTION. 215 
 
 •onies cannot be overestimated. The first known suggestion of 
 such a movement occurs in a letter from the renowned preacher, 
 Jonathan Mayhew, to James Otis, in 1766, but it was first 
 carried into effect at the Boston town meeting in October, 
 1772, when, on motion of Samuel Adams, a committee of 
 twenty-one persons was chosen. Before the end of the year 
 eighty Massachusetts towns had followed the example of Bos- 
 ton. In the spring of 1773 the movement was commenced in 
 Virginia and some of the other Colonies, and by 1775 the plan 
 became well-nigh universal. The ingenuity of the system 
 probably surpassed the imagination of its founders. Here was 
 an intangible body, working in accord throughout the Colonies, 
 unknown to the law, but its creation involving no violation of 
 the law, and more unified and powerful than any legislative 
 body. By the constitution of the National Society of the Sons 
 of the American Revolution, descendants of members of these 
 committees stand equal in eligibility with those of military 
 service. 
 
 At the annual meeting, March 21st, little action was taken 
 except in routine affairs. The Rev. John Murray was chosen 
 to attend the Provincial Congress at Concord, and a voJ;e was 
 passed asking Congress to send one hundred small arms. On 
 May 9th a special meeting was held, at which the Committee of 
 Inspection was directed to prepare and have in readiness suit- 
 able quarters for caring for any who might come to the town's 
 assistance in case of sudden alarm. Ichabod Pinkham was 
 instructed " to arrange for the newspapers and take the best 
 measures he can to have them conveyed to this town." Meet- 
 ing was adjourned to May 23d. 
 
 At the adjourned meeting the first important action passed 
 was a vote to pay the outstanding rates to Henry Gardner, 
 Esq., of Stow, appointed receiver general by the Provincial 
 ■Congress, the commission of Harrison Gray, the Province 
 treasurer, having expired, and no General Court having been 
 permitted to sit to elect a successor. Gardner's receipt was 
 declared a sufficient discharge of obligation. The selectmen 
 were directed to establish a courier route " to run from such a 
 place in this town and to such a place as may appear most 
 convenient to meet the post established between the westward 
 
216 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 and Falmouth on every day of his return during the present 
 trouble." The selectmen were empowered to hire money for 
 the use of the town according to the necessities. This vote 
 was followed by a preamble and resolutions that deserve pres- 
 ervation, therefore a part will be presented verbatim. 
 
 "Whereas the late astonishing Steps of tyranny in the brit- 
 tish Parliament in declaring this people rebels, which was not 
 in their power to tell any acts done by them for which the laws 
 of the land had assigned them that name, in laying the punish- 
 ment of an universal Blockade on all the new english Colonies- 
 for a fault existing only in the one ; have cut off all this peo- 
 ple from their wonted resources of the necessaries of life, by a 
 total suppression of trade and fishing and thereby it is become 
 impossible for the poor to subsist unless some extraordinary 
 means be devised for them. Therefore 
 
 " Resolved yt ye several members of the Comtys of Inspec- 
 tion and Correspondence be required to take an account of the 
 mouths and provisions in town and report to these Comtys at 
 their next meeting. 
 
 " That then sd Comtys draw up an estimate of what Provis- 
 ions Must be found for the ensuing Season. 
 
 " That a Subscription be forthwith opened into which each 
 Inhabitant Shall have liberty of entring what quantitj' of nec- 
 essary stores for himself and family he shall think propper, as 
 also what Lumber, Money or other goods he resolves to raise 
 for payment for the same, and if said Money and Goods by 
 him subscribed shall not Suffice for ye purchase of his sd sup- 
 plies, then he shall give his estate in security for the remainder, 
 and should that also fail of supplying him during the public 
 troubles, the deficet must be made up at the public expense ; 
 he and all his to be employed in some suitable labour in behalf 
 of the Town in the mean time and as long as shall be necessarj--. 
 That if any Inhabitant I'efuse to accede to sd Subscription he 
 and his family shall be deemed to have forfeited all share of 
 supplies that shall be provided, or any of the benefits to which 
 the poor of the town as such may be entitled. 
 
 "When the Subscription is full ye sd Comtys with ye Select 
 Men are hereby directed Immediately to Charter as Many ves- 
 sels as they shall think propper to carry sd Lumber &c to the 
 best market and bring the proceeds in such necessary provis- 
 ions as they shall sjiocify in order to be by them drawn up for 
 that purpose ; and in case such i)roceeds fall short of the esti- 
 mate afforded, then the Select Men are hereby ordered to hire 
 on the credit of the town such a sum of money as may be suf- 
 ficent to supply sd deficet. 
 
George B. Kenniston. 
 
BOOTHS AY IN THE REVOLUTION. 217 
 
 " These Charterers are hereby impowered in the name of 
 the Town to ensure such Vessels and Cargo from the danger 
 of the enemy, they taking no steps contrary to former laws of 
 Trade. 
 
 " The sd Comty and Select Men are hereby impowered to 
 build in some retired place in the woods a Sufficient Store for 
 keeping the provisions of this town, and whatever provisions 
 shall be procured they are directed safely to deposit there. 
 
 "That a Guard of 4 Men be placed at the Store Continually 
 whilst in use they to be appointed and dismissed by sd Comty s 
 and Select Men at their discretion. 
 
 "That on every Monday between 8 of the Clock in the 
 Morning and 6 in the afternoon, the Select Men shall attend at 
 sd Store to distribute to Each Subscriber a weeks provision for 
 himself and family according to the estimate aforesd and enter 
 on the Book what each receives : and when his purchase is 
 spent then to execute ye sd article of that. 
 
 " That when this is done they Carry the Keys with them 
 but the Guard is not to suffer them or any other person to 
 enter sd Store or even come within the picketts thereof at any 
 other time except in case of alarm, when the Select Men or 
 their order may be admitted but no other." 
 
 Further conditions of this act were that no one could 
 deposit more than was necessary for himself and family and 
 use the excess for speculative purposes ; if prices were affixed 
 above those established by the town, to such goods as were 
 subscribed for exchange, it worked a forfeiture of all such 
 articles to the town for the use of the poor inhabitants. The 
 live stock on the islands was ordered to be removed to the 
 mainland and there grouped in herds, being placed under com- 
 petent herdsmen and pastured in rotation on the various farms, 
 with directions that upon any alarm it was to be driven north 
 into the woods of the interior. It was further ordered that no 
 stock, fish or provisions within the town's bounds should be 
 disposed of to any one but the inhabitants of the town, and it 
 was expressly commanded that no lamb should be killed in 
 town before the last day of September. The inhabitants were 
 urged to use the utmost industry, under the conditions, in hus- 
 bandry and fishing, and forbidden to purchase any "foreign 
 superfluity." 
 
 The foregoing plan for provisioning the town was the first 
 outlook of this famous May meeting ; the second was for the 
 
 15 
 
218 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 defense of the town. The substance of the plan of defense 
 was, first, for the militia officers to take a strict survey of the 
 arms in town, and such as were unfit for service to seize and 
 transmit, without delay, nt the expense of the owners, to a 
 gunsmith for necessary repairs. It was decreed that every 
 man, on the alarm, should be provided with "a good effective 
 fire arm and bayonet." The Committees were directed to pro- 
 ceed on a subscription plan, as in the case of obtaining provis- 
 ions, and that a vessel be dispatched to the "West Indies for 
 the necessary munitions of war, and that upon their aiTival 
 they should be stored at the emergency store, in the woods, as 
 were the provisions of sustenance, and there be under the care 
 of the selectmen for distribution. 
 
 A military guard of ten men "from sun-setting to sun- 
 rising " was ordered, and an officer was appointed to give the 
 people at "sun-setting" the parole, "which every person not 
 being an inhabitant must return or be stopt till morning." 
 Upon the appearance of an enemy the alarm was to be given 
 by him who discovered them, under a penalty of thirty-nine 
 stripes for negligence or disobedience. The signal was the 
 firing of three guns, one minute apart, which was followed by 
 the man on the next alarm post, " until it went round the town." 
 
 These alarm posts were fixed at the houses of Samuel 
 Thompson, Jonathan Sawyer, Edward Emerson, Joseph Car- 
 lisle, Samuel Bryer, John Montgomery and Samuel McCobb. 
 Five parade grounds were established, and these were on the 
 premises of Edward Emerson, Thomas Boyd, Joseph Lewis, 
 Andrew McFarland and Patrick McKown. The orders, upon 
 hearing an alarm, were that " every uian repair with all speed 
 to the parade next him with arms, ammunition and 2 daj's 
 provisions and there wait the orders of his officers." The 
 Committees were declared a council of war with powers of 
 court-martial ; and in case of the appearance of the enemy "to 
 demand a categorical answer as to their errand and intention ; 
 and assure them that the inhabitants are determined to act only 
 upon the defensive, and, unless they land, or anoy us they 
 shall receve no anoyance from us." 
 
 In case a man refused to stand guard in his turn it was 
 voted that " he shall pay 4 shillings, 1-2 to treat the Company 
 
BOOTHBAY IN THE REVOLUTION. 219 
 
 and the rest to the man who stands, or receive 10 stripes upon 
 his naked back." 
 
 There is ample reason to suppose these provisions were 
 carried out. The hiding place for local shipping was invari- 
 ably in Campbell's Cove. Let any reader stand upon that dam 
 and bridge and imagine it back in the state of nature, as it was 
 in those days, and, however familiar he may be with the ins 
 and outs of the Atlantic coast, he would be placed at his wits' 
 end to find another retreat possessing equal advantages for the 
 purpose to which this cove was at that time used. Becoming 
 conversant with this fact, both by record and tradition, the 
 author's curiosity was aroused as to where the " store in the 
 woods " was located. It was most reasonable to suppose it 
 might have been somewhere about Campbell's Cove. At last, 
 in an interview with John M. Hodgdon, now (1905) living 
 where he was born, in 1824, he tells of some old, tumble- 
 down stone walls, laid up in mortar from field stone, partially 
 squared, nearly three fee.t in thickness, which in his earliest 
 remembrance he played about. They stood on the exact spot 
 now occupied by the house of the late George B. Eeed, nearly 
 opposite the No. 8 schoolhouse, so-called. As he remembers 
 the old ruins, enough of the walls was standing to indicate 
 where the doors and windows had been, while he and his play- 
 fellows found iron balls in and about the place, which were 
 evidently six-pounders. When yet but a boy, most of the 
 stones in the old walls were removed to be used for other pur- 
 poses, but the impression, then received, that it was some kind 
 of military garrison has never been eradicated. The reader 
 will readily see that this was as near the center of population, 
 as the settlement then existed, as could well be selected, and 
 was located on high, dry soil, but a short distance from the 
 shore of the cove, surrounded by a dense forest of old growth. 
 There can be little question but that this was the -location of 
 the public store during the Kevolution. 
 
 In Bristol a meeting was held on May 2d, at which it was 
 voted to pull down the old fort, which action immediately fol- 
 lowed, the inhabitants believing it was a menace to them, 
 inasmuch as it invited an attack from the British men-of-war 
 then ranging the coast, and might, in case of capture, serve as 
 
220 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 a supply station for the enemy. The towns in this vicinity, 
 then but a few years from incorporation, commenced that year 
 (1775), though the Declaration of Independence had not been 
 written, to drop the custom of calling their town meetings in 
 the name of His Majesty, and, instead, issued their warrants 
 "to the legal voters of the town," in the name of the Conti- 
 nental Congress. 
 
 This meeting of May 23d was closely followed by the battle 
 of Bunker Hill, on June 17th, after which time hostilities were 
 constant until the close of the war. The coast of Maine was 
 settled at nearly all places of good harborage from St. George 
 to Kittery. The spoils it afforded, coupled with its peculiarly 
 defenseless position, continually invited attack. A specimen 
 of the vigilance of the Boothbay soldiery is afforded in case of 
 the capture of Crocker and Phillips during the early summer 
 of 1775. Edward Emerson, with an aid, took the prisoners 
 overland, on horseback, to Watertown, delivered them for 
 trial to the authorities of the Provincial Congress and returned 
 to Boothbay, making a distance of 400 miles in ten days. 
 The following documents will show that Congress voted 
 Colonel Emerson about thirty dollars for the trip. 
 
 To ' Honored Great and General Court assembled at Water- 
 town on the 19th of July, A. D. 1775, the Petition of Edward 
 Emerson humbly sheweth. 
 
 That whereas your memorialists was appointed by Col. 
 James Cargill and the other officers of his Eegiment of the 
 County of Lincoln to convoy to this Honorbl Court Peleg 
 Crocker and Nathan Phillips supposing being guilty of violat^ 
 ing the law of Congress to which they had been. Yr Peti- 
 tioners Humbly Prays that Honl Congress would allow yr 
 Petitioners for himself one man and two horses Time and 
 Expenses from Boothbay to Watertown, and from Watertown 
 to Boothbay, which is about 400 miles out and home, and have 
 been on the Journey ten days, that yr Honbell Court would 
 take the same into your wise Considerations as soon as your 
 wisdom will admit as in Duty 
 
 Bound Shall Ever Pray 
 
 Edw^ Emerson. 
 
 Watertown, August 16, 1775. 
 
 1. Revolutionary ResolTes, 1776, Vol. 19B, p. 257. 
 
BOOTHBAY IN THE REVOLUTION. 221 
 
 In the House of Representatives 
 August 18 / 75 
 Resolved that Major Edw Emerson be allowed and paid 
 out of the Public Treasury Seven Pounds Four Shillings in 
 full discharge for services within Specified. 
 
 Sent up for concurrence. 
 
 Saml Freeman, 
 
 Speaker. 
 
 At about the same time the foregoing petition was pre- 
 sented to the General Court the following one was also 
 presented and granted. 
 
 To 1 the Honorable the Council and House of Representatives 
 of the colony of Mass. now in' general court assembled, July 
 19, 1775. 
 
 Humbly showeth your petitioner, that he with the Eastern 
 regiment in the county of Lincoln, on hearing that a man of 
 ■war with sundry other vessels were come to the eastern shore 
 of said county, in order to supply the regiment with Wood 
 and Provisions, went down in order to * * * this design, and 
 had the good fortune to take five vessels in that employ, which 
 have since been disposed of by your Honors ; — one of which 
 vessels your honors have thot fit to put into my care a schooner 
 of about 70 Tons, is all firm and might easily be fitted & ren- 
 dered very suitable to defend the Sea Coast. Your petitioner 
 would further inform your Honors, that said Regiment before 
 they destroyed Fort Downal, took into their possession Quan- 
 tity of cannon Ball & langrage, the Property of this Colony, 
 & is now on board said schooner. Your Petioner therefore 
 prays your Honors, that as the eastern shore of this colony is 
 exposed to the ravages of the Enemy, he may be allowed to 
 fit out sed schooner for a Privateer, make use of the Balls & 
 Langrage taken from Fort Downal, and enlist Thirty men to 
 serve on board said vessel, and use & improve said vessel for 
 the Defense of the Sea Coast in the Eastern part of this Col- 
 ony, and your Petitioner as in Duty Bound shall ever pray &c. 
 Your Petitioner for this humbly prays he may be allowed 100 
 lbs. Powder to be used on board said vessel for the pur- 
 poses aforesaid. 
 
 Edw. Emerson. 
 
 Another petition, signed by Edward Emerson, at the request 
 of the under officers of Colonel Cargill's regiment, bearing date 
 at the very time that Arnold was ascending the Kennebec, on 
 
 1. Mass. Archives, Vol. 180, p. 103. 
 
222 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 his march through the forests of Maine to attack Quebec, is 
 here presented. 
 
 To ' the Ilon^i the Great and General Court of the Colony of 
 Massachusetts bay now setting at Watertown. 
 
 The OflBcers of the Eastern Reg. of militia in the County 
 of Lincoln, in a council at Boothbay in said County met Octo- 
 ber 16*1* 1775. Most humbly show that at the beginning of 
 the present war the town stocks of ammunition within their 
 bounds were very insignificant ; and many able and spirited men 
 in the regiment were destitute of effective fire arms. That 
 every means possible in their circumstances have been tried to 
 remedy these defects and tried in vain. That the frequent 
 alarms and consequent general muster of this regiment, arising 
 from the restless attempts of our unnatural enemies, to which 
 the easy and extensive sea-coast within our bounds peculiarly 
 exposes the inhabitants of this county, especially the eastern 
 part of it, occasions a greater waste of ammunition here than 
 in most places distant from the coast ; and unavoidably pro- 
 duces a constant demand for it. 
 
 That the appearance of a fleet in this harbor (which after 
 three days stay and various amusing movements, has magnified 
 its valor by the burning of one dwelling house & carrying off 
 about 100 sheep and this morning disappeared) has called out 
 to use all the ammunition which had not gone off with Col. 
 Cargill to Long Island. 
 
 That the expedition under Col. Cargill is like to spend all 
 the ammunition he has taken ; and if so this Regiment is like 
 to be left destitute of an article without which this much 
 endangered coast can never be defended ; and with which, tho' 
 chearfuUy ready to lay down the price, they see no way to 
 supply themselves. That the schooner Brittannia of and for 
 Newburyport, W™ Prince Johnson, master, arrived here yes- 
 terday, with a quantity of powder and arms from the West 
 Indies; on account of the late Com. of supplies of this col- 
 ony. That the conveyance of said stores will be very hazard- 
 ous while this coast continues to be harrassed as at present by 
 the foe. That the inhabitants being ready cheerfully to pay 
 for what arms and ammunition may be supplied them, & be as 
 ready to use both in the defence of American Liberty, tho' 
 their lives be expended with them. 
 
 Your petitioners pray that such part of the said cargo as 
 to your Honors may seem meet may be ordered to be delivered 
 to Col. Cargill for the use of the militia of his regiment they 
 
 1, Mass. Archives, Vol. 180, p. 168. 
 
BOOTHBAY IN THE REVOLUTION. 223 
 
 paying him for the same, & your petitioner as in duty bound 
 shall ever pray. 
 
 Signed in the absence of Col. Cargill in behalf & desire of 
 the officers of the said Eastern regiment of the County of 
 Lincoln 
 
 by 
 
 Edw^ Emerson, 
 
 Major. 
 
 This petition was granted by the General Court in 1775. 
 
 Early in 1775 the owners of Damariscove, Daniel Knight 
 and John Wheeler, with their families came to the mainland 
 for safety, and the Committees attended to getting their live 
 stock, consisting principally of a large flock of sheep. The 
 next year, Joseph, the son of John Wheeler, secretly removed 
 a part of the flock back upon the island. A day or two 
 later Captain Mowatt, who had burned Falmouth, now 
 Portland, October 18, 1775, appeared and cast anchor inside 
 Damariscove. Wheeler went aboard Mowatt's ship and then 
 with some of the crew went to the island, caught the sheep, 
 and they were taken on board. It was ascertained that Cap- 
 tain Mowatt paid Wheeler two dollars apiece for them, some- 
 what above the price on shore. The act was fully reported to 
 the General Court, but action by the Court does not appear 
 recorded. 
 
 Col. James Cargill, of Newcastle, referred to in the fore- 
 going petitions, lived near Sheepscot Bridge, and the house 
 built by him, on the old Cargill homestead, is still pointed out 
 as one of the historic landmarks of that ancient locality. He 
 was a good fighter, a natural fighter, and did excellent ser- 
 vice, but he had an imperious and unreasoning temper 
 which detracted much from an otherwise strong character. A 
 statement found on file in the Massachusetts Archives, by Col. 
 Andrew Eeed, of Boothbay, illustrates Cargill's weakness. 
 
 To ^ the Honorable, the Great and General Court, at Water- 
 town. 
 
 I beg leave to inform your Honors that Jas. Cargill, whom 
 the Honorable court last year appointed a Colonel in the 
 County of Lincoln, on the 23'^ day of March past, came to 
 this town of Boothbay and in my presence and hearing began 
 
 1. Mass. Archives, Vol. 194, p. 323. 
 
224 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 to rail dt ye Rev. John Murray, calling said Mr. Murray a 
 Iyer and maker of mischief. Then found fault with the Regu- 
 lating Bill calling it a Tory bill. Then proceeded to damn the 
 general court in the next place, said Cargill, as far as his 
 words could. Damned all officers who had taken commissions 
 under said HonoraVjle General Court, in Particular Sir W'" 
 Jones and myself, for reasons to me unknown, nor were his 
 speeches in private, but in public company, therefore pray 
 your Honours, to give some directions concerning said Gar- 
 gill, as his language may lead many weak minded out of the 
 Path of Duty. 
 
 These are. Gentlemen, from your most ol)edient 
 Humble Servt. 
 
 Andrew Reed, 
 
 Colonel. 
 
 Boothbay, Apr. 3, 1776. 
 
 By the early part of 1776 the blockade was very effective. 
 Trade had been cut off for nearly a year and there was little 
 or no income in the community. Taxes had been increased 
 for purposes of defense and the able-bodied men and boys, of 
 all ages, were largely in the service. Poverty was pinching 
 everywhere in the Colonies, but nowhere in so extreme a form 
 as in the eastern settlements. Added to their other troubles 
 several land claimants were pressing them. The Rev. John 
 Murray, who had just represented them at the General Court, • 
 now memorialized that body in behalf of his people, as follows : 
 
 To^ the Honorable the Great and General Court of INIassa- 
 chusetts Bay : 
 
 The Memorial and petition of John Murray in behalf of 
 the inhabitants of the town of Boothbay. 
 
 Humbly sheweth : 
 
 That in the year 1729 many of the present inhabitants and 
 the ancestors of many more of them began the first plantation 
 there under Col. Dunbar, agent for the King, on promises of 
 a Royal grant and many encouragements. That though disap- 
 pointed in all these promises they have continued on their 
 settlements ever since ; excepting such intervals in which the 
 ravages of the French and Indians drove them off to garrisons 
 of their own erecting. That while they were struggling with 
 all the hardships incident to a state of abject poverty and war, 
 their titles to their possessions were never scrupled, — and 
 from the idea of defending them as their own property they 
 
 1. Eev. Petitions, 1776-1776, Vol. 180, p. 370. 
 
BOOTHBAY IN THE REVOLUTION. 225 
 
 waded resolutely through all their difficulties, without receiv- 
 ing any sort of assistance from the public, but since the late 
 peace they have been attacked by several persons claiming the 
 property of their lands under various pretexts, of which, till 
 then, they never had heard. By these claimants the settlers 
 have been constantly harassed, and many so terrified as to 
 purchase their own farms at different times and from three or 
 four different and opposite claimants. Others still continue to 
 disturb them in like manner. ****** The Hon. Court 
 will see sufficient cause to support the Inhabitants in the rights 
 they have so dearly acquired and, therefore, pray your wise 
 consideration of the case, and that an act may pass the Hon. 
 Court for quieting the Inhabitants in the possession of their 
 lands. 
 
 2d. Your Memorialists would humbly represent that the 
 Inhabitants of this town have in general lived altogether by 
 their trade at sea, this being now, and for many months past, 
 entirely cut off, all these vessels are hauled up, useless and 
 decaying. Several of them 'tis presumed would be very fit 
 for public service and by a return herewith transmitted are 
 off erred for the use of the Colony. The owners are not able 
 to furnish said vessels with arms, ammunitions and other neces- 
 saries as private adventurers ; and whilst no trade to the West 
 Indies, or elsewhere, is indulged thus they will be reduced to 
 great distresses on account of their vessels being left unem- 
 ployed. 
 
 Your Memorialists therefore beseech the Hom'ble Court, 
 either to permit the use of the vessels in this town in some 
 way of trade, or to take them into the service of the Colony, 
 either by purchase or hire, and dispose of them as to your 
 Wisdom may seem meet. 
 
 This petition, to a greater length, states in a general way 
 the hardships and grievances of the settlers. It was read 
 March 28, 1776, and the Council acted on the first part for 
 quieting the settlers in possession of their lands, appointing 
 the second Wednesday of the session in May as an opportunity 
 for all persons having adverse claimsj to show cause why the 
 prayers of these petitioners should not be granted. 
 
 The Eev. John Murray's ability as a minister has beeil 
 mentioned in an earlier chapter, but it is reserved for the 
 present to tell of his tireless labors and beneficent influence 
 for the unfortunate and poverty-stricken people under his 
 charge during the Revolutionary period, in other ways. His 
 fame as the leader of his people had gone before him to that 
 
226 HISTORY OF BOOTIIBAY. 
 
 extent that in 1777, when Commodore Collier, of the British 
 Navy, visited Boothbay Harbor with his men-of-war, Rainbow 
 and Plope, and having some grievance against the inhabitants, 
 addressed a polite note to Mr. Murray, inviting him to come 
 aboard liis ship and adjust the matter. Collier's ships had 
 burned some small vessels at Damariscotta, and captured a 
 Fi'ench vessel in the Sheepscot, being active in the blockade 
 of the coast. ]\[r. Murray without hesitation was set aboard 
 at once, where he was received with every mark of respect and 
 carefully listened to by those in authority. Suffice it to say 
 that his negotiations in behalf of the inhabitants were entirely 
 successful, but a writer on board the ship, who observed his 
 methods as a diplomat, left the following as his estimate of 
 the man : ^ 
 
 "A cunning, sensible man, who had acquired a wonderful 
 ascendency over, and had the entire guidance of all the people 
 in the country around Townshend. His house was on an 
 eminence not far from the water side, and appeared to be a 
 very handsome edifice, with gardens and shrubbery happily 
 disposed around it. Sir George Collier offered him some 
 trifling presents, which he refused for fear of giving jealousy 
 to his fellow rebels." 
 
 Earlier than this in the hostilities several British men-of- 
 war, using the harbor as a haven of safety, as the seafaring 
 public generally have, were very annoying to the settlers 
 about its shores. The people appealed without effect. They 
 then asked Mr. Murray to interpose in their behalf. Donning 
 his canonicals, — the white wig and gown and bands, — he 
 was taken to the ships and went aboard, where he talked with 
 so much eloquence and earnestness in behalf of his people that 
 sympathy was ci'eated and the annoyances ceased.^ 
 
 Capt. Paul Reed, who was present, afterward wrote : 
 
 " The dignity of his appearance was such, that all the min- 
 isters in Maine put together would not cciual him ; that he was 
 superior in personal knowledge to any other man that ever 
 walked God's footstool ; that if he had not said a woi'd, such 
 was the grandeur of his looks that he would have carried his 
 
 1. See Town's Details, published 1836. 
 
 2. Me. Hist. Coll., Vol. VI, p. 103. 
 
BOOTHBAY IN THE REVOLUTION. 227 
 
 point ; and that the officers were greatly surprised to see such 
 a specimen of dignity coming from the coast of Maine. " 
 
 The nature of the war along the Maine coast, from its 
 opening until 1779, was that of continual annoyance, petty 
 attacks, burning houses here and there, stealing stock, block- 
 ading the coast to prevent trade, destroying shipping, and 
 work of a similar nature. At the very outset terror had been 
 struck deep in the minds of all by the wanton destruction of 
 Falmouth. Coast defense was the principal service of the 
 Maine soldiers, though many were in the Continental Army 
 and many more in privateers. Fort Pownal, the principal 
 defense on the Penobscot, was dismantled by Captain Mowatt 
 early in 1775. Colonel Cargill, of Newcastle, burned it in 
 July of that year lest it might become of use to the British. 
 (Colonel Emerson refers to the act in his petition, which has 
 been presented. Thus the Penobscot remained until General 
 McLane landed at Major Bagaduce, now Castine, on June 12th, 
 with 900 men and seven or eight sail, from Halifax, and took 
 possession of it, as a strategic point, for the English Govern- 
 ment. At this time, one of the darkest in the Revolution, the 
 Tories were largely taking refuge in Lincoln County and along 
 the eastern coast, having been di'iven out from places farther 
 to the westward. "With this traitorous element thick about 
 and the Penobscot in the possession of real enemies, money 
 depreciated to an almost worthless medium, and Congress 
 unable to pay its soldiers, stout hearts alone stood up and pre- 
 sented an unyielding attitude. 
 
 June 24, 1779, twelve days after McLane took possession 
 of Major Bagaduce, a convention was held at Wiscasset of 
 delegates from the Lincoln County towns. They petitioned 
 the General Court to act at once in the matter. By unanimous 
 consent of the convention it was signed by James McCobb, of 
 Georgetown, then an old man but a stalwart patriot, who at 
 first, with his brother Samuel, had been a Townsend settler 
 under Dunbar, and father of Col., later Brig. Gen., Samuel 
 McCobb, of Georgetown. William McCobb, Boothbay's lead- 
 ing citizen in civil affairs, was selected to bear the petition to 
 the Court and present it. These facts and others to be pre- 
 sented will show how prominent a part our immediate locality 
 
228 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 played in the historic expedition that soon followed. The 
 petition is here presented : ^ 
 
 Humbly sheweth, that a number of armed vessels belonging 
 to and in the service of the King of Britain, have for some 
 time past infested the seacoasts of said county, that a fleet of 
 transports having 900 troops on board, with all their Necessa- 
 ries and Materials for building a number of forts have arrived 
 at Penobscot under convoy of the following vessels of war, 
 viz. — the Blonde of 36 guns, Milford 28, a ship of 20, the 
 Hope 18, a brig 16, schooner 12, sloop 10. That the troops 
 of the said King have at last taken possession of a place in 
 said county called Major Bagaduce on the Eastern side of that 
 River and are fortifying the same. That from the latest 
 reports received the Enemy are Determined to take possession 
 of the ground where the old fort stood, and to fortify that also, 
 and possess themselves of the whole county of Lincoln ; and 
 that where it is necessary to keep Garrisons they would further 
 represent that a number of persons, at the aforesaid places, 
 have taken the oath of allegiance to said King, and it is feared 
 that if the Enemy should extend further west numbers of 
 others would be compelled to do the same. That by reason of 
 a severe drought last Summer and the scarcitj^ usual in a new 
 country, there is not sufficient provisions in the County of 
 either bread or meat to Support the Militia two Days in the 
 field, nor arms or ammunition sufficient to equip one-foui'th of 
 \he Inhabitants ; that the seacoasts of the County extend more 
 than 300 miles ; and supplies the western Seaports of the State 
 with the greatest part of the lumber and wood that is there 
 consumed ; and should the Enemy take possession of it they 
 would acquire a Large Quantity of masts &c. which is much 
 wanted by them & it would be severely felt by the other parts 
 of this State. They would further declare, that although they 
 are unwilling to say anything that may sound harsh in the ears 
 of their Rulers yet they must observe that they think they are 
 hardly dealt with when, notwithstanding the County has sup- 
 plied many more than their quota of men for the war ; and 
 have paid full their proportion of taxes, it has been so little 
 regarded that they could not have Companies to guard their 
 most valuable parts, and when the Militia have l)een called 
 Necessarily to defend them, and have made up their muster- 
 Roils and presented them for payment to the Court, they have 
 been Refused ; that by reason of the Militia having been often 
 called upon and obliged to maintain themselves at their own 
 cost, they are almost wearied out, and unless some assistance 
 
 1. Rer. Petitions, Vol. 185, p. 231 ; Will. Hist, of Maine, Vol. II, p. 469. 
 
BOOTHBAY IN THE REVOLUTION. 229 
 
 can be given them by the Court the whole County must fall a 
 prey to the Enemy. 
 
 The said Convention Therefore humbly and earnestly pray 
 the Honourable Court that they would as soon as may be, send 
 such a supply of provisions, as also of Arms and Ammunitions 
 into the County, to be under the care of the Brigadier, as shall 
 enable him to muster the Militia and repel the said Enemy ; 
 that this be accompanied with an armed force Especially of 
 some companies of Artillery and above all that a Squadron 
 of vessels of War may be immediately ordered, sufficient to 
 destroy or at least block up the Enemys fleet where they now 
 lay ; as without this it appears to your petitioners that no 
 number of Troops, that might be assembled on the Shore would 
 be of any avail for the Deliverance of this County ; and finally 
 that the Honourable Court would be pleased to Eepeal so much 
 of the Resolve for levying a new Draught of men to reinforce 
 the Continental Army as respects the County of Lincoln. 
 
 The Convention therefore have Dispatched their represen- 
 tation by William McCobb, Esq., one of its members to whom 
 full credence is to be given on the subject matter it contains, 
 anxiously waiting his Eeturn in order to this Peoples being 
 able to Determine what is their Duty in their present crisis. 
 
 Your petitioners beg leave to add that from various Cir- 
 cumstances there is reason to believe that the Enemy and their 
 Emisaries are tampering with the Indians in this County, and 
 this Convention are apprehensive that the tribes of Penobscot 
 and Norridgewock may be tempted to Join them, your peti- 
 tioners therefore humbly request that such measures may be 
 taken by the Honourable Court as may be adapted to secure 
 their friendship at this juncture. 
 
 James McCobb, 
 Signed in the Presence Chairman, 
 
 and by Order of the 
 Convention. 
 
 The Rev. John Murray on June 18, 1779, prepared a 
 lengthy letter setting forth the arrival of the British fleet at 
 Major Bagaduce, the landing of troops and the commencement 
 of fortifications there. He made extended statements as to the 
 poverty of the inhabitants and the dangers of their weakening 
 if not supported by the Court. He closed with these words : 
 
 " These things dictated by unfeigned zeal for the preserva- 
 tion of this defenceless country, as well as for the support of 
 
230 HISTORV OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 the common, glorious cause, and written by request of such of 
 the respectable inhabitants as 1 have had opportunity to see 
 since the alarm, are now hastened off to your Honors in the 
 <j;reatest hurry, but without any design of foreclosing the 
 accounts which you may receive from the proper authority." 
 
 To both letter and petition is affixed the following : 
 
 In the House of Representatives, 
 
 June 30, 1779. 
 
 Read and thereupon resolved that the President of the 
 
 Council be and here})y is requested to write to the Rev. Mr. 
 
 Murray and inform him of the measures the Court have taken 
 
 to Dislodge the Enemy from Penobscot. 
 
 Sent up for concurrence. 
 
 In Council June 30, 1779, 
 Read and Concurred, 
 John Avery, 
 D. Sec. 
 
 On the same date of the Wiscasset convention, General 
 Cushing, of Pownalboro, addressed the General Court in a 
 similar manner to the foregoing. But the Court was apprised 
 previous to this of the investment of the Penobscot by 
 McLane's troops and had commenced preparations for raising 
 a sufficient force and fleet to dislodge them. Directions Avere 
 given the Board of War, on the 25th, to engage such vessels, 
 State or National, as could be made ready to sail in six days, 
 and to employ or impress in the harbors of Boston, Salem, 
 Beverly and Newburyport such vessels as were fit for sei-vice, 
 promising their owners compensation for all damages or losses 
 they might sustain. General Cushing, of Lincoln, and Gen- 
 eral Thompson, of Cumberland, were to each detach 600 men, 
 and General Frost, of York, to detach 300 more from the 
 militia of that county. Com. Dudley Saltonstall, of New 
 Haven, was given command of the fleet. Gen. Solomon 
 Lovell, Weymouth, Mass., was commander-in-chief of the 
 land forces; Gen. Poleg Wadsworth, Duxbury, Mass., grand- 
 father to the poet Longfellow and builder of the first brick 
 house in Portland, in 1785, now known as the Longfellow 
 home, was second in command ; the famous Col. Paul Revere 
 was Commander of Artillery. Col. Samuel McCobb was a 
 prominent officer, commanding the Lincoln regiment. £50,000 
 was raised to defray the expenses of the expedition. The 
 
BOOTHBAY IN THE REVOLUTION. 231 
 
 supplies consisted of nine tons of ilour and bread, ten of rice, 
 ten of salt beef, 600 gallons molasses, 600 gallons rum, 500 
 stands of arms, 50,000 musket cartridges with balls, two 18- 
 pounders with 200 rounds .of cartridges, three 9-pounders 
 with 300 rounds, four fieldpieces, six barrels of gunpowder 
 and a large quantity of axes, spades and tools, besides tents 
 and camp utensils.' 
 
 The fleet consisted of nineteen armed vessels and twenty- 
 four transports. It carried 344 guns, the largest being the 
 Wari-en, the Commodore's flagship, thirty-two guns. But one, 
 the Hover, carried as few as ten. The Tyrannicide, General 
 Wadsworth and Nancy are recognized as names ,of some of the 
 old Boothbay vessels. The point of rendezvous was Boothbay 
 Harbor, and on July 19th the last of the fleet from the west- 
 ward set sail from Falmouth. On that day all had arrived in 
 the harbor. General Lovell made his headquarters at the house 
 of the Rev. John Murray, where, on the 21st, the returns of 
 the regiments were examined. On the 22d the troops were 
 reviewed on the Boothbay parade ground, which, as has 
 heretofore been mentioned, was on the premises of Andrew 
 McFarland. This was the only instance of anything like a 
 drill engaged in before actual battle by this hastily-raised, 
 ill-disciplined force. Unfavorable weather delayed them until 
 the 24th, when they sailed out from the harbor, an imposing 
 spectacle for the times, in full confidence of victory, but really 
 to their doom. They stood into the Penobscot on the morning 
 of the 25th. No sooner were they within range of the earth- 
 works of McLane than the British opened fire, which was 
 returned by several broadsides from the ships. An effort to 
 land that night and again the next day was repulsed. About 
 half an hour before sunrise, on the 28th, between 400 and 500 
 soldiers and marines landed at "Trask's Eock," on the western 
 side of the point, suffering severely from a galling fire from 
 an ambush ashore. With no discipline, but each man on his 
 courage, in three parties, the ascent was made to the bluff, 
 nearly 200 feet above. A destructive fire was poured upon 
 them all the way, but in twenty minutes the British ground 
 was canied and occupied by the Colonial troops. Military 
 
 1. Will. Hist, of Maine. Vol. II, p. 470. 
 
232 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 experts of the time stated that no such landing had been made 
 anywhere since the days of Wolfe. In many places the sol- 
 diers pulled themselves up only by means of bushes which 
 hung above them. Nearly 100 were lost by the Colonists. 
 They threw up intrcnchments, intending to hold the captured 
 ground, and were in favor of demanding an immediate surren- 
 der, but Commodore Saltonstall refused to send any more 
 marines ashore and threatened to recall those already there. 
 It was afterward learned that McLane was prepared to capitu- 
 late had it been demanded ; but the opportune time passed 
 through the obstinacy and self-will of Saltonstall in refusing 
 proper support to the land forces. 
 
 It was decided that reinforcements were needed, and on 
 August 2d Rev. John Murray, who had accompanied the expe- 
 dition as chaplain to McCobb's regiment, volunteered to go as 
 messenger to the Government at Boston. On August 13th, 
 while conditions were practically unchanged since the action of 
 the 28th, Commodore Collier, whom we have before referred 
 to, reached the Penobscot, from Halifax, with seven vessels, 
 carrying 204 guns and 1,530 men. An instant retreat was 
 made to the transports. Saltonstall drew up his fleet in the 
 form of a crescent, as though to hold his position, but a heavy 
 broadside from the British fleet threw the Americans into con- 
 fusion and a disastrous flight ensued. INIost of the transports 
 retreated up the river ; some were beached, a part of the- pro- 
 visions taken off and then fired. A few were made prize of, 
 and several ran up as far as the mouth of the Kenduskeag and 
 there blown up. The casualties in life were about 150 on the 
 part of the Americans to 85 on the side of the British. But 
 the loss of reputation, the destruction of most of the best ves- 
 sels in the North Atlantic waters, besides arms, ammunition, 
 provisions and cash, was a blow that staggered the whole 
 country in its weak condition. 
 
 A Court of Enquiry reported that "the principal reason of 
 the failure was the want of proper spirit and energy on the 
 part of the Commodore.' The public, however, charged him 
 with cowardice and disloyalty. The troops took up their line 
 of flight back to the settlements on the Kennebec and the coast, 
 through the trackless woods, led by Indian guides. Some died 
 
Chari^es Baker Fisher. 
 1812-1887. 
 
BOOTHBAY IN THE REVOLUTION. 233 
 
 of starvation and exhaustion on the way. General Lovell and 
 General Wadsworth met at Boothbay about a fortnight after the 
 battle, which was the first seen of each other since the disaster. 
 So active had been the Eev. John Murray in his assistance, 
 and so influential was he known to be, that the English offered 
 a reward of £500 for his arrest. Boothbay was so poorly pro- 
 tected and its harbor so continuously frequented by the British 
 vessels that it was deemed unsafe and unwise for him longer 
 to remain here, so he went at once to Newburyport, where he 
 lived out the rest of his days. But he carried his patriotism 
 wherever he went. Soon after reaching Newburyport that 
 town was called upon to furnish an entire company, oflacers 
 and men. For four days they labored with ill-attended suc- 
 cess, when some one suggested that Mr. Murray should be 
 invited to address the regiment then under arms. He was 
 escoi-ted to the Presbyterian Church, where he pronounced an 
 address so spirited and animating that during the wave of 
 enthusiasm a member of his church stepped forward to take 
 command and in two hours the company was filled.^ 
 
 As early in the war as December 7, 1776, the brigantine 
 Warren was purchased in Boston and placed in command of 
 Capt. Paul Eeed.^ He sailed in it to Boothbay, loaded it with 
 lumber, and on February 7, 1777, set sail for St. Francois, 
 Grand Terre Island, French West Indies. He was instructed 
 to purchase arms and ammunition as follows : " Four brass 
 fieldpieces, three or four pounders ; ten tons of lead ; 50,000 
 French flints." Several Boothbay men accompanied him, who 
 appear in the subjoined list. They were captured March 12, 
 1777, but by escape or exchange Captain Eeed was soon afloat 
 again in the brig Reprisal, and in this vessel captured the 
 British brig Nancy, Captain Forsythe. The Nancy carried 
 sixteen guns, and it is thought Captain Eeed was in her under 
 Commodore Saltonstall in 1779. In that disaster she was cap- 
 tured instead of being destroyed as most of the American fleet 
 was. Captain Eeed's last recorded Eevolutionary service was 
 as captain of the privateer General Wadsworth, in 1781, in 
 which he probably continued to the close of the war. He 
 captured several other prizes. 
 
 1. Me. Hist. Coll., Vol. VI, p. 163. 
 
 2. Bevolutionary Board of War Letters, Vol. 161, p. 391. 
 
 16 
 
234 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Capt. Joseph Reed, while in his own sloop and near Booth- 
 bay, was captured May 22, 1780, by Capt. James E. Mowatt, 
 a relative of Capt. Henry Mowatt, previously mentioned. 
 With him were nine Boothbay men. The following day, while 
 enjoying a little liberty, they suddenly fell upon the British 
 crew and a hand-to-hand struggle ensued, resulting this time 
 in the vanquishment of the victors of the day before. Captain 
 Mowatt was deeply chagrined at the performance, and, provis- 
 ions being scarce ashore, Reed hardly cared to have the pris- 
 oners on his hands, so an agreement was struck. Captain and 
 crew were liberated, but Captain Reed came in with two ves- 
 sels where he had gone forth shortly before with one. 
 
 On June 16, 1780, Col. Edward Emerson was chosen agent 
 for Boothbay to attend a convention at Wiscasset and assist in 
 apportioning an abatement of tax allowed by the General Court 
 to Lincoln County, of £30,000. This magnificent sounding 
 sum was not, however, all that it might appear to be. That 
 year a pair of coarse shoes cost £2 8s ; a pair of stockings, 
 £1 16s ; a shirt, £2 7s ; beef was five dollars a pound. A 
 vote in the town of Bristol on November 4, 1780, reads : 
 " Voted to give five dollars per pound for beef ; and what the 
 inhabitants turn in must be delivered to Wm. Burns by Thurs- 
 day next." Between September 25th and December 4th the 
 towns of Lincoln County were called upon to furnish 195,242 
 pounds of beef. It will be remembered that an alternative 
 vote in Boothbay had placed the ratio of currency at " seventy- 
 five of paper for one hard dollar." 
 
 Many traditions have come down from that war, from those 
 times which "tried men's souls," and doubtless many of them 
 have a foundation in fact, but the author has thought best to 
 only mention that which is well authenticated by record, and, 
 in reality, but little of that, for the Massachusetts Archives 
 are replete with references to matters which occurred on the 
 Lincoln County shores, and much of it occurred in old Booth- 
 bay. A volume might be filled of such material, but I have 
 thought best to let suffice in this line what is here presented. 
 
 Boothbay was unusually free from the Tory element. Her 
 record for genuine patriotism is unsurpassed, and besides a 
 soldiery that was brave and faithful she had leaders whose 
 
BOOTHBAY IN THE REVOLUTION. 235 
 
 influence and reputations extended beyond her geographical 
 limits. Such were the Rev. John Murray, Colonels Edward 
 Emerson and Andrew Reed, Captains Andrew McFarland, 
 Israel Davis, Ichabod Pinkham, and Paul, Joseph and David 
 Reed. Any tribute to the men of those times would be incom- 
 plete that did not specially mention John Beath and William 
 McCobb ; though not in the field, their courage shone as 
 brightly and their responsibility was as great in the burdens 
 willingly taken upon themselves. 
 
 Sekvice List. 
 
 The following list was obtained at a great amount of labor 
 on the part of the author besides the employment of expert 
 assistance in the Archives department at the Massachusetts 
 State House. A list of every possible male, of service age, of 
 persons who by tax lists, municipal, family and other records 
 are shown to have been residents of Boothbay during the 
 period, was first made. About 200 names were thus secured. 
 Some were minors and others advanced past middle life, but 
 in that war many such served creditably. This list, name by 
 name, under every possible form of spelling, has been searched 
 for in the Archives, with the following result. Though 
 abridged and abbreviated into a plain tabular statement, it 
 stands forth as a record of patriotism, unexcelled by any New 
 England town, and is the most eloquent part of this volume. 
 
 In its perusal the readers may safely assume that in many 
 individual cases the entire service record is incomplete. To 
 illustrate : quite often it will be noted that a soldier's first 
 record is where he is raised to the Continental Army from his 
 existing place in a regiment, where he has been serving for an 
 unknown period. It often occurs in search that a person 
 known to have served in that war is altogether omitted from 
 the rolls, through the incompleteness and errors of the records 
 in those days. We are, probably, as fortunate in complete- 
 ness of record in this matter as any town well can be. 
 
 Christian names of officers, who are frequently referred to, 
 will be omitted, to avoid unnecessary repetitions. The family 
 names differing, as they do, no confusion can result. The 
 omissions will occur in the cases of Capt. Timothy Langdon, 
 
236 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Capt. David Reed, Capt. Ichabod Pinkham, Capt. Israel Davis, 
 Capt. Andrew McFarland, Col. Samuel McCobb, Col. William 
 Jones, Col. Joseph Frye, Capt. Archibald McAllister and a 
 few others. The abbreviations used will be as follows : co., 
 company; reg., regiment; enl., enlist or enlisted; Cont., 
 Continental ; mo. or mos., month or months. The dating of 
 service indicates the first date in the record where an enlist- 
 ment is not mentioned. 
 
 Adams, Samuel. — Enl. July 6, 1779; private, Capt. 
 Benj. Plumer's co., Col. Jones' reg.; served at Majorbaga- 
 duce under Col. McCobb. 
 
 Alley, Epheaim. — Enl. from Capt. McFarland's co. 
 into the Cont. Army, Jan. 1, 1780, for 3 yrs. Early service 
 dates Apr. 2, 1776; private, Capt. Davis' co.. Col. Frye's 
 reg. ; seacoast defense at Boothbay. 
 
 Alley, Joshua. — Enl. July 12, 1775; private, Capt. 
 Langdon's co. ; also Corporal, Capt. Davis' co., Col. Frye's 
 reg. ; seacoast defense at Boothbay. 
 
 Baktee, John. — Private, Capt. McAllister's co., Col. 
 McCobb's reg. ; enl. July 11, 1779 ; on Majorbagaduce expe- 
 dition. 
 
 Barter, Joseph. — Enl. June 1, 1776, during war; mus- 
 ter roll dated Camp at Ticonderoga, Nov. 27, 1776 ; served 
 by record to Aug. 27, 1780 ; age at enl., 20 ; was at Valley 
 Forge and Peekskill ; service mostly in New York. 
 
 Barter, Nicholas. — Private, Capt. Langdon's co. ; 
 enl. July 13, 1775 ; service in seacoast defense at Boothbay. 
 
 Beath, John. — Appointed Naval Officer for port of Town- 
 send, first, Nov. 23, 1776 : second, Feb. 4, 1779 ; official rec- 
 ord of ballot in House of Eeps. 
 
 Beath, Joseph. — Engaged mate of Brigantine Warren, 
 commanded by Capt. Paul Reed, Jan. 6, 1777 ; enl. Sept. 1, 
 1781, and was clerk of Col. McCobb's reg., Eastern Depart- 
 ment. 
 
 Booker, Christopher. — Private; enl. July 11, 1779; 
 Capt. McAllister's co.. Col. McCobb's reg. ; served on Major- 
 bagaduce expedition. 
 
BOOTHBAY IN THE EEVOLUTION. 237 
 
 Booker, Eliphalet. — Private, Capt. Davis co., Col. 
 Frye's reg. ; marched Apr. 2, 1776 ; also in Capt. McAllis- 
 ter's CO., Col. McCobb's reg. ; service at Penobscot, 1779. 
 
 Booker, Jacob. — Private, Capt. Davis' co., Col. Frye's 
 reg. ; marched Apr. 2, 1776 ; seacoast defense. 
 
 Booker, Joseph. — Private; enl. July 26, 1775; Capt. 
 Langdon's co. ; service at Boothbay ; also seaman on brig- 
 antine Warren; engaged Jan. 20, 1777; service to Mar. 12, 
 1777, when captured. 
 
 Booker, William. — Seaman on brigantine TFarrew, as 
 above. 
 
 Brown, Samuel. — Captain; letter dated Aug. 6, 1782, 
 at Hallow^ll, by Joseph North to Gov. Hancock, asking his 
 approval of appointment of Brown as Deputy Coll. of Excise 
 under him. Brown's residence given Boothbay. 
 
 Beyer, Samuel. — Private, Capt. Benj. Plumer's co.. 
 Col. Jones' reg. ; service dates July 6, 1779 ; detailed for 
 expedition against Majorbagaduce, under Col. McCobb. 
 
 Burnham, Solomon. — Private, Capt. Pinkham's co. ; 
 service dates Mar. 24, 1780; seacoast defense at Boothbay. 
 
 CoLBATH, Leighton. — Private; enl. July 13, 1775; 
 Capt. Langdon's co. ; seacoast defense at Boothbay. 
 
 CoLBATH, Lemuel. — Private; service dates Mar. 24, 
 1780 ; Capt. Pinkham's co. ; seacoast defense at Boothbay. 
 
 Ceommett, Jeremiah. — Sergeant; enl. Jan. 3, 1777; 
 Capt. Christopher Woodridge's co.. Col. Wigglesworth's reg. ; 
 service in Cont. Army, at Providence, Valley Forge and 
 Greenwich. 
 
 Crommett, John. — Drafted from Capt. McFarland's co., 
 by order of Council, Nov. 7, 1775, for Cont. Army; private. 
 
 Davis, Israel. — Commissioned Captain, Jan. 16, 1776, 
 Col. Frye's reg. ; later in Col. Jones' reg. ; stationed at Sheep- 
 scot Kiver; also in service at Greenwich and Providence. 
 
 Davis, Israel, Jr. — Private, Capt. David Reed's co.. 
 Col. Jones' reg. ; in Capt. Lafagdon's co., Nov. 10, 1775. 
 
 Davis, William. — Private; service dates June 1, 1776; 
 Capt. Israel Davis' co. ; seacoast defense at Boothbay. 
 
238 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Daws, John. — Seaman on brigantine Warren ; portage 
 bill made up for voyage to Cape Francois ; sailed from Booth- 
 bay, Feb. 4, 1777; captured Mar. 12, 1777. 
 
 Decker, John. — Private, Capt. McAllister's co., Col. 
 McCobb's reg. ; enl. July 11, 1779; in expedition against 
 Majorbagaduce. 
 
 Decker, Thomas. — Raised from Col. Jones' reg. for ser- 
 vice at Fishkill ; also served under Col. Rufus Putnam ; ser- 
 vice dates June 19, 1778 ; age 22 then ; private. 
 
 Decker, William. — Private, Capt. Davis' co. ; seacoast 
 defense at Boothbay ; service dates Apr. 2, 177t). 
 
 Emerson, Edw^ard. — Lieut. Col. in Col. Jones' reg., in a 
 list of officers chosen by House of Reps., Jan. 30, 1776. 
 
 Farnham, Hansel. — Private; raised Nov. 7, 1777, from 
 3d. Lincoln Co. reg. to Cont. Army, where he served in Capt. 
 Bailey's co.. Col. Jackson's reg. 
 
 Farnham, Jonathan. — Private ; Duxbury ; Col. Theophi- 
 lus Colton's reg. ; service dates Oct. 7, 1775 ; also Sergeant 7th 
 CO., Col. Bailey's reg., in Cont. Army; reported at Valley 
 Forge, Jan. 24, 1778 ; also 2d. Lieut, in Capt. Campney's 
 CO., under Maj. Gen. Gates and Maj. Gen. Heath; service 
 about Boston; May 10, 1780, Farnham and other officers re- 
 signed their commissions; June 7, 1780, commissioned Cap- 
 tain in a Boston reg. 
 
 Ford, Abner. — Private, Capt. Mecres Carr's co., Col. 
 Joseph North's reg. ; service dates Sept. 15, 1777 ; assisted in 
 retaking the mast-ship Gruel. 
 
 FuLLERTON, Ebenezer. — Private, Capt. Langdon's co. ; 
 enl. July 12, 1775 ; service seacoast defense at Boothbay ; also 
 under Maj. Dummer Sewall. 
 
 Giles, Paul. — Private; service dates Nov. 10, 1775; 
 Capt. Langdon's co. ; service at Boothbay ; also Capt. Davis' 
 CO., Col. Frye's reg. ; seacoast defense, Apr. 2, 1776. 
 
 Herrin, Daniel. — Enl. July 12, 1775; Capt. Langdon's 
 CO. ; seacoast defense. 
 
 Herrin, Patrick. — Enl. July 12, 1775; Capt. Lang- 
 don's CO. ; seacoast defense. 
 
BOOTHBAY IN THE REVOLUTION. 239 
 
 Herrinden, Nehemiah. — Enl. July 13, 1775 ; Capt. 
 Langdon's co. ; seacoast defense. 
 
 HoDGDON, Joseph. — Private, Capt. Jordan Parker's co., 
 Col. McCobb's reg. ; enl. Aug. 10, 1781 ; service to the 
 eastward. 
 
 HoLTON, John. — Enl. July 12, 1775; Capt. Langdon's 
 CO. ; was also in brigantine Warren when captured ; Corporal. 
 
 HuTCHiNGS, Benjamin. — Private, Capt. Davis' co.. Col. 
 Frye's reg. ; marched Mar. 7, 1776 ; seacoast defense. 
 
 Kelley, Aaron. — Enl. July 12, 1775; Capt. Langdon's 
 CO. ; seacoast defense. 
 
 Kelley, Joseph. — Raised out of Col. Jones' reg. for 
 Cont. Army; list dated June 3, 1778. 
 
 Kelley, William. — Eaised from Col. North's reg. for 
 Cont. Army, June 3, 1778. 
 
 Kennedy, James. — Private, Capt. Pinkham's co. ; service 
 dates Mar. 24, 1780 ; at Boothbay in seacoast defense. 
 
 KENNEDY, William. — Private; service dates Nov. 10, 
 1775 ; shows continuous to Apr. 24, 1780 ; at Boothbay in 
 seacoast defense ; also from a list of Lincoln County men 
 raised to march to Providence to reinforce regts. of Cols. 
 Wade and Jacobs. 
 
 Kenney, Abijah. — In a list of men raised from Capt. 
 David Reed's co. to serve in Cont. Army, Nov. 7, 1777 ; was 
 in Col. Pillsbury's 13th Mass. reg. 
 
 Kenney, Ben.jamin. — Private ; enl. May 25, 1776 ; Capt. 
 Josiah Smith's co., Col. Josiah Whitney's reg. ; defense of 
 Boston ; also in 1780 in Capt. Pinkham's co. ; seacoast defense 
 at Boothbay. 
 
 Kenney, Samuel. — Private and Corporal in Capt. Lang- 
 don's CO. ; service dates July 12, 1775 ; at Boothbay in sea- 
 coast defense. 
 
 Kenney, Thomas. — Service dates Nov. 10, 1775; Capt. 
 Langdon's co. ; seacoast defense. 
 
 KJENNiSTON, David. — Private, Capt. Moses Dunstan's co., 
 2d New Hampshire reg. ; enl. July 1, 1780 ; under a different 
 spelling of name he is thought to appear in Capt. Daniel Liv- 
 
240 HI8T0RT OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 ermore's co., 3d. N. H. reg. ; under Col. Alexander Scammel, 
 Cont. Army ; enl. June 30, 1779 ; last appearance of name in 
 each case occurs on roll of co. dated Nov. 2, 1780. 
 
 Kent, Benjamin. — Service dates Mar. 24, 1780; Capt. 
 Pinkham's co. ; seacoast defense ; private. 
 
 Kent, John. — List of men raised from Col. Jones' reg. 
 for Cont. Army ; service mentioned at Reading and Valley 
 Forge in 1777-78. 
 
 Knight, Daniel. — Private; service dates Nov. 10, 1775; 
 Capt. Langdon's co. ; seacoast defense. 
 
 Knight, Pateshall. — Raised from Col. Jones' reg. for 
 Cont. Army, Nov. 7, 1777 ; returned by Capt. McFarland ; 
 also private in Capt. Davis co. ; also private in Capt. Pink- 
 ham's CO. ; seacoast defense. 
 
 Lamson, James. — Private, Capt. James Bancroft's co., 
 Col. Michael Jackson's reg. ; service dates May 1, 1777, in 
 Cont. Army. 
 
 Lamson, Samuel. — Private ; service same as James Lam- 
 son above; died in service Jan. 11, 1788. 
 
 Lamson, William. — Service dates Nov. 10, 1775; Capt. 
 Langdon's co. ; at Boothbay in seacoast defense. 
 
 Lewis, George. — Private, Capt. McAllister's co.. Col. 
 McCobb's reg. ; enl. July 11, 1779 ; on Majorbagaduce expe- 
 dition. 
 
 Lewis, William. — Private, Capt. Langdon's co., July 
 12, 1775 ; also Capt. Davis' co., Col. Frye's reg. ; also in 1776 
 in Lieut. Winslow's detachment ; service entirely in seacoast 
 defense. 
 
 LiNEKiN, John. — Raised from Capt. McFarland's co.. 
 Col. Jones' reg., for service in Cont. Army, Nov. 7, 1777; 
 private. 
 
 McCoBB, Samuel. — Seaman, brigantine Warren ; shipped 
 Jan. 26, 1777. 
 
 MoCoBB, William. — Elected by House of Reps, as Naval 
 Officer, port of Townsend, for 1780. 
 
BOOTHS Ar IN THE REVOLUTION. 241 
 
 McClintock, Samuel. — Enl. July 13, 1775 ; at Boothbay 
 in seacoast defense ; Capt. Langdon's co. 
 
 McFaeland, Andrew. — Private, Capt. Pinkham'a co. ; 
 enl. Mar. 24, 1780 ; detached service in seacoast defense ; 
 commissioned Captain, May 8, 1776, of 4th co. (2d Boothbay), 
 Col. Jones' reg. 
 
 McFarland, Benjamin. — Seaman, brigantine Warren, 
 Capt. Paul Reed. 
 
 McFarland, Thomas. — Enl. July 12, 1775; Capt. Lang- 
 don's CO. ; was in sloop Townsend on Penobscot expedition. 
 
 Montgomery, John. — Enl. July 12, 1775 ; private, Capt. 
 Langdon's co. ; seacoast defense. 
 
 Montgomery, Samuel. — Enl. July 12, 1775; private, 
 Capt. Langdon's co. ; also 2d Lieut, in Capt. McFarland's co. ; 
 commissioned May 6, 1776. 
 
 Murray, John. — Enl. July 12, 1775; private in Capt. 
 Langdon's co. ; seacoast defense. 
 
 Palmer, Nathaniel. — Private, Capt. Caleb Turner's co. ; 
 enl. July 13, 1775 ; service in defense of seacoast. 
 
 Perkins, Samuel. — Private, Capt. Caleb Turner's co. ; 
 service dates July 13, 1775; also enl. Jaly 11, 1779, Capt. 
 McAllister's co. ; service record in both cases seacoast defense ; 
 was under Col. McCobb on Majorbagaduce expedition. 
 
 Pinkham, Ichabod. — Commissioned 1st Lieut., Capt. 
 McFarland's co.. Col. Jones' reg., May 8, 1776 ; also as Cap- 
 tain of detachment stationed at Boothbay in seacoast defense 
 one month from Mar. 24, 1780. 
 
 Pinkham, James. — Private, Capt. Langdon's co. ; at 
 Boothbay in seacoast defense ; enl. July 12, 1775 ; also in 
 Capt. McAllister's co.. Col. McCobb's reg., on Majorbagaduce 
 expedition; enl. July 11, 1779. 
 
 Pinkham, Nathaniel. — Private, Capt. Davis' co. ; marched 
 Apr. 2, 1776 ; service in seacoast defense ; Col. Joseph Frye's 
 reg. 
 
 Race, George. — Private, Capt. Pinkham's detachment; 
 service dates March 24, 1780 ; seacoast defense. 
 
242 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Reed, Andrew. — Commissioned Lieut. Col. in Col. Jones' 
 reg., Feb. 12, 1776. 
 
 Reed, Andrew, Jr. — Commissioned 2d Lieut., Capt. 
 David Reed's 3d co. (Ist Boothbay), Col. Jones' reg.. May 
 8, 1776; also enl. July 11, 1779, and served as 2d Lieut, on 
 Majorbagaduce expedition, Capt. McAllister's co., Col. 
 McCobb's reg. 
 
 Reed, Andrew, 2d. — Private, Capt. Langdon's co. ; ser- 
 vice dates July 12, 1775 ; stationed at Boothbay in seacoast 
 defense. 
 
 Reed, David. — Commissioned Captain 3d (1st Boothbay) 
 CO., Col. Jones' reg., May 8, 1776 ; also appears as Commis- 
 sary on Council Warrant, dated Feb. 13, 1777, drawn for 
 £100, in favor said Reed, to enable liim to supply with neces- 
 saries the seacoast men stationed at Boothbay ; also appears 
 (year not given) as Captain 1st co., 5th Lincoln Co. reg. of 
 Mass. militia in a list of officers. He appears as private in 
 Capt. Pinkham's detachment, service for 1 mo. from Mar. 24, 
 1780, seacoast defense, stationed at Boothbay; also private in 
 Capt. Benjamin Lemont's co., Col. McCobb's reg., enl. July 
 1, 1781, service at Penobscot; also private, Capt. John 
 Reed's co., Col. James Hunter's corps, raised for defense of 
 eastern Mass. ; discharged Nov. 20, 1782. 
 
 Reed, John. — Private, Capt. Benjamin Plumer's co. ; ser- 
 vice dates Mar. 5, 1776 ; sei'vice 6 mos. at St. George's in 
 seacoast defense; also private, Capt. Benjamin Lemont's co.. 
 Col. McCobb's reg. ; engaged July, 1781. 
 
 Reed, John, Jr. — Private, Capt. Pinkham's detachment; 
 service dates Mar. 24, 1780 ; seacoast defense at Boothbay. 
 
 Reed, Joseph. — Commissioned 1st Lieut., Capt. David 
 Reed's co., Col. Jones' reg.. May 8, 177(5; also as Lieut, in 
 Capt. Pinkham's detachment for 1 mo. from Mar. 24, 1780, 
 seacoast defense at Boothbay. 
 
 Reed, Paul. — Master brigantino Warren, shipped Dec. 7, 
 177(1 ; service 2 mos. 26 days on a voyage to Cape Francois ; 
 reported to have sailed from Boothbay Feb. 4, 1777, and to 
 have been captured Mar. 12, 1777 ; also commander of the 
 brig Reprisal, which captured the brig Nancy, as appears by 
 
BOOTHBAY IN THE REVOLUTION. 243 
 
 a petition from Capt. Forsythe, late master of the Nancy, ask- 
 ing to be exchanged, dated Dec. 22, 1777 ; also commissioned 
 commander of the sloop Gen. Wadsworth (privateer), Feb. 5, 
 1781. 
 
 Eeed, Robert. — Fifer, Capt. Langdon's co. ; enl. July 12, 
 1775 ; company stationed at Boothbay for seacoast defense. 
 
 Reed, William. — Lieut., Capt. Langdon's co. ; enl. July 
 12, 1775, at Boothbay, in seacoast defense ; also commissioned 
 Captainj July 23, 1776, 1st co.. Col. Jonathan Buck's (5th 
 Lincoln) reg. ; company called on duty for service at Machias. 
 
 Rollings, Benjamin. — Private, Capt. Davis' co., Col. 
 Frye's reg. ; marched from home Feb. 3, 1776 ; service in 
 seacoast defense. 
 
 Rollings, James. — Private, Capt. Benjamin Plumer's co. ; 
 detached from Col. William Jones' reg., in expedition against 
 Majorbagaduce under Col. McCobb ; enl. July 6, 1779. 
 
 Rollings, Nathaniel. — Private, Capt. McAllister's co.. 
 Col. McCobb's reg. ; enl. July 11, 1779 ; service in expedition 
 against Majorbagaduce. 
 
 Rollings, Samuel. — Seaman, brigantine Warren, on 
 voyage to Cape Francois ; also Lieut, in Capt. Benjamin 
 Plumer's co. ; detached from Col. Jones' reg., under Col. 
 McCobb, in Majorbagaduce expedition; enl. July 6, 1779. 
 
 Rollings, Stephen. — Private ; service dates Mar. 24, 
 1780 ; seacoast defense in Capt. Pinkham's detachment. 
 
 Sally, Thomas. — Private; enl. July 12, 1775; seacoast 
 defense in Capt. Langdon's co. (This is same person some- 
 times recorded as Thomas Tully in church records, and should 
 be Tully.) 
 
 Sawyer, Aaron. — Appears on a return of men raised 
 from Col. Jones' reg. for guards over Convention, magazines 
 and public stores, under Gen. Heath ; dated at Pownalboro, 
 Aug. 20, 1778 ; residence given as Boothbay. 
 
 Sawyer, Ebenezer. — Private, Capt. Lemont's co., Col. 
 McCobb's reg. ; enl. July 1, 1781 ; service near Penobscot. 
 
 Saavyer, Jacob. — Sergeant in Capt. Benjamin Brown's co., 
 Lieut. Col. William Bond's (late Col. Thomas Gardner's) 37th 
 
244 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 reg. ; appears in the 8 mos. army stationed around Boston in 
 1775 ; also Sergeant in Capt. Langdon's co., seacoast defense ; 
 was on Majorbagaduce expedition. 
 
 Serote, John. — Corporal, Capt. McAllister's co., Col. 
 McCobb's reg.; enl. July 11, 1779; service on Majorbaga^ 
 duce expedition. 
 
 Stover, Dependence. — Enl. from Capt. Reed's co. for 9 
 mos. from date of arrival at Fishkill, June 20, 1778 ; also pri- 
 vate, Capt. Pinkham's detachment, service in seacoast defense. 
 Mar. 24, 1780, at Boothbay ; also private, Capt. McAllister's 
 CO., Lieut. Col. Joseph Prime's reg., under Brig. Gen. Wads- 
 worth, at the eastward, service dates Apr. 26, 1780. 
 
 Thompson, Joseph. — Private, Capt. Langdon's co. ; enl. 
 July 12, 1775; also Corporal, Lieut. Nathaniel Tibbett's co., 
 Col. Lithgow's reg. ; on Majorbagaduce expedition. 
 
 Thompson, Samuel. — Private, Capt. Davis' co.. Col. Frye's 
 reg. ; at Boothbay in seacoast defense ; also same service in 
 Lieut. Nathaniel Winslow's co. 
 
 Tibbetts, Giles. — Private; enl. July 12, 1775, Capt. 
 Langdon's co., seacoast defense at Boothbay; also private, 
 Capt. Christopher Woodbridge's co., Col. Smith's reg., from 
 Apr. 17, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779 ; enl. from Capt. Eeed's co.. 
 Col. Jones' reg., for 3 yrs. 
 
 Tibbetts, Ichabod. — Private, Capt. Langdon's co., enl. 
 July 13, 1775, seacoast defense at Boothbaj' ; also Sergeant, 
 Capt. Davis' co., enl. Apr. 2, 1776 ; also on Majorbagaduce 
 expedition, Capt. McAllister's co.. Col. McCobb's reg. ; also 
 appears as Ichabod Abbitt as Sergeant in Capt. Pinkham's co. 
 in 1780, seacoast defense. 
 
 Tibbetts, James. — Raised from Capt. IMcFarland's co., to 
 serve in Cont. Army, by Council order, Nov. 7, 1777 ; joined 
 Capt. Woodbridge's co.. Col. Calvin Smith's (late Wiggles- 
 worth's) reg. and served from Apr. 15, 1777, to Nov. 15, 
 1777, when his death was reported. 
 
 Tibbetts, John. — Corporal, Capt. Langdon's co. ; enl. 
 July 12, 1775 ; service in seacoast defense at Boothbay. 
 
 Tibbetts, Nathaniel. — Private, Capt. Davis' co.. Col. 
 Frye's reg., enl. Apr. 2, 1776, service at Boothbay; also 
 
BOOTHBAY IN THE REVOLUTION. 245 
 
 commissioned 1st Lieut., Capt. Elijah Grant's co. (5th co.), 
 Col. McCobb's reg. ; also served as Lieut, in command of a 
 CO. detached to serve with guards on the seacoast of Lincoln 
 County under Major William Lithgow. 
 
 TiBBETTS, Nathaniel, Jr. — Private; enl. July 13, 1775, 
 Capt. Langdon's co., in defense of seacoast of Boothbay. 
 
 TwoMBLY, Paul. — Private, Capt. Henry Hunter's co., Col. 
 Jones' reg. ; roll dated Sept. 15, 1777; service at Sheepscot 
 Eiver. 
 
 Wall, Andrew. — Private, Capt. McAllister's co.. Col. 
 Prime's reg. ; enl. Apr. 23, 1780 ; service under Brig. Gen. 
 Wadsworth. 
 
 Wheeler, Abraham. — Private; raised from Capt. McFar- 
 land's CO., Col. Jones' reg. ; service mentioned under Col. Cal- 
 vin Smith ; enl. Dec. 13, 1779, for during war. 
 
 Wheeler, John. — Private, Capt. Heald's co., Col. 
 McCobb's reg. ; enl. June 30, 1779 ; service on Majorbaga- 
 duce expedition. 
 
 Wheeler, Joseph. — Private; raised from Capt. McFar- 
 land's CO., Col. Jones' reg., to serve in Cont. Army, pursuant 
 to Council order, Nov. 7, 1777 ; also private, Capt. Davis' co., 
 Col. Wigglesworth's reg. 
 
 Wheeler, William. — Private ; raised from Capt. McFar- 
 land's CO. for service in Cont. Army, pursuant to Council 
 order, Nov. 7, 1777. 
 
 WiLLEY, William. — Private, Capt. Benjamin Lemont's 
 CO., Col. McCobb's reg.; enl. July 1, 1781; sei-vice near 
 Penobscot River. 
 
 Williams, Job. — Private, Capt. McFarland's co.. Col. 
 Jones' reg., agreeable to Council order, Nov. 7, 1777, to serve 
 3 yrs. in Cont. Army ; also as private in Capt. Woodbridge's 
 CO., Col. Smith's reg., service recorded from June 22, 1777, 
 to Aug. 10, 1778, at which date his death was reported. 
 
 Williams, John. — Private, Capt. Davis' co., Col. Frye's 
 reg., enl. Apr. 2, 1776, service at Boothbay; also raised 
 from Capt. McFarland's co. to serve in Cont. Army ; served 
 in Capt. Woodbridge's co.. Col. Smith's reg., from June 23, 
 1777, to Oct. 18, 1777, at which date his death was reported. 
 
246 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Wylie, Alexander. — Private, Capt. Langdon's co., enl. 
 July 12, ITTT), service at Boothbay in seacoast defense ; also 
 private, Capt. McAllister's co., Col. McCobb's reg., enl. July 
 
 11, 1779, in Majorbagaduce expedition. 
 
 Wylie, John. — Private, Capt. Langdon's co. ; enl. July 
 
 12, 17715 ; service at Boothbay in seacoast defense. 
 
 Wylie, Robert. — Piivate, Capt. Langdon's co., enl. July 
 12, 1775, for defense of seacoast at Boothbay ; also private, 
 Capt. Davi-s' co., service at Boothbay; also private, Lieut. 
 Nathaniel Winslow's co. A Robert AVylie, roll dated at Bris- 
 tol, shows service at Boothbay under Capt. Caleb Turner, enl. 
 Mar. 2(i, 1776 ; thought to be same person. 
 
 Wylie, Samuel. — Private, Capt. Langdon's co. ; enl. 
 July 12, 1775 ; service at Boothbay in seacoast defense. . 
 
 Young, John. — Drummer, Capt. Benjamin Plumer's co., 
 enl. Mar. 5, 1776, service at St. George's ; also private, Capt. 
 Benjamin Lemont's co.. Col. McCobb's reg., service near 
 Penobscot River. 
 
CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 BOOTHBAT IN THE WaR OF 1812. 
 
 MANY matters of consequence occurred in Boothbay 
 between the close of the Revolutionary "War and the 
 commencement of that of 1812, but the municipal and 
 ecclesiastial chapters cover the salient features of town and 
 parish proceedings, while those on commercial and fishing 
 interests largely include the remainder of that which is of rec- 
 ord value. For this reason that which has been collected relat- 
 ing to Boothbay's part in the second struggle with England is 
 presented at this point in our narrative. Twenty-nine years 
 had intervened since America's first contention with the mother 
 country for independence, and this was, in fact, the second 
 one for the same purpose. America emerged from that con- 
 flict only a third-rate power, and England was never fully sat- 
 isfied until after the battle of New Orleans. She continually 
 seemed ready to accept the first provocation for trouble, and 
 if none was found to furnish it herself. France and England 
 at about that period were at war the greater part of the time. 
 In Jefferson's second administration Napoleon sent forth an 
 edict that neutral ships must not enter British ports. England, 
 by her orders in Council, forbade any neutral ships to enter 
 French ports, or the ports of any nation allied to France or 
 subordinate to Napoleon. These two nations had navies supe- 
 rior to any other countries. The United States was rapidly 
 gaining in population and wealth, and at that time had a large 
 merchant marine, but, without a navy, was like an unarmed 
 traveler between two highwaymen. Both countries did us as 
 much damage as possible, but England's course in impressing 
 our seamen produced more feelings of wrath and resentment 
 than France did in the course she pursued. Upon exposure of 
 such outrages France could not rely upon a false explanation 
 that an American seaman had been mistaken for a Frenchman, 
 while England could and did make such excuses and disclaim- 
 ers of wrong intent. 
 
248 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 It was thought by the Administration that a general embargo 
 on American shipping might bring these countries to terms. 
 Therefore, in 1807, the Embargo Act was passed, which for- 
 bade any vessel to set out from the United States for any for- 
 eign port. How much damage this inflicted on England and 
 France is uncertain, but no uncertainty exists as to the fact 
 that American shipping, already crippled by the outrageous 
 course of these two nations, was now nearly ruined by a self- 
 inflicted act. Of course the act did not apply to the coastwise 
 trade or to the fisheries, therefore many evaded it, at great risk 
 to themselves, by largely provisioning for a coasting or fishing 
 trip to Eastport or New Oi'leans, bringing up at Halifax, the 
 West Indies or some other foreign port. It was a blunder, 
 still it was condoned on the ground that the Administration 
 used it as an experiment, hoping for the best, not knowing 
 what course to pursue. New England, being the most exten- 
 sively engaged in shipping, was hardest hit, and secession from 
 the Union was openly talked. John Quincy Adams, New 
 England's foremost representative at the time and a supporter 
 of the embargo, fearing the possible action of his part of the 
 country, earnestly labored for its repeal. In 1809, the first 
 year of Madison's administration, the embargo was repealed 
 and the Non-Intercourse Act substituted for it, this last act 
 applying only to England and France. 
 
 Nearly every seaport town in the United States sent up 
 repeated protests and petitions to the Government for the 
 repeal of the embargo, for they were all distressed by its work- 
 ings. A special town meeting in Boothbay was called for 
 August 22, 1807, to "consider the expedienc}'^ of petitioning 
 the President to suspend the civil embargo then resting upon 
 vessels and ships in ports and harbors throughout the United 
 States." A committee was chosen, consisting of William 
 McCobb, Edmund Wilson, Capt. William Maxwell Reed, 
 Amasa Piper and Nicholas T. Knight, to draft a petition, and 
 recess was taken until five o'clock in the afternoon, at which time 
 they reconvened and the petition was accepted and directed to 
 be forwarded by the town clerk. It is needless to say that it 
 went the way of all similar documents of which there was a 
 multitude. 
 
Captain George Reed. 
 1797-1876. 
 The Reed Arms. 
 
BOOTHBAY IN THE WAR OP 1812. 249 
 
 At a meeting February 14, 1809, a set of resolutions with 
 preamble was adopted. A Committee of Safety and Corre- 
 spondence, similar in scope of duties and powers to the one in 
 Revolutionary times, was chosen, consisting of DaA'id G. Bowles, 
 William Maxwell Eeed, Amasa Piper, Nicholas T. Knight and 
 John M. McFarland. A copy of their resolutions was trans- 
 mitted for publication to both the Portland Gazette and Port- 
 land Argus. 
 
 The war came near breaking out in 1807, when the British 
 50-gun frigate. Leopard, attacked the American 38-gun frigate, 
 Chesapeake, on the coast of Virginia. Some twenty of the 
 American crew were killed or wounded, and four of that crew 
 taken on pretense that they were deserters from the British 
 Navy. England, however, disavowed this act. Again, in May, 
 1811, the English frigate. Little Belt, attacked the American 
 frigate, President, but in this the English vessel made a sad 
 error, for in the ensuing fight, she was badly cut up and was 
 obliged to surrender. In about six months six sea fights 
 occurred between English and American men-of-war, resulting 
 each time in the capture or sinking of the English vessel. In 
 twenty years of nearly continuous warfare between France and 
 England, the latter country had captured hundreds of vessels 
 belonging to the former and lost only five. This showing, on 
 the part of the Americans, was the more remarkable from the 
 fact that the Administration, for the purpose of saving what 
 little navy we possessed, thought seriously, at the first of the 
 war, of hiding it, and this would, probably, have been the 
 policy had it not been for Commodore Bainbridge's advice. 
 American navymen, however, have had the reputation of 
 shooting straight from the humiliation of Tripoli down to 
 Manilla and Santiago. 
 
 The first real action of Boothbay, after the declaration of 
 war, June 18, 1812, was on July 7th, following. At a special 
 meeting on that date, the warrant contained only one business 
 article, which follows : 
 
 " To take into consideration the alarming and defenceless 
 situation of the town's inhabitants against the enemy, or any 
 plundering parties which may invade the town upon the sea- 
 coast harbors, or any other part thereof, or take such meas- 
 ures thereon that the town may think proper." 
 
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250 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Under this article the first vote was to petition the Presi- 
 dent for protection against the enemy, and that Joshua Lor- 
 ing, Edmund Wilson, Jacob Auld, John McClintock and 
 Nicholas T. Knight be a committee to draft petitions. The 
 petition follows : 
 
 To the President of the United State m : 
 
 The inhabitants of the town of Boothbay in the County of 
 Lincoln, District of Maine, by the Committee duly appointed 
 and authorized, beg leave respectfully to represent, that the 
 Harbour of said town, formerly known by the name of Town- 
 send Harbor, is one of the best on the whole coast of the 
 United States of America ; one of the most easy of access, so 
 much so as to render the assistance of established pilots 
 entirely unnecessary, and from the circumstance of there being 
 but little if any current of tide. That in time of peace it 
 affords a shelter for numerous coasters against tempestuous 
 weather, and would, if fortified, in time of war not only afford 
 a shelter to the coasting trade but to merchant and other 
 vessels that might be pursued by the enemy on this part of the 
 coast. They beg leave to observe it is generally supposed this 
 Harbour could be well fortified at a comparatively small 
 expense, as its native advantages are gi-eat ; that at present 
 there is not a gun belonging to this town larger than a musket ; 
 and that the Harbour is in the most defenceless situation ; 
 exposed to the descent and attacks of the enemy ; and (which 
 is most expected and dreaded) to the ravages and depredations 
 of marauding parties that may invade and molest us from the 
 adjacent British coasts ; and as former experiences in times of 
 war obliges them to expect, from unprincipled individuals 
 inimical to the Government of the United States and to their 
 fellow citizens. 
 
 They, therefore, respectfully petition the President of the 
 United States to grant them speedily the aid of a naval or land 
 force as he may in his judgment think most proper and suita- 
 ble to the situation, which will not only afford them that pro- 
 tection from the enemy which their present defenceless and 
 unprotected state requires, but will also afford to the merchant 
 and coasting vessels a most desirable place of security. 
 And as in duty bound will over pray. 
 
 Joshua Loring 
 Edmund Wilson 
 Nicholas T. Knight 
 John McClintock 
 Jacob Auld 
 
 Committee 
 of Said 
 Town. 
 
BOOTHBAY IN THE WAR OF 1812. 251 
 
 The above was at once adopted and the committee directed 
 to transmit it to the President. It was voted that Samuel 
 Thompson, Henry Kimball, Nathaniel Montgomery and 
 Joseph Grimes be added to the above committee, and that the 
 whole number be considered a standing Committee of Safety 
 and to continue in the said capacity until discharged by the 
 town. 
 
 The treasurer was directed to procure for the use of the 
 town a sufficient quantity of bullet moulds from sixteen to 
 twenty-four to the pound. A ten days' recess was taken and, 
 on reconvening, the proceedings of the Committee of Safety 
 having been made matter of record were read. It was voted 
 to accept the guns and ammunition obtained of Gerreral Dear- 
 born, commander of the northern department of the United 
 States Army, through the efforts of "William Maxwell Eeed, 
 and to extend a vote of thanks to both of them. 
 
 It is probable that such fortifications as the town possessed 
 during that war were immediately raised. They were simply 
 earthworks with such defense guns as General Dearborn had 
 furnished them. Campbell's Cove again was used as a hiding 
 place for Boothbay's shipping, and the principal points of 
 defense were chosen to best command the approach to that 
 place. The first and largest defense is still visible on McFar- 
 land's Point, at the extreme southern part, just westerly from 
 the cove where the marine railway is located. This served to 
 protect the whole harbor as well as the approach to Campbell's 
 Cove. The other principal defense was at West Harbor, on 
 the lot where the old stone house was situated, the lot and res- 
 idence now being owned by Capt. Eben T. Lewis. A smaller 
 defense was located between these, on the point where the 
 late Neal Wylie resided. The barracks were on what has ever 
 since been known as Barracks' Hill, just westerly, across the 
 road from the residence of Gardner D. Reed, and a short dis- 
 tance southerly from where the old "store in the woods" 
 stood in Revolutionary days. In fact, this old building prob- 
 ably did a second service during the War of 1812. A gun 
 house was built near where the Elbridge Love house, so-called, 
 stands, and about it was the training field. It was from the 
 original McFarland estate, and evidently where General Lovell 
 
252 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 drilled his forces in 1779. This building is still in existence, 
 used as a shed by W. R. Holton. 
 
 The principal defense on Boothbay soil was that at Fort 
 Island, but that protected only a small part of the town, and 
 was equally valuable to Bristol, and more so to Damariscotta 
 and Newcastle than to either of the lower towns. The remains 
 there are now in that condition that the entire plan of the 
 defense is plainly indicated. At the southern point of the island, 
 in semi-circular form, was a bulkhead about eight feet high 
 and two hundred feet long. The wall inside was perpendicu- 
 lar, laid up of field stone and cement, and graded with earth on 
 the outside toward the south. About 100 feet to the north 
 of the bulkhead was the fort, which was a blockhouse of simi- 
 lar size and plan to that on Davis Island near Wiscasset. There 
 was a brick magazine, arched over, about eight feet square, 
 just south of the fort, with a crooked underground walk, some 
 twenty feet long, leading to it. 
 
 On January 24, 1813, Edmund Wilson, Daniel Eose and 
 John McFarland were chosen at a special meeting to draw up 
 a petition to the Secretary of War for improved fortifications 
 at the Harbor ; and in 1814, on September 8, conditions were so 
 alarming in the immediate vicinity, as expressed by the meet- 
 ing, that John M. McFarland, Charles Fisher, David G. 
 Bowles, David Kenniston and Edmund Wilson were chosen to 
 act in concert with the militia officers of the town, and inde- 
 pendently of them in their absence. 
 
 The story of the naval engagement between the Boxer and 
 the Enterprise, though it has been told many times, should 
 not here be omitted. The British brig. Boxer, for several 
 weeks during the summer of 1813, had been the particular 
 terror of the Lincoln County coast. She was built at the Isle 
 of Wight in 1812 and was 182 tons, carrying sixteen 18- 
 pounders, two long nines and 104 men. The Enterprise was 
 165 tons, carried fourteen 18-pounders, two long nines and 
 102 men. She had a history before the engagement with the 
 Boxer, having been commanded by Stephen Decatur, in Com- 
 modore Preble's fleet at Tripoli, in 1803, capturing the Mastico, 
 bound for Constantinople with female slaves for the Sultan. The 
 Boxer was commanded by Capt. Samuel Blythe, then twenty- 
 
BOOTHBAY IN THE WAR OP 1812. 253 
 
 nine years of age ; the Entet-prise by Lieut. William Burrows, 
 twenty-eight years of age. The Enterprise sailed from Ports- 
 mouth, N. H., September 1st, chasing a suspected schooner 
 until the 3d, when she arrived at Portland Harbor. Learning 
 there that some British privateers were in the vicinity of Mon- 
 hegan, she set sail for that island the morning of the 4th, where 
 she arrived at night. There she lay over night, while the Boxer 
 was riding at anchor the same night at John's Island. The 
 Enterprise discovered the Boxer at her anchorage about five 
 o'clock on the morning of the 5th, which was Sunday. At half- 
 past seven she got under sail. Her plan was to get the Boxer 
 into clear water, where ample sea room for a battle might be 
 had. The Boxer, meantime, interpreted the action to be of the 
 runaway kind, and so did the crew of the Enterprise. They 
 besought the under officers to try and prevail upon Lieutenant 
 Burrows to give battle. At half-past eight the Boxer fired 
 a challenge gun. From that time until half -past two they 
 maneuvered for position. Then the Enterprise fired one gun 
 and raised three American flags. An hour later, when within 
 half a pistol shot of each other, the Boxer fired a broadside, 
 but with little effect. The Enterprise instantly replied with 
 her port broadside, and with such deliberation that it was the 
 most telling shot of the entire battle, which lasted half an 
 hour. Both commanders fell in the engagement ; Blythe was 
 nearly cut in two by a shot at the first of the contest. Bur- 
 rows lived eight hours. The Boxer was literally shot to 
 pieces, while the Enterprise was fit to go into another engage- 
 ment. Forty-six of the Boxer's crew were either killed or 
 wounded to four killed and ten wounded on the Enterprise. 
 When the news reached England the description of the battle 
 was something of a repetition of what had happened several 
 times before, in other naval contests. A London newspaper 
 commenting on it said : 
 
 " The fact seems to be but too clearly established that the 
 Americans have some superior mode of firing and we cannot 
 be too anxiously employed in discovering to what circum- 
 stances that superiority is owing." 
 
 Both vessels, flying the stars and stripes, reached Portland 
 Monday, September 6th, at five o'clock in the afternoon. The 
 
254 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 city was wild with excitement and exultation, but still grief 
 mingled with their joy on account of the fall of the gallant 
 Burrows. Both commanders were buried in the Eastern Cem- 
 tery and suitable monuments were erected to their memories. 
 The occasion produced that impression upon a little boy of six, 
 who, probably, mingled unnoticed in the throng, who in after 
 years, as the foremost American poet, gave beautiful expres- 
 sion to his thought in these lines : 
 
 ' ' I remember the sea fight far away, 
 
 How it thundered o'er the tide ! 
 And the dead captains as they lay 
 In their graves o'erlooking the tranquil bay, 
 
 Where they in battle died. ' ' 
 
 The late William Kenniston, though but a child of six 
 years when this battle occuiTed, vividly remembered it, and 
 gave the author the following particulars. He was with his 
 father's family at church, attending the afternoon service. The 
 booming of guns at sea was distinctly heard, and all were well 
 aware that some American vessel had engaged the Boxer, which 
 had for several weeks been so troublesome along the shore. 
 Rev. Jabez Pond Fisher was the clergyman. He caught the 
 sound, hesitated in his discourse, listened an instant and then, 
 with a brief word or two as to what he suspected it might be, 
 dismissed his conorregation. A rush was made for Kenniston's 
 Hill, which when reached presented a good view of the combat. 
 In maneuvering for position the vessels had worked some dis- 
 tance westerly from Monhegan, and stood out from the mouth 
 of John's Bay some four or five miles. A part of the time 
 both vessels were enveloped in smoke, then a breeze would 
 clear it away for a moment. Mr. Kenniston remembered the 
 anxiety as to how the fight might be turning ; and that before 
 the firing lulled the crowd had decided that they would be able 
 to tell by the course taken after the battle by the vessels. If 
 the American vessel should win they would go toward Portland ; 
 if the British, toward Halifax. When firing ceased then beat 
 anxious hearts ashore, but it was not a long wait ; thej' soon 
 got under way to the westward, breathing became easier and 
 that night sleep was untroubled. 
 
 Ballads and songs in those days were composed to apply to 
 nearly every prominent subject. A song composed on this 
 
BOOTHBAT IN THE WAK OF 1812. 255 
 
 occasion was well remembered and often sung or quoted for 
 many years. One verse of it ran as follows : 
 
 "At length you sent your Boxer 
 
 To Box us all about, 
 But we had an Enterprising brig 
 
 That beat your Boxer out. 
 We Boxed her up to Portland 
 
 And moored her off the town, 
 To show the Sons of Liberty 
 
 The Boxer of renown." 
 
 An event took place in 1814 which is the only known 
 instance resulting in loss of life within the town limits during 
 the war. A British war vessel came into the harbor and 
 exchanged several shots with the defenses on McFarland's 
 Point. The soldiers ashore had but one fieldpiece. This they 
 fired rapidly and burst it, but just at this critical time the 
 vessel ceased firing, tacked and went out of the harbor and 
 around Spruce Point into Linekin Bay. The garrison was 
 impressed that they intended landing on the easterly side of 
 Spruce Point or at Lobster Cove. They were ordered around 
 the head of the harbor at double-quick and crossed over toward 
 the bay by what in more recent years has been known as the 
 " old Allen Lewis place," then owned and occupied by John 
 Grover. As the vessel came in toward the shore in the 
 bay, a son of Grover, who was standing front of the house, 
 discharged his musket at it ; they replied, the shot striking 
 him in the head. The harbor troops had almost reached the 
 spot when the shot was fired, and, arriving a moment after, 
 found the boy lying dead, so near the house that his brains 
 and blood bespattered its walls. Capt. George Reed, then a 
 boy of seventeen, was in the garrison service, and this relation 
 is as he gave it. 
 
 Early in the spring of 1813 two British cruisers, the Rattler 
 with sixteen guns and the Bream with eight, hovered along the 
 coast from the mouth of the Kennebec to St. George, paying 
 special attention to Bristol and Boothbay. On March Slst, 
 just off Pemaquid Point, they captured five schooners on their 
 way to Boston loaded with lumber. Prize crews were put 
 aboard, but on April 2d, while becalmed just outside Boothbay 
 Harbor, three boats with twenty men put off and recaptured 
 
256 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 one of the schooners. The record of the act exists, but who 
 the actors were is now unknown. Two days later than this, 
 on April 4th, a Liverpool packet captured three sloops and a 
 schooner in sight of the harbor. 
 
 After the recapture of the lumber-laden schooner had been 
 made, and it with its cargo securely hidden in Campbell's Cove, 
 the Rattler came along and anchored inside Squirrel Island. 
 Capt. William Maxwell Reed, who commanded the militia in 
 shore defense, ordered an "all out" alarm fired. This brought 
 Capt. Daniel Eose, who had command of the Damariscotta 
 fort, with a company of soldiers to the assistance of the har- 
 bor. During the night the Rattler landed one boat load of 
 marines on Spruce Point, but they were discovered, fired upon 
 by the town militia, beat a retreat to their boat and made their 
 way back to their vessel. 
 
 It was thought best to try and raise a home force between 
 Bristol and Boothbay and capture the Bream. The sloop 
 Increase, 100 tons, was engaged, but who should command? 
 Commodore Tucker, then sixty-six years of age, the old Rev- 
 olutionary hero, offered to do so and his services were gladly 
 accepted. With forty-five men they left Bristol and sailed 
 into Boothbay Harbor. Here the commodore met them and 
 took command, thirty Boothbay men joining the expedition. 
 While laying in the harbor they had sent to Wiscasset for some 
 fieldpieces and more ammunition. They cruised about outside 
 steadily for two days, when, running short of provisions, they 
 came back into the harbor, returned the fieldpieces and ammu- 
 nition, and the Boothbay contingent went to their homes. The 
 commodore then sailed for Bristol with no other arms than 
 their muskets. Just as they made Pemaquid Point they spied 
 a sail to the east of them. Tucker kept his course as though 
 for the St. George River, while the strange sail ahead tacked 
 as if to intercept them. Tucker oi-dered all his men below 
 except a few hands as sailors, and appeared to be trying to 
 escape. He realized his only chance was a fight at close quar- 
 ters, so, at an opportune time, he suddenly tacked ship, bear- 
 ing down upon them, hoisted the American flag and ordered 
 his men on deck. The British fired the first shot, which was 
 instantly answered by Tucker's men. The surprise met with 
 
BOOTHBAY IN THE WAR OF 1812. 257 
 
 probably largely influenced the enemy's action, for they rushed 
 beneath decks and the old commodore added another prize to 
 his list. It proved to be the Orown, a privateer from Halifax, 
 thirty-five tons, carrying twenty men. They had been out 
 eight days, captured one American brig and had the prisoners 
 aboard. The British prisoners were taken into Round Pond 
 and from there sent to the jail at Wiscasset. 
 
 On June 20, 1814, the Bulwark, a 74-gun ship, entered 
 the Sheepscot, landing six barges of her marines somewhere 
 on the west side of Boothbay, though opposed by about forty 
 of the militia. They marched between seven and eight miles, 
 when meeting a larger force of militia they were beaten back, 
 retreating to their boats and-thence to their vessel. June 27th 
 and 28th other barges came into Boothbay Harbor, but were 
 fired upon from various points on the shore, so that they 
 retired. During the early fall Moose Island, where Eastport 
 is now situated, Castine, Bangor and Belfast fell into English 
 possession. Lieut. Gen. Sir John Sherbroke issued a procla- 
 mation that all territory lying east of the Penobscot River was 
 subject to the British Crown by right of conquest. A descent 
 was then expected about the Sheepscot, as the next natural 
 step westward. Gen. William King, Maine's first Governor, 
 ordered out his entire division of militia, making his head- 
 quarters at Wiscasset, but stationing most of his troops in 
 Edgecomb ; meantime nearly every man and boy, irrespective 
 of age, who could handle a musket, went into the local militia 
 in Boothbay, Bristol and other neighboring towns. 
 
 Though the darkest hour of the war along this part of the 
 coast was in the latter part of 1814, at that very time the 
 British cause was waning. A treaty was concluded December 
 24th that year, the news of which reached Maine sometime in 
 February, almost simultaneously with the tidings from the 
 battle of New Orleans, which had occurred January 8th. No 
 such demonstrations of joy had ever been witnessed as now 
 took place in nearly every town. Jollification meetings were 
 the order of the day. The war had never been a popular one 
 as had the struggle for independence through which the pre- 
 ceding generation fought ; but there was no lack of loyalty or 
 patriotism in its support. But this feeling existing had the 
 
258 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 effect to emphasize the rejoicings of the inhabitants when the 
 end was announced. 
 
 The local militia had been kept up throughout Maine 
 towns from the close of the Revolution to the breaking out of 
 the War of 1812. After the close of the latter more attention 
 than ever was given to the regular "training days," or musters. 
 They originated in a fancied necessity and developed into a 
 sort of holiday, — in fact, almost the only one which the peo- 
 ple in country places obtained. There were no libraries, no 
 halls of entertainment, no traveling theatrical companies, no 
 ball games, no fairs or horse trots, — for Boston Blue, the 
 first horse to trot a mile in three minutes, did not accomplish 
 that feat until 1818, — no magazines, few books, no daily 
 newspapers and few weekly ones, no lodges, no regular com- 
 munication with other places. It can hardly be a matter of 
 surprise, then, that the inhabitants, with natural social instincts, 
 hailed the " training days " of their local militia companies with 
 unfeigned anticipations of pleasure. The music of the fife and 
 drum, the drill maneuvers of the company, the sham fights, 
 the refreshment tents with taffy and gingerbread for sale, — 
 each possessed its entertaining features. 
 
 A muster equipment consisted of a musket with bayonet, 
 a cartridge box, an iron gun rod, one scabbard and belt, a 
 cleaning wire and brush, three flints, twenty-four balls and 
 one-half pound of powder. It was the author's fortune to find 
 an old account, dating 1819, charged up to Capt. Ephraim 
 McCobb, for cash paid out for the use of the company by 
 David Merry, which here follows : 
 
 May 4, 1819. Payed at Kennistons 2.00 
 
 Sept. 4, " Payed at John Tullys 1.50 
 
 " 11, " Payed John Elder, for playing the fife 1.00 
 
 " " " Payed Francis Smith Do. for drumming 1.00 
 
 " " " Payed for rum 1.50 
 
 Oct. 12, " Payed for refreshments 2.69 
 
 May 2, 1820. To pay for refreshments 1.53 
 
 Sept. 29, " To rum for the use of the Company 1.34 
 
 " " " To repairing Drum for the Company 1.50 
 
 Oct. 6, " To rum Do. for the Company .87 
 
 " 20, " To rum for use of the Company 1.42 
 
 Many of the interior towns had cavalry companies, and 
 
BOOTHBAY IN THE WAR OF 1812. 259 
 
 some had a company of artillery, but there is no record that 
 Bootlibay had anj'thing but infantry or companies of foot. 
 The military system and regular muster days came to an end 
 about 1843, though some towns had volunteer organizations 
 some years subsequent to that date. 
 
 It is unfortunate that the 1812 rolls are not accessible, like 
 those of the Eevolution, in the Massachusetts Archives. By 
 information from the Massachusetts State Departpient it was 
 learned that when the Federal Government reimbursed that 
 State for war expenses incurred from 1812 to 1815, the rolls 
 were surrendered to the general Government at Washington. 
 By inquiry of the War Department it was ascertained that the 
 rolls were very incomplete, and the Boothbay companies were 
 not to be found. At last an old record book was found by 
 William O. McCobb, which had belonged to his grandfather, 
 Joseph McCobb. It contained the muster roll of Capt. Wil- 
 liam Maxwell Reed's company in 1812, and Capt. David 
 R. Adams' company for the same year. Captain Reed's com- 
 pany is given in full, for they were all Boothbay men 
 and served through the war in seacoast defense, while that 
 of Captain Adams, though numbering seventy-five privates, 
 only thirteen of them resided in Boothbay, the remainder 
 being made up from Edgecomb, Newcastle and Wiscasset, and 
 it was about Wiscasset that Captain Adams was stationed for 
 the most part of the war. Capt. Daniel Rose, who was stationed 
 at Fort Island, had a company made up largely from the north 
 part of the town and Pleasant Cove, but the roll of his com- 
 pany has failed to appear, though diligently searched for. 
 
 Muster Roll, 1812. 
 Capt. William Maxwell Reed's Company of Foot. 
 
 Joseph McCobb, Lieut. ; Jacob Auld, Ensign. 
 Sergeants : George Gilbert, Samuel Giles, Alfred Wads- 
 worth, Ephraim McCobb. 
 
 Musicians : William Bragg, fifer ; Paul M. Reed, drummer. 
 Clerk : Samuel Giles. 
 
 privates. 
 Benjamin Wheeler, Abraham Springer, 
 
 Elisha Sherman, Francis Crooker, 
 
260 
 
 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 George Race, Jr., 
 Elihu Bryer, Jr., 
 James Auld, 
 John Leishman, 
 Samuel Brj-er, 3d, 
 John Wylie, Jr., 
 Jeremiah Holton, 
 John McFarland, 
 Samuel Murray, 
 John Bennett, 
 Nathaniel Montgomery, 
 James Montgomery, 
 John Bryer, 
 Joseph Bryer, 
 John Allej^ Jr., 
 Samuel Bryer, 
 George W. Boyd, 
 Joseph Farnham, 
 Jacob Perkins, 
 William Matthews, 
 Peter Savors, 
 Andrew Boyd, 
 Andrew McCobb, 
 Alexander Boyd, 
 Andrew Wall, 
 John M. Morrison, 
 Ephraim McFarland, 
 Samuel Knight, 
 Thomas Boyd, 2d, 
 Joel Thompson, 
 Joseph Booker, Jr., 
 William McCobb, 
 John Farnham, Jr., 
 George Farnham, 
 Richard Adams, 
 
 George Kelloch, 
 Ezekiel Holbrook, 
 William Auld, 
 James Brewer, 
 Robert Wylie, 3d, 
 Jonathan Hutchings, 
 Nathaniel Pinkham, Jr., 
 James Murray, 
 Joseph Grimes, 
 Robert Montgomery, 
 William Montgomery, 
 Jeremiah Beath, 
 Robert Bryer, 
 William Trask, 
 John Pinkham, 
 John Lewis, 2d, 
 William Alley, 
 Thomas Sargent, 
 Joseph Gillette, 
 Michael Robinson, 
 James Fullerton, 
 John Burnham, 
 John B. Booker, 
 John Grover, 
 Robert Sherman, 
 Eieazer Sherman, 
 John Knight, 
 John Fullerton, 
 Joseph Morse, 
 Ephraim Brown, 
 Henry Pierce, 
 William Bragg, 
 Isaac Kelley, 
 Samuel Bryer, 4th, 
 William Robinson. 
 
 Muster Roll, 1812. 
 Capt. David R. Adams' Company of Foot. 
 
 Sergeants : William Thompson, Samuel Thompson. 
 
BOOTHBAY IN THE WAR OF 1812. 
 
 261 
 
 Musicians : Nathaniel Tibbetts, fifer ; John Lewis, drum- 
 
 mer. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 George W. Merrill, 
 Benjamin Hodgdon, 
 Samuel Barter, 3d, 
 John Barter, 4th, 
 Henry Gray, 
 John Floyd, 
 Nathaniel Pinkham, 
 
 Benjamin Barter, 
 Joseph Horn, 
 Francis Gray, 
 Palgrave Maddocks, 
 John Webber, 
 Samuel G. Smith. 
 
 George Kelloch and Thomas Boyd, 2d, appearing in Cap- 
 tain Reed's company, were killed in January, 1814, at Platts- 
 burgh Bay, under Commodore McDonough. Marshal Smith, 
 long a prominent resident, enlisted in Portland from the town 
 of Bridgton. Timothy Hodgdon, then a resident of Westport, 
 served there, stationed at Fowle Point. John, son of Benja- 
 min and Anne Kelley, Benjamin Bennett, Jr., Isaac, son of 
 Nathaniel and Martha Pinkham, Eobert, son of James and 
 Sarah Reed, are four persons who are known to have served at 
 Fort Island under Captain Rose. 
 
 At the close of the war there were 323 polls in town. The 
 total commitment of tax (not including ministerial tax) was 
 $1,386.02. The ten largest taxpayers, in order of amount, 
 follow : Benjamin Pinkham, $20.93 ; Samuel Thompson, 
 $16.17; Nathaniel Pinkham, $15.53; Nicholas T. Knight, 
 $14.17; John M. McFarland, $14.06; Andrew McFarland, 
 $13.56; Nathaniel Pinkham, Jr., $13.56; William M. Reed, 
 $13.28; Jonathan Pierce, $12.85; Joseph Carlile, $12.14. 
 
CHAPTEE XV. 
 
 BooTHBAY Publishments of Intentions of Marriage. 
 
 1766-1820. 
 
 THE following list of publishments of intentions of mar- 
 riage is as complete as the records will permit. I have 
 found a few instances where I was positive that the par- 
 ties were married since the organization of the town, and have 
 been unable to find any publishment of the intentions of the 
 contracting parties. These instances, however, are very rare. 
 It was the early custom to write out the publishment, wherever 
 space might be found, in the old first book of records. I care- 
 fully went over this book and copied those publishments which 
 it contained, and then arranged them chronologically. I have 
 verified my copied list with the original and believe the work 
 to be practically correct. It is not in verbatim form, for that 
 varied according to the caprice of the various clerks. I have 
 dropped all unnecessary words, simply giving date and names 
 of the contracting parties, and the town, where either party 
 lived in some other than Boothbay. Where no town is given, 
 Boothbay is to be understood. It may be well to caution the 
 reader who expects exact correspondence in names with those 
 to be found in the genealogical department, that variations in 
 form often occurred in the record. To illustrate : Ichabod 
 Pinkham recorded his five daughters in the town records as 
 Mercy, Sarah, Mary, Martha and Betsey. His will, on file in 
 the Lincoln registry, makes bequests to Mary, Sally, Polly, 
 Patty and Betsey. In other families Elizabeth appears in one 
 place and Betsey in another, while in the very early records, 
 among those of Scotch descent, Jane and Jean are interchange- 
 able ; so, also, are Abigail and Nabby, and several other names. 
 The middle initial letter of a name is observed in some records 
 and omitted in others. In men's names less confusion exists, 
 but in these there are instances where the suffix, Jr., is used 
 
INTENTIONS OF MARRIAGE. 263 
 
 for a nephew, or some other relative, of the oldest member of 
 a family, while the son may have the suffix of 2d, 3d or some 
 other number for designation. 
 
 1766. 
 
 Mar. 3, Ichabod Pinkham and Mercy Catlin. 
 Dec. 21, John Murray and Anne Montgomery. 
 
 1767. 
 
 Jan. 31, Solomon Pinkham and Mary Perry. 
 
 May 15, Eleazer Sherman and Lydia Kelley. 
 
 July 27, Samuel Pierce and Elizabeth Thompson, Monhegan. 
 
 Aug. 24, Joseph Floyd and Mary Dizer, Charlestown. 
 
 Oct. 31, Benjamin Thomas and Mary Jordan, Cape Elizabeth. 
 
 Nov. 16, Patrick McKown and Margery Fullerton. 
 
 Nov. 21, Nathaniel Brewer and Elizabeth Sampson, Arundel. 
 
 1768. 
 
 Mar. 26, Faithful Singer and Susanna Knight. 
 Oct. 7, Daniel Knight and Mary Winslow, Bristol. 
 Oct. 22, Moses Cross, Freetown, and Mary Kelley. 
 Nov. 19, Samuel Perkins and Abigail Stevens. 
 Nov. 26, James Kennedy and Phebe Alley. 
 Nov. 26, John Leishman and Sarah Reed. 
 Nov. 26, John Daws and Mary McKown. 
 Dec. 1, Jonathan Daws and Elizabeth Barter. 
 Dec. 10, Hezekiah Herinton and Elizabeth Linekin. 
 
 1769. 
 
 Jan. 13, Nathaniel Brewer and Elizabeth Salloway. 
 Mar. 25, John Fullerton and Jean McCobb. 
 May 27, Samuel Montgomery and Jean Wyer. 
 
 Benjamin Kelley and Sarah Kennedy. 
 
 Nov. 20, John Montgomery and Lydia Winslow, Bristol. 
 
 Dec. 4, Robert Wylie and Mary Kennedy. 
 
 Dec. 29, Thomas Boyd, Bristol, and Katherine "Wylie. 
 
 1770. 
 
 Jan. 9, John Auld and Mary McCobb. 
 
 Feb. 3, Zebedee Linekin and Susanna Linekin. 
 
 Apr. 12, Jemuel Ripley and Margaret Nail. 
 
 Apr. 17, Andrew Wall and Hannah McFarland. 
 
 May 7, Thomas Slowman, Woolwich, and Lydia Daws. 
 
 John Call, Pownalboro, and Sarah Lewis. 
 
 Francis Cummings and Mary Kelley. 
 
264 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 1771. 
 
 Jan. 5, David Colbath and Elizabeth Hutcliings. 
 Feb. 2, William Decker and Molly Decker, Jeremisquam. 
 Mar. 2, Benjamin Pinkham and Ella Catland, Bristol. 
 Aug. 28, Timothy Young, Monhegan, and Susanna Pierce. 
 Nov. 21, Thomas Rines, Jeremisquam, and Elizabeth Crummett. 
 Nov. 30, Arad Powers and Mary Colley. 
 
 1772. 
 
 Jan. 1, John Brewer and Susanna Day. 
 
 Jan. 2, William Booker and Hannah Booker. 
 
 Jan. 4, Joseph Decker, Freetown, and Sarah Dads. 
 
 Apr. 17, Samuel Wylie and Margaret Beath. 
 
 Apr. 17, James Auld and Frances McCobb. 
 
 Oct. 17, Cornelius Horn and Masse Chaples. 
 
 Oct. 24, John W. Brown, Ipswich, and Susanna Pierce. 
 
 Nov. 20, Eev. John Murray and Susanna Lithgow, Georgetown. 
 
 Nov. 20, John Barter and Frances Lewis. 
 
 1773. 
 
 Mar. 23, George Lewis and Dorcas Lemcord, Pownalboro. 
 
 8, Andrew Reed and Hannah Davis. 
 
 May 29, Ichabod Tibbetts and Deliverance Cook. 
 
 July 31, William McClintock, Bristol, and Margaret Fullerton. 
 
 Dec. 25, John Holton and Priscilla Beath. 
 
 1774. 
 
 Jan. 17, Samuel Alley and Sarah Linekin. 
 
 Neal Wylie and Esther Crawford. 
 
 Mar. 19, Thomas Kennedy and Sarah Dodge, Freetown. 
 
 Mar. 19, Benjamin Pinkham and Rhoda Hutchings, Freetown. 
 
 Mar. 19, Nuoles Booker and Mary Davis. 
 
 Mar. 31, John Booker and Mary Rackliff. 
 
 June 18, Nathaniel Pinkham and Martha Catland. 
 
 Abner Dunton, Egham, and Hannah Barter. 
 
 Aug. 4, Christopher Stevens, Edgecomb, and Hannah Hofsom. 
 
 Oct. 15, Thomas Kenney and Jemima Foster. 
 
 Nov. 12, Ichabod Tibbetts and Betty Hulchings. 
 
 Dec. 4, David Gilmore, Woolwich and Janet Fullerton. 
 
 1775. 
 
 Jan. 15, Nathaniel Tibbetts and Elizabeth Alley. 
 Mar. — , Jeremiah Barter and Mary Bachelder. 
 Apr. 5, John McCobb and Mary Beath. 
 Apr. 22, Henry Bond and Marian Fullerton. 
 June 23, Samuel Herren and Elizabeth Ingraham. 
 Dec. 2, William Poor and Mary Leach, Haverhill. 
 
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 1776. 
 
 Mar. 29, John Parker, Georgetown, and Elizabeth Beath. 
 Aug. 10, Israel Davis and Hannah Barter. 
 
 31, Samuel Kenney and Abigail Barter. 
 
 Dec. 14, William Wheeler and Phebe Linekin. 
 
 1777. 
 
 Feb. 1, Abraham Serote and Jean Lambert, Pownalboro. 
 
 Feb. 1, Joseph Pierce and Sarah Thompson. 
 
 Mar. 1, Jeremiah Crommett and Sarah Floyd. 
 
 Mar. 10, Benjamin Rollins and Rhoda Pinkham. 
 
 May 26, Joseph Lewis and Jean Wylie. 
 
 July 26, James McCobb and Sarah Allen, Georgetown. 
 
 Sept. 17, Samuel Sanders and Jean Reed. 
 
 1778. 
 
 Jan. 1, James Pinkham and Polly Rollins. 
 Mar. 7, Andrew Reed, Jr., and Phebe Sawyer. 
 Apr. 26, Nicholas Barter and Molly Coll. 
 June — , James Rollins and Mary Floyd. 
 Aug. 6, William Reed and Jean McFarland. 
 Aug. 8, John Irskine and Sarah Reed. 
 
 John Borland and Sarah Campbell, Newcastle. 
 
 Nov. 26, John Tibbetts and LydiaLamson. 
 
 1779. 
 
 Jan. 4, Benjamin McFarland and Margaret Murray. 
 
 Jan. 22, Andrew Reed, 3d, and Mary McFarland. 
 
 Feb. 7, Joseph Booker and Anna Booker. 
 
 Mar. 20, Benjamin Hutchings and Abigail Tibbetts. 
 
 June 6, John Murray and Elizabeth Chapman, Ipswich. 
 
 June 7, James Rollins and Mary Floyd. 
 
 Dec. 4, John Barter and Jemima Kenney. 
 
 1780. 
 
 Mar. 27, Allen Sawyer and Sally Hodgdon, Edgecomb. 
 Apr. 12, Jacob Sawyer and Elizabeth Herrington. 
 June 22, Nicholas Webber and Rachel Love. 
 Aug. 30, William Lewis and Sarah Pinkham. 
 Aug. — , John Parrish and Susanna Serote. 
 Nov. 29, Jeremiah Crommett and Jude Knight. 
 Dec. 4, James Brewer and Mary Barter. 
 
 1781. 
 
 Jan. 1, Thomas Decker and Catherine Fullerton. 
 Mar. 10, Calvin Pinkham and Elizabeth Barter. 
 
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266 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 May 14, Joseph Humphreys, Newcastle, and Catherine Mc- 
 
 Clintock. 
 Oct. 7, Chestain Messing and Mary Brewer. 
 Nov. 1, Samuel Thompson and Mary Reed. 
 Nov. 6, James Rollins and Mary Alley. 
 Dec. 27, Alexander Wylie and Hannah Kennedy. 
 
 1782. 
 
 Jan. 21, Joseph Carlile and Elizabeth Merry. 
 Feb. 8, Patishell Knight and Susanna Brown. 
 May 4, Abijah Kenney and Esther Wylie. 
 Dec. 21, Samuel Adams, Jr., and Mary Bryer. 
 Dec. 21, Stephen Lewis and Abigail Barter. 
 
 1783. 
 
 July 24, Giles Tibbetts and Hannah Alley. 
 
 Sept. 4, Ephraim Alley and Susanna Day, Edgecomb. 
 
 Nov. 1, Solomon Burnham and Anna Wheeler. 
 
 1784. 
 
 Feb. 18, David Reed, Jr., and Jenny Reed. 
 
 Apr. 3, Ebenezer FuUerton and Eunice Beath. 
 
 June 26, Benjamin Kenney and Susanna Lewis. 
 
 Aug. 26, Obadiah Trask, Edgecomb, and Martha Kelley. 
 
 Sept. 16, David Atkins, Saco, and Sarah Serote. 
 
 Dec. 1, Samuel McCobb, Jr., and Sarah McFarland. 
 
 Dec. 2, Samuel Clifford, Edgecomb, and Mary Adams. 
 
 1785. 
 
 July 10, Edward Bird and Elizabeth Wooten. 
 July 23, Ebenezer Sawyer and Martha Giles. 
 Mar. 29, John Emerson and Rebecca Hodsdon. 
 Dec. 3, Joseph Beath and Mary Pelham. 
 
 1786. 
 
 Sept. 16, Stephen Rollins and Martha Crommett. 
 
 Sept. 19, William Burns, Bristol, and Margaret McClintock. 
 
 Nov. 17, David Reed, 2d, and Jane Reed. 
 
 1787. 
 
 Jan. 30, Elias Skidmore, Newtown, Conn., and Mary Reed. 
 
 Apr. 2, David Linekin and Elinor Farnham. 
 
 May 30, Jonathan Grecnough and Catherine Reed. 
 
 Oct. 16, David Give (Gove?) and Lydia Alley. 
 
 Nov. 24, William Trask, Edgecomb, and Abigail Carlile. 
 
INTENTIONS OF MARRIAGE. 267 
 
 1788. 
 
 Jan. 4, Patrick Herren and Jane Itiylor. 
 
 May 27, Joseph Linekin, Jr., and Jane Brewer. 
 
 June 6, Ruggles Cunningham, Edgecomb, and Mary Giles. 
 
 Sept. 2, James Eeed and Sarah Kenney. 
 
 Sept. 8, Joseph Carlile and Phebe Alley. 
 
 Sept. 16, Frederick S. Arnold and Elizabeth Matthews. 
 
 Sept. 26, John Kent and Susanna Thompson. 
 
 Nov. 1, Levi Ball and Judy Crommett. 
 
 Nov. 29, Samuel Stimson, Georgetown, and Mary Fullerton. 
 
 1789. 
 
 Mar. 20, David Kenniston and Sarah Beath. 
 Mar. 25, Nathan Maness and Jane Brewer. 
 Mar. 26, Joseph Pinkham and Mrs. Alice Cunningham, Edge- 
 comb. 
 Apr. 20, William Reed and Martha Reed. 
 June 6, Ephraim Burnham and Jane Brown. 
 July 15, Andrew McFarland and Betsey McKown, Bristol. 
 Aug. 8, Robert Mitchell, Belfast, and Martha "Wylie. 
 Aug. 8, Henry Kenney, and Elizabeth Emerson, Edgecomb. 
 Sept. 4, Edward Tierney, Nobleboro, and Susanna Wylie. 
 Sept. 25, John Lewis and Rebecca Tibbetts. 
 Oct. 17, Adam Boyd and Martha Boyd. 
 Oct. 30, Anselm Farnham and Betsey Plummer, Bristol. 
 Dec. 26, Joseph Giles and Sarah Reed. 
 
 1790. 
 
 Jan. 2, John Stover and Mary Barter. 
 
 Jan. 23, James Tibbetts and Nabby Lewis. 
 
 Mar. 1, William Durong and Ruth Burnham. 
 
 Apr. 11, David Emery, Pownalboro, and Jean Pierce. 
 
 May 22, Joshua Crommett and Sarah Adams. 
 
 June 7, David Nelson and Deborah Clenningbowl. 
 
 June 9, Timothy Carroll and Susanna Webber. 
 
 Oct. 3, Thomas Boyd, 3d, and Eleanor McGlathery, Bristol. 
 
 Oct. 4, William Adams and Betsey Sawyer. 
 
 Oct. 8, Eleazer Sherman and Susanna Wylie. 
 
 Nov. 6, John Maddocks and Elizabeth Kennedy. 
 
 Dec. 21, Thomas Bracket, Bristol, and Polly Yeaton. 
 
 1791. 
 
 Jan. 13, Samuel Barter and Judith Abbott. 
 Mar. 30, Lemuel Lewis and Sarah Tibbetts. 
 Apr. 25, Samuel Day and Betsey Reed. 
 May 10, Thomas Reed and Sarah Reed. 
 
268 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 May 20, Benjamin Pinkham and Nabby Giles. 
 
 Sept. 1, Joseph Thompson and Lucy Sally. 
 
 Sept. 5, Dependence Stover and Mary Bell, Edgecomb. 
 
 Sept. 15, Edmund Leason and Mary Pierce. 
 
 Nov. 7, Nicholas T. Knight and Rachel Auld. 
 
 Dec. 14, Joseph Campbell, Newcastle, and Jenny Reed. 
 
 Dec. 14, Ebenezer Lundy and Joanna Thompson. 
 
 1792. 
 
 May 5, Nathaniel Whitaker, Jr., and Sally Swanton, Bath. 
 
 May 14, John Brown, Jr., and Betsey Perkins. 
 
 May 24, Oliver Jack, Bristol, and Elizabeth Arnold. 
 
 June 29, Rev. Ezekiel Emerson, Georgetown, and Mrs. Mar- 
 gery McKown. 
 
 Sept. 25, Benjamin Kent, Jr., and Celia Smith. 
 
 Oct. 10, Joshua Hodgdon, Edgecomb, and Phebe Sawyer. 
 
 Oct. 13, Ichabod Pinkham, Jr., and Betty Cunningham, Edge- 
 comb. 
 
 Oct. 24, Ichabod Willey and Sally Horn. 
 
 Nov. 5, Faithful Singer and Mary Fullerton. 
 
 Dec. 11, Reuben Alley and Lucy Dunton, Edgecomb. 
 
 Dec. 11, Edward Cooper, Kennebec, and Elizabeth Arnold. 
 
 1793. 
 
 Jan. 12, William Knight and Martha Burnham. 
 
 Mar. 8, Benjamin Kelley, Jr., and Anne Auld. 
 
 Apr. 10, John M. McFarland and Margaret Reed. 
 
 Apr. 10, Pelatiah Maddocks and Mrs. Clarecy Bird. 
 
 Apr. 20, John Perkins and Mary Goudy. 
 
 Apr. 25, John Norwood and Anne Smith. 
 
 June 8, John Farnham and Abigail Plummer, Bristol. 
 
 July 2, Calvin Pinkham, Jr., and Julia Kenney. 
 
 July 19, Ebenezer Chase, Edgecomb, and Jane Adams. 
 
 Sept. 6, James Moore, Edgecomb, and Phebe Kennedy. 
 
 Sept. 10, Benjamin Dunton, Edgecomb, and Patty Alley. 
 
 Samuel Bryer, Jr., and Bethrige McCobb. 
 
 Oct. 23, Eleazer Sherman, Jr., and Elizabeth Reed. 
 Oct. 25, Thomas Cleaves, Bristol, and Hannah Wheeler. 
 Nov. 22, Nathan Dole, Pownalboro, and Mary Matthews. 
 Doc. 20, John Love and Lydia Straw. 
 
 1794. 
 
 Jan. 4, John Daws, Jr., and Elizabeth Barter. 
 
 Jan. 10, Ichabod Pinkham, Jr., and Lucy Hunt, Bristol. 
 
 Jan. 15, John Giles and Mary Tibbetts. 
 
 Feb. 9, John Wall and Susanna Brewer. 
 
INTENTIONS OF MARRIAGE. 269 
 
 Feb. 28, Kobert Reed, 3d, and Ellice Wylie. 
 
 Mar. 19, James Plummer, Bristol, and Martha Farnham. 
 
 May 5, Edward Emerson, Edgecomb, and Anne Sawyer. 
 
 June 10, William Maxwell Reed and Rosanna McFarland. 
 
 June 15, James Brewer and Margaret Wall. 
 
 July 7, Nathaniel Merchant and Sarah Kent. 
 
 July 24, Joseph Barter, Jr., and Sarah Pinkham. 
 
 July 31, Adam Boyd, Jr., and Mary Kellah, Warren. 
 
 July 31, Fenly Kellah, Warren, and Mary Boyd. 
 
 Aug. 2, Thomas Ball and Sarah Holbrook. 
 
 Sept. 13, Capt. Ephraim McFarland and Elizabeth Mitchell, 
 
 Belfast. 
 Oct. 31, William Fullerton and Sally Montgomery. 
 Nov. 13, Ephraim Linekin, Gushing, and Betsey Daws. 
 Nov. 15, John Andrews, Ipswich, and Patty Knight. 
 Nov. 26, John A. Kennedy and Judith Dunton, Newcastle. 
 Nov. 30, William Bryer and Margaret Smith. 
 Dec. 6, Thomas Gove, Edgecomb, and Elizabeth Reed. 
 
 1795. 
 
 Jan. 6, Zenas Hutchins, Edgecomb, and Mary Auld. 
 
 Jan. 15, Solomon Pinkham, Jr., and Sally Ball. 
 
 Jan. 24, Thomas Ball and Betsey Horn. 
 
 Apr. 30, Aaron Sawyer and Sarah Kent. 
 
 May 15, John Poor and Mary Elenwood. 
 
 May 18, George Kellah and Jean Boyd. 
 
 June 10, John Norwood and Janet Trask, Edgecomb. 
 
 Aug. 24, William Horn and Rebecca Morton, Meduncook. 
 
 Sept. 15, John Huskins and Betsey Daws. 
 
 Oct. 24, Stephen Lewis and Mary Williamson. 
 
 Nov. 6, John Barter, Jr., and Lucy McKenney, Georgetown. 
 
 Nov. 20, Jonathan Pierce and Lydia Rand. 
 
 Nov. 30, Francis Crocker, Jr., Barrettstown, and Martha 
 
 Kennedy. 
 Nov. 30, Edward B. Sargent and Sally Parsons. 
 Dec. 1, David Boyd and Katy Young, Gushing. 
 
 1796. 
 
 Feb. 1, Michael Gampbell, Newcastle, and Jane Boyd. 
 
 Feb. 4, John Bryer and Martha Wylie. 
 
 Feb. 21, David Ackley and Elizabeth Warr Boston. 
 
 Apr. 9, Aaron Sherman and Polly Tarblet. 
 
 May 26, Samuel McGuUoch and Polly Wall. 
 
 June 17, Gapt. Joseph Reed and Sarah Askins. 
 
 Sept. 24, Jeremiah Beath, Jr., and Sally Stewart, Bristol. 
 
 Oct. 27, Ebenezer Farnham and Polly Herrin. 
 
270 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Nov. 4, David Reed, 4th, and Susanna McFarland. 
 
 Nov. 5, William Mathews and Lydia Wall. 
 
 Nov. 5, John Rand, Jr., and Sally Hambleton. 
 
 Nov. 12, John Murray Reed and Esther Reed. 
 
 Nov. 19, Robert Montgomery and Jane McCobb. 
 
 Nov. 19, Sylvester Pierce, Jr., and Rebecca White. 
 
 Nov. 25, Thomas Steven and Mary Stover. 
 
 Nov. 25, Thomas Ball and Jane Wallace. 
 
 Nov. 26, Samuel Nelson and Sarah Row, New Milford. 
 
 Dec. 5, Andrew Dunton, Edgecomb, and Nancy Dunton. 
 
 1797. 
 
 May 13, John Ingraham and Nancy McKown. 
 
 May 16, Samuel Giles and Elizabeth Sherman. 
 
 July 19, William Lewis and Mary Larapson. 
 
 Oct. 2, Benjamin Wheeler and Martha McFarland, Bristol. 
 
 Oct. 28, David Kenniston and Mrs. Elizabeth Day. 
 
 Nov. 5, Robert Wylie, Jr., and Hannah Taylor, Newcastle. 
 
 Nov. 16, Elisha Sherman and Katy Tarblet. 
 
 Nov. 16, Oliver Jack and Rebecca Perkins. 
 
 Dec. 4, Samuel Perkins, Jr., and Margaret Smith, Harrington. 
 
 1798. 
 
 Mar. 13, William Emerson and Rhoda Brown. 
 
 Oct. 27, Andrew McFarland and Mary Sale, Chelsea. 
 
 Oct. 27, George Race, Jr., and Sally Bennett. 
 
 Nov. 15, John Wooten and Margaret Floyd. 
 
 Nov. 25, Nathaniel Knight and Elizabeth Barber, Edgecomb. 
 
 Dec. 4, Nathaniel Tibbetts, New Sharon, and Abigail Tibbetts. 
 
 1799. 
 
 Jan. 7, Alfred Wadsworth, Bristol, and Lydia Knight. 
 
 Mar. 4, Daniel Tilton, Edgecomb, and Huldah Bryer. 
 
 Mar. 6, Joseph Barter and Esther Barter. 
 
 Mar. 6, David Day and Hannah Pinkham. 
 
 Apr. 6, Abner Horn and Sarah Decker. 
 
 July 13, John McKown and Sally Hai-ris. 
 
 July 13, David Adams and INIercy Pinkham. 
 
 Sept. 20, Benjamin Pinkham and Sally Kenney- 
 
 Sept. 24, Samuel Barter, 3d, and Sally Abbott. 
 
 Oct. 24, Simeon Brown, Bristol, and Sally Pierce. 
 
 Oct. 24, Capt. Nathaniel Pinkham and Betsey McFarland. 
 
 Dec. 6, Roger Sherman and Betsey Dunton, Newcastle. 
 
 Dec. 12, Abijah Wheeler and Jennie McGlathery, Bristol. 
 
INTENTIONS OF MARRIAGE. 271 
 
 1800. 
 
 Apr. 7, Nathaniel Montgomery and Betsey Knight. 
 
 May 28, Elihu Bryer, Jr., and Betsey Bryer. 
 
 June 7, John Tibbetts and Lydia Giles. 
 
 July 2, John Ley ton and Mehitabel Claringbole. 
 
 Aug. 23, William Bryer, Jr., and Betsey Wilson, Kittery. 
 
 Aug. 29, William McKown and Polly Thompson. 
 
 Sept. 7, Samuel Rackliff and Betsey Trask. 
 
 Oct. 31, Joseph Pierce, Jr., and Nabby Rand. 
 
 Nov. 11, William Lewis, Jr., and Nabby Spence, Durham. 
 
 Nov. 23, James Murray and Esther Boyd. 
 
 1801. 
 
 Oct. 3, Phineas Sargent and Sally Brewer. 
 
 Oct. 17, Walter Powers, New Milford, and Mrs. Mehitable 
 
 Claringbole. 
 Nov. 9, William Courier and Patience Smith. 
 Nov. 14, Abraham Springer and Priscilla Sargent. 
 Nov. 21, Samuel Pinkham and Eunice Kenney. 
 Dec. 21, Abraham Decker, Jr., and Betsey Horn. 
 
 1802. 
 
 Jan. 16, William Kennedy and Pegge Prusset, Bristol. 
 
 Jan. 20, John Perkins and Patty Gove, Edgecomb. 
 
 Feb. 6, Samuel G. Smith and Sally Matthews. 
 
 Feb. 11, Samuel Oakman, Jr., Pittstown, and Mary Reed. 
 
 Apr. 28, Ebenezer Clifford, Jr., Edgecomb, and Lydia Perkins. 
 
 Apr. 28, Stephen Perkins and Mary Albee, Pownalboro. 
 
 May 15, Ezekiel Holbrook and Lucy Linekin. 
 
 June 26, William Montgomery, Warren, and Polly Rackliff. 
 
 July 3, William Reed and Martha Lewis. 
 
 Oct. 2, Robert Bryer and Abigail Pierce. 
 
 Oct. 18, George Gilbert, Wiscasset, and Susanna Knight. 
 
 Oct. 30, Benjamin Barter and Polly Barker. 
 
 Nov. 13, George W. Merrill and Betsey Sawyer. 
 
 Nov. 14, Joseph Catland and Betsey Adams. 
 
 Nov. 28, James Auld and Sally Knight. 
 
 Dec. 4, John McCobb, Jr., and Mary Huff, Edgecomb. 
 
 1803. 
 
 Jan. 1, Stephen Lewis, Jr., and Fannie Southard. 
 
 Jan. 1, David Pinkham and Sarah Bryer, Kittery. 
 
 Jan. 8, Andrew Reed, 4th, and Jane Reed. 
 
 Jan. 29, John Decker and Joanna Lundy. 
 
 Feb. 24, Joseph Hayes, North Yarmouth and Mary Knight. 
 
 Mar. 2, Joseph Gyor, Bristol, and Sally Pierce. 
 
272 HiSTOBr OF boothbay. 
 
 Mar. 7, Joseph Horn and Sally Decker. 
 
 Mar. 26, Joseph Sherman and Sarah Dunton. 
 
 Apr. 8, John Fuller and Rachel Auld. 
 
 May 27, Alexander Reed and Catherine Boyd. 
 
 June 2, Lemuel Lewis, Jr., and Hannah More, Edgecomb. 
 
 July 6, Samuel Perkins, Jr., and Patty Alley. 
 
 Aug. 3, Amasa Piper and Margery Reed. 
 
 Aug. 6, Jonathan Hutchings and Widow Martha Boyd. 
 
 Aug. 10, William Sherman and Rebecca Dunton. 
 
 Aug. 19, Thomas Stewart and Elizabeth Holton. 
 
 Sept. 17, Jonathan Sawyer, Jr., and Martha Reed. 
 
 Oct. 22, John Brown, Bristol, and Sally McCobb. 
 
 Nov. 29, Benjamin Webster and Katie Harris. 
 
 Dec. 6, Robert Bryer and Mary Haggett, Edgecomb. 
 
 1804. 
 
 Jan. 13, John Leishman, Jr., and Lydia Clark, Newcastle. 
 
 Jan. 21, John Matthews, Jr., and Rebecca Southard. 
 
 Feb. 18, David Reed, 3d, and Sally Pinkham. 
 
 Mar. 13, Samuel Hutchings and Dorcas Alley. 
 
 June 30, Andrew Reed, 5th, and Patience Catland, Newcastle. 
 
 July 7, Joseph Matthews and Sally Lampson. 
 
 Aug. 18, Palgrave Maddocks, Jr., andRhuhama Pierce. 
 
 Sept. 10, Nathan , Nobleboro, and Sarah Rust. 
 
 Sept. 24, William Harris and Eliza Pierce. 
 
 Oct. 3, Peter Dunton and Sally Pierce. 
 
 Oct. 10, Nathaniel Chapman, Jr., Nobleboro, and Peggy 
 
 Knight. 
 Oct. 31, John Alley, Jr., and Sally Hibbard. 
 Nov. 16, Timothy Dunton and Margaret Pinkham. 
 Dec. 12, Edmund Wilson and Elizabeth McCobb. 
 
 1805. 
 
 Jan. 12, Joseph Grimes and Sarah Rackliff. 
 Feb. 9, Joseph Dunton and Lj'-dia Sherman. 
 Mar. 2, William Trask and Elizabeth Boyd. 
 Mar. 16, George W. Merrill and Sibel Holton. 
 Apr. 27, Aaron Sawyer and Nabby Kenney. 
 
 1, Robert Dow and Sally Rand. 
 
 Oct. 9, Samuel Murray and Sally Boyd. 
 
 Nov. 14, John Winslow, Edgecomb, and Betsey Butler. 
 
 Nov. 23, Israel Dunton and Polly Hutchings. 
 
 1806. 
 
 Jan. 3, Andrew Pinkham and Mary Bickford. 
 Feb. 6, William Bryer and Polly Booker. 
 Mar. 6, AbishaPray and Anna Wylie. 
 
INTENTIONS OF MARRIAGE. 273 
 
 Mar. 22, Jacob Auld and Sarah Reed. 
 
 Apr. 21, Thomas Sargent and Sally Farnum. 
 
 May 10, Joseph Linn and Sarah Kennedy. 
 
 June 7, Elihu Bryer and Mrs. A. Sawyer. 
 
 Oct. 15, Stephen Webster and Mary Dow. 
 
 Oct. 15, Joseph Emerson and Betsey Boyd. 
 
 Nov. 2, John Lewis and Eanice Colton, Newcastle. 
 
 Nov. 5, Solomon Trask, Edgecomb, and Mary Bennett. 
 
 Nov. 8, Henry Kimball and Sarah Kenney. 
 
 Nov. 15, Ebenezer Lewis and Sally Clifford, Edgecomb. 
 
 Dec. 9, Ezekiel Holbrook and Dorcas Farnum. 
 
 Dec. 13, Ebenezer Decker and Sally Ball. 
 
 1807. 
 
 Jan. 17, Artemus Piper and Mary Hammond. 
 
 Jan. 17, John Webber and Jude Pinkham. 
 
 Jan. 17, Joseph Bryer and Jane Kiff (Kieff). 
 
 May 19, Joseph Tibbetts and Sally Crummett. 
 
 Aug. 8, Benjamin Crooker and Catherine Webster. 
 
 Aug. 20, Lieut. John Cameron and Mrs. Eliab H. Poor. 
 
 Sept. 5, Robert Wylie, 4th, and Jane Webber, Edgecomb. 
 
 Sept. 19, John Thompson, Bristol, and Sarah Perkins. 
 
 Oct. 9, John Wylie, Jr., and Martha Thompson. 
 
 Oct. 28, Paul Reed and Rutlj Wylie. 
 
 Oct. 29, Daniel Rose and Olive Peasley. 
 
 Nov. 13, Ephraim Burnham and Huldah Crooker, Edgecomb. 
 
 Dec. 30, Joseph McCobb and Margaret Auld. 
 
 1808. 
 
 Jan. 16, Samuel Brewer and Nabby Bennett. 
 
 Feb. 18, Matthew Reed and Sally Reed. 
 
 Mar. 2, Walter Linekin and Rhoda Grover. 
 
 Aug. 6, John Twombly and Eunice Jackson, Durham. 
 
 Aug. 6, John Davis and Catherine Williams. 
 
 Aug. 20, David Reed, 4th, and Esther Lewis. 
 
 Sept. 2, Joseph Perkins, Nobleboro, and Charlotte Rust. 
 
 Sept. 8, Aris Preble and Abigail Gray. 
 
 Sept. 24, William Montgomery and Charlotte Boyd. 
 
 Oct. 6, Nathaniel Montgomery and Elizabeth Emerson. 
 
 Oct. 8, Isaac Conary and Mina Barter. 
 
 Oct. 14, Eleazer Sherman and Martha Reed. 
 
 Nov. 26, Thomas Decker, Jr., and Betsey Lampson. 
 
 Dec. 12, Jonathan Robinson and Lucy Dunton. 
 
 Dec. 17, James Adams and Mehitable Tibbetts. 
 
 Dec. 30, Capt. Samuel Alley and Betsey Gove, Edgecomb. 
 
 Dec. 31, Capt. Israel Holton and Jane Robinson, Bristol. 
 
 Dec. 31, Samuel Bryer, 3d, and Olive P. Bryer. 
 
274 HISTORT OF BOOTHS AT. 
 
 1809. 
 
 Jan. 7, Stephen Greene and Vronne Serote. 
 
 Feb. 25, James Brewer, Jr., and Jane Herrin. 
 
 Mar. 10, Benjamin Tibbetts and Sally Crummett, Edgecomb. 
 
 Apr. 1, Samuel Wilson and Margaret McFarland. 
 
 Apr. 15, Andrew McCobb and Eliza Bryer. 
 
 Apr. 20, William Reed, 2d, and Hannah Hatchings. 
 
 Apr. 27, Samuel Ballard, Newcastle, and Martha Rust. 
 
 May 29, John Stover and Rhoda Stover. 
 
 June 30, Samuel Harris, Jr., and Mary Pierce. 
 
 Aug. 9, George W. Boyd and Mary Huff, Edgecomb. 
 
 Sept. 1, Mark Tibbetts and Ann Giles. 
 
 Sept. 1, Samuel Clifford, Jr., Edgecomb, and Susan McCobb. 
 
 Sept. 1, Giles Tibbetts, Jr., and Jane Crummett. 
 
 Sept. 1, Edward Dodge and Rhoda Tibbetts. 
 
 Sept. 27, Joseph Barter, 4th, and Mary Stone. 
 
 Oct. 2, Rev. Jabez Pond Fisher and Fanny Auld. 
 
 Nov. 22, Thomas Harper and Fanny Lewis. 
 
 Nov. 29, William Robinson and Betsey Brewer. 
 
 Dec. 13, Paul Reed, 2d, and Mary Reed. 
 
 Dec. 15, William Clark and Betsey Thompson. 
 
 1810. 
 
 May 7, John Carlisle and Susanna Alley. 
 
 Aug. 18, Samuel Smith, U. S. Gar., Damariscotta, and Sally 
 
 Adams. 
 Aug. 19, Francis Hodkins, Nobleboro, and Sally Boyd. 
 Sept. 21, Tobias Pillsbury, U. S. Gar., Damariscotta, and 
 
 Betsey Adams. 
 Sept. 22, Jacob Bacon and Betsey Sawyer. 
 Oct. 27, Samuel Thompson, Jr., and Martha Pinkham. 
 Nov.. 17, James Stover and Lucy Barker. 
 Nov. 17, John Cameron and Sally Dow. 
 Nov. 24,' Alexander Boyd and Susanna Walker, Woolwich. 
 
 1811. 
 
 Jan. 5, Jeremiah Wooten and Mary Clifford, Edgecomb. 
 
 Jan. 5, Isaac Pinkham and Sally Crooker. 
 
 Jan. 28, Timothy Dunton, Jr., and Sally Southard. 
 
 June 12, William Lewis, Jr., Palermo, and Hannah Tibbetts. 
 
 June 23, Jonas Wheeler and Huidah Booker. 
 
 June 29, John Lewis, 3d, and Fanny Pinkham. 
 
 July 6, Abraham Decker and Susannah Wooten. 
 
 July 22, George W. Pierce and Maria Barns. 
 
 Sept. 13, William Kennedy and Jane Boyd. 
 
 Sept. 19, William Maxwell Reed and Martha Rust. 
 
INTENTIONS OF MARRIAGE. 275 
 
 Sept. 21, Levi Sawyer, Woolwich, and Jennie Decker. 
 Sept. 26, Loren Ingwort Bork and Mary Landerkin. 
 Sept. 27, Winthrop Andrews, Ipswich, and Rhoda Grover. 
 Nov. 11, Thomas Rowell and Betsy Pinkham. 
 Nov. 12, Thomas Williams and Lydia Pinkham. 
 Nov. 17, Dr. Charles Fisher and Jane FuUerton. 
 
 1812. 
 
 Jan. 25, William Johnson, Pittston, and Sarah Dunton. 
 
 May 27, Jacob Perkins and Jane Blinn, Bristol. 
 
 June 26, Stephen Eand and Nancy Adams, Woolwich. 
 
 July 7, John Barter, 3d, and Susan Kenney. 
 
 July 25, William McCobb Auld and Rosanna Reed. 
 
 Aug. 15, Paul McCobb and Jane Auld. 
 
 Aug. 22, William Bragg and Mary McCobb. 
 
 Oct. 5, James Montgomery and Jane Reed. 
 
 Nov. 1, Amos Carlisle and Clarissa Sawyer. 
 
 Nov. 11, Jonathan Morrison and Emma Thompson, Bristol. 
 
 Nov. 29, Samuel Tibbetts and Martha Maddocks. 
 
 Dec. 11, William Cunningham and Rebecca Dodge, Edgecomb. 
 
 1813. 
 
 Mar. 23, Nathaniel Knight and Lucy Webster, Edgecomb. 
 
 May 24, John Decker > and Jennet Decker. 
 
 June 15, John Gove, Edgecomb, and Susan Kenney. 
 
 Aug. 19, Ezekiel Webber, Hallowell, and Judith Kennedy. 
 
 Aug. 28, Samuel Lewis and Sarah Barter. 
 
 Sept. 16, Daniel Matthews and Mary Matthews. 
 
 Sept. 18, Eben Long, Harwich, Mass., and Susannah Barter. 
 
 Oct. 19, Isaac Foss and Fanny Lewis. 
 
 Oct. 23, William Farmer and Katherine Reed. 
 
 Nov. 4, William Tibbetts and Susnn W. Brier. 
 
 Nov. 27, Nicholas T. Knight and Sally Auld. 
 
 Nov. 27, Robert Wylie, 2d, and Mrs. Elizabeth Wylie. 
 
 Nov. 27, Thomas Boj'd, 2d, and Abigail Webber, Edgecomb. 
 
 Dec. 11, Robert Sherman and Esther Reed. 
 
 1814. 
 
 Jan. 1, Henry Abbott and Lydia Flanders, Woolwich. 
 
 Jan. 22, John Brown, Jr., and Mary McCulloch. 
 
 Jan. 27, Joel Thompson and Martha Pinkham. 
 
 Jan. 29, David Merry and Chana Alley. 
 
 Feb. 12, John Emerson and Mrs. Elizabeth Catland. 
 
 Feb. 25, John Southard, Jr., and Elizabeth Catland, Newcastle, 
 
 Mar. 19, Edmund Wilson, Esq., and Martha Pinkham. 
 
 Mar. 19, Andrew A. Langard and Abigail Pinkham. 
 
276 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 Apr. 2, Capt. John Reed and Sarah Reed. 
 
 Apr. 4, Samuel Brier and Hannah Booker. 
 
 Apr. 13, Stephen Lewis, Jr., and Lois Tibbetts. 
 
 May 28, Edward B. Pierce and Dorcas McMahan, Georgetown. 
 
 June 8, Rev. John Wilkinson and Harriet T. Pierce. 
 
 June 18, Michael Campbell and Nancy Simpson, Newcastle. 
 
 June 25, Stephen Mason, Dresden, and Lydia Alley. 
 
 July 22, Joseph Tibbetts and Mrs. Elizabeth Dockendorf, 
 
 Bristol. 
 July 22, Isaac Tibbetts and Sally Hutchings. 
 Aug. 12, Samuel Williams, Edgecomb, and Susan Sherman. 
 Aug. 12, Ephraim Lampson and Phebe Tibbetts. 
 Aug. 27, John Sherman and Eunice Besse. 
 Sept. 15, John Knight and Mary Blinn, Bristol. 
 Sept. 17, James Pray and Abigail Lewis. 
 Sept. 24, David Thompson and Mary Paine. 
 Oct. 14, William Campbell and Nancy Barter. 
 Nov. 5, John Pinkham and Charlotte Thompson. 
 Nov. 5, Ephraim McCobb and Elizabeth Adams. 
 Nov. 12, Henry Reed and Miriam Carlisle. 
 Nov. 23, Enoch Dodge, Edgecomb, and Mary Pinkham. 
 Nov. 23, Nathan Pinkham and Charlotte Young, Alna. 
 Dec. 23, Stephen Horn and Lydia Grover. 
 
 1815. 
 
 Jan. 10, Abiel Gove, Edgecomb, and Lydia Sherman. 
 
 Feb. 4, John Elder and Mary Ann Dodge. 
 
 May 6, Henry Williams, Edgecomb, and Achsah Besse. 
 
 July 22, John Clark, 2d, Bristol, and Margaret McCobb. 
 
 July 24, Thomas Horn and Betsy Blair. 
 
 July 29, Robert Wylie, 3d, and Nancy Webber, Edgecomb. 
 
 Aug. 7, Moses P. Whitaker and Lydia Tibbetts. 
 
 Aug. 28, Dana Rackliff and Susan Colby, Edgecomb. 
 
 Sept. 8, Joshua Loring and Prudence Dunton. 
 
 Sept. 27, George Love and Martha Reed. 
 
 Oct. 8, Ebenezer Clifford, Edgecomb, and Sarah Andrews. 
 
 Oct. 19, Francis Low, Ipswich, and Elizabeth Colby. 
 
 Nov. 15, Jacob Emmons, Georgetown, and Margaret Prebble. 
 
 Nov. 15, James Blen, Bristol, and Martha Alley. 
 
 Dec. 2, John Page and Hannah Farnham. 
 
 1816. 
 
 Feb. 20, Willard Spalding and Mary Gray. 
 
 Fe . 26, Jacob Sawyer and Martha Linekin. 
 
 Mar. 12, Ephraim Francis and Phebe G. Riggs, Edgecomb. 
 
 July 14, William Decker and Anna Bragg. 
 
INTENTIONS OF MARRIAGE. 277 
 
 Sept. 28, John Burnham and Isabella Malcomb, Newcastle. 
 
 Sept. 28, William Cameron and Mary Clarenbold. 
 
 Oct. 12, Isaac Kelley and Martha Kennedy. 
 
 Oct. 12, John Barter, 4th, and Susannah Fanley. 
 
 Oct. 16, Ebenezer Kent and Lois Barter. 
 
 Nov. 2, Josiah Gray and Mary Bragg. 
 
 Dec. 6, Walter Linekin and Abigail Hankerson. 
 
 Dec. 17, Charles Kackliff and Lois Drew. 
 
 Dec. 21 James Reed and Mary Cunningham, Edgecomb. 
 
 Dec. 28, Francis Gray and Lydia Abbott. 
 
 1817. 
 
 Mar. 8, Jacob Auld, Esq., and Elizabeth C. FuUerton. 
 
 Mar. 15, John Alley, 3d, and Mary Gray. 
 
 Apr. 9, Benjamin Pinkham, 3d, and Abigail Lewis. 
 
 May 10, William Thompson and Lydia Pierce. 
 
 Aug. 9, Henry Gray and Mary Eecd. 
 
 Aug. 9, John Reed, 2d, and Eunice Tibbetts. 
 
 Oct. 22, Benjamin Harris and Emily Dunton, Edgecomb. 
 
 Oct. 22, William Durant and Hannah Reed. 
 
 Oct. 25, Samuel Boyd and Sarah Brier. 
 
 Oct. 27, Ebenzer Lundy and Eady Dow. 
 
 Nov. 1, Amos Carlisle and Anna Brier. 
 
 Nov. 29, Samuel Lewis and Martha Thompson, Bristol. 
 
 1818. 
 
 Jan. 17, Asa G. Baker, Edgecomb, and Mary Pinkham. 
 
 Feb. 3, Moses Greenough, Wiscasset, and Elizabeth Norwood. 
 
 Feb. 7, John Baker, Edgecomb, and Elizabeth Sherman. 
 
 Mar. 20, Jeremiah Meacham, Portland, and Prudence Loring. 
 
 Apr. 13, Benjamin Hodgdon and Lydia Emerson. 
 
 June 19, John Giles, Jr., and Margaret Landerkin. 
 
 July 4, Richard Adams and Elizabeth Grover. 
 
 Aug. 8, Samuel Knight and Sarah Campbell. 
 
 Aug. 15, John Pinkham, 2d, and Julia Thompson. 
 
 Aug. 23, Frederick Lewis, Jr., Whitefield, and Mary Sales 
 
 McFarland. 
 Sept. 4, John B. Booker and Elizabeth Hutchings, Bristol. 
 Sept. 19, Daniel Sanborn, Wiscasset, and Betsy Barter. 
 Sept. 22, AVilliam Carlisle and Mercy Pinkham. 
 Oct. 23, John Deering, Edgecomb, and Jane Matthews. 
 Nov. 7, Nathaniel Tibbetts and Clarissa Southard. 
 
 1819. 
 
 Jan. 2, Samuel Crowell and Hepsibah Kenney. 
 Jan. 6, John Landerkin and Sarah Dole. 
 
278 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Jan. 23, Samuel Gray and Elizabeth Alley. 
 
 Jan. 29, George W. Merrill and Martha Catland, Newcastle. 
 
 Mar. 27, Edmund "Wilson, Esq., and Betsey Young, Bristol. 
 
 Apr. 17, William Alley and Martha Bennett, Edgecomb. 
 
 May 3, William Lewis and Hannah Brooks. 
 
 June 26, John Love, Jr., and Susan Brewer. 
 
 Aug. 11, William Brier and Susan M. Reed. 
 
 Aug. 21, Benjamin Alley and Lydia Gray. 
 
 Sept. 18, Abiel Sherman and Loring Gove, Edgecomb. 
 
 Sept. 18, David' Deering, Edgecomb, and Catherine Sherman. 
 
 Sept. 20, John Sloman, Wiscasset, and Elizabeth Clarenbold. 
 
 Oct. 22, John Kclley and Mary Sherman. 
 
 Nov. 5, William Handley, Nobleboro, and Mary McCuUoch. 
 
 Nov. 5, Samuel Stover and Catherine Merrill. 
 
 Nov. 10, James Campbell and Mary Brewer. 
 
 Nov. 12, William Stone and Eebecca Lewis. 
 
 Nov. 12, Giles Lewis and Mina Pinkham. 
 
 Nov. 20, Benjamin Bennett and Mary Matthews. 
 
 Nov. 25, John Hutculogs and Nancy Bugnor, Dresden. 
 
 Dec. 7, Ebenezer Lewis and Isabella Fickett. 
 
 1820. 
 
 Jan. 2, John Fullerton and Mary Cargill, Newcastle. 
 Feb. 7, John Kellock and Eunice Priest. 
 Feb. 11, Joseph Farnham and Nancy Farnham. 
 Feb. 12, John Matthews and Mary Barter. 
 Feb. 19, William Dunton and Sarah Knight, Edgecomb. 
 Feb. 24, David Dunton, 'Edgecomb, and Sally Tibbetts. 
 Mar. 3, Joseph Booker, Jr., and Nancy Hutchings, Bristol. 
 Apr. 12, Frederick Hutchings and Abigail Loomis. 
 May 6, David Brown and Jane Kelloch. 
 May 6, Robert Reed, 4th, and Alice Reed. 
 May 13, Samuel Donnell and Henrietta Hyde, Bath. 
 June 3, Major Alexander Drummond, Phippsburg, and Mar- 
 garet McFarland. 
 June 28, Timothy Hodgdon and Fanny Tibbetts. 
 Aug. 30, David Austin and Judith Pinkham. 
 Sept. 2, Daniel J. Averill and Maria Reed. 
 Sept. 19, Samuel Barter, 2d, and Margaret Day. 
 Oct. 25, John Poor, Jr., and Anna Giles. 
 Oct. 28, Benjamin Linekin, St. George, and Harriet Farnham. 
 Dec. 2, William Orne, Jr., and Elizabeth Hall, Georgetown. 
 
CHAPTER XVI. 
 Official Lists and Tables. 
 
 IN THIS chapter I have grouped, with as systematic an 
 arrangement as possible, that which ordinarily is arranged 
 as appendix matter. The lists of town officers of Booth- 
 bay appear first, followed by those of Southport and Boothbay 
 Harbor. No attempt has been made to show the composition 
 of legislative class districts ; and representatives, elected from 
 either town, appear from that one without mention of the other 
 towns composing the district or class. The towns of the Dis- 
 trict of Maine were permitted to send one representative each 
 year to the General Court. A change of law, while it lasted, 
 caused dual representation from Boothbay in 1812-13. After 
 admission to the Union, in 1820, Boothbay constituted a rep- 
 resentative district and sent a representative to the Legislature 
 each year until the division in 1842. After that Boothbay and 
 Southport were classed together, and Westport generally with 
 them, for about a score of years. Westport sent a represent- 
 ative in 1848, 1854 and 1858 ; with those exceptions the 
 representative went each year, to and including 1860, from 
 Boothbay or Southport. But twice since Maine became a State 
 has the original Boothbay territory had more than one repre- 
 sentative at the same time. During the decade following 1890 
 Boothbay was classed with northern towns, and at that elec- 
 tion and that of 1900 both Boothbay and Boothbay Harbor 
 were represented. To save many repetitions in the department 
 of family history, these tables are numbered, and citations are 
 made to the table or tables embracing the official service of the 
 person mentioned. 
 
280 
 
 HISTORY OV BOOTHBAT. 
 
 Table I. 
 Selectmen of Boothbay. 
 
 1765. 
 Johh Beath, 
 Ephraim McFarland, 
 John Alley. 
 
 1766. 
 John Beath, 
 Thomas Kenney, 
 Israel Davis. 
 
 1767. 
 John Beath, 
 Paul Twombly, 
 Israel Davis. 
 
 1768. 
 Samuel Adams, 
 Paul Twombly, 
 Edward Emerson. 
 
 1769. 
 Thomas Boyd, 
 Edward Emerson, 
 Samuel Adams. 
 
 1770-72. 
 Israel Davis, 
 John Beath, 
 Edward Emerson. 
 
 1773. 
 William McCobb, 
 Solomon Burnham, 
 Samuel Brown. 
 
 1774. 
 
 William McCobb, 
 Patrick McKown, 
 John Beath (res.), 
 Paul Twombly. 
 
 1775-76. 
 William McCobb, 
 John Beath, 
 Edward Emerson. 
 
 1777. 
 William McCobb, 
 Edward Emerson, 
 Patrick McKown. 
 
 1778-79. 
 Edward Emerson, 
 William McCobb, 
 David Reed. 
 
 1780. 
 Benjamin Sawyer, 
 John Alley, 
 Joseph Lewis. 
 
 1781. 
 John Alley, 
 Samuel Adams, 
 Joseph Langdon. 
 
 1782-83. 
 Edward Emerson, 
 William McCobb, 
 Ichabod Pinkham. 
 
 1784-86. 
 John Leishman, 
 William McCobb, 
 Thomas Boyd, Jr. 
 
 1787. 
 Joseph Eeed, 
 Thomas Boyd, Jr., 
 John Leishman. 
 
 1788. 
 George Boyd, 
 John Murray, 
 Thomas Boyd, Jr. 
 
 1789. 
 Jonathan Sawyer, 
 Joseph Langdon, 
 Thomas Boyd, Jr. 
 
OFFICIAL LISTS AND TABLES. 
 
 281 
 
 1790. 
 
 Joseph Langdon (res.), 
 John Borland, 
 Jonathan Sawyer, 
 Thomas Boyd, Jr. 
 
 1791. 
 Thomas Boyd, Jr., 
 John Murray, 
 Stephen Carleton. 
 
 1792. 
 Jonathan Sawyer, 
 John Wylie, 
 Ichabod Pinkham. 
 
 1793. 
 Paul Reed, 
 Ichabod Pinkham, 
 John M. McFarland. 
 
 1794. 
 Paul Reed, 
 Ichabod Pinkham, 
 John Leishman. 
 
 1795. 
 John Murray, 
 Stephen Carleton, 
 Thomas Boyd. 
 
 1796-97. 
 Ichabod Pinkham, 
 John Leishman, 
 John M. McFarland. 
 
 1798. 
 William McCobb, 
 Ichabod Pinkham, 
 Benjamin Kelley, Jr. 
 
 1799. 
 Stephen Carleton, 
 Nathaniel Curtis, 
 John Leishman. 
 
 1800. 
 Stephen Carleton, 
 John Leishman, 
 Samuel Montgomery. 
 
 1801. 
 John Leishman, 
 Stephen Carleton, 
 James Murray. 
 
 1802. 
 Stephen Carleton, 
 John Leishman, Jr., 
 John McKown. 
 
 1803. 
 Jonathan Skwyer, 
 William Maxwell Reed, 
 Benjamin Kelley, Jr. 
 
 1804. 
 
 William McCobb, 
 John McKown, 
 Nathaniel Pinkham, Jr. 
 
 1805-06. 
 William McCobb, 
 John McKown, 
 Stephen Carleton. 
 
 1807-08. 
 Nathaniel Pinkham, Jr. , 
 Amasa Piper, 
 John McClintock. 
 
 1809. 
 William McCobb, 
 Amasa Piper, 
 John McClintock. 
 
 1810-11. 
 John M. McFarland, 
 John McKown, 
 Benjamin Pinkham. 
 
 1812. 
 
 William McCobb, 
 John McKown, 
 David R. Adams. 
 
 1813. 
 John McKown, 
 John Matthews, 
 David R. Adams. 
 
 19 
 
282 
 
 HISTORT OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 1814. 
 
 John McKown, 
 Nathaniel Pinkham, 
 Charles Fisher. 
 
 1815. 
 Daniel Rose, 
 Nathaniel Pinkham, 
 Samuel Giles. 
 
 1816. 
 
 Daniel Rose, 
 Edmund Wilson, 
 Samuel Giles. 
 
 1817. 
 Edmund Wilson, 
 Samuel Giles, 
 Charles Fisher. 
 
 1818. 
 Daniel Rose, 
 Charles Fisher (res.), 
 Jacob Auld, 
 Samuel Giles. 
 
 1819. 
 Daniel Rose, 
 Jacob Auld, 
 Samuel Giles. 
 
 1820. 
 Daniel Rose, 
 Samuel Giles (res.), 
 John McClintock, 
 Jacob Auld. 
 
 1821-22. 
 Daniel Rose, 
 John McClintock, 
 Jacob Auld. 
 
 1823. 
 Daniel Rose (res.), 
 Edmund Wilson, 
 John Leishman, 
 Paul McCobb. 
 
 1824-26. 
 John M. McFarland, 
 John McClintock, 
 David R. Adams. 
 
 1827. 
 Caleb Hodgdon, 
 John McClintock, 
 Benjamin Reed. 
 
 1828-30. 
 John M. McFarland, 
 David R. Adams, 
 Benjamin Reed. 
 
 1831. 
 Benjamin Reed, 
 John Fuller, 
 Marshal Smith. 
 
 1832. 
 Benjamin Reed, 
 John McClintock, 
 Nathaniel C. McFarland. 
 
 1833. 
 Benjamin Reed, 
 Caleb Hodgdon, 
 John Fuller. 
 
 1834. 
 Benjamin Reed, 
 Timothy Hodgdon, 
 Daniel Sherman. 
 
 1835. 
 Benjamin Reed, 
 Timothy Hodgdon, 
 John Leishman. 
 
 1836. 
 Edmund Wilson, 
 John Leishman, 
 Allen Lewis. 
 
 1837. 
 John Leishman, 
 William Carlisle, 
 Jason Fuller. 
 
OFFICIAL LISTS AND TABLES. 
 
 283 
 
 1838. 
 William Carlisle, 
 Jason Fuller, 
 Timothy Hodgdon. 
 
 1839. 
 William Carlisle, 
 Jason Fuller, 
 Luther Weld. 
 
 1840. 
 William Carlisle, 
 John Leishman, 
 Luther Weld. 
 
 1841. 
 Jason Fuller, 
 John Leishman, 
 Marshal Smith. 
 
 1842. 
 Jason Fuller, 
 Luther Weld, 
 Leyi Willey. 
 
 1843. 
 Jason Fuller, 
 Luther Weld, 
 Levi Willey. 
 
 1844. 
 Jason Fuller, 
 Luther Weld, 
 Kufus Holton. 
 
 1845. 
 William Carlisle, 
 Luther Weld, 
 Henry A. Barter. 
 
 1846-47. 
 William Carlisle, 
 Kobert Spinney, 
 John McClintock, Jr. 
 
 1848. 
 Luther Weld, 
 Lemuel Lewis, 
 Charles Giles. 
 
 1849. 
 William Carlisle, 
 Paul Giles, 
 John Gould. 
 
 1850. 
 Luther Weld, 
 Paul Giles, 
 John Gould. 
 
 1851. 
 Luther Weld, 
 John Gould, 
 James T. Beath. 
 
 1852. 
 Jason Fuller, 
 John Gould, 
 James T. Beath. 
 
 1853. 
 William Carlisle, 
 Jason Fuller, 
 James T. Beath. 
 
 1854. 
 Eobert Spinney, 
 Frederick Reed, 
 Ebenezer Clisby. 
 
 1855. 
 Allen Lewis, 
 Samuel Fuller, 
 Alden Goudy. 
 
 1856. 
 William Carlisle, 
 John Gould, 
 William Hodgdon. 
 
 1857. 
 James T. Beath, 
 Eleazer S. Giles, 
 Caleb Hodgdon, Jr. 
 
 1858. 
 Robert Spinney, 
 Charles Carlisle, 
 Jacob G. Fuller. 
 
284 
 
 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 1859. 
 Robert Spinney, 
 William Adams, 
 Benjamin McKown. 
 
 1860. 
 Robert Spinney, 
 John Gould, 
 Charles Carlisle. 
 
 1861. 
 Marshal Smith, 
 Robert Spinney, 
 Jason Pinkham. 
 
 1862. 
 William Carlisle, 
 Robert Montgomery, 
 Charles B. Fisher. 
 
 1863-64. 
 W. G. Lewis, 
 Albion P. Hodgdon, 
 Ezekiel Holbrook. 
 
 1865. 
 James T. Beath, 
 Zina H. Hodgdon, 
 Jason Carlisle. 
 
 1866. 
 Zina H. Hodgdon, 
 William E. Reed, 
 Jason Pinkham. 
 
 1867. 
 W. G. Lewis, 
 Jason Pinkham, 
 Charles F. Hilton. 
 
 1868. 
 Robert Montgomery, 
 Jason Pinkham, 
 John E. Kelley. 
 
 1869. 
 Jason Pinkham, 
 John E. Kelley, 
 Rufus Holton. 
 
 1870. 
 Charles B. Fisher, 
 Charles Carlisle, 
 W. W. Palmer. 
 
 1871-72. 
 Jason Pinkham, 
 William I. Adams, 
 H. S. Spofford. 
 
 1873. 
 Jason Pinkham, 
 Francis M. Hodgdon, 
 Charles F. Seavey. 
 
 1874. 
 John E. Kelley, 
 Gilman P. Hodgdon, 
 Daniel Pinkham. 
 
 1875. 
 John E. Kelley, 
 Gilman P. Hodgdon, 
 Alonzo R. Nickerson. 
 
 1876. 
 John E. Kelley, 
 Alonzo R. Nickerson, 
 Joseph Maddocks. 
 
 1877-78. 
 William E. Reed, 
 John E. Kelley, 
 Joseph Maddocks. 
 
 1879. 
 William I. Adams, 
 N. S. Baker, 
 T. J. Emerson. 
 
 1880. 
 William I. Adams, 
 T. J. Emerson, 
 J. A. Reed. 
 
 1881-83. 
 William E. Reed, 
 John E. Kelley, 
 Joseph Maddocks. 
 
OFFICIAL LISTS AND TABLES. 
 
 285 
 
 1884. 
 William E. Reed, 
 T. J. Emerson, 
 Wilmot Lewis, 2d. 
 
 1885. 
 T. J. Emerson, 
 Wilmot Lewis, 2d, 
 Edward E. Eace. 
 
 1886. 
 Edward E. Race, 
 Moses R. White, 
 Wilmot Lewis, 2d. 
 
 1887-88. 
 Edward E. Race, 
 John E. Kelley, 
 John H. Lake. 
 
 1889. 
 Edward E. Race, 
 John E. Kelley, 
 Wesley Pinkham. 
 
 1890-92. 
 John E. Kelley, 
 James E. Beath, 
 Wesley Pinkham. 
 
 1893-97. 
 James E. Beath, 
 Albion Giles, 
 James A. Reed. 
 
 1898. 
 James E. Beath, 
 Wesley Pinkham, 
 Charles Chapman. 
 
 1899. 
 James A. Reed, 
 Charles Chapman, 
 John P. Kelley. 
 
 1900. 
 James E. Beath, 
 Charles Chapman, 
 John P. Kelley. 
 
 1901-03. 
 James E. Beath, 
 Charles Chapman, 
 Silas Barter. 
 
 1904. 
 Charles Chapman, 
 James A. Reed, 
 Silas M. Barter. 
 
 1905. 
 Charles Chapman, 
 James A. Reed, 
 Albion P. Giles (res.), 
 Elton H. Lewis. 
 
 Table II. 
 Moderators of Annual Meetings in Boothbay. 
 
 1765-67 Israel Davis. 
 
 1768 
 1769 
 
 John Alley. 
 John Beath. 
 
 1770-73 Israel Davis. 
 
 1774 John Beath. 
 
 1775 Paul Reed. 
 
 1776 Israel Davis. 
 
 1777 Edward Emerson. 
 1778-83 William McCobb. 
 1784-85 John Murray. 
 
 1786 John Leishman. 
 
 1787 William Reed. 
 
 1788 Paul Reed. 
 1789-90 Joseph Langdon. 
 
 1791 William McCobb. 
 
 1792 Jonathan Sawyer. 
 1793-94 William McCobb. 
 
 1795 
 
 1796-99 
 
 1800 
 
 John Leishman. 
 William McCobb. 
 John Leishman. 
 
286 
 
 HISTOBY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 1801 
 1802 
 
 1803-12 
 
 1813 
 
 1814 
 
 1815-17 
 
 1818 
 
 1819-23 
 
 1824 
 
 1825-32 
 
 1833-37 
 
 1838 
 
 1839-42 
 
 1843-45 
 
 1846-49 
 
 1850-52 
 
 1853-55 
 
 1856 
 
 1857 
 
 1858-60 
 
 1861 
 
 1862 
 
 1863-64 
 
 1865-69 
 
 Thomas Boyd. 1870 
 
 John Leishman. 1871 
 
 William McCobb. 1872 
 
 John Leishman. 1873-75 
 
 William McCobb. 1876 
 
 William M. Keed. 1877-78 
 
 John Leishman. 1879 
 
 William M. Reed. 1880 
 
 Edmund Wilson. 1881 
 
 William M. Reed. 1882-83 
 
 Marshal Smith. 1884 
 
 Willard Thorpe. 1885 
 
 Marshal Smith. 1886 
 
 Jason Fuller. 1887 
 
 William Carlisle. 1888 
 
 Jason Fuller. 1889 
 
 Marshal Smith. 1890 
 
 William Carlisle. 1891-97 
 
 Marshal Smith. 1898 
 
 Robert Spinney. 1899 
 
 Isaac W. Reed. 1900 
 
 William Carlisle. 1901-05 
 Marshal Smith. 
 Robert Montgomery. 
 
 E. H. Boynton. 
 Robert Montgomery. 
 A. C. Otis. 
 Robert Montgomery. 
 William I. Adams. 
 Robert Montgomery. 
 William I. Adams. 
 Robert Montgomery. 
 William I. Adams. 
 George B. Kenniston. 
 William I. Adams. 
 George B. Kenniston. 
 William I. Adams. 
 John R. McDougall. 
 George B. Kenniston. 
 John R. McDougall. 
 James A. Reed. 
 John Montgomery. 
 John R. McDougall. 
 John Montgomery. 
 John R. McDougall. 
 Victor K. Montgom- 
 ery. 
 
 Table HI. 
 Cleeks of Boothbay. 
 
 1765-73 Andrew McFarland. 
 1774-75 John Beath. 
 1776 Andrew McFarland. 
 1777-79 John Beath. 
 1780-84 Edward Emerson. 
 1785-89 Thomas Boyd, Jr. 
 1790-93 William Reed. 
 1794-1806 Jonathan Sawyer. 
 
 1807 Daniel Rose. 
 
 1808 Edmund Wilson. 
 1809-24 Joseph McCobb. 
 1825-35 Jacob Auld. 
 1836-46 James Auld. 
 
 1847-48 Luther Weld. 
 1849 Robert Spinney. 
 1850-52 Luther Weld. 
 1853-55 Jason Fuller. 
 
 1856 Benjamin Blair. 
 
 1857 Jason Fuller. 
 1858-60 Benjamin Blair. 
 1861-64 Eliphalet Thorpe. 
 1865-67 D. W. Sawyer. 
 1868-91 Rufus Holton. 
 1892-1901 Byron Giles. 
 1902-05 Alpheus Dodge. 
 
 Table IV. 
 Treasukees of Boothbay. 
 
 1765 
 1766 
 
 Andrew McFarland. 
 David Reed. 
 
 1767-74 Andrew McFarland. 
 1775-79 William McCobb. 
 
OFFICIAL LISTS AND TABLES. 
 
 287 
 
 1780 Benjamin Sawyer. 
 
 1781 Edward Emerson. 
 1782-87 William McCobb. 
 1788-89 Samuel Montgomery. 
 1790-92 William McCobb. 
 1793 John Borland. 
 1794-98 William McCobb. 
 1799-1831 John M. McFar- 
 
 land. 
 1832 Paul McCobb. 
 1833-54 John Leishman. 
 
 1855 Parker Wilson. 
 
 1856 John McClintock. 
 
 1857 Parker Wilson. 
 
 1858 Ephraim Pinkham. 
 
 1859-60 Charles Carlisle. 
 
 1861 Paul Harris. 
 
 1862-69 Parker Wilson. 
 
 1870 Silas Smith. 
 
 1871-72 Kufus Holton, 
 
 1873-76 K. G. Hodgdon. 
 
 1877-80 Henry A. Kennedy. 
 
 1880-86 D.W.Sawyer (res.). 
 
 1886-88 C.E.Kendrick(res.). 
 
 1888-94 John K. McDougall. 
 1895-1902 John E. Kelley. 
 
 1903 Lyman R.McDougall. 
 
 1904-05 John E. Kelley. 
 
 Table V. 
 Selectmen of Southport. 
 
 1842. 
 William Greenleaf , 
 Baker Pierce, 
 Edward Eand. 
 
 1843-44. 
 Thomas Pierce, 
 William Pierce, 
 William Orne, Jr. 
 
 1845. 
 Thomas Pierce, 
 William Greenleaf, 
 Thomas Marr, Jr. 
 
 1846. 
 Freeman Grover, 
 William Harris, 
 William Pierce. 
 
 1847. 
 Freeman Grover, 
 William Pierce, 
 William Greenleaf. 
 
 1848. 
 Freeman Grover, 
 Thomas Pierce, 
 Thomas Marr, Jr. 
 
 1849. 
 Cyrus McKown, 
 Daniel Cameron, 
 Thomas Pierce. 
 
 1850. 
 Freeman Grover, 
 Thomas Marr, Jr., 
 William Pierce. 
 
 1851. 
 Cyrus McKown, 
 Thomas Marr, Jr., 
 William Pierce. 
 
 1852-53. 
 Freeman Grover, 
 Thomas Marr, Jr., 
 William Pierce. 
 
 1854. 
 Freeman Grover, 
 John Cameron, 2d, 
 William Pierce. 
 
 1855. 
 Freeman Grover, 
 William Pierce, 
 James Orne. 
 
288 
 
 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 1856. 
 Thomas Marr, Jr., 
 William Pierce, 
 John Cameron, 2d. 
 
 1857-58. 
 Freeman Grover, 
 James Orne, 
 Isaac Brewer. 
 
 1859. 
 A. F. Snowman, 
 William Pierce, 
 Moses E. Pierce. 
 
 1860. 
 Freeman Grover, 
 Daniel K. Matthews, 
 Moses E. Pierce. 
 
 1861. 
 Freeman Grover, 
 Daniel K. Matthews, 
 Cyrus Pierce. 
 
 1862. 
 Thomas Marr, Jr., 
 Cyrus Pierce, 
 John Cameron. 
 
 1863. 
 Thomas Marr, Jr., 
 Frederick Reed, 
 Daniel Cameron. 
 
 1864. 
 Frederick Eeed, 
 Thomas Marr, Jr., 
 William Decker. 
 
 1865. 
 Frederick Eeed, 
 Cyrus Pierce, 
 Nahum B. Marr. 
 
 1866. 
 Freeman Grover, 
 John Cameron, 2d, 
 E. L. Marr. 
 
 1867. 
 Freeman Grover, 
 Isaac Brewer, 
 Joseph Maddocks. 
 
 1868. 
 Daniel R. Matthews, 
 William T. Maddocks, 
 Ephraim Punkham. 
 
 1869-71. 
 Daniel R. Matthews, 
 William T. Maddocks, 
 Cyrus Pierce. 
 
 1872. 
 Freeman Grover, 
 Isaac Brewer, 
 Martin E. Beal. 
 
 1873. 
 Daniel R. Matthews, 
 William T. Maddocks, 
 George L. Witham. 
 
 1874. 
 Freeman Grover, 
 Silas Pierce, 2d, 
 Daniel Cameron, 3d. 
 
 1875-76. 
 William T. Maddocks, 
 Daniel R. Matthews, 
 Sumner Orne. 
 
 1877-78. 
 Sumner Orne, 
 Cyrus Pierce, 
 Wilbur N. Grover. 
 
 1879. 
 Sumner Orne, 
 Cyrus Pierce, 
 Charles V. Martin. 
 
 1880. 
 Freeman Gi'over, Jr., 
 George L. Witham, 
 Charles V. Martin. 
 
OFFICIAL LISTS AND TABLES. 
 
 289 
 
 1881. 
 Wilbur N. Grover, 
 Cyrus Pierce, 
 Charles J. Marr. 
 
 1882. 
 Martin E. Beal, 
 Charles J. Marr, 
 W. H. Decker. 
 
 1883-84. 
 Sumner Orne, 
 Charles V. Martin, 
 Thomas Cameron. 
 
 1885. 
 Martin E. Beal, 
 W. S. Pierce, 
 E. L. Decker. 
 
 1886. 
 Charles V. Martin, 
 Zina Orne, 
 Luther H. Bearce. 
 
 1887. 
 Zina Orne, 
 Charles V. Martin, 
 Sumner Pierce. 
 
 1888-89. 
 Zina Orne, 
 Wilbur N. Grover, 
 Everett E. Pinkham. 
 
 1890-92. 
 Wilbur N. Grover, 
 Everett E. Pinkham, 
 Snow B. Orne. 
 
 1893. 
 Wilbur N. Grover, 
 
 Everett E. Pinkham, 
 Sumner Orne. 
 
 1894. 
 Sumner Orne, 
 E. L. Decker, 
 William Cameron. 
 
 1895. 
 Wilbur N. Grover, 
 E. L. Decker, 
 C. E. McKown. 
 
 1896.. 
 Wilbur N. Grover, 
 A. W. Gray, 
 C. E. McKown. 
 
 1897-98. 
 Wilbur N. Grover, 
 W. Scott Pierce, 
 A. N. Gray. 
 
 1899. 
 W. N. Grover, 
 C. E. McKown, 
 A. N. Gray. 
 
 1900. 
 Sumner Orne, 
 C. E. McKown, 
 Alphonzo Dyer. 
 
 1901. 
 Sumner Orne, 
 J. D. Payson, 
 M. H. Thompson. 
 
 1902-05. 
 Sumner Orne, 
 J. D. Payson, 
 H. C. McKown. 
 
 Table YI. 
 
 modeeatoks of annual meetings in southport. 
 
 1842 John McKown. 1845 
 
 1843 Franklin Jones. 1846-49 
 
 1844 William Greenleaf. 1850 
 
 Thomas Pierce. 
 Jason Fuller. 
 Cyrus McKown. 
 
290 
 
 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 1851-55 
 
 1856 
 
 1857 
 
 1858 
 
 1859 
 
 1860 
 
 1861-62 
 
 1863 
 
 1864 
 
 1865-66 
 
 1867-69 
 
 1870-73 
 
 1874 
 
 1875-77 
 
 Freeman Grover, 1878 
 
 Cyrus McKown. 1879-80 
 
 William Decker. 1881 
 
 Freeman Grover. 1882-84 
 
 Frederick Reed. 1885 
 
 Freeman Grover. 1886 
 
 Frederick Reed. 1887 
 
 William Decker. 1888 
 
 Freeman Grover. 1889 
 
 Frederick Reed. 1890 
 
 Freeman Grover. 1891-93 
 Daniel R. Matthews. 1894-96 
 
 Freeman Grover. 1897-99 
 Daniel R. Matthews. 1900-05 
 
 Sumner Orne. 
 Daniel R. Matthews. 
 George L. Witham. 
 Freeman Grover, Jr. 
 Wilbur N. Grover. 
 Freeman Grover, Jr. 
 E. C. Pool. 
 Freeman Grover, Jr. 
 Wilbur N. Grover. 
 Sumner Orne. 
 Wilbur N. Grover. 
 Sumner Orne. 
 Freeman Grover. 
 J. D. Pay son. 
 
 Table VII. 
 Clerks of Southport. 
 
 1842-64 Daniel Cameron. 
 1865-70 Thomas Marr, Jr. 
 
 (dec). 
 1870-72 Edward L. Marr 
 
 (dec). 
 1872-73 Cyrus Pierce. 
 1874-76 Sumner Orne. 
 
 1877-78 Cyrus Pierce. 
 
 1879 Thomas Cameron. 
 
 1880 Charles J. Marr. 
 
 1881 • Charles J. Martin. 
 
 1882 W. S. Pierce. 
 1883-86 Zina Orne. 
 1887-1905 Everett E.Pinkham. 
 
 Table VIII. 
 
 1842 
 
 1843-50 
 
 1851-59 
 
 1860-64 
 
 1865 
 
 1866-67 
 
 1868-74 
 
 1875 
 
 1876-77 
 
 Treasurers 
 
 John McKown. 
 John Cameron. 
 William Pierce. 
 Daniel Cameron. 
 Ephraim Pinkham, 
 Daniel R. Matthews. 
 Joseph Maddocks. 
 Everett E. Pinkham. 
 Freeman Grover. 
 
 OF Southport. 
 
 Geo. W 
 
 1878 
 1879 
 1880 
 
 -\ 
 
 1883 
 1884-93 
 1894 
 1895 
 
 Rush (dec.) 
 Williird T. Marr. 
 Mark Rand. 
 Daniel ]McKown(dec.) 
 Martin E. Beal. 
 Everett E. Pinkham. 
 Albert McKown. 
 Daniel Cameron. 
 A. W. Gray. 
 
 1896-1905 William Cameron. 
 
 Table IX. 
 Selectmen of Booths ay Harbor. 
 
 1889. 
 Joseph Maddocks, 
 Nathan S. Baker, 
 Eben T. Lewis. 
 
 1890. 
 Joseph Maddocks (res.), 
 Alonzo P. Wylie, 
 Nathan S. Baker, 
 Eben T. Lewis. 
 
OFFICIAL LISTS AND TABLES. 
 
 291 
 
 1891-92. 
 Thomas J. Emerson, 
 Charles J. Marr, 
 W. H. Reed. 
 
 1893-95. 
 Charles J. Marr, 
 W. H. Reed, 
 T. J. Emerson. 
 
 1896. 
 Charles J. Marr, 
 W. H. Reed, 
 Frank A. Baker. 
 
 1897. 
 Charles J. Marr, 
 Gilman P. Hodgdon, 
 W. O. Seavey. 
 
 1898. 
 Charles J. Marr, 
 W. H. Reed, 
 W. O. Seavey. 
 
 1899. 
 Gilman P. Hodgdon, 
 W. O. Seavey, 
 M. F. Dunton. 
 
 1900. 
 Gilman P. Hodgdon, 
 Freeman Boynton, 
 D. W. Hodgdon. 
 
 1901. 
 Gilman P. Hodgdon, 
 J. Edw. Knight, 
 G. W. Greenleaf. 
 
 1902. 
 Gilman P. Hodgdon, 
 G. W. Greenleaf, 
 Newbert Pierce. 
 
 1903. 
 C. R. Tupper, 
 G. W. Greenleaf, 
 Freeman Boynton. 
 
 1904. 
 Jason C. McKown, 
 Freeman Boynton, 
 T. L. Montgomery, 
 
 1905. 
 Jason C. McKown, 
 T. L. Montgomery, 
 C. E. Sherman. 
 
 Table X. 
 Moderators of Annual Meetings in Booths ay Harbor. 
 
 1889-90 W. J. Winslow. 
 1891-93 G. B. Kenniston. 
 1894 W. J. Winslow. 
 1895-97 C. R. Tupper. 
 1898 Freeman Boynton. 
 
 1899-1900 T. W. Baldwin. 
 1901 C. R. Tupper. 
 1902-03 Freeman Boynton. 
 1904-05 J. W. Bracket. 
 
 Table XI. 
 Clerk of Boothbay Harbor. 
 1889-1905 Willard T. Marr. 
 
 Table XH. 
 
 Treasurers of Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 1889 Charles E. Kendrick. 1903 Gilman P. Hodgdon. 
 1890-02 Charles F. Kenniston. 1904-05 Frank H. McDougall. 
 
292 
 
 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 Table XIII. 
 
 Kepresentatives to the General Court of Massachu- 
 setts FROM BOOTHBAY. 
 
 1783-84 Paul Reed. 
 1785-87 William McCobb. 
 
 1788 Neglected to elect. 
 
 1789 John Murray. 
 1790-91 John Borland. 
 1792-98 William McCobb. 
 1799-1800 Voted not to send. 
 1801 Jonathan Sawyer. 
 1802-03 Voted not to send. 
 1804 William McCobb. 
 1805-07 Voted not to send. 
 1808 Daniel Rose. 
 
 1809 
 1810 
 1811 
 
 1812 
 
 1813 
 
 1814 
 
 1815 
 
 1816- 
 
 1818 
 
 1819 
 
 William McCobb. 
 
 Took no action. 
 
 William McCobb. 
 5 Joseph McCobb, 
 l Wm. Maxwell Reed. 
 5 John McKown, 
 I Jacob Auld. 
 
 John M. McFarland. 
 
 Daniel Rose. 
 17 Voted not to send. 
 
 John M. McFarland. 
 
 No record of action. 
 
 Table XIV. 
 
 Representatives to the Maine Legislature. 
 
 Abbreviations, after 1842, following the name, will indi- 
 cate the town of residence: B., Boothbay; S., Southport; 
 B. H., Boothbay Harbor; T., Townsend. 
 
 EphraimPinkham, B. 
 Freeman Grover, S. 
 No election. 
 James T. Beath, B. 
 Thomas Marr, Jr., S. 
 Silas Lewis, B. 
 Charles B. Fisher, B. 
 Paul G. Pinkham, B. 
 Willard Holton,B. 
 William E. Reed, B. 
 Moses E. Pierce, S. 
 John Montgomery, B. 
 William Kenniston,B. 
 Nahum B. Marr, S. 
 Daniel W. Sawyer, B. 
 Cyrus McKown, B. 
 Geo. B.Kenniston, B. 
 Chapman N. Reed, B. 
 Wm.T.Maddocks,S. 
 Leonard McCobb, B. 
 William E. Reed, B. 
 
 1820 
 
 John McKown. 
 
 1849 
 
 1821 
 
 Edmund Wilson. 
 
 1850 
 
 1822-27 John McKown. 
 
 1851 
 
 1828 
 
 William Emerson. 
 
 1852-53 
 
 1829 
 
 John McKown. 
 
 1855 
 
 1830 
 
 Marshal Smith. 
 
 1856 
 
 1831 
 
 John McKown. 
 
 1857 
 
 1832 
 
 Benjamin Reed. 
 
 1859 
 
 1833 
 
 William Emerson. 
 
 1860 
 
 1834 
 
 Benjamin Reed. 
 
 1862 
 
 1835 
 
 John Leishman. 
 
 1863 
 
 1836 
 
 William Carlisle. 
 
 1864 
 
 1837-38 
 
 Jason Fuller. 
 
 1865-66 
 
 1839 
 
 William Carlisle. 
 
 1867 
 
 1840-41 
 
 Jason Fuller. 
 
 1868 
 
 1842 
 
 William Carlisle, B. 
 
 1869 
 
 1843 
 
 Charles Reed, B. 
 
 1871-72 
 
 1844 
 
 Joseph Hodgdon, B. 
 
 1874-75 
 
 1845 
 
 Edward Rand, T. 
 
 1876 
 
 1846 
 
 Robert Spinney, B. 
 
 1877 
 
 1847 
 
 Daniel Knight, B. 
 
 1878 
 
OFFICIAL LISTS AND TABLES. 
 
 293 
 
 1880 
 
 Charles H. Fisher, B. 1896 
 
 Austin P. Greenleaf , S , 
 
 1882 
 
 Alden Blossom, B. 1900 
 
 Luther Haddocks, 
 
 1884 
 
 Clark L. Nelson, S. 
 
 B. H. 
 
 1886 
 
 James C. Poole, B. 1900 
 
 JohnR.HcDouorall,B 
 
 1888 
 
 Edward E. Race, B. 1904 
 
 Thomas W. Baldwin, 
 
 1890-92 
 
 John E. Kelley, B. 
 
 B. H. 
 
 1890 
 
 Luther Haddocks, 
 B. H. 
 
 Table XV. 
 
 
 School Committees or Superintendents of Boothbay. 
 
 A school committee was elected for the first time in 1818. 
 Previous to that date each district had exclusive management 
 of its own affairs, by either an agent or a board of three mem- 
 bers. In either case the duties devolving were practically the 
 same as those of the school agent of later times, with those of 
 superintendency added. 
 
 1818. 
 Edmund Wilson, 
 Joseph HcCobb, 
 John Leishman. 
 
 1819-20. 
 Dr. Daniel Eose, 
 Jacob Auld, 
 Samuel Giles. 
 
 1821-24. 
 Eev. Isaac Weston, 
 Edmund Wilson, 
 Joseph HcCobb. 
 
 1825. 
 Rev. Isaac Weston, 
 Edmund Wilson, 
 Dr. Ebenezer Wells. 
 
 1826. 
 Rev. Isaac Weston, 
 Edmund Wilson, 
 John Beath. 
 
 1827-28. 
 Eev. Isaac Weston, 
 Edmund Wilson, 
 Dr. D. K. Kennedy. 
 
 1829. 
 Edmund Wilson, 
 Dr. D. K. Kennedy, 
 Charles Giles. 
 
 1830. 
 Edmund Wilson, 
 Charles Giles, 
 Luther Weld. 
 
 1831. 
 Charles Giles, 
 Allen Lewis, 
 James Rush. 
 
 1832. 
 Rev. Charles L. Cook, 
 Edmund Wilson, 
 Dr. D. K. Kennedy. 
 
 1833. 
 Dr. D. K. Kennedy, 
 Allen Lewis, 
 Edmund Wilson. 
 
 1834. 
 Caleb Hodgdon, 
 Charles Giles, 
 Allen Lewis. 
 
294 
 
 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 1835. 
 
 1849. 
 
 Eld. Dexter Watterman, 
 
 Luther Weld, 
 
 Dr. D. K. Kennedy. 
 
 Rev. Samuel L. Gould, 
 Luther Weld, 
 W. G. Lewis. 
 
 1836. 
 
 1850-51. 
 
 Edmund Wilson, 
 Luther Weld, 
 Charles Giles. 
 
 Rev. Samuel L. Gould, 
 Dr. Alden Blossom, 
 W. G. Lewis. 
 
 1837. 
 
 1852. 
 
 Luther Weld, 
 
 Dr. Sidney B. Cushman, 
 
 Allen Lewis. 
 
 Dr. Alden Blossom, 
 Eld. Almon Libby, 
 John Hutchings. 
 
 1838-40. 
 
 1853. 
 
 Rev. David Cushman, 
 Dr. Sidney B. Cushman, 
 Luther Weld. 
 
 1841-42. 
 Allen Lewis, 
 Charles Giles, 
 Isaac W. Leishman. 
 
 Rev. Jonathan Adams. 
 
 1854. 
 Dr. Alden Blossom. 
 
 1855. 
 Allen Lewis. 
 
 1856. 
 
 1843. 
 Rev. David Cushman, 
 Rev. Nathan Webb, 
 Eld. N. J. Robinson. 
 
 1844. 
 Luther Weld, 
 Rufus Holton, 
 Charles Giles. 
 
 Dr. George F. Jackson, 
 Rev. Jonathan Adams. 
 
 1857. 
 Dr. Alden Blossom. 
 
 1858. 
 Dr. Joseph A. Crowell, 
 Rev. Jonathan Adams. 
 
 1845. 
 
 1859. 
 
 Dr. Alden Blossom, 
 Luther Weld, 
 Rufus Holton, 
 
 Rev. Jonathan Adams, 
 George B. Kenniston. 
 
 1860. 
 
 1846. 
 Luther Weld, 
 Dr. Joseph E. Corlew, 
 W. G. Lewis. 
 
 1847-48. 
 Dr. Alden Blossom, 
 Luther Weld, 
 W. G. Lewis. 
 
 George B. Kenniston. 
 
 1861. 
 Frank E. Peasley, 
 Dr. Alden Blossom, 
 John W. Thorpe. 
 
 1862. 
 Frank E. Peasley. 
 
OFFICIAL LISTS AND TABLES. 
 
 295 
 
 1863. 
 Eev. William Leavitt, 
 Horace Toothacher. 
 
 1864. 
 Dr. Alden Blossom, 
 Eev. Horace Toothacher 
 
 (res.), 
 Eev. Wm. Leavitt (res.). 
 
 1865. 
 William I. Adams, 
 E. H. Boynton. 
 
 1866. 
 G. W. McAllister, 
 Eev. L. S. Coan. 
 
 1867. 
 Dr. Alden Blossom. 
 
 1868. 
 Eufus Holton. 
 
 1869. 
 Eev. Lincoln Given. 
 
 1870. 
 Dr. Alden Blossom, 
 Eev. Lincoln Given (res.) , 
 Eev. Andrew J. Smith. 
 
 1871. 
 George B. Kenniston, 
 A. C. Otis. 
 
 1872. 
 George B. Kenniston. 
 
 1873. 
 Dr. Alden Blossom, 
 Eufus Holton. 
 
 1874. 
 George B. Kenniston. 
 
 1875. 
 Dr. Alden Blossom, 
 Dr. J. A. Carter, 
 Eev. H. Atwood. 
 
 1876-77. 
 Dr. Alden Blossom. 
 
 1878-79. 
 Eev. H. Atwood. 
 
 1880. 
 Dr. Alden Blossom. 
 
 1881. 
 Dr. Alden Blossom, 
 Eev. F. A. Palmer, 
 C. H. Weston. 
 
 1882. 
 H. Atwood (res.), 
 S. L. Hanscom, 
 Eufus Holton. 
 
 1883. 
 E. W. Jenkins. 
 
 1884. 
 Freeman Boynton. 
 
 1885. 
 George B. Kenniston. 
 
 1886. 
 Benjamin M. Giles. 
 
 1887. 
 Eev. F. H. Peckham. 
 
 1888. 
 Freeman Boynton. 
 
 1889. 
 Silas M. Barter. 
 
 1890. 
 Janus P. Jones. 
 
 1891-93. 
 B. M. Giles. 
 1894. 
 B. M. Giles. 
 
 Chosen by a school board in pursu- 
 ance to an act of the last Legislature. 
 
 1895-96. 
 
 A. F. Sidelinger. 
 
296 
 
 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 1897-98. 
 Janus P. Jones. 
 
 1902-03. 
 Samuel W. Clark. 
 
 Chosen by a union of Boothbay and 
 Boothbay Harbor in 1902, and by all 
 three towns in 1903. 
 
 Chosen by a union of Boothbay, 1904. 
 
 Southport and Boothbay Harbor under . ^ g., ,. 
 
 the law for providing expert superin- -^' '^ • oideunger. 
 tendency. Elected by town board ; union dis- 
 
 continued. 
 
 1905. 
 Janus P. Jones (res.), 
 Benjamin M. Giles. 
 
 1899-1900. 
 J. Alvah Tuttle. 
 
 1901. 
 J. Alvah Tuttle. 
 
 Chosen by a union of Boothbay and 
 Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 Table XVI. 
 School Committees oe Superintendents of Southport. 
 
 1842-43. 
 William Greenleaf, 
 Thomas Pierce, 
 Warren Pierce. 
 
 1844. 
 Thomas Pierce, 
 Daniel Cameron, 
 William Pierce. 
 
 1845-47. 
 The Selectmen. 
 
 1848. 
 Freeman Grover, 
 Eev. John G. Pingree, 
 Thomas Pierce. 
 
 1849. 
 The Selectmen. 
 
 1850. 
 Freeman Grover, 
 William Greenleaf, 
 Moses E. Pierce. 
 
 1851. 
 Moses E. Pierce. 
 Kev. Nathan Webb, 
 Cyrus McKown. 
 
 1852. 
 Freeman Grover, 
 William Pierce. 
 
 1853. 
 Moses E. Pierce. 
 
 1854. 
 Freeman Grover. 
 
 1855. 
 Freeman Grover, 
 William Pierce, 
 Daniel Cameron. 
 
 1856. 
 The Selectmen. 
 
 1857. 
 Kev. S. F. Strout. 
 
 1858. 
 Moses E. Pierce. 
 
 1859. 
 A. F. Snowman. 
 
 1860. 
 Moses E. Pierce. 
 
 1861. 
 The Selectmen. 
 
o 
 o 
 
 H 
 
OFFICIAL LISTS AND TABLES. 
 
 297 
 
 1862. 
 Thomas Marr, Jr., 
 John Cameron. 
 
 1863. 
 Cyrus Thompson. 
 
 1864. 
 Cyrus Pierce. 
 
 1865. 
 Daniel K. Mattliews. 
 
 1866. 
 E. L. Marr, 
 Benjamin Grover. 
 
 1867. 
 Cyrus Pierce, 
 Luther Maddocks. 
 
 1868. 
 Luther Maddocks. 
 
 1869. 
 E. L. Marr. 
 
 1870. 
 Everett E. Pinkham, 
 E. L. Marr. 
 
 1871. 
 Simeon Pool, 
 Cyrus Pierce. 
 
 1872. 
 The Selectmen. 
 
 1873. 
 Sumner Orne. 
 
 1874. 
 Eev. David Smith. 
 
 1875. 
 Cyrus A. Thompson. 
 
 1876. 
 John W. Cameron, 
 Willard T. Marr. 
 
 1877. 
 John W- Camei'on. 
 
 1878. 
 Cyrus Pierce. 
 
 1879. 
 John W. Cameron, 
 Cyrus Pierce, 
 Eev. David Smith. 
 
 1880. 
 Cyrus Pierce, 
 W. S. Pierce, 
 "Willard T. Marr. 
 
 1881. 
 Cyrus A. Thompson, 
 Cyrus Pierce. 
 
 1882. 
 W. S. Pierce. 
 
 1883. 
 Rev. Jesse R. Baker, 
 James F. Rand. 
 
 1884. 
 Zina Orne. 
 
 1885-86. 
 J. Dana Payson. 
 
 1887-88. 
 Miss Isabelle Beal. 
 
 1889. 
 S. M. Dunton. 
 1890-91. 
 Cyrus A. Thompson. 
 
 1892. 
 Rev. C. W. Lowell. 
 
 1893. 
 Rev. C. W. Lowell. 
 
 1894. 
 Dr. F. L. Adams. 
 
 1895. . 
 Miss Flora B. Gray. 
 
 1896. 
 Henry Pierce. 
 
 20 
 
298 
 
 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 1897. 
 Rev. M. T. Anderson. 
 
 1898. 
 A. Dyer, 
 Freeman Grover, 
 Stephen Pierce. 
 
 1899-1900. 
 J. Alvah Tuttle. 
 
 Elected by union with Boothbay 
 and Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 1901-02. 
 
 J. Dana Pay son. 
 
 1903. 
 
 Samuel W. Clark. 
 
 Elected by union with Boothbay 
 and Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 1904. 
 Sumner W. Rand. 
 
 1905. 
 Stephen Pierce. 
 
 Table XVII. 
 Superintendents of Schools in Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 1889-91 Dr. F. H. Crocker. 
 
 Resigned in 1891 ; vacancy filled 
 by Rev. S. L. Hanscom. 
 
 1892 C. R. Tapper. 
 
 1893 F. B. Greene. 
 
 1894-95 F. B. Greene. 
 
 Elected by school board pursuant 
 to act of the last Legislature. 
 
 1896-98 C. R. Tupper. 
 
 1898-1900 J. Alvah Tuttle. 
 
 Elected by union of the three towns. 
 
 1901 J. Alvah Tuttle. 
 
 Elected by union of Boothbay and 
 Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 1902-03 Samuel W. Clark. 
 
 Elected by a union of Boothbay and 
 Boothbay Harbor in 1902, and the 
 three towns in 1903. 
 
 1904 Harry I. Smith. 
 
 Elected by school board; union dis- 
 continued. 
 
 1905 Harry I. Smith. 
 
 Table XVIII. 
 Votes of Boothbay for Governor. 
 
 1820. 
 
 
 1825. 
 
 
 William King, Rep., 
 
 77 
 
 Albion K. Parris, Rep., 
 
 45 
 
 Jeremiah Bailey, Fed., 
 
 1 
 
 182(1. 
 
 
 1821. 
 
 
 Enoch Lincoln, Rep., 
 
 58 
 
 Albion K. Parris, Rep., 
 
 38 
 
 Benjamin Hiitchings, Fed. 
 
 , 1 
 
 Ezekiel Whitman, Fed., 
 
 14 
 
 1827. 
 Enoch Lincoln, Rep., 
 
 
 Joshua Wingate, Rep., 
 
 1 
 
 49 
 
 1822. 
 
 
 1828. 
 
 
 Albion K. Parris, Rep., 
 Ezekiel Whitman, Fed., 
 
 33 
 33 
 
 Enoch Lincoln, Rep., 
 
 88 
 
 1823. 
 
 
 1829. 
 
 
 Albion K. Parris, Rep., 
 
 66 
 
 Jonathan G. Hunton, 
 Nat. Rep., 
 
 84 
 
 1824. 
 
 
 Samuel E. Smith, 
 
 
 Albion K. Parris, Rep., 
 
 42 
 
 Dem. Rep., 
 
 65 
 
OFFICIAL LISTS AND TABLES. 
 
 299 
 
 1830. 
 Jonathan G. Hunton, 
 
 Nat. Eep., 140 
 
 Samuel E. Smith, 
 
 Dem. Rep., 139 
 
 Marshal Smith, 1 
 
 1831. 
 Samuel E. Smith, 
 
 Dem. Rep., 125 
 
 Daniel Goodenow, 
 
 Nat. Rep., 112 
 
 1832. 
 
 Samuel E. Smith, 
 
 Dem. Rep., 119 
 
 Daniel Goodenow, 
 
 Nat. Rep., 116 
 
 Moses Carleton, 1 
 
 1833. 
 Robert P. Dunlap, Dem. , 99 
 Daniel Goodenow,Whig, 55 
 Thomas H. Hill, 
 
 Anti Mason, 23 
 
 Samuel E. Smith, 
 
 Dis. Dem., 4 
 
 1834. 
 
 Peleg Sprague, Whig, 168 
 Robert P. Dunlap, Dem., 121 
 
 1835. fl. 
 
 Rob'ert P . Dunlap , Dem . , 84 
 William King, Whig, 69 
 
 1836. 
 Robert P. Dunlap, Dem. , 88 
 Edward Kent, Whig, 73 
 
 1837. 
 Gorham Parks, Dem., 100 
 Edward Kent, Whig, 94 
 
 1838. 
 John Fairfield, Dem . , 176 
 Edward Kent, Whig, 132 
 
 1839. 
 John Fairfield, Dem., 126 
 Edward Kent, Whig, 90 
 
 1840. 
 Edward Kent, Whig, 200 
 John Fairfield, Dem., 193 
 
 1841. 
 John Fairfield, Dem., 190 
 Edward Kent, Whig, 128 
 
 1842. 
 John Fairfield, Dem., 138 
 Edward Robinson, Whig, 107 
 
 1843. 
 Hugh J . Anderson , Dem . , 86 
 Edward Robinson, Whig 66 
 James Appleton, Liberty, 14 
 
 1844. 
 Hugh J. Anderson, Dem. , 143 
 Edward Robinson,Whig, 113 
 
 1845. 
 Freeman H.Morse, Whig, 78 
 Hugh J. Anderson, Dem., 75 
 Samuel Fessenden, Lib., 34 
 
 1846. 
 John W. Dana, Dem., 123 
 David Bronson, Whig, 116 
 Samuel Fessenden, Lib., 26 
 
 1847. 
 
 John W. Dana, Dem., 92 
 
 David Bronson, Whig, 77 
 
 Samuel Fessenden, Lib., 10 
 
 1848. 
 ElijahL. Hamlin, Whig, 129 
 John W. Dana, Dem., 102 
 Samuel Fessenden , Li b . , 10 
 
 1849. 
 John Hubbard, Dem., Ill 
 Elijah L. Hamlin.Whig, 85 
 George F. Talbot, 
 
 Free Soil, 4 
 
300 
 
 HISTORY OF BOOTHS AT. 
 
 1850. 
 
 John Hubbard, Dem., 135 
 
 Wm. G. Crosby, Whig, 121 
 George F. Talbot, 
 
 Free Soil, 1 
 
 1851. 
 
 No Election. 
 
 The original date of commence- 
 ment of the political year was the first 
 Wednesday of January. In 1844, by 
 an amendment to the constitution, this 
 was changed to the second Wednes- 
 day in May. By another amendment, 
 in 1851, the original date was restored 
 and all state officers held over. 
 
 1852. 
 
 Wm. G. Crosby, Whig, 127 
 
 John Hubbard, Dem., 123 
 Anson G. Chandler, 
 
 Anti Maine Law, 10 
 Ezekiel Holmes, 
 
 Free Soil, 1 
 
 1853. 
 
 87 
 87 
 
 Albert Pillsbury, Dem., 
 Wm. G. Crosby, Whig, 
 Anson P. Morrill, 
 
 Maine Law, 34 
 
 Ezekiel Holmes, 
 
 Free Soil, 5 
 
 1854. 
 Anson P. Morrill, Me. Law 
 
 and Know Nothing, 119 
 Albion K. Parris, Dem., 72 
 
 Isaac Reed, Whig, 
 
 68 
 
 1855. 
 
 Anson P. Morrill, Rep., 184 
 Samuel Wells, Dem., 
 
 Isaac Reed, Whig, 
 
 134 
 40 
 
 1856. 
 Hannibal Hamlin, Rep., 198 
 Samuel Wells, Dem., 165 
 George F. Patten, Whig, 53 
 
 1857. 
 Lot M. Morrill, Rep., 173 
 Manasseh H. Smith, 
 
 Dem., 115 
 
 1858. 
 Lot M. Morrill, Rep., 176 
 Manasseh H. Smith, 
 
 Dem., 165 
 
 1859. 
 Lot M. Morrill, Rep., 161 
 Manasseh H. Smith, 
 
 Dem., 137 
 
 1860. 
 Israel Washburn, Jr., 
 
 Rep., 194 
 
 EphraimK. Smart, Dem., 185 
 Phineas Barnes, Whis, 1 
 
 1861. 
 Israel Washburn, Jr., 
 
 Rep., 141 
 
 Charles D. Jameson, 
 
 War Dem., 59 
 
 John W. Dana, Dem., 29 
 
 1862. 
 Abner Coburn, Rep., 159 
 Bion Bradbury, Dem., 113 
 Charles D. Jameson, 
 
 War Dem., 29 
 
 1863. 
 Samuel Cony, Rep., 232 
 Bion Bradbury, Dem., 178 
 
 1864. 
 Samuel Cony, Rep., 203 
 Joseph Howard, Dem., 147 
 
 1865. 
 Samuel Cony, Rep., 206 
 Joseph Howard, Dem. , 83 
 
OFFICIAL LISTS AND TABLES. 
 
 301 
 
 1866. 
 
 Joshua L. Chamberlain, 
 
 Rep., 216 
 
 EbenF.Pillsbury.Dem., 97 
 
 1867. 
 Joshua L. Chamberlain, 
 
 Rep., 185 
 
 EbenF. Pillsbury, Dem., 118 
 
 1868. 
 Joshua L. Chamberlain, 
 
 Rep., 252 
 
 EbenF. Pillsbury, Dem., 181 
 
 1869. 
 Joshua L. Chamberlain, 
 
 Rep,, 124 
 
 Franklin Smith, Dem., 115 
 Nathan G. Hichborn, 
 
 Prohib., 46 
 
 1870. 
 Sidney Perham, Rep., 175 
 Chas. W. Roberts, Dem., 150 
 
 1871. 
 Sidney Perham, Rep., 234 
 Chas. P. Kimball, Dem., 157 
 
 1872. 
 Sidney Perham, Rep., 278 
 Chas. P. Kimball, Dem., 199 
 
 1873. 
 Nelson Dingley, Jr. , 
 
 Rep., 137 
 
 Joseph Titcomb, Dem., 100 
 Joseph H. Williams, 
 
 Lib. Rep., 1 
 
 1874. 
 Nelson Dingley, Jr. , 
 
 Rep., 222 
 
 Joseph Titcomb, Dem., 138 
 
 1875. 
 Selden Connor, Rep., 213 
 Chas. W. Roberts, Dem., 171 
 
 1876. 
 Selden Connor, Rep., 292 
 John C. Talbot, Dem., 231 
 
 1877. 
 Selden Connor, Rep., 221 
 Jos. H. Williams, Dem., 174 
 
 1878. 
 Selden Connor, Rep., 252 
 Alonzo Garcelon, Dem., 230 
 Joseph L. Smith, 
 
 Nat. G. B., 16 
 
 1879. 
 Daniel F. Davis, Rep., 315 
 Alonzo Garcelon, Dem., 138 
 Joseph L. Smith, 
 
 Nat. G. B., 93 
 
 Bion Bradbury, Dem., 5 
 
 1880. 
 Daniel F. Davis, Rep., 335 
 Harris M. Plaisted, 
 
 Fusion, 300 
 
 1882. 
 Frederick Robie, Rep., 388 
 Harris M. Plaisted, 
 
 Fusion, 210 
 
 Wm. T. Eustis, Prohib. , 8 
 
 1884. 
 Frederick Robie, Rep., 430 
 John B. Redman, Dem., 200 
 Wm. T. Eustis, Prohib. , 3 
 
 1886. 
 Jos. R. Bodwell, Rep., 365 
 Clark S. Edwards, Dem., 185 
 Aaron Clark, Prohib., 19 
 
 1888. 
 Edwin C. Burleigh, Rep., 403 
 Wm. L. Putnam, Dem., 215 
 Volney B. Cushing, 
 
 Prohib., 17 
 
302 
 
 HISTORY OF BOOTHS AY. 
 
 1890. 
 EdwinC. Burleigh, Rep., 152 
 Wm. P.Thompson, Dem., 58 
 Aaron Clark, Prohib., 14 
 
 1892. 
 Henry B. Cleaves, Eep., 154 
 Chas. F. Johnson, Dem., 85 
 Timothy B. Hussey, 
 
 Prohib., 12 
 
 Luther C. Bateman, 
 
 Peoples, 11 
 
 1894. 
 Henry B. Cleaves, Rep., 184 
 Chas. F. Johnson, Dem., 45 
 Luther C. Bateman, 
 
 Peoples, 14 
 
 Ira G. Hersey, Prohib., 7 
 
 1896. 
 Llewellyn Powers, Rep., 200 
 Melvin P. Frank, Dem., 38 
 Ammi S. Ladd, Prohib., 8 
 Luther S. Bateman, 
 
 Peoples, 2 
 
 1898. 
 Llewellyn Powers, Rep., 126 
 Samuel L. Lord, Dem., 38 
 Ammi S. Ladd, Prohib., 6 
 
 1900. 
 John F. Hill, Rep., 200 
 
 Samuel L. Lord, Dem., 50 
 Grant Rogers, Prohib., 7 
 
 1902. 
 
 John F. Hill, Rep., 155 
 
 S. W. Gould, Dem., 53 
 
 James Perrigo, Prohib., 5 
 
 Charles L. Fox, Soc, 1 
 
 1904. 
 William T. Cobb, Rep., 183 
 Cyrus W. Davis, Dem., 103 
 Nathan F. Woodbury, 
 
 Prohib., 7 
 
 Wilbur G.Hapgood, Soc. , 1 
 
 Table XLS. 
 Votes of Southpokt for Governor. 
 
 1842. 
 John Fairfield, Dem., 39 
 Edward Robinson, Whig, 29 
 
 1843. 
 Edward Robinson, Whig, 30 
 Hugh J. Anderson, Dem., 20 
 
 1844. 
 Hugh J. Anderson, Dem., 47 
 Edward Robinson, Whig, 32 
 James Appleton, Lib., 2 
 
 1845. 
 
 Hugh J. Anderson, Dem., 35 
 Freeman II. Morse, 
 
 Whig, 22 
 
 Samuel Fessenden, Lib., 1 
 
 1846. 
 John W. Dana, Dem., 
 David Bronson, Whig, 
 
 1847. 
 David Bronson, Whig, 
 John W. Dana, Dem., 
 
 1848. 
 Elijah L. Hamlin, Whig, 
 John W. Dana, Dem., 
 Samuel Fessenden, Lib., 
 
 1849. 
 Elijah L. Hamlin, Whig, 
 John Hubbard, Dem., 
 Geo. F. Talbot, Free Soil, 
 
 30 
 30 
 
 29 
 
 28 
 
 27 
 21 
 16 
 
 21 
 
 13 
 
 1 
 
OFFICIAL LISTS AND TABLES. 
 
 303 
 
 1850. 
 Wm. G. Crosby, Whig, 23 
 John Hubbard, Dem., 13 
 
 1851. 
 No Election. 
 
 1852. 
 John Hubbard, Dem., 44 
 Wm. G. Crosby, Whig, 22 
 
 1853. 
 Albert Pillsbury, Dem., 16 
 Wm. G. Crosby, Whig, 6 
 Anson P. Morrill, 
 
 Me. Law, 5 
 
 1854. 
 Albion K. Parris, Dem., 19 
 Isaac Reed, Whig, 10 
 
 AnsonP.Morrill,Me.Law 
 and Know Nothing, 7 
 
 1855. 
 
 Anson P. Morrill, Rep., 28 
 
 Samuel Wells, Dem., 26 
 
 Isaac Reed, Whig, 2 
 
 1856. 
 
 Hannibal Hamlin, Rep., 36 
 
 Samuel Wells, Dem., 18 
 
 George F. Patten, Whig, 6 
 
 1857. 
 Lot M. Morrill, Rep., 26 
 ManassehH.Smith,Dem., 18 
 
 1858. 
 Lot M. Morrill, Rep., 31 
 ManassehH.Smith,Dem., 19 
 
 1859. 
 Lot M. Morrill, Rep., 35 
 Manasseh H.Smith, Dem., 28 
 
 1860. 
 Israel Washburn, Jr., 
 
 Rep., 45 
 
 Ephraim K. Smart, Dem. , 2 6 
 
 1861. 
 Israel Washburn, Jr., 
 
 Rep., 44 
 
 Charles D. Jameson, 
 
 War Dem., 14 
 
 1862. 
 Abner Coburn, Rep., 48 
 Bion Bradbury, Dem., 18 
 Charles D. Jameson, 
 
 War Dem., 3 
 
 1863. 
 Samuel Cony, Rep., 66 
 
 Bion Bradbury, Dem., 27 
 
 1864. 
 No Record. 
 
 1865. 
 Samuel Cony, Rep., 51 
 
 Joseph Howard, Dem., 9 
 
 1866. 
 Joshua L. Chamberlain, 
 
 Rep., 55 
 
 Eben F. Pillsbury, Dem. , 10 
 
 1867. 
 Joshua L. Chamberlain, 
 
 Rep., 38 
 
 Eben F. Pillsbury, Dem. , 19 
 
 1868. 
 Joshua L. Chamberlain, 
 
 Rep., 55 
 
 Eben F. Pillsbury, Dem. , 10 
 
 1869. 
 Joshua L. Chamberlain, 
 
 Rep., 26 
 
 Franklin Smith, Dem., 5 
 Nathan G. Hichborn, 
 
 Prohib., 2 
 
 1870. 
 Sidney Perham, Rep., 19 
 Chas. W. Roberts, Dem., 5 
 
304 
 
 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 1871. 
 
 Sidney Perham, Rep., 31 
 Chas. P. Kimball, Dem., 4 
 
 1872. 
 Sidney Perham, Rep., 47 
 Chas. P. Kimball, Dem., 7 
 
 1873. 
 Nelson Dingley, Rep., 19 
 No opposition recorded. 
 
 1874. 
 Joseph Titcomb, Dem., 18 
 Nelson Dingley, Rep., 13 
 
 1875. 
 Selden Connor, Rep., 27 
 Chas. W. Roberts, Dem., 23 
 
 1876. 
 Selden Connor, Rep., 32 
 John C. Talbot, Dem., 24 
 
 1877. 
 Selden Connor, Rep., 26- 
 Jos. H. Williams, Dem., 24 
 
 1878. 
 Selden Connor, Rep., 24 
 Alonzo Garcelon, Dem., 17 
 Jos. L. Smith, Nat. G. B., 15 
 
 1879. 
 Daniel F. Davis, Rep., 78 
 Jos. L. Smith, Nat. G. B., 20 
 Alonzo Garcelon, Dem., 13 
 
 1880. 
 Daniel F. Davis, Rep., 72 
 Harris M.Plaisted, Fusion, 29 
 
 1882. 
 Frederick Robie, Rep., 45 
 Harris M.Plaisted,Fusion, 13 
 Warren H. Vinton, 
 
 Ind. Rep., 11 
 
 1884. 
 
 Frederick Robie, Rep., 58 
 
 John B. Redman, Dem., 29 
 
 Wm. T. Eustis, Temp., 2 
 
 1886. 
 Joseph R. Bodwell, Rep., 44 
 
 Clark S. Edwards, Dem., 13 
 
 Aaron Clark, Prohib., 2 
 
 1888. 
 
 Edwin C. Burleigh, Rep., 66 
 
 Wm. L. Putnam, Dem., 22 
 Volney B. Cushing, 
 
 Prohib., 2 
 
 1890. 
 
 EdwinC. Burleigh, Rep., 18 
 
 Wm. L. Putnam, Dem., 7 
 
 Aaron Clark, Prohib., 1 
 
 1892. 
 
 Henry B. Cleaves, Rep., 50 
 Timothy B. Hussey, 
 
 Prohib., 7 
 
 Chas. F. Johnson, Dem., 6 
 
 1894. 
 
 Henry B. Cleaves, Rep., 38 
 
 Chas. F. Johnson, Dem., 5 
 
 Ira G. Hersey, Prohib., 1 
 
 1896. 
 
 Llewellyn Powers, Rep., 80 
 
 Melvin P. Fr-ank, Dem., 8 
 
 Ammi S. Ladd, Prohib., 2 
 
 1898. 
 
 Llewellyn Powers, Rep., 16 
 
 Samuel L. Lord, Dem., 8 
 
 Ammi S. Ladd, Prohib., 2 
 
 1900. 
 
 John F. Hill, Rep., 41 
 
 Samuel L. Lord, Dem., 6 
 
 Grant Rogers, Prohib., 4 
 
 1902. 
 
 John F. Hill, Rep., 52 
 
 Samuel W. Gould, Dem., 6 
 
 James Perrigo, Prohib., 1 
 
 1904. 
 
 William T. Cobb. , Rep. , 48 
 
 Cyrus W. Davis, Dem., 13 
 Nathan F. Woodbury, 
 
 Prohib., 3 
 
OFFICIAL LISTS AND TABLES. 
 
 305 
 
 Table XX. 
 Votes of Boothbay Harbor for Governor. 
 
 1890. 
 Edwin C.Burleigh, Rep., 143 
 Wm. P.Thompson, Dem., 56 
 
 1892. 
 Henry B. Cleaves, Rep., 195 
 Chas. F. Johnson, Dem., 72 
 Timothy B.Hussey.Proh., 1 
 Luther C. Bateman, Peo., 1 
 
 1894. 
 Henry B. Cleaves, Rep., 213 
 Chas. F. Johnson, Dem., 47 
 Ira G. Hersey, Prohib., 2 
 
 1896. 
 Llewellyn Powers, Rep., 234 
 Melvin P. Frank, Dem., 44 
 
 1898. 
 Llewellj'n Powers, Rep., 174 
 Samuel L. Lord, Dem., 54 
 Ammi S. Ladd, Prohib., 2 
 ErastusLermond,N. Dem., 1 
 
 1900. 
 
 John F. Hill, Rep., 274 
 
 Samuel L. Lord, Dem., 48 
 
 Grant Rogers, Prohib., 1 
 
 1902. 
 
 John F. Hill, Rep., 279 
 
 Samuel L. Lord, Dem., 66 
 
 James Perrigo, Prohib., 5 
 
 Charles L. Fox, Soc, 1 
 
 1904. 
 
 
 William T. Cobb, 
 
 
 Rep., 
 Cyrus W. Davis, 
 
 235 
 
 Dem., 
 
 131 
 
 Nathan F. Woodbury, 
 Prohib., 
 
 1 
 
 Wilbur G. Hapgood, 
 
 Soc, 
 
 2 
 
 Table XXI. 
 Boothbay Post Office. 
 
 Appointment. 
 Jan. 1, 1805 
 Jan. 1, 1811 
 Oct. 1, 1811 
 Jan. 30, 1830 
 Jan. 31, 1850 
 Apr. 28, 1853 
 June 5, 1861 
 Oct. 30, 1876 
 Sept. 24, 1885 
 Name changed 
 Mar. 27, 1889 
 June 4, 1890 
 Apr. 15, 1893 
 May 12, 1897 
 
 Postmaster. 
 
 John M. McFarland. 
 Daniel Rose. 
 Edmund Wilson. 
 Marshal Smith. 
 Leonard McCobb. 
 Benjamin Blair. 
 Lydia P. Beath. 
 Byron C. Matthews. 
 Frank A. Baker. 
 to Boothbay Harbor, March 27, 1889. 
 Frank A. Baker. 
 Woodbury Marson. 
 Eben A. Poole. 
 Woodbury Marson. 
 
306 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Table XXII. 
 Haley Post Office. 
 
 Appointment. Postmaster. 
 
 Oct. 24, 1882 William H. Keed. 
 Feb. 18, 1890 Asbury M. Powers. 
 July 22, 1891 Watson M. Simpson. 
 July 21, 1893 William H. Keed. 
 
 Name changed to West Boothbay Harbor, March 26, 1902. 
 Mar. 26, 1902 William H. Eeed. 
 
 Table XXIH. 
 North Boothbay Post Office. 
 
 Appointment, Fostmastei. 
 
 Mar. 5, 1829 William Emerson. 
 
 Mar. 6, 1838 Edward Emerson. 
 
 Feb. 20, 1841 Levi Willey. 
 
 May 10, 1842 William Carlisle. 
 
 Dec. 22, 1842 Robert Spinney. 
 
 Jan. 10, 1852 Frederick Reed. 
 
 Apr. 11, 1853 Robert Spinney. 
 
 June 19, 1854 Ephraim Pinkham. 
 
 May 15, 1856 William P. McCobb. 
 
 Nov. 11, 1857 Isaac Pinkham. 
 
 July 12, 1861 Manson G. Fuller. 
 
 Dec. 6, 1862 Samuel A. Fuller. 
 
 June 27, 1864 Reuel W. Lawson. 
 
 Nov. 22, 1866 Robert Spinney. 
 
 Jan. 18, 1867 Reuel W. Lawson. 
 
 Feb. 7, 1870 Lincoln Given. 
 
 Mar. 27, 1871 Jason Pinkham. 
 
 Jan. 27, 1875 Rufus Holton. 
 
 Name changed to Boothbay, February 16, 1891. 
 
 Feb. 16, 1891 Rufus Holton. 
 
 Mar, 7, 1891 John G. Spinney. 
 
 Jan. 13, 1892 John H. Welsh. 
 
 Feb. 8, 1894 John S. Spinney. 
 
 Feb. 11, 1898 John H. Welsh. 
 
 Table XXIV. 
 Hodgdon's Mills Post Office. 
 
 Appointment. Postmaster. 
 
 June 15, 1831 Henry Wright. 
 Feb. 27, 1833 Daniel Knight. 
 May 13, 1835 Henry Wright. 
 
OFFICIAL LISTS AND TABLES. 307 
 
 Oct. 15, 1840 Caleb Hodgdon. 
 
 Oct. 1, 1849 Alden Goudy. 
 
 Apr. 11, 1853 John Gould. 
 
 July 12, 1861 Isaac N. Chapman. 
 
 Feb. 6, 1862 Peter McGunnigle. 
 
 Dec. 16, 1873 Charles F. Seavey. 
 
 Apr. 29, 1875 Edward E. Eace. 
 
 Name changed to East Boothbay, March 22, 1876. 
 Mar. 22, 1876 Edward E. Eace. 
 Jan. 4, 1889 Alice M. Hodgdon. 
 Oct. 26, 1889 John E. McDougall. 
 Apr. 3, 1893 €aleb Hodgdon. 
 May 28, 1897 William I. Adams. 
 
 Table XXV. 
 LiNEKiN Post Office. 
 
 Appointment. Postmaster. 
 
 Oct. 14, 1880 Ephraim S. Linekin. 
 
 June 24, 1897 William F. Eeed. 
 
 Nov. 11, 1903 Frank Alley. 
 
 Table XXVI. 
 Trevett Post Office. 
 
 Appointment. Postmaster. 
 
 Oct. 11, 1882 Stephen G. Hodgdon. 
 Feb. 3, 1902 Charles S. Hodgdon. 
 
 Table XXVII. 
 Back Eivee Post Office. 
 
 Appointment. Postmaster. 
 
 Jan. 1, 1898 Wilmot Lewis, 2d. 
 
 Mar. 13, 1901 A. F. Sidelinger (acting). 
 
 Apr. 18, 1901 A. F. Sidelinger (commissioned). 
 
 Table XXVIII. 
 Southport Post Office. 
 
 Appointment. I^ostmaster. 
 
 Jan. 17, 1851 Cyrus McKown. 
 
 Discontinued August 30, 1852; re-established March 9, 1855. 
 Mar. 9, 1855 Freeman Grover. 
 Feb. 28, 1862 Martin E. Beal. 
 Sept. 23, 1885 Zina Orne. 
 
308 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Aug. 17, 1889 Martin E. Beal. 
 
 Nov. 25, 1890 Isabel Beal. 
 
 Nov. 3, 1892 Sumner Orne. 
 
 Oct. 22, 1897 Howard C. McKown. 
 
 Table XXIX. 
 West Southpokt Post Office. 
 
 Appointment. Postmaster. 
 
 Apr. 8, 1878 Cyrus Pierce. 
 
 July 27, 1883 Alice A. Pierce. 
 
 Aug. 14, 1883 Simeon Pool. 
 
 Aug. 20, 1886 Everett E. Pinkham. 
 
 Table XXX. 
 Newagen Post Office. 
 
 Appointment. Postmaster. 
 
 Apr. 24, 1900 E. Gray. 
 
 Table XXXI. 
 Summer Post Offices. 
 
 Place. Postmaster. 
 
 Bayville, Jeanette McDonald. 
 
 Isle of Springs, H. S. Hussey. 
 
 Squirrel Island, John Eeed. t 
 
 Mouse Island, Lizzie M. Durrell. 
 
 Capital Island, Wilbur N. Grover. 
 Ocean Point, 
 
 Table XXXII. 
 Customs Officials. 
 By letter from the acting secretary of the treasury, Wash- 
 ington, D. C, the following list of customs officials for Booth- 
 bay and Boothbay Harbor was furnished me. The information 
 was also given that no records prior to those are obtainable at 
 that department, and, further, that the records in that depart- 
 ment are incomplete. No records exist at the Wiscasset Cus- 
 tom House to aid in obtaining names of earlier officers. That 
 John M. McFarland, William Maxwell Reed, Major John 
 McKown, William Kenniston and Joseph Maddocks, Sr., held 
 deputy commissions, besides some others, previous to 1853, 
 is believed to be correct ; but their exact duties, or dates of 
 terms of office, are uncertain. 
 
OFFICIAL LISTS AND TABLES. 309 
 
 Isaac W. Eeed, Deputy Collector and Inspector, May 5, 1853. 
 
 Sam'l K. Hilton, Deputy Collector and Inspector, May 16, 1861. 
 
 Willard Helton, Deputy Collector and Inspector, Oct. 17, 1865. 
 
 Dan'l W. Sawyer, Deputy Collector and Inspector, June 2, 1869. 
 
 Byron C. Matthews, Inspector, Not. 16, 1871. 
 
 George B. Kenniston, Inspector, April 19, 1873. 
 
 George B. Kenniston, Deputy Collector, Inspector, Weigher, 
 
 Ganger and Measurer, June 30, 1881. 
 Charles H. Fisher, Deputy Collector, Inspector, Weigher, 
 
 Gauger and Measurer, June 30, 1881. 
 Sewall T. Maddocks, Storekeeper, Aug. 15, 1881. 
 
 (Office abolished Oct. 6, i88i. ) 
 Edgar C. McCIintock, Storekeeper, Aug. 15, 1881. 
 
 (Office abolished Oct. 6, i88i. ) 
 William E. Eeed, Deputy Collector, Inspector, Weigher, 
 
 Gauger and Measurer, July 25, 1885. 
 Jason Carlisle, Deputy Collector, Inspector, Weigher, Gauger, 
 
 Measurer and Storekeeper, July 28, 1885. 
 Joseph Maddocks, Deputy Collector, Inspector, Weigher, 
 
 Gauger and Measurer, June 30, 1890. 
 William Reed, Deputy Collector, Inspector, Weigher, Gauger, 
 
 Measurer and Storekeeper, Oct. 10, 1890. 
 Cyrus E. Tupper, Deputy Collector, Inspector, Weigher, 
 
 Gauger and Measurer, June 6, 1895. 
 John Edward Knight, Deputy Collector and Inspector, June 
 
 6, 1895. 
 Charles Jones Marr, Deputy Collector and Inspector, Nov. 12, 
 
 1898. 
 
 Charles Jones Marr is the only officer now (1905) stationed 
 at Boothbay. 
 
CHAPTER XVII. 
 Municipal History of Southport. 
 
 WHEN that part of Boothbay that had always been 
 referred to as Cape Newagen Island made application 
 for separate township incorporation it is quite evident 
 that a general desire for such action prevailed over the island 
 and no remonstrance appeared from their brethren on the 
 mainland. The charter was granted February 12, 1842. The 
 name of the new town was Townsend, — a most fitting selection, 
 reviving the old plantation name, and that which would have 
 been given instead of Boothbay, in 1764, had it not been for 
 the fact that a town by that name already at that date existed 
 in Massachusetts. Jason Fuller was the Boothbay representa- 
 tive at the Legislature and the charter bore the signature of 
 John Fairfield, Governor. The bounds given in the charter 
 are as follows : 
 
 "Commencing at the mouth of Sheepscot River, thence 
 north by the channel to the channel between Boston Island and 
 Spectacle Island, thence easterly through Townsend Gut, so- 
 called, thence through the channel between Mouse Island and 
 Oliver's Point, and thence easterly around Squii*rel Island to 
 the mouth of Sheepscot River, to the place begun at." 
 
 Some of the provisions were : that unpaid taxes were to be 
 deemed an asset of the town they fell in after division, and 
 other debts due the town of Boothbay, upon collection, should 
 be divided in proportion to the valuation of the respective 
 towns ; that town property situated in Boothbay was to be 
 api)raised at its last valuation iind the proportional part thereof 
 in value paid to Townsend ; that persons already objects of 
 town aid, or those that might become such, fell within the town 
 for support on whose territory they became charges. 
 
 William Greenleaf, as justice of the peace, on February 17, 
 1842, issued his warrant to Cyrus McKown to warn and notify 
 
MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF SOUTHPOET. 311 
 
 the legal voting inhabitants to assemble for the meeting of 
 organization on March 1st following. The appropriations at 
 that meeting were : Highways, $140 ; schools, $190 ; poor 
 and to defray town charges, $300. The limits and bounds of 
 all school districts remained as they had been. The " one John 
 McKown lives in to be No. 1 ; that which Daniel Cameron 
 lives in to be No. 2 ; that which David Preble lives in to be 
 No. 3 and Squirrel Island to be No. 4." 
 
 A vote fixed the first Tuesday of March as the date for 
 holding annual meetings and the Methodist Church the place 
 for holding them. It was voted not to issue licenses for liquor 
 selling and the selectmen were instructed to prosecute illegal 
 sales. In 1846 the number of school districts was increased 
 to six. 
 
 On March 4, 1850, the town voted to petition the Legisla- 
 ture to change the town name from Townsend to Southport. 
 The reason for this change was that the harbor of Boothbay, in 
 particular, and even the village itself, had become, from long 
 and persistent usage on the part of the seafaring public, known 
 as Townsend ; and now that the name had an actual, legal 
 existence, Townsend matter, both mail and freight, came to 
 Boothbay and vice versa. 
 
 At the expiration of ten years there had been little other 
 than routine business. Appropriations, road, school, poor and 
 miscellaneous, remained at almost the same figures as at the 
 meeting of organization. Squirrel Island, as a school district, 
 was discontinued in 1854. In 1857 a new district was formed, 
 called No. 7, constituted of the several Maddocks families and 
 a few others in that neighborhood. June 7, 1858, at a special 
 meeting, twenty-five votes, the total number present and vot- 
 ing, were cast for the prohibitory law of that year. In 1859 it 
 was voted to remove all bars, gates and other obstructions from 
 the highways. In 1860 an appropriation of $225 was made 
 for bridging Nelson's mill pond. 
 
 In 1862 the appropriations show some increase. Miscella- 
 neous were $500; schools, $375. Taxes were collected for 
 one and one-fourth per cent, where three had been previously 
 paid. The usual custom was to elect school district agents in 
 open town meeting or to vote to permit the district to choose 
 
312 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 its own. In 1866 the amount of $2,000 was raised to liquidate 
 outstanding indebtedness, and the following year $1,500 more 
 was raised for the same purpose, and the same sum in 1868. 
 This indebtedness was the result of war expenditures. In 
 1872, thirty years from incorporation, appropriations were: 
 Schools, $708 ; poor and miscellaneous, $700 ; roads and 
 bridges, $200. In 1883 an appropriation of $350 was made to 
 build a bridge from George Witham's to William T. Maddocks'. 
 
 Previous to 1885 the custom in annual meetings had been 
 to make special appropriations for schools and roads and 
 bridges. Usually the third article of the town warrant was 
 comprehensive enough to cover and include all other necessary 
 town expenditures. Now, in 1885, a new plan of appropriat- 
 ing was adopted and, for the first time, each proposed outlay 
 became the subject of a special ai-ticle in the annual warrant. 
 
 In 1887 it was voted that one-fourth of the tax assessed 
 against islands, owned cither by individuals or associations, 
 and used as summer resorts, be returned to the owners. Two 
 hundred and fifty dollars was raised in 1888 to build and equip 
 a town office. In 1889 it was voted to allow a discount of four 
 per cent, for voluntary payment of taxes before October 1st, 
 and two per cent, if paid by January 1st, foUowipg. This plan 
 for collection of taxes had been several times before the annual 
 meetings, but always had suffered rejection. 
 
 The principal road action since incorporation is believed to 
 be the following. In 1855 a road commencinar at the termina- 
 tion of the town way on the north line of the Jeremiah Nelson 
 place, running southerly and easterly to the schoolhouse in 
 district No. 3, was built. In 1857 a road was built from the 
 east side, commencing near the house of George Love, running 
 westerly to the town way near the house of James Orne. In 
 1860 a road was built from the south side of Decker's Cove, 
 running westerly by the cove, to the town way. In 1861 a 
 road from the house of Wilkinson Pierce to Nelson's mill pond 
 was straightened and extended to the north shore of the pond. 
 
 In 1862 a road was built for Alfred Brewer from his house 
 to that of Isaac Brewer. In 1863 a road was built from the 
 house of George Webber to the fish house of William Orne ; 
 in 1864 one from near Charles Pierce's north line, ending at 
 
ChARIvES J. Marr. 
 
MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF SOUTHPOET. 313 
 
 the town way near George Jeffries' house. Private ways were 
 laid out in 1866 for Amherst Spofford and George W. Kush ; 
 in 1875 from the store of Martin E. Beal to low- water mark 
 on Townsend Gut. In 1877 a road from the house of Charles 
 C. Thompson to the ferry way on Townsend Gut was built. 
 In 1884 two roads were built : one from northeast bound of 
 land of Loring Pierce to the house of Nancy Coolen ; the other 
 from terminus of town way, near E. L. Decker's, to Edward 
 E. Cameron's. In 1894 a road from near the Southport post 
 office, across the land of M. A. Beal, to near the residence of 
 Eobert "Westman. In 1898 the Maddocks Bridge was rebuilt. 
 
 In 1900 Union Hall was purchased by the town. This hall 
 was started in 1866 by a sewing circle, but it was taken off 
 their hands by a stock company, of which Luther Maddocks 
 owned a controlling interest, which later went into the hands 
 of William T. Maddocks. Town meetings were at first held 
 in the Methodist Church ; a few years after incorporation they 
 were changed to the schoolhouse in District 2, and there held 
 until the September election, in 1868, when meetings were 
 changed to Union Hall, where they have been held regularly 
 since. In 1886 a soldiers' monument was erected at West 
 Southport by the town. 
 
 A brief review of the bridge question will be made, as the 
 mention of municipal action on the subject has thus far been 
 excepted that it might be presented connectedly. A bridge 
 was built by a stock company late in the sixties from the pres- 
 ent steamboat landing to Oak Point. The principal stockhold- 
 ers were McKown & Eeed, J. & J. Maddocks, T. & N. Marr 
 and E. & W. Decker. This bridge went down in the spring 
 of 1871, by an ice field which made up about Indiantown 
 Island, and was driven down upon it in a northwest gale. 
 From 1871 to 1876 Martin E. Beal put on a private ferry 
 which plied between the points where the bridge had crossed. 
 An effort to have the town build a bridge was made in 1873 
 and again in 1876, but both times defeated. In 1876 the ferry 
 location was changed to cross at Charles C. Thompson's. He 
 agreed, if the town would build and equip a ferry, to conduct 
 it satisfactorily for the term of five years for the income. The 
 old ferry had been there, but it had been discontinued when 
 
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314 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 the bridge was built and also the road from Thompson's to 
 Townsend Gut. Now the old road was laid out anew; and built 
 from his house to the new ferry. Boothbay assisted in the 
 expense by appropriating $100. 
 
 In 1883 the bridge question again came up and a vote to 
 aid in building a bridge to the extent of $800 was passed, but 
 nothing ever came of it. In 1895 a spirited effort was again 
 made, but was defeated by a vote of 61 to 54. A real agitation 
 of the subject ensued, and in 1896 a vote of 68 to 47 in favor 
 of building a bridge was obtained, if it could be done for 
 $6,000, and authority to issue bonds from one to ten years 
 accompanied it. A committee to have charge was chosen, and 
 A. P. Greenleaf, C. A. Thompson, W. N. Grover, Sumner 
 Orne and E. L. Decker constituted it. Seven hundred dollars 
 of the amount was used to build a tollhouse. In 1897 the 
 ferry was discontinued, occurring soon after opening the new 
 bridge. Toll rates were reduced one-third in 1902. Boothbay 
 Harbor appropriated $100 per annum for a term of ten years 
 to assist Southport in this much-needed improvement. In 
 1904 the old road from Thompson's to the ferry landing was a 
 second time discontinued. In this meeting $1,000 was appro- 
 priated for a schoolhouse at Newagen and $2,000 for a high 
 and grammar school building at West Southport. These were 
 both completed during the year. 
 
 The municipal record of Southport is confined almost exclu- 
 sively to routine matters. There has been no manufacturing 
 within the town and but little merchandise kept for sale outside 
 of common necessities ; on other lines the population has pur- 
 chased elsewhere. The business of the town, therefore, pre- 
 sents careful, conservative management, simply providing for 
 every-day necessities and in compliance with statute law. In 
 recent years more has been done by erecting good schoolhouses 
 and connecting with the main by a bridge than had been 
 accomplished in a quarter of a century preceding. Formerly 
 the business was almost entirely fishing, and in the height of 
 the town's prosperity, from this source, it was said that the 
 per capita earnings of the men of Southport exceeded any other 
 like population in Maine. The average prosperity of this 
 island town, through good times and hard times, through the 
 
MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF SOUTHPORT. 315 
 
 changing conditions of business, the dying out of one and the 
 birth of another, has been remarkably even. Besides main- 
 taining a general thriftiness at home this town has contributed 
 largely to the success of other localities by her sons sent forth 
 into the business world. 
 
CHAPTER XVin. 
 Division of Boothbay. 
 
 THERE has been no sub-division of my subject that I have 
 approached with so much trepidation as this one. The 
 reasons for this feeling must be as manifest to many of 
 my readers as to myself. The struggle occurred less than a 
 score of years ago, and the principal actors, who were then 
 among the most influential men of Boothbay and those possess- 
 ing the largest pecuniary interests, are nearly all living, and to 
 a marked degree holding the same rank and influence in their 
 respective towns that they held in the old one. That there 
 was bitterness of feeling engendered at the time of the contest 
 and in the preliminary skirmishing which led up to it, and that 
 those animosities, once aroused, required time to sooth them, 
 goes without saying. But Boothbay, like every other town, 
 had had earlier dissensions and forgotten them. Each of the 
 towns constituted anew by that act of division has since been 
 sectionally divided at times, and these differences, too, are 
 destined to be healed by the mollifying effect of time. This 
 contest, however, in magnitude, dwarfed those which had pre- 
 ceded and have followed it ; and, culminating as it did in the 
 dismemberment of the mainland of Boothbay, which had stood 
 as a unit for one hundred and twenty-five years, produced a 
 strong impression upon the minds of its inhabitants and one 
 not easily eradicated. But, notwithstanding this tenacity of 
 memory, passion has given way to reason, and the two towns, 
 running their separate municipalities side bj' side, have pros- 
 pered since division in a measure not equaled in any other like 
 period of time since colonization ; and this they have accom- 
 plished without in any sense succeeding at the expense of the 
 other. 
 
 It has been the author's effort to arrange this volume in as 
 nearly a correct chronological sequence as possible. To the 
 reader, then, who has followed the story of the town, it must 
 
DIVISION OF BOOTHBAY. 317 
 
 be evident that our wants were thrust upon us in a more rapid 
 manner than in most towns. To the citizen who has lived 
 through the period of rapid development from a little fishing 
 hamlet, with more lots vacant than built upon, to a thriving 
 village, where parts of the business section are as congested 
 with buildings as the average city, it needs no explanation. 
 The wants of Boothbay Harbor Village came upon it in a very 
 few years. As buildings multiplied the dangers from fire 
 became more apparent, and not only to the citizens, but to the 
 insurance companies carrying the risks. The more business 
 demanded in the way of increased building room in which to 
 conduct it, the more rates advanced, and the greater became 
 the ha^zard to both the companies insuring and the business 
 capital. The action became simply automatic : every business 
 opportunity that presented itself with a show of profit pro- 
 duced, when put in operation, a burden of insurance taxation 
 large enough to crush it. Besides lacking in what may be 
 termed a commercial supply of water, the domestic supply was 
 sadly deficient. Wells, as a rule, were poor and water hard to 
 obtain in that way. Cisterns were almost universally depended 
 upon, and it was often remarked that had a fire started on the 
 westerly side of the village, during a dry season, with the kind 
 of wind necessary to drive it, the village must have been swept 
 to the water front. 
 
 Though realizing the needs of the place, the one chief 
 requirement — a water system — the subject was approached 
 carefully and by degrees. Several years intervened between 
 the efforts which resulted in the procurement of a hand tub for 
 fire fighting and the struggle for a water system. The munici- 
 pal chapter will afford the reader knowledge of the town's 
 action in that matter. It was finally obtained by subscription. 
 In October, 1886, a fire occurred which came near sweeping 
 the business section of the village, and was not subdued until 
 several blocks had been destroyed and serious damage inflicted. 
 That fire advertised to the world, plainer than anything which 
 had preceded it, the helplessness in which the locality stood. 
 Insurance rates immediately bounded up about threefold, on 
 an average, above where they had formerly stood. Some com- 
 panies, in fact many of the principal ones, after an accurate 
 
318 HISTOKT OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 examination of conditions, withdrew from taking risks in the 
 village. Ordinary commercial establishments were rated at 
 from four to five per cent, per annum, extra hazardous risks 
 were held at proportional rates. It was the severest blow to 
 business the village had ever experienced. It not only placed 
 a handicap upon all established undertakings, but was practi- 
 cally prohibitive to any growth or accessions to what was in 
 existence. 
 
 During the next few months following the fire of 1886 
 much information was sought and obtained by the citizens of 
 the town interested in a water supply. A charter was granted 
 to the Boothbay Water Company, by the Legislature, Feb- 
 ruary 23, 1887. At the annual town meeting the following 
 was offered : 
 
 Article 38. To see if the town will vote to appoint a 
 committee of three and authorize them to contract with the 
 Boothbay Water Company for the use of twenty hydrants at 
 Boothbay Center and Boothbay, for fire purposes, at a yearly 
 rental not to exceed $1,200 and exemption from taxation. 
 
 The meeting voted to dismiss this article by a considerable 
 majority. Several citizens at the Harbor then commenced 
 trying to make converts and the other parts of the town were 
 generally visited and the inhabitants interviewed. Later, upon 
 a petition of ten citizens, all residents of Boothbay Center, a 
 meeting was called for Maj'^ 28, 1887. At that meeting was 
 offered : 
 
 Article 3. To see if the town will appoint a committee 
 of three to contract with the Boothbay Water Company for a 
 supply of water for fire and municipal purposes, not less than 
 twenty hydrants and two drinking fountains, for a term of 
 twenty-five years, at an annual charge not exceeding $1,200 
 and exemption from taxation. 
 
 Under this article the following motion was made by 
 Thomas Boyd : 
 
 "That we a])point a committee of three, and we hereby 
 authorize them to contract for the use of not less than twenty 
 hydrants for fire purposes, and water for two drinking foun- 
 tains, for the term of twenty-five years, at a yearly rental not 
 to exceed $1,200 and a further sum equal to the amount of 
 taxes assessed on said company's property by the town." 
 
DIVISION OF BOOTHBAY. 319 
 
 The check list was used and this motion was adopted by a 
 vote of 224 to 162. On a further motion by K. H. Eichards 
 the committee was composed of A. E. Nickerson, D. H. Moody 
 and Thomas Boyd. The charter of the Boothbay Water Com- 
 pany having been assigned, a contract^ was executed by the 
 committee of the town with the company, Henry A. Hancox, 
 president, on December 12, 1887. The selectmen made sev- 
 eral criticisms in relation to the provisions of the contract, and 
 claimed that the committee had exceeded its authority. The 
 chief object of attack was the following provision : 
 
 "At the expiration of this contract it is mutually agreed 
 that the same shall continue in force upon the terms, conditions 
 and stipulations herein provided (except the annual rental) for 
 a second term of twenty-five years, to begin at the expiration 
 of this contract." 
 
 A lengthy provision followed this item in the contract, 
 relating to arbitration methods of adjustment of rental, in the 
 event of failure on the part of the town and the company to 
 agree for the second term. While there were those in the 
 town who opposed the introduction of water, on the ground of 
 expense, in a stronger manner than the board of selectmen, 
 and, on the other hand, there were more zealous advocates for 
 its introduction, regardless of the equities, than the committee, 
 yet the battle was on between the selectmen and the water 
 committee, from the fact that they were figureheads. The 
 committee contended that, even though they had exceeded their 
 authority in the provision of the contract which was objected 
 to, still it was an advantageous provision for the town, and was 
 inserted because they deemed it so. They, however, offered to 
 have the entire article stricken from the contract, if the select- 
 men would make a written request to that effect and a further 
 statement that, otherwise than this clause, they felt no reason 
 for objection. This the selectmen refused to do. In an agree- 
 ment reached April 16, 1888, the committee and the president 
 of the water company proposed to except this part of the con- 
 tract, and let it be brought before the town for independent 
 action, as to acceptance or rejection, when the report of the 
 
 1. The contract with Hancox contemplated taking the water supply from 
 Lewis Pond. 
 
320 HISTORr OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 committee would be laid before the town. This was not satis- 
 factory, and though counsel advised that the contract, otherwise 
 than this clause, was within the scope of the authority conferred 
 by the town upon its committee, and that this clause was easily 
 separated from the remainder of the contract, it had no effect 
 to bring the opposing factions together. On April 23, 1888, 
 sixteen petitioners, ten of them living at East Boothbay and 
 six at North Boothbay, petitioned for a meeting, setting forth 
 the following cause for this action : 
 
 "To see if the town will vote to instruct the selectmen to 
 protect the interest of the town against the illegal contract that 
 has been made by the committee that was elected by the town 
 at a special meeting May 28, 1887, to contract with the Booth- 
 bay Water Company, and authorize them to have an injunction 
 served upon any company that may undertake to put in a 
 water plant where the town may be liable." 
 
 Just previous to this petition being presented to the select- 
 men they had taken counsel, as to action, of Hon. J. W. 
 Symonds, Portland. The warrant proceeding carried embodied 
 in it the language of the petitioners, as above quoted, verbatim. 
 At the meeting, on motion of Thomas Boyd that the petitioners 
 be requested to present the authority for the alleged illegality 
 of the water contract, it was moved and carried that Thomas 
 Boyd and John E. Kelley be a committee to take all the evi- 
 dence and papers relating to the contract made with the Booth- 
 bay Water Company and lay it before a justice of the Supreme 
 Court, and that his decision should be final for the town as to 
 the legality of the said contract. By motion, John R. McDou- 
 gall, Edward E. Race and Alonzo R. Nickerson were added to 
 this committee. The matter, in its entirety, was laid before 
 Judge Danforth. In his opinion he stated that the committee 
 transcended their authority in respect to the clause already 
 referred to, but intimated that that was separable from the 
 main contract. While matters were thus standing the con- 
 tractor, Hancox, through some financial reason, announced that 
 he could proceed no farther with his work. Judge Danforth 
 informed the committee that they still had power to contract, 
 if a satisfactory party could be found to take the charter, under 
 the former vote. It had, by this time, become evident that no 
 
DIVISION OF BOOTHBAY. 321 
 
 company could be obtained to put in a water plant for an annual 
 rental of $1,200, and a town meeting was called for July 14, 
 1888, the principal article in the warrant being to see if the 
 town would vote to raise an additional sum for hydrant rental 
 over and above the $1,200 which had been previously appro- 
 priated. The article was dismissed. The report of the com- 
 mittee was heard and they were dismissed from further service, 
 and an additional vote was passed 
 
 " That it is inexpedient at present to construct a system of 
 water works." 
 
 No further action was had for several months. Through 
 fear of defeat, the interested element for a water system in 
 town had been too modest to ask for an appropriation for rental 
 which was sufficiently large to attract parties of a desirable 
 nature, commanding the necessary capital. The only party 
 who would attempt it was incapable, financially, to carry it 
 out, and thus embarrassed, at a time when public feeling had 
 become excited, there was but one course to take and that was 
 to obtain a larger appropriation. This was a useless effort, 
 and the action of the meeting showed a considerable majority 
 favoring the opposition. Later in the season a company was 
 found, a contract drawn by the committee, and a proposition 
 was in readiness to be laid before the citizens of the town. 
 The selectmen were petitioned by twenty legal voters to call a 
 meeting, but refused. A petition with thirty signatures was 
 presented to G. B. Kenniston, a justice of the peace, and he 
 called a meeting, to be held November 13, 1888, the business 
 article of the warrant being : ^ 
 
 "To determine whether the town will ratify the contract 
 with the Boothbay Water Company, dated October 9, 1888, 
 and executed on the part of the town by A. R. Nickerson, D. 
 H. Moody and Thomas Poyd, Committee." 
 
 At the meeting the selectmen entered a protest against the 
 legality of the meeting which was attempted to be held at that 
 time, under the call of Gr. B. Kenniston, as justice of the peace, 
 
 1. The school district system was at that date in operation, and school di^tiict 
 No. 1, constituted hy the Harhor village, had passed a vote hefore the date ot this 
 meeting to contribute annually $200 to the support of a water system. The contract 
 now offered the town was at a rental of $1,100 annually, and this amount of $200 was 
 voted that the town might not be asked for a sum greater than that for which they 
 had once voted in the afiSrmatiye. 
 
322 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 stating that no legal notice had been given, and that there had 
 been no unreasonable refusal on the part of the selectmen. A 
 motion was then offered as follows, and carried by fully a 
 two-thirds vote : 
 
 " That the instrument purporting to be a contract with the 
 Boothbay Water Company, dated October 9, 1888, and signed 
 by A. R. Nickerson, D. H. Moody and Thomas Boyd, as the 
 committee of the town, be rejected for the reason that said 
 committee had no authority to act for the town, and that the 
 town does not deem it expedient to make any contract for the 
 supply of water, as contemplated in said contract, at this time. 
 That said pretended committee had no authority to act for said 
 town, and that any authority conferred on said committee has 
 long since terminated." 
 
 This was the last act in the last town meeting held in 
 Boothbay before division. 
 
 Town division was openly and almost universally talked by 
 the Harbor element immediately upon adjournment. About 
 the streets of the Harbor and in the stores and other places for 
 congregating, no other topic was discussed that evening. The 
 feeling appeared well-nigh universal. It was not a spirit of 
 bravado, or spite, or prejudice, though feelings of resentment 
 ran high at what they termed unjust treatment ; it was a feel- 
 ing that a thing which no one of choice would do must be done 
 as an act of self-preservation. By eight o'clock on the morn- 
 ing of November 14th, which followed that meeting, Capt. 
 Gilman P. Hodgdon, residing at the Harbor, who was born on 
 Hodgdon's Island and had always, until then recently, lived at 
 North Boothbay, and whose family relations were principally 
 in that part of the town, appeared with a carefully drawn 
 paper for subscriptions to aid in supporting a movement for the 
 division of the town before the coming session of the Legisla- 
 ture. Long before nightfall the Captain h.id practically com- 
 pleted his work. He did not have to solicit in many cases. 
 Such was the feeling that he was solicited, instead, by the 
 anxious citizens desiring their names as nearly at the head of 
 the list as possible. An amount of about $1,400 was then 
 obtained, and later, by the long trial before the Legislature 
 making it necessary, this sum was augmented to a little more 
 than $2,000. Only about six weeks were then left before the 
 
DIVISION OF BOOTHBAY. 323 
 
 assembling of the body before which the contest was to come. 
 An immense amount of essential work must be done to prepare 
 the case. On the evening of November 14th the interested 
 citizens of the Harbor met at the Skating Rink and discussed 
 the situation. The outcome of the meeting was that a com- 
 mittee of seven was selected from among the largest taxpayers 
 and most influential citizens of the town to consider the situa- 
 tion and report the following evening to another meeting at 
 the same place. This committee was composed of Moses R. 
 White, Daniel W. Sawyer, Joseph Nickerson, Isaiah Lewis, 
 Nathan S. Baker, Frank H. Crocker and Thomas Boyd. 
 
 A full meeting was assembled the next evening and the 
 committee reported that they deemed it necessary to divide the 
 work and let certain labors fall upon special committees, whose 
 duties should consist of having absolute control of that which 
 might be designated and placed with them to look after. They 
 mentioned the committees and the duties that should devolve 
 upon each in their report as follows : An Executive Commit- 
 tee, whose duties should be to employ counsel, prepare evi- 
 dence, statistics and otherwise have charge of the entire legal 
 and legislative management, and attend personally at Augusta 
 during all the time the matter was pending before the Legisla- 
 ture ; a Line Committee, whose duty it should be to forthwith 
 employ surveyors and, after consulting the interests of the 
 town and its citizens in the petitioning district, to forthwith 
 run the line and have a chart of the town, indicating the pro- 
 posed line, prepared for the use of the Executive Committee ; 
 a Financial Committee, whose duty it should be to take charge 
 of all the funds raised and pay such bills as were approved by 
 the Executive Committee ; and a fourth Committee on Peti- 
 tions, whose duties were to circulate forthwith petitions to the 
 Legislature, asking for a division of the town. The citizens 
 unanimously adopted the report of their committee, and then 
 attentively listened to further recommendations as to the con- 
 stitution of those committees upon whose shoulders was to 
 come the labor. The list presented was unanimously adopted 
 as follows : Luther Haddocks, Alonzo R. Nickerson and 
 Francis B. Greene for the Executive ; Moses R. White, Joseph 
 Nickerson and Thomas Boyd for the Line ; Joseph R. Ken- 
 
324 HISTOBT OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 niston, Keyes H. Richards and Sewall T. Maddocks for the 
 Financial ; Charles J. Marr, Frank A. Baker and Joseph Mad- 
 docks for the Petitions. 
 
 On November 21st Mr. White reported to a citizens' meet- 
 ing, called for the purpose, the line which his committee had 
 just finished and which, without deviation, is the line on which 
 the fight was made and won. The Executive Committee had 
 almost continuous labors. They employed Baker & Cornish, 
 Augusta, as counsel for the petitioners, and public notice 
 appeared in the Boothhay Register Saturday, November 24th, 
 of intentions to present petitions to the next Legislature, ask- 
 ing for a division of the town of Boothbay, signed by counsel. 
 One performance of that memorable November deserves record- 
 ing. Like all other years, it was a period of alternate frozen 
 ground, mud and snow. The Executive Committee became sat- 
 isfied that the remonstrants intended to make a point against the 
 petitioners, if possible, on the excess of road which would fall 
 upon the old town in case of division. It was decided to have 
 every road and street in the entire town measured. Mr. Newell 
 K. Merry, then residing at the Harbor, but previously and at 
 present living in the northern part of the town, was employed. 
 He did a laborious and accurate job, at an inclement season, by 
 taking the circumference of one of his carriage wheels, adding 
 an attachment that struck each revolution, then counting and 
 recording the revolutions of that wheel on each street and road, 
 from corner to corner, wherever intersected by another street 
 or road, or by the proposed line of division. Evenings he 
 devoted to figuring up his day's work, and in a surprisingly 
 short time had his figures ready. There were shown to be 
 about fifty miles of highway in the remonstrants' district and 
 twenty-two in that of the petitioners. The excess, however, 
 was more apparent than real, for the streets of the petitioning 
 district had, upon an average, much more travel upon them 
 than the other parts of the town, therefore requiring more 
 expense to keep them in proper condition. 
 
 In addition to the other labor, town records were carefully 
 searched, statistical tables were prepared and presented, some 
 of the facts being that in 1887, when the water fight com- 
 menced, the petitioners' district bore 55 1-2 per cent, of the 
 
DIVISION OF BOOTHBAY. 325 
 
 town valuation and the remonstrants' 44 1-2 per cent. ; that 
 in the valuation of 1888 an advance was made of $43,987, and 
 that of this increase the petitioners' district bore 91 per cent. 
 The Harbor village alone represented 46 per cent, of the total 
 valuation of the town. The Committee on Petitions obtained 
 305 names. By the proposed line all of the town property, 
 including townhouse and town farm, fell on the old town side. 
 The expense of the poor had run for several years so that it was 
 demonstrated that it was nearly equal in both parts of the town. 
 On December 19th the remonstrants held a mass meeting 
 at the townhouse to take into consideration the legal action 
 toward a division then in progress with the petitioners. Sev- 
 eral citizens addressed the meeting and a universal opposition 
 to any division appeared. One prominent business man from 
 East Boothbay and a lifelong resident of that locality, expressed 
 himself in candor that, while he was opposed to a division of 
 the town, yet, if the Harbor must have water, he preferred a 
 division to helping them pay for it. He no doubt voiced the 
 inner sentiment of many on his side, and, when analyzed, was 
 not very far from the Harbor view. They did not want 
 division, but they wanted water, and when it came to choosing 
 chose water rather than union, and took the ground that if the 
 town, as a whole, was unwilling to incur the expense of putting 
 in a system, then they were perfectly willing to incur that 
 expense themselves, if they could be erected into a municipality 
 by themselves. A remonstrance was drafted, and the meeting 
 decided to choose a committee to circulate copies of it for sig- 
 natures throughout all parts of the town. The committee con- 
 sisted of David Reed, North Boothbay ; Byron Giles, Center ; 
 A. S. Meserve, East Boothbay ; James E. Beath, No. 12 ; 
 Edson Giles, Barter's Island ; Freeman Boynton, Harbor. An 
 Executive Committee was chosen, with duties of a similar 
 scope and nature as those of the petitioners' committee, and 
 consisted of John E. Kelley, John R. McDougall and Freeman 
 Boynton. The remonstrants obtained 567 signatures, 137 of 
 which came from the petitioners' district. A fund was raised 
 for the defense and True P. Pierce, Esq., Rockland, was 
 engaged as counsel. Mr. Race, who was chairman of the 
 board of selectmen that year, and led the opposition in the 
 
326 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 contest against the introduction of water, was the Republican 
 candidate for representative to the Legislature. Party lines 
 were mostly obliterated in the case of this candidate, and he 
 ran somewhat ahead of his ticket. It had been suspected by 
 the opposition that division of the town might be attempted as 
 a final resort, and, therefore, it became an issue over this can- 
 didate, the vote being largely governed by the locality of the 
 voter, and politics cutting a slight figure. Mr. Race was a 
 Republican and from his stand on this issue went easily into 
 the place. 
 
 The petition for division was presented by Mr. Race among 
 the earliest matters offered, the remonstrance immediately fol- 
 lowing, and both, by motion, were referred to the Committee 
 on Towns. Several public hearings were given the matter by 
 the committee, and, as it was the most interesting subject 
 before that session of the Legislature, the attendance was 
 so great that Representatives' Hall was used instead of the 
 committee room. The evening in which the final arguments 
 were made even standing room was not obtainable and many 
 were turned away through inability to obtain a chance to hear 
 them. The first witness called to the stand was F. B. Greene, 
 whose testimony was devoted to statistics and facts gathered 
 from the records, and to the existing valuation in all its details, 
 this part of the preliminary work having been performed by 
 him, showing that while the petitioning district had nearly 
 two-thirds of the entire valuation of the town, it had not more 
 than forty per cent, of the voters to depend upon when any 
 matters of sectional interest appeared. One point in this tes- 
 timony covered the financial importance of the 137 persons 
 who resided in the petitioning district whose names appeared 
 on the remonstrance. Many of them had no real estate, fifty- 
 eight paying only a poll tax ; ninety-five owned no personal 
 property, and the total real estate, according to the existing 
 valuation, of these remonstrants amounted to only $15,529. 
 Luther Maddocks was next called, and his testimony covered 
 the growth of the village, a sketch of its industrial history, 
 the increase of insurance rates in general and in individual 
 instances, the diversity of business interests in various parts 
 of the town and the amount of labor employed, and other 
 
DIVISION or BOOTHBAY. 327 
 
 industrial facts. A. K. Nickerson followed, the burden of his 
 testimony being the struggle for a water system, the confer- 
 ences with the selectmen, and all that related to that part of 
 the subject. In this he was corroborated by Thomas Boyd 
 and D. H. Moody. Other important witnesses were Moses E. 
 White, George B. Kenniston, Charles E. Kendrick, Norris H. 
 Hussey, James C. Poole, Nathan S. Baker, John K. Corey, 
 Isaiah Lewis, Joseph K. Kenniston, Keyes H. Eichards, J. 
 Edward Knight and William E. Eeed. Messrs. (Jorey and 
 Eeed were residents of the remonstrants' district, who refused 
 to sign either petition or remonstrance, on the ground that 
 they could not, from sentiment, petition for division, and 
 would not remonstrate against it, as they believed in the neces- 
 sity of the improvements asked for, and deemed it an impossi- 
 bility for the Harbor to obtain them as the town was then 
 constituted. 
 
 The effort of the remonstrants was to controvert the 
 grounds of the petitioners' action successfully. To this end 
 they introduced as their principal witnesses Edward E. Eace, 
 John E. Kelley, John E. MoDougall, Freeman Boynton, W. 
 C. Clisby, W. G. Lewis, Hermon Hartung, Byron Giles and 
 Dr. L. J. Crooker, the last named being an Augusta physician. 
 
 Mr. Pierce, attorney for the remonstrants, conducted his 
 case in an unreal and erratic manner, showing himself deficient 
 in his knowledge of human nature and lacking a proper appre- 
 ciation of the impression his defense would produce upon the 
 minds of the legislators. From first to last he tried to produce 
 the impression that the remonstrants were as favorable to the 
 introduction of water as the petitioners, but that they were 
 not satisfied with the conditions. By innuendo he continually 
 sought to impress the committee that some fraud or irregularity 
 had been attempted by some one, but never established a point 
 in this direction, nor did he try to do so ; he seemed perfectly 
 satisfied to have his vaporings end in a simple blank abstrac- 
 tion. Several prominent remonstrants were not called to the 
 stand, and expressed themselves as dissatisfied with the unreal 
 presentation of their case. 
 
 The Legislative committee reported evenly, five for and 
 five against division. The case was then carried into the 
 
328 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 House, and after due debate the bill was passed by a vote of 
 106 to 35. In the Senate the remonstrants had a great advan- 
 tage to commence with. Influential residents of the city of 
 Portland owned property in Boothbay and at once took strong 
 issue against division, and, besides, Hon. Charles F. Libby, 
 one of the Cumberland senators, was member of the legal firm 
 of Symonds & Libby, who had been counsel for the selectmen 
 through all the long preliminary struggle. It was evident, 
 from the outset, that the petitioners must look elsewhere than 
 Cumberland for support in either House or Senate. However, 
 the Senate voted 15 to 12 for the bill. Governor Burleigh 
 signed the act of incorporation February 16, 1889, and the 
 new town of Boothbay Harbor was ushered into existence. 
 
 From observation based on participating action in many 
 stasres of that contest, at this distance of time, it is the author's 
 unprejudiced impression that, as feeling throughout town pre- 
 vailed in 1888, a vote of support for the introduction of water 
 at the village of Boothbay Harbor could never have been 
 obtained. It may be urged that one was obtained. In that 
 one the Harbor was fully represented despite the inclement 
 weather which prevailed, while many voters, living several 
 miles from the townhouse, did not venture to attend. Senti- 
 ment outside of the particular section to be beneficially affected 
 was very largely in opposition to the movement. The grounds 
 of opposition taken were the natural ones of taxation and 
 expense. Jealousy of growth and improvement at the Harbor, 
 on the part of the outlying districts, though in the heat of 
 feeling sometimes appearing as an accusation in those days, 
 had not, in the author's opinion, any foundation in fact. 
 
 The only proposition presented to the town was one of 
 contracting with a water company and paying a stipulated sum 
 for the hydrant rental, or public service. This public service 
 only extended to directly benefit a small area, though it repre- 
 sented a considerable part of the total valuation. The indirect 
 advantages, that the other sections would have participated in 
 to some extent and which actually existed, were hard and intri- 
 cate of explanation, as they always are, and were as well left 
 unmentioned. Private water takers, regardless of amount of 
 income, could never reduce the annual rental during the life 
 
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 of the contract. The proposition was simply one of tax. A 
 mere handful of Harbor citizens felt this and, consulting among 
 themselves, often expressed the opinion that the proper course 
 was for the town to put in its own system, selling such an 
 amount of bonds as might be necessary, and against the costs 
 of running the system and interest on the bonds put the 
 income, which these men believed would, in a few years, cover 
 all expenses and afford free public use. But debt is shunned 
 like a leper by many, and often justly so, therefore this plan, 
 meeting slight favor when quietly suggested, was never openly 
 advocated until after the incorporation of the new town. At 
 the present this has been accomplished. If, in 1888, the citi- 
 zens of Boothbay could have been convinced that this result 
 was a possibility a vote for the introduction of water would 
 have been easy. 
 
 The most strenuous opposition came from East Boothbay, 
 which was the second largest aggregation of buildings, busi- 
 ness and valuation within the town. It might be said with 
 candor that there was no improvement which the Harbor could 
 ask for that East Boothbay might not ask for with equal reason. 
 Their insurance rates were high and their condition equally as 
 hazardous as that of the Harbor. They were unwilling to be 
 subjected to taxation to lift the Harbor from a slough they 
 were themselves in and unable of extrication. They, naturally, 
 could not become reconciled to a taxation which would give 
 the Harbor exactly such improvements as they desired for 
 themselves and were unable to obtain. 
 
 "With the ameliorating effect of time friends, now, who 
 were partisans then, can look back on those stormy days and, 
 imagining their positions transposed, easily find justification 
 for the action then taken on either side. The division of the 
 old Boothbay territory into three towns, practically, is only 
 municipal — that local requirements may find local prescription ; 
 the unity in all business, social and family relations is as strong 
 as ever, and, in a sense, stronger ; for now a local want, in 
 whichever town it may occur, at most can only engender a dif- 
 ference of opinion over a part of the old territory, while then 
 it bred dissension over the whole, because of opposition in all 
 parts not directly affected beneficially. 
 
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330 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 The act of division and incorporation divided the net liabil- 
 ities of Boothbay between the two towns in proportion to the 
 valuation of 1888. Taxes due were paid to Boothbay and all 
 money in the treasury was to be applied to the purpose for 
 which it was raised. All public property except Lewis Park, 
 which became the property of Boothbay Harbor, went to 
 Boothbay. It included townhouse and lot, town farm, hearse 
 house and lot, soldiers' monument, town common, hearse, road 
 machine and other property. 
 
 Under the provisions of the act the meeting of organization 
 in Boothbay Harbor was called by George B. Kenniston, as 
 justice of the peace, issuing his warrant to Xewell K. Merry, a 
 legal voter of the town. It was called on February 22, 1889, 
 for March 4th following, and, therefore, fell on the date of the 
 inauguration of President Harrison. The adjustment of mat- 
 ters of settlement between the two towns was by the board 
 of selectmen representing Boothbay, consisting of Edward E. 
 Race, John E. Kelley and Wesley Pinkham, and a special 
 committee chosen by the Harbor, consisting of Alonzo R. 
 Mckerson and Sewall T. Maddocks. Estates divided by the 
 line were adjusted in valuation. The joint committee pre- 
 sented the following summary : 
 
 Real Estate in Boothbay Harbor, $461,803.00 
 Personal Estate in Boothbay Harbor, 167,678.00 
 
 $629,481.00 
 
 Real Estate in Boothbay, $392,042.00 
 
 Personal Estate in Boothbay, 76,867.00 
 
 468,909.00 
 
 Total valuation of both towns, $1,098,390.00 
 
 The total net liabilities of Boothbay had been $9,175.00, 
 and of this Boothbay Harbor assumed $5,258.19 and Boothbay 
 $3,916.81. 
 
 The appropriation of Boothbay Harbor for 1889, its first 
 year of existence, amounted to $8,135.00, of which $2,000.00 
 was for town schools, $250.00 for free high schools, $700.00 
 for town officers, $1,000.00 for roads, bridges and walks, 
 $1,000.00 for support of poor, $370.00 for night watchman, 
 
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 and several special appropriations including a railroad sur- 
 vey, hearse and road machine. The total commitment was 
 $10,192.80; the April valuation footed $638,057.00 and the 
 rate of taxation was .014 on a dollar. ^ 
 
 1. General references may consistently te given relative to this chapter : Town 
 records of Boothbay, 1888-89 ; town records of Boothhay Harhor, 1889 ; the Journals of 
 the Maine House and Senate, session of 1889 ; the Daily Kennebec Journal for Legis- 
 lative session of 1889, and the files of the Boothhay Register for 1888-89. 
 
CHAPTER XIX. 
 
 Mills, Shipbuilding, Stokes and Hotels. 
 
 WHEN the present dam was built at the outlet of Echo 
 Lake an old one was discovered. An interview with 
 the late Mrs. Mary Sproul elicited the fact that she 
 had heard in her early days, in her father's family, that the 
 Dunbar immigrants built a mill there. It was understood by 
 her to have been a mill for the grinding of grain and not for 
 the sawing of lumber. Probably one for the latter purpose 
 never stood there. Unquestionably this was the first attempt 
 at milling in the locality. It is also probable that the second 
 mill was erected at Mill Cove by Andrew Reed and his sons. 
 It is unlikely that this occurred earlier than 1749, and may 
 not have been until a few years later. The settlement of 
 Andrew Reed dates from 1743, but the Indian War soon fol- 
 lowing drove the Townsend settlers from their homes quite a 
 part of the time from 1745 to 1749. Upon the return of the 
 settlers from the westward in the latter year, though often 
 harassed afterward by the Indians, a permanency of settlement 
 endured. Frame houses almost immediately followed, and 
 Andrew Reed built the first one in the plantation near where 
 the barn stands on the premises of the late James F. Hodgdon. 
 The Reed mill was operated, at times, by both Capt. Joseph 
 Reed, who later became owner, and his brother, Capt. David, 
 probably as lessee, who traded at West Harbor. 
 
 Nearly, perhaps quite, as soon as the Reed mill was erected, 
 another was built on the brook at the head of Campbell's Cove 
 by John Beath. The privilege and the land in the vicinity, 
 including McCobb's Hill, belonged to hifu. His mill was for 
 lumber only. It stood where the road runs now, and the road, 
 which was a mere bridle path, ran then over the hill near where 
 the McCobb house stands. Then the waters of the cove washed 
 the ledges at the base of the hill. A house for the mill hands 
 stood near where the present one does by the side of the brook . 
 None of the Beath family ever lived there. They employed 
 
MILLS, SHIPBUILDING, STORES AND HOTELS. 333 
 
 some one to run the mill and that party usually lived in the 
 house. The last man to live there was one Harris, who mys- 
 teriously disappeared and no solution of the mystery was ever 
 made. A landing was built at the head of the cove, southeast- 
 erly from the mill, and about halfway from the old house to 
 the landing was a brickyard, operated many years by the Bryer 
 family. Small schooners were loaded there with both brick 
 and lumber. 
 
 Where the mill of Dodge & Giles now stands, at the outlet 
 of Adams Pond, was a saw and gristmill, built by Samuel 
 Adams. It was in ruins in 1824, and at that time his sons, 
 James and David, built a new one and in 1839 put in carding 
 machinery. There had been previous to this a small mill for 
 carding farther up the stream, nearly at the place where the 
 Pinkham mill was built. 
 
 Nathaniel Pinkham married and purchased the mill privi- 
 lege property in 1774. Subsequent to this, probably after the 
 close of the Revolution, but sometime previous to the year 
 1800, he built a saw and gristmill at the mouth of the stream 
 where Adams Pond empties into Back River. This became 
 only a gristmill under his son, Isaac, who owned it for many 
 years. Samuel Woodward was the last to own and operate it. 
 
 Soon after the Revolution a tide mill was built on Cape 
 Newagen Island, at the dam on Nelson's mill pond, adjoining 
 the Palgrave Maddocks property. Another tide mill was built 
 at an early date on Sawyer's Island, but the owners are not 
 known. It was north from the residence of Alonzo K. Hodg- 
 don, and where it was located is still called the mill pond. 
 
 Benjamin Kelley, Sr., had a sawmill and near by it a brick- 
 yard on what has always been known as the Kelley farm, on 
 the brook that empties into Pleasant Cove. This was built 
 somewhere between 1780 and 1790. The iirst mill at East 
 Boothbay was known as the Murray mill and stood on the 
 brook that empties into Linekin Bay near Paradise Point. It 
 was built by James and Samuel Murray. Caleb Hodgdon set- 
 tled at East Boothbay in 1826 and bought the mill privilege 
 and the land northerly from it fronting on the Damariscotta. 
 He at once built a mill and there has been one at the same 
 place continuously since. 
 
334 HISTOET OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 Of all the mills established at these early dates to accommo- 
 date the primitive wants of the settlers, a few ruins, remnants 
 of old dams, decaying piling or, perhaps, half sunken in the 
 mud an old millstone is all that now greets the eye of the curi- 
 ous, except on the two privileges at present utilized : Hodg- 
 don's at East Boothbay and the one at the outlet of Adams Pond. 
 
 Shipbuilding. 
 
 For about three-quarters of a century shipbuilding has been 
 a leading industry in Boothbay. At the earlier part of this 
 period it was carried on to quite an extent about the Harbor ; 
 some building was done at two places on Southport ; for many 
 years one yard was in operation at North Boothbay, near the 
 Pinkham mill ; but all these have given place to other under- 
 takings, while at East Boothbay the business has steadily 
 increased until it is the principal employment of the commu- 
 nity. Several yards and boat shops there are continually busy, 
 and among them nearly every kind of sailing craft is built. 
 The principal work of the yards, however, is that of building 
 coasters, fishing vessels and porgy steamers, while that of the 
 shops is the production of pleasure craft, yachts and power 
 launches. 
 
 The indications are that no attempt at building vessels was 
 made until sometime after the year 1800. Previous to that 
 time mention is often made of purchasing vessels in Boston, 
 Salem, Newburyport and other places. Interviews with the 
 oldest fishermen in the community disclose the fact that within 
 their remembrance a larger part of the fishing vessels were 
 built in Essex. The first firm to engage in the business of 
 building and to conduct a regular shipyard was that composed 
 of David R. and James Adams, brothers, and sons of Samuel 
 Adams. They commenced business soon after 1800 and con- 
 tinued until 1842. Their principal yard was east of the Pink- 
 ham mill, on Back Kiver waters, and in this one most of their 
 work was done ; but they commenced in a yard farther to the 
 north, nearly due west from the residence of David Reed, then 
 the home of the heirs of Ichabod Pinkham. 
 
 John McDougall succeeded to the business in the Adams 
 yard and continued in it until 1853, when he changed his loca- 
 
MILLS, SHIPBUILDING, STORES AND HOTELS. 335 
 
 tion to East Boothbay, and business ended in the old yard. 
 That this particular place should have been chosen for the work 
 may at this time appear surprising ; but, doubtless, the condi- 
 tions of the times influenced it. , Two wars with England and 
 threatened ruptures with other countries kept the inhabitants 
 in continual alarm and produced extreme caution. No other 
 point about this original town afforded both a suitable location 
 for such work and absolute security from naval aggression. 
 
 No regular shipyard ever existed on Southport. Capt. 
 Jonathan Pierce built several small fishing vessels at his fishing 
 stand, now known as Marr's Harbor. J. & J. Maddocks built 
 one, the Alasha, and this is believed to comprise all building 
 done on that island. Stephen Sargent was the first builder at 
 the Harbor. His yard was where the residence of the late 
 Hermon Carlisle stands. , He commenced in 1832, his first 
 vessel being the Volante, square-sterned, of about forty tons. 
 Stephen Sargent, Jr., built where M. D. McKown lives. He 
 built from 1850 to 1860, his work including both fishermen 
 and square-rigged vessels. He built two barks, one of which 
 was named the Windward, also the George W. Reed, the ill- 
 fated G. G. Matthews and several others. He removed to 
 Portland and continued in the business. 
 
 John W. Weymouth had a shipyard where the Eastern 
 Steamship Company's landing is from 1850 to about 1860. It 
 had formerly been the property Of Col. Jacob Auld and after- 
 ward became the property of Isaiah Lewis. Weymouth's first 
 vessel was the brig Hesperus, built for Captain Chase, Edge- 
 comb; Captain Chase also had the hvigAda; the ship John 
 G. Richardson was built for Capt. Benjamin Lewis, Portland, 
 formerly of Boothbay ; schooner Silver Lake for Capt. Warren 
 Reed, which was lost in the Gulf of St. Lawrence ; schooner 
 JSTevada, built for Capt. William Harris, lost in the same 
 place ; a bark, unnamed, was built for the Pattens of Bath. 
 
 Cyrus McKown had a yard covering the sites of the stores 
 of J. R. Kenniston and K. H. Richards & Co. from 1864 to 
 1870. There he built the E. K. Dresser for Capt. Leonard S. 
 McClintock, the Old Chad, Annie Freeman, Annie Sargent 
 and possibly others. All^n Lewis sometime between 1850-60 
 built the brig Ganeden. The last vessel built at the Harbor 
 
336 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 was the Fred A. Emerson, a coasting schooner of 124 tons, in 
 1890, by M. D. McKown. Charles Sargent between 1840-50 
 had a yard on the next lot north of where William M. Bennett 
 lives, where he built several vessels. 
 
 About 1829 or 1830 Caleb Hodgdon commenced building 
 vessels at Ilodgdon's Mills. His first vessel was a banker, 
 named The Union, for Joseph Farnham. Andrew Adams, at 
 the age of twenty-one, in 1826, went to Hodgdon's Mills and 
 engaged in the employment of Caleb Hodgdon. Three years 
 later his brother William, then twenty-one, went there also, 
 into the same employ. About 1833 to 1835, as copartners 
 under the name of A. & W. Adams, they leased the Hodgdon 
 yard and commenced building. Benjamin Keed went to East 
 Boothbay in 1832. He built for some years in what is now 
 known as the Adams yard, but previous to that Samuel Murray 
 had built at the same place. To this yard John McDougall 
 moved after closing business in 1853 at North Boothbay. He 
 built one ship in 1854 and had another timbered when the 
 fi^nancial panic crippled his work. He was succeeded by his 
 brother James, who built at Race's Point and who later asso- 
 ciated himself with William Seavey, the firm being Seavey & 
 McDougall ; the work being afterward conducted at the Seavey 
 yard, where some ten or twelve vessels were built. 
 
 Durins the Civil War and for some time after the sons of 
 Caleb Hodgdon, under the style of C. & J. P. Hodgdon & Co., 
 conducted a general shipbuilding business in the old shipyard. 
 After about ten years John Hodgdon withdrew from the firm 
 and Caleb, Jr., and George divided the business, the former 
 taking the mill and the latter the yard. This same arrange- 
 ment continues, except that the sons of George Hodgdon carry 
 on the building business under the firm name of C. E. & W. A. 
 Hodgdon, while the mill is conducted by C. Hodgdon & Sons. 
 Charles Murray built vessels at one time on Race's Point. 
 Jacob G. Fuller built at his yard, at the head of Linekin Bay, 
 for many years and until shortly before his decease, which 
 occurred in 1899. 
 
 After John McDougall went out of business in the Reed 
 yard, in 1854, Andrew and William' Adams soon engaged in 
 business there, succeeded, after the decease of the senior mem- 
 
MILLS, SHIPBUILDING, STORES AND HOTELS. 337 
 
 ber, by William Adams & Son, the latter being W. Irving 
 Adams, who now, with his son, Frank C. Adams, conducts 
 the business as W. I. Adams & Son. This firm, in extent of 
 building, has exceeded all others in the locality, having, on 
 July 24, 1904, celebrated the launching of their one hundredth 
 vessel, and now (March, 1905,) have launched the 105th, with 
 the 106th contract completed ; the largest vessel ever built by 
 the firm being the four master, Eleanor F. Bartram, for Capt. 
 Benjamin E. Pinkham, Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 The firm of Eice Brothers commenced building yachts at 
 East Boothbay in December, 1894, the individual members 
 being Frank L., William E. and Henry W., sons of George 
 M. and Elizabeth Eice. The business was incorporated in 
 November, 1903, as Eice Brothers Company. At first only 
 two or three workmen were employed, but now an average of 
 about twelve, though as many as thirty at some seasons have 
 constituted the working force. The business has been largely 
 confined to building a high-grade class of pleasure boats, the 
 largest of which was the Constance, for W. A. Gardner, Groton, 
 Mass., an auxiliary schooner and the largest sailing yacht built 
 in Maine up to the present time. C. E. & W. A. Hodgdon, 
 also D. & E. A. Eace and Freeman Murray are building, in 
 part, a line of pleasure craft. 
 
 The distance to which the popularity of East Boothbay- 
 built sea craft extends is of itself a business capital. From 
 the first good vessels were built and with them good reputa- 
 tions established. While it is a lamentable fact that shipbuild- 
 ing has been in a decadent condition for several years, and 
 many busy business points of the past are now presenting but 
 a waste of ruins, — sad reminders of past thrift and industry, — 
 this village has grown gradually in the business, until at the 
 present more capital and labor are employed than at any pre- 
 vious period. 
 
 Several boat shops have been started in the past few years, 
 including Eeed & Adams, the McKown Coal Company and 
 Eliphalet Tibbetts, Boothbay Harbor, and Charles S. Gray, E. 
 L. Decker and Everett Clifford on Southport, where row, sail 
 and power boats are built to order. 
 
338 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Stokes. 
 
 The earliest stores in Boothbay would hardly be entitled to 
 the name at the present day either as to stock carried or inter- 
 nal fixtures. The former consisted almost entirely of dry 
 goods in the web or groceries and other articles in bulk ; the 
 latter of a set of measures, a yardstick and steelyards. No 
 package goods were to be obtained and few manufactured or 
 ready-made articles were kept for sale. The line of stock 
 appearing in old ledger accounts is probably a fair indication 
 of what was kept in the average store of the times. In Chapter 
 XIII the reader has noted a list of prohibited articles which it 
 is safe to assume were not kept between 1775 and 1783, at 
 least, and it is unlikely that they were in much demand for 
 many years after. 
 
 The list obtained from old accounts comprises pilot bread, 
 flour, meal, brown and loaf sugar, tea, coffee, chocolate, rum, 
 molasses, tobacco, salt, vinegar, crackers, dried fish, allspice, 
 pepper, beef, pork, lard, veal, tallow candles, lamp oil, brooms, 
 sole and upper leather (sold generally by the side), raven's- 
 duck, cambric, calico, linen and homespun cloth, handkerchiefs, 
 leather breeches, shoes, scissors, nails, knitting needles, wool 
 cards, files, cordage, axes, earthenware, powder, shot, lead, 
 flints, brick, boards, shingles and other lumber. The articles 
 taken in exchange and marketed at Boston, Salem or some 
 other point in New England, or the West Indies, were masts, 
 hemlock bark, cord wood, hides, skins, furs, dried fish, wool, 
 woolen stockings and lumber of all kinds. 
 
 The earliest names that can be connected with trade are 
 those found in the first volume of Lincoln County Commission- 
 ers' Records, in 1761, being those parties recorded as paying 
 the British tea and coffee tax. The parties doing this from 
 Townsend were David Reed, who lived where Albert N. Reed 
 does, at West Boothbay Harbor ; John McCobb, living where 
 his great-grandson, Willard H. McCobb, now lives ; Andrew 
 Reed, Jr. (afterward Colonel), who lived on his father's home- 
 stead at Mill Cove ; Andrew McFarland, whose house sat a 
 little to the eastward of that now owned by S. S. Lewis, on 
 Church Square ; Ephraim McFarland, who lived where Dennis 
 
MILLS, SHIPBUILDING, STOKES AND HOTELS. 339 
 
 ~S. Wylie does, but had his store about opposite to the entrance 
 to the Leishman place, near the house of George W. Dolloff. 
 This last store was thus located on account of the way the road 
 then ran and for the reason that a considerable settlement 
 existed along the easterly side of Echo Lake, and northerly by 
 Leishman's, Daws', Beath's, Holton's and others. This store 
 probably ceased to exist before 1780, for a reference in Andrew 
 McFarland's will, made that year, would indicate that his 
 brother Ephraim had died previously. Benjamin, son of 
 Ephraim, succeeded to the homestead, but it is not certain that 
 he did to the store. 
 
 The next clue to early traders is obtained from David Reed's 
 ledger, 1773 to 1789, which at once disposes of John McCobb's 
 and Col. Andrew Reed's stores, for they are found trading at 
 Captain David's. During this entire period no item of account 
 appears against the McFarlands, which is strongly presumptive 
 that they had a store of their own. Capt. David Reed did the 
 largest business of any one for many miles along the coast. 
 His ledger shows numerous accounts running from £50 to £150 
 to the side at settlement, and included such persons and places 
 within his patronage as the Thompsons and Pierces from Cape 
 Newagen Island ; the Burnhams, Kennedys and Kelleys from 
 Pleasant Cove ; the Gileses, Pinkhams, Stovers, Lamsons and 
 Hutchingses from Dover and North Boothbay ; the Matthewses 
 and Lewises from Back River ; the Linekins from the Neck ; 
 the Knightses and Wheelers from Damariscove, and the Bar- 
 ters from their island, besides all the old familiar names about 
 the Harbor and Center. The names of many from Georgetown, 
 Westport and Bristol, besides several captains of coasters, far 
 to both eastward and westward, are found among his patrons. 
 His store was the only one that contained so large a list of 
 a,rticles as appears in the foregoing enumeration. He ran his 
 own coasters to Boston, Salem, Newburyport and the West 
 Indies, and operated the saw and gristmill at Mill Cove. To 
 indicate the extent of business he did in cord wood, one of the 
 leading commodities of shipment from here in those times, one 
 page of his ledger shows a running account for wharfage with 
 one Thomas Moore, Boston, from 1784 to 1788, amounting to 
 .£944 7s. 3d. His ledger presents at this date (1905) a well- 
 
340 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 preserved appearance, having been kept in fine penmanship.. 
 It is in the hand of Thomas Boyd, who as a young man came 
 from Pemaquid to clerk in the store and remained several years. 
 He married Catherine Wylie, a sister to David Reed's wife, 
 which influenced his desire to settle in Boothbay, which he did 
 soon after marriage. The store and landing of this establish- 
 ment were easterly from the house of Albert N. Keed, where 
 the ruins of an old landing appear. 
 
 To return to the McFarlands. Capt. Andrew died in 1780. 
 Andrew, Jr., his oldest son, was then twenty-three years of 
 age, while John Murray, his youngest, was but thirteen. Some 
 years before attaining his majority the latter took the store. 
 It had been at the residence of his father, but John M. now 
 purchased the store in which his Uncle Ephraim had traded, 
 and in a part of which Daniel Rose, afterward the prominent 
 Boothbay physician, had taught school, and moved it to about 
 the spot now occupied by John F. Mosher's cooper shop. 
 There he traded from about 1787 to 1796, when he purchased 
 the land since known as McFarland's Point ; the eastern part 
 from Amasa and Artemas Piper and the western part from his 
 brother-in-law, William Maxwell Reed. He erected a fishing 
 stand where William M. Sawyer's place of business is and a 
 store at the shore, easterly from T. L. Montgomery's store. 
 In this store the post office was first kept, from 1805 to 1811. 
 
 For some years the only stores of consequence in town 
 were those of Capt. David Reed and John M. !McFarland. 
 Reed's business ceased with his death, in 1803, while McFar- 
 land's continued many years after his death, which occurred in 
 .1831, conducted by his sons. 
 
 We will now take up another thread in the narrative. John 
 McCobb, who was a trader in 1761, had a son, Joseph, who was 
 seventeen years of age in 1797. For this son he purchased the 
 old McFarland store at the head of the Harbor, then vacant, 
 and moved it a second time, locating it on the shore just north 
 of the western end of the footbridge, and in it Joseph started 
 in trade. There he continued until his death, in 1825, a greater 
 part of the time as the firm of McCobb & Auld ; the latter being 
 Col. Jacob Auld, who commenced trade about 1800 in the 
 building now the stable of James B. Kenney and on its present 
 
MILLS, SHIPBUILDING, STORES AND HOTELS. 341 
 
 -site. After this partnership was formed and the lower store 
 vacated it was used as a storehouse, finally coming into pos- 
 session of John W. Weymouth and by him turned into a black- 
 smith shop. Colonel Auld continued at the firm stand until 
 about the time of his death, in 1835. It would appear at this 
 distance of time that there could have been but little differ- 
 ence in amount of business transacted between the two firms, 
 McCobb & Auld and John M. McFarland, during the period 
 from 1800 to 1835. Both did an extensive business all this 
 time, supplying nearly the entire home trade and having a 
 large patronage by water, enjoying an acquaintance with all 
 coasters and fishermen between Boston and the Provinces. 
 
 At West Harbor Dr. Edward Creamer, the first physician 
 in Boothbay, had a store in 1773, just easterly from the pres- 
 ent one of Charles S. Orne. He continued until about 1800, 
 when he sold to one Loring, who continued in trade until about 
 1820, when he committed suicide by drowning just off the 
 point from his store. In 1822 Seba Smith came to West Har- 
 bor from Portland, settling just easterly from the ice works. 
 He opened a store in the basement of his house and continued 
 in trade until his death, in 1831. His son, Marshal, continued 
 the business until 1835, when, influenced by public demand, 
 being postmaster, he moved the business to the Harbor. Thomas 
 -Orne, now (1905) ninety-one years old, commenced trade in 
 1845, retiring in 1899. Other merchants at West Harbor have 
 been J. Nickerson & Co., who commenced business in 1870, 
 were burned out in 1874, after which Alonzo K. Nickerson, of 
 the firm, rebuilt and continued the business until 1877, when 
 he sold and moved to the Harbor. Lewis & Fassett, a firm 
 ^rom Bristol, engaged in trade for a few years following 1880. 
 Since then, with the exception of a short period in the early 
 nineties when Simpson & Perkins occupied it, the Nickerson 
 store has been used by its owner, William H. Keed, for post 
 office and wholesale confectionery business. After the retire- 
 ment of Thomas Orne that one has been occupied by Charles 
 S. Orne in general retail trade. 
 
 The earliest stores on Cape Newagen Island were at the 
 north, west and south. The earliest merchants we have record 
 ■oi at these points were Major John McKown, Capt. Jonathan 
 
342 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Pierce and Eli Nelson, respectively. No exact date has beett 
 obtained when either went into business, but in each case it is 
 said that the party engaged in trade about as soon as of majority 
 age. If this is correct, and, practically, we believe it to be 
 so, then the Pierce store, where J. D. Payson now lives, was 
 started about 1790, that of Major McKown, near the Eastern 
 Steamship landing, a little before 1800, and that of Nelson, at 
 Cape Newagen, soon after 1815. About 1847 the Pierce busi- 
 ness was succeeded by T. & N. Marr ; that of McKown by his 
 son Cyrus, and later by McKown & Eeed, composed of Cyrua 
 McKown and Frederick Keed, who had been in trade at the 
 Center. June, 1864, Freeman Orne purchased the business 
 and Cyrus McKown moved to Boothbay Harbor. By Mr. 
 Orne, iirst alone and then with his sons in copartnership, the 
 business was carried on until about 1889. Joseph and John, 
 sons of Palgrave Maddocks, under the style of J. & J. Mad- 
 docks, commenced business in 1857, in which a general store 
 was combined with their fishing stand and fleet. This they 
 conducted until succeeded by William T. , son of Joseph Mad- 
 docks, in 1875, and by him it was carried on until 1898, when 
 that branch of the business was discontinued. About 1830 
 Capt. Samuel Pierce engaged in trade at JNIarr's Harbor, con- 
 tinuing until his death, in 1861. Later merchants have been 
 William C. Bahr, at Newagen, in the early eighties ; Wilbur 
 N. Grover, near Capital Island, and Everett E. Pinkham,. 
 West Southport ; the two latter being now (1905) so engaged. 
 Clarence E. McKown ran a general store at Decker's Cove in< 
 the nineties. 
 
 The fir?t store at Boothbay Center was built in 1824, by 
 Benjamin Reed, on the next lot easterly from where the Union 
 Church was built. He traded until 1832, when he sold to 
 Robert Spinney and moved to East Boothbay. Robert Spin- 
 ney remained there in trade until about 1870, when his store 
 was burned. In 1837 William Kenniston built a store where 
 the shop of Woodbury Dodge stands. He traded there until 
 1849, when he sold out and became a "forty-niner," going to- 
 California, where he remained several years. William P. 
 McCobb followed, trading until 1857, when he was succeeded, 
 by Isaac Pinkham. The latter was burned out in 1863. In. 
 
MILLS, SHIPBUILDING, STORES AND HOTELS. 343 
 
 1842 John Keed, 2d, built a store for his son, Frederick, nearly 
 opposite the Kenniston store, on the lot adjoining the Congre- 
 gational parish lot. Eeed traded a few years, then sold to Dr. 
 R. W. Lawson and moved to Southport, where he became a 
 partner of Cjrrus McKown. Doctor Lawson sold to Eli Colson 
 in 1865. Chase Fuller followed Colson, then John Patterson, 
 and he in turn was succeeded by Rev. L. Given in 1866. Mr. 
 Given sold to S. E. Welch and while owned by him that store 
 was burned, in 1872 or 1873. 
 
 The year after Doctor Lawson sold to Colson he, with 
 Edward Weeks, built a two-story store just south of the sol- 
 diers' monument and opposite the schoolhouse. It had a tene- 
 ment above. They soon sold to Mahoney & Otis, and they 
 sold the stock to Dexter W. Hodgdon in 1872. In 1874 Capt. 
 Gilman P. Hodgdon purchased the stock and leased the store,, 
 conducting it until 1879, when he sold his stock to James A. 
 Keed. William Mahoney, who owned the building, lived above, 
 and a few months after Captain Hodgdon sold this store was 
 destroyed by fire. In 1876 Ozro Pinkham built a store oppo- 
 site and facing the Congregational parsonage. After trading a 
 short time the business was sold to James A. Reed. John G. 
 Spinney succeeded Mr. Reed in 1883, having been for the three 
 previous years in trade in a small way in the post office. He- 
 moved the store to where it now stands and continued in trade 
 until 1892, when J. H. Welsh & Sons, the present merchants, 
 succeeded him. 
 
 To return to the Harbor we find that Capt. John Norwood 
 soon after 1788 built a store and hotel combined, where the 
 late James F. Dunton traded, on Atlantic Street. He followed 
 the sea and his wife conducted the hotel and store. Their stock 
 more nearly approached a dry goods line than any other of the 
 early stores. William Montgomery, born in 1780, dying in 
 1858, ran a general store through his business career to the 
 time of his decease where Dexter W. Hodgdon lives. After 
 the decease of Col. Jacob Auld the old red store remained in 
 the McCobb family and for several years Arthur McCobb traded 
 in it. In 1850 Leonard McCobb returned to Boothbay from 
 Jefferson, where he married and had been living for a few 
 years, and opened a shoe shop and some other lines in the old 
 
344 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 store and had the post oflSce there, but soon built on the corner 
 of the Avenue and Oak Street, where he continued until nearly 
 the time of his decease, in 1889. In 1866 the old store was 
 taken down and underwent its third removal, being re-erected 
 where it now stands, on Commercial Street, as the store of 
 William O. McCobb. 
 
 Just before the Civil War the present Register Building, 
 which had been built for a wood shop by John W. Weymouth, 
 northerly from the express office, was moved to the present site 
 of Lewis Block by Capt. Benjamin Lewis and by him leased to 
 Eliphalet Thorpe, who traded in it until his decease, in 1871. 
 E. G. Hodgdon followed in this store the same year, where he 
 continued until 1884, when Lewis Block was completed. He 
 then and William H. Fisher, with whom he had recently formed 
 a partnership, took the northerly store in this block, but soon 
 divided the stock, Mr. Fisher taking a lease of the southerly 
 store in the same block and taking in partnership Charles J. 
 Marr. The stocks of both stores ran in similar lines : clothing, 
 boots, shoes and furnishing goods. 
 
 The old Thorpe store was soon occupied by A. H. Ken- 
 niston after the removal of Hodgdon & Fisher, who opened a 
 new line of furniture and carpets. Later, when Kenniston had 
 moved to his present location, the building was occupied by 
 Mclntire & Miller, Charles F. Dodge and H. W. McDougall, 
 successively, in the grocery and provision trade. In 1866, 
 when the old McCobb store was last moved, there were but 
 four stores on the water side of the Avenue and Commercial 
 Street : McFarland's, McCobb's, Thorpe's and Parker Wilson's. 
 
 Stevens Smith moved from West Harbor in 1841 and joined 
 his brother Marshal in partnership. They leased a store stand- 
 ing where J. Ross Kenniston's residence does of William Max- 
 well Reed. There they continued until 1850, when they closed 
 out their stock and went out of business. Charles and William 
 Fisher leased the store and put in a new stock, where they 
 continued in trade until 1864, when the store was moved to 
 make room for the shipyard of Cyi'us McKown. The Fisher 
 brothers then built the store front of the Boothbay House. 
 Isaac W. Reed, who owned the old store, sold it to John 
 Albion Knight, who ran a boot and shoe business there until 
 
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 his decease, in 1872. A. P. Wylie followed Knight in the 
 same business. 
 
 Charles Luce, who had been conducting a drug business in 
 the Tibbetts store, now followed "Wylie in the north half of 
 the building, but soon sold to Dr. Alden Blossom. The drug 
 business was conducted by him until 1884, when he sold to one 
 Varney. The latter party remained a few months and disposed 
 of the business to A. B. Toward. The southerly half of the 
 store had been occupied in 1883 by Allen & Moody, who came 
 to Boothbay that year. D. H. Moody succeeded to the busi- 
 ness. In 1886 he purchased the Toward stock and merged it 
 in his own. He continued until 1902, when he sold to the 
 present occupants, Harris & McClearn. 
 
 Parker Wilson commenced trade about 1840 in the building 
 now occupied by W. J. Winslow. It stood where the drinking 
 fountain is. He continued trade until his death, which occurred 
 in 1871. He was the first merchant to carry a regular line of 
 boots and shoes, though the ledgers of both Keed and McFar- 
 land show that a few ready-made shoes were sold by them 
 before 1800. Paul Harris built the store at the head of the 
 Harbor and commenced trade about 1840. In this he was fol- 
 lowed by the late Westbrook G. Lewis in 1857. Joseph C. 
 Auld began trade where the Menawarmet stands, in 1836, and 
 ran it in connection with the fishing business until the sixties. 
 
 Capt. Allen Lewis commenced trade soon after 1830. His 
 store is still in existence and is now used by the Greenlaws as 
 a smokehouse. Captain Lewis kept principally fishermen's 
 supplies and his custom was to stock new each spring, reducing 
 it in the fall and carrying but little during the winter months. 
 Col. John McClintock traded where the Baldwin Fish Company 
 is now located. His business career covered the period from 
 about 1830 to the time of his decease, in 1874. His store, like 
 that of Captain Lewis, was stocked principally during the busy 
 months, but for many years he held the largest vessel trade of 
 any store in town. At first his location was, practically, an 
 alder swamp, but by draining and grading it soon assumed a 
 different aspect. His first building was very small and the 
 second one is now the house of his son, J, Howard McClintock, 
 the first being now used as a shed on the same premises. 
 
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346 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 David Newbegin came to Boothbay between 1824 and 1827. 
 He commenced in a bakery near where J. H. Blair's residence 
 stands. A few years later he removed to where H. L. Ingra- 
 ham lives and for many years conducted a store and bakery 
 there. "Newbegin's biscuit" were a famous production in 
 their time. They were not much used in home consumption, 
 but were " bagged up " and taken to sea. Many of our older 
 men, formerly engaged in the fisheries, distinctly and vividly 
 remember them. Newbegin's store was the only one in town 
 that approached a confectionery department in those days. His 
 line consisted of homemade molasses candy and hard ginger- 
 bread, such as was so largely sold on the old-time training 
 fields. His old home has been removed and the site is now 
 occupied by the residence of D. H. Moody. 
 
 The author recalls many instances in the past when, upon 
 his travels along the county coasts of Washington and Han- 
 cock, his residence became known to some of the older seafar- 
 ing element, who had retired from that occupation, being plied 
 with inquiries if McClintock and Newbegin were still living and 
 in business. These two men were best remembered with that 
 element along the Maine coast of any of the Boothbay inhabit- 
 ants for at least a quarter of a century after their labors were 
 closed. They had enjoyed an extensive acquaintance similar 
 to that of McFarland, McCobb and Auld with a previous gen- 
 eration of sea-goers. 
 
 In the early seventies John H. Blair built a store on the 
 Avenue and engaged in the hardware business. He was fol- 
 lowed by Henry A. Kennedy, who in 1878 enlarged the store, 
 but sold soon after and removed to Minneapolis. Isaac C. 
 Sherman succeeded him and took into copartnership Charles E. 
 Carlisle. After Mr. Sherman's decease, in 1890, Mr. Carlisle 
 continued in the business for a time, but went back into that 
 of contractor and builder, which he had previously followed. 
 
 Miller Block was built by Miller & Smithwick, Damaris- 
 cotta, in 1878. The northern half has been continuously 
 occupied by Norris H. Hussey as a dry goods store since its 
 completion. The southern half, first by E. D. Winchenbaugh 
 as a grocery store. A year or two later Charles E. Kendrick 
 opened with crockery, glassware, lamps, etc., continuing until 
 
MILLS, SHIPBUILDING, STORES AND HOTELS. 347 
 
 1889. F. B. Greene followed with a similar retail line com- 
 bined with his road business until 1897. W. S. Mildon, East- 
 port, as a branch store continued the same line for about 
 two years, since which time "W. F. Dudley has been located 
 there. 
 
 Addison W- Lewis, soon after the close of the Civil "War, 
 built the Simpson & Perkins store, on McFarland's Point, and 
 traded there until 1869, when he sold it and built the store 
 now occupied by K. H. Richards & Co. Associated with him 
 was J. P. Baker, as Lewis & Baker, in trade until 1871, when 
 the building and business was sold to Hodgdon & Clisby, com- 
 posed of D. W. Hodgdon and W. C. Clisby. This partnership 
 lasted until 1876, when Hodgdon succeeded to the business, 
 continuing it until 1882. 
 
 Keyes H. Richards came to Boothbay from Round Pond in 
 1870. He bought out the meat market of John Wakefield 
 and added a grocery stock. His location was where the First 
 National Bank commenced business. Later he purchased the 
 stock of Sherburne Young and moved to the Young store. 
 From there, requiring more room, he went to the store now 
 occupied by Simpson & Perkins, and in 1882 purchased the 
 store now occupied by him, succeeding D. W. Hodgdon. 
 
 James D. Richards came from Round Pond in 1870. He 
 engaged in the hardware business where W. H. Hodgdon trades, 
 which was known formerly as the Young store, from 1886 unti. 
 his decease, in 1893. Frank Albee was in trade in the Wylie 
 store, at the head of the Harbor, about 1880 ; later he moved 
 his business to the Lewis store, between the Register Building 
 and McCobb's, where he continued until about 1888. Joseph 
 Taggart, Jr., followed in the same store, commencing trade in 
 1889, conducting a successful business until 1892, when he 
 was cut down at the age of thirty years, his father closing out 
 the business. 
 
 Ill 1881 James C. Poole disposed of his sailmaking business 
 to his brother, Eben A. Poole. This he had conducted since 
 coming to Boothbay in 1869. He then bought the Fisher 
 property, where the cold storage plant is situated, and erected 
 a store in which he carried a stock of ship chandlery, hardware, 
 paints, oils and groceries. This store was burned in 1886 and 
 
348 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Mr. Poole, while continuing in his fishing interests, did not 
 re-engage in trade. 
 
 The other stores burned in 1886 were the following : R. 
 G. Ingraham's, ship chandlery, hardware, etc. ; John H. Lake, 
 stoves and tinware ; F. H. Harris, confectionery and lunch 
 room ; Tibbetts Brothers, hair dressing and bathrooms. Fred 
 P. Huff built a store and engaged in the stove and tinware trade 
 in 1882. He was succeeded by his brother and father, who in 
 turn sold to W. T. Holton in 1894. 
 
 Isaac W. Reed, earlier than 1850, built a store where that 
 of Miss Isabella M. Reed now stands, on the corner of Oak and 
 McKown Streets. In it his wife engaged in the millinery trade 
 and continued several years. She was succeeded by Miss Lucy 
 Hodges, Bath ; then Mrs. Miller, Waldoboro ; followed by 
 Miss Nancy Lermond, who became Mrs. William Fisher; and 
 in 1864 Miss Ellen Reed took the business, her sister Isabella 
 soon joining as partner. In 1879 the new store was built, the 
 old one being removed and rebuilt into the house of the late 
 Joseph Nickerson. Miss I. M. Reed retired from trade in 1902. 
 
 Kenniston Block was built in 1888. A, H. Kenniston has 
 occupied the southern part continuously since it was built. S. 
 McDougall & Son, as a branch store, first occupied the northern 
 part. They were succeeded by Mrs. M. A. Baker, who sold 
 to Miss O. Z. Fifield in 1896. 
 
 The earliest store at East Boothbay was started about 1826 
 by one Hiscock. It was in the basement of the Knight house, 
 now owned by Emery Hardinger. He traded five or six years. 
 Caleb Hodgdon built what has been known as the "old red 
 store" on the corner soon after going to that place in 1826. 
 The spot where it stood is on the grounds of the residence of 
 Capt. Andrew Adams. Rev. Ariel Ward was the first occu- 
 pant. He was followed by Joseph Grimes and Henry Wright, 
 who were in copartnership. Grimes & Wright also ran a 
 bakery and manufactured hats. 
 
 Benjamin Reed went to East Boothbay in 1832 and followed 
 Grimes & Wright in the red store until he built on the south 
 side by the bridge, where he continued many years in trade. 
 About 1850 Alden Goudy built the store now occupied by A. 
 O. McDougall. There he traded until 1863, when he sold to 
 
MILLS, SHIPBUILDING, STORES AND HOTELS. 349 
 
 Leander Fuller, who was succeeded by his brother, Jacob G. 
 Fuller, and he by Edward E. Race about 1880. Charles F. 
 Seavey followed, trading until 1893, when Mrs. Mary E. Bar- 
 low conducted a business there for two years. The present 
 proprietor, Albra O. McDougall, followed Mrs. Barlow. 
 Under him both store and stock have been greatly enlarged. 
 
 Capt. Robert Montgomery, for a few years previous to his 
 decease, which occurred in 1882, ran a general store at East 
 Boothbay in what had been the old Union Church at the Center. 
 After his death John H. Blair purchased and moved this store 
 to the Harbor, where it was occupied by Fred H. Harris in 
 1886, and in it originated the great fire of that year. 
 
 Simon McDougall commenced in the red store in 1857. In 
 1863, in copartnership with James L. Race, they built where 
 the block now stands which is owned by John R. McDougall. 
 This store burned September 27, 1884, after which the present 
 block was built, which is a double store, conducted by John R. 
 McDougall and his son, Lyman M., under the firm style of 
 J. R. McDougall Co. The easterly part of this store is princi- 
 pally devoted to groceries, meats and provisions, while the 
 westerly part contains the dry and fancy goods. The store 
 now occupied by Mrs. M. E. Barlow was first built by Leander 
 Fuller, where he for a time engaged in trade. In this store A. 
 O. McDougall commenced business in 1876. Simon McDou- 
 gall, now (1905) in his forty-eighth year of trade, is closing 
 out business and has removed the remainder of his stock to 
 smaller quarters. 
 
 On Linekin the earliest store was that of E. & E. Holbrook, 
 established in 1845, still conducted by Eliphalet Holbrook, one 
 of the original partners. Other traders on the Neck in recent 
 years have been Ephraim Linekin, "William H. Rowe and 
 William Reed. 
 
 Scattering stores in other parts of Boothbay territory have 
 been in part as follows : One kept by Harry Barter on the 
 east side of Barter's Island, started soon after 1840 and closing 
 with his decease in 1852. During or soon after the Civil War 
 Albert Kimball, at the south end of Barter's Island, opened a 
 store which was run by him or his sonS' until succeeded by 
 Macaulay Brothers in 1902. Zina H. Hodgdon, on Sawyer's 
 
350 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Island, first ran a shoemaking shop, but for perhaps a score of 
 years before his decease, which occurred in 1893, carried a gen- 
 eral assorted stock in trade. William Hodgdon, who owned 
 half of Hodgdon's Island and was living there in 1836, traded 
 there for about a decade following 1850 and irregularly at 
 other times. Thomas Hodgdon, with his son, Stephen Gr., 
 came from Westport to Hodgdon's Island, of which he owned 
 the other half, in 1842. Here they at once commenced in the 
 fishing business and incidentally, at first, kept some goods for 
 sale. They soon went considerably into trade and did a large 
 general business, which still continues in the hands of the third 
 generation. Small stocks, consisting principally of groceries 
 and provisions, have been kept at Back Narrows by William 
 M. Bennett and Joseph Huff. 
 
 While errors may appear in the foregoing sketch and omis- 
 sions undoubtedly occur, an effort has been made to collect as 
 much as possible and present it accurately. Indefiniteness in 
 certain instances, where records do not exist and memory alone 
 has had to be depended on, is the most unsatisfactory feature. 
 The chapter containing the Directory of the three towns will 
 supplement what may appear to be omissions here. In that 
 the date of establishment in business and the lines of merchan- 
 dise carried will appear, while in this sketch merchants now 
 engaged in business are for the most part omitted, that unnec- 
 essary repetitions need not occur. Exceptions to this plan 
 only appear where a train of changes in the same business stand 
 makes it incumbent to present them all. 
 
 Hotels. 
 
 In this chapter sub-division will be considered, the old- 
 time inn and the public houses of later years which have been 
 open to patronage throughout the year. The summer hotel, 
 being a thing of more recent origin, may properly be consid- 
 ered apart, and especially so in a locality like ours, where this 
 particular business has grown to be one of the recognized 
 industries and affords one of the leading sources of income to 
 the community. 
 
 How soon after the settlements which commenced in this 
 vicinity about 1620, or soon after, inns for the accommodation 
 
MILLS, SHIPBUILDING, STORES AND HOTELS. 351 
 
 of the public were opened will probably never be known. The 
 record of May 27, 1674, of the order of the General Court is 
 all that has come down to us from the commencement of the 
 disruption of the first settlement relating to the internal affairs 
 of that community. It is in part as follows : 
 
 "The persons following are appointed & have liberty to 
 keepe houses of publique intertaynmente & are to be provided 
 with permits &c accordingly and to retayle beere wyne and 
 liquors in ye severall places for the yeare Ensueing according 
 to Law. 
 
 ffor Dameralls Cove John Wriford. 
 ffor Capebonewaggon Edward Barton, 
 ffor Corbin Sound George Bucknell." 
 
 The Dunbar settlement in its earliest years, so far as either 
 record or tradition affords us, had but one inn for public 
 accommodation. That was kept by David Bryant, situated a 
 little to the north and east of the bridge that crosses the outlet 
 of Echo Lake. The old foundation stones still mark the spot. 
 With the murder of Bryant, in 1739, came the end of the place 
 in a public sense. No further records exist until Lincoln 
 County was organized, where may be found, in the county 
 commissioners' books, records of the innholders' licenses. 
 Those taken out for Town send and Boothbay between 1761 
 and 1773 were to Andrew McFarland, Andrew Eeed, Ephraim 
 McFarland, Thomas Kenney, Robert Wylie, and later to his 
 widow, Martha Wylie, John Murray, Ichabod Pinkham, 
 Edward Creamer and Edward Emerson. It is unknown as to 
 the date of beginning or discontinuance of these old-time inns. 
 Several of the licensees mentioned above lived into the early 
 years of the succeeding century and may have continued until 
 their later years in the business. Probably the next hotel, and 
 perhaps the most pretentious up to its time, was the one built 
 by John Norwood soon after 1788, which has been mentioned 
 in enumerating the old stores. 
 
 It is likely that the Boothbay House, in its original form 
 and on its present site, next followed. It was built by Joseph 
 Campbell after his marriage, in 1793, to Jane, the daughter of 
 Paul Eeed, who at that time owned the land in that vicinity ; 
 and by Campbell it was exchanged with William Maxwell Reed 
 
352 HISTORY OF BOOTHS AY. 
 
 for property on the east side of the Harbor a few years before 
 his (Campbell's) death, which occurred in 1822. Reed lived 
 until 1850, owning this property most of the time. During 
 this period he rebuilt and enlarged the house and it was con- 
 tinuously run as a hotel. As Captain Reed followed the sea 
 the gi'eater part of the time, it is probable that others served 
 as landlords, either in the employ of Reed or as lessees under 
 him, through most of the term of his ownership. Charles B. 
 and William H. Fisher purchased the house after the death of 
 Captain Reed and personally conducted it for several years. 
 Proprietors since have been Joseph L. McCobb, William H. 
 Fisher, Jr., J. Ed. Knight, the present owner, and Fred H. 
 Harris, who as lessee has had the house for several years. 
 
 The Weymouth House was built in 1848 by John W. Wey- 
 mouth, and opened to the public August 15th of that year. 
 By him it was conducted until his decease, in 1880, since which 
 time, with the exception of one or two brief leases, it has been 
 carried on by his two unmarried daughters, Elizabeth and 
 Mary L. 
 
 Samuel Montgomery, who was born in 1784 and lived at 
 East Boothbay, at the Carrying Place, ran a hotel there after 
 his marriage for many years. He had no children, but adopted 
 James and Samuel Murray and to them left his property. 
 Alden Goudy, during a part of the time he was in trade at 
 East Boothbay, ran a hotel where Charles C. Smithwick now 
 lives. This period fell between 1855 and 1860. Other houses 
 than those enumerated above are thought to have been exclu- 
 sively conducted for the summer business and will appear in 
 that chapter. 
 
CHAPTER XX. 
 
 Fraternal Societies and Associations. 
 Seaside Lodge, No. 144, F. and A. M. 
 
 THE earliest association in town in the form of a lodge, or 
 secret fraternal society, was that of the Masons. Sev- 
 eral among the more influential citizens had for some 
 years been members of the lodge at Wiscasset, and after due 
 deliberation decided to apply for a charter, which they did in 
 1867, receiving it under date of October 7, 1867. The char- 
 ter was to "Seaside Lodge, No. 144, F. and A. M., Boothbay." 
 The charter members were : 
 
 Otis P. Eice, Daniel W. Sawyer, 
 
 Caleb Hodgdon, Robert Montgomery, 
 
 Westbrook G. Lewis, Ezekiel W. Hodgkins, 
 
 M. E. Pierce, George M. Hodgdon, 
 
 Silas Smith, James L. Race, 
 
 Dennis Hagan, George Snow, 
 
 Isaac Pinkham, Sewall S. Wylie, 
 
 William Carlisle, George. B. Dunton, 
 
 Freeman Boynton, Alden Blossom, 
 
 William Wilson, Elbridge Love, 
 
 John F. Sargent, Charles Cameron, 
 
 Henry Cameron, George Hamilton. 
 
 The Masters of Seaside Lodge have been : 
 
 1869 Otis P. Rice. 1878 Caleb Hodgdon. 
 
 1870 W. G. Lewis. 1879 E. D. Winchenbaugh. 
 1871-73 W. F. McClintock. 1880-81 E. C. McClintock. 
 
 1874 Charles H. Fisher. 1882 W. I. Adams. 
 
 1875 Caleb Hodgdon. 1883-84 George W- Reed. 
 1876-77 W. I. Adams. 1885-86 George E, Vanhorn. 
 
354 HISTORY OP BOOTHBAT. 
 
 1887 W. I. Adams. 1895-96 John E. McDougall. 
 
 1888-89 George H. Snow. 1897 George H. Snow. 
 
 1890 James D. Richards. 1898-99 Lewis A. Dunton. 
 
 1891 Willard T. Marr. 1900-01 Dennis S. Wylie. 
 1892-93 W. F. Buker. 1902-03 T. L. Montgomery. 
 1894 William E. Reed. 1904-05 Merrill A. Perkins. 
 
 The quarters first occupied by Seaside Lodge was the hall 
 of Otis P. Rice, located on the east side of the street just 
 northerly from the residence of G. B. Kenniston. This hall 
 was burned and with it the early records of the lodge. They 
 next opened at the hall over the store of Westbrook G. Lewis, 
 at the head of the Harbor ; from there they took quarters in 
 the hall of N. K. Merry, on the east side of the Harbor, but 
 soon came to the west side and for several years occupied the 
 hall in the third story of K. H. Richards' store on Commercial 
 Street. They remained there until 1894, when the present 
 hall and anterooms were prepared for their use. A present 
 membership of 203 exists in good standing. 
 
 Bat View Lodge, No. 196, F. and A. M. 
 This lodge received its charter of date July 24, 1890. It 
 was composed of twenty-six charter members, all, or nearly 
 all, being former members of Seaside Lodge, and being prin- 
 cipally composed of the members who lived at East Boothbay 
 Village and Linekin. Their quarters were fitted over the new 
 public hall, which was completed in 1890, where they have a 
 commodious, well-furnished hall and convenient anterooms. 
 The list of Worshipful Masters follows : 
 
 1 W. Irving Adams. 4 C. Tyler Hodgdon. 
 
 2 Dennis M. Hagan, 5 Frank Seavey. 
 
 3 Edward Whitehouse. 6 Victor Montgomery. 
 
 7 Harvey R. Barlow. 
 The total membership now (1905) is seventy-five. 
 
 Pentecost Chapter, No. 55. 
 Pentecost Chapter was chartered June 20, 1894, with thir- 
 ty-nine charter members; now (1905) the membership has 
 reached ninety. The High Priests of this chapter have been 
 as follows : 
 
FRATEENAL SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS. 355 
 
 1894-97 Willard T. Marr. 
 
 1898-99 John R. McDougall. 
 
 1900 Harry G. Stevens. 
 
 1901-03 Thaddeus L. Montgomery. 
 
 1904 W. F. Buker. 
 
 1905 Thaddeus L. Montgomery. 
 
 BooTHBAY Lodge, No. 32, Knights of Pythias. 
 
 This lodge was organized November 22, 1882, with ninety- 
 three charter members. The total number of members made 
 has been 510, while the number now (1905) in good standing 
 is 401. From organization until August, 1894, the hall over 
 the store of the late Isaac C. Sherman was occupied ; but at 
 that time the present one was dedicated and has since been in 
 use. The Chancellor Commanders have been as follows : 
 
 Charles "W. Price, M. D., Nov. 22, 1882, to Jan. 1, 1883. 
 
 George E. Vanhorn, Jan. 1, 1883, to Jan. 1, 1884. 
 
 Freeman Boynton, Jan. 1, 1884, to Jan. 1, 1885. 
 
 John E. McDougall, Jan. 1, 1885, to Jan. 1, 1887. 
 
 Hiram W. McDougall, Jan. 1, 1887, to Jan. 1, 1888. 
 
 "William J. Winslow, Jan. 1, 1888, to July 1, 1888. 
 
 Allen W,. Murray, July 1, 1888, to Jan. 1, 1889. 
 
 Charles E. Kendrick, Jan. 1, 1889, to Jan. 1, 1890. 
 
 Allen W. Murray, Jan. 1, 1890, to July 1, 1890. 
 
 Fred P. Huff, July 1, 1890, to July 1, 1891. 
 
 W. O. Seavey, July 1, 1891, to Jan. 1, 1892. 
 
 Gardner D. Reed, Jan. 1, 1892, to July 1, 1892. 
 
 Hiram W. McDougall, July 1, 1892, to Jan. 1, 1893. 
 
 Frank H. McDougall, Jan. 1, 1893, to July 1, 1893. 
 
 F. H. Albee, July 1, 1893, to Jan. 1, 1895. 
 
 Frank N. Adams, Jan. 1, 1895, to Jan. 1, 1896. 
 
 Cyrus R. Tupper, Jan. 1, 1896, to Jan. 1, 1897. 
 
 Harry G. Stevens, Jan. 1, 1897, to Jan. 1, 1898. 
 
 Thaddeus Orne, Jan. 1, 1898, to Jan. 1, 1899. 
 
 Lyman McDougall, Jan. 1, 1899, to Jan. 1, 1900. 
 
 M. Fred Dunton, Jan. 1, 1900, to Jan. 1, 1901. 
 
 Byron Giles, Jan. 1, 1901, to Jan. 1, 1902. 
 
 Alonzo P. Wylie, Jan. 1, 1902, to Jan. 1, 1903. 
 
 Seth E. Eowe, Jan. 1, 1903, to Jan. 1, 1904. 
 
356 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 John A. Maddocks, Jan. 1, 1904, to Jan. 1, 1905. 
 George W. Greenleaf, Jan. 1, 1905. 
 
 The members of the Boothbay Lodge who have held Grand 
 Lodge offices follow : 
 
 Deputy Grand Chancellors have been 
 J. P. Cash, 13th District, 1884-85. 
 Freeman Boynton, 13th District, 1885-89. 
 Hiram W. McDougall, 13th District, 1889-90. 
 Lyman M. McDougall, 17th District, 1900-01. 
 Lyman M. McDougall, 1 1th District, 1901-02. 
 Byron Giles, 11th District, 1903-05. 
 
 Freeman Boynton, Grand Inner Guard, 1888-89. 
 Charles J. Marr, Grand Master at Arms, 1896. 
 Charles J. Marr, Grand Prelate, 1897. 
 -Lyman M. McDougall, Grand Chancellor, 1903. 
 
 Crescent Chapter, No. 54, Order Eastern Star. 
 Organized January 27, 1899, with a charter membership of 
 thirty-five; now (1905) having a total membership of ninety- 
 five. Their chief officers have been as follows : 
 1899-1900 Lulu Farnham, W- M. 
 1901-03 Josie Seavey, 
 
 1904 Lena Murray, " 
 
 1905 Idella Murray, " 
 
 1899-1900 Edward Whitehouse, W. P. 
 
 1901 William Keed, 
 
 1902-03 W. Irving Adams, " 
 
 1904 Elmer Fernald, " 
 
 1905 Frank Seavey, " 
 
 Mt. Pisgah Chapter, No. 57, Order Eastern Star. 
 
 This chapter was chartered February 20, 1899, with fifty 
 members. A membership now (1905) of 170 exists in good 
 standing. The chief officers have been as follows : 
 
 1899-1900 Lizzie Montgomery, W. M. 
 
 1901-02 Neva Gregory, 
 
 1903 Mary Williams, " 
 
 1904-05 Mabel Dunton, 
 
FRATERNAL SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS. 357 
 
 1899 Charles E. Kendrick, W. P. 
 
 1900 Eoyal Giles, " 
 1901-02 Oscar Yates, " 
 1903 Charles E. Kendrick, " 
 1904-05 Woodbury Marson, " 
 
 Rathbone Sisters. 
 Mizpah Temple, of Boothbay Harbor, was organized Jan- 
 uary 6, 1904. The office of Most Excellent Chief has been 
 filled as follows : 
 
 Mrs. Clara Giles, Jan. 6, 1904, to July 6, 1904. 
 Mrs. Nellie Tupper, July 6, 1904, to Jan. 6, 1905. 
 Miss Mary A. Kenniston, Jan. 6, 1905. 
 Membership reached in 1905 the number of 175. Mrs. 
 Clara Giles was elected Grand Chief of the Grand Temple, 
 Rathbone Sisters of Maine, in 1904. 
 
 Royal Arcanum. 
 Aldebaran Council, 399, Boothbay Harbor, was chartered 
 March 10, 1903. It has now (1905) a membership of thirty- 
 three. The Regents have been Willard T. Marr, March, 1903, 
 to March, 1905 ; Lewis A. Dunton, present. 
 
CHAPTER XXI. 
 The Fisheries. 
 
 OUR third chapter covers a greater part of the early 
 voyages which were undertaken for the purposes of 
 exploration. It is plainly evident that the voyages to 
 America during the sixteenth century, the records of which 
 have been preserved, were largely of this kind, and the pur- 
 pose in several instances was to discover a westerly and shorter 
 passage to the Indies than the one then traversed. At that 
 time the four great maritime nations of Europe were England, 
 France, Spain and Portugal. Each vied with the other for 
 commercial ascendency then as they and others do at present. 
 The fisheries, the riches of the sea, were one of the leading 
 products sought. Each of the four nations mentioned was 
 represented by a fishing fleet about Newfoundland in a com- 
 paratively few years after Columbus and Cabot touched their 
 respective points of discovery. The Biscayan fishermen, in 
 fact, claimed to have preceded the voyage of Columbus by 
 several years in their trips to the Newfoundland coast ; but 
 evidence is satisfactory on the point that both Biscayan and 
 Norman fishermen were there in 1504. It was from informar- 
 tion obtained from returned fishermen that Chabot, Admiral of 
 France, influenced Francis I to fit out the exploring expedition 
 of Cartier in 1534. Instances multiply with research which 
 show that much of what has been preserved and printed in our 
 histories regarding the voyages of the sixteenth century to 
 America was first prompted by information from similar 
 BOtirces. The waters of what came to be Nova Scotia and New 
 England were visited for more than a century by vessels from 
 all these European nations in the fishery interest before settle- 
 ment was attempted. It is recorded that Scavelet, an old 
 fisherman in France, had, in 1609, made forty trips to the 
 American coast. Spain, which had a fishing fleet about New- 
 
THE FISHERIES. 359 
 
 foundland as early as 1517, and at times in that century had 
 reached one hundred sail, had by 1593 nearly retired from the 
 business. Portugal's effort in the matter of time was similar, 
 but it never reached the number that Spain did. Up to 1713 
 French fisheries had been more successful here than those of 
 England. Statistics give the number of vessels engaged in 
 the French codfishery in 1744 as 564, carrying 27,500 men 
 and the catch amounting to 1,441,000 quintals. 
 
 Capt. John Smith, when he made his voyage to New 
 England in 1614, making Monhegan his headquarters, dried 
 40,000 large cod and pickled 7,000 more ; these with the furs 
 he purchased of the Indians netted him a profit of $7,000 for 
 his voyage. Before the Pilgrims touched at Plymouth Monhe- 
 gan was a fishing headquarters on the New England coast, 
 frequented by numerous vessels each season, but, as we have 
 noted in an earlier chapter, it is not probable that any actual 
 settlement existed there earlier than about 1620. During the 
 seventeenth century Spain and the Canary Islands afforded the 
 best fish market of any European country, for they had aban- 
 doned the business for mining interests, which yielded larger 
 profits. When Gosnold, in 1602, made his voyage along our 
 shores he persistently tested the fishing. His first luck was 
 poor and he named that famous Massachusetts projection 
 " Shoal Hope " ; but luck changed and he filled with the finest 
 fish in size and quality, whereupon he changed this appellation 
 to Cape Cod. 
 
 For knowledge of this great industry we largely have to 
 depend on the records of those vessels which were fitted as 
 public enterprises, for exploring purposes, and in nearly all 
 such instances scores of fishing vessels are recorded in the 
 American waters ; while there is internal evidence in these 
 same reports that information obtained from returned fisher- 
 men was what stimulated the enterprise. 
 
 According to Captain Levett, whose visit at Cape Newagen 
 has been noted, an English fishing vessel at that time (1623) 
 was of about 200 tons and usually carried about fifty men. 
 The crew put in twenty shillings each toward provisions, but 
 otherwise were not assessed. They went on shares, as the 
 custom has usually been. The vessel had one-third, the men 
 
360 HISTOKT OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 one-third, and one-third was allowed for " victuals, salt, nets, 
 hooks, lines and other implements for taking and making fish." 
 The cost of obtaining this latter "third" was about £800. 
 Full fares were the rule, and one-third of a full fare was 1,340 
 quintals. Fish at that time brought from thirty-six to forty- 
 four rials per quintal, an average of forty rials, or one pound 
 sterling. Thus the one-third amounted to £1,340, or £26 16s. 
 per head for the crew ; while the vessel, additional to its one- 
 third, received a bonus of £540 for overestimating the costs of 
 fitting. 
 
 John Josselyn, in 1663, writing of the Maine coast, says: 
 
 "About eight or nine miles to the eastward of Cape Por- 
 poise is Winter Harbor, a noted place for fishers ; here they 
 have many stages. At Kichmond's Island are likewise stages 
 for fishermen. Nine miles eastward of Black Point lyeth scat- 
 teringly the town of Casco [Portland], upon a large bay, 
 stored with cattle, sheep, swine, abundance of marsh and 
 arable land, a corn mill or two, with stages for fishermen. 
 Farther yet eastward is Sagadahock, where are many houses, 
 scattering, and all along stages for fishermen. From Sagada- 
 hock to Nova Scotia is called the Duke of York's Province ; 
 here Pemaquid, Martinicus, Mohegan, Capeanawhagen, where 
 Capt. Smith fished for whales, Muscataquid, all filled with 
 dwelling houses and stages for fishermen." 
 
 After speaking of the quantities of fish and the market for 
 them which was made to the fishing vessels, he further states : 
 
 " To every shallop belong four fishermen ; a master or steers- 
 man, a midshipman and a foremast man, and a shoreman, who 
 washes it out of the salt, and di-ies it upon hurdles pitched 
 breast-high, and tends the cookery. These often get in one 
 voyage eight or nine pounds a man for their shares." 
 
 He then states that the fishermen usually attended well to 
 business unless a 'walking tavern" came along, meaning a 
 vessel with liquors aboard, when, he says, they would abandon 
 their work and drink until wearied of it, sometimes a week at 
 a time, going ashore and holding high carnival. He also tells 
 of being on our coast in 1638, in company with Capt. Thomas 
 "Wannerton, who drank to him at parting "a pint of kill-devil, 
 alias rhum, at a draught," and further commenting on the 
 Captain's characteristics says he was a "grave and discreet man." 
 
Alonzo R. Nickerson. 
 
THE FISHEEIES. <». 361 
 
 After colonization commenced, while the abundance afforded 
 by the sea was a large means of sustenance to the settlers, it 
 afforded for a long period but slight revenue to them. The 
 market was controlled by English merchants and the colonists 
 were not equipped in any sense to cope with them. They 
 lacked capital and prestige to obtain a foothold in the export 
 trade, and there were no great centers of population in America 
 to give them a trade at home. Massachusetts, of all the Colo- 
 nies, had the greatest population, and she was also foremost in 
 the fishery interest. The English and French still came each 
 year and fished from Labrador to Cape Cod as they had for- 
 merly done. 
 
 When Dunbar was settling Pemaqnid and Townsend, in 
 1729-30, the fishery interest was of enough consequence to 
 cause him to introduce into his instruments of conveyance of 
 lands to the settlers about Townsend Harbor in substance the 
 following : 
 
 " Forty feet upon the shore was to be common to all fisher- 
 men unless the settlers adjoining should consent to make fish 
 for any fisherman at two shillings and sixpence per quintal, in 
 such case said forty feet was to be included in his lot." 
 
 In this reservation, when closely scanned, there is more to 
 indicate that the fishing grounds were exceptionally good in 
 this locality and this common, held for ''all" unless the inhab- 
 itants for a fixed rate would cure for "any," was more for the 
 advantage of English fishermen than the Townsend settlers. 
 That this conjecture is correct we may refer to the famous 
 depositions of 1772, where Samuel McCobb tells us that "their 
 whole living depended on cutting firewood and carrying it to 
 Boston and other towns more than 150 miles from them." 
 Further than this it would appear that, at least at times, enough 
 fish for consumption was not obtained by them, else why were 
 they forced upon a diet of " clams and water for several weeks 
 together," as both Moore and McCobb tell us. In the deposi- 
 tion of the latter it appears that these conditions were upon the 
 people until the breaking out of the war with France. Condi- 
 tions certainly did not improve during that war. It is proba- 
 ble, however, with the increase of population between the close 
 of that war, in 1759, and the commencement of the Kevolution, 
 
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362 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 sixteen years later, there was very marked improvement in 
 every line in the settlement. Farms were cleared ; agricultural 
 interests, both cropping and the raising of live stock, increased ; 
 stores were established and the fisheries were worked. This 
 latter branch of business, however, slower than the others to 
 establish, was in an infantile condition when, from 1775 to 
 1783, it was completely crushed out by the patrol of the coast 
 by British war vessels. 
 
 It may be mentioned in this connection that as early as 
 1730, the year Townsend was settled, three or four vessels 
 with codfish were marketed direct from Isles of Shoals to Bil- 
 boa, Spain, and as many or more continued to do so for many 
 years annually thereafter. Many fish were also sent to Ports- 
 mouth for shipment to the West Indies. Just previous to the 
 breaking out of the Revolution some of the Boothbay vessels 
 carried fish to the West Indies, and there are reasons for 
 believing that some also carried cargoes to Spain. After the 
 year 1783 the fisheries rapidly increased, and ten years later 
 allowances on the bounty principal were made to fishing vessels 
 actually engaged in the industry ; but this was not the bounty 
 our older fishermen remember. 
 
 Improvement in the business continued until the embargo 
 was placed on shipping previous to the War of 1812. That 
 stopped all export trade and for a time ruined the industry. 
 Fish, in 1808, both dried and pickled, spoiled all along the 
 New England coast ; nor was there time enough after the 
 embargo was lifted, before the war actually broke out, to 
 revive the drooping business. At its close the privilege of 
 fishing in the English Provincial waters was the first stumbling- 
 block and the last obstacle to the conclusion of the treaty. 
 The year 1818 arrived before it was adjusted; then to the 
 advantage of the United States. The following year, 1819, 
 saw the bounty enacted which lasted until 1806, allowing 13.50 
 per ton annually to vessels under thirty tons, and $4.00 per ton 
 above thirty and up to ninety-six tons, which was maximum. 
 
 It was the response to this act and the reopening of the 
 foreign markets at the same period that fixes the date when 
 the fishing interests of real consequence to Boothbay began. 
 The earliest men in town to engage largely in fishing were 
 
THE FISHERIES. 363 
 
 John M. McFarland, Capt. John Hodgdon, Capt. Tyler Hodg- 
 don, John Andrews, Allen Lewis and John McClintock, on 
 the mainland ; and on Cape Newagen Island, now Southport, 
 Daniel Cameron, John Chaples, Capt. John Pierce, Major John 
 McKown, John Cameron and Eli Nelson. Most of these men 
 were born before the year 1800, while Daniel Cameron, the 
 first to operate the fisheries to much extent in this vicinity, 
 was born in 1750. 
 
 Those of our locality who did the largest business cod- 
 fishing, while that industry was at its height, were nearly all 
 natives of Boothbay, and, for the most part, born in the first 
 quarter of the last century. Those similarly engaged in South- 
 port were nearly all natives of that island and reached the 
 height of their business after it was an incorporated town ; 
 therefore in the enumeration which follows, regardless of the 
 dates at which they were engaged, those on the mainland and 
 islands belonging to Boothbay will be classed under the head 
 of that town, while the others will appear under Southport. 
 This list, in each case, includes what I have been able to rescue 
 relating to the fishing establishments, once nearly the all in 
 these towns. At this point it may not be out of place to state 
 that while our neighboring localities were to some extent 
 engaged as we were, in the magnitude and soleness of this 
 industry Boothbay and Southport eclipsed all their neighbors. 
 An old Bristol fisherman was the first to repeat to the author 
 an old couplet which in codfish days had current circulation : 
 
 " Damariscotta for beauty, and Bristol for pride ; 
 Had it not been for codfish Bootlibay would have died." 
 
 Boothbay List. 
 
 John M. McFarland began about 1790 ; mostly shore fish- 
 ing until 1820 ; succeeded by his sons, Nathaniel and Andrew ; 
 two shore boats ; two bankers, the Albatross and another ; 
 yard and stand where W. M. Sawyer's store is. 
 
 Capt. John Hodgdon commenced soon after 1820. He 
 lived where his son, John M., does. He had four bankers. 
 Legislator, Ocean, Only Son and Atlantic, besides some shore 
 boats. His flake yard was westerly from his house and would 
 spread 650 quintals. 
 
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364 HI8T0EY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Tyler Hodgdon lived where his son, the late Albion P. 
 Hodgdon, did. He had two bankers, the Regalia and another. 
 He commenced business soon after 1820 and was succeeded by 
 his son, above-named. 
 
 Thomas Hodgdon commenced the fishing business about the 
 same time that his relatives, previously mentioned, did, but it 
 was at his old home on Westport. Being owner of one-half 
 the island now known as Hodgdon's Island he moved his busi- 
 ness to that place in 1842. He had three or more bankers, 
 among which were the Tasso and S. G. Hodgdon. He was 
 succeeded by his son, Stephen G. Hodgdon. 
 
 Capt. William Barter, on the east side of Barter's Island, 
 had one schooner. 
 
 Isaac Barter, on Barter's Island, had two schooners, the 
 Young Sultan and Liberator. 
 
 Edward Barter, Barter's Island, had three bankers, George 
 Washington, Arizona and Mary Edwards. 
 
 Warren and George Reed had their stand on Campbell's 
 Cove. They had two bankers, one of which was the G. W. 
 Heed. 
 
 The Smith brothers, Marshal and Stevens, had their stand 
 at West Harbor. They were in business there before 1830 and 
 continued until removing to the Harbor or a little later. The 
 Rising States was one of their vessels. 
 
 Paul and Joseph Harris began business about 1838. Their 
 yard was where R. A. Lewis lives, at the Harbor, extending 
 westerly over the property now owned by C. F. Dodge. They 
 had four bankers, Columbus, Annie Sargent, P. G. Maddochs 
 and C. G. Matthews. 
 
 Capt. Sewall Wylie had two bankers, doing business at the 
 head of the Harbor, where he succeeded John Andrews. 
 
 Allen Lewis commenced business earlier than 1830. He 
 lived on the southern slope of Pisgah and his yard was where 
 the Barrett cottage stands. He had four bankers, Allen Lewis, 
 Forrester, S. H. Rowe and another ; also several shore boats. 
 
 Joseph Auld had his stand and yard where the Menawarmet 
 landing and grounds are. He had one banker, the Caravan; 
 was in business as early as 1845. 
 
THE FISHERIES. 365 
 
 John McClintock commenced where the Baldwin Fish Com- 
 pany is now located. He began fishing in 1833, although he 
 had a store there somewhat earlier. It is probable that he did, 
 for a time, the largest business in town. His bankers, in the 
 order of purchase, were as follows : Orion, Two Brothers, 
 Belts and Sail, Susan, Superior, Liberator, Gold Hunter, S. 
 M. Lihby, Foaming Billow, Northern Ohief, Montebello, Only 
 Son, Kate S. McClintock and King Fisher. He continued 
 business until about the date of his decease, 1874, and was 
 succeeded by his sons. 
 
 Ezekiel and Eliphalet Holbrook, on Linekin, commenced 
 business in 1843 with one boat, which they increased to three 
 bankers. They were engaged in partnerships with the Farn- 
 hams and Nathaniel Foster. The Grampus was one of their 
 bankers. 
 
 McDougall & Race (Simon McDougall and James L. Race) 
 had a yard at Race's Point, East Boothbay, in 1862. They 
 had five bankers ; dissolved partnership in 1876, Captain Race 
 continuing the business. The Nellie Short was among their 
 vessels. 
 
 Robert and Leonard Montgomery had three bankers. Their 
 yard and stand were at Meadow Cove, East Boothbay. 
 
 William Blake, East Boothbay, had one shore fisherman. 
 He was captured by rebel privateers during the Civil War. 
 
 Levi Reed, East Boothbay, had one banker. 
 
 John Swett, who settled in Boothbay in 1795 on Thirty 
 Acre Island, later known as Swett's Island and now Isle of 
 Springs, with his sons Harvey and Hiram, who lived and 
 reared families on the island, conducted a fishing business from 
 there. They engaged almost wholly in catching and smoking 
 herring, but caught some mackerel. They had several well- 
 known vessels, among which were the Van Buren, Champion, 
 Banner and Meridian. 
 
 SouTHPOET List. 
 
 Daniel Cameron, one of the early settlers on the island, 
 commenced shore fishing soon after the close of the Revolu- 
 tionary War. His stand was where his descendants now live. 
 
366 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 on Ebeneeook Harbor. His son John commenced bank fishing 
 about 1830. In those days he had the S. H. Cameron, Water- 
 fall and Burnham. He was succeeded by his son Daniel and 
 Freeman Orne, as Cameron & Orne ; later still by Daniel 
 Cameron. Cameron & Orne had six large bankers or more, 
 among which were the Majeppa, Jenny Lind, Island Queen, 
 Telegraph, Martha A. Brewer and Stephen C. Phillips. 
 
 Capt. Jonathan Pierce commenced business at Marr's Har- 
 bor before 1800. He was succeeded early in the forties by 
 T. & N. Marr, and they by Edward L. Marr. "With his death, 
 in 1872, the business closed. They had several bankers, Mar- 
 tha A. Brewer, Queen of the Fleet, Prima Donna, Mercy A. 
 Howe and, for a time, the Silver Moon. 
 
 George W. Pierce, on the west side of Pierce's Cove, suc- 
 ceeded by George W. Pierce, Jr., had two bankers, the Grey- 
 hound and Pena. 
 
 James Orne, succeeded by his sons, Silas and Osias, had 
 three or four bankers at Pierce's Cove, among them the Emily 
 F. Swift and Jenny Lind. 
 
 Freeman Grover, at Pig Cove, had one banker, the Ceylon; 
 no successor. 
 
 Samuel Pierce, succeeded by his son, Moses E. Pierce, at 
 Marr's Harbor, had three bankers, one being the WiUiam F. 
 Tarhox. 
 
 William Gray, at Cape Newagen, as early as 1845, after- 
 ward in partnership with Miles Pierce, had one large schooner, 
 Morning Light. They were among the earliest mackerel 
 catchers. 
 
 Kobert Cameron, on Ebeneeook, had two bankers, the 
 Eldorado and another. 
 
 William Pierce, at Pierce's Cove, succeeded by Porter 
 Pierce, had two large bankers, the Atlantic and Sagasso. 
 
 Major John McKown, near the Southport boat landing, 
 succeeded by his son Cyrus ; later with Frederick Reed, as 
 McKown & Reed ; still later as Freeman Orne & Sons, who 
 conducted business until 1888. Major McKown's vessels in- 
 cluded the Jasper, American Eagle, Siberia and Saratoga; 
 
THE FISHERIES. 367 
 
 while among those of the last firm were the White Foam, Jose- 
 phine Swanton and Fannie S. Orne. The firms at this stand 
 did little, if any, shore fishing, but confined themselves to 
 bank fishing altogether. 
 
 Ebenezer and William Decker, at Decker's Cove, did an 
 extensive business during the Civil War period and for a time 
 following it. They had five bankers, the /Silver Moon, Willie 
 G. , Tiger, Orapeshot and the Archer, which was captured by 
 rebel privateers. 
 
 Willard Lewis, where Camp Skowhegan stands, had a 
 yard and some shore boats. 
 
 Robert Decker, near the Sawyer ice pond, had one shore boat. 
 
 Joseph and John Maddocks, at Maddocks' Point on Ebene- 
 cook, did the largest fishing business in either town during 
 the years engaged. They were succeeded by William T. 
 Maddocks, son of Joseph. Their fleet consisted of thirteen 
 bankers, which included the P. G. Maddocks, Alice Parker, 
 Astoria, Laut, Australia, E. S. Pendleton, Collector, Advance, 
 /Speedwell, Storm King, Home and Sunbeam,. The Home was 
 their largest, 165 tons ; the Speedwell, smallest, 40 tons. 
 
 In 1860 there were fifty-nine bankers and mackerel vessels 
 owned in Southport, giving employment to every able-bodied 
 man and boy on the island besides employing many others. It 
 was said during the height of their prosperity that no town in 
 Maine made its own business and earned so many dollars per 
 capita as Southport. 
 
 Up to 1850 codfishing was almost the sole industry in both 
 towns. It was the custom to start about the last week of April 
 or the first one in May, making a trip to the Cape Shore, and 
 the latter part of June another one to the Bay of St. Lawrence. 
 Four hundred quintals was considered a good trip. There were 
 no trawls used by our people before 1850, but they had been 
 in use by the French fishermen then for many years. Our 
 method was to fish over the rail of the vessel, a line in each 
 hand, two hooks to each line. The use of dories superseded 
 this method about 1862. The average price of cod from 1830 
 to 1860 was from $2.25 to $2.50 per quintal. By 1860 trawls 
 were in nearly universal use. Clams were invariably used for 
 
368 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 bait in early spring, but after about May 10th small herring 
 were used if they could be obtained. 
 
 A great many changes have occurred in the kind of vessel 
 which has been employed in the fisheries. Probably the most 
 primitive was used about shore only and consisted of the dug- 
 out and the bateau. A half -decked fishing vessel, called a 
 wherry, followed. Later, boats with two masts, called from 
 their peculiar model " stubnoses," were used for a time. The 
 pinkey, a famous craft in its time, next came into use. These 
 boats were from ten to twenty tons with standing room for 
 berths. They had a narrow waist, about eight inches high, but 
 no rail or bulwark for protection. They carried foresail and 
 mainsail only and were esteemed good sailers. A cuddy for- 
 ward contained two berths. Just abaft the foremast a brick 
 fireplace was built. The chimney was built of boards or plank 
 and either lined with sheet iron or plastered to prevent catch- 
 ing fii-e. Capt. Joseph McKown distinctly remembers the old 
 Boothbay fleet of 1834. They were all pinkeys at that date. 
 The Ocean, sixty tons, owned by Capt. John Hodgdon, and 
 the Albatross, seventy-two tons, owned by John M. McFar- 
 land, were the largest of the fleet. They averaged at that 
 time about thirty-five to forty tons. The pinkey had the run 
 from about 1810 to 1840. With some changes of model jiggers 
 and half-clippers appeared for a few years, when the square- 
 sterners came into almost universal use. They ran from forty 
 to eighty tons. These last were succeeded by the present 
 schooner. After 1851 the fishing vessels increased rapidly in 
 size. About that time a model appeared called the sharpshooter. 
 The first one in these waters was the Astoria, built at Essex 
 for Capt. Benjamin Maddocks and brothers. It proved a good 
 sailer and a seaworthy vessel, but at first many dire prophecies 
 were made regarding her. 
 
 Provisioning for a trip was, like everything else in those 
 days, vastly different from the modern way. Fish and pota- 
 toes were expected to be the basis of the food supply ; there- 
 fore only the latter had to be provided before starting. " It 
 was fish and potatoes three times a day and a lunch of it before 
 turning in," as one old captain expressed himself. Plenty of 
 salt pork was taken. Tea and coffee with molasses, for it was 
 
THE PISHEEIES. 369 
 
 before the days of sugar and condensed milk, constituted the 
 table beyerages. A liberal supply of rum was always taken, a 
 few sacks of Newbegin's biscuits, some beans and peas and 
 a quantity of corn meal. A firkin of flour would suffice for a 
 trip, for it was only used to thicken gravies, no bread being 
 baked aboard. The water that was taken in casks grew ropy 
 and when drawn from them was often unfit to drink, but a 
 large tub was used into which one cask was emptied at a time, 
 and after two or three days' exposure to the atmosphere it 
 became more palatable. No butter was used until 1855 or later. 
 Another essential in fitting was the homemade matches dipped 
 in brimstone, together with flints, a steel and box of tinder ; 
 the tinder first being ignited by use of the flint and steel and 
 then the matches lighted from it. 
 
 The old-time method of measuring a vessel for tonnage 
 was to multiply the length in feet by three-fourths its greatest 
 width and that by the depth, dividing the product by ninety- 
 five. By this method a vessel measuring fifty tons would not 
 at the present exceed thirty-five tons. 
 
 The catching of mackerel had become a profitable business 
 along the Massachusetts coast by 1850. Soon after that date 
 it was engaged in as a partial business by nearly all in our 
 vicinity who conducted fishing establishments. The early 
 spring trip to the Cape Shore for cod was made as formerly, 
 but instead of all making a second trip, going to the Bay of St. 
 Lawrence, a part of the returned vessels fitted for mackereling 
 the remainder of the season, for at that time of the year mack- 
 erel were fat and profitable. The average price of mackerel 
 from 1850 to 1860 was $2.25 to $2.50 per barrel. 
 
 These fish at first were caught with hook and line, or " jig- 
 ging," as the term went in coast parlance. Capt. Joseph 
 McKown, who was born in 1820, now (1905) residing at the 
 Harbor, commenced fishing at the age of fourteen and followed 
 the business until his eightieth year. He is authority for the 
 statement that he has seen the waters filled with mackerel from 
 Burnt Island to Fisherman's Island and remembers parties 
 hooking seventy-five tubs of them in a day about White Islands. 
 Seining was not commenced until about 1865, and it is thought 
 that 1866 was the first year that Boothbay or Southport fisher- 
 
370 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 men adopted that method. Capt. Freeman Grover relates that 
 in that year he purchased a one-fourth interest in a seine, which 
 cost $2,400, and that it did not contain more than one-fourth 
 as much twine as a modern one. The adoption of seines at 
 once increased the expense and outlay in conducting the fishing 
 business. It came at an inopportune time, just at the close of 
 the Civil War, when everything was on an inflated basis, par- 
 ticularly the cost of material for seines. The bounty which 
 had been allowed fishing vessels was taken away that year by 
 the repeal of the act, which produced another hardship to the 
 industry. The mackerel catch decreased rapidly soon after 
 the introduction of seines and many fishermen have ascribed 
 the reason, in their opinions, to be on account of the destruc- 
 tion of small fish and spawn. It is a fact, however, that the 
 diminished quantity of fish in the waters, be it due to whatever 
 cause, the repeal of the bounty act and the enlarged expense 
 of conducting the business soon had the effect to reduce and 
 drive out the industry in small places and among firms of lim- 
 ited capital. 
 
 Since the close of the Civil War the fishing business has 
 been, perhaps, not less the support of the people of our region 
 than formerly, but conditions have changed and it has become 
 a more diversified industry than in the years preceding that 
 date. Then it was the catches of cod and mackerel only ; since 
 then those branches of the business have been annually prose- 
 cuted, but added to them have been the other branches : the 
 seining of the porgy or menhaden at sea and the production 
 of oil in the factory ashore, the digging of clams and canning 
 them, the trapping and canning of lobsters, the sardine indus- 
 try, the manufacturing of fertilizer which largely depended on 
 the factory chum, the selling of bait and ice, the shipping of 
 live lobsters and fresh fish iced, the treatment and handling of 
 both bait and food fish by the cold storage process, besides 
 many other kindred undertakings. 
 
 While one effect of the war was to take away the tonnage 
 bounty to fishing vessels, which had really been the backbone 
 of the business, thus dealing that industry a crushing blow — 
 one from which it never recovered — another had been to 
 advance the value of fish oils from 1863-65 to the hitherto 
 
THE FISHERIES. 371 
 
 unknown price of $1.25 per gallon, and a substitute for Peru- 
 vian guano for fertilizing purposes was much sought for. As 
 early as 1855 there were five establishments for the manufac- 
 ture of porgy oil, all located on Blue Hill Bay. From that 
 time until 1863 straggling concerns sprang up along the coast 
 in this business, but, for the most part, they caught their fish 
 in gill nets, cooked them in kettles and pressed them in a crude 
 hand press. The price of oil advancing as it did, the plenti- 
 fulness of menhaden or porgies appearing at the same time, 
 while other fishing interests were depressed, had the effect to 
 at once enlist capital to enter upon the business on an elaborate 
 scale. 
 
 The first steam menhaden oil factory in Maine was erected 
 at South Bristol, in 1864, by W. A. Wells & Co. This firm, 
 also, was first to make the attempt to catch the fish in purse 
 seines. The first purse seine was one hundred fathoms long 
 and ten fathoms deep. It was used by Capt. E. T. Dubois, 
 of Portsmouth, R. I. The boats they used were one-sail, cat- 
 rigged and open, too large to be controlled with oars. In 
 fishing these boats were brought together to the windward of a 
 school of fish, with sails down and boom traced up, they were 
 then opened, the seine divided, and they went to leeward to 
 encircle the school of fish. Such methods now look impractical, 
 but in 1864-65 the Wells establishment with one seine and two 
 boats, which were forty-five feet long, thirteen wide and six 
 deep, obtained in John's Bay all the fish they needed and made 
 a large sum of money. 
 
 In February, 1865, Luther Maddocks, then twenty years 
 of age, started a factory at Dogfish Head, which he operated 
 for three years and in 1869 leased it to Judson Tarr & Co., 
 Pemaquid, who had lost their factory by fire. 
 
 In 1866 Peck & Glover, Greenport, L. I., erected a factory 
 on Linekin Neck at a cost of about $40,000 and expended 
 $50,000 more in fishing gear. This factory was later sold to 
 Joshua G. Nickerson, who, with his associates, added many 
 improvements and operated it until the supply of fish gave out. 
 The factory has been torn down and the machinery removed, 
 while the property was sold to the late Prof. Nathaniel G. 
 Allen for a summer home. 
 
372 HISTOBY OF BOOTHS AY. 
 
 Next below, on Linekin Neck, was a large and valuable 
 plant built by Fred Gallup, John Morgan and Solomon Gar- 
 diner. About $50,000 was invested to commence with and 
 many improvements afterward added. They continued in 
 business sixteen years. 
 
 Southerly from the above establishment, built the same 
 year (1866) was a plant of about the same cost as that of the 
 Gallup-Morgan Company, built by Gallup & Holmes, Mystic, 
 Conn. When the menhaden supply failed both these concerns 
 made desperate efforts to handle dogfish, which they did for 
 two years, when they were unable to obtain enough of these, 
 and the factories were both sold at about ten per cent, of their 
 original cost. 
 
 Southerly from these, at the elbow on the bay, Kenniston, 
 Cobb & Co. commenced the same year and successfully oper- 
 ated their factory for a time. When the change from sail- 
 gangs to steamers came they sold their plant rather than make 
 the great outlay required in the purchase of steamers. 
 
 Where the Ocean Point House stands the White Wine 
 Brook Company erected a plant and conducted it for several 
 years with fair success. When the business failed the buildings 
 were removed. 
 
 A plant was erected by Phillips & Co., of Greenport, L. I., 
 on Southport, near the old bridge. It had no steam power 
 and only remained in business a few years. 
 
 In 1870 Luther Maddocks built a factory on Spruce Point, 
 which, with machinery, cost about $80,000 ; about $100,000 
 more was put into fishing steamers and gear. At one time he 
 had a fleet of six, namely : Grace Darling, Phoebe, 8. L. 
 Ooodale, Mollie L. Fish, Mabel Bird and Helen M. Pierce. 
 This establishment alone gave lucrative employment, on land 
 and water, to about 200 men. The Cumberland Bone Com- 
 pany erected its factory in 1874 near Mr. Maddocks' factory, 
 the leading inducement for so doing being the convenient loca- 
 tion for using the oil factory chum, which largely entered into 
 their fertilizer as a constituent. This business continued until 
 1878, when it went the way of the rest of its kind. 
 
 To summarize the magnitude of this business while it lasted, 
 that the record may be retained, it may be said that at one 
 
THE FISHERIES. 373 
 
 time sixteen steamers were engaged to supply the four leading 
 factories on Boothbay soil. These factories were the Atlantic 
 Oil Co., Luther Maddocks, manager; Gallup & Holmes Co., 
 B. F. Gallup, manager; Gallup & Morgan Co., Fred Gallup, 
 manager; Suffolk Oil Co., J. C. Nickerson, manager. These 
 four concerns had an investment of about $500,000 and did an 
 annual business aggregating about $1,000,000, employing 
 about 1,000 men. No town in Maine of equal population and 
 valuation enjoyed a greater degree of prosperity than Boothbay 
 during the period from 1866 to 1878. Boothbay Harbor, East 
 Boothbay and Linekin Neck had many good and permanent 
 homes built from the factory disbursements, and general im- 
 provement was noted in all the other parts of the town and in 
 Southport. When the business fell, as it did with an appalling 
 suddenness, these homes that had been built remained and their 
 owners shifted to other undertakings, while those who suffered 
 most were the operators. They had played for great stakes 
 and lost through circumstances over which they had no control. 
 For ten years following 1878 no menhaden appeared along 
 the Maine coast, then for three years they were fairly plentiful 
 and several of the old factories were refitted and put in opera- 
 tion ; but no sooner fairly at work than the fish again disap- 
 peared to make now and then a visit to our shores. Why this 
 action no one can explain, and until the habits of migratory 
 fish are solved this particular case will remain one of the most 
 notable mysteries in the list. The end of all the costly outlay 
 for the conduct of this business, on both land and water, netted 
 the operators not far from ten per cent, of the original cost. 
 
 During these years the old codfishing establishments had 
 either largely reduced the volume of their business or gone 
 entirely out of it. After the decline commenced but one firm, 
 which has extensively carried it on, has been organized and 
 begun business. This one commenced at the old Kockweed 
 Factory on Atlantic Street, in 1877, giving that locality the 
 distinction of having the largest transactions of business on 
 its shores, of the kind, over a term of nearly three-quarters of 
 a century. This firm, known as S. Nickerson & Sons, was at 
 first composed of Alonzo E. and Stephen E. Nickerson, to 
 which another brother, Arthur E. Nickerson, was admitted in 
 
374 HISTORY OF BOOTHS AY. 
 
 1880. They, from the first, conducted cod and mackerel fish- 
 ing and dealt largely in salt, running in connection a general 
 store from March until December of each year. The alewife 
 privileges at Damariscotta Mills, Woolwich and Warren were 
 soon after leased and carried on during the season in connec- 
 tion with the rest. Their fleet has been made up of the follow- 
 ing vessels : MolUe Porter, Magnolia, Cora Louise, James 
 Poole, Louis and liosie. Dorado, General Grant, Cynosure, 
 Bertha D. Nickerson, Carleton Bell, Edith Mclntyre, Harry 
 A. Niclcerson, Flora L. Nickerson, Natalie B. Nickerson, 
 Clyter, Robert Rhodes, Mary J. Elliott, Australia, John Nye 
 and Perine. The volume of business annually, for many years, 
 ran between $200,000 and $250,000. In January, 1903, this 
 firm disposed of seven-eighths interest in their business to the 
 Baldwin Fish Company, which was then organized and still 
 conducts the business at the McClintock stand. During the 
 twenty-six years they were engaged in the fisheries not a 
 vessel was lost and but one man while prosecuting the busi- 
 ness ; the first four vessels above-named were lost, with casu- 
 alties, during winter coasting. 
 
 James C. Poole, who had })een engaged at sailmaking from 
 1869, when he moved from Bristol to Boothbay, sold that 
 business in 1881 and at once engaged in the cod and mackerel 
 fishery from his establishment on Commercial Street. He built 
 two vessels at a cost of $12,000 each and purchased others. In 
 1884 he packed 7,000 barrels of mackerel besides sending part 
 of his fleet to the banks for cod. He conducted his fishing 
 business after the disastrous fire of 1886, which burned his 
 store, until 1898, when he sold his vessels. 
 
 In 1893 Mr. Poole, as chief promoter, organized the Booth- 
 bay Harbor Cold Storage Company for freezing and storing 
 food and bait fish. The building of this company was placed 
 on the lot where the store had been burned. It was erected 
 and equipped at a cost of $15,000 and has proved a profitable 
 investment. Mr. Poole has retained the management of this 
 company since its start. 
 
 The sardine business in Maine commenced in 1880 at East- 
 port and with varying success has been carried on at different 
 points along the Maine coast since. The towns principally 
 
THE FISHERIES. 375 
 
 engaged in this industry are Eastport, Lubec, Cutler, Machias- 
 port, Pembroke, Jonesport, Brooklin and Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 It commenced in 1895 in the latter town, Luther Maddocks, 
 together with F. C. Littlefield & Co., beginning at the factory 
 of that firm, while C. E. Capen, of Eastport, built a factory 
 on the Campbell lot known as the Boothbay Canning Company. 
 At the beginning the former concern put up 14,000 cases, 
 while the Capen factory put out from 10,000 to 15,000 cases, 
 per annum. The Capen company did business three seasons, 
 when their factory was burned. 
 
 In 1897 the factory of F. C. Littlefield & Co. was leased 
 to the L. Pickert Fish Co., who have conducted business there 
 since, with an annual capacity for about 25,000 cases. 
 
 In 1898 Luther Maddocks organized the Maddocks Pack- 
 ing Company and reopened his old factory, though in the other 
 one he had for the previous fifteen years been engaged in can- 
 ning mackerel and lobsters. This factory has an annual capacity 
 for 40,000 to 50,000 cases and is at present in operation. 
 
 In 1898 Pal G. Pierce and Newbert Pierce built a small 
 factory near the store of James F. Dunton. Later this plant 
 became the Boothbay Packing Company, W. F. Bishop, super- 
 intendent, and has been enlarged to a capacity of about 10,000 
 cases annually. 
 
 In 1898 James C. and Eben A. Poole built a factory on 
 the wharf of the former, in the rear of the cold storage build- 
 ing. It has been run by them or by lessees most of the time 
 since. It has about a 10,000 case capacity annually. 
 
 About the same time Keene M. Barter built a small factory 
 with a capacity for about 5,000 cases near Mill Cove, which 
 has been run a part of the time. 
 
 M. J. Powers & Co. built a factory in 1900, at West Har- 
 bor, with a capacity of about 25,000 cases annually. It was 
 burned near the end of the second season. 
 
 An outgrowth of the sardine industry has been the bait 
 business, which commenced in 1885 and since its start has 
 grown rapidly. Capt. Moses K. Eowe was the first man to rig 
 a herring seine and catch herring for bait and other purposes. 
 In the eighties herring could be caught almost entirely around 
 the island of Damariscove, but since about 1895 they have 
 been principally obtained up the rivers and in Casco Bay. 
 
376 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Since the diflSculty in procuring bait in Nova Scotia and New- 
 foundland that business has settled largely here, and is becom- 
 ing a greater income to our people each successive year. It 
 has been estimated that about $100,000 is annually received 
 for bait and ice in this vicinity ; three ice establishments hav- 
 ing sprung up meantime, so that Boothbay Harbor offers the 
 most" complete facilities for this purpose of any place on the 
 coast. Its perfect harborage, opportunity for the purchase of 
 other vessel supplies, the chance to take ice in connection with 
 bait supply, and the ability to obtain the latter any day in the 
 year, either from the traps or cold storage, affords all the 
 facilities required. 
 
 The extent of the lobster industry about our waters in 
 recent years has been of much importance. Many have dropped 
 all other branches of fishing and devoted themselves entirely 
 to this one. The increasing demand, however, has produced a 
 consequent falling off in supply and an enhancement in price. 
 Since the tide of summer travel has set in so strongly to the 
 Maine coast a great consumption of this desirable crustacean 
 at that season has followed ; in fact, the lobster has been one 
 of the drawing cards. Then, again, live shipments to hotels 
 and restaurants throughout the country, in all our leading 
 cities, has been carried on to a large extent for several years. 
 Two concerns in our own locality, Fred B. Higgins, Boothbay 
 Harbor, and Austin P. Greenleaf, Southport, have been 
 engaged extensively in live shipping. 
 
 When such conditions exist in relation to any commodity, 
 if a manufactured one, the capacity is increased ; if a natural 
 one, men of scientific attainments set themselves at work to 
 discover some artificial method to assist Nature. It was so in 
 this case. Successful experimentation was followed by the 
 United States Government building hatcheries at Wood's Hole, 
 Mass., and Wickford, R. I. These were no sooner found to be 
 practical, as had been anticipated, than United States Commis- 
 sioner Bowers, ably assisted by our own citizen, Hon. Alonzo 
 R. Nickerson, who was the Maine Commissioner of Sea and 
 Shore Fisheries, and Hon. Charles E. Littlefield, member of 
 Congress from Maine, set about to obtain a hatchery for Maine. 
 By their united efforts an appropriation was secured in 1902 
 and an additional one the next year. The entire coast line of 
 
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 Maine was examined and tested by experts for the location of 
 the hatchery and Boothbay Harbor decided upon for several 
 reasons, the most prominent being the accessibility and excel- 
 lence of the harbor and the purity and clearness of its waters. 
 
 Land was secured on McKown's Point at its northeastern 
 extremity and work commenced in 1903. The contract for 
 building the main hatchery was awarded to Charles E. Carlisle, 
 Boothbay Harbor, while the pumping station and auxiliary 
 buildings were erected under the supervision of Government 
 officials. The work was completed in 1904 and placed under 
 the supervision of Capt. Everett E. Hahn. Cod as well as 
 lobsters are hatched here. At the close of the season for 1905, 
 which period since getting the plant under way represents but 
 preliminary work, nearly 150,000,000 eggs have been obtained 
 from seed lobsters and ninety-three per cent, of them have 
 been hatched; while about 80,000,000 cod eggs have been 
 obtained, of which seventy per cent, were hatched. During 
 the season for hatching employment is given to about twenty 
 men. The steam yacht Carita has been chartered by the 
 Government to run in connection with the hatchery in obtain- 
 ing eggs and distributing fry at suitable places along shore. 
 
 While omissions may occur it has been the author's desire 
 to present as fully as possible, within a limited space, the story 
 of the Boothbay fisheries. To that end those who are now 
 most active in the various branches of that business and have 
 the largest present interests, as well as the old men, who, in 
 some instances, were on the stage of action more than fifty 
 years ago, have all been interviewed and the substance of what 
 has been obtained from them incorporated in these pages. It 
 may be safely stated that of the varied interests upon which 
 the people of this locality have depended, since 1819, that of 
 the fisheries, taken as a whole, has been far the most important. 
 
 It has been a hazardous business as affecting both life and 
 property. From the foregoing the reader may be able to form 
 some conclusion as to its financial ups and downs. In the fol- 
 lowing chapter is presented, in an abridged form, only a part 
 of the disasters that have occurred in our history. Many have 
 failed to come to the notice of the author, but enough appears 
 to illustrate the dangers of the deep and to indicate the many 
 broken homes consequent upon a seagoing life. 
 
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CHAPTER XXII. 
 
 Casualties. 
 
 1624. The earliest loss of life by accident or disaster in 
 this locality, of which record is found, was the wreck of a fish- 
 ing vessel from Plymouth Colony at Damariscove. The cap- 
 tain and one man were lost ; the vessel was raised by the use 
 of casks, floated and repaired. 
 
 1739. The first murder in town (except such as may have 
 occurred by Indians) was that of the killing of David Bryant 
 by Edmond Brown in August. They were both settlers under 
 Dunbar. Brown married Bryant's daughter. Bryant took up 
 the land on the easterly slope of Pisgah, erecting his house 
 about halfway from the top to the outlet of Echo Lake, north 
 of the present road, nearly opposite to the house of Merritt 
 Grover. Brown took up and built upon the land just east of 
 the outlet and the old road leading toward the Leishman place. 
 He kept the place as an inn. Being a blacksmith by trade he 
 exchanged places with Bryant and after exchanging built a 
 shop near his house. It is evident that liquor was kept at the 
 inn and the supply was obtained from Pemaquid. Together 
 they went there the day before the tragedy and brought home 
 a quantity. The day of the murder Brown went down to 
 Bryant's to get a firebrand to start a fire in his forge. As the 
 story has come down, they were both under the influence of 
 liquor and a quarrel commenced over some real or fancied 
 grievance of one or the other in relation to the exchange of 
 property then recently made. Brown struck Bryant with an 
 ax, splitting his head open. The murder occurred in the main 
 room of the house. Bryant was buried on what became the 
 Allen Lewis place, near the Albion Foster house. Brown 
 made no attempt to escape. The officers to the westward were 
 sent for and while he, tit his home, awaited their coming he 
 sent for John Beath, John McFarland and others of his neigh- 
 bors to come and see him. When all were arrived he gave 
 them in trust a part of his real estate to be held for the use of 
 the "first settled minister." It was so held and, by depositions 
 recorded in the Lincoln County Registry, founded the title to 
 the land where the first parsonage was built for Mr. Murray. 
 John Beath's deposition tells us that Brown never returned 
 but died in "gaol." It is thought he left a wife and children 
 in Townsend. 
 
CASUALTIES. 379 
 
 1764. Kobert, Jr., and James Montgomery, sons of Rob- 
 ert and Sarah Montgomery, lost at sea during the year. They 
 left wives, but it is thought no children ; their estates were 
 probated in September. 
 
 1777. Samuel, son of Robert and Martha Wylie, lost 
 April 2, from the armed brig Tyranniside, homeward bound 
 from the West Indies. 
 
 "1784. Samuel, Jr., son of Samuel and Sarah Adams, 
 drowned in Adams Pond, aged 17. ' 
 
 1789. Andrew, son of Samuel and Sarah Adams, lost at 
 sea, aged 22. 
 
 1798. Capt. William Reed, drowned in early part of year 
 by capsizing of his boat just off McKown's Point, aged 48. 
 
 1801. William, son of Samuel and Sarah Adams, lost at 
 sea, aged 32. 
 
 1804. February 11, Jotham, son of John Grimes, drowned 
 near Ocean Point. 
 
 1810. June 4, Thomas, son of Adam and Martha Boyd, 
 lost at sea, aged 18. 
 
 1811. Samuel, son of Alexander Wylie, killed by light- 
 ning June 6, aged 20. — At Damariscotta, June 11, Samuel 
 Smith, of the United States Garrison there, and his wife, who 
 was Sally Adams, of Boothbay, both drowned in the river 
 near the village. 
 
 1812-14. Joseph Grover, killed by British ; see Chapter 
 XIV. — July 14, 1812, Mary, daughter of Edmund Wilson, 
 drowned in the harbor, aged 18 months. 
 
 1814. Late in January or early in February, George 
 Kalloch and Thomas Boyd, killed at Plattsburgh Bay, under 
 Commodore McDonough ; see Chapter XIV. — On August 14, 
 Esther, daughter of Michael Campbell, aged 13, drowned at 
 Damariscotta Mills. 
 
 1815. Benjamin, son of Nicholas Barter, drowned June 
 13, aged 16. 
 
 1816. May, John, son of Major John McKown, drowned, 
 aged 11. 
 
 1820. May 22, John, son of Samuel and Sarah McCobb, 
 lost at sea, aged 20. — August 23, Amos, son of Joseph and 
 Susanna Carlisle, lost at sea, aged 28. 
 
 1821. John, aged 26, and William, aged 23, sons of 
 Nicholas T. Knight, lost at sea. — July 7, Thomas L. Nelson, 
 drowned. — October 15, Samuel Loomis, drowned. 
 
380 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 1823. March 27, John Horn, drowned. 
 
 1825. February 12, Paul, son of Robert Eeed, 3d, lost 
 at sea, aged 22. 
 
 1829. October, Jonathan Preble, aged 31, lost at sea. 
 
 1830. Alfred, son of Nicholas T. and Rachel Knight, lost 
 at sea, aged 30. 
 
 1831. January, David, son of Robert Wylie, 4th, lost at 
 sea, aged 22. — February 25, Benjamin P., son of David and 
 Sarah Reed, drowned, aged 17. 
 
 1833. August 12, in Bay St. Lawrence, the fishing schooner 
 Rising States, fitted and owned by Smith Brothers, West Har- 
 bor, was lost with all on board. They were : Patrick, son of 
 William McKown, aged 27, who married Elizabeth Wylie the 
 previous year; Jacob, son of Paul Reed, 2d, aged 11 ; Isaiah, 
 son of John M. Reed, aged 15 ; Joseph McCobb (perhaps the 
 son of James and Sarah) ; Lovell Hodgdon, who left a widow 
 and three children ; John, son of Major John McKown, aged 18. 
 
 1836. Sewall, son of Benjamin Wheeler, aged 25, lost at 
 sea. — Andrew, aged 25, son of Jonathan Hutchings, lost at 
 sea. — July 21, William, son of Alexander Wylie, thought to 
 have been unmarried, aged 52, together with Joseph A., son of 
 Samuel and Betsey Davis, drowned near home. 
 
 1838. January 15, Warren, son of John Swett, aged 25, 
 together with Phineas Kimball and another by name of Cas- 
 well, all residents of Boothbay, drowned at the mouth of the 
 Damariscotta by capsizing of the herring schooner Florida. — 
 July 1, John K., son of Isaac and Martha Kelley, drowned, 
 aged 19. 
 
 1839. Near the last of September the fishing schooner 
 Atlantic disappeared. At the time a severe storm passed over 
 Bay Chaleur, while one of moderate intensity prevailed here. 
 Capt. Merrill, son of John and Sarah Hodgdon, was master ; 
 while the crew were : John, son of Nicholas T. and Sarah 
 Knight ; Jonathan, son of Capt. John Reed, of Indiantown ; 
 James, Jr., son of James Adams; Ephraim, son of William 
 Durant ; Harvey, son of Israel Holton ; Samuel M., son of 
 Joseph and Frances Thompson, and Nathan H. Nason. A 
 strange instance is related by Mrs. Rosanna Campbell, a daugh- 
 ter of William Durant, who, as a child, distinctly remembers 
 the incident. Breakfast was about ready at the Durant home 
 when their neighbor, Nicholas T. Knight, called in. Tears 
 were trickling down his face and he was nearly overcome with 
 emotion. His first words were : " William, we have lost our 
 
CASUALTIES. 381 
 
 boys ; they went down in last night's storm. I am sure of it. 
 I saw it in a dream as plain as I could have seen it in reality." 
 The storm here had been so slight that no one anticipated any 
 danger to the fleet in Chaleur. But it was generally supposed 
 after their disappearance that this storm, which was learned to 
 have been severe to the eastward, was the fatal one. Nearly 
 twenty years after, while John M., brother to Capt. Merrill 
 Hodgdon, was on a fishing trip and while at Wolf Head, one 
 of the North Madeleine Islands, he became acquainted with a 
 resident, who told him of a wreck, twenty years before, which 
 occurred there. He mentioned the names of some of the crew 
 and Capt. John at once recognized them as his long-lost rela- 
 tives and friends. They had gone ashore on the suspected 
 night, beneath an overhanging cliff with two treacherous arms, 
 one on either side. One hundred feet either way would have 
 saved them. When this party saw the wreck, the day follow- 
 ing its occurrence, no vestige of the crew, except a few articles 
 of clothing, was to be seen, and a number of French and Indian 
 natives were taking out the fish still remaining in the hull of 
 the wreck. 
 
 1840. November 30, Charles H., aged 18, and John, aged 
 15, sons of Henry and Mary Gray, lost at sea. — December, 
 John, son of John and Susan Gove, lost at sea, aged 22. — 
 Thomas Williams lost at sea within the year. 
 
 1841. October 4, Joel T., son of Jeremiah, Jr., and Sarah 
 S. Beath, aged 30, lost at sea. His widow, Mary Sales, daugh- 
 ter of James Adams, afterward married Augustus Whittaker. 
 — October, William Preble, lost at sea. — October, Richard, 
 son of Samuel, Jr., and Mary Adams, lost at sea, aged 49, 
 leaving a widow, who was Elizabeth Grover, and nine children. 
 
 1842. April 19, John, son of Paul and Jane McCobb, 
 washed overboard and drowned. — October 4, William Clark, 
 living north of Adams Pond, lost at sea, aged 57, leaving 
 widow and children. — November 8, Thomas M., son of David 
 and Sarah Eeed, aged 19, and Reuben P., son of John and 
 Mary Alley, aged 13, lost at sea. — November 14, Benjamin, son 
 of William and Mercy Carlisle, aged 24, drowned at Maryland. 
 
 1844. July 7, Samuel Barter, 2d, lost at sea. — October, 
 Benjamin P., son of David and Sintha Adams, aged 21. — 
 December 11, Willard, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Mont- 
 gomery, lost at sea, aged 24. — December, Artemas, aged 35, 
 and Ichabod, aged 32, sons of John and Lydia Tibbetts. 
 Artemas left a widow and eight children ; two sons among the 
 number were lost at sea seven years later. — In that year Joseph, 
 
382 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 son of James Campbell, aged 24, was drowned on the coast of 
 Sumatra, and John Q. A., son of William and Peggy Kennedy, 
 was drowned in the harbor, off Spruce Point. 
 
 1845. Martin V., son of David and Sarah Lewis, lost at 
 sea, aged 11. 
 
 1846. July 10, Elihu Bryer, Jr., drowned near the shore 
 at Carlisle's Point, aged 46. — November 23, Amos, son of 
 Henry and Miriam Eeed, lost at sea, aged 22. 
 
 1848. March 31, Rufus Sargent, lost at sea, aged 12. — 
 July 2, John Tibbetts, Linekin, aged 73, thrown from a car- 
 riage on way to attend court at Wiscasset and neck broken. — 
 July 4, Marston, son of John and Sarah Hodgdon, aged 22 ; 
 Samuel M., son of Joseph and Frances Thompson, aged 24, 
 and John Harrington, washed overboard by a heavy sea, from 
 a fishing schooner, near Cape North. — November 19, Marshall 
 S., son of Matthew and Sally Reed, lost off Hatteras. 
 
 1849. March 26. Capt. Abraham Mussenden, a Creole 
 from the West Indies, settled in Boothbcy about 1845. He was 
 a thrifty person and owned half of the schooner Pearl. On 
 Friday, March 25, he and his crew, consisting of Thomas, son 
 of Jonathan and Mary Hutchings ; George, aged 25, and Will- 
 iam F., aged 15, sons of William and Mary McCobb; Rufus, 
 son of Samuel and Polly Brewer, aged 13 ; William F. Brewer, 
 brother to Rufus, and James Adams, a passenger, stalled to 
 Portland to fit for a trip to the Western Banks. Early Sat- 
 urday evening they started home. When off Seguin they 
 encountered ice cakes from the mouth of the Kennebec, driven 
 before a stiff northwest breeze. Some they avoided, but at 
 last struck one which broke in the wood ends, though at first 
 they were not aware of the extent of the damage. They started 
 the pumps and as the water was making upon them rapidly 
 others commenced to bail with tubs. Some wanted to beach 
 the schooner on Popham, which might have been done, but the 
 captain would not listen to the plan, as it would have been cer- 
 tain loss of vessel and cargo. They soon saw they must aban- 
 don her, however, and launched a skiff. All got into it, but 
 when the last one did it began to take water, so all but William 
 F. Brewer and Adams went back aboard the schooner. The 
 two had just pushed clear when the schooner went down with 
 all the rest. There were no rowlocks on the skiff, but Adams 
 cut two holes through the laps, put in a becket and rowed to 
 keep head to the sea. They hoped to make Damariscove, but 
 were twelve miles to leeward when morning broke. The wind 
 blew a gale from the northwest and they were continually in 
 danger of filling, but before noon were picked up by schooner 
 
CASUALTIES. 383 
 
 Metallic, Lubec for Boston, landed at the latter place and 
 Tuesday, following, reached home. — During the year Thomas, 
 son of John and Abigail Roberts, was lost at sea. 
 
 184-. During the forties Nathaniel Knight, born 1808, 
 was drowned at Eastport ; left a family. Also Samuel, Jr., son 
 of Samuel and Elizabeth Giles, who settled on the Mississippi, 
 was lost on a West India voyage ; he also left a family. 
 
 1850. Jackson, son of Capt. John Reed, Indiantown, lost 
 at sea. — September 26, Edward H., son of Thomas and Emma 
 Pinkham, lost at sea, aged 16. 
 
 1851. For fatalities to our town that year has eclipsed all 
 others, and its disasters were severely felt by Gloucester and 
 all other towns engaged in a similar business. February 10, 
 James, son of Jason and Jane Fuller, lost at sea, aged 18. — 
 April, the fishing schooner Grampus, owned by E. & E. Hol- 
 brook, lost with all on board. They were Capt. William, son 
 of Ezekiel Holbrook, aged 27 ; Augustus, son of James Auld, 
 aged 48, and his son, EIup Faxon, aged 17 ; William G., aged 
 22, and Ambrose C, aged 19, sons of Ansel and Mina Farn- 
 ham. The storm in which they were supposed to have been 
 lost occurred a few days after they started for the Banks. — 
 Also in April, and probably in the same storm, was the loss of 
 the Forrester, with all on board, owned by Capt. Allen Lewis. 
 The lost were : Parker Wylie, master, aged 31 ; Alvin Sar- 
 gent ; Thomas B. , son of William and Catherine Farmer, aged 
 28 ; William F., son of John, 2d, and Eunice Lewis, aged 27 ; 
 James O., son of James and Abigail Linekin, aged 18 ; John 
 Lyon; Daniel, aged 13, and John, aged 17, sons of Artemas 
 and Sarah Tibbetts. — In October, at Prince Edward's Island, 
 the O. G. Matthews with all on board, numbering thirteen, all 
 Boothbay residents : James, son of John Love, aged 26 ; John 
 Ellenwood, son of John Lewis, 2d, aged 29 ; Charles A., son 
 of Alfred Hodgdon, aged 20 ; Marshall, son of Allen Lewis, 
 aged 19 ; Albion L., son of Andrew Farmer, aged 16 ; Charles 
 E., son of Luther Weld, aged 22; James R., son of John 
 Weymouth, aged 21 ; Henry, son of Arber Marson, aged 21 ; 
 Andrew Farmer; Edward, son of Alfred Matthews, aged 21 ; 
 James, son of Jason Fuller, aged 18 ; Charles, son of Richard 
 Adams, aged 26 ; Capt. Joseph P. Harris, master, aged 33. 
 The Matthews was owned and fitted by Paul and Joseph- P. 
 Harris. Captain Harris left a widow and three children. This 
 crew, for the most part, had engaged to go that year in the O. 
 G. Reed, but she capsized at the "rolling" when launched, 
 which frightened them from shipping in her and they went in 
 the Matthevfs instead. The Reed was afterward fitted and was 
 
384 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 in the vicinity of the Matthews through the same great storm, 
 but rode it out with safety. A monument to this captain and 
 crew was erected, properly inscribed, in the Wylie cemetery, 
 by Samuel Donnell. — June 2, Samuel, Jr., son of Samuel and 
 Lydia Sawyer, lost at sea, aged 23. — In the summer, the 
 schooner Stephen O. Phillips, Freeman Orne, master, was lost 
 on the way home from the banks, but no loss of life. — In 
 October, schooner Burnham, owned by John Cameron, his son 
 Daniel, master, lost in Bay Chaleur, crew saved. 
 
 1852. July 27, Stephen, son of Jeremiah and Ellice 
 Blake, lost at sea, aged 24. — August 5, Michael C. Webber, 
 aged 21, lost at sea. — October, Charles Adams, lost at sea. — 
 November, Harry Barter, his son and William Beaton, West- 
 port, were capsized and drowned between Hockomock and 
 Westport Upper Landing. The accident was seen by Timothy 
 Hodgdon, who was in the localit3^ He made rapidly for them 
 and picked up Barter and Beaton, dead, but still afloat, bent 
 over an oar. The body of the boy was not recovered. 
 
 1853. March 7, William Lewis, lost at sea. — December 
 24, Kobert Osborne, lost at sea from brig Rainhovj. — Decem- 
 ber 29, Stillman B. Matthews, aged 29, and his wife, Arabella, 
 aged 27, drowned at Wellfleet Bar, Mass., in the great gale 
 that then occurred. 
 
 1854. January 12, Alexander, son of John and Nancy 
 Linekin, lost at sea, aged 28. — July, Daniel Kose, lost at sea, 
 leaving widow and two children. 
 
 1855. April 14, Stephen Webster, lost at sea, aged 48; 
 left widow and children. — George M., son of Joseph C. Auld, 
 lost at sea, aged 14. 
 
 1856. March 14, Merrill, son of Nathan and Hannah 
 Day, killed by accidental discharge of gun, aged 16. — Decem- 
 ber, Allen, aged 36, and Granville, aged 24, sons of Tyler and 
 Jerusha Hodgdon, lost at sea. — December, Samuel Tibbetts, 
 lost at sea. 
 
 1857. September 15, the schooner W. F. Tarbox, Capt. 
 Ebenezer Lundy, was lost in Bay St. Lawrence with all on 
 board. Captain Lundy was 31, left family; Paul, aged 28, 
 and Charles C, aged 18, sons of Franklin and Elizabeth C. 
 
 Jones, Southport ; Joseph Preble and Westman, both of 
 
 Cape Newagen. They were thought to have been run down 
 and sunk as there had been no storm ; vessel was owned by 
 Samuel Pierce. 
 
 1858. March 22, Westbrook P., son of William and Olive 
 Hodgdon, lost at sea, aged 21. — May 31, William H., son of 
 
CASUALTIES. 385 
 
 "Willard and Mary Holton, aged 16, drowned just ojEf McFar- 
 land's Point. In company with his brother, W. K., and 
 Charles Emerson they were coming in with a load of mackerel 
 on a punt, which they had gathered at Harbor Island. It 
 foundered from overloading. His companions reached shore 
 in an exhausted condition. — October 1, James D., son of 
 William and Olive Hodgdon, lost at sea, aged 16. 
 
 1859. January, John Kackliff, lost at sea. — April 5, Isaac 
 Furbush, drowned near home. — Eobert, son of Joseph Mad- 
 docks, in schooner JE. 8. Pendleton, 120 tons, loaded with 
 oats, dressed hogs and geese, left Georgetown, P. E. I., for 
 home in November. No tidings were ever had of them after 
 sailing. His mate was William Brown, Southport. Crew : 
 Simon Bushee, Bath; Stephen Kehail, Westport ; Crossman 
 Timmons, Bowdoinham. 
 
 1860. During the year Benjamin, son of Waterman 
 McClintock, lost in fishing schooner Foaming Billow, aged 
 21. — Franklin L., son of James and Hepsibeth Pinkham, fell 
 from aloft in New York Harbor and was killed, aged 20. 
 
 1861. July, David L., son of John and Adeline Wylie, 
 lost at sea, aged 19. 
 
 1862. February, William, son of John and Elizabeth 
 Weymouth, lost at sea, aged 26 ; left widow and children. — 
 March 7, Daniel, Jr., son of Daniel Bennett, bound from Port- 
 land to Havana, wrecked by a waterspout, aged 26. — August, 
 Charles Brown, Southport, son of the Brown who was lost with 
 Eobert Maddocks, drowned near Green Island by capsizing of 
 boat, aged 22. — December 29, William B. Tibbetts, from 
 wounds received at battle of Fredericksburg. — August, Albert 
 B., son of Samuel McClintock, was killed by the blowing up 
 of a gunboat in the United States Navy, aged 22. 
 
 1863. Samuel Miller Reed, lost in a bark built in Calais, 
 of which he was master ; was never heard from after sailing. — 
 July 2, George P. Fogler, killed in battle. — July 3, James A. 
 Knight, aged 19, killed at battle of Gettysburg. — July 4, Lieut. 
 Charles S. McCobb, killed at the battle of Gettysburg, aged 
 26. — October 17, John Hilton, died from starvation at Ander- 
 Bonville. — November 3, Benton, son of David and Sarah Lewis, 
 lost at sea, aged 22. — November, Jason, son of Waterman 
 McClintock, aged 18, lost overboard from schooner American 
 Eagle, fishing for Cyrus McKown. 
 
 1864. March 14, on George's, the Gloucester fishing 
 schooner John O. Dennis, with ten men, four of whom were 
 from Southport : Capt. Andrew D. Bartlett, his brother, Joel 
 
386 HI8TOKT OF BOOTHS AT. 
 
 W. Bartlett, "William F. Dunton and Franklin Towle. — May 
 14, Thomas Z. Tibhetts, killed at the battle of Drury's Bluff.— 
 June 6, Weld, son of Stephen Sargent, died from wounds 
 received in battle. — October 27, Levi Wylie, killed at battle 
 of Pleasant Hill, aged 21. — Robert, Jr., son of Eobert Mont- 
 gomery, lost at sea, aged 50. 
 
 1865. January, John M. Sawyer, lost at sea; left widow 
 and children. — George G., son of Capt. William S. Emerson, 
 lost at sea, aged 20. — October, John Martin, drowned while 
 on a trading trip on the Kennebec. His remains were not 
 found until the following spring. 
 
 1867. April 29, John, son of Eufus Tibbetts, lost at sea, 
 aged 21. — May 20, Julius Kinchelow, a native of Virginia, 
 drowned with his boat's crew, engaged in the United States 
 Coast Survey, at Tillemook Bar, Ore. He married Nancy J., 
 daughter of Benjamin Reed. His age was 36. — August 30, 
 Reuben P. Jones, East Boothbay, with his daughters, Laura E., 
 aged 16, and Martha E., aged 14, was drowned just below the 
 Narrows near that village, by capsizing of a sailboat. 
 
 1868. March 6, Capt. John Wylie, killed at sea by the 
 falling of a mast ; left widow, son and daughter. 
 
 1869. Januarj'^, Randall McLellan, in schooner Forrest 
 Belle, on the Grand Banks, fishing from Gloucester with twelve 
 men. It was her first voyage ; all lost. He left a widow and 
 children. — February 26, Hiram Marr, Southport, aged 55, 
 drowned by dory capsizing between Five Islands and his home. 
 — February 28, William Gardner, Southport, fishing from 
 Gloucester in schooner /Sophronia. — Maj', the schooner Wellie 
 Short, on a trip to the Banks, lost with all on board : Samuel, 
 son of James and Rachel McDougall, aged 29 ; Cyrus B. Hagan, 
 aged 26 ; Abiah Vanhorn, aged 30 ; his brother, Roland Van- 
 horn, aged 33 ; Albert and Nelson Vanhorn, bi'others, and 
 cousins of the preceding. — July 4, Fynette, daughter of William 
 and Martha Greenleaf, aged 15, drowned near home. — July 5, 
 Fred, son of Rufus Caswell, drowned, aged 11. 
 
 1870. January 3, William J., son of John Lyon, aged 29 ; 
 Romanzo F., aged 26, son of Benjamin Orchard, and Jeremiah 
 Quimby, drowned at Small Point. Their schooner went ashore 
 and they took to their dory, which capsized and they were all 
 found on the beach in the morning. Capt. Moses Rowe brought 
 the remains of all three to Boothbay and their funerals were 
 held together at the Baptist Church at the Center. — April, John 
 Bryer, Jr., lost at sea. — During the year Moses Pierce, aged 
 about 50, was di'owned at San Francisco. — Albert S. Dyer, 
 
CASUALTIES. 387 
 
 Southport, fell from aloft on the Constellation in the harbor of 
 Naples and was instantly killed. 
 
 1872. February 18, Lester, son of John M. and Caroline 
 Hodgdon, lost on a voyage from New York to Demerara, with 
 Captain Greenleaf and crew from Wiscasset. The vessel dis- 
 appeared daring a severe storm on that date, all being lost. 
 He left a widow and son, Lester E. Hodgdon. 
 
 1875. July 14, Alvah L., son of George F. Hodgdon, lost 
 at sea, aged 17. 
 
 1878. July 25, Laura Linscott, aged 16, daughter of Mrs. 
 Willard H. Adnms by a former marriage, and Addie, daughter 
 of Stephen E. Welch, aged 16, were drowned in Adams Pond. 
 Together with Albert Spring, Bradford and Celia Reed, all 
 younger than themselves, they took a float and went out to 
 gather pond lilies. An oar was dropped and Miss Welch 
 reaching for it caused the boat to take water ; suddenly leaning 
 to the other side it capsized. All but Miss Linscott obtained 
 a hold upon the boat. After being in the water about half an 
 hour they were rescued by George Dunton, Edward Page and 
 Llewellyn Wylie, returning from their work at the Knicker- 
 bocker Ice Works. Miss Welch was taken from the water 
 alive but insensible and lived but a short time. Miss Linscott's 
 body was found in about twenty feet of water. The others, 
 though in a state of exhaustion, recovered. — August 18, Frank 
 Decker, Southport, was drowned near Squirrel Island by cap- 
 sizing his boat in a squall. — On September 27, schooner Annie 
 Freeman, Capt. Charles W. Reed ; Harry Apps, mate ; D. C. 
 Tibbetts and Frank Scott, all of Boothbay, with J. C. Ewing, 
 Charleston, S. C, and George N. Smith, Wiscasst, from 
 Baracoa to Charleston with fruit, and were never heard from 
 after sailing. — December 21, the St. John schooner Charlie 
 Bell, Capt. William Knox, New York to St. John, went ashore 
 on Thumbcap Ledge. Capt. Knox, David Knox, mate, James 
 Whitten and another sailor were drowned. Charles Kimball 
 was washed ashore and sustained himself until the next after- 
 noon, when he was rescured by Capt. Harvey Oliver. 
 
 1879. February 1, while returning from their lobster traps 
 near Fisherman's Island, Isaac T. Sargent and Albert Murray 
 were capsized by a squall. Sargent was drowned, aged 31 ; 
 he left three children. Murray was picked up in an exhausted 
 condition. — April, Frank, son of William and Nancy Giles, 
 lost at Wood's Hole, Mass., from schooner Lawrence Haynes. 
 — June, Arthur, son of Jeremiah and EUice Blake, lost at sea, 
 aged 55. — August 15, Hattie, wife of Nathaniel Westman, 
 
388 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 with her brother-in-law, William Field, and his daughter Hat- 
 tie, drowned above the upper gate on the way to Bath in their 
 boat. They were caught between the wake of two steamers 
 which met at the place. — October, Edward Malony was killed 
 by a piece of rigging falling on him from a stranded vessel. — 
 December, Capt. John Loring, master of schooner Ithoda B. 
 Taylor, died at Pensacola from exposure on the wreck of his 
 vessel. 
 
 1880. January 15, Eben Bennett was drowned and his 
 body washed ashore on Linekin Neck. He had started a few 
 hours before to go to Bristol in a dory. — March 28, Stanford 
 J., son of Robert and Mary Montgomery, lost at sea, aged 
 27. — August 11, Eunice L., daughter of Morrill and Martha 
 Mclntire, drowned near Sawyer's Island, aged 8. — August 14, 
 William Lawton, with his two sons and one other man, was 
 run down just off White Islands by the Rockland schooner, D. 
 H. Ingraham, and all drowned. They were residents of Bris- 
 tol, but fishing in the chartered schooner Treaty, owned at 
 East Boothbay. — October 16, Benaiah P. Dolloff was injured 
 by being thrown from a wagon. The accident occurred by 
 jumping into the rear end of a wagon, the horse having started, 
 and the seat not being fastened he fell backward, producing a 
 paralysis by the fall, from the effects of which he died Decem- 
 ber 28. He was 38 years of age and left a widow, two sons 
 and one daughter. 
 
 1882. January, at Boston, a son of William P. ]\IcCobb 
 was killed on an elevator ; interment at Boothbay. — February 
 21, Benjamin Cunningham, washed overboard from schooner 
 R. 8. Hunt, Carthegena to New York. — Capt. Sanford Green- 
 leaf, son of John and Loama, residing at Cape Elizabeth after 
 1876, drowned on Jeffries, while away from his schooner, 
 Maggie Willard, setting trawls, aged 39. — March 18, Martin 
 Stover was killed while trying to cross the elevator at the 
 Knickerbocker Ice Works. Ho was caught in the machinery, 
 dragged through a narrow opening, one of the lugs coming 
 across his neck, severing his head from his body ; aged 17. 
 
 1883. Mai'ch 11, Capt. Llewellyn Baker, lost at sea, aged 
 47. He left one daughter, Annie, who married R. G. Dewolfe. 
 — Neal McPhea, i-esiding on Barter's Island, killed by being 
 struck with a hawser on schooner Solitaire. They were being 
 towed into Boston, when running upon flats it caused such a 
 shock to the vessel that the hawser was thrown out of place. — 
 November 9, Almond L., son of Charles H. and Emmeline 
 Lewis, mate of the schooner Annie E. Palmer, was killed at 
 Ward's Island, N. Y., by the explosion of the tug boat James 
 
CASUALTIES. 389 
 
 JV. Thompson. The schooner was lashed to the starboard side 
 of the tug when the explosion occurred. 
 
 1884. On May 24 a double drowning accident occurred in 
 Boothbay Harbor by capsizing a boat. Edwin G., son of 
 Daniel H. and Hattie B. Moody, aged 10 years, 9 months, and 
 Harry A., son of J. O. and Lizzie Farnham, aged 12 years, 9 
 months, were drowned ; Fred, son of Eliphalet Tibbetts, about 
 the same age, being the other occupant, was rescued. — May 
 30, Emery D. Winchenbaugh was killed in Portland by the 
 falling of a derrick. He had been a merchant in Boothbay and 
 Master of Seaside Lodge. — December 18, George Pierce, 
 Southport, drowned in the cove opposite the Maddocks fish 
 stand. He fell overboard while mooring his vessel. 
 
 1885. January 28, Capt. John W. Lewis, lost in the 
 wreck of the schooner Australia. — April 15, Abial, son of 
 Samuel and Clarissa Wylie, drowned in the dock east of Cen- 
 tral Wharf, Portland, aged 33; unmarried. — May, Melville 
 Reed, East Boothbay, was struck by the main boom in the 
 wreck of the schooner Cyrus McKown. He was brought 
 ashore but died soon after. — July 27, Benjamin Odium was 
 drowned in Adams Pond while in swimming, aged 18 years, 
 10 months. — October 23, Emerson P. Tibbetts, aged 21, and 
 Joseph M. Tibbetts, aged 16, brothers, living at Christmas 
 Cove, Southport, drowned in Eastern River, Dresden. They 
 with another brother, Artemas, were there with fish on a trad- 
 ing trip. Their boat grounded and in trying to move it they 
 took an anchor into a dory and rowed out into the river to 
 throw it, intending to draw into water that way. In throwing 
 it the dory was capsized. Emerson was a good swimmer, but 
 in trying to save Joseph, who was not, both were drowned. — 
 December 5, Capt. Alonzo, son of David and Sarah Lewis, 
 was lost at sea from the schooner Emma 8. Briggs, on a pas- 
 sage from Jacksonville to New York, aged 48 years, "3 months. 
 He left a widow and children. They lived at Back River. 
 
 1886. January 18, Edward H., son of "William and Nancy 
 Giles, lost at sea, aged 27. — July 12, Albert, aged 15, and 
 
 Justin, aged 11, sons of Matthews, who had died a few 
 
 years before at Boothbay Harbor, drowned at Highland Lake, 
 Bridgton ; interment at Boothbay. — October 5, Henry, son of 
 Clifford B. Lewis, drowned in Campbell's Cove, aged 9. — 
 Willard, son of William and Esther McKown, thrown from an 
 express team in Boston that year and killed, aged 35. 
 
 1887. September 15, Frank, son of John Knight, drowned 
 in the Damariscotta River, near Pleasant Cove, aged 34. 
 
390 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 1888. May 9, William Kenniston, aged 81 years, 6 months, 
 was murdered in his house at Boothbay Center by Llewellyn 
 Quimby. This was the second known homicide within the 
 original Boothbay limits and the only one in the memory of 
 persons living. The murderer was about 19 years of age. His 
 father, Hai'vey Quimby, was born in Boothbay and bore a good 
 reputation, as did his father's family. Harvey died under sus- 
 picious circumstances in Swanville, passing for a suicide, but 
 always doubted. The mother continued living in Swanville for 
 a time, but finally married Nelson Harding, of Boothbay, and 
 sett ed here with her children. Llewellyn lived with his grand- 
 parents, but for larceny was sent to the State Reform School 
 at about 14 years of age. Having a typhoid fever in 1886, 
 when he was 17, he was released on probation. That fall he 
 came to William Kenniston's to do chores for his board. In 
 the spring of 1887 he was engaged for the year at wages and 
 Mr. Kenniston purchased him an outfit of clothing in advance. 
 Almost immediately after obtaining the clothing he ran away 
 in the nighttime and when next seen by any one in town it was 
 a year later, when brought here a prisoner for the murder of 
 his benefactor. It seems after running away in May, 1887, he 
 became, practically, a tramp, spending the following winter 
 about the Boston wharves. Early in May, 1888, he took pas- 
 sage to Rockland on the steamer, beating his fare ; from there 
 came across to Boothbay, passing through the northern part of 
 the town the night of the 8th to Barter's Island. There he 
 took a boat and rowed to Bath. During the day he bought a 
 butcher's knife and a quantity of whiskey. He already had a 
 revolver. Late in the afternoon he returned with his boat to 
 where he took it and traveled across to Boothbay Center, reach- 
 ing there when, as he afterward confessed, but two lights were 
 to be seen. Wlien these had been extinguished for the night 
 he left his hiding place, which had been a grape trellis in the 
 garden south of the house, obtained a piece of timber about 
 twelve feet long and raised one end of it to the sill of the low 
 porch window, opening into a low, unfinished chamber used to 
 store grain. He carried with him besides his knife and revol- 
 ver an iron cart pin about eighteen inches long. After gaining 
 the grain chamber he went about the upper rooms, leaving 
 charred matches in nearly every one. These chambers had 
 been occupied by F. B. Greene and wife (the latter being the 
 daughter of Mrs. Kenniston) all the time Quimby was at the 
 house in '86-87, and had been vacated by them about a month 
 before the murder. From there he descended to the cook 
 room, which adjoined the sleeping room of Mr. and Mrs. Ken- 
 niston. Mrs. Kenniston just then awoke and realizing some 
 
CASUALTIES. 391 
 
 one was in the next room aroused her husband. Quimby hear- 
 ing this burst open the sleeping room door, which was fastened 
 by a wooden button, and rushed to the front side of the bed, 
 with the location of which he was familiar, and struck Mr. 
 Kenniston over the head with the iron pin. The victim fell 
 forward to the floor. He then reached over and struck Mrs. 
 Kenniston a blow with the same instrument, inflicting a bad 
 scalp wound. He then went back to the kitchen door and 
 lighted a match. While burning, Mrs. Kenniston saw the fig- 
 ure of a man plainly, but stated he had over his face a white 
 cloth with holes cut out at the eyes. The brave old man, who 
 evidently was only stunned by the blow he had received, came 
 to his feet and rushed upon his assailant, grappling him and 
 forcing him into the kitchen. The iion pin was found in the 
 bedroom, where he knocked it from Quimby's grasp. But 
 the butcher's knife, purchased that day in Bath, came next into 
 use. Several wounds were inflicted with this before breaking 
 it, which he did by wildly striking in the dark against the 
 cooking stove. The blade was broken within two inches of 
 the bolster, and with this ragged stub one more blow was made 
 upon the forehead. In his confession he said that up to this 
 point he felt himself being overpowered and, throwing away 
 his knife, drew his revolver and fired two shots, the second of 
 which he imagined struck his victim, for at that point he fell 
 in the floor. But the deadly knife had done its work earlier 
 in the struggle. A cut from that, before it was broken, from 
 the top of the shoulder through to the armpit, severing the 
 vein, caused death. The two bullets were found lodged in 
 the walls of the room, neither striking Mr. Kenniston, but 
 from loss of blood he fell just as the second was fired. Mrs. 
 Kenniston, from a side door, was escaping from the house just 
 as the two shots were fired. She reached the house of Truman 
 E. Giles and gave the alarm. It was then 11.30 p. m. Mr. 
 Giles aroused the neighborhood, and several together proceed- 
 ing to the house found Mr. Kenniston lying dead in a pool of 
 blood in the kitchen where he fell. Dr. F. H. Crocker was 
 called to attend the injured woman, while George B. Kennis- 
 ton, Albert H. Kenniston, sons, and F. B. Greene, son-in-law, 
 living at the Harbor, were aroused at their respective houses 
 and were at the scene of the tragedy shortly after midnight. 
 There was no clue at first ; a tramp who had been in the neigh- 
 borhood was suspected. Quimby was not thought of until 
 Greene, examining the surroundings of the house with a lan- 
 tern, discovered the timber slanting from the porch window to 
 the ground. Instantly he was impressed with this, for a year 
 before, when he was living there, he remembered that the night 
 
392 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Quimby ran away he had left the house from that very window 
 on a joist arranged in the same manner, which was placed in 
 its position before retiring for the night. With this impres- 
 sion he went at once into the house, where were congregated 
 the men of the neighborhood, and said : " Gentlemen, if Llew- 
 ellyn Quimby is where he could do this he is the one for us to 
 look for." It did not require long for the suggestion to gain 
 ground to that extent that every one present felt that the 
 whereabouts of Quimby should first be settled. Teams were 
 started in various directions ; every vessel in the harbor was 
 boarded to ascertain if any had left or come on board during 
 the night ; the coroner at Wiscasset was sent for ; the select- 
 men were got together at the house and a legal reward on the 
 part of the town was offered ; and the entire coast line of the 
 town was visited as soon as day broke to ascertain if any boat 
 had been taken during the night. About four o'clock in the 
 morning it was discovered that the horse had been taken from 
 his stall and was missing. Nothing else save a bridle belong- 
 ing to the team was gone. It was evident that the murderer 
 had escaped on the horse, riding bareback. It was also found, 
 by tracking, that he had taken the road leading toward Eufus 
 Holton's and thence toward Damariscotta. With this knowl- 
 edge A. H. Kenniston and Truman E. Giles started for that 
 town. Reaching there they changed horses, Samuel D. Wj-man 
 continuing with Mr. Kenniston. A clue was at once gained, 
 for about daybreak a man riding a black horse, bareback, had 
 gone through toward Damariscotta Mills. Passing through 
 the latter place a few miles more were traveled when, from the 
 crest of a small hill they saw ahead, reined in a yard by the 
 roadside, a man sitting on a dark horse. Mr. Kenniston told 
 Wyman to drive up rapidly and check the horse quickly when 
 opposite. This was done, but when within a few rods Quimby, 
 recognizing them, slid from his horse and ran for the woods, 
 much to the amazement of the family he was talking with. 
 Kenniston at the same moment sprang from his wagon, in 
 close haul, after him. They ran several rods when Kenniston 
 pulled a revolver from his pocket, firing as they ran. The 
 second shot struck Quimby nearly on top of the head, above 
 the ear, inflicting a scalp wound and dazing him so that he ran 
 into a wire fence a few feet further on and, stumbling, became 
 an easy prey to his pursuer. He was taken between them, 
 bound, the horse he had been riding in tow, back to Damaris- 
 cotta and thence to Boothbay. So rapid was the work of his 
 capture that the reward offer had but been telegraphed from 
 Boothbay and placed on the bulletin boards in the various cen- 
 ters when dispatches from Damariscotta announced the taking 
 
WiLIvIAM KENNISTON. 
 1806-1888. 
 
CASUALTIES. 393 
 
 of the murderer more than twenty miles from the scene of the 
 tragedy. He was bound over and placed in the Wiscasset jail 
 to await the action of the Grand Jury the following October. 
 The next day at the jail he was visited by G. B. Kenniston and 
 F. B. Greene, to whom he made a full confession of his crime, 
 alleging his motive to have been robbery. At his trial he was 
 convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to State's 
 Prison for life. There he died some three years later of con- 
 sumption. The funeral of his victim was held at the First 
 Congregational Church at Boothbay Center, attended by friends 
 and neighbors for miles about, for no man in the town enjoyed 
 a wider acquaintance, or was more pleasant to meet, than 
 William Kenniston. The services were conducted by Rev. L. 
 D. Evans, the funeral discourse appearing in full in the next 
 issue of the Boothbay Register, extracts from which appeared 
 in several other State papers. Mrs. Kenniston after the trag- 
 edy made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Greene, where she 
 died January 24, 1890. The shock she received completely 
 shattered her nervous system, unquestionably shortening her life. 
 August 11, Fred E. Upham, Dorchester, Mass., a summer 
 boarder at Squirrel Island, was drowned near Pumpkin Rock 
 by his sailboat capsizing in a squall. — September, Capt. Wood- 
 bury D. Lewis lost at sea. — November 19, Capt. Gardner G. 
 Tibbetts was drowned at Cambridge, Md., by the anchor cable 
 catching and carrying down the boat he was in. His body was 
 recovered and interment was made at Boothbay with Masonic 
 honors. 
 
 1889. January 21, Howard M., son of William and Cath- 
 erine Alley, Southport, lost at Pensacola from schooner Geor- 
 gia Wither, Portland, aged 23. — January 28, Charles P., son 
 of Isaiah and Mary A. Reed, killed by a coasting accident, 
 aged 10 years, 11 months. — Capt. Freeman K., son of Free- 
 man and Martha F. Reed, lost off Jersey City, aged 48. He 
 left a family of two daughters and one son. 
 
 1890. December 24, Laura, daughter of Isaiah and Ellen 
 M. Dewolfe, killed instantly in the vicinity of Boston by being 
 thrown from a carriage, aged 25 years, 3 months. 
 
 1891. August 15, Hattie E. , wife of Convers O. flodgdon, 
 killed by a runaway accident, being thrown from her carriage 
 near the house of Wesley Pinkham. — December 26, Quincy 
 A. Dunton, killed at sea, aged 52. 
 
 1893. March 17, Freeman G. Thompson, Southport, 
 drowned while drawing lobster traps near Isle of Springs ; left 
 widow and one son, Richard; aged 31. — August 26, William 
 Nickerson, Parker Smith, Eleazar Penney and William Friz- 
 
 26 
 
394 HISTORY OF BOOTHS AY. 
 
 zell, on schooner Cora Louise, owned by S. Nickerson & Sons, 
 loaded with iron, on passage from New York to Boston. 
 
 1895. February 8, Truman H. Odium, lost at sea, aged 
 31. — August 10, Frank, aged 32, and Richard, aged 27, sons 
 of Doctor Robinson, a cottager at Ocean Point, drowned near 
 Mouse Island while returning from the Harbor, by their boat 
 capsizing in a squall. — August 24, Edward C. Heselton, 
 Skowhegan, aged 29^ proprietor of the Samoset House, Mouse 
 Island, and Edward F. Sanders, a summer boarder, aged 8, 
 drowned near Mouse Island by their boat capsizing in a squall. 
 Captain Reed, who was sailing the party, by great effort saved 
 Mrs. Sanders, mother of the boy, and Miss Powers, a boarder 
 from Skowhegan. — December 22, G. Jack, drowned. 
 
 1896. May 24, Frank, son of Albert Wheeler, killed in 
 Boston by falling from a team, aged 30 years, 8 months. — 
 September 30, William, son of Alexander Adams, drowned 
 near the vessel of which he was one of the crew at Newport, 
 E. I., aged 35. — December 6, John L., son of Frank W. and 
 Emma Woodward, drowned while skating on Adams Pond, 
 aged 12 years, 6 months. 
 
 1898. Millard F., Jr., son of Millard F. and Agnes I. 
 Harris, killed in the destruction of the Maine in Havana Har- 
 bor. — February 15, Capt. Herbert D., son of Morrill B. Lewis, 
 lost at sea. — November 28, George B., Jr., son of George B. 
 and Antoinette E. Kenniston, a student in Bowdoin College, 
 lost on the steamer Portland in the gi"eat gale of that date. — 
 Capt. Bert Dunbar, a native of Castine, who had recently set- 
 tled at Boothbay Harbor, also lost on steamer Portland. 
 
 1899. Richard M., son of J. Edward and Jennie Knight, 
 disappeared in the woods of Bemis, easterly from the railroad 
 and southerly from the lake, on a hunting trip one afternoon 
 in October. He entered the forest to the east of the railroad, 
 and a friend who accompanied him to the west of it, arranging 
 to meet at their hotel at the close of the day. He did not 
 return and no trace was ever found of him, though hundreds 
 of men familiar with the country joined in the search until the 
 snows fell later in the season. It has remained an unsolved 
 mystery. He was 20 years of age. 
 
 1904. May 4, Mrs. Mary E. Blatchford, burned to death 
 by clothing catching fire, aged 62. — July 11, Howard B., son 
 of George and Betsey Reed, died of injuries inflicted the pre- 
 ceding 4th by explosives, aged 8. — September 5, Mrs. Clem 
 Bai'ter, Barter's Island, burned to death by clothing catching fire. 
 
CHAPTER XXm. 
 
 Schools. 
 
 IT HAS been noted in our chapter on municipal affairs (see 
 pages 141-42) that the school system in Boothbay had its 
 birth in 1767. Faithful Singer was the first teacher, and 
 he not only "boarded 'round," as the custom was and continued 
 to be for many years, but he taught 'round also. The records 
 are not clear in the case of his immediate successors, whether 
 or not they also taught upon a circuit, but it is thought that 
 the plan was continued until 1777, when the first mention is 
 made of employing "school dames." In 1774 Joseph Beath 
 was mentioned as the only teacher in town employ, and there 
 can be little doubt that a single male teacher did the work in 
 town until the above action was taken in employing a plurality 
 of female teachers. 
 
 At that period the interior of Boothbay was, for the most 
 part, a dense forest. A straggling settlement existed in some 
 parts of it and roads of the most primitive nature were being 
 cut through from one part to another. The principal habita- 
 tions, however, were along the shore, on the coves and harbors, 
 and communication was mostly by boat. There were, at the 
 date of incorporation, four widely separated neighborhoods 
 within the town limits, which might be termed centers of pop- 
 ulation, and it is evident that nearly as many families were 
 situated in one as another of these. The scattering outskirts 
 of one neighborhood reached those of another, and it is likely 
 that some families were so isolated that it was impossible to 
 take advantage of any school opportunity. 
 
 The FuUerton house at the Harbor would accommodate the 
 children of such families as lived between Wall's Point and 
 Campbell's Cove. David Reed's house, though not central, 
 was commodious, and made the most suitable place for the 
 western part of the town and those living just across Townsend 
 Gut, on Cape Newagen Island, where most of the population 
 
396 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 on that island was then located. Somewhere about Oven's 
 Mouth, in the Dover settlement, was central for the Back Eiver 
 families as well as those living in North Boothbay. Pleasant 
 Cove was the nucleus of a settlement that extended from north 
 of the present Edgecomb line to where East Boothbay Village 
 stands. These were the four points where schools were kept 
 until 1794, when six districts were established (see page 150). 
 
 Illiteracy was common, in fact preponderated for many 
 years and shows forth plainly in the early records of the town. 
 Some of these records, however, were well kept. The spelling 
 was ordinarily correct, some attention was given to punctua- 
 tion, a fairly accurate use was made of capital letters, and a 
 remarkably uniform, almost elegant, display of penmanship 
 often appeared. Those town officers who had been born and 
 bred on Boothbay (or Townsend) soil averaged as well as those 
 who were bred elsewhere and came here in mature years. How 
 or where such men as William McCobb, Joseph Beath and a 
 few others obtained the degree of education that their work 
 evinced is not known. They may have had privileges, for a 
 time, to the westward and they may have pursued diligently a 
 course of self-instruction. 
 
 All through the early history of Boothbay, down to com- 
 paratively recent years, boys were sent on fishing trips to the 
 cod banks as regularly as men and only attended school in 
 winter. Interviews with old fishei-men disclose the facts that 
 many of them commenced going to the banks at ages ranging 
 from nine to twelve years. One captain in Southport informs 
 the author that at twelve years he commenced to cook for a 
 vessel's crew on bank trips and followed it continuously for 
 some years. This was in 1846, and his first three years' cook- 
 ing was before a fireplace ; after that he had a cooking stove. 
 Another party told of commencing at the age of nine years to 
 stand, a line in each hand, and fish over the vessel's rail, day 
 by day, throughout a long trip. These were not rare cases.. 
 They are samples of the child life at the period when it occurred. 
 Our casualty chapter is filled with losses at sea of those who 
 should have been schoolboys, but they were playing the parts 
 of men and were swept away at tender ages. 
 
 There is little to indicate that much real advancement was 
 
SCHOOLS. 397 
 
 made in the school system for many years. The population 
 increased and new districts were added until there were twenty 
 school districts when Cape Newagen Island was incorporated 
 as the town of Townsend in 1842. This increase to accommo- 
 date numbers was all the improvement visible. Each individ- 
 ual school ran along in the same old channel, which might well 
 be called a rut. Two terms each year were taught of about 
 ten weeks each. The first Mondays of June and December 
 were the usual dates of commencing. No grade existed. 
 Teachers were changed in a majority of cases each term, so 
 that each new teacher was a stranger to the qualifications of 
 the pupils. Examinations and record books of rank were, 
 practically, unheard of. Having no record from their prede- 
 cessors to guide them, each new teacher arranged the pupils 
 into classes according to age and size. If a pupil became tired 
 he quit school, as it was not thought to be a very essential 
 thing to attend. If a male teacher was not popular, and the 
 aggregate muscle of the boys was deemed equal to its accom- 
 plishment, he was carried out and deposited in a snowdrift. 
 The last two or three weeks of a term almost invariably saw a 
 falling off in attendance. 
 
 The agency system was in vogue and nearly every school 
 agent had a daughter, niece, cousin, maiden aunt or particular 
 friend who would like a school, so the favored one was em- 
 ployed. If there was a shortage in attainments so that a fear 
 existed that the applicant might fail of certification before the 
 superintendent, that official was generally " seen " by the agent 
 and an "understanding" had. The superintendent was gener- 
 ally the village lawyer, doctor, minister or merchant and the 
 agent was likely to be a client, patient, parishioner or cus- 
 tomer. He did not want to offend patronage and rarely did 
 so, much to the disadvantage of many schools. 
 
 Teachers " boarded 'round " among the families in the dis- 
 trict, dividing the time equitably. Male teachers often built 
 the winter fires and cared for the schoolroom ; in other cases 
 there was a "fire list" and a "sweeping list," the large boys 
 composing the former and the older girls the latter. Each list 
 took their turns in rotation. Cedar brooms were generally 
 used, although birch twigs sometimes were substituted. Pre- 
 
398 HISTORY OF BOOTHS AY. 
 
 vious to about the year 1800 female wages for teaching through- 
 out Maine were seventy-five cents per week and male teachers 
 earned from ten to fifteen dollars a month. Not much advance 
 was made until later than 1820. The author has record of a 
 female teacher in Maine, as late as 1827, who taught for one 
 and one-half bushels of wheat weekly, which was contributed 
 by the neighborhood. 
 
 Previous to 1788-89 there were but few instances where 
 the branches taught extended farther than the three R's : read- 
 in', 'ritin' and 'rithmetic. Spelling constituted the only general 
 exception. Grammar and geography had not then been intro- 
 duced, and were not generally taught until some time between 
 1800 and 1820, when, it is found, at the latter date they were 
 both almost universally taught. The schoolbooks used for a 
 few years following the Revolutionary War were Dilworth and 
 Perry's Spelling Book, Perry's Dictionary and Pike's Arith- 
 metic. In the early years of the last century these books were 
 superseded by Webster's Spelling Book, Kinne and Robinson's 
 Arithmetic, while the reading books were the American Pre- 
 ceptor, American First Class Book and the Columbian Orator. 
 While these reading books were in use Alexander's Grammar 
 was more used than any other, but about 1820 Lindley Murray 
 with his English Reader and Grammar swept the field. Early 
 in the same century Jedediah Morse issued a Geography which 
 went into nearly universal use. This book had an appendix 
 with " an improved chronological table of Remarkable Events, 
 from the creation to the present time." It was first published 
 in 1784 and in 1819 reached its twentieth edition. It may be 
 of interest to state that geography was not made a required 
 study in Massachusetts until 1827. Maps were put into the 
 Boothbay schools in 1802 and John Leishman was employed 
 to frame and care for them in vacation season. Mr. Leish- 
 man brought with him from Scotland a book entitled : " The 
 Instructor or Young Men's Best Companion, containing Spell- 
 ing, Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, Edinburgh, 1762." 
 From this book he taught his children. 
 
 The early seventies saw the first encouraging signs of real 
 advancement in the school system of Boothbay. Those who 
 have cai'efuUy followed the preceding chapters will have noted 
 
SCHOOLS. 399 
 
 that just at that particular time the oil factories over town were 
 in a very prosperous condition and had for some years been 
 affording lucrative employment to the people already here and 
 attracting many new ones to locate. School accommodations 
 were outgrown and more room with a graded system was 
 demanded at the Harbor, East Boothbay and the Center. 
 
 By a union of two districts at the Harbor in 1874 a grade 
 was arranged and the next year the high school building on 
 School Street was erected. There were three rooms and the 
 grades were primary, intermediate and grammar. The building 
 was first used for the winter terms after being dedicated with 
 appropriate ceremonies. The Grammar School was taught by 
 L. F. Coburn, Brunswick, the Intermediate by Miss P. H. 
 Burr, Mercer, and the Primary by Miss Georgia E. Hodgdon, 
 Boothbay, now Mrs. W. R. Holton. 
 
 In 1875 East Boothbay formed a union of two districts and 
 established a grade. In 1876 the present school building was 
 erected and the classification there was primary and grammar. 
 The winter terms were the first taught in the building, M. L. 
 Marr, Alna, teaching the Grammar School, and Miss Hattie B. 
 Hodgdon, Boothbay, now Mrs. Edward P. Corey, the Primary. 
 
 The graded school building at Boothbay Center was built 
 in 1877, the grades being grammar and primary. As in the 
 other cases the first schools were taught in the winter following 
 erection. The Grammar School was taught by Miss Annie 
 Adams, Boothbay, now Mrs. Woodbridge Reed, and the Pri- 
 mary by Miss M. Ella Baker, Boothbay, now Mrs. Charles E. 
 Sherman. 
 
 Up to 1880 Boothbay had furnished but few of its own 
 teachers. The superintendent that year drew attention to the 
 fact in his report that of forty-nine terms of school taught in 
 town that year twenty-seven had been by teachers from other 
 towns, and that nearly $1,500 annually was paid to outside 
 teachers. There were in 1880 pupils in town distributed as 
 follows : 
 
 District 1. Boothbay Harbor, 295 
 
 " 2. Back River, 49 
 
 " 3. East Boothbay, 156 
 
 " 4. Pleasant Cove, 40 
 
District 5. 
 
 Back Narrows, 
 
 
 6. 
 
 Linekin, 
 
 
 7. 
 
 Merged with Harbor, 1874 
 
 
 8. 
 
 West Boothbay, known by number, 
 
 
 9. 
 
 Boothbay Center, 
 
 
 10. 
 
 North Boothbay, 
 
 
 11. 
 
 Barter's Island, north. 
 
 
 12. 
 
 Between Harbor and East Boothbay, 
 
 
 13. 
 
 Barter's Island, south 
 
 
 15. 
 
 Dover, 
 
 
 16. 
 
 Sawyer's Island, 
 
 
 17. 
 
 West Harbor, 
 
 400 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 51 
 80 
 
 68 
 83 
 9 
 61 
 48 
 106 
 51 
 48 
 35 
 
 Total number scholars in town, 1180 
 
 Total number attending school, 672 
 
 Two terms of school with an average length of ten weeks 
 were taught. Average wages per week in summer, $4.70; 
 average wages per month in winter, $36.70. Total town school 
 fund, 1880, $4,959.73. 
 
 The foregoing exhibit is made at the end of the last decade 
 before the division of Boothbay occurred. 
 
 Free high schools were commenced in Boothbay in 1875, 
 but the work they did, while an assistance, was far from satis- 
 factory. The town was large in area and each part naturally, 
 on the basis of taxation, desired its proportionate number of 
 weeks of high school. Had the money been concentrated at 
 one point the pupils thus favored would have largely profited 
 by it ; divided as it was, but slight results were shown. In 
 1875 but two terms were had in the year, one at East Boothbay 
 and the other at the Center. In 1876 four terms were taught : 
 at the Harbor and Sawyer's Island in the spring and at East 
 Boothbay and the Center in the fall. This arrangement was 
 carried on until 1880, when the spring term was held at the 
 Harbor and fall terms at East Boothbay and the Center. The 
 latter arrangement, so far as to the distribution of the high 
 school appropriation, continued while the town remained united, 
 but District No. 1, at the Harbor, practically turned the fall 
 and winter terms of the fframmar grade into a district high 
 school, so that pupils located there were able to do most of the 
 
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 work in preparing for college at home. After the division of 
 the town the High School at the Harbor at once established a 
 school year of three terms, aggregating thirty-three weeks per 
 year, which has since continued, and college preparatory work 
 has been regularly carried on. In Boothbay the High School 
 fund has been expended, since division, between East Booth- 
 bay, the Center and Barter's Island, but, as in the case at the 
 Harbor a few years preceding division, the same work is car- 
 ried along at other seasons in the Grammar rooms. 
 
 The free text-book act took effect in 1891. The town sys- 
 tem, which at the first was optional, was adopted in 1890 by 
 Boothbay Harbor, but not by Boothbay or Southport until it 
 became generally compulsory, which was in 1895. 
 
 The town of Southport has labored under disadvantages in 
 the matter of ability to support a high-school system, largely 
 on account of its three principal settlements being located at 
 considerable distance from each other, neither being large 
 enough to maintain the entire support, or convenient for 
 attendance at the other parts. A very progressive movement 
 was taken, however, in 1904, as noticed in Chapter XVII, in 
 the erection of new buildings and making preparations to 
 establish a grade. 
 
 Some of Boothbay's teachers in the past may well be men- 
 tioned. Hon. Evans S. Pillsbury, a Bowdoin student, taught 
 in No. 8 in the sixties. He is now counsel for the Southern 
 Pacific Railroad, at San Francisco, with an annual salary of 
 $25,000. William G. Waitt, a prominent lawyer now in Bos- 
 ton, taught at Boothbay Center in 1876-77 ; he then lived in 
 Gardiner. William S. Thompson, M. D., Augusta, taught at 
 the Harbor at the same time, also the following year. Hon. 
 John F. Hill, Governor of Maine, 1901-05, taught at the 
 Harbor in 1878. William J. Long, the author of a series of 
 ■"Nature Books," consisting at present of eight or nine volumes, 
 and which have acquired a reputation throughout the country, 
 taught at the Harbor in 1886. 
 
 The first public graduating exercises held in either town 
 were in 1893, by the graduating class from the Boothbay Har- 
 bor High School. They were arranged by F. B. Greene, in 
 the first year of his term as superintendent, and Edgar L. 
 
402 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 Simpson, then principal of the school. That year the grade in 
 the village schools was systematically established, allotting to- 
 each room the work for two years in schools below the High, 
 and in that introducing a regular college preparatory course. 
 The course of study was printed, framed and hung in each 
 room throughout the grade. Since that date (1893) public 
 graduations have regularly occurred and the course, from pri- 
 mary up, has been maintained with but few variations from 
 the form then established. East Boothbay and Boothbay Cen- 
 ter soon after the above date commenced and have maintained 
 public graduations. The courses of study pursued in those 
 schools thus far have been of the nature of higher English, col- 
 lege preparatory work not yet having been established. The 
 list of High School graduates, as far as possible to obtain, in 
 both towns, follow. 
 
 List of High School Graduates. 
 
 1891. — Frank Weeks Blair took the Bowdoin examination 
 and entered college from Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 1892. — Fred Carlisle took examinations and received 
 diploma at Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 1893. — Boothbay Harbor, Mary E. Carlisle, C. Dora Nick- 
 erson, Anna B. Kendrick, Annie Albee, George K. Blair. 
 
 1894. — Boothbay Harbor, Gertrude A. Carlisle, Edith C. 
 Kenniston, Grace R. McKown, Frank Wells Blair, Wendell. 
 P. McKown. 
 
 1895. — Boothbay Harbor, Carrie Carlisle; East Boothbay, 
 Frank G. Linekin, George W. Linekin, Annie A. Hagan, 
 Mary A. Rice, Mary R. Hodgdon, Nellie F. Adams, Annie W- 
 Hodgdon, Emily G. McDougall, Bessie C. Seavey, Nellie K» 
 Murray ; Boothbay Center, Grace E. Emierson, Orissa B. Kim- 
 ball, Actor T. Abbott. 
 
 1896. — Boothbay Harbor, Gertrude Dodge, Mertie E. Dol- 
 loff , Maude Spurling, Grace Thorpe, Annie Reed, Hattie Reed, 
 Ethel Pinkham, Hattie Dellimere, Rose Sherman, Islay F. 
 McCormick, Mary S. McKown ; East Boothbay, Lottie Chap- 
 man, Bertha Chapman, Mary B. Hardinger, Lizzie E. Rice y 
 Boothbay Center, Lillian B. Emerson. 
 
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 1897. — Boothbay Harbor, Josie Carlisle, Ida Clisby, Ella 
 Farmer, Guasie Farmer, Edith Harris, Winifred Hussey, Vin- 
 nie Kenniston, Mabel MuUins, Cora Orne, Grace Tibbetts, 
 Everett Winslow; Boothbay Center, Grace Corey, Bessie 
 Chamberlain, Alfred Lynch. 
 
 1898. — Boothbay Harbor, Justin Brewer, Millard Fickett, 
 Marcia Hodgdon, Fannie Latter, Millicent Maddocks, Ada N. 
 Marr, Fannie Orne, Bertha Eeed ; East Boothbay, Clarence 
 Rice, Mamie Murray, Hattie Hodgdon, Lillian Gilbert, Bertha 
 Murray. 
 
 1899. — Boothbay Harbor, Donald McCormick, Mabel 
 Weston ; East Boothbay, George I. Hodgdon, Lawrence L. 
 Baker, George M. Adams, Isabel M. Seavey, Carolyn L. Mur- 
 ray, Gertrude E. Smithwick, Bessie E. Blake, Mahala S. 
 Hodgdon, Jennie M. Hagan, Laura C. Adams. 
 
 1900. — Boothbay Harbor, Stella Hodgdon, Winifred Lewis, 
 Maude Marson, Marion Pinkham, Florence Spofford, Roland 
 L. Turner; Boothbay Center, Jennie Emerson, Frank Tib- 
 betts, Gladys Tibbetts. 
 
 1901.— Boothbay Harbor, Waldo S. Boyd, J. Pierce 
 McKown, Arthur L. McCobb; East Boothbay, Mabel E. 
 Eeed, Florence H. Seavey. 
 
 1902. — Boothbay Harbor, Mary A. Larrabee, Ethelyn 
 Trask, Bessie C. Reed, Nellie W. Reed, Carlton B. Nicker- 
 son, Margie Turner, Ella Spofford. 
 
 1903. — Boothbay Harbor, Harold Bishop, Dora Greenlaw, 
 Vesta Hodgdon, Florence McCobb, Sidney Orne, Addie Poole, 
 Frances Spurling; Boothbay Center, Walter O. Dunton, John 
 F. Corey, Effie B. Tibbetts, Emily M. Sidelinger. 
 
 1904. — Boothbay Harbor, Carl R. Holton, Louis Carlisle, 
 Leon Marson, Delia Dodge, Mildrith McKown, Leone Reed, 
 Elmira Powers, Florence Wheeler, Kate Reed ; East Boothbay, 
 Dorothy B. Murray, Bernice Race, Ruth Blake, Richard Mur- 
 ray ; Boothbay Center, Alnla L. Pinkham, William H. Nelson, 
 Helen L. Pinkham, Joseph B. Giles, Nellie L. Giles, George 
 F. Boston, Millard S. Giles, Maude J. Giles. 
 
 1905. — Boothbay Harbor, Chesley W. Nelson, Carrie J. 
 Reed, Carrie N. Holton, A. Grace Carlisle, Clara J. Pierce; 
 
404 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 East Boothbay, Florence Burnham, Eliphalet Martin, Lillian 
 Farnham, Mattie Tibbetts, Everett Vannah ; Boothbay Center, 
 Beatrice A. Welsh, Thurman H. Sid dinger, Vinettie L. Side- 
 linger, Mary E. Orchard, James G. Sherman, Ethel L. Sher- 
 man, Doris E. Knight. 
 
 Sketches of College Graduates. 
 Arranged Chronologically. 
 
 Rev. Jonathan Adams, son of Samuel and Sarah (Reed) 
 Adams, born in North Boothbay, July 5, 1782 ; graduated from 
 Middlebury College, 1812. He married Hannah Antoinette 
 Clough, Westport, June, 1821. Graduating from Andover 
 Theological Seminary, 1815, he commenced his first pastorate 
 at Woolwich in 1817, where he remained until 1832. From 
 1832 to 1855 he was at Deer Isle ; then for three years in 
 Boothbay and from 1858 until his death, in 1861, at New 
 Sharon. He was of the Congregational faith and influential in 
 his denomination. His son, the Rev. Jonathan E. Adams, 
 though not born in town, was in the ancestral town of his 
 family, as pastor and visitor, well known to all and a son who 
 followed in bis father's footsteps. He also graduated from 
 Bowdoin, 1853 ; Bangor Theological Seminary, 1858. Took 
 a church for some years, but became Secretary of the Maine 
 Missionary Society, which position he held for many years. 
 For family, see Adams genealogy. 
 
 Edward Payson Weston was born at Boothbay Center, 
 January 19, 1819, son of Rev. Isaac and Mary Weston (see 
 Chapter XII) ; graduaded from Bowdoin College, 1839. He 
 was principal of the Maine Female College, Gorham ; editor 
 of the Portland Eclectic; associate editor of the Portland 
 Transcript; State Superintendent of Public Schools in Maine, 
 1860-65 ; author of the " Bowdoin Poets " and several other 
 volurdes. He established a female seminary at Highland Park, 
 111., where he died, in 1879. 
 
 Charles Sullivan McCobb, born in Boothbay, February 
 20, 1837, the son of Arthur and Elizabeth A. (Fisher) McCobb ; 
 graduated at Bowdoin College, 1860. He took a medical 
 course, but enlisted into the service at the breaking out of the 
 Rebellion. He was killed at the battle of Gettysburg, July 4, 
 1863, while acting as hospital steward. 
 
 John Warren Thorpe, born April 20, 1839, son of Will- 
 ard and Mary (Kenniston) Thorpe ; graduated from Bowdoin 
 College, 1861. He studied medicine and settled in practice at 
 Oxford, N. Y., where he is now located. He married Char- 
 
SCHOOLS. 405 
 
 lotte Brown, of Oxford. They have three children, Willard 
 B., Charles N. and Mary Kenniston. 
 
 George Beaman Kenniston, born at Boothbay Center, 
 December 17, 1836, son of William and Mary (Huff) Kennis- 
 ton ; graduated from Bowdoin College, 1861. He enlisted in 
 the Fifth Maine Eegiment, May, 1861 ; mustered into service 
 June 24 as first lieutenant ; was taken prisoner at Bull Run, 
 Sunday, July 21; taken to Libby Prison and held until 
 November 22 ; then, in charge of Captain Wirz, who was exe- 
 cuted after the close of the war for his inhumanity to prison- 
 ers, taken to Tuscaloosa, Ala. On February 27, 1862, he was 
 paroled for exchange and started for Norfolk. At Weldon, 
 N. C, news of the battle between the Monitor and the Merri- 
 mac was received. The paroles were canceled and the prison- 
 ers returned to Salisbury, N. C, where they were detained 
 until August 10, when they were again paroled and on August 
 20 exchanged. He rejoined his regiment in September, was at 
 the battle of Fredericksburg, and on May 25, 1863, honorably 
 discharged. In 1864 he was lieutenant colonel of a District of 
 Columbia regiment. After this he was for two years a clerk 
 in the Treasury Department. Chapter XVI contains town, 
 legislative and customs services. He was admitted to the bar 
 in 1875 ; was Judge of Probate for Lincoln County, 1892 to 
 1900 ; has always acted with the Republican party and has been 
 an active member of the Congregational society. His principal 
 business for several years has been in handling real estate. 
 For family, see Kenniston genealogy. 
 
 John Edgae Holton, born at Boothbay Center, May 8, 
 1855, the son of John and Mary (Foy) Holton; graduated 
 from Bates College, 1881. He was principal of the normal 
 department inMaine Central Institute, Pittsfield, 1891 to 1894 ; 
 taught Latin and Grerman at Burton Seminary, Vt., and in 
 Essex, Mass. ;, was principal for a time of the High School at 
 Eastport. He was a natural linguist. Aside from his favorite 
 languages, which he taught, he had an excellent knowledge of 
 Swedish, Spanish, Italian and Welsh. Never enjoying good 
 health, his work overcame him while yet in early life and he 
 died June 6, 1896. 
 
 Emeeson Rice, born in Bath, December 3, 1862, the son 
 of Dr. Otis P. and Sarah A. (Emerson) Rice ; graduated from 
 Dartmouth College, 1887, with degree of A. B. ; in 1892 A. M. 
 was conferred. He married Mabel, daughter of George B. and 
 Antoinette E. (Adams) Kenniston, December 25, 1889. They 
 have one son, Roger Courtland, born January 22, 1891. From 
 1887 to the present Mr. Rice has been instructor in science in 
 
406 HISTOKY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 the High School, Hyde Park, Mass. He was president of the 
 Boothbay Society in Massachusetts in 1903 and 1904. In his 
 labors among the Massachusetts Archives, while assisting in 
 the preparation of the Emerson genealogy, he obtained many 
 references to Boothbay's early history, which were magnani- 
 mously furnished the author of this volume at its inception. 
 With his family he regularly spends each vacation season at 
 the Emerson homestead. 
 
 William Beaman Kenniston, born in Boothbay, Novem- 
 ber 20, 1870, son of George Beaman and Antoinette E. (Adams) 
 Kenniston. He prepared for college at the Phillips Exeter 
 Academy ; graduated from Bowdoin College, with A. B., 1892 ; 
 from Bowdoin Medical School, with M. D., 1895. He served 
 as house doctor at the Maine General Hospital, 1895—96 ; set- 
 tled in the practice of medicine in Yarmouth in 1897, where he 
 remained until 1901. He then took a post graduate course at 
 Harvard and later that year located in Exeter, N. H., where he 
 is now engaged in the practice of medicine. He married Inez 
 M., daughter of Benjamin F. and Sarah L. Whitcomb, Yar- 
 mouth, April 2, 1902. They have one daughter. Faith Eliza- 
 beth, born July 5, 1905. 
 
 Clarence Kobert Hodgdon, son of Gilman P. and Caro- 
 line M. (Spinney) Hodgdon, born March 18, 1868, at Booth- 
 bay Center; graduated from Amherst College, 1893. After 
 graduation he engaged in teaching at Black Hall, Conn., for 
 four years ; Brookline, Mass., one year ; principal of the Gard- 
 ner, Mass., High School for three years and of Spencer, Mass., 
 High School for two years. He then engaged with the Amer- 
 ican Real Estate Company, New York, selling their gold bonds, 
 which he is at present doing. He married Cj'nthia Dora, 
 daughter of Capt. Stephen E. and Imogene (Smalley) Nicker- 
 son, August 17, 1898. 
 
 Frank Weeks Blair, son of Capt. Benjamin F. and Mary 
 L. (Dickinson) Blair, born at Boothbay Harbor, February 13, 
 1874 ; fitted in the Boothbay Harbor High School ; graduated 
 from Bowdoin College, 1895, with degree of A. B. ; from 
 Bowdoin Medical School, M. D., 1899. He was principal of 
 Blue Hill Academy in 1895-96 ; of the Boothbay Harbor High 
 School in 1897. He commenced the practice of his profession 
 in Farmington, N. H., in 1900. In June, 1905, he was mar- 
 ried to Mary Eveleth Weeks, of Bath. After a brief illness he 
 died November 19, 1905. Doctor Blair had at the time of his 
 death reached a large and lucrative practice and was fast rising 
 in his profession. Interment at Bath. 
 
 George K. Blair, son of Capt. Benjamin F. and Mary 
 
SCHOOLS. 407 
 
 L. (Dickinson) Blair, born at Boothbay Harbor, April 20, 
 1875 ; fitted for college in the Boothbay Harbor High School ; 
 took a special course at Bowdoin College in 1895-96 ; gradu- 
 ated from Bowdoin Medical School in 1900, with degree of 
 M. D. ; was house doctor in Salem, Mass., Hospital, 1900-01 ; 
 commenced practice of medicine in Salem, Mass., 1901, where 
 he is now located. 
 
 Wendell Phillips McKown, son of Flarence M. and 
 Sarah F. (Kimball) McKown, born May 4, 1877, on Barter's 
 Island ; fitted in the Boothbay Harbor High School ; graduated 
 from Bowdoin College, 1898, winning the Smyth mathematical 
 prize in 1896 ; from Harvard Law School, 1903 ; was princi- 
 pal of the Boothbay Harbor High School, 1899-1900; was 
 engaged with Anderson & Anderson, attorneys, 35 Wall Street, 
 New York, from July, 1903, to May, 1905, when he opened 
 an office for himself in that city at 43 Cedar Street. He mar- 
 ried Alice, daughter of George B. and Antoinette E. (Adams) 
 Kenniston, April 5, 1904. They have one daughter, Mabel 
 Kenniston, born May 12, 1905. 
 
 John Aethuk Maddocks, son of Sewall T. and Nettie E. 
 (Blake) Maddocks, born October 7, 1877. He fitted for col- 
 lege at Dean Academy and graduated from Tufts College in 
 1898 ; became cashier of the First National Bank, Boothbay 
 Harbor, at its organization, November, 1900, which position 
 he retains. He married Edith Chase, daughter of Albert H. 
 and Ida A. (Chase) Kenniston, February 24, 1904. They 
 have one daughter, Dolores. 
 
 EoTDEN Maddocks, son of Joseph and Emma (French) , 
 Maddocks, born at Boothbay Harbor, August 20, 1878. He 
 nearly completed his fitting course in the Boothbay Harbor 
 High School when his father's family moved to Carrollton, Ky., 
 1894. The next year he entered the State College at Lexing- 
 ton, where he graduated in 1899, with the degree of Bachelor 
 of Civil Engineering. He soon after engaged with the Lack- 
 awanna Coal Company, and was holding a position with them 
 when stricken down, July 27, 1904, at Boulder, Colo. Inter- 
 ment was in the Wylie Cemetery, Boothbay. In his death a 
 useful and particularly promising life was cut short. 
 
 Percy Clipfoed Giles, son of Byron and Clara (Adams) 
 OUes, born June 21, 1875 ; fitted in the Boothbay schools and 
 at Lincoln Academy ; graduated from Bowdoin College, 1900. 
 He was principal of the Denmark High School in 1901, when, 
 in July of that year, he was appointed Government teacher in 
 the Philippine Islands and postmaster at Piat during 1901-02. 
 Returning on a leave of absence to the United States, he mar- 
 
408 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 ried Euby Louise Metcalf, of Damariscotta, June 30, 1903, 
 With his bride he at once returned to his work at the Philip- 
 pines, and was then stationed at Ilagan, Luzon. In 1904 he 
 took charge of the Provincial Normal School, 370 pupils, 
 Tuguegarav. On May 22, 1904, a son, Cedric Byron, wa» 
 born at Bagino, Benquit Province. 
 
 IsLAY Feancjs McCormick, son of Rev. Donald and Jane 
 (Green) McCormick, born December 21, 1879, at Castleford, 
 Yorkshire, England. He came to Boothbay Harbor with hia 
 father's family in 1895 ; completed his preparatory course in 
 the Boothbay Harbor High School ; graduated A. B. from 
 Bowdoin, 1900 ; A. B., Harvard, 1902, where he did one year's- 
 work in mathematics. He was principal of the Boothbay Har- 
 bor High School, 1900-01 ; assistant at Bridgton Academy, 
 1902-03 ; principal Bridgton Academy, 1903-05 ; took charge 
 of the mathematical department in the Eoxbury (Mass.) Latin 
 School, 1905. 
 
 Benjamin Edward Ejslley, son of John Edward and Cor- 
 delia (McDougall) Kelley, born at North Boothbay, June 20, 
 1879 ; fitted for college in the Boothbay schools and Lincoln 
 Academy ; graduated from Bowdoin College, 1902. He was 
 sub-master of the Brunswick School, Greenwich, Conn., fol- 
 lowing graduation, in addition to which he reported for the 
 Greenwich Graphic. At commencement, 1905, he became 
 principal of the Boothbay Center High School. 
 
 Donald Edward McCormick, son of Rev. Donald and 
 Jane (Green) McCormick, born December 28, 1882, at Castle- 
 ford, Yorkshire, England ; came with his father's family to 
 Boothbay Harbor in 1895 ; fitted for college in the Boothbay 
 Harbor High School ; graduated from Bowdoin College, A. B., 
 1903. He was sub-master of the Warren (Mass.) High School, 
 1903-04 ; became head of the mathematical department of the 
 Framingham (Mass.) High School, 1904, where he is now 
 engaged. 
 
 John Pierce McKown, son of Alvah C. and Olevia 
 McKown, born December 10, 1883, at Boothbay Harbor ; fitted 
 for college in the Boothbay Harbor High School ; graduated 
 from the New York College of Pharmacy, branch of Columbia 
 College, with degree of Ph. G., 1903 ; in the employ of Clar- 
 ence O. Bigelow, wholesale manufacturing chemist. New York 
 City. 
 
 Waldo Samuel Boyd, son of Samuel and Joanna (Phil- 
 brick) Boyd, born at Boothbay Harbor, March 6, 1882 ; fitted 
 for college in Boothbay Harbor High School ; graduated from 
 
Freeman Grovbr. 
 1807-1897. 
 
SCHOOLS. 409 
 
 New York College of Pharmacy, with degree of Ph. G., 1903 ; 
 in employ of H. H. Hay & Co., wholesale druggists, Portland. 
 
 Harry Hodgdon Holton, son of Willard Eussell and 
 Georgia E. (Hodgdon) Holton, born at Boothbay Harbor, June 
 9, 1881 ; fitted for college in Boothbay Harbor High School ; 
 graduated from the New York College of Pharmacy, 1904 ; 
 took post graduate work of one year in chemistry, with degree 
 of Ph. D. ; in the employ of Clarence O. Bigelow, wholesale 
 manufacturing chemist, New York City. 
 
 KoLAND Lee Turner, son of Capt. William A. and Susie 
 H. (Marks) Turner, born in Orland ; came to West Boothbay 
 Harbor, 1895 ; fitted in Boothbay Harbor High School ; grad- 
 uated from the University of Maine, 1904, with degree of C. E. 
 He is now engaged as civil engineer for the American Bridge 
 Company, East JBerlin, Conn. 
 
 Stephen Hodgdon Pinkham, son of Fernando and Jose- 
 phine (Decker) Pinkham, born on Barter's Island, August 1, 
 1878 ; fitted for college in the Boothbay schools and Lincoln 
 Academy ; graduated at Bowdoin College, A. B., 1905 ; in the 
 employ of the Western Electric Company, New York City. 
 
 Frank Day, son of Warren P. and Clara J. (Decker) Day, 
 born July 17, 1876, on Barter's Island ; fitted for college in 
 the Boothbay schools and Lincoln Academy ; graduated at Bow- 
 doin College, A. B., 1905. He is now a teacher in Connecticut. 
 
 Arthur Lewis McCobb, son of Willard H. and Bertha 
 (Miller) McCobb, born at Boothbay Harbor, September 23, 
 1883 ; fitted for college in the Boothbay Harbor High School ; 
 graduated from Bowdoin College, A. B., 1905 ; now teaching 
 in Elizabeth, N. J. 
 
 Students now in College Courses. 
 
 Carlton Bell Nickerson, son of Capt. Stephen E. and 
 Imogene (Smalley) Nickerson, born in Boothbay Harbor, Jan- 
 uary 15, 1885 ; fitted for college in the Boothbay Harbor High 
 School ; now in Clark College, Worcester, Mass., class of 1906. 
 
 Sidney Baxter Orne, son of Zina and Lizzie (Thompson) 
 Orne, born in Southport, March 24, 1886 ; now in University 
 of Maine, class of 1907, specializing in marine engineering. 
 
 Percy Glenham Bishop, son of Willard F. Bishop, born 
 in Eastport, residence in Boothbay Harbor ; fitted for college 
 in the Boothbay Harbor High School and Coburn Classical 
 Institute; entered Bowdoin College, 1905, special course. 
 
 Chesley Wilbur Nelson, son of Clark L. and Laura B. 
 (Grover) Nelson, born in Southport, December 1, 1885 ; fitted 
 
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410 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 for college in the Boothbay Harbor High School ; now in Bates 
 College, class of 1909. 
 
 Arthur Lewis Pinkham, son of Capt. Benjamin E. and 
 Abbie (Lewis) Pinkham, born in Boothbay Harbor ; fitted in 
 part in the Boothbay Harbor High School ; now in Bates Col- 
 lege, class of 1908. 
 
 Carl Russell Holton, son of Willard Russell and Geor- 
 gia E. (Hodgdon) Holton, born at Boothbay Harbor, Septem- 
 ber 12, 1884 ; fitted for college in the Boothbay Harbor High 
 School ; now in the Rhode Island State College of Agriculture 
 and Mechanics' Arts, class of 1909. The redrafting of the 
 maps in this volume, of date 1857, is work of his execution. 
 
CHAPTER XXIV. 
 
 Summer Resorts and Carrying Companies. 
 
 BEFORE wealth and fashion had made pleasure resorts of 
 the favored places along the coast of Maine they were 
 to some extent looked upon and visited as health resorts. 
 In the report of the State geologist, Doctor Jackson, 1837, he 
 says, speaking of Boothbay : "This place is one of the most 
 frequented harbors on the eastern coast of the State, and is a 
 favorite resort for invalids during the summer season, on 
 account of the purity of the air and the facilities for bathing 
 in clear sea-water." John Hayward, of Boston, published a 
 gazetteer of New England in 1839. In his mention of our 
 locality he says : " Boothbay is a fine watering place, and 
 many visit it, in summer months, for health or pleasure. Here 
 may be found all the enjoyments of sea air and bathing, fishing 
 and fowling, ocean and island scenery, for which Nahant, in 
 Massachusetts Bay, is justly celebrated." 
 
 This was nearly three-quarters of a century ago. Summer 
 vacations had not become a part of the system or plan of con- 
 ducting aJEfairs. Separate establishments, supported as summer 
 homes, were almost unknown. The country was in its infancy, 
 in a comparatively crude and undeveloped condition. With 
 development have come great fortunes, and moderate ones as 
 well, and a convenience of transportation from one part of the 
 country to another, and with it all an alluring influence to shift 
 the scenes at different seasons, with a consequent opportunity 
 to use and expend a part of the income. An annual outing 
 combines health and pleasure and is in fashion — a combination 
 that can hardly fail to make it permanent. 
 
 The great resorts of the country came along in the train of 
 development and wealth. Wealth depended upon development, 
 and that only set in, in real earnest, in the United States, at 
 
412 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 the close of the Civil War. About 1870 there was a marked 
 movement along the coast of Maine in the matter of establish- 
 ing summer homes. That movement has progressed without 
 let or hindrance to the present day, now more than a third of 
 a century. All that started, however, have not succeeded. 
 Some have gone down a sore disappointment to their founders ; 
 others have succeeded beyond expectation. But the aggregate 
 growth of the Maine resorts has been a monumental success, 
 and never was the perspective brighter than now. 
 
 Prior to about 1870 such as came among our people were 
 those who came on so economical a plan that it afforded slight 
 patronage. They either boarded in private families or camped 
 on the shores, and any expenditures made by them were so 
 small as not to be noticeable in the business affairs of the 
 community. With this in general I will proceed to mention 
 the start, growth and accomplishments of each separate resort 
 in our locality ; for here, unlike most other places of a similar 
 nature, the entire region abounds in summer colonies. 
 
 Squirrel Island. — The earliest owner from whom a trace 
 of succession to the present can be made was Samuel Ball. He 
 had two sons, Levi and Thomas, and a daughter who married 
 Amos Gray. Ball's children were marrying in town as early 
 as 1788, therefore it is probable that he settled on the island 
 at about the close of the Revolution, though he may have done 
 so earlier. He let his son-in-law, Amos Gray, have it, and 
 Gray exchanged it with William Greenleaf, in 1825, for a farm 
 in Starks. Squire Greenleaf died in 1868, and early in 1870 
 his heirs sold the island to Hon. J. B. Ham, Lewiston, for 
 $2,200, the purchaser acting for a proposed association. An 
 act of incorporation was approved February 3d, and in June the 
 organization was completed and the following officers elected : 
 President, J. B. Ham ; Treasurer, Nelson Dingley, Jr. ; Direct- 
 ors, J. B. Ham, O. B. Cheney, M. V. B. Chase, G. S. Preble, 
 W. H. Stevens, H. B. Furbush. Fourteen cottages were built 
 the tirst year ; the next saw a new landing, sidewalks, bowling 
 alley and other small improvements. The chapel was added in 
 1881 and the Squirrel Island House in 1882. The summer 
 post office and reading room dates from 1877. Hotel Eastern, 
 with a capacity for 200 guests, was built in 1894-95, and 
 
SUMMER EJE80ETS. 413 
 
 opened the latter year, June 20th, by Keyes H. Richards, 
 proprietor. He had been proprietor of the old Chase House, 
 which was burned in 1893. The name of Hotel Eastern was 
 changed to Squirrel Inn at the close of the season of 1895. 
 Mr. Richards is still proprietor and the house has had crowded 
 seasons ever since its erection. 
 
 A summer sheet, called the Squid, was established and ran 
 seven or eight weeks each season from some time in the early 
 seventies until about 1888, when it was changed to the Squirrel 
 Island Buoy. The former was conducted by the late Parke 
 G. Dingley, the latter usually by Bowdoin College students as 
 lessees of the old plant. It was discontinued about 1900, since 
 which time a special effort has been made by the Booihbay 
 Register to chronicle the Squirrel news. A casino was built 
 in 1890. In 1904 a new library was opened, which was the 
 gift of A. H. Davenport, who has been president of the asso- 
 ciation for several years and a leading real estate owner there. 
 Water from the Boothbay Harbor plant was conducted across 
 by laying a submarine pipe from the end of Spruce Point and 
 a sewer system partially constructed in 1904. A telegraph, 
 by submarine cable, has existed several years. The island sur- 
 veys 131 acres. From the first a liberal policy has been pur- 
 sued toward the island by the town of Southport, of which it 
 is a part. Carefully drawn articles of association and wise 
 administration of the affairs of the colony have kept out all 
 objectionable features. Since 1903 they have received extra 
 powers through a special charter granted them by the Legisla- 
 ture. The first store on Squirrel was kept by a man named 
 Ring. He was followed by one named Barker, afterward 
 becoming the firm of Barker, Ham & Mitchell. Then fol- 
 lowed Charles E. Kendrick, the present proprietor of the 
 Boothbay Register, who was succeeded by Keyes H. Richards, 
 who still conducts it. 
 
 At present Squirrel Island possesses a hotel, chapel, casino, 
 post and telegraph offices, library, store, Spa, water and sewer 
 systems. There are 115 cottages, and among these are many 
 modern and expensive structures, much in contrast with the 
 humble beginnings in the seventies. A census in the season 
 of 1905 showed the visitors upon the island to number 910 
 
414 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 persons, representing 114 cities and towns, twenty-two States 
 and four foreign countries. 
 
 Mouse Island. — As early an owner as can be found for 
 this island, and probably the first person to build and live upon 
 it, was John Andrews, Jr. After selling his property at the 
 head of the Harbor he built upon Mouse Island, which evidently 
 had belonged to the estate of his father. This may go back to 
 1794, when John Andrews, Sr., first came from Ipswich to 
 Boothbay. The house was built in 1858 and lived in until 
 1864, when Andrews sold to Alexander Johnson, Wiscasset. 
 Johnson built the stone house in 1870 and about three years 
 later sold the property to John and Charles Cameron, of South- 
 port. They, in 1875, sold to a company of twelve persons 
 from Skowhegan. The next year a move toward corporate 
 organization, with the building of an extensive summer hotel a 
 part of the program, was made, but never fully carried out. 
 The Samoset House was built in 1877 and since that date has 
 annually been opened in summer, under several lessees. The 
 leading parties in interest have been L. L. Morrison, R. W. 
 Haines, S. J. Walton and George N. Page, all of Skowhegan. 
 It is still owned by an association. 
 
 Capital Island. — Eobert Reed, who lived at Pig Cove and 
 was a son of Col. Andrew, of Boothbay, settled at that point 
 about 1785. It was then and for many years after called Pig 
 Cove Island. Reed sold the island to Moses Riggs, of George- 
 town, and he, in 1844, to Freeman Grover, who that year set- 
 tled at Pig Cove. Grover sold to Charles A. White, Gardiner, 
 who acted for a company which was organized in 1878 and 
 built the Capital Island House, or by some termed the Sidney 
 House, for John Sidney was first proprietor. The early story 
 of our summer business can hardly be written and leave John 
 Sidney out. He was born at Kalma, Sweden, but came to 
 America with his parents at the age of twelve. They soon 
 died and at thirteen he was left an orphan. He chose the sea 
 and sailed in nearly every quarter of the globe, under nearly 
 every flag. He was shipwrecked several times, passed through 
 scores of adventures of which any one told at length would 
 make an interesting story, fought through the Civil War with 
 more than one full share of hardships and then engaged in sein- 
 
SUMMEE RESORTS. 415 
 
 ing. This brought him into our locality, and upon the pur- 
 chase of Squirrel Island he took up his abode there as keeper. 
 He was termed the third king of Squirrel — Samoset being first, 
 King William (Squire Greenleaf), second, and Sidney became 
 King John. In this position he remained until the house was 
 built at Capital, when he went there to complete his career. 
 He had seen and experienced that side of life by which all law 
 was turned to license. A newspaper article upon him once 
 said that he " had all the charms of the wild Indian and all the 
 vices of tame civilization." He was generous and kind, but 
 what he wanted he took if within reach. He was, in fact, a 
 whole-souled, kind-hearted old sinner and will long be remem- 
 bered. Capital has about thirty cottages owned by individuals, 
 other property being still in association ownership. 
 
 SotJTHPORT. — The advantages of mainland and island are 
 afforded this town since the bridge was built. Beautiful spots, 
 where Nature has been lavish in her attractions, abound about 
 its shores, and summer homes are springing up at all points. 
 Crossing from Boothbay Harbor one of the first places in view 
 is that of Mrs. Ehoda Thompson. It is the old homestead, 
 remodeled and fitted as a summer hotel, with a capacity for 
 about forty guests. A little farther westward, at the junction 
 of the roads, is Cove Cottage, Capt. Alphonzo Dyer, proprie- 
 tor, with a capacity of from forty to fifty guests. It was first 
 opened in 1889. Its patrons are mostly from New York and 
 New Jersey. In 1897 M. H. & H. L. Thompson built the 
 Lawnmere. It was erected for the purpose and is located so 
 as to command a view of Samoset River and the entire travel 
 between Bath and Boothbay. It is a well-finished structure 
 inside and out. Its capacity is for about sixty guests, with 
 extensive additions already arranged to be added for 1906. 
 
 Where " Skipper " John Pierce conducted a thrifty bank 
 cod establishment, enlarged and increased by his sons-in-law, 
 Thomas and Nahum Marr, from whom the harbor at West 
 Southport took its name, J. Dana Pay son now runs the Cozy 
 Harbor House. It is the old home of Thomas Marr, remod- 
 eled with additions. Its capacity is for forty to fifty guests. 
 
 Three miles more to the southward and the Newaeen House, 
 Courtland Wilson, proprietor, is reached. It is the old Wilson 
 
416 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 home, with all former semblance gone. The house was first 
 built by Ebenezer Preble in 1816. On the grounds of this 
 place is the renowned "Chaple's Chair," a description of which 
 has found its way into print by nearly every space writer and 
 searcher after the curious who has visited Cape Newagen. 
 This house has dining capacity for fifty persons, with rooming 
 for thirty-five. 
 
 The largest and one of the oldest summer establishments on 
 the island is that of Abial Gray, a little more than a mile north 
 of Cape Newagen, situated on Boothbay Harbor, nearly oppo- 
 site Squirrel. It has no name, it is simply " Gray's " — that 
 said and it is known. The capacity is about seventy-five. 
 Northerly from this establishment is that of Charles S. Gray. 
 It is known as the Point of View House, and accommodates 
 about twenty-five guests. It was opened in 1895. On high 
 land overlooking Capital Island Cove is Bay View House, 
 Daniel B. Strout, proprietor. This house was opened to the 
 public in 1876, since which time it has been rebuilt with addi- 
 tions. It accommodates about forty guests. Besides the 
 houses mentioned are several others which are able to accom- 
 modate fifteen to twenty guests each season. A hall was built 
 a few years ago on the shore at the end of the bridge, and in 
 summer a store with the specialties of the season is run in 
 connection. A short distance northerly from "Gray's," near 
 Devon Rocks, a chapel was erected by subscription among the 
 guests during 1905. It is twenty-five by fifty-two feet, con- 
 tains twenty-two pews, and was built by Charles S. Gray. 
 The architecture is modern and it is a very attractive building. 
 It is known as "All Saints Chapel by the Sea," and is Episcopal. 
 Boating facilities are unsurpassed wherever one goes about 
 Southport, and, in the past few years, a great improvement is 
 noticeable on all the roads. This is directly traceable to the erec- 
 tion of a bridge, as was predicted by its supporters at the time. 
 
 BooTHBAY Harbor Village has the Menawarmet, built 
 and equipped specially for the summer trade, by the Boothbay 
 Land Company, in 1889. It was later sold to Capt. Oscar S. 
 Yates, Round Pond, who has since become a resident. It has 
 been run annually, by either Captain Yates or a lessee, during 
 each season since building. Excepting Squirrel Inn and the 
 
SUMMER RESORTS. 417 
 
 Oak Grove House it is the largest summer hostelry in the entire 
 region, accommodating more than 100 persons. Previous to 
 building the above the Boston and Boothbay Land Company 
 erected a small hotel at the southerly projection of Spruce 
 Point, where the telegraph cable and water pipe leave the 
 mainland for Squirrel Island service. This house has a capacity 
 for thirty guests. The all-the-y ear-open houses are the Booth- 
 bay House and "Weymouth House, the former accommodating 
 about 100 guests, the latter fifty. Additional to these are some 
 private residences open only to regular boarders during summer. 
 
 On the road leading to Southport, on the shore of Camp- 
 bell's Cove, is situated the Oak Grove House. This house was 
 opened in 1896, under the management of its present proprie- 
 tor, W. H. Reed. It is modern in every respect and has 
 enjoyed a patronage up to its capacity each season. It accom- 
 modates from 100 to 125. 
 
 Isle of Springs, originally known as Thirty Acre Island, 
 and then, during the occupancy of the Swett family, as Swett's 
 Island, was purchased during 1887 of Harvey Swett by an 
 association of Kennebec and Androscoggin parties and rechris- 
 tened. In 1888 nine cottages and the Ne Krangen House were 
 built. This house took its name from a local one in the Indian 
 language. Townsend Gut, just below this island, which sepa- 
 rates Southport from the main, was by the natives known as 
 Ne Krangen, variously translated as "gateway," "in the open," 
 etc. An association was duly organized immediately after pur- 
 chase, similar to that existing at Squirrel. Four members of 
 the association purchased the hotel in 1902 and enlarged it 
 from twenty-four guests' rooms to fifty. One of the valuable 
 as well as extraordinary features of this island is that twelve 
 distinct springs of pure water appear upon it, distributed at 
 different points. There are now about twenty-five cottages. 
 The casino was built in 1892. The only other public resort on 
 the Sheepscot side is the Sawyer Island House, which for the 
 past few seasons has been under the proprietorship of Elton H. 
 Lewis, who also conducts a store in connection. This is the 
 old home of Zina H. Hodgdon, and summer boarders were 
 taken for several years before it went into Mr. Lewis' hands. 
 
 Bayville is one of the largest and most important summer 
 
418 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 colonies in the locality. The neighborhood where stands the 
 Boyd residence and others, at the junction of the road to Bay- 
 ville and that running between East Boothbay and the Harbor, 
 was formerly called Hardscrabble. It is often so referred to 
 in the town records of fifty to sixty years ago. The Booker 
 family, shown by old records to have been a numerous one, 
 lived there. Samuel Murray owned the land nearer the shore, 
 where the Bayville colony now inhabits and easterly along 
 shore, including Murray Hill. In 1840 Samuel Boyd purchased 
 what is now the estate of the late Thomas Boyd and all of Bay- 
 ville, of Murray, making his home there afterward. At that 
 date an old cellar was plainly visible just east of the present 
 settlement, but it is not known who the early settler was. 
 Thomas Boyd, who had lived for several years in Dorchester, 
 Mass., came back and took the homestead, and soon after 1870, 
 when, as we have seen, the tide of summer travel commenced 
 to set in toward Boothbay, he was quick to grasp the situation 
 and to recognize the value of what he possessed. A private 
 way was opened to the shore from his residence and a single 
 cottage built, which Isaac Reed took. Another was soon built, 
 known as the Greenleaf cottage. But little, however, was done 
 before 1884. Prof. G. M. Harmon, of Tufts College, came 
 there first in 1886. Mr. Capen had been there the previous 
 year. At that time there were the Reed, Boyd, Marsh, McDon- 
 ald, Tufts, Dorchester, Blaxton and Boyd and Capen cottages. 
 Prof. W. R. Shipman, of Tufts, came in 1887. Since that 
 time the leading promoters of the colony have been the firm 
 composed of Professors Harmon and Shipman. In 1890 Grif- 
 fin & Bourne purchased land of Mrs. Maiy Sproule, from the 
 original Leishman farm, abutting on the west, and built four 
 cottages and also sold two lots where cottages were built. In 
 the early nineties three cottages were built there by the late 
 Charles Chick, of Augusta. The Gables has been owned by 
 Harmon & Shipman since 1892 and run as a public house. 
 There are now thirty-six cottages ; eight are owned by Harmon 
 & Shipman, five by GriflSn & Bourne, six by the Boyd estate 
 and the rest individually. A casino was built in 1904 at a cost 
 of $1,500, owned jointly between the Bayville and Murray 
 Hill colonies. This is used through the week for various pub- 
 
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SUMMER RESORTS. 419 
 
 lie amusements and Sundays for religious services. Near the 
 •casino is the floating stage, seventeen by seventy feet, with a 
 boathouse. The steamboat has no landing here, but makes 
 one at Murray Hill, one-fourth mile distant. 
 
 Murray Hill was purchased by Charles Capen, Stoughton, 
 Mass., in 1886, and while in a sense connected with Bayville 
 is still a separate summer colony. There are several attractive 
 summer homes there in an unsurpassed location. The two 
 Capens, Cochrane and Brown purchased about seventy acres 
 easterly from Murray Hill in 1886 and erected four cottages 
 upon their purchase, christening the place Paradise Point. Bay- 
 ville has a summer postal service, while the two latter neigh- 
 borhoods take mail and are tributary in trade to East Boothbay. 
 
 East Boothbay, throughout the region covered by this 
 volume, is only second to Boothbay Harbor as a trading center 
 and supply station for the summer colonies as well as the resi- 
 dent population ; and, like the Harbor in another respect, 
 while not of itself a leading summer location still has its 
 admirers and accommodates them. Several private houses are 
 opened in summer. Among the principal places of this class 
 are the following : Seavey House, Mrs. Granville J. Seavey ; 
 McDougall House, James McDougall ; Forest House, Walter 
 McDougall ; Reed House, Mrs. E. Ella Keed. 
 
 At points along the way leading over the ridge road to 
 Ocean Point, by which one traverses the entire length of Line- 
 kin Neck, development is often discernible in the form of new 
 summer homes and hotels which have sprung up. The Mount 
 Pleasant House, at that place, has its location near a regular 
 steamboat landing. A little farther to the south is the Ledge 
 Lawn House, built by E. S. Linekin, 1890, situated on a 
 beautiful spot on the shore of the bay. 
 
 Ocean Point, on the identical spot where stood the ancient 
 settlement of Corbin's Sound, dates its birth as a summer col- 
 ony among the first along our coast. It took its start early in 
 the seventies. Perhaps no two persons among the many who 
 have taken a strong interest in the welfare and growth of this 
 place have done so much as Dr. L. J. Crocker and the late 
 Hon. P. O. Vickery, both of Augusta. They were among its 
 «arliest admirers and have been among its most loyal and con- 
 
420 HI8TOHT OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 stant supporters. In 1895 there were twenty-nine cottages. 
 That year John R. McDougall, of East Boothbay, who for fif- 
 teen years had sent a team there daily in summer from hia 
 home store, built one at the Point with a forty-four foot front- 
 age on the street and a twenty-two foot depth, with public hall 
 above. About that date the town made an appropriation of 
 $1,025 for building a street about the shore of the Point, and 
 since then a healthy growth has been noticeable annually in 
 both numbers and improvements of buildings. The Ocean 
 Point House, near the steamboat landing, was one of the earli- 
 est houses built there for summer use. There are now about 
 seventy cottages and two hotels, C. E. Hoxie and J. W. Har- 
 low being proprietors. 
 
 Among summer boarding houses in Boothbay, not already 
 mentioned, are those of James A. Reed, Charles Dodge and 
 Andrew E. Perkins, Pleasant Cove, and Chester C. Knight, 
 Boothbay Center. While the number and amount of non-resi- 
 dent taxpayers is not an exact criterion by which to judge of 
 the extent and value of the summer interests about our shores, 
 it still is strongly indicative. In 1905 there were 218 non- 
 resident property owners in Boothbay, 279 in Southport and 
 177 in Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 Carrying Companies. 
 Just previous to the Civil War a side wheel steamer, the 
 T. F. Seeker, ran for two seasons between Portland and Booth- 
 bay Harbor. Her landings were at the wharves of C. & W. 
 Fisher, west side, and Capt. Allen Lewis, east side. Part of 
 the stock in this boat was owned here, but more largely in 
 Portland. Her measurement was about 200 tons. Previous 
 to 1865, with this exception, all water travel in and out of 
 Boothbay Harboi', or other places about Boothbay shores, was 
 by sailing vessels or dories. The latter were used principally 
 for reaching Bath by water. Many of our citizens, and not by 
 any means the oldest among them, have made the trip to Bath 
 in that way frequently in their earlier years. Samuel Donnell 
 followed dory transportation of passengers between Bath and 
 Boothbay for many years before the advent of steam over the 
 route. Capt. Gilman A. Low, now of Boothbay Harbor, but 
 
CARRYING COMPANIES. 421 
 
 a former resident of Georgetown, is entitled to credit as the 
 first mover in the direction of putting on steam transportation. 
 Shortly before 1865 he, as a young man, formulated the plan 
 and enlisted the efforts and capital of William H. McClellan, a 
 merchant of Bath, in the enterprise. The steamer Spray was 
 the result, a boat sixty feet long with a capacity for seventy - 
 five passengers. She went on the route in 1865, making daily 
 trips between Boothbay and Bath. 
 
 The Eastern Steamboat Company was chartered in 1868 
 and organized in 1869 with Samuel D. Bailey, of Bath, as its 
 first president. In the opening of 1870 the steamer Sasanoa, 
 a boat eighty-six feet in length, was built, and that year two 
 trips daily were run during summer. The inauguration of 
 Boothbay Harbor, with the islands and country about, as a 
 summer resort takes its date that year. In the fall and winter 
 of 1871-72 daily winter service between Boothbay and "Wis- 
 casset was commenced and has continued to the present. The 
 mail route over this line was established in 1873, which has 
 been continuous since. Early in 1873 the steamer Samoset 
 was built, a boat seventy-one feet long. That and the Sasanoa 
 then for a time did the business over the route, for in February, 
 that year, the old Spray was sold to T. "W. Allen & Son, Den- 
 nysville. Me. The steamer Sebenoa was built in 1880 and sold 
 to the Maine Central Railroad in January, 1884 ; she was a 
 boat 100 feet in length. The year of that sale the Wiwurna 
 was built to take the place of the Sebenoa. This latest addi- 
 tion to the line was 110 feet long, 98 tons, and is still in ser- 
 vice. In September, 1887, the Sasanoa was sold to New York 
 parties and taken to Staten Island. The following spring the 
 steamer Nahanada, 100 feet long, 91 tons, was built and put 
 upon the route. In 1890 the Winter Harbor was purchased 
 and the summer trips of the company were extended to Line- 
 kin's Bay, South Bristol and Pemaquid Harbor, Early in 
 1894 the steamer Samoset was rebuilt and enlarged, the name 
 being changed to Damarin, 55 tons. Since that the steamer 
 Island Belle, 153 tons, has been purchased and put upon the 
 line. 
 
 On October 8, 1901, the Eastern Steamship Company was 
 incorporated and comprised what had been the Boston and 
 
422 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Bangor Steamship Company, Portland Steamship Company,, 
 International Steamship Company, Kennebec Steamboat Com- 
 pany and Eastern Steamboat Company. In March, 1905, they 
 took over the Eockland, Blue Hill and Ellsworth Steamboat 
 Company. These former lines are now known as divisions of 
 the present company and are constituted as follows : 
 
 Bangor Division, 234 miles, two boats, 3,700 tons aggre- 
 gate. 
 
 Portland Division, 110 miles, two boats, 6,065 tons. 
 
 Mount Desert Division, 111 miles, four boats, 1,078 tons. 
 
 International Division, 330 miles, three boats, 7,265 tons. 
 
 Kennebec Division, 150 miles, two boats, 3,650 tons. 
 
 Boothbay Division, 33 miles, four boats, Wiwurna, N^ahan- 
 ada, Island Belle, Damarin, 397 tons. 
 
 This gives the company, as at present equipped, seventeen 
 boats, with an aggregate tonnage of 22,355 and aggregate mile- 
 age of 968. Connection at Bath with the Kennebec Division is 
 made. The service at present includes three or four round 
 trips between Boothbay Harbor and Bath daily in summer, two 
 in spring and fall, and from about December 20th, average, to 
 March 20th all are discontinued and one round trip daily to 
 Wiscasset is made. 
 
 Previous to 1887 the larger part of the general freight to 
 Boothbay Harbor from Portland was brought by the schooner 
 Mary Elizabeth, Capt. George Dunton. Other schooners plied 
 between Portland and East Boothbay and the other trading 
 points about the shore. That year Capt. Alfred Eace, East 
 Boothbay, organized the Portland and Boothbay Steamboat 
 Company and purchased the steamer Enterprise, 184 tons 
 measurement, 150 tons freight capacity, carrying 300 passen- 
 gers. In 1895 general repairs were made adding much to its 
 value and convenience for public service. This boat makes its 
 terminal points Portland and East Boothbay, touching at Booth- 
 bay Harbor and South Bristol, and during the season at Squir- 
 rel and Heron Islands. The service is tri- weekly and since its 
 ^rst appearance on the line it has received the greater part of 
 the general freights for the entire locality. Captain Race has 
 been master since establishment. 
 
 In 1895 the Maine Coast Navigation Company was incor- 
 
CARRYING COMPANIES. 423 
 
 porated and commenced business by putting on a newly-built 
 steamer, the Salacia. Capt. O. C. Oliver was the moving 
 spirit in this undertaking and was master of the boat and pres- 
 ident of the company. A more extended business and other 
 boats were at first contemplated, but after some two or three 
 seasons' trial, including several changes of service, the steamer 
 was sold and went to Florida and the company closed its affairs. 
 
 About or soon after 1880 the steamer Islander, Capt. 
 Charles C. Thompson, Southport, went on the route summers 
 between Gardiner and Boothbay Harbor, touching at all the 
 resort landings between. This boat plied over its route about 
 twenty years when it was sold to Florida parties. 
 
 The City of Gardiner commenced before 1895, over the 
 same line of travel, at first tri-weekly, but for several recent 
 years daily, during the season, and is still on the route. 
 
 A new line commenced April 15, 1896, known as the Port- 
 land and Eockland Steamboat Company, Capt. I. E. Archibald. 
 The above cities are its terminal points. Its regular stations 
 between are Boothbay Harbor, New Harbor, Round Pond, 
 Friendship, Port Clyde and Tenant's Harbor, with a few 
 additional landings in summer. The service of this line com- 
 menced with the steamer Silver Star, followed by the Merry- 
 coneag, a larger boat, and in 1902 by a new steamer, the 
 Mineola, and now by the Monhegan. This line has been 
 extended to points in Hancock County and apparently enjoys 
 a profitable carrying trade. It certainly fills a long-felt want 
 in both freight and travel. 
 
 That portion of Boothbay bordering on the Damariscotta 
 has been greatly convened for three or four years last past by 
 the Damariscotta Steamboat Company, E. P. Gamage, mana- 
 ger, which begins about June 1st each year, running until late 
 in autumn, between Christmas Cove and Damariscotta, touch- 
 ing at Heron Island, South Bristol, East Boothbay, Clark's 
 Cove and Poole's Landing, making two round trips daily dur- 
 ing the busy season. 
 
CHAPTER XXV. 
 The Civil War. 
 
 THE news of the surrender of Fort Sumter reached our 
 towns on the morning of April 15, 1861. Six States 
 had already seceded and on February 18th, preceding, 
 Jefferson Davis had been inaugurated President of the Confed- 
 eracy. These preliminary acts had inflamed the public mind ; 
 the last act fired it. The next news flashed over the country 
 was the call of President Lincoln that day for 75,000 troops. 
 Four days later the Sixth Mass. Regiment was attacked in 
 Baltimore by a mob with rebel tendencies as it was hurrying 
 through that city for- the defense of the National Capital. 
 
 The wildest enthusiasm prevailed throughout the North, 
 and nowhere was it more intense and true than in the State of 
 Maine ; but it is only our province to present what can be 
 gathered of the part that was played by Boothbay and South- 
 port, that future generations descending from this population 
 may know what their ancestors contributed to that mighty 
 conflict. Men and women, boys and girls, almost universally 
 wore the national colors. Bits of red, white and blue appeared 
 everywhere and on all occasions. Public meetings were almost 
 universally held. The first in Boothbay was at the East Booth- 
 bay schoolhouse, where many young men stepped forward and 
 signed a pledge to go to the front and defend the Government. 
 This was immediately followed by another meeting, in the old 
 Union Church at Boothbay Center, of similar purpose and 
 result. The ladies of the town were not less patriotic than the 
 men, and they actively participated on nearly every public 
 occasion. But these gatherings, which occurred throughout 
 the North, were simply the expressions of National feeling. 
 The crisis first produced this spontaneous outburst of indigna- 
 tion and patriotism combined, and then settled down to a legal, 
 formal, systematic effort to stamp out treason in the land. 
 Town action follows. 
 
The McCobb and Auld House, 
 
 built about 1807. 
 
 The Leishman House, 
 
 built in 1775. 
 
THE CIVIL WAK. 425 
 
 At a special meeting called on May 6, 1861, Charles Car- 
 lisle, moderator, the following article was presented : 
 
 " To see what sum of money the town will raise to pay those 
 volunteers in their country's service and provide for the fami- 
 lies of those who may need assistance." 
 
 The action of the town follows : 
 
 "Voted to pay volunteers $25 per month if it can legally be 
 done. 
 
 "Voted to raise $2,000 for the support of the families of 
 those who volunteer in their country's service if needed. 
 
 " Voted to choose a committee of five to wait on the fami- 
 lies of those who volunteer and see what assistance is needed." 
 
 Allen Lewis, Robert Montgomery, Benjamin Reed, William 
 Carlisle and Samuel K. Hilton were chosen a committee. 
 This committee was continued in 1862. 
 At a special meeting July 26, 1862 : 
 
 " Voted to pay each volunteer $100 when mustered into the 
 United States service, providing the town's quota is made up 
 of volunteers, and the selectmen be authorized to borrow 
 $3,000 to pay the volunteers if necessary. 
 
 " Voted that the town appoint a committee to procure the 
 names of residents of Boothbay who are, or have been, or shall 
 be in the army or navy during the war. The same to be called 
 the roll of honor and to be recorded as such in the town records.' 
 
 The committee chosen were Charles S. F. Hilton, William 
 Carlisle, Leonard Montgomery, Leonard McCobb and William 
 Kenniston. 
 
 A special meeting September 1, 1862 : 
 
 " To see what method the town will take to raise the num- 
 ber of men required of the town under the late call of the 
 Governor." 
 
 The action of the town : 
 
 "Voted to pay volunteers $125 and authorize the selectmen 
 to borrow $3,250 to pay volunteers when required." 
 
 At this meeting Alden Blossom was chosen to obtain names 
 of all those already gone into the army and navy, and to wait 
 upon the Governor and see if the town might not be enabled 
 to get its quota reduced or its filling postponed for a time. At 
 the same meeting Leonard McCobb, Leonard Montgomery, 
 
 28 
 
426 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 John McClintock and William Kenniston were chosen as a 
 committee to procure volunteers. 
 
 September 5, 1863, it was voted to pay drafted men, who 
 serve under the Conscription Act, $125 each. 
 
 November 16, 1863, it was voted to pay $300 each to those 
 who are accepted by the Governor to fill the town's quota under 
 the President's call of October 17th, and the selectmen were 
 authorized to raise the necessary amount on the credit of the 
 town. 
 
 January 4, 1864, a committee consisting of Westbrook G. 
 Lewis, Sewall S. Wylie and Isaac W. Reed was chosen to 
 procure the town's quota at the best possible advantage. The 
 selectmen were authorized to make a loan of $13,200, at the 
 lowest possible rate, limited not to pay in excess of eight per 
 cent, interest, and to deposit the funds in Augusta, that the men 
 might be paid as soon as mustered into United States service. 
 
 February 17, 1864, at a special meeting : 
 
 " Voted that the selectmen be authorized to recruit the town's 
 quota assigned them under the President's last call, at the best 
 advantage they can for the town, agreeable to instructions." 
 
 August 12, 1864, at a special meeting: 
 
 "Voted to raise $250 for every man who serves in the 
 United States service, or furnishes a substitute to fill the town's 
 quota for one year, and that the selectmen be authorized to 
 raise the required sum on the credit of the town. Also to pro- 
 cure any necessary assistance in procuring the men." 
 
 The above vote was unanimous in a full meeting. 
 
 At the September election it was voted 227 to 4 to ratify 
 the Legislative resolve to allow the soldiers in the field the 
 privilege to vote. 
 
 A special meeting, October 5, 1864, to complete the work 
 of the meeting of August 12th preceding, voted exclusive power 
 to the selectmen in filling the town's quota under the President's 
 last call for 500,000 men, at the town's expense. The neces- 
 sary number not having been obtained, another meeting was 
 called for December 3, 1864, when it was voted to raise $10,000 
 on the credit of the town, and that such a part as was necessary 
 should be used in procuring twenty-five volunteers. 
 
 The last war measure before its close was that on February 
 
THE CIVIL WAR. 427 
 
 22, 1865, when it was voted to raise $15,000 and to choose 
 two agents to procure the necessary men. Thomas Boyd and 
 Sewall S. Wylie were chosen. 
 
 In 1870 a vote was passed that each man who enlisted and 
 had received no bounty from any source should be then paid a 
 bounty of $100. 
 
 The Boothbay Civil War List. 
 The following list, while falling short in number of the 
 aggregate quota during the Civil War period, has been revised 
 with care from town records, inscriptions from gravestones, 
 family records, G. A. R. Post records, and then reviewed by 
 several veterans who have been lifelong residents of the town. 
 Additional to this, comparison with the Adjutant General's 
 reports has been made. The aggregate quota of Boothbay was 
 about 250, but many of these were commuters or substitutes, 
 the names of some of whom were not ever known, being pro- 
 cured through agency ; but if known do not require a place in 
 a list of this nature. If omissions occur, aa some are likely to, 
 they are more likely to be instances of some who were Booth - 
 bay born and bred, but went into the service while temporarily 
 residing in some other State. Usual abbreviations are used. 
 
 Alexander Adams, priv. co. C, 14th Me. reg. ; also sea- 
 man U. S. S. Octorara; res. Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 George Adams, priv. co. K, 8th Me. reg. ; b. in England ; 
 res. in Boothbay. 
 
 John Adams, serg. co. B, 5th Mass. reg. ; also serg. 28th 
 Me. reg. ; res. Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 Daniel Adams, priv. co. C, 14th Me. reg. ; d. in service at 
 New Orleans. 
 
 David C. Adams, priv. co. F, 28th Me. reg. ; res. Boothbay. 
 
 James R. Auld, priv. co. A, 5th Me. reg. ; d. at Boothbay 
 Harbor, July 2, 1903. 
 
 John G. Auld, capt. co. E, 4th Me. reg. ; wounded at 
 Fredericksburg; d. at Washington, D. C, Dec. 4, 1902. 
 
 Rufus Auld, priv. co. E, 4th Me. reg. ; also priv. co. K, 
 19th Me. reg. ; res. Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 Chandler Ayer, priv. co. D, 3d Me. reg. ; dec. 
 
 Elwell H. Barter, priv. co. K, 8th Me. reg. ; res. Boothbay. 
 
 James E. Beath, corp. and serg. co. E, 4th Me. reg. ; res. 
 Boothbay. 
 
428 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 Thomas P. Beath, capt. co. K, 19th Me. reg. ; living in 
 the West. 
 
 Benjamin F. Blair, acting ensign U. S. Navy, ship Mohi- 
 can; res. Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 Clark Blake, corp. co. B, 9th Me. reg. ; d. May 23, 1864. 
 
 Franklin H. Blake, priv. co. F, 28th Me. reg. ; d. June 5, 
 1891. 
 
 Isaac N. Blish, musician co. C, 14th Me. reg. ; dec. 
 
 Alden Blossom, M. D., surgeon 6th Me. reg. ; b. in Tur- 
 ner; d. in Boothbay Harbor, Aug. 17, 1897. 
 
 Abijah Boyd, priv. co. K, 19th Me. reg. ; d. in Boothbay, 
 Mar. 28, 1892. 
 
 Alexander Boyd, priv. 7th Me. Bat. ; d. in Boothbay, Apr. 
 29, 1894. 
 
 Charles H. Boyd, priv. co. A, 5th Me. reg. ; d. in 1863. 
 
 "William Boyd, priv. co. C, 14th Me. reg. ; d. Jan., 1904, 
 in Maiden, Mass. 
 
 Martin Brewer, priv. 8th Me. reg. ; also seaman on U. S. 
 S. Pautuxet; res. Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 Mitchell Brewer, seaman on U. S. S. Alabama; d. in 
 Boothbay Harbor, Dec. 25, 1895. 
 
 George W. Brown, priv. co. L, 1st Me. Heavy Art. 
 
 Albert W. Bryer, priv. co. E, 4th Me. reg. ; d. from wounds 
 received at James River at Alexandria, Va., July 2, 1864. 
 
 Cushman Bryer, seaman U. S. S. Brooklyn; d. Aug. 28, 
 1874. 
 
 George E. Bryer, priv. 7th Me. reg. ; dec. 
 
 Alva Carlisle, priv. co. F, 28th Me. reg. ; d. Feb. 25, 1863. 
 
 Frank Carlisle, corp. co. G, 1st Mass. reg. ; res. Boothbay. 
 
 Jason Carlisle, capt. co. E, 4th Me. reg. ; res. Boothbay 
 Harbor. 
 
 John W. Chambers, priv. co. A, 32d Me. reg. ; d. Apr. 
 21, 1864. 
 
 Alonzo Chapman, priv. co. H, 21st Me. reg. ; b. in Dam- 
 ariscotta ; res. in Boothbay. 
 
 Wilmot H. Chapman, priv. co. K, 16th Me. reg. ; dec. 
 
 George Chase, priv. co. K, 19th Me. reg. ; b. in Water- 
 ville ; dec. 
 
 William M. Clapp, priv. co. F, 30th Wis. reg. ; b. in 
 Damariscotta ; dec. 
 
 John Clifford, priv. co. F, 28th Me. reg. ; d. May 31, 1863. 
 
 Charles A. Corey, priv. co. B, 17th U. S. Inf. ; d. at Alex- 
 andria, Va., Oct. 10, 1862. 
 
 John K. Corey, priv. co. E, 4th Me. reg. ; res. Boothbay. 
 
 Benjamin H. Grossman, priv. co. F, 2d Me. Cav. ; b. in 
 Wiscasset ; dec. 
 
THE CIVIL WAR. 429 
 
 Daniel Curran, priv. co. F, 10th U. S. Inf. ; also priv. co. 
 E, 1st U. S. Inf. ; b. in Thomaston ; dec. 
 
 Albert S. Decker, priv. CO. G, TthMe.reg, ; d. Sept.10,1863. 
 
 Giles W. Decker, priv. co. C, 14th Me. reg. ; d. Nov. 7, 1863. 
 
 Benaiah P. Dolloff, lieut. co. K, 19th Me. reg. ; d. Dec. 
 28, 1880. 
 
 Warren L. Dolloff, adjt. 14th Me. reg. ; res. Boothbay 
 Harbor. 
 
 David H. Elwell, priv. co. G, 14 Me. reg. ; d. Sept. 8, 1869. 
 
 Daniel K. Emerson, priv. co. G, 20th Me. reg. ; res. 
 Boothbay. 
 
 Luther Emerson, priv. co. K, 19th Me. reg. ; wounded at 
 Fredericksburg; d. Apr. 30, 1897. 
 
 Thomas J. Emerson, corp. co. F, 28th Me. reg. ; b. in 
 Pittston ; res. Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 Charles T. Farmer, priv. co. G, 14th Me. reg, ; d. Aug. 9, 
 1865. 
 
 William P. Farmer, priv. co. C, 14th Me. reg. ; also sea- 
 man U. S. S. Monongahela; d. May 5, 1887. 
 
 Daniel L. Farnham, priv. co. C, 5th Me. reg. ; d. Apr. 13, 
 1876. 
 
 George P. Fogler, priv. co. K, 19th Me. reg. ; killed in 
 battle July 2, 1863. 
 
 Ciiarles W. Fuller, priv. 17th Me. reg. ; d. in Portland. 
 
 Charles E. Giles, priv. co. E, 4th Me. reg. ; res. Provi- 
 dence, E. I. 
 
 Frederick M. Giles, priv. co. G, 1st Me. Cav. ; res. Booth- 
 bay. 
 
 Harvey H. Giles, priv. co. E, 4th Me. reg. ; killed at 
 Fredericksburg. 
 
 Henry K. Giles, priv. co. F, 28th Me. reg. ; d. in service, 
 June 1, 1863. 
 
 John M. Giles, priv. co. F, 28th Me. reg. ; d. in service, 
 Aug. 6, 1863. 
 
 John Gilpatrick, priv. co. I, 1st Me. Heavy Art. ; b. in 
 Washington ; res. Boothbay. 
 
 Joseph Gray, priv. co. F, 1st Conn. Cav. ; dec. 
 
 Livingston Gray, priv. co. C, 14th Me. reg. ; d. in service, 
 July 2, 1862, at New Orleans. 
 
 George Wm. Gray, priv. co. E, 14th Me. reg. ; d. from 
 wounds received at Fort Donelson, 1862. 
 
 Ebenezer Greenleaf, seaman ship Huron; b. in Westport; 
 res. Edgecomb. 
 
 Cyrus B. Hagan, priv. co. E, 4th Me. reg. ; d. 1869. 
 
 Dennis M. Hagan, serg. co. B, 9th Me. reg. ; res. Bast 
 Boothbay. 
 
430 HI8TOBT or BOOTHBAT. 
 
 Joseph F. Hallowell, priv. co. C, 14th Me. reg. ; d. Dec. 
 2, 1862, in service. 
 
 John Hanson, U. S. Navy; d. Oct. 4, 1877. 
 
 John Hilton, seaman U. S. S. Tahoma; d. in Anderson- 
 ville, Oct. 20, 1863. 
 
 Jeremiah C. Holton, priv. co. F, 28th Me. reg. ; res. 
 Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 Benjamin Keller, seaman U. S. Navy; res. Boothbay. 
 
 John E. Kelley, lieut. co. C, 14th Me. reg. ; res. Boothbay. 
 
 William K. Kelley, priv. co. K, 7th Me. reg. ; d. from 
 wounds, July 9, 1864. 
 
 "William Kennedy, priv. 2d Me. Cav. ; d. in service. 
 
 George B. Kenniston, lieut. co. D, 5th Me. reg. ; also 
 lieut. col. of a D. C. reg., 1864; res. Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 James A. Knight, priv. co. G, 20th Me. reg. ; killed at 
 Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. 
 
 John H. Lake, priv. co. C, 21st Me. reg. ; b. in Rangeley ; 
 res. Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 Addison W. Lewis, lieut. co. A, 20th Me. reg. ; also 19th Me. 
 reg. ; b. in Waterville ; d. in Boothbay Harbor, Dec. 31, 1894. 
 
 Austin Lewis, priv. co. C, 14th Me. reg. ; d. in service, 
 Dec. 29, 1861. 
 
 George B. Lewis, corp. co. C, 14th Me. reg. ; res. Boothbay. 
 
 Roswell C. Lewis, seaman on U. S. S. Sagamore; res. 
 Boothbay. 
 
 Thomas Lewis, priv. co. C, 14th Me. reg. ; d. in service, 
 Nov. 13, 1862. 
 
 Warren Lewis, priv. co. C, 14th Me. reg. ; d. in service, 
 Dec. 10, 1862. 
 
 John Lang, seaman on board brig H. G. Berry, 1861. 
 
 Armitage G. McCobb, priv. co. E, 4th Me. reg. ; d. June 
 17, 1863, from sunstroke on march to Gettysburg. 
 
 Charles H. McCobb, priv. co. F, 31st Iowa reg. ; d. in 
 service, Apr. 19, 1863. 
 
 Charles S. McCobb, lieut. co. E, 4th Me. reg. ; killed at 
 Gettysburg, July 4, 1863. 
 
 Jason McClintock, priv. co. C, 14th Me. reg. ; d. in ser- 
 vice, 1862. 
 
 Albert B. McClintock, priv. co. A, 5th Me. reg. ; killed 
 by blowing up of a gunboat in 1862. 
 
 John M. McFarland, priv. co. A, 8th Me. reg. ; also sea- 
 man on U. S. S. Dictator; res. Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 Nathaniel C. McFarland, priv. co. K, 19th Me. reg. ; d. in 
 Andersonville, Feb. 14, 1864. 
 
 Cyrus McKown, priv. co. C, 24th Mass. reg. 
 
THE CIVIL WAR. 431 
 
 William Marson, priv. co. H, 45th Penn. reg. ; b. in Bath; 
 d. in Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 George P. Matthews, priv. co. L, 3d N. Y. Cav. 
 
 John N. Matthews, priv. co. F, 28th Me. reg. ; d. in ser- 
 vice, Sept. 4, 1863. 
 
 Paul H. Matthews, priv. co. C, 14th Me. reg. ; d. in ser- 
 vice at New Orleans, Aug. 18, 1862. 
 
 Theodore Matthews, priv. co. C, 14th Me. reg. ; missing 
 at the battle of Cedar Creek, 1864. 
 
 Charles F. Merry, priv. 5th Me. Bat. ; res. Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 Newell K. Merry, priv. co.F, 28th Me. reg. ; res. Deering. 
 
 John Montgomery, capt. co. F, 12th Me. reg. ; also lieut. 
 2d Me. Bat. ; wounded at Cedar Mountain and Fredericksburg ; 
 d. at East Boothbay, Sept. 19, 1901. 
 
 William Montgomery, lieut. 1st Me. Cav. ; res. at Maiden, 
 Mass. 
 
 Isaac L. Murray, priv. 2d Me. Bat. ; wounded at Freder- 
 icksburg ; res. East Boothbay. 
 
 Freedom Nason, priv. co. F, 28th Me. reg. 
 
 Charles S. Orne, seaman ship Keystone State; d. Mar. 7, 
 1865. 
 
 John J. Patterson, musician co. K, 17th Mass. reg. ; b. in 
 Londonderry, N. H. ; res. Edgecomb. 
 
 John P. Perkins, acting ensign U. S. Navy ; b. in Kenne- 
 bunk; d. Sept. 14, 1885. 
 
 Benjamin E. Pinkham, priv. 5th Me. Bat. ; res. Boothbay 
 Harbor. 
 
 Francis C. Pinkham, priv. co. E, 4th Me. reg. ; d. May 4, 
 1873. 
 
 Hoj-ace W. Pinkham, priv. co. E, 39th Mass. reg. ; res. 
 Boothbay. 
 
 Osborne Pinkham, priv. co. E, 4th Me. reg. ; d. Aug. 2, 
 1874. 
 
 Osgood Pinkham, priv. co. C, 14th Me. reg. ; d. Feb. 20, 
 1862, in service. 
 
 Sanford L. Pinkham, priv. co. F, 24th Me. reg. ; res. in 
 Butte, Mont. 
 
 Stephen Pinkham, priv. 19th Me. reg., unassigned ; d. Dec. 
 23, 1870. 
 
 Frederick Preble, priv. co. C, 14th Me. reg. ; dec. 
 
 George W. Preble, priv. co. G, 20th Me. reg. ; dec. 
 
 Granville A. Preble, priv. co. B, 9th Me. reg. ; d. May 21, 
 1902, in Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 Austin Reed, lieut. 2d Me. Bat. ; res. Boothbay. 
 
 Benjamin S. Eeed, seaman U. S. S. Cumberland, also priv. 
 CO. K, 16th Me. reg. ; res. Boothbay Harbor. 
 
432 HISTORY OF BOOTHS AY. 
 
 Bradford D. Reed, ensign U. S. S. Wyandotte; d. Aug. 5, 
 1868. 
 
 Chapman N. Reed, lieut. co. C, 14th Me. reg. ; res. Booth- 
 bay Harbor. 
 
 Isaac W. Reed, lieut. co. C, 14th Me. reg. ; dec. 
 
 William Reed, priv. co. G, 5th Me. reg. ; seaman U. S. S. 
 Judge Torrence; res. Linekin. 
 
 Edward Sargent, priv. 7th Me. reg. ; res. Deering. 
 
 Edwin L. Sargent, priv. co. K, 38th Mass. reg. ; d. May 
 27, 1863. 
 
 Oscar W. Sargent, priv. co. A, 45th Mass. reg. ; d. Oct. 
 9, 1876. 
 
 Weld F. Sargent, serg. co. K, 19th Me. reg. ; killed in 
 battle, June 6, 1864. 
 
 Charles A. Seavey, serg. co. B, 45th Mass. reg. ; also sea- 
 man on monitor Monadnock. 
 
 Charles F. Seavey, landsman U. S. S. Sabine; d. Feb. 20, 
 1896. 
 
 James A. Seavey, serg. maj. 14th Me. reg. ; d. Nov. 2, 1862. 
 
 James O. Seavey, serg. co. H, 19 Me. reg. ; res. Boothbay. 
 
 Orin Seavey ; d. in service in a Western reg. 
 
 Franklin Sawyer, priv. co. G, 5th Me. reg. ; d. Mar. 19, 
 1862. 
 
 Samuel Shaw, priv. co. C, 14th Me. reg. ; dec. 
 
 A. D. Sherman, priv. co. F, 28th Me. reg. 
 
 Isaac G. Sherman, seaman U. S. S. Relief; b. in Augusta; 
 res. Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 George K. Sherman, priv. co. F, 28th Me. reg. ; d. July 
 26, 1878. 
 
 Nathaniel C. Sherman, priv. co. F, 28th Me. reg. ; d. July 
 9, 1863. 
 
 Silas Smith, priv. 1st Cal. reg. ; d. at Boothbay Harbor, 
 Dec. 17, 1883. 
 
 William M. Smith, serg. co. E, 4th Me. reg. ; res. Booth- 
 bay Harbor. 
 
 John G. Spinney, priv. co. F, 28th Me. reg. ; res. Boothbay. 
 
 Joseph Spofford, priv. co. H, 2d Mass. Cav. 
 
 Gardner Stewart, priv. co. F, 1st Me. Cav. ; res. Linekin. 
 
 Thomas Z. Tibbetts, priv. co. C, 24th Me. reg. ; killed at 
 Drury's Bluff, May 14, 1864. 
 
 William B. Tibbetts, priv. co. E, 4th Me. reg. ; killed at 
 Fredericksburg, Dec. 29, 1862. 
 
 Charles Webber, priv. co. F, 28th Me. reg. ; d. Aug. 23, 
 1863. 
 
 Richard M. Webber, priv. co. F, 5th N. H. reg. ; b. in 
 Belfast; d. Nov. 12, 1893. 
 
THE OIVIL WAR. 433 
 
 Leonard Webster, priv. co. K, 19th Me. reg. ; d. Dec. 1, 
 1866. 
 
 Lorenzo E. Webster, priv. co. K, 19th Me. reg. ; d. Jan. 
 18, 1878. 
 
 John H. Welch, cook ship Jacob Bell; b. in Newfound-land ; 
 d. in Boothbay Harbor, 1905. 
 
 Eobert Welch, priv. co. F, 28th Me. reg. ; d. Aug. 29, 1863. 
 
 Charles S.Weston, priv. co. F, 28th Me. reg. ; b. in Augusta. 
 
 Albert Wheeler, priv. co. C, 14th Me. reg. ; res. Boothbay. 
 
 A. E. Wheeler, priv. co. C, 102d N. Y. reg. 
 
 Jerome Wheeler, priv. co. G, 17th Mass. reg. ; d. in ser- 
 vice, Nov. 19, 1862. 
 
 John C. Willey, priv. co. G, 1st, 10th and 29th Me. reg. ; 
 res. Wakefield, Mass. 
 
 Alden Winslow, priv. co. E, 13th Mass. reg. ; also serg. 
 1st Me. Sharpshooters ; wounded at Petersburg ; b. in Noble- 
 boro ; res. Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 Alexander Wvlie, priv. co, F, 28th Me. reg. ; d. Aug. 23, 
 1863. 
 
 Charles Wylie, priv. — Mass. reg. ; res. Chelsea, Mass. 
 
 James A. Wyliie, priv. co. K, 19th Me. reg. ; d. Dec. 25, 
 1862. 
 
 Levi Wylie, priv. co. C, 14th Me. reg. ; killed at the bat- 
 tle of Pleasant Hill, Oct. 27, 1864. 
 
 Samuel Wylie, 2d, priv. co. K, 19th Me. reg. ; d. Dec. 26, 
 1862. 
 
 Veteran associations have been organized in both towns. 
 Weld Sargent Post, No. 92, was first, at Boothbay Harbor, 
 and this included the G. A. E. of the three towns for a time. 
 Their by-laws were approved in January, 1884. Soon after 
 the division of Boothbay, Harvey Giles Post, No. 157, was 
 organized with quarters at East Boothbay. 
 
 SOUTHPORT. 
 
 The first special town meeting in Southport relating to war 
 measures was held April 29, 1862. The.action of that was to 
 raise the amount authorized by the State for aid in support of 
 dependent relatives of soldiers, sailors and marines actually 
 engaged in military or naval service. The selectmen were 
 authorized to hire the money. A meeting held August 6, 1862, 
 voted to raise $200 for each volunteer to fill the town's quota, 
 and those from Southport were to be received first. Four 
 days' time was given the resident population to volunteer and 
 
434 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 then, according to the vote, it was given to other towns. Of 
 the $200 offered volunteers, one-half was to be paid when mus- 
 tered into service and the other half to be in town scrip, in one 
 and two years. On September 6, 1862, another meeting was 
 held, when $100 was voted to be paid each nine months' vol- 
 unteer, twenty dollars to be paid at mustering in and eighty 
 dollars when honorably discharged. 
 
 At the annual meeting of 1863 a bounty of $150 was voted 
 to each man who should volunteer before March 18th following, 
 and to the families of such volunteers seventy-five cents per 
 week to the wife and fifty cents to each dependent child during 
 the term of service. Two hundred dollars was voted volun- 
 teers at a special meeting, November 24, 1863. At the annual 
 meeting, 1864, a bounty was voted to those who had been 
 drafted on July 18, 1863, and passed to the credit of the town. 
 A meeting held on August 20, 1864, in response to the Presi- 
 dent's call for 500,000 men, instructed the selectmen to fill the 
 town's quota as best they could ; and at another special, held 
 Januaryl9, 1865, responding to the President's call for 300,000^ 
 men, it was voted to raise $5,000 to fill the town's quota. 
 
 The Southpoet Civil War List. 
 Similar sources for information were pursued as in the case 
 of Boothbay. It is thought that the list on Southport, how- 
 ever, is likely to be free from omissions, from the fact that 
 William T. Haddocks, who was a town officer soon after the 
 close of the war, made and retained private records which were 
 kindly furnished the author. Further than this, it is an easier 
 matter to obtain a thorough familiarity with affairs of this kind 
 over an area like that of Southport than over one as extended 
 as Boothbay. 
 
 William H. Alley, priv. co. E, 1st Vet. Inf. ; d. July 21, 
 1898. 
 
 Manley S. Brewer, priv. co. C, 32d Mass. reg. ; res. South 
 Bristol. 
 
 George W. Brown, priv. co. D, 7th Me. reg. 
 
 Samuel F. Gary, seaman U. S. Navy, ship 8an Jacinto. 
 
 James Coolen, priv. co. D, 7th Me. reg. ; d. Jan. 4, 1904. 
 
 Henry O. Davis, priv. co. D, 4th Me. reg. 
 
 Albert Dyer, seaman U. S. Navy, ship Constitution; d. 
 186- ; see Casualties. 
 
THE CIVIL WAR. 435 
 
 John Gray, seaman U. S. Navy, ship 8an Jacinto. 
 
 Samuel N. Gray, seaman U. S. Navy, ship Morning Light. 
 
 Charles B. Gilman, priv. co. B, 1st Me. Cav. 
 
 George Huskins, seaman U. S. Navy, ship Mound City. 
 
 James M. Jones, priv. co. F, 28th Me. reg. 
 
 Hiram Marr, priv. co. J, 20 Me. reg. ; d. Feb. 26, 1869. 
 
 Jeruel Marr, priv. co. D, 7th Me. reg. ; res. Bath. 
 
 William F. Marr, seaman U. S. Navy, ship 8an Jacinto; 
 res. Southport. 
 
 John T. Marshall, priv. co. G, 3d Me. reg. 
 
 Alden B. Moore, priv. 14th Me. reg. ; res. Southport. 
 
 Thomas J. Neal, priv. co. C, 1st Me. Cav. 
 
 Edward Nelson, seaman U. S. Navy, ship Constitution. 
 
 Plummer Nelson, seaman U. S. Navy, ship Powhatan; d. 
 Sept. 3, 1882. 
 
 Benjamin Orne, seaman U. S. Navy, ship Gen. Putnam. 
 
 Elbridge Orne, priv. co. C, 14th Me. reg. 
 
 James E. Orne, seaman U. S. Navy ; res. Southport. 
 
 Charles B. Pierce, seaman U. S. Navy, ship San Jacinto. 
 
 Edward Pierce, seaman U. S. Navy, ship Katahdin. 
 
 Jesse Pierce, seaman U. S. Navy, Brooklyn Navy Yard 
 and ship San Jacinto; d. in Southport, 1905. 
 
 Jonathan Pierce, seaman U. S. Navy, Brooklyn Navy Yard, 
 ships Worth Carolina and San Jacinto; d. Sept. 24, 1903. 
 
 Mark Eand, seaman U. S. Navy, ship San Jacinto; res. 
 Southport. 
 
 Amherst Spofford, priv. co.G, 3d Me. reg. ; res. Skowhegan. 
 
 Sidney Spofford, priv. co. G, 3d Me. reg. ; d. in service. 
 
 Andrew Westman, seaman U. S. Navy, ship Wabash. 
 
 John H. Wilson, seaman TJ. S. Navy, ship Com. Jones. 
 
 George L. Witham, priv. co. I, 20th Me. reg. ; b. in Wash- 
 ington ; res. Southport. 
 
 Southern privateersmen to some extent infested Northern 
 waters during the war and in several instances came along the 
 coast of Maine. There were two or three cases where our peo- 
 ple lost schooners by being captured by some Southern priva- 
 teer, but no case quite the equal to that of the Archer. This 
 little fishing schooner, about ninety tons, was principally owned 
 by William Decker, Southport. She was in the Bay of Fundy 
 on a fishing trip in command of Capt. Robert Snowman, now 
 living at Cape Newagen. 
 
 Lieut. C. W. Bead, of the Confederate Navy, had been 
 under the noted Moffitt on the cruiser Florida up to May, 1863. 
 
436 HISTOEY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Read was a mere boy, a graduate of Annapolis and twenty-three 
 years of age — a Missippian by birth. Moffitt captured the brig 
 Clarence and placed Read in command, with one howitzer, a 
 crew of twenty men and a roving commission to burn and 
 destroy Northern property, exposed towns on the seaport and 
 unarmed vessels. Moffitt wrote him on May 6th : 
 
 " This is the time when our best exertions should be made 
 to harm the common enemy and confuse them with attacks 
 from all unexpected quarters. Act for the best and God speed 
 you. If success attends the effort you will deserve the fullest 
 consideration of the department." 
 
 The first acts were against shipping in Baltimore, but, with 
 the daring of a Mosby, Read concluded to go along the New 
 England coast. His report to the department states that from 
 June 12th to June 24th he captured and burned or bonded 
 nineteen vessels. On June 12th, just east of Mount Desert 
 Rock, he captured the Tacony and burned the Clarence. On 
 the 24th, in the Bay of Fundy, to use their words : 
 
 " We ran alongside a smart-looking little fishing schooner, 
 called the Archer, which we captured. Her crew were just 
 about sitting down to a nice fish supper. Their captain asked 
 us to join them, and as they had a first-class chowder, besides 
 some nice tongues and sounds, cooked as they knew how to 
 cook them, we accepted the invitation. After dark we trans- 
 ferred one six-pounder and such other articles as we needed 
 from the Tacony to the Archer. "We then set fire to the Tacony 
 and stayed by her till she burned to the water's edge." 
 
 The day before this capture they were hailed by a Yankee 
 gunboat with : "Bark, ahoy, what and where bound?" Read 
 replied : " Bark Mary Jane, from Sagua La Grande bound to 
 Portland." The captain of the gunboat then informed them 
 that there was a rebel privateer cruising along the coast, burn- 
 ing and destroying shipping, and to keep a sharp lookout. 
 Read thanked them as they steamed away to the south in search 
 of the privateer. All were speechless for a moment at their 
 escape, when Read broke the silence, saying : "Boys, we have 
 had a close call, but we are still on deck." 
 
 They ran the Archer after her capture at once for Portland, 
 with intention of "cutting out" the Caleb Cushing, revenue 
 cutter, thfen laying there, and destroying the unfinished gun- 
 
THE CIVIL WAE. 437 
 
 boats Pontoon and Agawam, moored at Franklin Wharf, and 
 any other shipping as opportunity might offer. All of the 
 crew not necessary to be above on the run to Portland were 
 busily employed below making oakum balls and saturating them 
 with turpentine, to be used in firing the shipping. A little to 
 the east of Damarisoove two fishermen, Bibber and Titcomb 
 by name, were captured and ordered to serve as pilots. They 
 refused and were put below in irons. 
 
 At sunset on the 26th they anchored near Pomeroy's Eock, 
 off Fish Point. At two in the morning of the 27th, with muf- 
 fled oars, they ran a boat's crew alongside the Gushing, which 
 they boarded, gagged and bound the watch and then the oj05cers 
 and men as fast as they appeared, having disguised their char- 
 acter by assuming the fishing garb of the Archer's crew, who 
 were prisoners below. They then towed the cutter via Hussey's 
 Sound, to avoid the forts, out of the harbor, followed by the 
 Archer. At ten A. M. they were fifteen miles at sea, when 
 the wind died away and left them becalmed. 
 
 As the news spread over Portland in the morning that city 
 was wild with excitement over the dare-devil act, and steamers 
 in the harbor were impressed into the chase. Capt. John Lis- 
 comb in the Forest Gity, a Boston steamer, and the Ghesapealce, 
 a New York boat, made the chase. When nearly overhauled 
 boats were lowered from the cutter and she was fired. A truce 
 was hung out and the fishermen captured the day before, the 
 Archer's and the cutter's crews, prisoners but shortly before, 
 and the privateer smen, now prisoners themselves, were taken 
 aboard the Chesapeake. But while this was going on, almost 
 immediately after the last boat left the cutter, the flames reached 
 the magazine and a terrific explosion followed, hurling splinters 
 from her timbers hundreds of feet in the air and, for the time, 
 fairly darkening all about, then with a lurch sank from sight. 
 
 Bibber, the captured fisherman, informed them where the 
 Archer was in hiding, and the Forest Gity found her that after- 
 noon and took her into the harbor, where she discharged the 
 effects of her captors and was turned over to her owners. 
 She had been left in the charge of a single Confederate, Bob 
 Mullins, of New Orleans. Captain Read stayed with the navy 
 while the Confederacy lasted, then engaged in business at 
 
438 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Meridian, Miss., dying there in 1891. During his imprison- 
 ment in Portland he wrote to his family asking for money to 
 buy clothing, stating in his letter that the Portland people had 
 nearly all of his for souvenirs. 
 
 With the foregoing imperfect record of the part our com- 
 munity took in that great conflict — the greatest in modern 
 times — we pass to other matters ; but for a moment thought 
 reverts to those patriotic meetings at East Boothbay and the 
 Center in April, 1861. The men who were old then have been 
 of the past for many years. Of those who were then in mid- 
 dle age three or four isolated instances may still be cited where 
 they are yet with us. But of the young men present those 
 evenings — the life and hope of the community in which they 
 lived — eager to go forth and battle for the land of their birth, 
 some fell before a Southern foe, some went down victims of 
 camp and climatic diseases, some famished in prison pens, some 
 have been dropping along the highway of time in the years 
 since that struggle closed, and the remainder — few only — with 
 whitened locks are bearing the burdens of threescore and ten. 
 
CHAPTER XXVI. 
 
 MONOGKAPHS AND INCIDENTS. 
 I. 
 
 DR. J. H. WEBBER, Boston, in the Register of Septem- 
 ber 22, 1883, described West Boothbay Harbor in 1822 
 as follows : In August of that year his father, in com- 
 pany with Seba Smith, came from Portland and settled there. 
 Only five houses then stood in the vicinity. Mr. Webber built 
 Ms house just south of where the ice house stands. Squire 
 Smith lived a little farther to the east. There was a large stone 
 house occupied by Abijah Kenney, it having been occupied by 
 the soldiers as a barracks in the War of 1812. Besides Kenney, 
 Benjamin Wylie lived in a part of it and Robert Wylie lived 
 in the hall. A few years later it burned down. Seba Smith 
 owned fishing vessels and kept a store. Mr. Webber built a 
 foundry near the shore which soon was lost by fire and was 
 replaced by a blacksmith shop. A few years later the shop 
 was burned and rebuilt. 
 
 II. 
 A letter from Benjamin Blair, Esq., which appeared in the 
 Boothbay Register, March 21, 1883 : 
 
 Mr. Editor. 
 
 Dear Sir : — As time changes everything around us and we 
 are boasting of the growth and prosperity of our village, I 
 thought it might be interesting to the present inhabitants to 
 know how it looked fifty years ago, the number of dwelling 
 houses, their location and by whom occupied at that time, on 
 both sides of the Harbor, from the end of Spruce Point, on the 
 east side, around to McFarland's Point on the west side. 
 
 1. — Beginning at Mr. McFarland's old house, which stood 
 near the head of W. M. Sawyer's wharf and occupied by David 
 Newbegin as a dwelling and bakery, he being a baker by trade. 
 This house has long been removed. 
 
440 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 2. — Next coming north is John McFarland's, looks about 
 the same as then, when occupied by himself, now by his heirs. 
 
 3. — North and easterly was the Boothbay House, owned 
 and kept by William Maxwell Reed as a public house. It has 
 since been remodeled and greatly improved. 
 
 4. — The Dole house, so-called, occupied by John McCIin- 
 tock, who carried on the shoemaking business. It was after- 
 ward known as the Parker Wilson house. 
 
 5. — Next north is the brick house, which looks about the 
 same as then, owned and occupied by Col. Jacob Auld and 
 Joseph McCobb, Esq. ; Mr. Auld in the northerly part and 
 McCobb's widow and family in the south part. 
 
 6. — The old Esquire McCobb house stood where the Wey- 
 mouth House now stands and was hauled up town, on the east 
 side of Adams Pond, for Capt. Matthew Reed, whose house 
 was burned not long before. 
 
 7. — The Avery house, so-called, occupied by John Parsh- 
 ley, afterward became the property of Marshal Smith, Esq., and 
 has since been remodeled and greatly improved by his son Silas. 
 
 8. — Next was John W. Weymouth's, recently built, since 
 owned by Jacob Orne and now by his daughter, Mrs. Foster. 
 It has been remodeled within a few years. 
 
 9. — The FuUerton house, occupied by Henry Reed and 
 Newbury Morse, now by your humble servant, who is the only 
 one now living who occupied either of the houses fifty years 
 ago around this harbor. 
 
 10. — Next the Doctor Merrill house, occupied by Doctor 
 Kennedy, afterward by Capt. William S. Emerson, who remod- 
 eled and greatly improved it, and now by his widow and heirs. 
 
 11. — The old Captain Mac, or yellow, house, so-called on 
 account of its yellow paint and brass knockers on the front 
 door. It was considered the most aristocratic in town in those 
 days, occupied by Alfred Hodgdon, and stood about southeast 
 from the Second Congregational Church. It has been moved 
 out tothe street and greatly improved by I. C. Sherman, Esq. 
 
 12. — William Montgomery's house stood where Russell 
 Holton's new house, now D. W. Hodgdon's, now is, and was 
 taken down to make room for this new one. 
 
 13. — Coming south was Edmund Wilson's, a little to the 
 westward of Capt. S. S. Wylie's, which stood near the street 
 and was removed by fire some forty years ago ; no trace of it 
 now remains. 
 
 14. — Edward B. Sargent, near the street as it then led 
 along the shore, just to the north of what was recently Mr. 
 
Benjamin Blair. 
 1806-1895. 
 
MONOGRAPHS AND INCIDENTS. 441 
 
 Sawyer's, on east side, now J. W. Dow's. It was taken down 
 some years ago. 
 
 15. — The Russ house stood on the hill, east side of the new 
 schoolhouse, then occupied by David Booker Adams, and was 
 destroyed by fire some twenty-five years ago. 
 
 16. — The Parson Fisher house stood on Mount Pisgah, 
 where James Harris' widow now lives, and was burned about 
 twenty-five years ago. It was then occupied by a Springer 
 family and others. 
 
 17. — Coming down near the water again we find the Nor- 
 wood house, owned and occupied by John Norwood and his son 
 William, more recently by M. E. Pierce as a store and dwelling. 
 
 18. — James Campbell's house, now occupied by one of his 
 grandsons, looks about the same as then. 
 
 19.-^ John Love lived where Luther Haddocks' buildings 
 now are and the house was removed to make room for better 
 buildings. 
 
 20. — Following down Spruce Point along the shore, in a 
 footpath, we come to Samuel Brewer's, near Brewer's Cove, 
 which was destroyed bj' fire some twenty-five years ago. 
 
 21. — Still following the shore toward the end of the Point, 
 we find John Tibbetts. The house was destroyed by fire some 
 thirty years ago. 
 
 22. — To the east of the Cumberland Bone Company still 
 stands James Brewer's house. 
 
 Thus it may be seen that five of the twenty-two dwellings 
 of fifty years ago have been burned and some removed to make 
 room for better ones, leaving about twelve of the original num- 
 ber. Now I ask where are the former occupants ? Yes, where 
 are they? It is a subject for us all to think of. 
 
 Benjamin Blair. 
 BooTHBAY, March 19, 1883. 
 
 III. 
 
 Deposition of John Beath. 
 
 January 1, 1771. 
 
 John Beath of more than fifty years of age testifieth and 
 saith on or about the 22d. of August 1739, he, this deponent 
 being an inhabitant of a place called Townsend now within the 
 town of Boothbay County of Lincoln Province of Massachusetts 
 Bay, was called to the house of Edmund Brown another of the 
 inhabitants of Said Townsend : that he found Said Edmund 
 sittijjg in his house in company with a number of his neighbors 
 
 29 
 
442 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 expecting the arrival of an officer to apprehend him, no officer 
 being yet come : That said Edmund Brown declared to this 
 deponent that lie had resolved to give to the first ordained min- 
 ister that should settle in said Townsend a lot of land then in 
 his possession, which he had bought of David Bryant of Said 
 Townsend deceased. That the Said Edmund Brown requested 
 this deponent to write a deed of gift agreeable to that intention ; 
 that this deponent in compliance therewith, did forthwith write 
 a deed of gift, conveying to said first minister in fee simple 
 forever a lot of land the bounds of which begin at John McFar- 
 land's line, at a poplar tree, running fifty-five rods S. W. along 
 the side of Lobster Cove to Samuel McCobb's line, then run- 
 ning N. W. eighty-eight rods to an heap of Stones, then run- 
 ning N. to the head of the lots to a Spruce Tree marked, then 
 E. to a certain Ash Tree at John McFarland's line then S. to 
 an oak in Said line ; then S. E. sixty rods to where it begins. 
 That Said deed also conveyed a lot in Reed's meadow to the 
 Said Minister in the same manner : that this deponent presented 
 the Said deed to the Said Edmund Brown. That the Said 
 Edmund Brown signed and sealed the same in the presence of 
 John McFarland and James McFarland who subscribed as wit- 
 nesses to the same deed ; that the Said deed was delivered to 
 this deponent in trust for the above use and has been in his 
 care ever since till the Rev. John Murray was called & settled 
 as pastor in Said Town, when it was given up by order of the 
 inhabitants to him : That the deed of the aforesaid tenor and 
 purport now in the hands of the Rev. John Murray is the very 
 same paper letter and syllables which this deponent then wrote 
 with his own hand : That he knows the hand writing of the 
 said Edmund Brown particularly and that the words Edmund 
 Brown signed to the Said deed are written by the hand of the 
 Said Edmund Brown. 
 
 That the inhabitants of the Said Townsend further took 
 possession of the premises for the above use ; that he this 
 deponent helped with them to build an house on the same, and 
 that they have kept possession till the Rev. John Murray was 
 by them put in possession of the same. This deponent further 
 saith that the next day after the Said Edmund Brown had exe- 
 cuted the Said deed he was made prisoner and in consequence 
 thereof committed to gaol where he remained till his death : that 
 no magistrate was at that time convenient to the inhabitants 
 of Said Townsend ; that this deponent not being acquainted 
 with the forms of law, and not suspecting that any doubt would 
 ever ensue as to the validity of Said deed, added to the fore- 
 going circumstances were the reasons why this deponent took 
 no care to have the Said deed acknowledged & that he believes 
 
MONOGRAPHS AISTD INCIDENTS. 443 
 
 the Same were the reasons why none of the other inhabitants 
 concerned took any Pains therein, and further saith not. 
 
 John Beath. 
 
 IV. 
 
 A Town-Meeting Incident. 
 Mr. John K. Corey relates that sometime in the fifties, he 
 thinks it was during Pierce's administration, political feeling 
 ran rather high and was carried into local affairs to quite an 
 extent. At that time the road from the Center to the Harbor 
 ran almost directly south from the store of J. H. Welsh & 
 Sons, along the foot of the Kenniston Hill, so-called. The 
 townhouse stood end to that street, as it now does to the pres- 
 ent one. By being brought to the street level at its easterly 
 end, the western end was at an elevation from the rear windows 
 to the ground of some ten or twelve feet. Mr. Corey, as a 
 boy, was in his father's dooryard and, hearing some commotion 
 in the direction of the townhouse, looked up and saw an old 
 man springing from the rear window into a snowdrift beneath. 
 He scrambled up and ran as fast as he could to the westward, 
 past the Corey house, without once looking around. Boy-like, 
 Corey hurried to the townhouse to see what was the trouble, 
 for in those days town-meeting scraps were not always wordy 
 affairs. When he reached the door some were outside the 
 building and the. rest presented a varied view. Some were 
 clinging around the inside at the edge of the room, some were 
 trying to get the old men out of the building, and some of the 
 more vigorous of the younger element were down in a sort of 
 pit, near the center of the room, trying to get the stove out so 
 as to prevent a conflagration. The fact was the floor h&d given 
 away near the center of the room, caused by too great a num- 
 ber collecting at that point during a little excitement, and 
 precipitated people, stove and all to the ground, several feet 
 below. The worst of the excitement over, the moderator 
 adjourned the meeting until the next day. The remainder of 
 that day and all night following citizens worked in getting the 
 floor back in place with a suitable foundation, so that the meet- 
 ing was carried to a finality the next day. The old gentleman 
 who went through the window and ran so precipitately home 
 
444 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 turned out to be Samuel Bryer, who lived where John S. 
 Knight now does. 
 
 V. 
 The Fate or a Slave Catcher. 
 Records show that Boothbay's first physician was a Dr. 
 Edward Creamer, who was in town somewhat earlier than 
 1790. He lived at "West Harbor, just easterly from the resi- 
 dence of Thomas Orne, close to the shore. There he had a 
 landing, and old ledgers show him to have been engaged at 
 building vessels and keeping store as well as healing the sick. 
 He was evidently a man of energetic qualities, but lacking in 
 some of the moralities of life. He began to make extended 
 trips at sea and some mystery seemed connected with their 
 nature. Finally it became quite generally suspected that he 
 was engaged in catching negroes on the African coast and 
 bringing them across to the Southern or slave States and sell- 
 ing them there into slavery. He evidently made several suc- 
 cessful trips when, for his own welfare, he made one too many. 
 While in his nefarious undertaking he was ambushed and cap- 
 tured, together with his son, by the objects of his plunder. 
 Like all savages, they employed torturous methods upon their 
 victim. He was hung up by his feet for several hours, when, 
 finding life not extinct, he was cut down and hanged by the 
 neck until dead. The son was either liberated or escaped ; but 
 he and the others engaged under his father came back empty 
 and reported the catastrophy. 
 
 VI. 
 
 A "Rolling." 
 It was a former custom after launching a new vessel to " roll " 
 her, for the purpose of clearing the bottom of any chance tim- 
 bers from the ways that might be sticking or clinging to her. 
 In 1851, when the schooner G. W. Reed was launched from 
 Stephen Sargent's yard, which, by the way, was where M. D. 
 McKown's yard has been in more recent years, some two hun- 
 dred or more were launched in her. No sooner was she fairly in 
 the water than the "rolling" was commenced, which was done 
 by the entire company aboard running in concert from one side 
 of the vessel to the other. The weight of the green spars and 
 
MONOGRAPHS AND INCIDENTS. 445 
 
 the unusual number aboard produced too great a motion and she 
 capsized, spilling the greater number of those aboard into the 
 water. A few were so situated that they caught hold of some- 
 thing about the vessel and clung on until rescued ; but for a 
 few moments the work of the rescuers was directed to those in 
 the water. The late John Durant barely escaped drowning by 
 getting entangled in some way in the vessel. Several others 
 were in long enough to impress them that they were in a haz- 
 ardous position. The vessel itself was practically condemned 
 for a fisherman, and the entire crew that intended to go to the 
 Banks in her changed and went in the C. G. Matthews, that 
 ill-fated schooner that went down in Bay St. Lawrence the fol- 
 lowing October with all on board, being this same crew that 
 feared the little schooner's seaworthiness ; while the O. W. 
 Reed, with another crew, rode out the same storm in the same 
 locality with no loss and little injury. 
 
 vn. 
 
 Stoey of the Waterwitch. 
 
 On Friday, May 17, 1878, Capt. Freeman H. McKown left 
 his schooner, the Waterwitch, about six tons, with the jib to 
 windward, f oresheet halfway off, mainsheet one point off, tiller 
 lashed halfway down, to set his trawls. It was a dead calm 
 and he did not expect to be away more than fifteen minutes. 
 No thought of risk or danger in his act dawned upon him. A 
 northwest breeze suddenly sprang up, and, when ready to go 
 on board, the little schooner could not be overhauled. For six 
 miles they chased her in a dory, rowing with might and main, 
 once getting within a few rods of her ; then, fatigued. Captain 
 McKown and his men gave up the chase themselves and got 
 Captain Hodgdon to take up the pursuit in his caraway boat. 
 She was pursued fifteen miles outside of Monhegan, when, 
 darkness coming on and the lead having been increased to 
 about six miles, by estimate, Captain Hodgdon also gave up the 
 chase. On May 20th, at about four o'clock p. m., this freaky 
 little Waterwitch was picked up by a Cape Cod fisherman some 
 thirty miles E. S. E. of Boone Island. 
 
 This occurrence furnished the material for the poem by 
 Elizabeth Akers which appeared in the holiday number of 
 
446 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 /Scribner's, December, 1887, entitled "The Waterwitch." The 
 author has thought fit to here insert this poem in full, for sev- 
 eral reasons, among which may be mentioned the classic beauty 
 of the poem based upon this incident, the well-known admira- 
 tion of the authoress for the Boothbay region as a summer 
 resort, and, not least, the exhibition of what poetic license may 
 do that its product may have the necessary qualities of finish 
 and romance. It might be mentioned that this occurrence 
 antedated by several years the time when Captain McKown 
 became a benedict. 
 
 The Waterwitch. 
 By Elizabeth Akers. 
 
 From the dingy wharves of old Boothbay 
 
 A lounging sailor roared — 
 "Ho, Captain McKown ! hooray ! hooray ! 
 
 The Waterwitch has sailed away 
 
 With never a soul on board ! " 
 
 Sure enough ! he had truly said, 
 
 Else never a truth spake he ; 
 With her anchor weighed and her saUs all spread, 
 With all things shipshape and orderly, 
 And her pennant fluttering straight ahead. 
 
 She was standing out to sea ! 
 Scudding into the boundless blue, 
 With never a captain, or mate, or crew ! 
 
 The breeze had whispered a wooing word 
 
 To the crank impatient craft ; 
 She felt her wings like a new-fledged bird — 
 
 Her slow roll changed to a sudden pitch, 
 
 And, stretching her canvas every stitch. 
 
 Away went the tricksy Waterwitch 
 With the warlock wind abaft ! 
 
 Where was her captain, all this time ? 
 The skipper, proud of his grizzled prime — 
 Eeady and rugged Captain McKown — 
 Sturdiest tar in the salt old town. 
 With hands like leather, and face burned brown 
 By sea-fog, and wind, and sun? 
 With his rolling gait and his sinewy form 
 And voice like a distant thunder-storm 
 Ere the tempest has begun ? 
 
MONOGRAPHS AND INCIDENTS. 447 
 
 Whei-ever he was, how sank his heart, 
 How leaped his pulse with a sickening start, 
 
 When the startled sailor roared — 
 And every wharf-rat joined the shout, 
 And every loiterer round about — 
 " The Waterwitch has started out 
 
 With never a soul aboard ! " 
 
 Alas, for trusting the treacherous deep ! 
 All day the ocean had seemed asleep ; 
 
 No gentlest breath of a zephyr stirred — 
 
 Not even the wing of a passing bird 
 Had dimpled the level main. 
 And the confident captain, quite at ease. 
 Seeing no sign of the wished-for breeze. 
 
 And little guessing what Furies fell 
 Fate was sending along his track. 
 
 Stepped serenely on shore again, 
 And tarried a moment to say farewell — 
 
 Alack-a-day ! alack ! 
 
 Into his dory like light he flew, 
 Taking two of his trusty crew. 
 
 " Come ! " bawled desperate Captain McKown, 
 
 In a voice that shook the sleepy town — 
 " Stand to your oars with might and main ! 
 
 Row, if you never row again ! 
 If you can capture the Waterwitch — 
 One of you fellows, I don't care which — 
 Though he be as poor as a meadow-crane, 
 (And I've always sworn she should marry rich) — 
 
 Shall have my daughter Jane ! " 
 
 Roused by the unexpected spur — 
 For each had secretly sighed for her — 
 They never questioned nor made demur, 
 
 Nor paused for a jealous thrill — 
 No time for rivals to fume and frown — , 
 And the two bluff sailors, brave and brown, 
 Possible husbands of Jane McKown, 
 
 Bent to the oars with a will ; 
 But every moment the wide, bright reach 
 Between their boat and the Waterwitch 
 
 Grew broader, broader still ! 
 
 Vainly they pulled, and puffed, and swore ; 
 Vainly did streams of sweat down pour 
 
448 HISTORY or boothbay. 
 
 From straining shoulder and bending back — 
 Limbs might labor and sinews crack, 
 But, pausing neither to veer or tack, 
 The wild Witch mocked at their white-oak breeze. 
 As, dancing and dipping with graceful ease. 
 
 She scudded along her foamy track. 
 And gained on the dory more and more — 
 Alack-a-day ! alack ! 
 
 Merrily bowled the truant craft ; 
 
 Free as a soul that has never sinned. 
 She sped straight on ahead of the wind — 
 
 Her taut sails never a wrinkle stirred ; 
 
 The breeze and billows sang and laughed. 
 And her wroth pursuers heard, 
 As she flew along like a frigate-bird 
 And left them far abaft. 
 
 Without a shudder of straining sail 
 Did the runaway vessel ride, 
 
 Urged by the freshening of the gale, 
 
 And helped by the treacherous tide. 
 
 Afar from Boothbay's rocks and sand. 
 
 Out of sight of the gazing land. 
 
 Straight southeast did the vessel fly. 
 Into the mist 'twixt wave and sky ; 
 
 And long ere baflled Captain McKown, 
 
 Drenched and weary pulled back to town — 
 
 Too tired for rage and too wroth for speech — 
 His vessel was out of human reach. 
 
 With only her topsails, faint and dim, 
 Above the horizon's rim. 
 
 Gone forever ! and who shall tell 
 
 Where she wandered and what befell, 
 Sooner or later the runaway, 
 Restless rover from far Boothbay ? 
 
 Did the ghosts of sailors long ago 
 
 Drowned in the salty depths below 
 
 Gather again their wave-bleached bones 
 From the greedy locker of Davy Jones, 
 
 And, climbing her side at dead of night. 
 
 Pallid and awful, a grcwsome sight, 
 
 Spring to their places and shout, "Ay ! ay ! ' 
 To a spectral captain's trumpet-cry, 
 
 And pull at the ropes, a ghastly row. 
 
 With a mocking chorus of, " Yo ! heave, ho ! " 
 Till the wild waves howled in fright ? 
 
MONOGEAPHS AND INCIDENTS. 449 
 
 And when, dismantled by storm and shock, 
 
 And the lightning's bolt and the whirlwind's force, 
 
 She plunged and drove toward a fatal rock, 
 Staggering blindly along her course. 
 
 Did the petrel, wraith of the raging deep, 
 
 Perch on the taffrail and weep, and weep. 
 
 While the winds wailed wild and hoarse ? 
 
 Or did some gracious and kindly breeze. 
 Sporting over the sunny seas. 
 
 Waft her lovingly — waft her far 
 
 From cruel lee-shore and treacherous bar 
 Which never a vessel unwrecked could pass — 
 To a realm of Neptune, far apart 
 From track of vessel or sweep of glass. 
 
 Whose lovely isles of enchanted ground 
 
 No rude discoverer ever found. 
 Or mariner noted upon his chart ? 
 Some wonderful archipelago. 
 Where crystal currents forever flow 
 
 Round meadows of fadeless green, 
 Where marvelous fruits and flowers grow. 
 Of richer flavor and brighter glow 
 
 Than any by mortal ever seen ; 
 Some Eden-garden of unspoiled bliss, 
 Where never the guileful serpent's hiss 
 Or forked tongue's persuasiveness 
 
 Has led the way to sin — 
 Since never a human footstep trod 
 The tender bloom of the virgin sod — 
 
 Or sorrow or strife has been ; 
 Where never the greed of man has made 
 The innocent birds and beasts afraid, 
 
 Or wronged their trust by the base intent 
 Of fell destruction, or bondage sore 
 
 Under the dread of his cruel ire ; 
 Or vexed the waters with keel or oar, 
 
 Or spoiled the forests with ax and fire. 
 Or made fair Nature his slave, and bent 
 Her strength to serve him, or scarred and rent 
 
 Her bosom for precious ore. 
 
 There, becalmed in some azure bay. 
 Does she softly drift and drift all day. 
 While round her the darting dolphins play. 
 And the nautilus spreads its sail. 
 
450 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 While her idle canvas flaps alway 
 
 As the languorous breezes fail ; 
 And the gurgle about her lazy prow 
 
 Is sweet as the ripple in Cashmere's vale, 
 Or the jug-jug-jug, in a myrtle-bough, 
 
 Of the Persian nightingale ? 
 Or, safely moored, does she swing and swing, 
 While sirens sit in her shrouds and sing — 
 
 The same fair sirens which, oft and oft. 
 Since poets' and travelers' tales began. 
 
 Have lured to ruin the credulous, soft, 
 Susceptible heart of the sailor-man ? 
 
 While mermaids sporting about her keel. 
 Chase each other at hide and seek. 
 Or climb her side in a merry freak, 
 
 And take their turns at the useless wheel ; 
 Or pelt each other with bells of foam, 
 
 Now in the wave and now in the air ; 
 Or lean on the bulwarks, and comb and comb 
 
 Their beautiful sea-green hair? 
 
 If these things chanced to the runaway, 
 
 In the far-off regions she wandered through. 
 
 After she vanished, that summer day, 
 
 From the eager eyes of all Boothbay 
 Which watched her as she flew ; 
 
 Or if, once hidden from human view. 
 
 She earned her name of the Waterwitch 
 
 By shipping at midnight a demon crew 
 
 who howled and gibbered as up the shrouds 
 They swarmed and clambered in grisly crowds, 
 When sky and ocean were black as pitch, 
 While their evil eyes burned blue 
 
 With a blaze of the cold, uncanny light 
 
 Seen in a haunted crypt at night 
 
 Where spooks do walk — eheu ! — 
 And cruises yet under baleful stars, 
 A flying terror to voyaging tars — 
 
 No sailor or landsman, young or old, 
 
 Has ever in song or story told. 
 Because — he never knew. 
 
 The waves which bellow their fierce refrain 
 Against the storm-worn coast of Maine, 
 Beating themselves till they roar with pain. 
 No other clew afford 
 
MONOGRAPHS AND INCIDENTS. 451 
 
 Than over and over again to say 
 That once, on a sunny summer day, 
 Watched by the eyes of all Boothbay, 
 The eerie Waterwitch sailed away 
 
 With never a soul on board ; 
 And since, though over the broad blue bay 
 Blows often and often a favoring breeze 
 And many a vessel, long away, 
 
 Has found and followed the homeward track, 
 That lonely rover of unknown seas 
 From the realm of ocean mysteries 
 
 Has never more come back — 
 
 Alack-a-day ! alack ! 
 
 YHI. 
 
 East Boothbay in 1838. 
 
 When Simeon McDougall came to East Boothbay with his 
 father there were but six houses north of the bridge : Caleb 
 Hodgdon and a rent near him, William Seavey in the Fishburn 
 place, John Gould, Benjamin Keed where the late Silas Lee 
 Hodgdon lived, Eleazer Sherman in the Baker house, with a 
 small undertaking shop opposite, and Stephen Sawyer where J. 
 0. Seavey lives. James Montgomery lived near Murray Hill. 
 There were three houses on the south side of the bridge within 
 the present village limits. The trader, Hiscock, lived where 
 Michael Knight did later, Samuel Murray where Allen Murray 
 does, and James Murray in the old square house. There was 
 no other house until the point is reached where George E. 
 Dodge lives ; Captain Smalley then lived there ; next southerly 
 Eben Farnham where Simon Farnham lives ; Capt. John Bace 
 on the Whitehouse place ; Ezekiel Holbrook where his son 
 Eliphalet lives ; John Bennett where the late William Rowe 
 lived ; James Linekin opposite the house of Ephraim Linekin ; 
 Ephraim Linekin lived on the west side, property now owned 
 by the Keed heirs ; John Poor next ; John Tibbetts where his 
 descendants do ; William Alley next, no house there now ; 
 then the Page house, now William Tibbetts' ; the Grimes fam- 
 ily, now summer property ; John Bennett where Ocean Point 
 colony is now ; Benjamin Rackliff , at the elbow, where the 
 American Fisheries Company is now located. 
 
452 HISTORY OF BOOTHS AY. 
 
 IX. 
 
 The Haunted Hill. 
 David Colbath, who married Elizabeth Hatchings, 1771, 
 lived on top of the short, steep hill near the old Pinkham mill, 
 on the road to Dover. He was a blacksmith and after the 
 death of his wife lived alone. He was found dead some dis- 
 tance from his house, one morning, with wounds that indicated 
 murder, though no suspicion could ever be placed on any one 
 for the deed. But it was always believed that a crime was 
 committed, his condition when found could not otherwise be 
 accounted for. The old house went to ruins where he lived ; 
 the old cellar still marks the spot. The superstitious of the 
 time pointed it out, as they did "AUoway's auld haunted kirk," 
 as a place where bogies dwelt. In passing by the place of 
 evenings for many years after men would quicken their pace 
 and cast quick, furtive glances to the right and left ; women 
 would scud like a boat before a gale ; lovers would suppress 
 even that low, soft tone and quicken step, while children would 
 not go by at all. 
 
 X. 
 
 Some Old Road Records. 
 
 Nov. 10, 1775, Town Meeting: 
 
 Voted that the road from the old Saw mill at the head of 
 Campbell's Cove to the Gut at Mr. Sawyer's Island laid out by 
 the selectmen be established. 
 
 March ye 18, 1777. 
 
 This day laid out a Road from freetown line to Samuel 
 Browns from thence to Joseph Perkinses from thence up the 
 hill as the road runs to Benjamin Rollinses by us. 
 
 Edward Emerson 
 
 William Reed ^ ^°'"- °^ ^°^*^'- 
 March ye 12, 1778. 
 
 This Day Laid out the Road beginning at the old Sawmill 
 from thence to the north side of the widow Sarah Reeds house 
 from thence to the South Side of Andrew Reeds ye 2d from 
 thence as the road goes past William Reeds into the main 
 Road from ye Harbour. 
 
 William McClintock ? ^ x -o a 
 
 William Reed l^'^'^- "^ ^''^^'' 
 
MONOGKAPHS AND INCIDENTS. 453 
 
 June 16, 1778. 
 
 This day laid out the Road beginning at the South Side of 
 
 Rock about 15 rods thence running about southwest over 
 
 green hill so called to John Montgombrys road at the easterly 
 end of John Dawses land and marked trees. 
 
 , Edward Emerson ^ Com. 
 
 ^ Joseph Lewis 3 of Roads. 
 
 July 18, 1778. 
 
 Laid out a Road beginning at Deacon Sawyer's Bridge run- 
 ning Northerly about 50 poles thence running East thro the 
 wood to Campbells meadow or in other words to Davice Bridge 
 so called and marked the trees &c. 
 
 Edward Emerson ) Com. of 
 Joseph Lewis 5 Roads. 
 
 XL 
 
 PHrsnciANS. 
 Edward Creamer, who is often mentioned as a physician 
 about 1790, was trading at West Harbor in 1773 and was 
 probably at that date practicing medicine. He was plainly the 
 first physician in Boothbay. He lived easterly from where 
 Thomas Orne does. Dr. William Elliott, whose estate was 
 probated June 16, 1785, was a physician practicing in Booth- 
 bay. Dr. Frederick S. Arnold, who married Elizabeth, daugh- 
 ter of John Matthews, 1788, was a practicing physician here. 
 Dr. Daniel Rose, who for education and general ability over- 
 shadowed all our earlier physicians, practiced in town from 
 about 1795 to 1823. He lived where John E. Kelley does 
 and went on horseback entirely, although several were riding 
 in two-wheeled vehicles before he left town. 
 
 Dr. Samuel Bush is mentioned in the records of 1798. Dr. 
 John Beardsley lived in a rented house of Nicholas T. Knight, 
 Boothbay Center, for several years following 1802. A copper 
 mortar which he used for compounding drugs is now among 
 other old curiosities in the possession of Mrs. Maria Marson. 
 During those years Dr. John Stockbridge was also located in 
 town. Dr. Charles Fisher, who married Jennet Fullerton, 
 died in 1818 at the age of forty-six years. They were married 
 in 1811 and his settlement here only shortly preceded that 
 event. The town records show the employment of a Doctor 
 Mann in 1816. 
 
454 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY, 
 
 Dr. Ebenezer Wells settled at the Harbor before 1823 and 
 soon after commenced the house at Church Square known as 
 the Emerson homestead, but while that was in an unfinished 
 condition he sold to Dr. Thomas H. Merrill. Doctor Merrill 
 completed the house and resided there while in town. He was 
 twice married, first in 1823, which marks about the time he 
 located here, and second in 1827, to a Portland lady, where he 
 removed to soon after. He sold to Dr. D. K. Kennedy, who 
 remained in town some ten or twelve years and then moved to 
 Wiscasset. 
 
 Dr. Sidney B. Cushman, son of Kev. David Q. Cushman, 
 was in Boothbay from 1837 to 1840. Dr. David Folsom is 
 first noted in private accounts in 1842 ; he remained a few 
 years in town after that date and may have been here earlier. 
 Dr. Alden Blossom located at Boothbay Harbor August 1, 1843, 
 continuing practice until nearly the time of his death (see fam- 
 ily sketch). Dr. Reuel W. Lawson settled that year where 
 the late James Wesley Eeed lived and continued until after 
 1865, when he moved elsewhere, dying November 29, 1874, in 
 Somerville, Mass. Dr. Joseph E. Corlew was in practice in 
 town as early as 1844 and as late as 1847. A Doctor Proctor 
 was here in the early fifties. Dr. George F. Jackson located 
 here and built the house on the Avenue now owned by Fred 
 C. Blake just prior to 1856 ; he removed soon after and was 
 succeeded by Dr. Joseph A. Crowell. 
 
 Several physicians located for a short time at Boothbay 
 Harbor in the seventies and eighties. Among these may be 
 mentioned Dr. Charles A. Price, of Kichmond, before 1880 ; 
 Dr. J. A. Beecher, homeopathist, 1881 ; a Doctor Curtis, who 
 came from Houlton in July, 1880, returning there a few months 
 later; a Doctor Barton, who was here in 1885, living in the 
 Newbegin house ; Doctor Nute, in 1882. Dr. W. K. Johnson, 
 dentist, came here from Portland in 1882, but selling his busi- 
 ness to Dr. O. W. Baker, in 1884, he returned to Portland. 
 Dr. John F. Hill, after teaching in Boothbay Harbor, located 
 here in practice in 1879 ; but business prospects led him to 
 give up his profession and locate in Augusta, where he became 
 a member of the extensive publishing house of Vickery & Hill, 
 becoming Governor of Maine from 1901 to 1905. 
 
MONOGRAPHS AND INCIDENTS. 455 
 
 Dr. John A. Carter came to Boothbay Harbor in 1862. 
 For a time he had quarters at the Weymouth House, but about 
 1880 he purchased the Methodist Chapel on West Street and 
 remodeled it with additions, making a double tenement house, 
 where he afterward lived. He came here from Sabattus. His 
 wife, Ellen M., died January 10, 1881, aged forty-five years. 
 He died September 28, 1893, aged seventy-three years. He 
 was a man of public spirit with good attainments, but of frail 
 health. 
 
 Dr. Frank H. Crocker, a graduate of Bowdoin College and 
 its medical school, a native of Machias, settled in Boothbay 
 Harbor in 1882. He built the house now owned by Dr. O. W. 
 Baker, where he lived until 1891, when for business reasons he 
 returned to Machias. A few years later he located in Gardiner, 
 where he died, June 12, 1903. He held a good and increasing 
 practice through his nine years here. 
 
 xn. 
 
 Eden by the Sea. 
 
 When Nature carved those ragged rocks that form 
 
 Our rugged coast, and scooped those devious 
 
 Paths by which the sea comes up to view the 
 
 Land, and see her country cousins, with taste 
 
 Artistic, and with skill made perfect by 
 
 Trials many, and in divers places. 
 
 In plan original, she undertook 
 
 To make a Harbor where fishing craft might 
 
 Feel at home and merchant ships stay over 
 
 Night, or till the storm was past. When finished 
 
 Men came to see it from afar, and fell 
 
 In love with what they saw, and would not go 
 
 Away to stay, but only to bring their 
 
 Loved ones back, build them houses, and tax 
 
 Both sea and land to find them nourishment. 
 
 Houses were built, and people multiplied. 
 
 Until the stranger thought that while men slept 
 
 There was a shower, not of meteors. 
 
 But of homes, each replete with life, and filled 
 
 With comfort. They built them schools and churches, 
 
 Opened stores. A reverent. God-fearing, sober, 
 
 Honest race. No wonder that they 
 
 Prospered. More came to see and more to stay, 
 
 Till now the place is one vast hive. Workers 
 
456 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 And those in search of pleasure or of health 
 Combined to lend it charms, and spread its fame. 
 This Eden by the Sea, what do men call it? 
 Why ! Boothbay Harbor ! one of the fairest 
 Pearls round Ocean's neck, one of the rarest 
 Gems in fair Atlantic's crown. 
 
 Donald McCokmick. 
 
 XIII. 
 
 Newspapers. 
 
 The first newspaper established in town was by B. T. Cox, 
 who issued the first number of the Boothbay Register December 
 9, 1876. It was a sheet of four pages, size 7 1-4 by 10 1-2, 
 It carried twelve columns, three to each page. The local 
 advertisers in that number, in order, were as follows : E. J. 
 Gushing, watches and jewelry ; M. E. Beal, Southport, general 
 store ; W- C. Clisby, livery stable ; S. Averill, Wiscasset and 
 Boothbay Stage Line; S. Howard, fish; S. Boyd, real estate; 
 W. G. Lewis, general store ; J. C. Poole, sailmaking and ship 
 chandlery; Levi Burns, blacksmith; Ward Adams, tailor; 
 Boothbay Savings Bank, D. W. Sawyer, treasurer; R. G. 
 Hodgdon, clothing and furnishing goods ; A. P. Wylie, boots 
 and shoes ; D. W. Hodgdon, groceries and grain ; Miss S. J. 
 Emerson, variety store ; K. H. Richards, groceries ; M. D. 
 McKown, boat builder ; E. L. Giles, stationery and confec- 
 tionery ; N. H. Hussey, dry goods; H. A. Kennedy, hard- 
 ware and stoves. 
 
 It contained one obituary notice, that of Lydia P. Beath, 
 who had been postmaster at the Harbor for over sixteen years. 
 It mentions tl;iat the Boothbay Savings Bank has total deposits 
 of $18,000. The lease of Campbell's Ponds for ice cutting by 
 the Knickerbocker Ice Company had just been effected and 
 buildings were going up. The Mouse Island Company was 
 erecting a hotel on that island. East Boothbay Village had 
 just completed their new school building. The work going on 
 in the East Boothbay shipyards of William Adams & Son and 
 McDougall & Seavey was recorded, and a list of taxpayers 
 paying over $100 was given which will be reproduced : 
 
 CumberlandBoneCo., $593.50 Suffolk Oil Co., $253.32 
 
 L. Maddocks, 462.94 Cyrus McKown, 235.11 
 

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 Atlantic Oil Co., $187.00 Heirs of Benj. Eeed, $163.03 
 
 Gallup & Holmes, 185.00 Allen Lewis, 156.34 
 
 S. G. Hodgdon, 184.10 Heirs JohnMcClintock,138. 97 
 
 Moses R. White, 175.96 Gallup, Morgan & Co., 113.45 
 
 Kenniston, Cobb & Co., 168.30 A. P. Hodgdon, 106.31 
 
 The Register was published weekly at fifty cents per year. 
 The office was in R. G. Hodgdon's clothing store. It was 
 increased January 5, 1878, to a size 10 by 13 1-2, sixteen col- 
 umns. It then carried five columns of advertising. In Janu- 
 ary, 1880, it was enlarged to 13 1-2 hy 19 1-2, at which size 
 it remained while published by Mr. Cox, a pai-t of the time, 
 however, six pages, and sometimes eight pages. 
 
 In the spring of 1888 eight persons, six of whom were res- 
 idents of Boothbay Harbor, associated under the name of the 
 Boothbay Pul)lishing Company and purchased the name and 
 subscription list of the former publisher. He took his material 
 and removed to Tennessee, where he died a few years later. 
 The new company purchased a cylinder press, two job presses, 
 new type and other material, issuing the first number of the 
 Register, in its present form and size, Saturday, May 25, 1888. 
 F. B. Greene, one of the associates, acted as editor and man- 
 ager through forty-seven issues, when he felt obliged to give 
 his whole attention to his own affairs and the plant was leased 
 to Joseph Burgess, Waterbury, Conn. A few months later a 
 sale of the plant was made to Charles E. Kendrick, a former 
 merchant of the town, who had then recently disposed of his 
 business. Mr. Kendrick has continued owner and editor to 
 the present. 
 
 John O'Brien started a paper called the Boothbay Recorder 
 in 1881. ' The presswork and composition were both done in 
 Bath. Not receiving sufficient encouragement publication was 
 soon discontinued. It reached but few numbers. 
 
 A paper called the Boothbay Advance appeared Wednesday, 
 June 24, 1885. Its editor and publisher was Arthur Fultz. 
 A struggling effort was kept up in publication until the spring 
 of 1888, when it was discontinued. At that time the commu- 
 nity was somewhat divided in support of the Register and the 
 Advance and neither prospered. A clear field was open to the 
 Boothbay Publishing Company when they started, and that 
 establishment has enjoyed a growing patronage. 
 
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458 HISTOBT OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 Banks. 
 
 The Boothbay Savings Bank was incorporated February 5, 
 1872 ; on the 29th of that month they organized, and elected 
 Allen Lewis, President ; D. W. Sawyer, Vice President, and 
 W. F. McClintock, Secretary and Treasurer. The trustees 
 were Allen Lewis, D. W. Sawyer, Luther Maddocks, Robert 
 Montgomery and W. F. McClintock. It was opened for busi- 
 ness April 10, 1872. Its first report, as it existed September 
 
 30, 1872, showed : 
 
 Liabilities. 
 
 Deposits, $813.25 
 
 Profits, 10.50 
 
 $823.75 
 
 Resources. 
 
 Notes secured by collaterals, $350.00 
 
 Cash on hand and deposit, 403.12 
 
 Expenses, 70.63 
 
 $823.75 
 
 On January 22, 1873, M. E. Pierce was elected secretary 
 and treasurer, and he was succeeded by D. W. Sawyer Janu- 
 ary 22, 1876. On January 15, 1877, the trustees voted the 
 treasurer $66.33 for the last year's services. Moses R. White 
 was elected president January 17, 1883. R. G. Hodgdon suc- 
 ceeded at the decease of Mr. White, his election dating January 
 17, 1893. D. W. Sawyer sent in his resignation as treasurer 
 October 10, 1886, and on January 18, 1887, Byron C. Mat- 
 thews was chosen his successor. Others who have served as 
 trustees have been Moses R. White, Cyrus McKown, M. E. 
 Pierce, R. G. Hodgdon, Joseph Nickerson, John H. Blair, 
 George B. Kenniston, Alonzo R. Nickerson, Isaiah Lewis, 
 Samuel Boyd, Keyes H. Richards, Willard T. Mair. 
 
 A fair impression of the growth, benefit and conservative 
 management of this banlv may be gathered from the following 
 exhibit : 
 
 Deposits October 14, 1905, $329,573.68 
 
 Reserve fund, 18,678.59 
 
 Undivided profits, 5,817.25 
 
 $354,069.52 
 
MONOGRAPHS AND INCIDENTS. 459 
 
 Dividends paid and credited depositors, first year, $ 50.98 
 
 1905, 10,068.64 
 
 Total State tax paid, since organization, $ 34,589.67 
 
 Total dividends paid depositors since organization, 163,015.98 
 
 The first location of the bank was on Atlantic Street, in 
 the counting room of M. E. Pierce's store. Soon after the 
 election of Mr. Sawyer as treasurer it was moved to a wooden 
 building standing where Gregory's Block now stands. From 
 there to its present situation it was moved in 1886. 
 
 The First National Bank of Boothbay Harbor was organized 
 and opened for business October 15, 1900, with the following 
 officers, who continue to the present : K. H. Richards, Presi- 
 dent ; O. S. Yates, Vice President ; John A. Maddocks, 
 Cashier ; Sewall T. Maddocks, Assistant Cashier, with C. R. 
 Tupper, C. J. Marr, K. H. Richards, Fred H. Harris, C. M. 
 Cook, O. S. Yates, A. H. Davenport, Thomas W. Baldwin, 
 John A. Maddocks, Directors. The first statement, issued 
 December 13, 1900, showed deposits of $24,192.72. The 
 statement of date September 25, 1905, showed : 
 
 Capital stock, $25,000.00 
 
 Surplus and profits, 9,551.04 
 
 Circulation, 25,000.00 
 
 Deposits, 124,704.00 
 
 $184,255.04 
 The number of deposit accounts at the close of 1905 were 423. 
 A savings department was opened in March, 1903. 
 
 XV. 
 
 Postal Affairs. 
 On April 23, 1793, the Portland postmaster gave public 
 notice that after that date mails would leave that office at six 
 o'clock A. M., Mondays, arriving at Wiscasset at one p. m., 
 Tuesdays; returning, leave Wiscasset Thursdays at six a. m., 
 arriving in Portland at one p. m., Fridays. In 1794 the post 
 route was extended to Camden and post offices were established 
 there and in Thomaston and Warren. There was no post office 
 nearer than that at Wiscasset until one was established in 
 Boothbay in 1805. A complete list of postmasters for each 
 office, together with dates of establishment and terms of ser- 
 
460 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 vice, is given on pages 305-308. By consultation of family 
 records and maps, where the offices have lieen kept may be 
 easily determined. 
 
 Postage stamps were not authorized until 1847 and prepay- 
 ment of postage was not compulsory until .June 1, 1856. A 
 uniform rate of postage was first established in 1863. Previ- 
 ous to that date postal rates were governed by the distance. 
 There was one rate for Boston, another for New York, still 
 others for places at greater distances. At one time the rate 
 was two shillings from Boothbay to New Orleans. It may 
 often be observed in ledgers from our old business concerns 
 that postage was charged like anything which might have been 
 purchased at the store. One trip a week constituted the service 
 from Wiscasset to Boothbay from 1805 to 1840, when that 
 service was succeeded by two trips per week, Tuesdays and 
 Fridays. These sufficed until 1860, when the service became 
 tri- weekly. In 1871, by representations of our representative 
 in the Legislature, George B. Kenniston, of the wants of the 
 community, without petition, to Hon. James G. Blaine, daily 
 service was established through his influence at the department. 
 
 Since that time service has gradually increased until the 
 present. During the summer season ten separate mails arrive 
 and the same number leave the office daily, as follows : two 
 from and tr) Bath by boat ; two from and to Wiscasset by 
 stage ; two from and to East Boothbay and Linekin by stage ; 
 one each way between here and Monhegan, West Boothbay 
 Harbor, Squirrel Island and Bayville. In winter the last two 
 are discontinued and Monhegan reduced to tri-weekly ; also 
 one Bath and one East Boothbay trip is canceled. The a. m. 
 boat trip down from Bath, returning in p. m., formerly com- 
 menced after July 4th, continuing until September 1st ; now 
 it commences May 1st, running until September 20th. The 
 first rural delivery, with Fred Robie Kelley as carrier, was 
 established Juno 1, 1905, from the Boothbay office, covering 
 twenty-two and one-half miles, running out in each direction 
 from the Center. When but one office existed in town, in 
 1826, the total postal receipts of Boothbay were $56.28. In 
 1895 the gross receipts of the Boothbay Harbor office were 
 $1,711.30; nine years later, for 1904, they reached at the 
 same office $3,890.51. 
 
MONOGRAPHS AND INCIDENTS. 461 
 
 XVI. 
 
 The Ice Business. 
 
 This business was first commenced on a large scale when 
 the Knickerbocker Ice Company leased the Campbell's Ponds 
 and erected their houses at the shore, opposite Hodgdon's 
 Island, in 1876. That plant has exceeded all others up to the 
 present, having buildings of greater capacity and more capital 
 invested. It is now merged in the Metropolitan Ice Company. 
 Following this the Maine Ice Company, C. B. Church, Wash- 
 ington, D. C, president, was established at West Harbor, 
 where by damming Campbell's Cove that sheet of water was 
 transformed into an ice pond. The superintendents were Eben 
 Haley and A. M. Powers. This concern was sold to Luther 
 Maddocks, C. E. Tupper, G. P. Hodgdon and George W. 
 Greenleaf in 1904, and is now operated by Luther Maddocks, 
 lessee of the others' interests. It has valuable features, like the 
 Metropolitan Company, for winter shipping as well as storage. 
 
 Other ice establishments now doing business are the Booth- 
 bay Harbor Ice Company, Mill Cove ; Merrill Lewis, Lewis 
 Pond ; William E. Sawyer, Southport ; F. C. Littlefield & Co., 
 Atlantic Street ; Frank Blake, East Boothbay ; Samuel Boyd, 
 Bayville. Luther Maddocks has in the past operated at Mill 
 Cove, Echo Lake and other ponds ; and, for a time, D. W. 
 Hodgdon cut at Echo Lake. Besides an unusual home con- 
 sumption, by means of the summer resorts, a great market for 
 ice has been made in recent years on account of so much of the 
 coast bait trade centering here. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 ACAEEFUL study of the early population of Townsend 
 will cause one to arrive at two leading conclusions : 
 first, that the early settlers about the Harbor, who 
 were, practically, all Scotch from the north of Ireland, were 
 made up of a colony, for the most part, the members of which 
 were acquainted in Scotland before emigrating, and in several 
 instances related by intermarriage in that country; second, 
 that the settlement next in importance, occurring some twenty 
 to thirty years later about Dover, Back Kiver and North Booth- 
 bay, was made by families from about Dover, Durham and Mad- 
 bury, in New Hampshire, and York, Kittery, Berwick,Wells and 
 Kennebunk, in Maine, and that these families, like the others, 
 were acquainted and in many instances related before coming 
 here. A comparatively small area from the three counties, 
 Antrim, Londonderry and Tyrone, Ireland, sent the one clan, 
 while the territory the principal part of which was composed 
 by the eight towns named sent the other. The Scotch element 
 came for the most part in the fall of 1730, but others of the 
 same blood and fatherland, already in Massachusetts or New 
 Hampshire, were added soon after, like the Beaths who came 
 in 1731. Now and then a family came later from Ireland to 
 join them, like the Keeds, in 1743, the McKowns, in 1763, or 
 Leishman, in 1764. 
 
 The coming of those settling in the northern part of the 
 town was not so concerted, for the distance was not so great 
 nor the effort so much. It was more irregular, but bearing 
 evidences of the influence that acquaintance and relationship 
 exert in such cases. 
 
 To produce some instances in support of my conclusions in 
 this matter : "William FuUerton, oldest of the name in Towns- 
 end, juarried Jennet Beath, sister to Walter Beath, oldest of 
 his family here, some years before coming to America. A 
 
466 mSTOEY OF boothbay. 
 
 genealogist in the Beath family, who has made much research 
 in her lineage, finds an Affa McFauland married by one of the 
 Beath ancestry and a Jennet Montgomery by another, genera- 
 tions before American soil was reached. The wife of Andrew 
 Reed was Jean Murray, who was an aunt to the Rev. John 
 Murray and thought to be related to the other John Murray 
 who founded the family of that name in these towns. The Rev. 
 John Murray was a cousin to Patrick McKown, the founder of 
 that family. The mother of Patrick McKown was Nancy Ford, 
 related to Abner Ford, a Dunbar immigrant. The Reed and 
 McCuUoch families were related by marriage before coming to 
 America. Several other similar instances exist. The Boyds 
 and Montgomerys were from the same locality in Ireland as 
 those who came in here under Dunbar, and there are abundant 
 indications that they came into the neighboring settlement of 
 Pemaquid at the time the others settled in Townsend. Later 
 both families came across the Damariscotta, but settled by its 
 banks and thus were midway between their kin and friends on 
 either side. 
 
 Now let us view the northern neighborhood. Joseph Giles, 
 first of his name in town, married Martha, sister to Benjamin 
 Pinkham, who founded that family here. Back in Dover, N. 
 H., we find the marriage of Mark Giles, grandfather of Joseph, 
 the Townsend pioneer, to Lydia Tibbetts, a collateial line to 
 the ancestors of the present Tibbetts family in Boothbay. 
 Then Nathaniel Tibbetts, who founded the Boothbay family, 
 married Elizabeth Giles, sister to Joseph. At the start, proba^ 
 bly before settling in Townsend, the two pioneers of the Barter 
 and Matthews families intermarried. John Matthews married 
 Jennet Barter and Joseph Barter married Lydia Matthews. 
 
 These relationships may be shown in many other instances, 
 but I feel impressed that the reader, with the suggestions I 
 have prefatorily presented, together with the consideration of 
 the several family records, will arrive at a similar conclusion. 
 I have made the greater part of my effort to rescue the oldest 
 first. No structure is of much consequence if the base is 
 defective. Therefore I have tried to reach each family when 
 its founder came upon Townsend or Boothbay soil and give a 
 careful trace to the present. The earliest members of each 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 467 
 
 family have received the most careful attention, for if those 
 old matters are not now put in print it will become more diffi- 
 cult to do so as time progresses, records become lost or worn 
 out, and the aged people, those links between the past and 
 present, are no more. 
 
 The limits of this volume enforce a method of condensation 
 in form, but it is believed that the form affords a clear and 
 perfect understanding of the descent and relationship. While 
 a similarity exists, there are several new features in the form 
 in which the family records are presented, varying considerably 
 from the usual plan. I have divided the extinct names from 
 the existing ones in the towns, and from the importance of the 
 former in their time, and their connection to the present through 
 intermarriages and descent through female lines, present them, 
 but in briefer form. Many names appear upon the early rec- 
 ords that I failed to connect with present families, which I 
 dropped. 
 
 Some difficulty has been experienced in case of the Hodg" 
 don and Dunton families, the early members in each case being 
 partly in Boothbay and partly in Westport. A similar diffi- 
 culty has occurred to mar satisfactory work on the families of 
 Burnham, Dodge and Sherman, living partly in Boothbay and 
 partly in Edgecomb. Omissions and errors must be expected 
 among so many dates, and the considerate reader, who realizes 
 that town, probate and family records often fail to agree, will, 
 I trust, be lenient in such cases. A visit to any of our ceme- 
 teries is all that is needed to indicate the percentage who have 
 had no stone erected to their memories. The Southport rec- 
 ords, as is well known, were burned a few years ago, so that 
 very little relating to the families in that town is to be had 
 except that existing on the old Boothbay books prior to 1842. 
 I will here make the suggestion that it would be an easy matter 
 in a town of that size to obtain from each family its own rec- 
 ord and properly transcribe it. A continuation from what is 
 presented in these pages could at this time be easily made by 
 each family, thus preserving for descendants an unbroken rec- 
 ord of ancestry. The following abbreviations will be used to 
 save useless repetitions. 
 
468 
 
 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 a., aged. 
 
 ae., in the year of. 
 
 abt., about. 
 
 b., born. 
 
 bap., baptized. 
 
 bet., between. 
 
 Cas., Casualty Chapter. 
 
 chil., children. 
 
 coll., college. 
 
 com., commission. 
 
 d., died or death. 
 
 ^au., daughter. 
 
 fam., family. 
 
 grad., graduated. 
 
 inf., infancy. 
 
 inv., inventory. 
 
 m., married or marriage. 
 
 n. d., no date. 
 
 pub., published. 
 
 prob., probated. 
 
 q. v., which see. 
 
 rec, record. 
 
 res., resides or resided. 
 
 rem., removed. 
 
 set., settled. 
 
 8. p., sine prole, no children. 
 
 unk., unknown. 
 
 unm., unmarried. 
 
 w., wife. 
 
 wid., widow. 
 
 B., Boothbay. 
 
 B. Ctr., Boothbay Center. 
 
 B. H., Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 Bre., Bremen. 
 
 Bris., Bristol. 
 
 Dam., Damariscotta. 
 
 Dres., Dresden. 
 
 E. B., East Boothbay. 
 
 Edge., Edgecomb. 
 
 Is., Island. 
 
 Jeff., Jefferson. 
 
 Mon., Monhegan. 
 
 New., Newcastle. 
 
 Noble., Nobleboro. 
 
 No. B., North Boothbay. 
 
 South., Southport. 
 
 Wal., Waldoboro. 
 
 West., Westport. 
 
 Wis., Wiscasset. 
 
 White., Whitefield. 
 
PART I. 
 
 Extinct Names. 
 Andrews. 
 
 John Andrews was b. in Ipswich, Mass. He m. Patty, dau. of Daniel 
 and Mary Knight, 1794, and set. in No. Yarmouth, from where he moved to 
 Bris. in 1808. He then bought Fisherman's Island and one-half of Damaris- 
 cove of his wife's father and engaged in sheep-raising. In 1812 he bought 
 part of the McFarland property at the head of the Harbor and a few years 
 later commenced bank fishing, running one Vessel, the Six Brothers. Their 
 chil. were : I, Jeremiah, m. Elizabeth Burnham, Essex, Mass. II, Sarah, 
 m. Ebenezer Clifford. Ill, Mary, m. William Robinson, White. IV, Eliza- 
 beth, m. Winthrop Andrews. V, Sophia, m. Baker Elliott, Boston. VI, 
 John, Jr., m. Susan, dau. of Edward B. Sargent. Jeremiah and John, Jr., 
 succeeded to the business and later sold to Paul and Benjamin Harris. Jere- 
 miah then moved to Ipswich, where he d. at middle age. John built where 
 the late Sewall S. Wylie lived and engaged in brickmaking, his yard being 
 at the head of the Harbor. He sold to Wylie in 1858 and moved to Mouse 
 Is., where he built and lived until 1864. He then moved to Falmouth and 
 d. in Portland in 1891. His wife d. in 1886. Their chil. : Angelia, Emma 
 A., Euphesena E., Martha S., Elliott B., Sarah F., Rosaline. 
 
 Ball. 
 
 Samuel and Mary Ball lived at Pig Cove. He d. in 1800. The known 
 chil. were: I, Levi, m. Judy Crommett, 1788. II, Thomas, m. (1) Sarah 
 Holbrook, 1794 ; ( 2) Betsey Horn, 1795. Ill, Sally, m. Solomon Pinkham, 
 Jr., 1795. IV, a dau. who m. Amos Gray, an early owner of Squirrel Is., 
 where they lived. Levi Ball had a dau., Sally, whom. Ebenezer Decker, 
 1806. The family set. at Pig Cove abt. the close of the Rev. War. 
 
 Babb. 
 
 Thomas and Caroline Babb lived on South. They had six chil., b. bet. 
 1830-41: Mary Eliza, Alexander Bennett, Nancy J., Zebulon G., Caroline, 
 Angelia. 
 
 Booker. 
 
 This fam. lived at what was known as Hardscrabble, on road bet. B. H. 
 and E. B. Five of them were in the Rev. War. Joseph Booker, at advanced 
 age, d. Nov. 8, 1830. He had two sons, Joseph, Jr., and John, both of whom 
 had fams. Chil. in these fams. were b. bet. 1815-30. They were intermar- 
 ried with the fams. of Bryer, Wheeler, Rackliff, Hutchings, Lewis and others. 
 
 Borland. 
 
 Capt. John Borland was b. in Ireland, Apr. 1, 1752 ; was living in B. in 
 
470 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 1778, when he tn. Mrs. Sarah Campbell. See tables for official positions. 
 He rem. to Dam. Mills abt. 1796, dying there Oct. 11, 1814 ; his wife d. Jan. 
 7, 1827. A son kept the hotel there for many years. His chil. were b. in B. 
 except the youngest, and bet. 1779-96. They were : Sally, John, Jr., Sam- 
 uel, James, Polly, Betsey C. He lived in No. B. He was a prominent ship- 
 builder in his later years at Dam. 
 
 Carlton. 
 
 Stephen and Hannah Carlton lived in B., opposite where Dennis S. 
 Wylie does. He was an influential man in town affairs and appears in the 
 official tables. They are thought to have moved into the interior of Maine 
 soon after 1800. Their chil., b. bet. 1787-1801, were: Joshua, Sarah G., 
 Charlotte O., Payson. 
 
 Caswell. 
 
 Several of this name appear irregularly in early records, but one fam. is 
 fully recorded, that of Samuel and Hepsibah. They lived at the southern 
 end of Barter's Is. Eight chil. were b. bet. 1818-37, viz. : Samuel, Jr., Sally, 
 Eunice, Rufus, Jason, Thomas, Alfred, Phineas. The father d. Dec. 5, 1837. 
 
 Catland (Catlin). 
 
 The early records show several publishments of members of this fam. 
 They were numerous in New. and Bris. Only one fam. lived in B., Joseph, 
 who m. Betsey Adams, 1802. They had three sons, b. bet. 1803-08, Ira, 
 Joshua and Joseph, Jr. The father d. May 18, 1808. 
 
 Chaples. 
 
 Nothing in B. history has a more romantic touch than the traditions that 
 have come down to us about John Chaples. He set. alone at Cape Newagen 
 probably as early as 17B0. It has been said that his correct name was Chap- 
 pelle, but anything as to antecedents is entirely wanting. The early settlers 
 about the island, who found him there when they came, always regarded 
 him mysteriously. He was said to have been a fugitive from crime. Some 
 thought him to have been a buccaneer, in fact various were the stories 
 attached to him and his career. He built his cabin abt. six rods northerly 
 from the shore, opposite the rocky island just west from Jerry's Is. About 
 ten rods southwesterly from his old abode is the famous Chaples Chair, in 
 the rocks and crags at the shore, where he was wont to sit, watching for sea 
 birds, upon which he largely lived. He brought a wife there and they had 
 chil., how many is not known. He had a son, John, Jr., who in turn had a 
 son of the same name. The last John was last of the name in town. He lived 
 until 1865. His wife, Cordelia, d. May, 1863. They had two daus., Filinda, 
 b. 1856, and Elida, b. 1858. The original settler had a dau. who m. Corne- 
 lius Horn, 1772. Her name is recorded Masse, and it is said of her that she 
 was little short of a giantess. Her sons were men of great size and strength. 
 Her husband was a runaway sailor from a vessel lying at Damariscove Har- 
 bor. He constructed a raft and reached Cape Newagen, taking refuge with 
 Chaples' fam. His name was Cornelius Conrad, which he at once changed 
 to Horn. From this m. sprang the Horn fam., now extinct, that by clerical 
 errors has been sometimes confounded with Orne. John Chaples in his later 
 years, and his sons afterward, conducted a fishing business at the Cape. 
 
FAMILY HISTOBY. 471 
 
 Crommett (Crummett). 
 
 John Crommett lived at the Harbor and was a constable in 1767. His 
 antecedents are unk. His w.'s name is unk. They had five chil. : I, Eliza- 
 beth, m. Thomas Rives, Jeremisquam, 1771. II, Judith, b. 1763, m. Levi 
 Ball, 1788. Ill, Martha, m. Stephen Rollings, 1786. IV, Jeremiah, m. ( 1 ) 
 Sarah Floyd, 1777; (2) Judith Knights, 1780. V, Joshua, m. Sarah Adams, 
 1790. Both sons were prominent in town affairs. Jeremiah's chil. were b. 
 bet. 1783-90: Rebecca, Abigail, Martha, Elizabeth. Joshua's chil. were; 
 Sally, Jane, Patty, John, Rebecca, Polly, Nancy, Joshua. He moved with 
 his fam. to China, where he d. Oct. 24, 1852 ; his w. d. Mar. 25, 1830. 
 
 Currier. 
 
 William Currier m. Patience Smith, 1801. They lived on South., north- 
 erly from Gray's, on the east shore, but do not appear in the records after 
 1835. They had ten chil.: Eleanor, 1802; Sarah, 1804; William, 1805; 
 Jacob, 1807; Almira, 1809; Benjamin S., 1811; Mary, 1812; Elijah, 1815; 
 John S., 1817; Joseph S., 1819. The father and sop Elijah d. 1819, leaving 
 the mother with nine chil. Benjamin became master of a fishing schooner 
 before reaching his fifteenth birthday. He had a successful and eventful 
 career at sea and set. in San Francisco, where he published an autobiogra- 
 phy, covering his career, in 1880. His descendants live in California. The 
 other members of this fam. are not traced. 
 
 Davis. 
 
 Israel Davis came to B. before 1750. He m. Sarah, dau. of John and 
 Lydia McFarland. He lived near the head of Campbell's Cove, was mod- 
 erator of the first town meeting in B. and captain during the Rev. War. He 
 was a leading citizen. He sold Thomas Hodgdon, Jeremisquam, 200 acres 
 of land, Sept. 21, 1767, situated bet. the Campbell's Ponds and Cove and the 
 Sheepscot. They had eight chil.: Charles, 1750; Sarah, 1751; Hannah, 
 1755; Israel, Jr., 1757; Betty, 1763; John Dresser, 1766; Prudence, 1768; 
 Mary, 1772. Of the above, Hannah m. Andrew Reed, son of Henry, 1773. 
 The mother d. Sept. 20, 1772. At the close of the Rev. War the fam. moved 
 to Pownalboro. 
 
 Daws (Dawes, Dawse). 
 
 Ebenezer Daws set. among the rest of the early ones at Back River, 
 coming from the westward. His w.'s name is unk., but tradition says she 
 was sister to John Matthews. They are known to have had two sons, John 
 and Jonathan. The Back River home was where Albion Lewis lives. John 
 m. Mary, sister to Patrick McKown, coming with her brother to America, 
 1763. They were m. in 1768. Their home was where the DoUoff homestead 
 was, on road from E. B. to B. Ctr. They first built a log house, but later 
 the frame one now on the place, which was the first building contract taken 
 by John, Jr., and Thomas Leishman. They had no chil. In Patrick Mc- 
 Kown's will, 1779, occurs the clause that his sister should "take my youngest 
 son, John, and my daughter, Nancy, as her own." This son became the 
 well-known Major John McKown and the dau. m. John Ingraham. John 
 Daws was a sea captain, in the foreign trade; he d. Nov. 4, 1811. She lived 
 many years in Major McKown' s fam., but boarded with the Handleys in her 
 last years at her old home. She d. Dec. 16, 1825, a. 83. Jonathan Daws m. 
 
472 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Elizabeth Barter, 1768, and lived on his father's homestead. They had ten 
 chil., b. bet. 1770-88: John, Lydia, Mary, Elizabeth, Benjamin, Lois, Abi- 
 gail, Patty, Jenny, Sally. The father was a sea captain and d. Mar. 27, 1812. 
 The chil. set. elsewhere. 
 
 Dixon. 
 
 John and Dianna Dixon lived on McKown's Point and reared a fam. of 
 eleven chil. Though nine of these were sons not one appears on the tax list 
 of either town now. They follow: John, Jr., 1847; George William, 1849; 
 Eden S., 1851; Eugene, 1853; Josiah F., 1865; Amanda O., 1857; Franklin, 
 1859; Albion J., 1861; Jacob E., 1862; Ulysses S. G., 1867; Lillian, 1870. 
 The father d. June 8, 1883; the mother d. Apr. 12, 1885. Nearly all of the 
 sons followed the sea. 
 
 Dole. 
 
 Nathan Dole, a native of Pownalboro, m. Mary, dau. of John and Jennet 
 Matthews, after the d. of his first w. He set. in 1793, date of second m., on 
 the farm now owned by Paul Conkling, building a house near the creek. 
 Three sons by first m. are untraced; by the second were three daus., b. bet. 
 1794-1805, Anna, Sarah, Phebe. The father d. June 28, 1830. 
 
 DURANT. 
 
 William Durant was b. in France and came to America under Lafayette 
 to take part in the Rev. War. In our early records his name is spelled to 
 follow the pronunciation (Durong). He set. in B. before 1790, for that year 
 he m. Ruth Burnham. Later he rem. to Edge, and then returned to B., set- 
 tling near B. Ctr. They had four chil. : 1, William, Jr., b. 1792. II, David, 
 unm. Ill, Hannah, m. Pearson Burnham. IV, Martha, m. — ^- Martin; 
 set. in Portland. 
 
 William Durant, Jr., m. (1) Hannah, dau. of Andrew and Hannah Reed, 
 1817; (2) Mrs. Jane Kennedy, 1839. They lived on the homestead near the 
 Ctr. Their chil. were: I, Mary A., b. Oct. 8, 1818; m. Edwin Auld, q. v. 
 II, Sarah G., b. Dec. 9, 1820; m. (1) David Harvey; (2) James G. Pierce. Ill, 
 Jane L., b. Jan. 30, 1823; m. Elbridge Love, q. v. IV, Ephraim Reed, b. 
 Aug. 31, 1825; d. 1839, see Cas. V, John, born Aug. 2, 1829, q. v. VI, 
 Margaret M. VII, Rosanna Auld, m. Rufus Campbell, q. v. The father d. 
 Feb. 16, 1865; the mother d. Aug. 29, 1838. 
 
 John Durant m. Sarah Dunton, West.; lived on homestead. He sold to 
 H. M. Miller and rem. to Waterville; now dec. 
 
 FULLERTON. 
 
 1 William Fullerton came to America from the county of Tyrone, Ire- 
 land, in 1728. The immigrants making up tlie company of which he and his fam. 
 were members intended going to Philadelphia, but for some unknown reason 
 they came into the Kennebec River and part or all landed on Arrowsic, oppo- 
 site Phippsburg Ctr. There they remained until Dunbar settled at Pemaquid 
 and then, on account of the inducements, which they called "large encour. 
 agements," that he held out to settlers in the three towns he was trying to 
 establish, they went first to Pemaquid, and finally to Townsend in the fall of 
 1730. 
 
 There is strong reason to believe that the vessel that brought the Fuller- 
 tons to Arrowsic also brought the McCobbs, McKecknies, McFarlands, 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 473 
 
 McCuUochs, Bryants, Browns, Maguires, Tullys, Fords and others. The 
 strongest reason for this belief is that most of these families were related by 
 intermarriage in Scotland; all had come from practically the same locality in 
 that country; we have no record of these families anywhere else previous to 
 1730, and in that year they had gathered, responsive to Dunbar's efforts, and 
 came into Townsend from Pemaquid at one time. A slighter reason, but still 
 one of some force, is the fact that James McCobb, brother to Samuel, who 
 has been called the leader of the immigration here, made a very brief stay in 
 Townsend and located at Georgetown, where he became a leading resident. 
 He would hardly have taken this course, leaving relatives and friends here, 
 if he had possessed no previous acquaintance there. 
 
 William FuUerton was b. abt. 1680 and m. Jennett, sister to Walter Beath. 
 They had four chil. Two sons had preceded them to Philadelphia, of whom 
 we have no further trace. He located just north of the Smith house on Oak 
 St., and if a log house was first built it was early succeeded by a stone one, 
 which became the garrison of the colony during the French and Indian War. 
 There is no positive knowledge as to the time of his death or that of his wife. 
 He made a deed Oct. 15, 1754, to his son, William, Jr., of his dwelling house 
 and land in "Townsend, County of York," consisting of 106 acres, bounded: 
 "South-east by the cove, south-west by land of William Moore, north-west 
 by undivided land, north-east by land of William FuUerton, Jr." His wife's 
 signature does not appear, and the reasonable presumption is that she was 
 then deceased. This deed was not recorded until Mar. 6, 1762, and then was 
 entered in Lincoln County. This deed to his son was probably in lieu of a 
 will and was placed on record soon after his decease. The property con- 
 veyed reached the Harbor near Miller Block, running up to its head, or, per- 
 haps, slightly farther, and constituted a tract lying between Moore's Rock 
 and the house of the late Benjamin Blair, including Fisher's Hill and north- 
 erly far enough to make 106 acres. Their chil. were: 
 
 *2 William, Jr., b. 1705, q. v. 
 
 3 Margaret, b. 1714; m. John Beath, q. v.; d. Oct. 13, 1813. The sons 
 who located at Philadelphia were probably b. bet. these chil. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*2) William^ Fullerton, Jr. ( William^). The name of his wife is unk. 
 It is not known whether or not he was m. upon his coming to America, but 
 it is thought that he m. after settling in Townsend, abt. 1731-32. His home 
 through his life was where the late Benjamin Blair lived, on Oak St. On 
 Dec. 26, 1763, he took a deed of Silvester Gardiner of land abutting, west- 
 erly, on the McFarland property and running northerly 374 rods toward the 
 Center. This purchase by him, together with what he already possessed, 
 made the Fullerton family nearly as large land owners as the McFarlands. 
 His family is unrecorded, neither are there gravestones found to his parents, 
 himself or his wife, and our record is made from several detached sources. 
 Children: 
 
 4 James, b. 1733; m. Martha Hutchinson, Woolwich; set. there, where 
 he was living in 1798. 
 
 5 Elizabeth, b. 1735; m. William Gilmore, Woolwich, 1761. 
 
 6 Margery, b. 1737; m. Patrick McKown, q. v. 
 *7 John, b. 1739, q. v. 
 
 8 Margaret, b. 1741 ; m. William McClintock, q. v. 
 
 9 Jennett, b. 1743 ; m. David Gilmore, Woolwich. 
 
474 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 10 Marian, b. 1745; tn. Henry Bond, Jeff. 
 
 11 Catherine, b. 1747; m. Thomas Decker, q. v. 
 
 12 Mary, b. 1749; m. Samuel Stinson, Georgetown, 1788. 
 *13 Ebenezer, b. 1750, q. v. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (*7) John' Fi'llerton (William, Jr.,"^ IVilliani^) m. Jean, dau. of Sam- 
 uel McCobb, 1760. They set. in St. George. He d. in 1785. His wid. m. 
 James Carven and they rem. to Burnham. Previous to set. in St. George 
 they lived for a time on McFarland's Point. Children: 
 
 14 Mary, m. Faithful Singer, q. v. 
 *15 William, q. v. 
 
 (*13) Ebenezer' Fullerton (William, Jr., '^ William^) m. Eunice, dau. 
 of Jeremiah Beath. They lived on his father's homestead. He was a prom- 
 inent member of the Cong. Church and an influential citizen. He d. July 2, 
 1819; she d. Sept. 5, 1823. Children: 
 
 16 Jennet G., b. Sept. 3, 1784; m. (1) Dr. Charles Fisher, 1811; (2) Sullivan 
 Hardy, 1823. 
 
 17 James, b. May 22, 1791; d. Sept. 19, 1831. 
 
 18 John, b. June 22, 1793; m. Mary Cargill, 1820; s. p.; he d. July 10, 1827. 
 
 19 Elizabeth Cowden, b. June 22, 1797; m. (1) Col. Jacob Auld; (2) John 
 W. Weymouth, 1838; d. Sept. 4, 1863. 
 
 20 Margaret, b. July 6, 1804; m. Benjamin Blair, 1832, q. v. 
 
 Fourth Generation. 
 (*15) William Fullerton* (John,^ William, Jr.? William^) m. Sally, 
 dau. of John Montgomery, 1794. This family set. elsewhere and the name 
 became extinct. Their chil. were: Lydia, b. 1797; Jane, b. 1798; John, b. 
 1802; Mary, b. 1805. 
 
 Grimes. 
 
 John Grimes came from Salem, Mass., in 1781, in company with Benja- 
 min Bennett and set. at Ocean Point. He m. Abigail, sister to Benjamin 
 Bennett. He d. Dec. 20, 1836; she d. May 13, 1830. They had two sons, 
 perhaps other chil. I, Jotham, m. Nabby Bennett; they had one son, Jotham, 
 Jr., b. 1804, in which year the father was drowned. II, Joseph, m. Sarah 
 Rackliff, 1804; set. on his father's homestead; their chil. were: Joseph, Jr., 
 b. 1805; John, b. 1808; Asenath, b. 1811; Yashti, b. 1815. Joseph the father 
 d. June 19, 1834; his wife d. Feb. 9, 1877. Joseph, Jr., m. Lucy Holbrook, 
 1830; res. on the homestead, where they d. a few years ago, ending the 
 name in town. The old place is fast being cut up into summer cottage lots. 
 
 Gould. 
 
 John Gould, b. in Kennebunkport, June 20, 1809, was the first of the 
 family in B. He m. Ann McMurchie, dau. of Archibald, who came over 
 with the British army in 1779 and deserted at Bagaduce. He traced his lin- 
 eage as follows: 
 
 1 Jarvice and Mary Gold, Hingham, Mass. 
 
 2 John and Mary Gold, Taunton, Mass. 
 
 3 Benjamin and Rebecca Goold, Eliot, Me. 
 
 4 James and Hannah Goold, Kennebunkport, Me. 
 
 5 Thomas F. and Synthia Goold, Kennebunkport, Me. 
 
 Jarvice came to America from Lydd, England, in 1685, in the ship Eliz- 
 abeth. John, son of Thomas F. and Synthia, came as a young man to B. and 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 475 
 
 engaged in blacksmithing at E. B., part of the time as member of the firm of 
 Gould & Murray. He substituted " u " for " o " in spelling the name. See 
 tables of town officers. He d. Dec. 10, 1876; Ann, wife, d. Feb. 28, 1883. 
 Their chil. were: 
 
 1 Robert, b. Apr. 3, 1835; m. Martha W., dau. of Jason and Jane Fuller, 
 1856; rem. to Portland, where for 45 years he was in the employ of the 
 Portland Company, as foreman of the blacksmith shop. He was two 
 years alderman. He d. June 27, 1902, leaving wid. and one dau., Mary. 
 
 2 Thomas, b. May 5, 1838; m. Emily Lang; was a successful sea captain; 
 res. at E. B., where he d. Mar. 28, 1900; s. p. 
 
 3 John, b. Feb. 25, 1840; m. Nancy, dau. of John and Mary Race. He was 
 also a sea captain; res. at E. B. and d. there July 12, 1896; s. p. 
 
 4 Ann Mary, b. Feb. 5, 1845; m. Capt. John A. Morgan, Groton, Conn.; 
 they have three chil. 
 
 Handley. 
 
 William and Nancy Handley lived for many years on what is known as 
 the Dolloff homestead. They purchased the place after the death of John 
 Daws, and his wid., Elizabeth, made her home with them at the last of her 
 life. They had two chil.: Susan, b. July 26, 1821, and Sarah B., b. July 10, 
 1824. Benaiah Dolloff purchased the place of them. William d. Nov. 2, 
 1843; Nancy, wife, d. July 14, 1853. 
 
 Herren (Herrin). 
 
 Patrick and Samuel Herren lived in B. before the Rev. War. Patrick 
 
 m. (1) Sarah ; they had one dau., Mary, b. 1772; (2) Jane Taylor, 1778; 
 
 they had six chil. : Rachel, Peggy, Rebecca, Jenny, Daniel, Edward. He set. 
 and cleared the farm where the late Israel Holton lived, north of B. Ctr. He 
 was constable, pound-keeper and for many years sexton of the first church. 
 He was the wit of the neighborhood and his quaint sayings lived long after 
 he passed away. Samuel Herren m. Elizabeth, dau. of John and Catherine 
 Ingraham. Their fam. is unrecorded, but publishments of the name other 
 than the chil. of Patrick occur. They moved to the interior about 1800. 
 
 Horn. 
 
 Cornelius Conrad, who changed his name to Horn when he m. Masse 
 Chaples, was first of this fam. in town. They were m. 1772. No rec. of the 
 d. of either. One son, Joseph, m. Sally Decker, 1803, and they had chil. bet. 
 1803-25, as viz. : Rachel, William, Ruth, Henry, Sarah, Elizabeth, Susanna, 
 Dorothy, Isaac. Another son of Cornelius, Stephen, m. Lydia Grover, 1814, 
 and had chil. bet. 1816-39, as viz. : Margaret, Charlotte, Nancy, Ebenezer, 
 Elbridge, Freeman, Harriet, Eleanor, Lydia A. 
 
 Ingraham. 
 
 John and Catherine Ingraham lived where the late Benjamin McKown 
 did, northerly from the Southport Bridge on the B. H. side. They were first 
 to live there. His est. was prob. June 16, 1874. Joseph Harford and Jonas 
 Fitch were sureties; inv. was by Thomas Stevens, Arad Powers and Samuel 
 Harris, all of B. They had two chil. : I, John, who succeeded his father on 
 the place, m. Nancy, dau. of Patrick McKown, 1797. II, Elizabeth, m. Sam- 
 uel Herren, 1775. John and Nancy Ingraham had eight chil. , b. bet. 1798- 
 1816: Margery M., John, Jr., Nancy, Jennet, Catherine, Mary Ann, Joseph, 
 Robert. Bet. 1816-24 this fam. moved to Levant, an eastern township then 
 
476 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 opening to settlement, for in the latter year John, Jr., then of Levant, m. 
 Eliza Emerson, of B. 
 
 Kelloch. 
 
 George Kelloch m. Jane, dau. of George and Margaret Boyd, 1794. 
 They had six chil. bet. 1795-1811: Betsey, John, Jr., Thomas, William, 
 Amos, Washington. He was killed at Plattsburgh Bay, 1814, under Com. 
 McDonough. He was b. in St. George, July 10, 1770. John, Jr., m. Eunice 
 Priest, 1820. They had three sons : Thomas, William, Robert. Eunice, 
 wife, d. Dec. 20, 1876. 
 
 Kennedy. 
 
 1 William Kennedy set. in Townsend, 1751. He then had a wife and 
 probably eight chil. He evidently set. first at Sheepscot. His brother Sam- 
 uel set. there in 1731, and another brother, James, was there before 1735. It 
 is likely they all came there in 1731, and then William rem. to Townsend. 
 He was a petitioner for inc. of B. No further data appears. Their chil. were: 
 
 1 Sarah, b. 1736; m. Benjamin Kelley, q. v. 
 
 2 Thomas, m. Sarah Dodge, Freetown, 1774. 
 
 3 Hannah, m. Benjamin Wylie, q. v. 
 *4 James, b. 1745, q. v. 
 
 5 Mary, b. 1749; m. Robert Wylie, q. v. 
 
 6 William, will prob. Sept., 1796; unm. ; bequests to his youngest sisters, 
 Ruth and Ann. Benjamin Kelley, Jr., executor. 
 
 7 Ruth. 
 
 8 Ann. 
 
 The order of birth in this family is uncertain. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 
 (*4) James^ Kennedy (William}) m. Phebe Alley, 1768; res. on home- 
 stead. He d. Nov. 10, 1813; Phebe, wife, d. Nov. 25, 1820. Their chil. were: 
 
 *9 John Alley, b. Apr. 23, 1769, q. v. 
 
 10 Elizabeth, b. Sept. 25, 1770; m. John Maddocks, 1790. 
 
 *11 William, b. John 10, 1774, q. v. 
 
 12 Phebe, b. June 26, 1777; m. James Moore, Edge., 1798. 
 
 13 Martha, b. Nov. 15, 1778; m. Francis Crooker, Jr., Barretts Town, 1795. 
 
 14 James, b. Oct. 2, 1780; d. Norfolk, Va., 1801. 
 
 15 Sarah, b. Sept. 2, 1782; m. Joseph Linn, 1807. 
 
 16 Ephraim, b. Nov. 11, 1784; d. 1805. 
 
 17 Mary, b. Oct. 4, 1789; d. 1804. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 
 (*9) John A.^ Kennedy (James,''' William^) m. Judith Dunton, New., 
 1794. He is thought to have moved to Edge, or New.; d. Aug. 27, 1808- 
 They had six chil.: William, 1796; Martha, 1798; John, 1799; Phebe, 1802' 
 Joseph, 1803; Ephraim, 1805. 
 
 (*11) William' Kennedy (Janies;^ IFilliam^) m. (1) Peggy Prusset, 
 Bris., 1802; (2) Jane, dau. of Adam and Martha Boyd, 1811. He lived on 
 the homestead; d. Apr. 11, 1838; Jane, wife, d. Apr. 13, 1858. Before his 
 death they moved to the place where George W. Dolloff lives. Their chil. 
 were: I, George, b. Feb. 12, 1803. II, Thomas Boyd, b. Jan. 26, 1814. Ill, 
 Phebe, m. Charles E. Page, Boston. IV, Martha, b. Mar. 10, 1821; m. Free- 
 man Reed, q. v. V, Catherine Boyd, b. July 3, 1823. VI, Elizabeth J., b. 
 July 4, 1824. VII, John Q. A., b. July 21, 1827; d. 1844, see Gas. VIII, 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 477 
 
 Sarah M., b. Aug. 24, 1829; d. 1849. IX, Esther Ann, b. July 15, 1832; d. 
 Nov. 22, 1905. Mrs. Jane Kennedy m. (2) William Durant, 1839. 
 
 Dr. Daniel K. Kennedy, collaterally related to the above family, came 
 to B. about 1825. He purchased the practice and the partially completed 
 house on Church Square, now the Emerson homestead, of Dr. Ebenezer 
 Wells and remained here about ten years in practice. In 1828 he m. Eliza- 
 beth A., dau. of William Max. Reed. Their chil. were Mary E., Alonzo K., 
 Amanda, Emily A. and Henry A., possibly others. Henry A. Kennedy 
 came back to B. in 1873 and engaged in the hardware trade, selling to I. C. 
 Sherman in 1882 and rem. to Minneapolis, where he now res. engaged in the 
 manufacture of furniture. To his efforts the first fire company was organized 
 and the purchase by subscription of fire engine and apparatus was largely 
 due to his labors. He m. Annie T. , dau. of Allen and Emeline Lewis, 1877. 
 Their son, Arthur H., is now disbursing officer in the Philippines. 
 
 Kent. 
 
 I, Benjamin and Mary Kent lived in B. early as 1772. It is thought that 
 Ebenezer and John, who lived here at the time, were his brothers. They set. 
 on the west side of the town, coming here abt. the time of the exodus here 
 from abt. Dover, N. H. They probably descended from Richard Kent, who 
 came to Newbury, Mass., 1635. Children: Benjamin, Jr., John, Jonathan, 
 Sally, Betsey, Samuel, Ebenezer, Joseph. 
 
 II, Ebenezer Kent m. (1) Hepsibeth ; she d. 1814; (2) Lois Barter. 
 
 Chil.: Hepsibeth, Ebenezer, Henry, Mary, John, Samuel, Cyrus. The late 
 John Kent, who lived near Sawyer Is. Bridge, was of this fam., b. Apr. 15, 
 1810. He m. (1) Martha Tarbox, West. ; (2) Matilda, dau. of Thomas Pink- 
 ham. They had two chil.. John H., lost at sea; Martha J., m. Cephas Reed. 
 
 Lamson (Lampson). 
 
 James Lamson came from the vicinity of Dover, N. H., a contemporary 
 with the Giles, Matthews, Tibbetts and other families. His wife's name was 
 Mary, probably m. before coming here. They set. upon and cleared the 
 farm known as the Giles Tibbetts farm at Dover. He. d. Mar. 18, 1795. 
 Their chil. were: Mary, b. 1776; Lydia, b. 1783; James, Jr., b. 1784; Sally, 
 b. 1786; Nathaniel, b. 1788; Betsey, b. 1790; William, b. 1792; John, b. 1795. 
 The chil. intermarried mostly with the Matthews, Lewis and Tibbetts fams. 
 
 Landerkin. 
 
 This name is often noted in the early records. The publishments show 
 several persons not under family heads, indicating that there were unrecorded 
 families. Daniel and Mehitable Landerkin lived next to the Dole place, 
 which is where the Conkling estate now is. They had three daus., Mary, 
 Margaret and Sally, b. bet. 1792-1800. Richard and Elizabeth Landerkin 
 lived in the same locality and had one dau., Elizabeth, b. in 1814. 
 
 Lang. 
 
 David and Rachel Lang lived at E. B. He was b. in Brooks; d. Oct. 2, 
 1863; she d. Mar. 2», 1904. Their chil. were: I, Mary P., b. Oct. 27, 1834; 
 m. Joseph H. Auld, 1864. II, John, b. Sept. 5, 1838; d. 1861; unm. Ill, 
 Emily, b. Jan. 27, 1841; m. Thomas Gould. IV, Sarah, b. Oct. 12, 1842; m. 
 William Knight. V, Harriet, b. July 16, 1846; d. 1889. VI, Charles A., b. 
 
478 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Apr. 27, 1848; m. Mrs. Laura Ridley, Harpswell. VII, Augusta L., b. Apr. 
 10, 1863; d. in youth. VIII, Lizzie G., b. Mar. 18, 1856; m. C. P. Boutelle, 
 Amherst, N. H. 
 
 Langard. 
 
 Andrew Andesen Langard lived in the long, low house on the road from 
 the Harbor to Mill Cove, supposed to have been built by William Moore, 
 and on the spot where Moore lived. He was a Norwegian by birth and, 
 following the custom of that country in the matter of names, the family 
 dropped Langard and have since been Andersons. He d. Nov. 17, 1851; 
 Abigail, his w., d. Oct. 23, 1869. Their chil. were: Catherine, b. 1815; 
 Mary, b. 1817; Andrew, b. 1822; Margaret, b. 1826; Edwin, b. 1828; Eme- 
 line, b. 1830. 
 
 Langdon. 
 
 Joseph and Lydia Langdon lived in B. before 1780, but are supposed to 
 have rem. elsewhere after their family were partly grown. See tables of pub- 
 lic service. They had five chil. b. bet. 1783-89: Joseph, Jr., John, Edward, 
 Nathaniel, Mary. 
 
 Lawson. 
 
 Dr. Reuel W. Lawson and wife, Arabella, lived near B. Ctr., where the 
 late James Wesley Reed did, during the Civil War period. He practiced his 
 profession, was postmaster for a time and also in trade for a few years. 
 They had five chil.: Sarah, b. 1826; William H., b. 1829; Charles E., b. 
 1831; Edward P., b. 1834; George W., b. 1841. Dr. Lawson d. in Somer- 
 ville, Mass., Nov. 29, 1874. 
 
 Leishman. 
 
 1 Deacon John Leishman was b. in Falkirk, Scotland, Sept. 9, 1739. 
 In May, 1764, he, in company with three otlier carpenters, came to America, 
 landing at Boston. His diary mentions his companions as John Drummond, 
 John Kincaid and Robert Hogg. He came at once to B. and purchased the 
 land ever since known as the "Leishman place," of the McFarlands. He 
 built a log house on the ledge bluff easterly from the present one and lived 
 in it until the frame one was built, in 1775, which still stands as the oldest 
 landmark in our towns. In 1768 he m. Sarah Reed, wid. of Henry Reed, 
 that son of Andrew who remained in Ireland. She was Sarah McCuUoch 
 before marrying Reed. As a wid. with three chil. she set out for America, 
 after the death of her husband, to make her home with the Reed family. 
 She came in 1766. The children were William, Andrew and Jennett. The 
 dau. d. on the passage. After the mother's second m. the sons were brought 
 up in the Leishman family. 
 
 John Leishman was the leading mechanic and builder in town in his 
 time. He built his own house in 1775, above referred to; the one for Joseph 
 Campbell, which has become the Boothbay House; the one for William 
 McCobb, built for his son Samuel, where Charles Larrabee now lives; the 
 residence of S. S. Lewis, on Church Square, formerly the Andrew McFarland 
 house, the most aristocratic in town in its time, and many others which have 
 been removed, remodeled, torn down or burned. When Mrs. Leishman d., 
 in 1780, the McFarland yard was the place of interment. Her husband 
 selected a field stone on his farm, chiseled an inscription and erected it to 
 her memory. It may now be seen (1905) in a good state of preservation. 
 
Mrs. Mary A. AutD. 
 
 (Wife of Capt. John Auld.) 
 
 1812-1904. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 479 
 
 Dea. Leishman was a most methodical man. His diary contains many valu- 
 able facts. A sample may be given which occurred when he began to build 
 the Murray parsonage on Pisgah: "Entered to work at the Rev. John Mur- 
 ray's house June 13, 1768, assisted by Robert Hogg." His sons Thomas and 
 John, Jr., were ambitious to build a house without an overseer. He held 
 them off for a time, at last telling them if they would finish the parlor in their 
 own house to his acceptance they might take a contract. This they did, 
 which may now be seen as a model of colonial architecture, and then they 
 took a contract of John Daws, building the house now occupied by John and 
 Cordelia Welch. The road from B. H. to E. B. ran directly by the Leish- 
 man house when it was built, but through the influence of William McCobb 
 was changed to run nearly as it now does. This change occurred about 
 1805, which was the time at which the Larrabee house was built. John 
 Leishman' s name frequently appears in the Lincoln probate records in the 
 settlement of estates. He was one of the pillars of strength in Mr. Murray's 
 church. See tables of town officers. He d. Nov. 27, 1814; Sarah, wife, d. 
 Sept. 28, 1780. Their chil. were: 
 
 1 Thomas, b. 1769; d. in Newbury, Mass., Dec. 31, 1800; unm. ; carpenter. 
 *2 John, Jr., b. May 1, 1772, q. v. 
 3 Jennett, b. 1774; d. Oct. 30, 1852; unm. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*2) JoHN^ Leishman, Jr. (John^) m. Lydia Clark, New., Feb., 1804; 
 she was b. Apr., 1777. He was a carpenter, building houses in all parts of 
 the town. Like his father he was an earnest churchman and influential citi- 
 zen. See tables. In 1855, when, on account of age, he declined the town 
 treasurer's office, after twenty-one years' service, a resolution was unani- 
 mously passed and spread upon the records: 
 
 ' 'Resolved, That we recognize in our retiring town treasurer, the venerable 
 John Leishman, the character of an honest man and faithful officer; and that 
 in retiring from office he carries with him our highest regard and best wishes. ' ' 
 
 He d. Mar. 4, 1861; Lydia, wife, d. Oct. 17, 1855. Their chil. were: I, 
 Thomas, b. Dec. 18, 1805; a teacher; read law and was admitted to practice; 
 was ready to open an office in Waterville when he suddenly d.. May 8, 1838; 
 unm. II, Samuel C, b. May 5, 1807; a teacher in Providence, R. I.; d. at 
 Porto Rico, Aug., 1839. Ill, Sarah, b. Nov. 25, 1808; d. Feb. 2, 1864; unm. 
 IV, Abigail C, b. Dec. 12, 1810; d. May 2, 1895; unm. V, Isaac W., b. 
 Feb. 17, 1816; a teacher; d. May 16, 1844; unm. VI, Mary W., b. Mar. 4, 
 1821 ; m. Robert Sproul, q, v. 
 
 Maguire (McGuire). 
 
 Patrick and Margaret (TuUy) Maguire were probably settlers under Dun- 
 bar. They set. upon and cleared the farm where the late Moses Hersey 
 lived, exchanging it later with Thomas Boyd for a farm in Bris., where they 
 inoved, the place being now known on maps as Maguires Point. She heads 
 the list of female members of the first church. They had two sons: Thomas, 
 b. 1758; James, b. 1768. Mrs. Maguire was the dau. of Thomas TuUy, a 
 Dunbar settler in Townsend. 
 
 Merrill. 
 
 George W. Merrill, b. 1781, m. (1) Betsey Sawyer, 1802; (2) Sibel, dau. 
 of John and Priscilla Holton, 1805; (3) Martha Catland, Newcastle, 1819. He 
 
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480 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 was father of chil. as follows: John Holton, 1806; Eliza, 1808; Horatio N., 
 1810; George W., Jr., 1813; Susan, 1816; Kiah B., 1822; Samuel J., 1826. 
 He d. Mar 14, 1844; Betsey, wife, d. Feb. 2, 1804; Sibel, wife, d. Dec. 20, 
 1817; Martha, wife, d. June 6, 1846. Kiah B. Merrill m. Mary Richards, 1849; 
 res. on his father's homestead on the Back River road, near B. Ctr.; s. p. 
 He d. 1900; Mary, wife, d. 1890, a. 69. 
 
 Moore. 
 
 William and Jane Moore lived at the head of Mill Cove, bet. Andrew 
 Reed's and the FuUerton property. Moore's Rock takes its name from him. 
 He was one of the Dunbar settlers and his depositions appear on pages 116 
 and 121. No fam. has been found belonging to this couple. They are 
 buried in the old yard at the Ctr. He d. Jan. 18, 1794, a. 94; she d. July 24, 
 1774, a. 75. 
 
 Morrison. 
 
 Jonathan Morrison m. Amy Thompson, Bris., 1812. They lived on the 
 hill, east from Adams Pond. They had eight chil.: Joshua, 1813; Martha 
 Ann, 1815; Susan Day, 1818; Isaac Thompson, 1820; Ambrose J., 1824; 
 John, 1827; Mary J., 1831; Ira, 1838. He d. Nov. 27, 1864, a. 78; Amy, wife, 
 d. July 9, 1847, a. 60. 
 
 Newbegin. 
 
 David and Mary Newbegin came from Portland to B. abt. 1824. He 
 lived where D. H. Moody does and had a bakery and store mentioned in 
 Chap. XIX. In his time he kept that kind of a store which became a loafing 
 place for sailors ashore to while away odd bits of time, and consequently 
 was as vividly remembered by old retired salts along the Maine coast as any 
 one who has ever lived here. He d. several years before his wife did. Her 
 death occurred Mar. 21, 1884. They had eight chil., most of whom d. in 
 youth; the others were unm. or rem. from town. 
 
 Norwood. 
 
 John and Lucy Norwood were in B. before 1788. They had two chil. : 
 John, Jr., b. 1788, and Lucy, b. 1792. The mother d. May 13, 1792. Hem. 
 (2) Anna Smith, 1793; she d. Oct. 20, 1794; (3) Janet Trask, Edge., 1795. 
 They had three chil.: Anna, b. 1801; Clarissa, b. 1803; Osborne, b. 1804. 
 He built the store occupied by the late James F. Dunton, formerly by M. E. 
 Pierce, where the Boothbay Savings Bank first had quarters, and now 
 remodeled as a dwelling on McFarland's Point. For many years his wife 
 conducted this as a dry goods store below and a hotel above, while he fol- 
 lowed the sea as a captain in the West Indies trade. They rem. from town. 
 
 Piper. 
 
 Amasa and Artemas Piper came to B. bet. 1790-1800. They owned 
 together the eastern part of McFarland's Point. This property they sold to 
 John M. McFarland when he began business there. They conducted a fish 
 stand there previously. Amasa m. Margery, dau. of Capt. Paul Reed, 1803; 
 they had six chil. bet. 1804-12: Benjamin F., Joseph A., Louisa M., Horace 
 M., Mary O., Sarah S. Their home was what has been known as the Elwell 
 place of late years, and the house was probably built by him. Artemas Piper 
 m. Mary Hammond in 1806 and they had two chil.: Julia A., b. 1807, and 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 481 
 
 Artemas, Jr., b. 1810. Their home was near where Z. F. Swett now lives. 
 Both families after selling moved to Ohio. 
 
 Pool. 
 
 Simeon and Mary Pool lived on South., had chil., but no rec. is obtain- 
 able except that from gravestones; They were not known to be related to 
 the fam. living at B. H. He d. Sept. 20, 1890, a. 81-4; Mary, wife, d. Feb. 
 14, 1892, a. 19-6. 
 
 Rackliff. 
 
 This was a numerous family on Linekin Neck during the early part of 
 the last century. The first family to be recorded entire in town was at least 
 of the third generation of those who had lived here. Benjamin Rackliff was 
 father of Alexander, Charles, Dana and others. Benjamin's father's family 
 lived on the Neck, and a dau., Mary, m. John Booker in 17'74. Dana m. 
 Susanna Colby, Edge., 1815. Charles m. Lois Drew, 1816; they had chil. 
 bet. 1817-28 as follows: James, Edward, Olive, Harriet, Abigail, John. 
 Charles d. July 11, 1829. Alexander d. July 19, 1826. 
 
 Rollings (Rolings, Rollins). 
 
 Benjamin, James, Samuel, Stephen and Nathaniel Rollings served in the 
 Revolution either from or in B. It is thought that they came here from New- 
 bury, Mass. Benjamin m. Rhoda, dau. of Benjamin and Judith Pinkham, 
 1777, but has no recorded family. James m. (1) Mary Floyd, 1778; (2) Mary 
 Alley, 1781 ; no chil. are recorded to either marriage. Stephen m. Martha 
 Crommett, 1786, and they had three chil.: Joshua, b. 1786; John, b. 1788; 
 Rebecca, 1791. These families lived on Back River on what is now known 
 as the Murphy place. Some of the name, supposed to be members of Steph- 
 en's family, were buried on the farm; most of the name, however, moved to 
 the Sandy River settlements soon after 1790, then fast filling with a population. 
 
 Rose. 
 
 Dr. Daniel Rose was b. in Thomaston, 1771. Before he was 20 years of 
 age he came to B. and taught school in the chamber of Ephraim McFarland's 
 store, then standing near where George W. Dolloff lives, now the store of 
 W. O. McCobb. He m. (1) a Miss Hammond, who d. without issue; (2) 
 Olive Peaslee, of B., 1807. His first m., which occurred before 1800, was at 
 about the time he was ready to settle in practice. At that time he came to 
 B. and bought or built where John E. Kelley now lives. That place was his 
 home until 1823, when he rem. to Thomaston, where he d., Oct. 25, 1833. 
 Their chil. were: I, Belinda, 1808; d. 1811. II, Edwin, 1809; m. Caroline 
 S. Fuller; was Lincoln County Clerk of Courts for several years. Ill, Olive, 
 1811. IV, Daniel, 1813; grad. Bowdoin Coll., 1837; physician, Thomaston. 
 V, Thomas, 1815; civil engineer, Thomaston. VI, Elizabeth, 1817. VII, 
 Wilmot, 1821; res. Thomaston. Dr. Rose held more and higher public posi- 
 tions than any one else who has lived in town. He was town clerk in 1807; 
 made a plan of B. in 1815; chairman of board of selectmen, 1815-22; mem- 
 ber of the school board; rep. to the Gen. Court in 1808 and 1815; was mag- 
 istrate and did much of the legal work of the locality during his res. in town; 
 was delegate to the convention for framing State Constitution in 1819; sena- 
 tor from Lincoln Co. 1820-1-2 and president of the Senate the last term; was 
 
482 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 acting Governor Jan. 2-5, 1822. Under the act of Dec. 22, 1822, he was one 
 of a Com. of six to make a division of the public lands bet. Me. and Mass. 
 Dr. Rose and Silas Holman made all drafts and plans that accompanied the 
 report, which were filed at each State capitol and accepted by each Legisla- 
 ture. Under the resolve of Feb. 9, 1822, on the location of the seat of gov- 
 ernment. Dr. Rose and Judge Benjamin Greene, Berwick, were selected as 
 the Com. Portland, Brunswick, Hallowell, Augusta, Waterville, Belfast and 
 Wiscasset were considered. In this report Wiscasset was favored, if a coast 
 town might be selected, for advantageous location as regards approach by 
 both land and water, and its strategic situation as regarded ease of fortifying 
 in case of invasion; Augusta was recommended if an inland town might be 
 decided upon. On their report the latter town was chosen. In 1832 Dr. 
 Rose, for Me., and George W. Coffin, for Mass., were selected to formulate 
 a plan and agree upon a system for the sale, disposition and management of 
 public lands held jointly by the two States. Their recommendations were 
 accepted. With another he was chosen to select the most available place 
 for a State prison. Thomaston was recommended and accepted. He was 
 its first warden and held the position for several years. He was land agent 
 in 1828 and again in 1831. During his practice in B. he used a saddle horse 
 entirely for conveyance. Dea. Paul Giles remembers Dr. Rose plainly and 
 has given the author a brief description of him (1905) as he has carried the 
 impression since 1823, when he was a boy of nine years. " He was a man 
 about six feet tall and would weigh, in my opinion, more than 200 pounds. 
 He was finely formed, erect, black hair and black eyes, always clean shaven, 
 and he had a face that would recommend him anywhere." 
 
 Sawyer. 
 
 Daniel W. Sawyer was b. in \yestbrook, Aug. 24, 1819, the son of 
 Thomas and Mary Sawyer. He carne to B. in 1854, settling at the Harbor 
 and engaging in sailmaking. He was an active, public-spirited citizen, being 
 closely identified with the interests of the Boothbay Savings Bank, of which 
 he was cashier for several years. He was the leading light in the Methodist 
 society at the Harbor for many years, often supplying in the absence of the 
 settled minister in his own church, and frequently in neighboring ones. He 
 was four times m.: (1) Sarah R. McKenney, Jan. 13, 1842; she d. in No. Yar- 
 mouth, July 1, 1848, a. 34; (2) Hannah C. Locke, Jan. 28, 1850; she d. in B., 
 July, 1868, a. 49; (3) Caroline E. Smith, Aug. 11, 1869; she d. in B., June 8, 
 1886, a. 66; (4) Fannie M., dau. of Morrill Mclntire, 1888. He d. Jan. 13*, 
 1889. Their chil. were: I, Sarah M., b. June 17, 1848; m. Byron C. Mat- 
 thews. II, Ella M., b. Jan. 5, 1853; d. Nov. 30, 1855. Ill, Florence M b 
 Feb. 16, 1858; d. Aug. 16, 1883; unm. 
 
 Singer. 
 
 Faithful Singer was an early resident of B. He m. (1) Susanna Knight 
 1768; (2) Mary Fullerton, 1792. Their chil. were: Jane, b. 1794; William 
 and John, twins, b. 1797; Susanna, b. 1799.' He was the first school teacher 
 employed in B. 
 
 Southard. 
 
 John Southard lived where Lafeyette Tibbetts now lives at Back River. 
 It is said that he came from the vicinity of Dover or York. He came as a 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 483 
 
 single man and m. Sarah, dau. of Joseph and Sarah Lewis, abt. 1182. They 
 had a family of twelve chil., four of whom d. early. They were b. bet. 1783- 
 1808. The names in order of birth were: Frances, Rebecca, Sally, Betsey, 
 John, Jr., Ebenezer, Clarissa and Jeflferson. Dates of death are unknown, 
 for wherever may be their graves they are unmarked. John, Jr., m. (1) Eliz- 
 abeth Catland, New., 1814; (2) Jane Harden, 1823; one son. Freeman, b. 
 1814, is the only child recorded. Ebenezer m. Martha Stone, 1821, and set. 
 on Barter's Island. They had seven chil.: Sewall, 1822; William, 1826; 
 Martha A., 1828; Louisa, 1831; Henry D. O., 1832; Sarah J., 1833; Victoria, 
 1839. The Southard family intermarried to some extent in B., principally in 
 that part of the town where they lived. Their descendants are to be found 
 also in Wiscasset and Richmond. 
 
 Springer. 
 
 Abraham Springer was b. in Georgetown. He m. Priscilla, dau. of 
 Benjamin Sargent, 1801, and set. in B. They had a fam. of six chil. : Mary, 
 b. 1805; Susanna, b. 1808; Betsey, b. 1811; Hannah, b. 1812; Nancy, b. 1816; 
 James, b. 1820. He d. July 21, 1834. 
 
 Sproul. 
 
 Capt. Robert Sproul was a native of Bris., descended from a fam. which 
 first set. on that territory early in the ITth century and returned after the 
 Indian wars. He came to B. in 1842, marrying Mary W., dau. of John, Jr., 
 and Lydia Leishman. They had a fam. of three chil.: I, John L., b. June 
 
 28, 1843; d. Sept. 25, 1865; unm. II, Isabella R., b. Mar. 20, 1854; d. June 
 
 29, 1894; unm. Ill, Maria A., b. Dec. 16, 1862; m. Granville C. Marson, 
 Dec. 4, 1889; they had four chil. Robert Sproul was b. June 28, 1808; d. 
 July 19, 1886. He followed the sea, in the foreign carrying trade. His first 
 vessel was the Andrew Adams; his second one the Espolata, built at E. B. 
 by the Adams Bros., 1842. Mrs. Mary W. Sproul d. Jan. 18, 1903. She was 
 a bright type of Scotch descent, possessed of a remarkable memory, -viva- 
 cious in conversation, ever ready and pleased to refer to the memories and 
 traditions of her family and the land from which they came. In the death of 
 this venerable woman two families were virtually ended in town: that of 
 Sproul in name, and that of Leishman in fact, for she had been the last sur- 
 viving person to bear that name. They lived on the old Leishman place and 
 were succeeded on it by her daughter's family. 
 
 Taggart. 
 
 Joseph W. Taggart was b. in Middletown, R. I., Aug. 31, 1822. He m. 
 Mary J. Partridge, Orland, b. Dec. 9, 1829. He set. in Wis., following the 
 trade of sailmaker until 1861, when he was appointed postmaster, which 
 position he held four years. He was county treasurer in IS'TT. Came to B. 
 H. in 1879, where he again followed his trade until 1892, when he took charge 
 of the grocery store left by the death of his son, following that business until 
 1902. He d. Aug. 22, 1904; his wife d. Dec. 14, 1897. Two chil. d. in youth. 
 Joseph W., Jr., b. Dec. 7, 1862; d. Jan. 11, 1892; unm.; conducted for sev- 
 eral years a successful trade in groceries and provisions. The dau., Lizzie 
 T., m. Ernest A. Grady, 1898, and res. on her father's homestead. 
 
 Trevett. 
 
 Capt. Joshua R. Trevett was b. in Wiscasset, Sept. 25, 1828; m. Amelia 
 
484 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Thomas, West., b. May 27, 1834. He was in the employ of Stephen G. 
 Hodgdon for many years, managing the store, and for him the post office of 
 Trevett takes its name. He d. Apr. 23, 1886. They had six chil. : Robert, 
 b. 1859, d. 1866.; John H., b. 1864, dec; Wilmot G., b. 1866; Emma C, b. 
 1869; Mary S., b. 1872; Abby L., b. 1875. 
 
 Van Tassel. 
 
 William Van Tassel was b. in Digby, N. S., Oct. 27, 1806; his wife, Eliz- 
 abeth, was b. there Nov. 3, 1808. They had a fam. of ten chil, reared in B., 
 several of whom intermarried with town families. The chil. were: Helen, 
 1829; Isabella, 1832; John, 1834; Anna, 1836; Richardson, 1839; Elizabeth, 
 1841; Susan M., 1844; Sophronia M., 1846; Cordelia M., 1848; William H., 
 1851. William the father d. Nov. 18, 1869; his wife, Elizabeth, d. Feb. 6, 
 1870. They lived in a house on the lot where B. C. Matthews lives. 
 
 Wall. 
 
 Andrew Wall set. early in B. He m. Hannah, dau. of Ephraim McFar- 
 land, 1770, and purchased of McFarland the point of land now wrongly calle 
 Wallace's Point. He lived at the southeastern part of the point, the founda- 
 tion of his house now being plain. About his house were cultivated nearly 
 all the old-time herbs, so prized by our ancestors for their medicinal value. 
 In fact, he had a perfect medicinal garden there, which was famed through- 
 out the locality. His chil. intermarried with several of the leading families 
 in town. They were b. as follows: John, 1770; Benjamin, 1773; Mary, 1775; 
 Margaret, 1777; Lydia, 1780; James, 1782; Nancy, 1784. Hannah, wife, d. 
 Mar. 24, 1826. 
 
 Webster. 
 
 Stephen Webster m. Mary Dow, 1806. Chil.: Robert, 1807; Stephen, 
 1809; John, 1811; Sarah A., 1814; Hiram, 1816; Mary, 1820. He d. Apr. 14, 
 1855. Robert succeeded his father on the homestead and reared a fam. He 
 m. Julia Montgomery, 1833. He d. Mar. 2, 1888. Chil., b. bet. 1836-50: 
 Albert G., Leonard S., Mary E., Lorenzo B., Julia A., John, Albert L., 
 Luther W. 
 
 Weld. 
 
 Luther Weld came to B. from Guilford in 1829. He m. Frances, dau. of 
 Edward B. and Sally Sargent, that year. He lived on Atlantic Street at the 
 Harbor, where Benjamin S. Reed lives. He served ten years as school com- 
 mitteeman, nine years as selectman, five years as clerk, besides other posi- 
 tions of trust. Their chil. were: Charles E., 1829; Frances E., 1831; John 
 H., 1833; Albert H., 1835; Elmira, 1837; Emily H., 1839; Laura E., 1841. 
 
 Weymouth. 
 
 John W. Weymouth was b. in Readfield in 1804, the son of John and 
 Mary Weymouth. He and his wife, Elizabeth, moved to B. from Vassalboro 
 in the early thirties. He built the house on Oak Street known as the Foster 
 house, now owned by Orne Bros., and had a blacksmith shop there. His 
 family was by his first marriage, but he was three times married after the 
 death of his first wife. By his second marriage he came into possession of 
 much of the property of Col. Jacob Auld, and he quit blacksmithing and 
 engaged in vessel building, having his shipyard where the E. S. S. landing 
 
FAMILY HISTOET. 485 
 
 now is. He built the Weymouth House in 1848 and also built the 2d Cong. 
 Church. Their chil. were: I, Elizabeth, b. July 29, 1826; d. Jan. 9, 1905; 
 unm. II, James R., b. Oct. 30, 1830; d. Oct., 1851, see Cas. Ill, Abigail, 
 b. Mar. 3, 1832; m. (1) George P. Fogler; (2) William B. Merrill; res. in 
 Auburn. IV, Mary L., b. Nov. 29, 1833; res. B. H.; unm. V, William, b. 
 Sept. 30, 1836; d. Feb., 1862, see Cas. He m. Mary F. Lewis; they had two 
 chil.: Clara E., m. H. W. McDougall; William P., m. and set. elsewhere. 
 John W. Weymouth m. (2) Elizabeth, wid. of Col. Jacob Auld, 1838; (3) Sarah 
 Gilmore, Woolwich, 1864; (4) Sarah Golder, Boston. He dl Sept. 29, 1880. 
 
 White. 
 
 Moses R. White was b. in Arrowsic, 1818. His mother was a dau. of 
 Benjamin and Ruth Riggs. He taught school in early life and also studied 
 surveying and for many years was the principal land surveyor in B. Upon 
 coming to B. he took charge of Thomas Hodgdon's vessels, being a ship 
 carpenter, and at that time first became interested in navigation. Later he 
 engaged with Stephen Sargent at the Harbor, where he made his home 
 afterward. He was a careful, conservative business man, possessed of good 
 judgment as to values, and was successful to that degree that for several 
 years he was the largest individual taxpayer in town. He was president of 
 the Boothbay Savings Bank for several years. He m. (1) Harriet R. Palmer, 
 Camden, 1863; she d. Apr. 2li 1865; (2) Aurilla Clark, Mar. 20, 1873. One 
 dau. by first m., Carrie P., m. Ernest A. Johnson, Bath, 1888. Mr. White d. 
 Dec. 20, 1892. 
 
 WiLLEY. 
 
 Levi Willey was b. in Londonderry, N. H. He m. Catherine Fales, 
 Thomaston, and came to B. from Bris. in 1840. He lived at the head of 
 Adams Pond, where Millard F. Dodge does, and carried on the carding mill. 
 Catherine, wife, d. Aug. 22, 1860; he then went to N. H. to live with his dau. 
 Clementine, where he d. abt. 1870. Their chil. were: I, Levi, m. Roxanna 
 Spinney, set. in Mass. II, Joseph B., b. Oct. 6, 1827, m. Mary A. Pierce, 
 South.; lived awhile on the homestead; was appointed to Honolulu by the 
 Hawaiian Government in 1857; ret. to Portland; had one dau. and three 
 sons, one of whom, Joseph A., m. Annie, dau. of John K. and Mary Corey. 
 Ill, Catherine, unm.; lived in N. H. IV, John C, b. 1833; m. Rachel Corey; 
 res. in Wakefield, Mass. V, Clementine, m. Ira Towle, Penacook, N. H. 
 VI, Ann P., m. Abial Smith, Portland. VII, Sarah V., b, May 20, 1843; m. 
 Albert Gage, Haverhill, Mass. 
 
 Wilson. 
 
 Edmund Wilson was living in B. at the head of the Harbor in 1804. He 
 was three times m.: (1) Elizabeth McCobb, 1804; (2) Martha Pinkham, 1814; 
 (3) Betsey Young, Bris., 1819. By first m. were b. Ira, Parker, Samuel, 
 Martha, Mary, Edmund, Jr.; by 2d m., Horace A.; by 3d m., Helen, Joseph 
 Y., Antoinette, Albion K., Otis D., Alonzo, Maria L. He was a man much 
 in official position and his clerical work was of the best in both penmanship 
 and correctness. The records show two of his sons marrying and rearing 
 families in town, Ira and Parker. Ira m. Mary Young, China, 1830. They 
 had chil. : Gowen, Emeline, Edwin P., Almira J. Probably all set. elsewhere. 
 Parker m. Mary Y. Gove, Wis., 1831. He d. Aug. 27, 1871, a. 65; Mary, 
 
486 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 wife, d. Dec. 14, 1878, a. 7B. He was a merchant all his life at the Harbor. 
 Their chil. were: I, Mary Parker, m. John P. Perkins; they had three chil.: 
 Edmund Wilson, b. Aug. 14, 1863, d. Apr. 29, 1881; Arthur J., b. Mar. 4, 
 1866, set. in Mass.; Henry S., m. Gertrude, dau. of Oilman P. and Caroline 
 Hodgdon. II, Harriet S.., m. Samuel K. Hilton; set. in Mass. 
 
 PART II. 
 
 Existing Names. 
 ABBOTT. 
 
 1 Henry Abbott, whose wife's name was Keziah, was evidently the first 
 of this name in town. They set. about midway on the western side of Bar- 
 ter's Is. not far from 1785. She d. Aug. 28, 1800; he m. (2) Lydia , who 
 
 d. Sept. 19, 1861. Children: 
 
 2 George, b. May 14, 1786; d. Feb. 13, 1856; unm. 
 
 3 Aaron, b. June 27, 1787; unm. 
 
 4 Thankful, b. Oct. 4, 1789; unm. 
 
 6 Lydia, b. Aug. 6, 1'791; m. Francis Gray, Georgetown. 
 
 6 Emma, b. Sept. 6, 1796; m. Thomas Pinkham, q. v.; this lady lived to 
 the age of 103-9-24. 
 »7 Daniel T., b. Mar. 8, 1815, q. v. 
 *8 William H., b. Mar. 4, 1820, q. v. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 
 (*7) Daniel T.^ Abbott {Henry^) m. Sophia . They lived on Bar- 
 ter's Is. She d. Aug. 10, 1884. Children: 
 
 9 Eliza A., b. June 20, 1839; set. in Wis.; d. Feb. 18, 1863. 
 
 10 Mary E., b. June 18, 1843; m. Rounds; set. in Wis.; d. 1878. 
 
 *11 James F., b. Mar. 24, 1848, q. v. 
 
 *12 Millard Scott, b. Feb. 2, 1849, q. v. 
 
 13 Alpheus C, b. Apr. 12, 1852; m. Gove; dec. 
 
 (*8) William H.^ Abbott [Henry^) ni. Belinda Pinkham; lived on 
 Barter's Is. Children: 
 
 14 Isaac, b. Oct. 26, 1841; m. Dickinson; rem. to Bris.; d. Aug. 4, 1878. 
 
 15 Lucy A., b. June 24, 1844; d. 18B3. 
 
 16 Orrington, b. Sept. 12, 1848; m. Lucy C. Alley, Edge. 
 
 17 Antoinette, b. July 17, 1867; m. Edgar W. Lewis; res. Barter's Is. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 
 (*11) James F.^ Abbott ( Daniel T.,'- Henty^) m. Mary E. Adams; lives 
 on Barter's Is. Chil.: Effie A., Morrill, Wallace, Victor, Millard S., Mary. 
 
 (*12) Millard Scott' Abbott {Daniel T.,^ Henry'-) m. Ar\'illa Jewett, 
 West. They live on Barter's Is. Children: I, Abbie B. ; m. John S. Spin- 
 ney; res. B. Ctr. II, Maggie T., m. John P. Kelley, B. Ctr. Ill, Fremont, 
 unm. IV, Charles, unm. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 487 
 
 ADAMS. 
 
 1 Samuel Adams founded the family of that name in Boothbay. He was 
 bom in Derry (formerly Londonderry), N. H., Apr. 3, 1733. His father, 
 William, and an uncle, James, came to America in 1721. They settled at 
 Londonderry, a prominent point at that time, with other Scotch-Irish immi- 
 grants and d. there. It is said that they were born in Argyleshire, Scotland. 
 James, the older, married in Ireland, but William is thought to have married 
 in America. His wife's name was Mary and their oldest child was born in 
 1726. Samuel, who settled in Townsend, was the third in a family of five 
 sons, his brothers' names being, respectively, James, Jonathan, William and 
 David, names which have often appeared among the Bdothbay descendants. 
 William, the father, died Nov. 1, 1761, aged 72 yrs.; Mary, the mother, died 
 Oct. 5, 1755, aged 61 yrs. Samuel settled at Townsend at some time prior 
 to Dec. 30, 1762, for on that date he married Sarah, the only daughter and 
 youngest child of Andrew and Jean Reed, founders of the Reed family in 
 Boothbay. She was born on shipboard, Mar. 19, 1743, on the passage from 
 Ireland to America. Their home was a house built southerly from the build- 
 ings of Dea. Paul Giles. There they lived, reared their family and died. 
 He owned 320 acres of land on the westerly side of Adams Pond, then called 
 Long Pond, extending southerly to the Center, northerly to the Wylie land 
 and westerly to Leighton Colbath's and John Serote's, which he bought of 
 his brother-in-law, David Reed, Apr. 14, 1768, for ^50. He was a carpenter, 
 building the first church in Boothbay and several of the early frame houses. 
 Records plainly indicate him a man of prominence and influence in town. 
 He d. May 15, 1818; Sarah, his wife, d. Dec. 10, 1828. Children: 
 
 2 Mary, b, Oct. 2, 1763; m Samuel Clifford, Edge , Feb. 3, 1785. 
 8 Andrew, b. Aug. 27, 1765; see Cas. 
 
 4 Samuel, b. Apr. 22, 1767; see Cas. 
 
 5 William, b. Jan. 22, 1769; m. Betsey Sawyer, Nov. 18, 1790; res. Thom- 
 aston; see Cas. 
 
 e Jean, b. Mar. 19, 1771; m. Capt. Eben Chase, Edge., Aug. 20, 1793; d. 
 
 July 14, 1852. 
 
 7 Sarah, b. Feb. 2, 1773; m. Joshua Crommett, q. v. 
 
 *8 David R., b. May 16, 1775, q. v. ' 
 
 *9 James, b. Mar. 17, 1777, q. v. 
 
 *10 Samuel, Jr., b. Mar. 11, 1779, q. v. 
 
 *11 Jonathan, b. July 5, 1782, q. v. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 
 (*8) David R.^ Adams {Samuel'^) lived where his grandson, David C, 
 does. He was partner with his brother James in the mill at outlet of Adams 
 Pond, and they were the first vessel builders in town. He m. Mercy, dau. 
 of Ichabod Pinkham, Aug. 20, 1799. He d. May 18, 1851; she d. Apr. 16, 
 1855. Children: 
 
 12 Nathaniel, b. Nov. 18, 1799; d. May 7, 1814. 
 
 *13 David, b. Feb. 11, 1802, q. v. 
 
 14 John, b. Feb. 16, 1804; m. Olive Pinkham; two chil. 
 
 *15 James, b. Nov. 7, 1807, q. v. 
 
 16 Martha, b. Jan. 2, 1811; m. Paul G. Pinkham, q. v. 
 
 17 Jonathan, b. Sept. 8, 1813; d. Feb. 8, 1828. 
 
 18 Mary, b. Sept. 9, 1816; m. John McDougall, q. v. 
 
 19 Margaret, b. Sept. 16, 1820; m. Rufus Holton, q. v. 
 
488 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 (*9) James^ Adams (Samuel^) m. Mehitable, dau. of Giles Tibbetts, Jan. 
 19, 1809; he lived where his son, the late Willard H., did. He was a farmer 
 and business partner with his brother, David R. He d. Oct. 9, 1868; she d. 
 Dec. 13, 1868. Children: 
 
 20 Sarah, b. Sept. 10, 1809; m. David McKown, q. v. 
 
 21 Elizabeth, b. Dec. 22, 1810; m. Payson Tibbetts, q. v. 
 
 22 Catherine, b. Mar. 10, 1813; m. N. C. Reed, q. v. 
 
 23 Mary Sales, b. Mar. 15, 1815; m. (1) Joel Beath; (2) Augustus Whitta- 
 ker, q. v. 
 
 24 James, Jr., b. Feb. 24, 1817; see Cas. 
 
 25 George M., b. Apr. 9, 1819; m. (1) Sarah Chadbourne; (2) Melvina E. 
 Colder; two chil. d. young. He was a prosperous shipbuilder in Bath; 
 d. Mar. 11, 1893. 
 
 26 Jane Chase, b. Nov. 2, 1821; m. John Holton, q. v. 
 
 27 Lydia Ann, b. Dec. 1, 1823; d. Jan. .30, 1840. 
 
 28 Charles Fisher, b. Jan. 19, 1826; d. Nov. 11, 1839. 
 *29 John Sewall, b. Nov., 1829, q. v. 
 
 *30 Willard H., b. Apr. 14, 1832, q. v. 
 31 Emily Louisa, b. Sept. 17, 1834; m. David C. Adams, q. v. 
 Two sons following No. 29 d. in infancy. 
 
 (*10) Samuel^ Adams, Jr., {Samuel^) m. (1) Sarah, dau. of Samuel 
 McCobb, Feb. 23, 1804; she d. Jan. 20, 1842, a. 42; (2) Mrs. Eleanor Rand, 
 Townsend; he d. June 28, 1852; his home was where the late John Sewall 
 Adams lived, at Back River. Children: 
 
 *32 Andrew, b. Sept. 7, 1805, q, v. 
 *33 William, b. Mar. 6, 1808, q. v. • 
 
 34 Mary, b. Sept. 15, 1810; m. James Russ, Nov. 25, 1830; d. July 6, 1891. 
 
 35 Samuel, b. July 4, 1813; m. Lucetta Boutelle, Sept. 1, 1853; they had 3 
 chil: I, George B., b. June 6, 1854; II, Lucy C, b. July 12, 1855; III, 
 Eva May, b. Aug. 19, 1857. Samuel d. Dec. 1, 1896. 
 
 *36 Rufus, b. Oct. 16, 1816, q. v. 
 
 37 Sarah, b. Feb. 10, 1822; d. Mar. 24, 1841; unm. 
 
 38 Margery, b. Aug. 10, 1825; m. ^1) John Pinkham; (2) David McCobb, q. v. 
 
 (*11) Rev. Jonathan^ Adams {Samuel^) m. Hannah Antoinette Clough, 
 West., June, 1821. She was b. Jan. 19, 1798; d. in Edge., Aug. 24, 1864. 
 He grad. from Middlebury Coll , 1812; Andover Theol. Seminary, 1815; set. 
 in Woolwich, 1817-32; Deer Isle, 1832-55; Boothbay until 1858; d. in New 
 Sharon, Apr. 9, 1861. Children: 
 
 39 Rev. Jonathan E , b. Apr. 29, 1822; m. (1) Louisa A. Harding, Aug. 12, 
 1855, d. Aug. 27, 1859; (2) Lucy C, dau. of Samuel G. Adams, Kings- 
 ton, Mass. Grad. from Bowdoin Coll., 1853; Bangor Theol. Seminary, 
 1858; Sec. Me. Missionary Soc. after Aug., 1876; res. in Bangor. Five 
 chil.: Samuel G., Edward C, Frederick W., Maurice T. and William C. 
 
 40 David Ellenwood, b. May 16, 1S23; res. in Searsmont. 
 
 41 Sarah Clough, b. Nov. 29, 1824; m. Capt. Enoch Chase, Edge., June 
 17, 1853. 
 
 42 William McLellan, b. Feb. 28, 1827; d. at sea, Nov. 23, 1846. 
 
 43 Samuel Sewall, b. Aug. 21, 1828; d. in La Crosse, Wis., Mar. 11, 1862. 
 
 44 Charles Dummer, b. Mar. 5, 1830; d. at sea, 1856. 
 
 45 Charlotte Buck, b. Mar. 29, 1832; m. John Sewall Adams, q. v. 
 
 46 Antoinette Eliza, b. Deer Isle, Sept. 2, 1836; m. Geo. B. Kenniston, q. v. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 
 (*18) David' Adams (David R.,'^ Samuel^) m. Cynthia, dau. of Benjamin 
 Pinkham, Dec. 4, 1822. He lived on his father's homestead; d. June 11, 
 1886; she d. Apr. 25, 1880. Children: 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 489 
 
 47 Benjamin P., b. June 30, 1823; see Cas. 
 
 48 Sarah A., b. Sept. 28, 1824. 
 
 49 Mary Ann, b. Nov. 7, 1826; m. Charles E. Page; d. Apr. 22, 1861. 
 60 Martha, b. Sept. 22, 1828; m. Hazen Bradbury; d. June 16, 1890. 
 
 *51 David C, b. Mar. 19, 1834, q. v. 
 
 *52 John, b. Jan, 15, 1836, q. v. 
 
 63 Mary Weston, b. Nov. 13, 1838; unm. 
 
 54 George V. (adopted), b. Aug. 9, 1849; m. Elizabeth Spinney; s. p. 
 
 (*15) James' Adams {David R.,"^ Samuel'') m. Mary C, dau. of Benjamin 
 and Abigail Pinkham, 1829. He d. June 29, 1840; she d. July 8, 1884, a. 76. 
 Children: I, Paul P., b. June 10, 1830; II, Zina H., b. 1832; III, Olive F., 
 1834; IV, James E., 1835; V, Lucius B., 1837; VI, Levi W., 1839. Of the 
 
 foregoing, Paul P. only res. in town, at E. B. He m. Mary E. ; they 
 
 have three chil: Walter S., Elmer L., Christie B. 
 
 (*29) John Sewall' Adams (James,''' Samuel'') m. Charlotte Buck, dau. 
 of Rev. Jonathan Adams, 1858. They lived on Back River, where Samuel 
 Adams, Jr., settled. He was a farmer and ship carpenter. He d. Mar. 9, 
 1890; his wife d June 22, 1870. Children: I, Antoinette E., m. Frank Ful- 
 ler, res. in B. ; II, James S., m. Hattie, dau. of J. Wesley Reed; III, Sarah 
 C, m. Sullivan P. Dodge, New.; IV, Sumner C. ; V, Charles B. 
 
 (*30) WiLLARD H 8 Adams (James,^ Samuel'') m. Mrs. Mary E. Lin- 
 scott. New., 1866. He lived on his father's homestead and followed farming. 
 He d. Sept. 21, 1904. Children: I, Frank W,, m. Anna B. Lawson, West.; 
 II, Mary Estelle, m. Charles E. Gilpatrick; III, Georgia A., m. Orville C. 
 Blake; IV, Lucretia, m. Hiram D. Roberts, d. Nov. 13, 1902. 
 
 (*32) Andrew^ Adams (Samuel, Jr.,^ Samuel'') m. Mary A., dau. of 
 Capt. John Hodgdon, 1837; set. E. B. ; member of shipbuilding firm of A. & 
 W. Adams. He d. Mar. 16, 1882; she d. Aug. 3, 1884. Children: I, Capt. 
 Merrill, b. May 20, 1840; m. Celina Jack, Richmond, 1864; res. E. B. He 
 was a successful sea captain, engaged in the foreign trade; d. at Rosario, S. 
 A., Feb. 24, 1889; two daus., Mary E. and Cora E. II, Capt. John, b. July 
 2, 1843; m. Ellen F. Jack, Richmond, Dec. 21, 1869. He follows the sea, is 
 master of a large vessel, engaged in the foreign trade. They have three 
 chil.: Nellie F. , George M., Katie C. Ill, Laura, m. Alonzo Chapman, q. v. 
 IV, Mary Ellen, m. Eliphalet Tibbetts, q. v. V, Eliza, m. Samuel F. Mc- 
 Kown, q v, VI, Capt. Andrew, b. Apr 29, 1857; m. Lizzie E. Otis, So. 
 Bristol, 1880; res. in Portland, but retains the E. B. homestead. Like his 
 brothers he is master mariner and largely interested in vessel property. 
 They have three chil. : Laura C. , Lena B. and Andrew, Jr. 
 
 (*33) William' Adams (Samuel, Jr.,''- Samuel'^).m. Martha M., dau. of 
 Samuel Davis, Kennebunkport, who set. later at E. B. She was b. Apr. 17, 
 1818; tliey were m. Oct. 29, 1837. He was member of the shipbuilding firm 
 of A. & W. Adams. He d. Sept. 15, 1891; she d. Apr. 17, 1905. Children: 
 I, William Irving, b. June 8, 1839; m. Lydia A., dau. of Paul and Mary A. 
 Giles, Feb. 17, 1867. He became partner with his father upon the dissolu- 
 tion of A. & W. Adams in 1857, continuing the business to the present. See 
 Chaps. XVI and XIX for business and official career. She d. Dec. 2, 1906. 
 One son, Frank, now partner with his father. He m. Sarah M. Seavey in 
 1897. II, Sarah J., m. Rufus P. Glass; one son, Ernest. Ill, Henrietta, m. 
 George M. Hodgdon, q. v. IV, Ella Frances, d. Aug. 18, 1868, a. 17. 
 
 (*36) Rufus' Adams (Samuel, Jr,'^ Samuel') m. Jane, dau. of Jeremiah 
 Holton, Dec. 25, 1843; lived at Back River, northerly from his father's home- 
 stead. He was a farmer and ship carpenter. He d. Mar. 2, 1894; she d. 
 Mar. 20, 1904. Children: I, Mary Antoinette, m. (1) Isaiah M. Reed, (2) 
 Woodbridge Reed,- q. v. II, Josephine, m. Alexander Clark, q. v. Ill, 
 Jennie, m. Benjamin S. Emerson, q. v. IV, Clara, m. Byron Giles, q. v. V, 
 Hattie Beecher, m. George E. Lewis, Boston, 1900. VI, Charles Clifford, 
 m. Mabel I. Rusk, Woodstock, 1889; he is a sea captain, res. at Bryants Pond. 
 
490 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 Fourth Generation. 
 
 (*51) David C* Adams {David? David R.? Samuel^) m. Emily L., dau. 
 of James Adams, 1806. He is a farmer; res. on the homestead of his father 
 and grandfather. Children: I, Marcia L., m. Aaron V. Rowe; II, Edith M., 
 m. Charles S. Hodgdon; III, Percy D.; IV, Walter G., d. Sept. 25, 1901, a. 
 28; V, Lizzie B. 
 
 (*62) John* Adams {David? David R.? Samuel^) m. Alma J. Gray, 
 1866. He is a carpenter; res. B. H. She d. Dec. 4, 1905. Children: I, 
 Maud L., m. Miles Farmer; II, Hazen B.; Ill, Earl W. 
 
 SUPPLEMENTARY. 
 
 Samuel Adams, sometimes designated as Jr. and sometimes 3d, lived 
 in Boothbay early as IVSe; not known to have been related to the foregoing 
 family. His wife's name was Mary. They had 6 chil.: I, Samuel, 1780; 
 II, Sally, 1787; III, Elizabeth, 1789, m. Ephraim McCobb; IV, Richard, 1792; 
 V, David, 1797; VI, Mary, 1800. He d. May 25, 1814. Of this family Rich- 
 ard is the only member of record in town. He m. Elizabeth Grover, 1818; 
 they had 9 chil. He d. in 1841, see Cas. Their chil. were: I, James, 1820; 
 II, WilHam M., 1822; III, Charles, 1823; IV, John Caleb, 1825; V, Maria, 
 1827; VI, Mary E., 1829; VII, Alexander, 1833; VIII, Daniel, 1836; IX, 
 Sarah E., 1838. Of this family, Alexander has a family and res. at B. H. He 
 m. Mrs. Mary Adams, 1853; chil.: Carrie A., Lizzie F., William T., Frank N. 
 
 ALBEE. 
 
 Frank Albee, b. in Wis., 1832, m. Abby Dow, b. in Noble., 1845. They 
 came to B. H. in 1880. He engaged in the grocery trade for about ten years, 
 since which time he has handled farm produce. Their chil. are: Frank H., 
 manager in the clothing store of C. J. Marr & Co., m. Lizzie, dau. of John P. 
 Reed; Hattie E., Anna M., Charles W., James N. 
 
 ALLEY. 
 
 1 John and Martha Alley settled where Orson M. Delano lives earlier 
 than 1743. The family is of English descent and came to Townsend from 
 Portsmouth, N. H. They are thought to have been the first permanent 
 addition to the Scotch settlers who had come in under Dunbar. They were 
 the first family to come from that section destined to furnish so large a quota 
 of Boothbay's early population. The dates of their births and deaths or the 
 places of their burial are unknown. Children: 
 
 2 Sarah, b. July 26, 1743. 
 
 3 Phebe, b. Dec. 16, 1745; m. James Kennedy, 1768, q. v. 
 *4 John, b. Jan. 19, 1747, q. v. 
 
 5 Thomas, b. Dec. 2, 1748. 
 
 6 Abigail, b. Apr. 5, 1750. 
 
 *7 Samuel, b. Nov. 19, 1752, q. v. 
 
 8 Elizabeth, b. Oct. 10, 1764; m. Nathaniel Tibbetts, Jr., 1775. 
 
 *9 Joshua, b. Apr. 4, 1756, q. v. 
 
 10 Martha, b. Feb. 7, 1758. 
 
 *11 Ephraim, q. v. 
 
 12 Sarah, b. Feb. 19, 1763. 
 
 13 Hannah, b. July 81, 1765; m. Giles Tibbetts, 1783, q. v. 
 
 14 Lydia, b. July 31, 1765; m. David Gove, 1787. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*4) John^ Alley, Jr., {John^) m Ghana Ripley, 1767. He lived on his 
 father's homestead and d. Jan. 31, 182-; she d. 1842, a. abt. 100 yrs. Chil.: 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 491 
 
 16 Phebe, b. Aug. 27, 1769; m. Joseph Carlisle, q. v. 
 
 16 Reuben, b. Nov. 22, 1772; m. Lucy Dunton, Edge., 1792; set. in Edge. 
 
 17 Martha, b. June 17, 1776; m. Benjamin Dunton, Edge., 1793. 
 
 18 Dorcas, b. Jan. 4, 1783; m. Samuel Hutchings, 1804. 
 
 19 Ghana, b. Aug. 7, 1790; m. David Merry, 1814, q. v. 
 
 (*7) Samuel^ Alley (John^) m. Sarah, dau. of Benjamin Linekin, 1774; 
 set. on Linekin Neck. Children: 
 
 20 Samuel, b. Aug. 7, 1774; m. Betsey Gove, Edge., 1808. 
 
 21 John, Jr., b. Mar. 28, 1777; m. Sally Hibbard, 1804. 
 
 22 Patty, b. Mar. 16, 1784; m. Samuel Perkins, Jr., 1803. 
 *23 William, b. Aug. 12, 1789, q. v. 
 
 Note. — Births, but no further records, are found of chil. Mary, James, 
 Ephraim, Sally, Betty and Isaac in this family. 
 
 (*9) Joshua^ Alley (John>) m. Hannah , probably living in vicinity 
 
 of Cape Porpoise, for their first child was born there. Children: 
 
 24 Lydia, b. July 14, 1778. 
 
 26 Elizabeth, b. July 12, 1780; m. Samuel Gray, 1819, q. v. 
 *26 John, b. Jan. 22, 1782, q. v. 
 
 27 Andrew, b. May 10, 1786. 
 
 28 Lucy, b. feept. 18, 1787; m. William Currier, 1826. 
 
 29 Joshua, Jr., b. June 22, 1790. 
 
 (*11) Ephraim^ Alley (JohtO) m. Susanna Day; lived on place now 
 owned by Paul Conkling. A son, John, set. on the Eben Clisby place, but 
 the rest of the family located elsewhere. Susanna, wife, d. June 7, 1839. 
 Children: I, Abijah, 1784; II, Samuel, 1786, m. Eleanor Boyd, 1821; IIlj 
 Lydia, 1787, m. Stephen Mason, Dresden, 1814; IV, Susanna, 1789, m. 
 John Carlisle, 1810; V, Ephraim, 1792, m. Margaret Pearson, Wis., 1840; 
 
 VI, Martha, 1794, m. James Blen, Dres., 1815; VII, Joshua, 1796; VIII,' 
 Salinda, 1799, m. Peter M. Bailey, Dres., 1821; IX, Washington, 1794- x' 
 John, 1802, m. Elizabeth Dockendorff, 1824. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 
 (*23) William' Alley {Samuel,''' John>) m. Martha Bennett, 1819. 
 They lived on Linekin Neck. He d. Nov. 13, 1847. Children: I, Angelina, 
 1820, m. George Brewer, 1838; II, Sarah, 1822, m. Hiram Tibbetts, 184S- 
 III, Edwin W., 1827, d. 1845; IV, Simon, 1830, m. Elizabeth Bennett, 1858- 
 V, Albion, 1882; VI, Martha J., 1834, m. Washington Hodgdon, d. Nov 11 
 1904; VII, Nathaniel, 1837; VIII, Elbridge, 1840, d. 1896; IX, Eliza, 1843. ' 
 
 (*26) JOHN= Alley (Joshua,'^ John^) m. Mary, dau. of Amos Gray, 1817. 
 He set. on Cape Newagen Island; d. June 18, 1868. Children: I, Reuben 
 b. 1818, d. 1842, see Cas.; II, Samuel, b. Dec. 4, 1819, q. v.; Ill, Orin; iv', 
 Albion; V, William, res. So. Bristol; VI, Rebecca, m. Capt. Eben Lewis; 
 
 VII, Mary, m. John Downey, Alna. John, the father, d. June 18, 1858. The 
 son, Samuel, m. Sarah Willey, Bremen, 1841; lived at B. H. They had 
 eight chil., six dying in infancy. Eugene S. d. Mar. 3, 1872, aged 21; Helen 
 W. m. George F. Corey, q. v. 
 
 ANDREWS. 
 
 WiNTHROP Andrews came from Ipswich, Mass., and m. (1) Rhoda 
 Grover, 1811; (2) Elizabeth Andrews, 1846. He d. Dec. 23, 1862, a. 74. 
 Rhoda, wife, d. July 26, 1844, a. 52. Elizabeth, wife, d. Mar. 22, 1874, a. 67. 
 Their chil. were by first m. except Azor, who was b. in 1846. They follow: 
 Ephraim, 1815; Luke, 1818; Mary A., 1820; Thomas S., 1822; Adaline, 1823; 
 Elizabeth, 1826; William, 1827; Rhoda, 1829; Rilla D., 1832; Azor, 1846. 
 
492 HI8TOET OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Of this family Thomas S. m. Elizabeth Bennett, 1845, and their chil., b. bet. 
 1846-76, follow: Cedelia, Nancy J., Pamelia E., Daniel C, Milton E., 
 George T., Etta J., Jesse T., Edith H., Laura E., Maggie W., Nola C. 
 
 AULD. 
 
 Not far from the date of the incorporation of Boothbay, though their 
 names do not appear upon the petition, John and James Auld, brothers, and 
 their mother, Ann Auld, came from Medford, Mass., and settled on the 
 Damariscotta, just above where the village of East Boothbay stands. John 
 married Mary, daughter of Samuel McCobb, in Jan., 1770, and James mar- 
 ried her sister Frances in 1772. John died July 4, 1771, aged 27, his estate 
 inventorying ^770 16s. 9d., an unusually large amount for those times and 
 for one so young. Mary, his wife, died Jan. 1, 1773, aged 20. They left one 
 daughter, Rachel, who became the first wife of Nicholas T. Knight. Ann 
 Auld, mother of John and James, died Feb. 22, 1771, aged 62. 
 1 James Auld settled on what has since been known as the "Auld place," 
 only recently going out of the family name into the possession of Edward H. 
 Mitchell. His business was farming and brickmaking. He died about July 
 27, 1798, a. 51. Frances, wife, d. June 29, 1808, a. 58. Children: 
 
 2 Anne, b. Feb. 17, 1773; m. Benjamin Kelley, Jr., 1793, q. v. 
 
 3 John, b. Oct. 19, 1775; d. young. 
 
 4 Mary, b. July 20, 1777; m. Zenas Hutchings, Edge., 1795. 
 *5 James, Jr., b. Apr. 9, 1778, q. v. 
 
 6 Fanny, b. Mar. 20, 1780; m. Rev. Jabez Pond Fisher. 
 *7 Jacob, b. Jan. 15, 1781, q. v. 
 
 8 Samuel, b. Nov. 16, 1783; d. Feb. 18, 1863; unm. 
 
 9 Rachel, b. Dec. 3, 1786; m. John Fuller, 1808, q. v. 
 10 Sarah, b. Dec. 3, 1786. 
 
 *11 William McCobb, b. Oct. 16, 1787, q. v. 
 
 12 Margaret, b. Aug. 19, 1789. 
 
 13 Jane, b. Mar. 11, 1793; m. Paul McCobb, 1812, q. v. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*5) James^ Auld, Jr. {James^) m. Sarah, dau. of Daniel Knight, Jr., 
 1802. They lived on the homestead and he followed in his father's business. 
 He died Nov. 7, 1837; she died Feb. 27, 1857. Children: 
 
 *14 Augustus, b. Nov. 5, 1803, q. v. 
 
 16 Mary, b. Jan. 28, 1805; d. Sept. 10, 1823. 
 *16 John, b. Sept. 13, 1806, q. v. 
 
 17 Daniel, b. Mar. 18, 1808; m. (1) Margaret Nelson, West; (2) Mary 
 McCobb, 1842. 
 
 *18 Jacob, b. Dec. 27, 1809, q. v. 
 
 19 Lydia, b. Jan. 8, 1812; m. Joshua Haywood, Cambridge, Mass.; set. 
 there. 
 
 20 James, b. Dec. 27, 1813; m. (1) Abigail Nelson, 1888; (2) Tarbox; 
 
 set. in Bath; d. on a foreign voyage. 
 
 21 Sarah A., b. Nov. 2, 1816; m. Benjamin Wheeler, of N. H. 
 
 22 Jane, b. Nov. 30, 1818; unm. 
 
 *28 Joseph H., b. Nov. 17, 1820, q. v. 
 
 24 Lucy, b. Feb. 1, 1822; unm. 
 
 26 Margaret, b. Dec. 8, 1824; m. Benjamin Kenney, q. v. 
 
 26 Isaac, b. May 30, 1826; d. July 20, 1847. 
 
 (»7) Jacob^ Auld (James^) m. (1) Sarah, dau. of Paul and Margery 
 Reed, 1806; she d. Nov. 26, 1812; (2) Elizabeth Fullerton, 1817. Col. Auld 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 493 
 
 was one of the principal men of his town throughout his career; was mem- 
 ber of firm of McCobb & Auld; see Chap. XIX. He d. June 2, 1835. His 
 widow m. John W. Weymouth in 1838. Children: 
 
 27 James, b. May 29, 1807; m. Eliza G. Thompson, 1838; lived where 
 William M. Bennett does and was an active business man while living 
 in town. While still young he rem. to Chelsea, Mass., and later to Calif. 
 
 28 Caroline, b. May 9, 1808; m. Samuel McClintock, q. v. 
 
 29 William F., b. Jan. 7, 1811; d. May 4, 1833, in New Orleans. 
 
 30 Joseph C, b. Nov. 20, 1812; m. (1) Susan Merrill, 1836; (2) Caroline M. 
 Shaw, 1849. He owned the property where the Menawarmet stands, 
 conducting a fishing business and a general store. He died Feb. 24, 
 1869. They had six children, nearly all of whom died young. 
 
 (*11) William M.^ Auld {James^) m. (1) Rosanna, dau. of Andrew and 
 Hannah Reed, 1812; she d. in 1836; (2) Mary Bryer. They lived just west 
 of his father, but later moved his house to near the tovm farm buildings. 
 Late in life he moved to Jeff., where he d. July 21, 1852. Children: 
 
 31 Edwin, b. July 3, 1813; m. Fanny A. McCobb, 1844; lived where 
 Charles Matthews does; his chil. set. in Mass. 
 
 32 William McCobb, b. July 11, 1815; m., had one son; d. Apr. 1, 1839. 
 
 33 Samuel Newell, b. July 15, 1817; d. 1843. 
 
 34 Mary Ann, b. Sept. 27, 1819. 
 
 35 Ephraim R., b. Jan. 29, 1821; d. 1838. 
 
 36 Joseph M., b. Dec. 30, 1823; see Cas., 1839. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 
 (*14) Augustus^ Auld { James, ^ fames') m. Nancy Pray; followed the 
 fishing business and was lost on the Grampus together with his oldest son. 
 See Cas., 1851. Nancy, wife, d. Apr. 26, 1885. Children: I, Elup Faxon, 
 b. Dec. 18, 1834; see Cas., 1881. II, Martha, b. June 3, 1839; m. Cun- 
 ningham; d. in Denver, Col., abt. 1870. Ill, James Russell, b. Apr. 19, 1840; 
 m. AUie, dau. of John and Ann Montgomery, 1887; they res. at B. H.; he d. 
 July 2, 1903; one dau., Mabel. IV, Levi B., b. Jan. 7, 1845; unm. V, 
 Augustus, b. Sept. 8, 1847; d. June 6, 1874; unm. 
 
 (*16) John' Auld [James,^ fames') m. Mary A., dau. of Jeremiah and 
 Mary Houlton. He lived on what has since been the Boothbay toVn farm, 
 building that house in 1830. He d. Oct. 23, 1872; she d. June 19, 1904. 
 Chil.: I, Frances Caroline, b. July 17, 1832; m. J. C. Shepardson, Everett, 
 Mass.; d. Mar. 30, 1905. II, Rufus, b. Mar. 20, 1834; m. Mary T. Milliken, 
 Lexington, Mass.; res. B. H., carpenter; chil.: 1, Carrie L., m. W. O. Sea- 
 vey; 2, Fannie E., dec; 3, Nettie M., m. George A. Carlisle; 4, Charles L.; 
 6, Mary C, dec. Ill, John Goodrich, b. May 27, 1836; m. Alice Jackson, 
 Washington, D. C; set. there; engaged in grocery trade; d. Dec. 14, 1902 
 IV, Delia J., b. Sept. 20, 1838; m. C. P. Gilbert, Greenfield, Iowa, 1864. V 
 Lewis Thorpe, b. Dec. 29, 1840; dec. VI, Sarah F., b. Jan. 7, 1843; m. Capt! 
 Freeman Hodgdon, q. v. VII, Mary Elizabeth, b. Mar. 1, 1845; m. Arthur 
 L. Hayden, Melrose, Mass. VIII, Isaac N., b. May 27, 1847; d. 1853. IX, 
 Antoinette, b. Apr. Igf, 1850; dec. X, Hattie W., b. Mar. 5, 1854; m. James 
 B. Austin, Fitchburg, Mass. XI, Joseph Clifford, b. Sept. 16, 1856; set. in 
 Helena, Mont. He has held the positions of county treasurer, representative 
 to the legislature, senator and commissioner of U. S. mineral lands succes- 
 sively, and is now cashier of the Forsyth State Bank, of which he was one of 
 the organizers. In 1902 he was selected chairman of the Republican State 
 Central Committee. 
 
 (*18) Jacob' Auld (James,"^ fames') m. Eunice F., dau. of Joseph and 
 Mary Beath, 1836. He was a sea captain, engaged in the foreign trade, dy- 
 ing on one of the voyages. He set. m Bath, but rem. to E. Boston. Chil. : 
 I, Lydia Pelham Beath, b. Oct. 4, 1839; m. Rev. C. L. Woodworth, 1893; 
 res. in Stoneham, Mass. II, Algernon Sidney, b. Aug. 3, 1841; m. Marcia 
 A. Wentworth, 1873; res. in E. Boston. Ill, Lucy J., b. Mar. 10, 1843; m 
 
494 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Benjamin F. Johnson, 1893; res. in Stoneham. IV, Mary E., b. Aug. 11, 
 1850; d. 1869. 
 
 (*23) Joseph H.' Auld (James,''' James^) m. Mary F. Lang, 1864. He 
 res. on the old homestead. They had one son, John, res. in B. H. 
 
 BAKER. 
 
 Snow Baker was b. in N. H., Jan. 22, 1803; the son of Prince Baker, 
 who was b. July 18, 1742, and d. Mar. 24, 1829, and Experience (Goold) 
 Baker, b. Nov. 13, 1752, and d. Apr. 19, 1803. Prince Baker was twice mar- 
 ried, his second wife being Thankful Mayhew, b. 1770, and d. 1827. He 
 was the father of fifteen chil., twelve of whom were by the first marriage. 
 Snow was the seventh child. He m. Nancy Plummer and settled in Alna, 
 where he lived until abt. 1847, when he came to E. B. village, where he 
 remained abt. three years, then buying and moving to the mill property at 
 No. B. known as the Pinkham Mill. This was carried on by him and his 
 son, Nathan S., until abt. 1873, when the house was burned and the mill 
 property sold to Samuel Woodward. He d. Aug. 2, 1864; she d. June 1, 
 1867, a. 77-6. Their chil. were: I, Susan, res. No. New. II, Elbridge, res. 
 New. Ill, Daniel, res. Augusta. IV, John, res. Alna. V, Nancy, res. Alna. 
 VI, Jeremiah P., res. B. H. VII, Charles W., res. Calif. VIII, Nathan 
 Snow, res. B. H. IX, Mary Atwood, unm., res. at No. Newcastle. 
 
 Jeremiah P. Baker, son of Snow and Nancy, b. June, 1820, m. (1) Cathe- 
 rine S. Seavey, 1848; (2) Mrs. Elizabeth A. Wylie, dau. of Charles Giles, 
 1877. He was a carpenter, was at one time in trade at B. H. ; built the house 
 where K. H. Richards lives, afterward moving to Portland, where he d. Feb. 
 14,1896. Catherine, wife, d. Mar. 17, 1876. Their chi!. were: Harriet Jud- 
 son, Mary Atwood, Josephine P. (dec), Lizzie M. (dec. ). 
 
 Nathan S. Baker, son of Snow and Nancy, b. Oct. 20, 1827, m. Abigail, 
 dau. of William and Mercy Carlisle, 1853. They lived on the mill property 
 until abt. 1873; soon after he bought and built the property now owned by 
 his heirs on the road from B. H. to B. Ctr., which was his home through life. 
 Mr. Baker was a contracting carpenter and an energetic man in his business, 
 always keeping busily employed; he also had much to do with town affairs, 
 and, at the time of division of the town, though not a resident in the village, 
 took strong ground in advocacy of the separation, firmly believing such a 
 course to be best for all parts of the town. He d. June 5, 1897. Their chil. : 
 I, Frank Atwood, m. Minnie A. Moore; he was proprietor of the Riverside 
 House, Livermore Falls, for several years, selling that property in 1905 and 
 purchasing the Rathskellar Restaurant, Hartford, Conn. II, Mary Ella, m. 
 Charles E. Sherman, B. H., q. v. Ill, Jennie A., m. Fred McKown, q. v. 
 IV, Addie B., m. Thaddeus W. Orne, q. v. 
 
 Bradford Y. Baker, res. at E. B., not related to foregoing fam., m. 
 (1) Jane Montgomery, 1846; (2) Caroline Montgomery, 1851. Jane, wife, d. 
 May 6, 1848; Caroline, wife, d. Feb. 9, 1876. Chil.: Benjamin R., b. July 4, 
 1852; Daniel W., b. Feb. 13, 1855; Emma J., b. Oct. 29, 1856, d. Sept. 28, 
 1883; Bradford, b. Feb. 22, 1865. 
 
 Capt. Llewellyn Baker, not known to be related to either above 
 families, m. Georgianna, dau. of Alfred and Charlotte (Dunton) Matthews; 
 she d. Apr. 24, 1866; he was lost at sea Mar. 11, 1883, a. 47. They had one 
 dau., Annie M., the wife of Robert G. Dewolfe, B. H. 
 
Nathan S. Baker. 
 1827-1897. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 495 
 
 BARTER. 
 
 I Samuel Barter, Jr., was the elder of two brothers who took up the 
 island in Townsend, about 1755-56, that still bears the family name. This 
 name sometimes appears in old records as Barto and it is not unlikely that 
 the family is of French descent. At the date of their coming there were at 
 least four of this family: Samuel, Jr., Joseph, Jennet and Elizabeth. There 
 may have been parents with them, but no known record of this exists. The 
 wives of these brothers each bore the name of Lydia, and for this reason an 
 error occurs in the early records by which the same family of children is 
 recorded under Samuel and Lydia that correctly belongs to Joseph and 
 Lydia, as presented below. Samuel probably had children bom soon after 
 1750, while Joseph's eldest child was born in 1760. Jennet married John 
 Matthews, 1764, and Elizabeth married Jonathan Daws, 1768. They settled 
 nearly midway of the island, on the east side, about opposite to where John 
 Matthews settled on Back River. They probably came from Dover, N. H. 
 No known record exists of their ages or deaths. Their children, as far as 
 known, follow, but the record is made up from several sources. 
 
 *2 John, m. Frances Lewis, 1772, q. v. 
 
 3 Hannah, m. Abner Dunton, 1774. 
 
 4 Jeremiah, m. Mary Batchelder, 1775. 
 
 6 Abigail, m. Samuel Kenney, 1776. 
 *6 Nicholas, m. Molly Coll, 1778, q. v. 
 
 7 Mary, m. James Brewer, 1780, q. v. 
 
 *8 Samuel, Jr., m. Judith Abbott, 1791, q. v. 
 
 9 Joseph Barter, brother to above, m. Lydia, sister to John Matthews, 
 Nov. 15, 1759. Nothing is known of age or death of either. Children: 
 
 10 Elizabeth, b. Dec. 20, 1760; m. Calvin Pinkham, q. v. 
 
 11 Abigail, b. May 4, 1763; m. Stephen Lewis, q. v. 
 
 12 Jerusha, b. Apr. 7, 1766. 
 
 13 Mary, b. Oct. 27, 1768; m. John Stover, q. v. 
 *14 Joseph, Jr., b. July 18, 1771, q. v. 
 
 15 Lydia, b. Mar. 2, 1774. 
 *16 Samuel, b. Feb. 25, 1777, q. v. 
 17 Esther, b. May 31, 1779; m. Joseph Barter, q. v. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 
 (*2) JOHN^ Barter [Samuel^) m. (1) Frances Lewis, 1772; (2) Jemima 
 or Mina Kenney, 1779. Children: 
 
 *18 John, b. Dec. 3, 1774, q. v. 
 
 *19 Joseph, b. Mar. 23, 1777, q. v. 
 
 20 Fannv, b. July 29, 1779. 
 
 *21 Benjamin, b. May 81, 1783, q. v. 
 
 22 Mina, b. Sept. 19, 1791. 
 
 (*6) Nicholas^ Barter (Samuel^) m. Mary Coll, 1778. He died Dec. 
 27, 1814; she died Apr. 20, 1837, a. 74. Children: 
 
 23 Andrew, b. Dec. 1, 1794. 
 
 24 Olive, b. Apr. 10, 1798. 
 
 25 Benjamin, b. June 11, 1799. 
 
 26 Jerusha, b. May 15, 1801. 
 
 27 Esther, b. Jan. 15, 1803; m. Andrew Rackleff. 
 
 28 Abigail, b. May 14, 1804. 
 
 29 Hepsibeth, b. Dec. 23, 1807. 
 *30 Eliphalet, b. May 15, 1811. 
 
 33 
 
496 mSTOBT OF boothbay. 
 
 (*8) Samuel" Barter, Jr., (Samuel^) m. Judith Abbott. He died Dec. 
 19, 1819. Children: 
 
 31 Lois B., b. Mar. 10, 1793; m. Ebenezer Kent. 
 
 *82 John, b. Oct. 81, 1794, q. v. 
 
 38 Westley, b. July 2, 1796. 
 84 James, b. Aug. 7, 1797. 
 
 36 Nancy, b. Dec. 6, 1799; m. William Campbell. 
 
 36 Apphia, b. Dec. 13, 1803. 
 
 (*14) Joseph'' Barter, Jr., (Joseph') m. Sarah Pinkham, 1794. He died 
 Oct., 1840; she died Feb. 7, 1848. Children: 
 
 37 John, b. Oct. 5, 1796. 
 
 88 Hannah, b. Apr. 1, 1798; m. David Adams. 
 
 39 Judith, b. Mar. 10, 1800. 
 
 40 William, b. Apr. 4, 1804. 
 
 41 Eunice, b. Jan. 5, 1808. 
 
 42 Bradford, b. Nov. 15, 1810. 
 
 43 Fanny, b. Oct. 3, 1813. 
 
 44 Mercy, b. Aug. 10, 1817. 
 
 (•16) Samuel!' Barter, 3d, {Joseph^) m. (1) Sally Abbott, 1799; (2) 
 Margaret Day, 1820. Children: 
 
 45 Keziah, b. July 16, 1802. 
 
 46 Henry, b. May 23, 1805. 
 »'47 Isaac, b. Oct. 7, 1807, q. v. 
 
 48 Loama, b. Apr. 10, 1814. 
 
 *49 Daniel, b. May 18, 1816, q. v. 
 
 60 William D., b. Sept. 30, 1822. 
 
 51 Harriet E., b. July 21, 1824. 
 
 52 Martin, b. Oct. 30, 1826. 
 
 53 Esther J., b. Aug. 23, 1830. 
 
 54 John H., b. Sept. 10, 1832. 
 65 Thomas, b. Sept. 26, 1835. 
 56 Washington, b. July 25, 1838. 
 67 Alsada, b. Nov. 26, 1842. 
 
 58 Sarah E., b. Sept. 25, 1845. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 
 (*18) John' Barter (John,'^ Samuel^) m. Lucy McKenney, 1796. Chil.: 
 I, Samuel, 2d, b. Apr. 5, 1796; II, John, b. Feb. 14, 1798; III, Sally, b. July 
 14, 1804; IV, Rebecca, b. Mar. 12, 1807; V, Henry, b. Aug. 5, 1810. 
 
 (•19) Joseph* Barter, 4th, {John,^ Samuel^) m. Mary Stone, 1809. 
 Their chil., b. bet. 1811-26, were: Mary A., Sophia, Eliza, Julia, Abial W. 
 
 (*21) Benjamin' Barter {John,^ Samuel^) m. Polly Barker, 1802. He 
 died Jan. 7, 1860. Their chil, b. bet. 1804-21, were: Fanny, Henry, Cath- 
 erine, Ann Maria, Richard M., William, Elizabeth. 
 
 (•*30) Eliphalet' Barter (Nicholas,^ Samuel'^) m. Permelia . He 
 
 d. July 22, 1886; she d. Mar. 17, 1905, a. 93-6. Their chil, b. bet. 1838-62, 
 were: Melissa, Lydia A., Amos F., Ruth M. 
 
 (*32) John' Barter, 4th, (Samuel,^ Samuel^) m. Susanna Fanley, 1816. 
 Their chil, b. bet. 1817-38, were: Nathaniel, William, James, John, Ann, 
 Louisa, Daniel W., Henry. 
 
James Thompson Bkath. 
 1810-1883. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 497 
 
 (*4'7) Isaacs Barter {Samuel,^ Joseph^) m. Catherine Barter, 1828. He 
 d. Jan. 18, 1883. Their chil., b. bet. 1829-49, were: Merrill, Vesta, Amanda, 
 Helen, Casilda, Marston, Elwell, Orris M. 
 
 (*49) Daniel W.' Barter {Samuel? Joseph^) m. Harriet Campbell, 
 1845. He d. Sept. 15, 1894; she d. Apr. 28, 1900. Their chil., b. bet. 1846- 
 63, were: James Owen, Mary L., Thomas R., Henry A., Silas M., Reuel 
 M., Daniel A., Ida' 
 
 This family has been one of the most difficult to trace and correct. The 
 work is imperfect from two reasons: the errors, plainly apparent in the early 
 records, and the fact that for nearly three-quarters of a century after coming 
 here inscribed stones mark but few of their graves. There is evidently 
 another family, the children of which would be of similar age to those of 
 "(*2) John." Joseph, who was in the Rev. War, was bom in 1756, and, 
 though we find no further record of him, he probably married and settled on 
 the island, perhaps brought home a wife at the close of the war, hence no 
 record, and if so, and a family of children followed, many of those in the 
 early publishments might be accounted for and corrected. He also might 
 have been a son of Samuel, i 
 
 BEATH. 
 
 1 Walter Beath was born in the Province of Ulster, Ireland, in either 
 Derry or Tyrone County, 1681. As a boy of eight he was in the city of Lon- 
 donderry during that historic siege. His parents, a little more provident 
 than some others, kept some meal which they mixed with cold water and 
 used for food, but their extremity was such that the boy, Walter, watched 
 the mouths of rat holes with a stick, day by day, in order to obtain them as 
 a further food supply. The Beath ancestry was Scotch Presbyterian, the 
 earliest members being Covenanters. The fever of emigration to America 
 possessed Walter Beath, as it did so many thousands of others in the region 
 he came from, and about 1718 he came to Mass. At that time he had a wife 
 and one son, John, who was born in 1710. He settled in Lunenburg, as 
 shown by proprietors' records. May 11, 1720. There they remained, another 
 son, Jeremiah, being born in 1722, until June, 1731, when by reason of the 
 inducement held out by Col. Dunbar they came to Pemaquid and later in 
 the year settled at Townsend, where their relatives, the FuUertons, had pre- 
 ceded them the year before; Jennet, the wife of William FuUerton, Senior, 
 being a sister to Walter Beath. At Townsend they found the McCobbs, 
 Moores, McFarlands, FuUertons and others had settled about the eastern 
 harbor, on its westerly side, while others were about Lobster Cove. They 
 settled on the western slope of Pisgah, the old house standing within the 
 memories of many persons now living, its site being northerly from the resi- 
 dence of Rufus Auld. There Walter Beath died, June 11, 1759, interment 
 being in the yard at the head of the harbor. His wife's name is unknown as 
 is the date of her death. Their children were: 
 
 *2 John, b. 1710, in Ireland, q. v. 
 
 »3 Jeremiah, b. June, 1722, in Lunenburg, Mass., q. v. 
 
498 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*2) JoHN^ Beath (Walter^) m. Margaret, dau. of William and Jennet 
 Fullerton, 1739. They went from Townsend to Boston to have the marriage 
 service performed, as there was no Presbyterian clergyman more conven- 
 iently situated. The deposition on page 119; his record in establishing the 
 first church of Boothbay, in which he was a ruling elder, found in Chap. XII; 
 the frequent references to, him in town affairs in Chap. X; his Revolutionary 
 record in Chap. XIII, besides many other references, make up a life story 
 that descendants may well take pride in. He lived where his father settled, 
 and at one period had a good property for the times, but adverse circum- 
 stances reduced his means late in life. He died Dec. 9, 1798; she died Oct. 
 13, 1813. Children: 
 
 4 Margery, b. Oct. 9, 1734; m. Paul Reed, q. v. 
 
 *6 Joseph, Dec. 29, 1740, q. v. 
 
 6 Elizabeth, b. June 12, 1742; m. John Parker, Georgetown; s. p. 
 
 7 Mary, b. Oct. 28, 1743; m, John McCobb, q. v. 
 
 8 Margaret, b. Apr. 3, 1745; m. Samuel Wylie, q v. 
 
 Of a dau., Sarah, b. 1747, there is no trace, and four sons, b. 1749-54, d. 
 young from scarlet fever. 
 
 (*3) Jeremiah^ Beath (Walter^) m. Mary Cowden, North Worcester, 
 Mass. He probably went back to Mass. during the Indian troubles, in the 
 forties, and, being a young man at the time, evidently married and settled 
 there. He was there as late as 1760 by record, but soon after that date came 
 to Townsend and settled on the farm ever since known as the Beath home- 
 stead. He d. Feb. 17, 1803; she d. Dec. 7, 1814, a. 84. Their chil. were: 
 
 9 Priscilla, m. John Holton, q. v. 
 
 10 Eunice, b. 1764; m. Ebenezer Fullerton, q. v. 
 
 11 Mary, m. Thompson, Mass. 
 
 12 Sarah, b. June 20, 1767; m. David Kenniston, q. v. 
 
 13 Margaret, m. Thompson, Mass. 
 *14 Jeremiah, Jr., b. Jan. 1, 1770, q. v. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (*5) Joseph^ Beath (John,'^ IVaUer^) m. Marj' Pelham, Boston, who was 
 born Nov. 17, 1766. He was teacher, land surveyor, clerk of Col. McCobb's 
 reg. in Revolutionary service and for several years master of a vessel in the 
 West India trade. He probably lived in his father's homestead for a time, 
 but in his later years lived in the "long house," which had been William 
 McCobb's, where the Weymouth House now stands. This he probably 
 purchased after McCobb's death, in 1816. He died Aug. 1, 182S; she died 
 July 22, 1841. Children: 
 
 16 Margaret, b. June 16, 1786; m. Jotham Crosby, Milford, N. H.; d. 1852. 
 
 16 Hannah, b. June 16, 1786; m. Robert Larrabee, No. Yarmouth. 
 
 17 Elizabeth, b. May 25, 1788; d. abt. 1824; unm. 
 
 18 Margery, b. Sept. 16, 1790; m. David Potter, Georgetown. 
 
 19 Penelope P. , b. Aug. 10, 1792 ; m. Loring Mitchell, No. Yarmouth ; d. 1862. 
 • 20 Mary M., b. Jan. 29, 1795; m. Samuel Harwick, Boston; d. Mar., 1871. 
 
 21 Jennet G., b. Nov. 25, 1796; m. John Potter, Woolwich; d. 1867. 
 
 22 John, b. Jan. 26, 1799; m. Rinda, dau. of Seba Smith, 1826; d. 1868. 
 
 23 Lydia P., b. Feb. 16, 1801; d. Nov. 5, 1876; was postmaster at B. 1861-76. 
 
 24 Sarah A., b. Aug. 9, 1803; m. Samuel Grant, Freeport. 
 
 25 Rachel M., b. Dec. 8, 1806; m. Granville C. Waterman, Litchfield, 1835. 
 
 26 Eunice, b. Dec. 24, 1808; m. Capt. Jacob Auld, 1836, q. v. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 499 
 
 (*14) Jeremiah^ Bkath, Jr., {Jeremiah? Walter^) m. Sarah, dau. of 
 Thomas and Martha (Winslow) Stewart, Bris., Nov. 3, 1796. She was born 
 Nov. 11, 1779. They lived on the homestead of his father. He d, Nov. 15, 
 1835; she d. Feb. 4, 1839. Children: 
 
 27 Sarah, b. Sept. 6, 1797; m. William Smith, No. Prospect. 
 
 28 Thomas Stewart, b. Feb. 11, 1799; m. Nancy, dau. of John and Nancy 
 Ingraham; he d. June 24, 1882; she d. Sept. 3, 1892. They had eleven 
 chil.: Sarah E., Thomas F., Alice T., Mary A., Nancy I., Martha O., 
 Lucilla C, Abbie J., Antoinette, James F., William H. 
 
 29 Elizabeth C, b. Feb. 13, 1801; d. Jan. 29, 1827; unm. 
 
 30 Martha E., b. Oct. 11, 1802; m. Josiah S. Staniels, N. H. 
 
 31 Nathaniel S., b. May 10, 1804; m. Mary Tibbetts; d. Jan. 5, 1833; s. p. 
 
 32 Mary M., b. Dec. 11, 1805; m. William B. Woodward. 
 
 33 Anna Matilda, b. Aug. 13, 1807; m. Wales Morton. 
 *84 James Thompson, b. Dec. 4, 1809, q. v. 
 
 35 Joel T., b. Oct. 21, 1811; m. Mary Sales Adams, 1834; d. Oct. 4, 1841, 
 see Cas.; one son, George Albion; wid. m. (2) Augustus Whittaker. 
 
 36 Margaret J., b. July 17, 1814; m. June 11, 1837, John H. H. Graupner, 
 Boston; d. May 12, 1851. They had four chil., one of whom, Catherine 
 C, m. George W. Stone, now living in California. Mrs. Stone has 
 made much research in historical and genealogical lines, particularly 
 directing her labors upon her own and others of 3ie old Scotch pioneers 
 who settled Townsend. The Maine Historical Society has published 
 some valuable productions from her pen. 
 
 37 Eunice, b. Mar. 14, 1816; m. George R. French, Brattleboro, Vt., 1835; 
 d. 1836. 
 
 38 Nancy C, b. Oct. 19, 1818; m. George R. French, 1837. 
 
 39 Jonas T., b. Apr. 20, 1820; d. July 19, 1843; unm. 
 
 40 Sophia L., b. June 11, 1824; d. Jan. 6, 1843; unm. 
 
 Fourth Generation. 
 (*34) James Thompson* Beath {Jeremiah, Jr., ^ Jeremiah,^ Walier^) 
 m. Mary, dau. of Robert and Jane (Webber) Wylie. He d. Oct. 10, 1883; 
 she d. Feb. 25, 1892. They lived on the old homestead. He was a leader 
 in the Congregational societies of the town, being one of the most influential 
 founders of the 2d society. He also took a responsible place in town affairs 
 and through life was esteemed by all for a reliable, conservative. Christian 
 character. Children: 
 
 41 Sarah E., b. June 15, 1836; m. Suel Smith, 1857, q. v.; d. June 16, 1871. 
 
 42 James E., b. Feb. 9, 1838; m. (1) Frances E. Bolton; (2) Bertha E., 
 dau. of Charles and Mary Reed, 1884; one son by 2d m. For public 
 service, see Chap. XVI; res. on the old homestead as the fourth in 
 succession. 
 
 48 Mary A., b. Apr. 9, 1840; m, William M. Smith, q. v. 
 
 44 Thomas P., b. Mar. 22, 1842; m. Flora Baker, 1872. 
 
 45 Helen A., b. Sept. 21, 1844; m. Warren L. DoUoff, q. v. 
 
 46 Abbie J., b. Nov. 26, 1847; m. Alonzo R. Nickerson, q. v. 
 
 BENNETT. 
 
 1 Benjamin Bennett, first of that family in Boothbay, came from Salem, 
 Mass., in 1781, and located at the southwesterly extremity of Linekin Neck, 
 building his house nearly opposite Negro Island. He lived there until his 
 decease, Feb. 11, 1804. No publishment is found and it is thought he was 
 married when he came to Boothbay. His wife's name is unknown and the 
 exact birth of his children apparently unobtainable. He followed fishing and 
 
500 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 farming. It is thought that there were some children who failed to live to 
 maturity between John and Benjamin. Five chil. are recorded as marrying. 
 
 *2 John, b. 178-, q. v. 
 
 *3 Benjamin, b. 1796, q. v. 
 
 *4 Daniel, b. 1796, q. v. 
 
 5 Abigail, b. 1798; m. Samuel Brewer, q. v. 
 
 6 Martha, b. 1800; m. William Alley, q. v. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 
 (*2) John'' Bennett {Benjamin^) m. Hannah Holbrook, thought to 
 
 have been a sister to Ezekiel Holbrook, founder of that family in Boothbay. 
 
 He lived on the homestead and his business was the same as his father's had 
 
 been. He d. Dec. 31, 1831; date of death of wife unknown. Eleven chil.: 
 
 7 Sarah, b. Nov. 19, 1806; m. Artemas Tibbetts, q. v. 
 
 8 John, Jr., b. June 16, 1808; m. Frances Holbrook. 
 
 9 Alexander, b. Jan. 29, 1810; m. Babb. 
 
 10 Nathaniel, b. June 11, 1811; m. Vashti Grimes. 
 
 11 Daniel, b. Nov. 5, 1813; d. 1836; unm. 
 
 12 Abigail, b. Nov. 25, 1817; m. Washington Keller. 
 
 13 Benjamin, b. Dec. 4, 1819; m. Elizabeth Boyd. 
 
 14 Luther, b. Jan. 4, 1825; m. Lucinda Clifford; he d. Mar. 18, 1878; she 
 d. Mar. 8, 1876. 
 
 15 Jotham, b. Jan. 29, 1826; d. 1832. 
 
 16 Elizabeth, b. Jan. 25, 1828; m. Thomas Andrews. 
 
 17 Eliza A., b. May 5, 1830; m. Charles Clifford. 
 
 (*3) Benjamin^ Bennett {Benjamin^) m. Mary, dau. of William and 
 Lydia Matthews. They lived on Spruce Point. He was a calker by trade, 
 but followed the sea, both as mate and captain, a part of the time. He d. in 
 1869; she d. in 1888. They had five children: 
 
 18 Lydia, b. July 25, 1820; m. Sylvanus Low; set. on Loud's Island. 
 
 19 Emily D., b. Aug. 20, 1823; m. Thomas Bumham. 
 *20 William Matthews, b. Mar 31, 1826, q. v. 
 
 21 Charles H., b. June 1, 1828; d. 1833. 
 
 22 Elizabeth J., b. Sept. 10, 1831; m. Albert P. Bibber, Harpswell. 
 
 (*4) Daniel^ Bennett (Benjamin}) m. Jane, dau. of Ephraim and 
 Nancy Linekin; set. at E. B. ; followed fishing and coasting. He d. May 22, 
 1849; she d. Oct. 6, 1876. Children: 
 
 *23 Alfred R., b. Dec. 8, 1828, q. v. 
 
 24 Rachel Jane, b. June 9, 1831; m. Francis M. Howes, New Sharon. 
 
 25 Nancy A., b. Aug. 22, 1833; m. John E. Race, q. v. 
 
 26 Daniel, Jr., b. Aug. 20, 1836; d. Mar. 7, 1862, see Cas. 
 
 27 Laurinda, b. Nov. 18, 1842; m. John N. Seavey. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 
 (*20) William M.' Bennett {Benjamin,^ Benjamin'^) m. Mary J., dau. 
 of Samuel and Abigail Brewer. For a few years they lived in the vicinity of 
 their birth. For 42 years he followed the sea, coasting and on W. I. voy- 
 ages. About half of this time he had a business in Portland fitting; fishermen. 
 Later in life he engaged in trade, farming and the alewife business at Back 
 Narrows. He then sold and purchased property on Atlantic St., at the Har- 
 bor, and opened a retail wood and lumber yard, which he sold in 1903 to 
 Capt. J. C. McKown. They have had a fam. of nine chil.: I, Sidney A., b. 
 Nov., 1844; m. Louisa Williams. II, Lectina, b. Aug. 21, 1846; unm. Ill, 
 Mary A., b. Apr. 19, 1850; d. 1853. IV, William A., b. Dec. 23, 1853; m. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 501 
 
 Emma Merry; dec. V, Matilda J., b. Apr. 28, 1856; m. William B. Merry. 
 VI, Julia E., b. Mar. 23, 1859. VII, Herbert D., b. May 7, 1863; m. Annie 
 Hutchings. VIII, Mary Ella, b. Apr. 28, 1866; m. Warren Holton. IX, 
 Laura, b. Apr. 12, 1868; m. John Auld. 
 
 (*23) Capt. Alfred R.^ Bennett (Daniel,''' Benjamw>) m. Abigail L., 
 dau. of John, 2d, and Sarah Hodgdon. Lives at E. B. ; was master mariner 
 from 1851 to 1893; was twice wrecked, losing heavily each time. On Mar. 
 2, 1862, Portland to Havana, his vessel was wrecked by a waterspout; his 
 brother, Daniel, Jr., was drowned, while he and the remainder of the crew 
 were on the wreck eight days with but little food and no water, when they 
 were picked up and carried into San Juan, Porto Rico. Their chil. follow: 
 I, Luella, b. Apr. 18, 1858; m. Allen W. Murray; they had one dau., Maud, 
 who m. Capt. J. C. McKown. II, Cora B., b. May 28, 1858; m. James H. 
 Howes, New Sharon. Ill, Nellie C, b. Mar. IT, 1861; m. Frank Smalley, 
 Chelsea, Mass. IV, Alfred R., Jr., b. Nov. 5, 1875; m. Sarah L. Taft, 
 Charlestown, Mass.; res. there; one son, Weston Taft. 
 
 BLAIR. 
 
 Benjamin Blair was b. Aug. 19, 1806. As a young man he came to B.. 
 He was b. in Falmouth, his father being a school-teacher and a Quaker. 
 Benjamin was a cooper by trade. For a time he worked for Col. Auld. He 
 m. Margaret, dau. of Ebenezer FuUerton, 1832; she d. Jan. 10, 1881; (2) Mrs. 
 Abigail T., wid. of James Linekin, 1883. He came into possession of the 
 Fullerton homestead, where he lived. He was postmaster several years and 
 an active member of the 2d Cong. Society. A valuable letter to the local 
 paper from his pen appears in Chap. XXVI. He d. Dec. 22, 1895. Their 
 chil. were: 
 
 I, James Fullerton, b. Nov. 9, 1833; m. Elizabeth Irving, N. Y. He d. in 
 1897; she d. in 1896; s. p. ; for several years they conducted a restaurant. 
 II, Benjamin F., b. Mar. 15, 1836; m. Mary L., dau. of Bradford and Lucy 
 Dickinson, Woolwich, Aug. 23, 1871. They had two sons, Frank W., 
 b. Feb. 17, 1874, and George K., b. Apr. 20, 187.5, both of whom appear 
 in Chap. XXIII. Capt. Blair has had an active career, covering 42 years, 
 at sea. Commencing under Capt. John Love, in the Element, 1850, bank 
 fishing; the next year with Capt. David Webber in the Albatross; in 
 1855 with Capt. Benjamin Lewis, in the J. G. Richardson, a ship built 
 by John W. Weymouth, and in 1859 with Capt. Isaac L. Hammond in 
 the sch. Golden Gate from Boston. On Oct. 5, 1859, while on a voyage 
 from Philadelphia to Pemambuco, they were struck by a hurricane. 
 The vessel went on her beam ends and all were lost but Capt. Blair and 
 two sailors, who clung to the wreck, undergoing incredible hardships for 
 16 days from hunger and thirst, when they were picked up and carried 
 into Halifax. In 1864, while on board the bark Zelinda, they were cap- 
 tured by the Confederate steamer Florida. The bark was burned and 
 they were held prisoners for a time. The first vessel commanded by 
 Capt. Blair was the War Eagle, principally owned by Capt. Freeman 
 Hodgdon, in 1862. The last one was the May V. Nevile, Bath, 1892. 
 
 III, Ann Janet, b. Mar. i2, 1838; m. George B. Kenniston, q. v. 
 
 IV, Elizabeth Fisher, b. Apr. 19, 1840; m. Capt. Freeman K. Reed, q. v.; 
 d. Dec. 27, 1874. 
 
502 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT, 
 
 V, John Howard, b. July 25, 1842; m. Ellen A. M., dau. of Benjamin and 
 Isabella Reed, 1877; res. at B. H. Was formerly engaged in building 
 and hardware trade, but for the past twenty years has followed land sur- 
 veying, plotting and drafting. They have one son, Frank Wells, who 
 pursued a course in technology and for some years has been engaged 
 elsewhere. 
 
 BLAKE. 
 
 1 Samuel Blake was b. in Harpswell, Jan. 7, 1769; m. Abigail Clark, 
 1795. He d. Jan. 13, 1842; she d. Dec, 31, 1827. He was son of John Blake, 
 who came from a town in Eastern Mass. to Harpswell and m. Jenny, dau. of 
 Waitstill and Meribah (Hutchings) Webber. Samuel and Abigail Blake had 
 a large fam., four of their sons settling in B. bet. 1825-27. These sons were: 
 
 *2 William, b. Sept. 13, 1799, q. v. 
 *8 Jeremiah, b. Sept. 19, 1801, q. v. 
 4 Clark, b. Oct. 2, 1806; m. Martha Jewett, West; he d. July 24, 1888; 
 
 she d. Dec. 30, 1893. He lived a few years in B., then a few in West., 
 
 finally set. in Portland. 
 *6 Samuel, b. Jan. 11, 1809, q. v. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*2) William^ Blake {Samuel'') m. Rosanna, dau. of Capt. David 
 Perry, b. on Bailey's Island, Oct., 1805. He d. June 5, 1878; she d. Feb. 7, 
 1883, a. 78. He set. near Meadow Cove bet. 1825-27. Their chil. were: 
 
 6 Hannah S., b. Jan. 11, 1823; m. Sinnett. 
 
 *7 David P., b. May 10, 1824, q. v. 
 
 8 Elizabeth A., b. Oct. 21, 1825; m. Thomas B. Wylie, 1846. 
 
 9 Charlotte, b. Nov. 1, 1827; m. Eliphalet Holbrook, 1852, q. v. 
 
 10 Jane P., b. Nov. 23, 1829; d. Jan. 23, 1896; unm. 
 
 11 Levi, b. Oct. 11, 1831; m. Sarah J. Reed, 1863; res. E. B. 
 
 12 William T., b. July 4, 1833. 
 
 13 Rufus M., b. Dec. 23, 1835; m. Aldana Linekin; dec. 
 
 14 Charles C, b. Oct. 11, 1837; m. Ruth A. Montgomery; set. in the West. 
 
 15 Mary Frances, b. Feb. 18, 1845; m. (1) Benaiah P. DoUoff, 1866; (2) 
 Alonzo P. Wylie, 1887. 
 
 (*3) Jeremiah^ Blake {Samuel') m. Alice (Ellice) Hodgdon, West., 
 abt. 1823. He d. Nov. 30, 1865; she d. Dec. 20, 1890. They set. at Back 
 Narrows soon after 1825. Their chil. were: 
 
 *16 Arthur, b. Oct. 28, 1824, q. v. 
 
 *17 Thomas, b. Sept. 25, 1826, q. v. 
 
 18 Stephen, b. Sept. 27, 1828; d. July 27, 1852, see Cas. 
 
 19 Jeremiah, Jr., b. Feb. 23, 1830; d. Jan., 1845. 
 
 20 Sarah, b. Dec. 12, 1832; m. John E. Burke; d. Mar. 4, 1869. 
 
 21 Betsey, b. Dec. 7, 1834; m. Jackson Hodgdon, 1852. 
 
 22 Martha Susan, b. July 1, 1836; m. David A. Pinkham, q. v. 
 *23 Franklin H., b. Apr. 4, 1838, q. v. 
 
 24 William C, b. Nov. 16, 1840; m. Jerusha Gilpatrick. 
 
 25 John, b. June 16, 1840; set. in So. Gardiner. 
 
 26 Albert, b. June 11, 1845; d. at sea; unm. 
 
 (*5) Samuel^ Blake, 2d, (Samuel') m. Martha, dau. of Jonathan Hutch- 
 ings, 1831. They set. northerly from the old Giles homestead on the road 
 from E. B. to Dam. He d. Nov. 25, 1886; she d. July 1, 1886. Their chil. were: 
 
FAMILY HISTOKY. 503 
 
 27 Abigail, b. Feb. 7, 1882. 
 
 28 Julia E., b. July 27, 1833; m. John P. Reed, 1857. 
 
 29 Leonard, b. Dec. 25, 1835. 
 
 *30 Franklin, b. Apr. 10, 1837, q. v. 
 
 31 Jane, b. Aug. 28, 1839; d. 1857. 
 
 32 Samuel C, b. July 28, 1841; d. 1804. 
 88 Joan, b. Jan. 28, 1843. 
 
 34 Martha B., b. Sept. 12, 1845; d. 1865. 
 
 35 Priscilla, b. Nov. 16, 1846; m. Ansel Farnham, 1865. 
 
 36 Mary C, b. May 26, 1848; m. Benjamin Keller, 1868. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (*7) David P.s Blake ( William,^ Samuel^) m. Ann Barter, 1849. He d. 
 Apr. 4, 1870; she d. Dec. 30, 1887. Their chil. were: Susan F., Louisa J., 
 Abbie C, Maggie A. 
 
 (*16) Arthur' Blake (Jeremiah,^ Samuel'^) m. Lydia M., dau. of 
 David and Ghana Merry. He set. at B. H. abt. 1856, living earlier at B. Ctr. 
 He d. in 1878, see Cas.; she d. in 1887. Children: 
 
 37 David Marston, b. Nov. 5, 1848; m. Mrs. Helen F. Young, 1885; she d. 
 Dec. 23, 1885; he is a master mariner; res. at B. H. 
 
 38 Ella J., b. Feb. 27, 1851; m. Henry Fish, Portsmouth, R. L; two chil. 
 
 39 Nettie E., b. Apr. 26, 1856; m. Sewall T. Maddocks, 1876, q. v. 
 
 40 Charles C, b. Mar. 24, 1861; m. Addie Brewer; res. B. H. 
 
 41 Frederick C, b. July 31, 1866; m. (1) Mary A. Fisher, 1885; (2) Cora E. 
 Adams, 1889; res. B. H.; four sons by last m. 
 
 42 Guy J., b. June 5, 1872; dec. 
 
 (*17) Thomas' Blake (Jeremiah,^ Samuel'^) m. Emily P., dau. of John, 
 2d, and Julia Pinkham; res. in B. H. Children: Nellie Atwood, Benjamin 
 A., Millard F., Margaret E., Emma A., Gertrude. 
 
 (•23) Franklin H.' Blake (Jeremiah,^ Samuel) m. Mary Tibbetts. 
 He d. June 5, 1891. Their children: John E., William A. (dec), Orville C, 
 Joseph T., Frank O. 
 
 (*30) Franklin' Blake (Samuel,^ Samuel) m. Mary A. Light, 1861. 
 Children: Melissa O., Abbie O., Addison C, Lettie M., Clara B. 
 
 BLOSSOM. 
 
 Alden Blossom, M. D., was born in Turner, Feb. 24, 1820, the son of 
 Gen. Alden and Lydia (Stevens) Blossom. His father was one of the leading 
 citizens of Turner. Dr. Blossom came to B. Ctr. Aug. 7, 1843, and located 
 in practice at the house of William Kenniston, where he boarded. Later he 
 moved to the Harbor, living at the Boothbay House. He married Weltha 
 L. Willey, Bremen, Oct. 23, 1850, and about that time settled on Oak St., at 
 the home where he afterward lived. Dr. Blossom had the largest and long- 
 est practice of any physician who has lived in town. He was a man of strong 
 will and much energy, practicing his profession up to within a few months of 
 his death. His public service was principally in connection with the town 
 schools, but his name appears elsewhere in Chap. XVI, to which reference 
 is made; also to Chap. XXV. He d. Aug. 17, 1897; she d. Oct. 16, 1877, a. 
 47-5. Their children: I, Thomas J., b. Apr. 19, 1852; m. Annie J., dau. of 
 Hiram SpofTord, 1887; one son, Waldo; res. B. H. II, William H., b. Aug 
 
504 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 21, 185B; d. in inf. Ill, William Emerson, b. Apr. 2, 1867; m. Mary Eveline, 
 dau. of William and Eveline Seavey, 1880; res. B. H. on his father's home- 
 stead; employed in State Dept. Sea and Shore Fisheries; three chil. : Alden, 
 Gertrude, Donald. IV, Nellie N., b. June, 11, 1859; m. Dr. W. S. Thomp- 
 son, Augusta. 
 
 BOYD. 
 
 This Boothbay family is evidently from the same ancestry, but upon its 
 appearance in town was represented by collateral lines. None came to 
 Townsend under the Dunbar settlement, nor were the founders of the family 
 old enough to come to Pemaquid then, but both branches of it were at Pem- 
 aquid first. Antrim, Ireland, was where they emigrated from and doubtless 
 they had acquaintances, perhaps relatives, here who influenced their coming. 
 The first member of whom we have a record is Thomas, who was bom in 
 1732. I copied from his old family Bible, now in possession of the heirs of 
 William Clark, Bristol, the following: 
 
 "Thomas Boyd it is my name and I was Born in the Kingdom of Ireland 
 and County of antrim and Parish of Dunl — and the town of Bu — foot and I 
 left my Native Country in the 18 year of my age and came to this Country 
 and I have lived in New England 35 years which is 53 years witness my hand. 
 
 ThosBoyd." 
 
 Just under this is the entry of his birth, which was Dec. 28, 1732, and his 
 marriage, in 1758, and on another page his death, Aug. 27, 1792. The fore- 
 going record was, therefore, made in 1785. He had been living in Boothbay 
 for some years at the date of his death. He had an older brother, Samuel, 
 who lived and died in Bristol, who, undoubtedly, was the father of Thomas 
 Boyd who married Catherine Wylie and came later than the others of the 
 family to Boothbay. He was designated "Thomas Boyd of Bristol" and 
 "Thomas Boyd the surveyor," apart from his uncle and cousin of the same 
 name. Thomas, Senior, and Samuel had another brother, George, who 
 came to Boothbay from Bristol about 1765; George had a son, Thomas, 3d. 
 Members of this family have been prominent in town affairs in each generation. 
 1 Thomas Boyd, b. in Ireland, Dec. 28, 1732; m. 1758; d. Aug. 27, 1792. 
 Mrs. Molly Boyd, who d. Feb. 6, 1823, a. 84, thought to have been his wife. 
 They had one child; set. at Back Narrows. 
 *2 Adam, b. Jan. 19, 1768, q. v. 
 
 3 George Boyd, brother to Thomas (1), m. Margaret , Nov. 29, 1765; 
 
 came from Bristol and set. at Back Narrows. Children: 
 
 *4 Thomas, 3d, b. Nov. 16, 1766, q. v. 
 *6 George W., no date. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 6 Thomas'' Boyd [Samuel of Bristol^), called the surveyor, or junior, by 
 way of designation from his uncle and cousin, was b. in Ireland, Jan. 28, 1748, 
 and came to America with his parents and uncles in 1750. He m. Catherine, 
 dau. of Robert Wylie, Mar. 8, 1770; d. June 9, 1803; she d. 1826. Thomas 
 Boyd came to Boothbay before 1770 and engaged as clerk and bookkeeper 
 for David Reed. He then became acquainted with Catherine Wylie, whom 
 he married, and soon after he exchanged his farm in Bristol with Patrick 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 505 
 
 Maguire at Back Narrows, where he set. and became a neighbor to his 
 uncles, Thomas and George. This farm, which in recent years has been 
 known as the Moses Hersey place, he lived and died on. He was a good 
 penman, an accurate accountant and the principal land surveyor in the local- 
 ity. He was often in town office and his name occurs frequently in the pro- 
 bate records. From him the present family is largely descended. Children: 
 
 7 Martha, b. May 27, 1771; m. Adam Boyd, q. v. 
 
 8 Jane, b. Feb. 7, 1774; m. Michael Campbell, 1796, q. v. 
 
 9 Esther, b. Jan. 31, 1777; m. James Murray, 1800, q. v. 
 10 Katherine, b. Aug. 16, 1779; m. Alexander Reed, q. v. 
 
 *11 Alexander, b. Aug. 16, 1781, q. v. 
 
 12 Sarah, b. Oct. 9, 1783; m. Samuel Murray, 1805, q. v. 
 
 13 Elizabeth, b. Aug. 28, 1785; m. Joseph Emerson, 1806, q. v. 
 
 14 Charlotte, b. Jan. 18, 1788; m. William Montgomery, 1808, q. v. 
 
 15 Andrew, b. Jan. 1, 1791. 
 
 16 Thomas, b. Feb. 1, 1793; m. Abigail Webber, Edge. 
 *17 Samuel, b. Aug. 19, 1794, q. v. 
 
 (*2) Adam^ Boyd ( Thomas^) m. Martha, dau. of Thomas and Catherine 
 Boyd, 1789. He lived at Back Narrows; was farmer and teacher; he d. Feb. 
 19, 1798, upon the ice at a brook near his home, where he was drinking from 
 a hole which had been cut through. Martha, wid., m. (2) Jonathan Hutch- 
 ings, 1803, q. v.; d. Feb. 4, 1840. Children: 
 
 18 Geney (Jane), b. June 16, 1790; m. (1) William Kennedy; (2) William 
 Durant. 
 
 19 Thomas S., b. Mar. 18, 1792; d. June 4, 1810, see Cas. 
 
 20 Sally, b. Apr. 30, 1794; m. Samuel Clark, Bris. 
 
 21 Catherine, b. Feb. 8, 1797; m. Miller, Bris. 
 
 (*4) Thomas^ Boyd, 3d, ( George^) m. Eleanor McGlathery, Bris., 1790. 
 They lived at Back Narrows. He was killed at the battle of Plattsburgh 
 Bay, under Com. McDonough, 1814. Chil.: I, Sally, 1792; II, Alexander, 
 1794, d. 1810; III, Adam, 1798, d. 181B; IV, Robert, 1800; V, William, 1803. 
 
 (*5) George W.^ Boyd {George^) m. (1) Mary Huff, Edge., 1809; (2) 
 Ruth Priest, 1824. He d. May 10, 1864; Mary, wife, d. June 9, 1824. Chil.: 
 I, Joseph Huff, 1811; II, Mary, 1813; III, Eliza, 1815; IV, George W., 1818; 
 V, Thomas, 1821; VI, Charles M., 1823; VII, Betsey K., 1825; VIII, Eunice, 
 1826; IX, Martha S., 1827; X, Amos K., 1830, lived at E. B.'; XI, Maria, 
 1832, m. Martin Priest; XII, Abijah, 1835, lived at E. B.; XIII, Angelina, 
 1840, m. Gardner Stewart, E. B.; XIV, Charles H., 1843, d. 1861; XV, John 
 A., 1845, d. 1862. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (*11) Alexander^ Boyd (^Thomas,''' Samuel of Bristol^) m. Susan 
 Walker. They lived on the homestead. He d. June 11, 1863; she d. Dec. 
 24, 1852. Children: 
 
 22 Lucy M., b. June 29, 1818; m. Moses Hersey; res. on homestead; both 
 dec. 
 
 23 Andrew, b. May 16, 1820; m. (1) Rachel M., dau. of George and Rachel 
 Sproule, Bris.; (2) Bethia C. Richards, Bris., 1862. For many years he 
 was in the West India trade. Chil.: I, George A., m. Sarah Elliott, 
 Pictou, N. S.; she d. 1898; two sons, Robert A. and William R. II, 
 Mary A., m. Orin Dodge. Ill, Charles M., m. Edith E. Dodge; res. 
 homestead. IV, Eldora A., m. Frederick H. Harris. V, Susie E.,m. 
 Leon Blake. VI, Lottie F. VII, Hattie H. 
 
 24 William Maxwell, b. Aug. 6, 1822; unm. 
 
 25 Susan, b. Mar. 8, 1828; m. Martin Brewer. 
 
 26 Jackson, b. Oct. 24, 1830; set. in Nova Scotia. 
 
506 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 (*17) Samuel* Boyd ( Thomas,^ Samuel oj Bristol^) m. Sarah, dau. of 
 William and Margaret Bryer, 1817. He lived at Back Narrows until 1840, 
 when he purchased and set. on the place owned by the late Thomas Boyd, 
 which included Bayville. He d. Apr. 7, 1878; she d. Feb. 1, 1879. Chil.: 
 
 27 Martha, b. June 9, 1819; m. Dr. A. H. Goodenough; set. in Vermont. 
 
 28 Thomas, b. Mar, 5, 1821; m. Nancy Rice, who was b. in Germany, Apr. 
 5, 1828. They were m. Apr. 8, 1847, and lived in Woburn, Mass., until 
 1850, when they set. in Boothbay on the farm of his father. He d. Apr. 
 9, 1893; she d. Nov. 17, 1904. Mr. Boyd was an active business man 
 and was sheriff, or deputy, for several years. He established the sum- 
 mer colony at Bayville, which place he owned. He was a leader in the 
 Repjublican party in Lincoln County during and for several years fol- 
 lowing the Rebellion. Chil.: I, George T., m. (1) Vesta Montgomery, 
 (2) Julia Rowe, res. Dorchester, Mass.; II, Sarah F., m. Frederick 
 Gale, Boston; III, Emma L., m. Augustus Nason, Bradford, Mass.; 
 IV, Ada F., m. J. F. Prescott, Boston; V, Ida D., m. Dean, Bridge- 
 water, Mass.; VI, Addie D., m. Ulysses Knowles, Haverhill, Mass.; 
 VII, Samuel W., m. Ella Matthews, res. B. H. 
 
 29 Charlotte M., b. Dec. 10, 1822; m. George M. Bragdon, Farmington. 
 
 30 Sarah J., b. May 20, 1825; d. Mar. 28, 1854; unm. 
 
 31 Nancy, b. Sept. 21, 1827; m. (1) Hurlburt, Boston; (2) P. S. Davis, 
 
 Winchendon, Mass. 
 
 32 Alexander, b. Feb. 28, 1830; m. Gabrilla, dau. of Ephraim and Rosanna 
 Lewis, 1856. He. d. Apr. 29, 1894. Chil.: I, Leonard P., m. Lottie E. 
 Wood, New., res. Dam.; II, Fred B., m. Augusta Sidelinger, Edge.; 
 Ill, Rose E.; IV, Clarence A., m. Lettie R. Dodge. 
 
 S3 Catherine, b. Feb. 26, 1882; unm.; dec. 
 
 34 Samuel, b. May 26, 1834; m. Joanna Williams, Edge.; res. B. H. He 
 followed the trade of carpenter for several years in early life in Mass., 
 but later returned to B. H., where he opened a lumber yard and store 
 in connection, carrying to the present the largest general line of build- 
 ers' materials in town. He has also carried on contract work and 
 dealt in real estate and shipping property. Chil.: I, Grace A., m. Dr. 
 C. Edward Britto, Rockland; II, Forest P., dec; III, Waldo S., see 
 Chap. XXIII; IV, Wendell D. 
 
 35 Silas R., b. Oct. 21, 1836; d. Oct. 9, 1855. 
 
 36 Williams., b. June 2, 1840; lived for a time in Portland, but set. in 
 Maiden, Mass.; was carpenter and blacksmith; d. Jan., 1904, leaving 
 wid., Lottie A., and chil., Ralph W., Harold C, Ernest L., Alton R. 
 
 BOYNTON. 
 
 Freeman Boynton was b. in Liberty, Oct. 27, 1837, son of Bradford and 
 Lucinda (Dunton) Boynton. Bradford was b. in Liberty, the son of Asa and 
 Mariam (Smith) Boynton. Asa was of English descent, the third generation 
 of his family in America, b. in Alna, son of John and grandson of John D., 
 the immigrant. Lucinda Dunton was b. in B., dau. of Timothy and Nancy 
 Dunton, q. v. Freeman Boynton came to B. in 1858. For twelve years he 
 taught school winters and followed bank fishing summers. He then engaged 
 in the oyster trade bet. Va. and N. Y. for four years, winters, and the fruit 
 trade bet. N. Y. and the West Indies, summers; then for one year was with 
 the Bay Island Fruit Co., New Orleans. In 1875 he became manager of the 
 seagoing outfit for the Atlantic Oil Co., which he followed till 1880, when he 
 engaged in the retail coal business with John O'Brien, the latter soon selling 
 his interest to Newell Boynton. In 1886 Capt. Boynton became master of 
 the yacht of Prof. Rothrock, Philadelphia, cruising along the Atlantic coast 
 and West Indies with students for pleasure and scientific research, special 
 
FAMILY HISTOHY. 507 
 
 attention being given to geological examinations, which he followed four 
 years. Since 1890 Capt. Boynton has devoted most of his time to cultivating 
 his farm. See Chap. XVI for public service. In his seagoing life he was 
 hand for the first three years, afterward master. He m. Vandalia, dau. of 
 Miles Lewis, 1863. They have two daus.: I, Addie L., res. in Augusta, 
 unm. II, Carrie M., m. Frank H. Locke, July 1, 1891. They lived in Au- 
 gusta. He enlisted in the Spanish War and contracted typhoid, from which 
 he died. They had two chil. , Boynton and Beatrice A. They now live in 
 Capt. Boynton' s fam. at B. H. 
 
 BREWER. 
 
 1 James Brewer, the first of that name to settle in Boothbay, is said to 
 have come from Salem, Mass., but the date is uncertain. His minor son, 
 John, chose Israel Davis guardian, June 4, 1771. His wife's name is unknown 
 as is the date of her death. His death evidently occurred in 1771. It is 
 thought that the Brewer and Bennett families were related before leaving 
 Salem. They located on Spruce Point. 
 
 2 Nathaniel, b. abt. 1749; m. (1) Elizabeth Sampson, Arundel, 1767; (2) 
 Elizabeth Salloway, 1769; probably rem. from town. 
 *3 John, b. 1762, q. v. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*3) JoHN^ Brewer (James^) m. Susanna Day, 1772. They lived on 
 Spruce Point. He. d. Aug. S, 1818. Children: 
 
 *4 James, b. 1772, q. v. 
 
 5 Jane, m. Joseph Linekin, Jr., 1788. 
 
 6 Susanna, m. John Wall, 1794. 
 *7 Samuel, b. 1783, q. v. 
 
 8 Sally, m. Phineas Sargent, 1801. 
 
 9 John, m. and set. in Hancock County. 
 
 10 Betsey, m. William Robinson, 1809. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (*4) James^ Brewer (John,'^ James^) m. Margaret, dau. of Andrew Wall, 
 1794. Lived on Spruce Point. He d. Apr. 27, 1856; she d. Jan. 18, 1856. 
 Children: 
 
 11 Lydia, b. Sept. 17, 1796; set. in Boston. 
 
 12 Susanna, b. July 16, 1797; m. John Love, Jr., q. v. 
 
 13 Mary, b. Mar. 3, 1799; m. James Campbell, q. v. 
 
 14 David, b. Sept. 29, 1800. 
 
 15 Nancy, b. Sept. 5, 1802; m. in Boston. 
 
 16 James, Jr., b. July 25, 1804; d. 1824. 
 *17 Charles, b. Sept. 7,1806, q. V. 
 
 *18 Alfred, b. June 22, 1808, q. v. 
 
 19 Silas, b. July 16, 1812; d. Aug. 18, 1847. 
 
 20 Mitchell, b. Sept. 1, 1815; m. Abigail Gardner, Boston; he d. Dec. 25, 
 1895; she d. Oct. 16, 1897, a. 77. Their chil. were: Joseph C, Rozilla, 
 Pembroke, Elizabeth, Adelia, Florence J., Isaac. 
 
 21 Amasa, b. June 7, 1818; d. Feb. 23, 1867. 
 
 22 Isaac, b. Sept. 13, 1820; m. Martha A. Cameron; lived on South.; he 
 d. July 19, 1897; she d. Feb. 27, 1884. 
 
508 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 (*7) Samuel' Brewer (John,^ James^) m. Abigail, dau. of Benjamin 
 Bennett, 1808. They lived on Spruce Point. He d. July 20, 1858; she d. Jan. 
 5, 1865. Children: 
 
 »23 Samuel, Jr., b. Dec. 4, 1808, q. v. 
 
 24 George, b. June 14, 1811; m. Angeline Alley. 
 
 *25 Ferdinand, b. Jan. 10, 1814, q. v. 
 
 26 Harriet F., b. Aug. 4, 1816; m. Freeman Reed, q. v. 
 
 27 Lucy A., b. Mar. 7, 1819. 
 
 28 Leonard, b. Aug. 27, 1821; d. 1832. 
 
 29 Mary J., b. June 7, 1826; m. William M. Bennett, q. v. 
 
 Fourth Generation. 
 
 (*17) Charles* Brewer (James,^ John,'^ James^) m. (1) Isabella Dow; 
 
 she d. July 3, 1849; (2) Catherine . He d. Feb. 23, 1889. Chil.: Ora 
 
 Ann, Lydia E., William, Julia F., Sally, Apphia, Silas, Gillis, Julia, Flora B., 
 Charles W. The last four are chil. of 2d m. 
 
 (*18) Alfred* Brewer (Jantes,^ John,'^ James') m. Harriet, dau. of 
 George W. Pierce. They lived on South. He d. Apr. 31, 1893; she d. July 
 17, 1900. Children: I, Alden H., b. Sept. 11, 1831; d. Jan. 15, 1864. II, 
 Salana U., b. Feb. 10, 1834; m. Capt. Elbridge G. Love. Ill, Maud S., b. 
 July 25, 1840. 
 
 (*23) Samuel* Brewer, Jr., {Samuel,^ John,^ James^) m. Polly Tibbetts. 
 Chil.: I, George, 2d, b. July 25, 1829; m. Nancy J. Famham. II, Martin, b. 
 July 4, 1831; m. Susan W. Boyd. Ill, Ferdinand, b. Oct. 17, 1833; m. Sarah 
 E. Adams. IV, Mary E., b. Oct. 16, 1834. V, Rufus, b. Sept. 9, 1836; see 
 Cas. VI, Margery, b. Sept. 27, 1838; m. George Giles. VII, Apphia, b. 
 Dec. 10, 1840; m. in N. Y. VIII, John, b. Oct. 4, 1843; m. Sarah E. Davis. 
 
 IX, Cyrus, b. Dec. 3, 1845; m. Thorpe. X, Horace G., b. Dec. 11, 
 
 1850; unm. XI, Flora E., b. July 31, 18B3; m. Franklin Reed. 
 
 (•25) Ferdinand* Brewer (Samuel,^ John,^ James^) m. Margaret Love. 
 Live at B. H. Children: Rodney, Bainbridge, Helen A., Elbridge, Ade- 
 laide, Augusta, Seth L., Roland, Susan A., Henry. 
 
 BROWN. 
 
 Two brothers, Samuel and Jonathan Brown, appear in the records 
 among the earliest settlers. As young men already residing in town they 
 were married before our records commence. They may have been sons of 
 Edmund Brown, who set. under Dunbar; if not so, their ancestry is unknown. 
 They lived in the vicinity of his settlement, easterly from Pisgah. If these 
 were not his sons the trace is lost of the children he left in 1739. 
 1 Samuel Brown and wife, Margaret, had children: 
 
 2 Susanna, b. Dec. 1, 1766; m. Patishel Knight, 1782, q. v. 
 
 3 Jean, b. Dec. 30, 1768; m. Ephraim Bumham, 1789, q. v. 
 *4 John, b. July 16, 1771, q. v. 
 
 6 Margaret, b. May 9, 1773. 
 
 6 Rhoda, b. Feb., 1776; m. WiUiam Emerson, 1798, q. v. 
 
 7 Elizabeth, b. May 10, 1778. 
 
 8 Mary, b. Oct. 16, 1780. 
 
 9 Samuel, b. Nov. 5, 1782. 
 
 10 Fanny, b. May 15, 1785. 
 
 11 Jonathan Brown, brother to Samuel,^ and wife, Sarah, had children: 
 
 12 Martha, b. Jan. 22, 1768. 
 *13 John, Jr., no date. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 509 
 
 Second Generation. 
 
 (.*4) JOHN^ Brown [Samuel'') m. Rachel . Their children were: 
 
 Ephraim, 1793; William, 1797, d. 1820. John, the father, d. July 10, 1818. 
 
 (*13) John" Brown, Jr., (/<3A»i) m. (1) Betsey ; (2) Mary McCul- 
 
 loch, 1813. He d. Jan. 24, 1832; Betsey, wife, d. Aug. 20, 1813. Children: 
 
 *14 Daniel, b. Mar. 29, 1793, q. v. 
 
 15 William McCobb, b. May 30, 1794. 
 
 16 John, b. Jan. 26, 1796. 
 
 17 Nabby, b. Feb. 26, 1801. 
 
 *18 James Auld, b. Feb. 26, 1803, q. v. 
 
 19 Samuel, b. Nov. 4, 1804. 
 
 20 Auld McCobb, b. Nov. 11, 1808. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 
 (*14) DANiELii Brown [John? John^) m. Elizabeth H. Reed, 1835. He 
 d. Nov. 12, 1850. Children: I, Thomas L., b. 1836; d. 1853. II, Elizabeth 
 S., b. 1840. Ill,' Daniel Marshall, b. Mar. 22, 1842; m. Ruth A. Tarbox, 
 West; d. June 29, 1884; chil.: Ralph A., Sophronia L., Marshall A.,'Laura 
 A. IV, Charles R., b. 1844; d. 1871. V, Caroline. 
 
 (*18) James A.^ Brown {John? John') m. Mary Ann Reed, 1829. He 
 d. May 2, 1853; she d. Mar. 27, 1871. Their chil. were: Martha J., 1830; 
 Charles C, 1832; Mary E., 1835; Julia A., 1836; Benjamin W., 1838; Louisa, 
 1840; Aldina, 1842; Statira P., 1845. 
 
 BRYER. 
 
 1 Samuel Bryer settled in Boothbay between 1767 and 1770. He came 
 from Kittery and was married at the time, and a part of their children were 
 born in Kittery. William Bryer, grandfather of Samuel, married the dau. of 
 Robert and Mary Cutts, who were English stock and among the most aris- 
 tocratic of early New England families. They were the grandparents of 
 William Whipple, one of the New Hampshire signers of the Declaration 
 of Independene. On arriving at Boothbay settlement was made near Back 
 Narrows, next north from the home of Thomas Boyd. He m. (1) Huldah 
 
 , b. 1739, d. June 15, 1813; (2) Hannah Booker, 1814; she d. June 2, 1846, 
 
 a. 97. Samuel d. Jan. 24, 1824, a. 81. Children: 
 
 *2 Samuel, Jr., b. July 10, 1765, q. v. 
 
 »3 William, b. Apr. 17, 1767, q. v. 
 
 4 John, b. Mar. 23, 1769. 
 
 5 Elizabeth, b. Mar. 31, 1771. 
 
 6 Jeremiah, b. Feb. 27, 1773. 
 *7 Elihu, b. Feb. 23, 1775, q. v. 
 
 8 Huldah, b. May 13, 1777; m. Joseph Tilton, Edge., 1799; set. in Mass. 
 *9 Robert, b. Feb. 19, 1780, q. v. 
 *10 Joseph, b. Oct. 8, 1781, q. v. 
 
 Second Generation. ' 
 
 (*2) Samuel^ Bryer, Jr., (Samuel') m. Betsey, dau. of William McCobb, 
 1793 (Bethrige in publishments). They set. northwesterly from his father. 
 He d. Aug. 5, 1854; she d. Aug. 5, 1849. Children: 
 
 11 Samuel, b. Apr. 1, 1794; m. Huldah Bryer, 1822. He lived where the 
 late John S. Knight did, and made brick at the head of Campbell's 
 Cove; s. p. He d. Sept. 7, 1874; she d. May 3, 1882, a. 79. 
 
 12 Mary, b. May 13, 1796. 
 
510 HI8TOKY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 13 Betsey, b. Jan 5, 1798; m. Thomas Orne, 1815. 
 
 14 Rachel, b. Sept. 23, 1799. 
 
 16 John, b. Aug. 13, 1803; m. Elizabeth Giles, 1828. 
 
 (*3) William^ Bryer (Samuel^) m. (1) Margaret Smith, 1794; shed. 
 Mar. 6, 1804; (2) Mary Booker, 1806; she d. Feb. 18, 1853. He d. Feb. 18, 
 1824. They lived about one mile north of the old red schoolhouse in No. 12. 
 He and Samuel, Jr., heired a tract of land from their father's property at the 
 head of Campbell's Cove, which they divided between their sons. One was 
 the Knight place, given to Samuel, and the other part became the William 
 S. Bryer place. Children: 
 
 16 Sarah, b. 1797; m. Samuel Boyd, q. v. 
 
 17 Anne, m. Isaac Reed, 1824. 
 *18 WiUiam S., b. 1799, q. v. 
 
 19 Jeremy. 
 
 20 Huldah T., b. 1803; m. Samuel Bryer, q. v. 
 
 21 Mahala, b. June 16, 1806; d. Apr. 10, 1837; unm. 
 
 22 Margaret, b. May 1, 1808. 
 
 23 John F., b. Sept. 16, 1812; m. Sarah J. Gray; d. Juiie 3, 1876. 
 
 24 Susanna, b. Oct. 16, 1814; m. Ralph Whitehouse. 
 
 25 Mary Ann, b. June 21, 1817; m. Thomas Lydston. 
 
 26 Catherine, b. Mar. 8, 1819; m. Hall, Dam. 
 
 (*7) Elihu^ Bryer (Samuel'^) m. (1) Betsey Bryer, 1799; (2) Mrs. A. 
 Sawyer, 1806; she d. in 1832. He d. Mar. 11, 1856. He lived at Pleasant 
 Cove. Children: Nancy, 1800; Elihu, 1803; Edith, 1804; Elizabeth, 1809; 
 Martha, 1812. None of this family married. 
 
 {*9) Robert^ Bryer {Samuel'^) m. Mary Haggett, Edge., 1803; lived 
 for a time at Pleasant Cove, then moved to Edge., where his descendants 
 now live. Children: Elmira, Mary A., Paul, Robert, Jr., Sarah, Samuel, 
 Martha, Weston, bom bet. 1803-19. 
 
 (*10) Joseph^ Bryer (Samuel^) m. (1) Jane Kiff (KieS), 1806; she d. 
 1853; (2) Mary Anderson. He d. June 7, 1864; res. on homestead. Chil.: 
 Sarah, 1807; Eliza, 1808; Joseph, Jr., 1811; Alexander, 1813. Alexander 
 was a successful sea captain; set. in Roxbury, Mass.; d. Feb. 1, 1901. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 
 (*18) William S.' Bryer ( William,'^ Samuel^) m. Susan M., dau. of 
 David Reed, 3d, 1819. He followed farming, coasting and brickmaking. 
 Lived near the head of Campbell's Cove. He d. Apr. 3, 1860; she d. Aug. 
 26, 1880. Children: 
 
 27 Ann Maria, b. Nov. 3, 1819; m. (1) Leonard Holman; (2) Charles 
 Holmes; s. p.; res. Plymouth, Mass.; she made several bequests to 
 institutions in her native town. 
 
 28 Martha Emily, b. Dec. 17, 1821; m. JohnG. Hutchinson, Reading, Mass. 
 
 29 Margery McFarland, b. Feb. 28, 1824; m. Samuel McCobb, q. v. 
 
 30 Sarah McKown, b. Jan. 7, 1826; m. (1) Luke Blodgett; (2) Edgar 
 Arlington; res. on homestead. 
 
 31 Hulda Jane, b. Mar. 3, 1828; m. Joseph Cormack, San Francisco; s. p. 
 
 32 Bellona A., b. June 30, 1831; m. William Jordan, Boston; s. p. 
 
 33 Isabella McKown, b. Sept. 28, 1833; d. Jan. 14, 1883; unm. 
 
 34 Susan Smith, b. Jan, 21, 1830; unm. 
 36 Mary Curtis, d. 1858; unm. 
 
 36 Albert William, b. Sept. 19, 1841; d. July 20, 1864, see Civil War list. 
 
Capt. John Auld. 
 1805-1872. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 511 
 
 BURNHAM. 
 
 1 Solomon Burnham, thought to have come from Newburyport or vicin- 
 ity, set. at Pleasant Cove, where Charles Dodge now lives, before the Revo- 
 lution. The name of his wife is unknown, as also are the dates of their 
 deaths. The families of two sons, Solomon, Jr., and Ephraim, were recorded. 
 There were probably other children, but if so they are thought to have lived 
 in Edge, or New. , and this distribution of the early meijibers of the family 
 makes it a difficult task to properly present them. Children: 
 
 *2 Solomon, Jr., q. v. 
 
 *3 Ephraim, b. Jan. 1, 1768, q. v. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*2) Solomon^ Burnham, Jr., (Solomon^) m. Anna Wheeler, 1783. 
 Their chil. were: David, 1784; Solomon, 1786; John, 1788; Roxanna, 1791. 
 None of this fam. are thought to have set. in B. 
 
 (*3) Ephraim^ Burnham ( Solomon^) m. Jane Brown, 1789. They lived 
 on his father's homestead. He d. Aug. 5, 1813. Children: 
 
 4 Jeremiah, b. Apr. 11, 1793. 
 
 5 John, b. May 20, 1795; m. Isabella Malcomb, New., 1816; lived on 
 homestead. Chil.: Jane B., b. Mar. 16, 1818; Mary, b. Sept. 25, 1820; 
 Isabella, b. May 10, 1823; Ephraim, b. June 16, 1826; Allen, b. Dec. 
 17, 1828; Amos, b. Sept. 1, 1832; Permelia, b. May 8, 1835. 
 
 6 Rhoda, b. Apr. 1, 1797. 
 
 7 Ephraim, Jr., b. Aug. 31, 1794. 
 
 8 Samuel, b. Apr. 10, 1804; lived where his son, Edward S., now does. 
 He d. Sept. 8, 1890; Betsey, wife, d. Feb. 17, 1882, a. 67. 
 
 CAMERON. 
 
 1 Daniel and Eleanor Cameron were among the earliest settlers of Cape 
 Newagen Island. They came from Scotland. He was b. in 1750 and she in 
 1758. They located at Cameron's Cove, which has ever since been owned 
 and occupied by their descendants. He was engaged in fisheries to quite an 
 extent in his later years. They evidently had three sons, but there appears 
 nothing to indicate other children. In their last years they lived with their 
 son John. He d. Oct. 11, 1819; she d. Apr. 3, 1834. Children: 
 
 *2 John, b. 1788, q. v. 
 
 *3 William, q. v. 
 
 H Daniel, b. 1798, q. v. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*2) JOHN^ Cameron (Daniel^) m. Sally Dow, 1810. He was one of the 
 most extensive fishermen of his time. He d. Sept. 14, 1857; she d. Apr. 13, 
 1865, a. 77. Children: 
 
 5 Eleanor, b. Apr. 8, 1811. 
 
 6 William R., b. Mar. 24, 1813; d. Aug. 28, 1840. 
 
 7 Charles, b. Sept. 18, 1815; d. Aug., 1836. 
 *8 Daniel, b. Dec. 16, 1818, q. v. 
 
 9 Lydia, b. June 19, 1822; d. 1834. 
 
 10 Merrill, b. June 19. 1822; d. 1838. 
 
 11 Mary J., b. Mar. 27, 1824; d. 1828. 
 
 34 
 
512 HISTORT OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 (*3) William^ Cameron {Daniel^) m. Mary Claringbowl, 1816. He d. 
 Sept. 4, 1877. Chil.: I, Robert, b. Apr. 11, 1817; II, William, Jr., b. Mar. 
 27, 1819; III, Clarissa, b. May 18, 1821; IV, Eliza J.; V, Artemas, b. Jan. 21, 
 1827; VI, Luther, b. Aug. 29, 1832; VII, Eliza J., b. Oct. 29, 1834; VIIl| 
 Mary A., b. Mar. 7, 1885; IX, Laurinda, b. Aug. 22, 1837. 
 
 (*4) Daniel'' Cameron, Jr., (Daniel'^) m. Sarah H. Rand, 1824 He d. 
 May 11, 1867. Chil: I, Martha A., b. Jan. 2, 1825; II, Henry, b. Aug. 26, 
 1826; III, Elizabeth F., b. Dec. 29, 1831; IV, Edward R., b. Nov. 12, 1833; 
 V, Charles, b. Dec. 23, 1837, d. May 4, 1871; VI, John, m. Martha, dau. of 
 John Andrews; VII, Charles; VIII, Sarah. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (*8) Daniel^ Cameron (John,^ Daniel^) m. Mahala Thurston, Bristol, 
 1841. His business career is referred to in Chap. XXI. He followed the 
 fisheries through his life, either in company with his father, alone, or in com- 
 pany with Freeman Orne. He d. Nov. 19, 1898. They had a family of ten 
 chil., two only of them now living: Mahala, who m. Emerson McKown, 
 and William, residing on the old homestead, who m. Mary E. Todd. The 
 tax list of South, shows other members of the Cameron family, but records 
 have not been obtainable to show their descent. 
 
 CAMPBELL. 
 
 The Campbell name, as the reading world well knows, is Scotch wher- 
 ever found. This family, while not coming to Townsend with the Dunbar 
 immigration, was of the same general descent with that band, and came 
 from a similar locality, for similar reasons, with similar hopes and expecta- 
 tions for a new and untried home in the wilderness of Maine. We evidentiy 
 fail to reach the original Campbell immigrant to Sheepscot. The first one 
 traced is James, who was bom there. May 22, 1725. In 1753 he married 
 Sarah Malcomb, who was born Apr. 16, 1733. They had eleven children, 
 the fifth and sixth of whom, Joseph and Michael, settled in Boothbay, due, 
 probably, to marrying here. Therefore we will consider James of Sheepscot 
 the head of the family, drop nine of the children, who have no real relation 
 to us, and consider only the two who settled here. The reader is referred to 
 Cushman's Hist, of Sheepscot, pp. 360-62. 
 
 1 James and Sarah (Malcomb) Campbell of Sheepscot. Their sons who 
 set. in Boothbay were: 
 
 *2 Joseph, b. Aug. 30, 1762, q. v. 
 *3 Michael, b. May 12, 1765, q. v. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*2) Joseph^ Campbell {James^) m. Jane, dau. of Paul and Margery 
 Reed, 1791. He set. at B. H., building what has become the Boothbay 
 House. He built a large private residence which during his ownership was 
 not opened to the public. His land included McFarland's Point, McKown's 
 Hill and all, in fact, below the lands of McFarland, FuUerton, McCobb and 
 Moore. If a line should be drawn from the E. S. B. Co.'s landing, westerly, 
 to a point on Mill Cove near Blind Comer, the land lying southerly would 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 513 
 
 about indicate the Campbell purchase. This was bought of Capt. Paul Reed. 
 Later in life, while his sons, James and John, were at sea, he was influenced 
 to exchange this property with his brother-in-law, William Maxwell Reed, 
 for a tract, with buildings, on the east side, which included the late Rufus 
 Campbell's estate, extending south far enough to include the land where 
 the Maddocks and McClintock establishments are. The sons felt that an 
 undue advantage had been taken of their father, whom they deenied not 
 competent to transact such a deal, and were never reconciled to the exchange. 
 John named the east side the "English Side," and for years it was referred 
 to as such. Joseph d. Apr. 12, 1822; Jane, wife, d. Mar. 12, 1814. Children: 
 
 4 Betsey, b. Mar. 29, 1794; d. Dec. 15, 1873; unm. 
 
 *5 James, b. Oct. 29,. 1798, q. v. 
 
 6 John, b. May 28, 1800; set. in Salem, Mass. 
 
 7 Matilda, b. Oct. 26, 1803; m. Alfred Hodgdon. 
 
 8 Joseph, b. Mar. 3, 1814; d. young. 
 
 (*3) Michael" Campbell (/antes') m. Jane, dau. of Thomas and Cath- 
 erine Boyd, 1796. He set. on Pleasant Cove, where H. D. Runey lives, fol- 
 lowing the sea for business. Jane, wife, d. June 8, 1813, and he m. (2) Mrs. 
 Nancy Simpson. He d. Mar. 16, 1844. They had 12 chil., 5 by last marriage: 
 I, Sarah, 1799; m. Samuel Knight, 1818. II, Esther, 1801; see Cas. 1814. 
 in, Catherine, 1803; m. Benjamin Kelley, 1821; d. 1856. IV, Jane, 1805; m. 
 Jsaac Webber, Edge., 1825. V, Charlotte, 1807. VI, Thomas B., 1809. 
 VII, Elizabeth, 1812. VIII, Benjamin, 1814; m. (1) Margaret Williams, (2) 
 Amelia Pinkham. IX, Louisa, 1817. X, Mary J., 1819. XI, Elizabeth, 
 1821. XII, Harriet, 1824; m. Wilmot Barter, 1842. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (*5) James' Campbell (Joseph,^ James') m. Mary, dau. of James and 
 Margaret Brewer, 1819. Followed the sea in early life and farming later. 
 Lived on homestead. He d. Jan. 7, 1884; she d. Apr. 8, 1875. Children: 
 
 9 Joseph, b. Oct. 29, 1820; d. on coast of Sumatra, 1844. 
 *10 Rufus, b. Apr. 7, 1823, q. v. 
 
 Fourth Generation. 
 (*10) Rufus* Campbell {James? Joseph,^ James^) m. Rosanna, dau. of 
 William and Hannah Durant. Res. on the homestead through life. It was 
 during his occupancy that many lots were sold from the old estate and built 
 upon. He d. Apr. 5, 1878. Children: I, Frederick, m. Ada E., dau. of 
 Thomas Orne; painter; chil.: Myrtie M., William R., Ralph A., Blanch M., 
 Florence M. II, John D., dec; unm. Ill, Mary E., m. Charles H. McCobb. 
 
 CARLISLE. 
 
 1 JosEPHUS Carlisle came to Boothbay from Kittery at about the time 
 Samuel Bryer did. He settled on what has since been known as Carlisle's 
 Point in the Damariscotta. No known record of his death exists; Elizabeth, 
 his wife, d. June 11, 1824, a. 94 years. Children: 
 
 *2 Joseph, b. 1761, q. v, 
 
 3 James, m. Sarah Goudy, Bris.; set. there; had 6 chil.: Isaac, Hiram, 
 Ephraim, Miriam, Sarah. 
 
514 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 4 Miriam, m. Solomon Baker, Edge. 
 6 Sarah, m. William Trask, Edge. 
 
 6 Eunice, m. Enoch Trask, Edge. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 
 (*2) Joseph'' Carlisle (Josephus^) m. (1) Elizabeth Merry; (2) Phebe 
 Alley, 1788; (3) Sarah Wylie, 1827. Phebe, wife, d. Nov. 5, 1820; Sarah, 
 wife, d. Oct. 7, 1840; Joseph d. Oct. 15, 1843. Children: 
 
 7 Joseph, Jr., b. Aug. 26, 1782; m. Sarah Holmes; set. Edge. 
 
 8 John, b. Apr. 25, 1789; m. Susanna Alley; set. Dres. 
 
 9 Amos, b. Jan. 2, 1791; m. Anne Bryer; see Cas., 1820. 
 10 Miriam, b. Oct. 7, 1792; m. Henry Reed, q. v. 
 
 *11 William, b. Nov. 26, 1797, q. v. 
 
 12 Martha, b. Mar. 17, 1801; d. 1819; unm. 
 
 13 Phebe, b. Sept. 10, 1804; m. Nathaniel Dunton; set. Concord, N. H. 
 
 14 Elizabeth, b. Dec. 26, 1808; m. Isaac Carlisle, Bris. 
 
 15 Mary, b. Aug. 26, 1810; m. George Rowe, Boston; d. Dec. 22, 1846. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 
 (*11) William' Carlisle (Joseph,'' Josephus') m. Mercy, dau. of Benja- 
 min and Abigail Pinkham, 1818. He first lived in the Dover district, but 
 later purchased a part of the Emerson estate, where he afterward lived, in 
 his last years with his son Franklin. He was an influential citizen with a 
 long experience in town affairs; see Chap. XVI. He also took g^reat inter- 
 est in Masonry and was a prominent member of the order. He reached the 
 age of 95 years, dying Apr. 4, 1893; his wife d. July 6, 1871. Children: 
 
 16 Benjamin, b. Nov. 14, 1818; see Cas., 1842. 
 
 17 Phebe, b. Nov. 27, 1820; m. Ephraim Pinkham, q. v. 
 *18 Charles, b. Sept. 7, 1822, q. v. 
 
 19 Martha J., b. Oct. 10, 1824; m. Young; set. Calif. 
 
 20 Abigail, b. Dec. 24, 1828; m. Nathan S. Baker, q. v. 
 
 21 Willis, b. Dec. 24, 1829; d. Sept. 11, 1853; unm. 
 
 22 Albion, b. Apr. 14, 1832; d. Apr. 13, 1853. 
 
 23 Franklin, b. May 24, 1834; lived on homestead, carpenter; m. (1) Louisa 
 Seleg, d. Sept. 1, 1874; (2) Mrs. Mary A. Wylie, d. Oct. 16, 1885; (3) 
 Mrs. Martha L. Pinkham, d. Mar. 22, 1896; 2 sons: Frank, Jr., b. June 
 23, 1867; Walter, b. Dec. 18, 1870, who res. on homestead. 
 
 24 Jason, b. Oct. 30, 1836; m. Arvilla T., dau. of James and Mahala Ome, 
 South., 1864. She d. Oct. 10, 1900. They lived at B. H. He is a car- 
 penter; see Chap. XVI for town and customs service; also Civil War 
 list. Children: I, Nellie Pauline, unm. II, Florence E., m. W. H. 
 Peckham, Lewiston, pres. of the George B. Haskell Co. Ill, Annie G., 
 m. Charles L. Macurda, Wis., lawyer and ex-clerk of courts for Lincoln 
 Co. IV, Mary E., unm., a teacher in Auburn schools. V, Gertrude 
 A,, unm. VI, Winfield S. 
 
 25 Alva, b. Jan. 29, 1841; d. Feb. 25, 1863. 
 
 Fourth Generation. 
 
 (*18) Charles* Carlisle ( William,^ Joseph^' Josephus^) m. Eliza, dau. 
 of Silas and Abigail Lewis, 1847. They lived at B. H. He d. Mar. 4, 1872; 
 she d. July 81, 1895. Children: I, Hermon, m. Addie E. Dunton, 1873; d. 
 Sept. 16, 1899, a. 50. II, Lewis A., dec. Ill, Odessa, dec. IV, Charles E., 
 contracting carpenter, m. Sammie S. McKown, 1885. V, Isaac E., dec. 
 VI, George A., m. Nettie Auld. VII, Frank R., dec. VIII, Nettie M., m. 
 Rev. Frank Baker. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 515 
 
 CAVENOR. 
 
 Samuel J. Cavenor was b. in Halifax, 1851. He m. May Z. Youngery. 
 He took the Ram Island Light at its establishment, in 1883, and still contin- 
 ues its keeper. They commenced in 1904 to serve shore dinners during the 
 summer months. They have a fam. of five daus. : Margaret E., Estelle M., 
 Florence I., Grace I., Wilhelmina D. 
 
 CHAPMAN. 
 
 Alonzo Chapman was bom in Damariscotta, Aug. 10, 1837, the son of 
 George Chapman of that town. The ancestry of the family reaches to the 
 original immigrant, landing in 1644 at Ipswich, Mass. See Civil War list. 
 He m. Laura A., dau. of Andrew Adams, in 1867. Children: I, Ida, m. 
 Charles Thorpe; II, Charles, m. Helen S. Marshall, dau. of Caleb Hodgdon; 
 III, Augusta, m. Alvah M. Orne; IV, Bertha E., unm. ; V, Lottie M., unm. 
 
 CLARK. 
 
 Samuel Clark came to Wis. from York soon after 1780. He m. 
 
 Forrester. A son, William, b. 1784, set. in B. at the head of Adams Pond. 
 He m. (1) Betsey, dau. of Samuel and Mary Thompson, 1809; (2) Lydia, 
 dau. of John Reed, 1821. He was lost at sea in the fall of 1841; Betsey, w., 
 d. Jan. 7, 1820; Lydia, w., d. Sept. 17, 1882. Of the first m. there were 
 Harriet and Mary T., who set. elsewhere, and Sarah and William, who d. in 
 youth. Of the second m. the chil. were: I, Elizabeth, b. Nov. 25, 1821; m. 
 Parker Wylie; set. in Portland. II, Lydia A., b. Nov. 26, 1822; m. Jacob 
 Dodge; set. in Edge. Ill, James, b. Sept. 18, 1826; d. in Calif.; unm. IV, 
 George, b. Aug. 16, 1827; m. Affa Thomas, Bath; res. in San Francisco, 
 engaged in shipbuilding; one dau. V, Eleanor, b. Apr. 10, 1831; m. Eben 
 Haggett, New. VI, Alexander, b. Aug. 29, 1834; m. Josephine, dau. of 
 Rufus Adams; she d. Mar. 28, 1885; s. p.; he res. at B. H. VII, Aurilla, b. 
 Mar. 10, 1836; m. Moses R. White; res. B. H. VIII, Sarah, b. Dec. 16, 
 1841; d. 1852. 
 
 CLISBY. 
 
 1 Tilly Clisby came to Wiscasset from New Hampshire in 1812. There 
 he enlisted and entered service on garrison duty at the blockhouse on Davis 
 Island. While there he became acquainted with and married Sarah Clifford, 
 Edge. They settled just north of the house of David A. Reed, No. B., on 
 the easterly side of the road. He d. Mar. 24, 1871, a. 87; she d. Mar. 31, 
 1874, a. 81. Children: Eben, Arthur, William, Samuel, Oscar, Frank, 
 Maria, Mary J. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 
 2 Eben Clisby, b. July 26, 1814, m. Charlotte, dau. of Robert Sherman; 
 set. on what is now the well-known Clisby homestead. He was a farmer; d. 
 Mar. 13, 1802; she d. Apr. 15, 1864, a. 49-10. Children: 
 
516 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 3 Silvia, b. Feb. 14, 1838; m.. Edward Adams, Dam.; d. Feb. 23, 1861. 
 
 4 Robert S., b. July 9, 1841; m. (1) Mary Withington, E. Dedham, Mass.; 
 (2) Dora Withington, sister to first wife. 
 
 5 Joanna S., b. Nov. 26, 1843; m. John J. Patterson, 1893. 
 
 6 Woodbridge C, b. Jan. 29, 1846; m. Elva P. Keliey, 1872; res. B. H.; 
 chil.: Lottie E. (dec), William K., Ida L., Arthur W., Grace J. 
 
 7 Alphonso E., b. Oct. 27, 1848; m. Lizzie P. Cockings; res. B. H.; chil.: 
 Charles E., m. Blanch Thomas; Alton. 
 
 8 Margery M., b. June 12, 1852; m. Howard Cunningham. 
 
 9 Eva J., b. May 9, 1857; m. Oliver Sherman, Dam. 
 
 COREY. 
 
 Charles Corey was first of the name to settle in Boothbay, though his 
 father had married here. The father, Walter Corey, lived in Boston and m. 
 Mary, dau. of Robert and Mary Wylie, who was b. July 30, 1780, d. July 17, 
 1809. The son,. Charles, was b. in Boston, July, 1804. He m. Sarah, dau. 
 of Nicholas T. Knight, 1832, and their home was at the Center, on the Knight 
 homestead through life. He d. Feb. 28, 18.58; she d. Oct. 7, 1896. Children: 
 
 1 Mary E., b. Jan. 21, 1834; m. James Fagan; lives in Portland. 
 
 2 Sarah F., b. Aug. 20, 1835; m. William P. McCobb; live in New Dor- 
 chcstcr IVl3,ss 
 
 3 Rachel' E., b. July 12, 1837; m. John C. Willey; lived in Wakefield, 
 Mass. ; d. Nov. 17, 1905. 
 
 4 John K., b. Apr. 7, 1840; m. Mary A., dau. of Augustus Whittaker, 
 1870; one dau., Annie M., ni. Joseph A. Willey, Portland, 1902. John 
 K. lives on the homestead at the Center and follows farming. 
 
 6 Charles A., b. May 11, 1842; d. Sept. 7, 1862, see Civil War list. 
 
 6 Margaret, b. July 7, 1845; d. Aug. 10, 1852. 
 
 7 George F., b. July 26, 1847; m. Helen, dau. of Samuel Alley; res. at 
 B. H.; is a contracting carpenter; chil.: Rachel and Wilbur C. 
 
 8 Edward P., b. Sept. 21, 1856; m. Hattie, dau. of James P. Hodgdon; 
 chil. : Grace E. and John F. He follows farming and road building. 
 
 DAVIS. 
 
 Oliver and Sarah Davis came to B. from Nova Scotia abt. 1830. He 
 
 d. Feb. 15, 1844; she d. Jan. 27, 1834. Their son Oliver m. Margaret ; 
 
 their chil. were: William T., b. 1844; Sarah E., b. 1847; David O., b. 1849; 
 Charles M., b. 1851; George P., b. 1855; Mary F., b. 1859. 
 
 DAY. 
 
 1 Samuel and David Day appear in the B. records shortly before 1800. 
 They were brothers and thought to have been the first of the name in town. 
 Samuel m. Betsey, dau. of David Reed, 1791 ; they had two chil. : Samuel, 
 Jr., 1794, and Susanna, 1796. He d. Mar. 23, 1796, a. 32, and the wid. m. (2) 
 David Kenniston, q. v. 
 
 a David Day, from whom the present fam. descends, m. Hannah, dau. of 
 Solomon Pinkham, 1799. Deaths of the parents are unrecorded and their 
 graves are unmarked. Their children : 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 517 
 
 3 Margaret, b. Dec. 2, 1801; m. Samuel Barter, 2d. 
 
 4 William, b. Feb. 2, 1804. 
 
 6 Susanna, b. Aug. 26, 1806. 
 
 *6 Charles, b. Apr. 6, 1809, q. v. 
 
 *7 Nathan, b. July 24, 1811, q. v. 
 
 8 Permelia, b. Aug. 24, 1813. 
 
 (*6) Charles^ Day {David'^) m. Esther Pinkham. She d. Sept. 8, 
 1890. Children: I, Andrew, b. Dec. 2, 1831. II, Elizabeth, b. Aug. 29, 
 1834. Ill, Stinson, b. Oct. 29, 1837; m. Olivia Jackson; d. Mar. 24, 1891. 
 IV, Hiram W., b. Nov. 16, 1841; m. Harriet E. Barter; d. Sept. 8, 1884. V, 
 William H., b. June 4, 1843; m. Arvilla Pinkham. VI, Josie A., b. Dec. 27, 
 1846; m. Morrill B. Lewis. VII, Aurilla M., b. Dec. 4, 1867; m. Elwell S. 
 Greenleaf. 
 
 (*7) Nathan^ Day (David>) m. Hannah Lewis. Children: I, Lucy J., 
 b. June 4, 1837; m. AKred K. Caswell. II, Warren P., b. July 28, 1838; m. 
 Clara J. Decker; chil.: Giles W., Merrill, Josephine, Frank. Ill, Merrill, b. 
 May 28, 1840; d. Mar. 14, 1856. IV, Susan W., b. Oct. 6, 1842; m. Stephen 
 Campbell. V, Alden, b. July 28, 1846; m. Mary E. Decker. VI, Eliza A., 
 b. Aug. 26, 1847; m. Elwell S. Barter. 
 
 DECKER. 
 
 1 David and Eunice Decker were very early settlers on Cape Newagen 
 Island, locating at what has always since been known as Decker's Cove. 
 Where they came from is uncertain. The date of his death is unk. She d. 
 in 1810, a. 93. They had three sons, John, Thomas and William, all of whom 
 served in the Rev. War, and another, Abraham, from whom a part of the 
 fam. on South, descends. The name also appears on Jeremisquam in 1771, 
 when William and Molly Decker of that island appear published in the Booth- 
 bay records; and in 1772 a Joseph Decker, Freetown, m. Sarah Davis of B. 
 Children: 
 
 *2 Abraham, q. v. 
 *3 Thomas, q. v. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*2) Abraham^ Decker (David^). Dates of birth, marriage and death 
 and name of wife unk. He had at least three sons who m. and had fams. : 
 
 4 Abraham, Jr., ra. (1) Betsey Horn, 1800; (2) Susanna Wooten, 1811. 
 Chil.: Polly, 1801; Thomas, 1803, m. Sally Wooten; Hannah, 1804; 
 Charles, 1805; Abigail, 1811, m. David Pierce, 2d. 
 
 5 John, m. (1) Joanna Lundy; (2) Jennet Decker. Chil.: John, Jr., 1803; 
 George W., 1804; Hugh, 1807; Levina, 1809. 
 
 6 Thomas, 2d, m. Nancy . Chil.: Rachel, 1813; Lydia, 1815; Susan- 
 na, 1819. 
 
 (*8) Thomas^ Decker (David^) m. Catherine, dau. of William Fuller- 
 ton. Children: 
 
 7 Eunice, b. Jan. 8, 1781. 
 
 *8 Ebenezer, b. Sept. 20, 1783, q. v. 
 
 *9 Thomas, Jr., b. Nov. 8, 1785, q. v. 
 
 10 David, b. Nov. 6, 1788. 
 
 11 Jennet, b. Nov. 17, 1790; m. John Decker. 
 
 12 Elizabeth, b. June 9, 1794; m. James Lowell, Alna. 
 *13 William, b. May 11, 1796, q. v. 
 
518 HI8TOBY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 
 (*8) Ebenezkr' Decker ( Thomas? Davidf^) m. Sally Ball, 1806. He 
 
 was a sea captain and a man of considerable business interests. He d. Nov. 
 
 11, 1822; she d. May 9, 1851, a. 63. Children: 
 
 14 Abigail, b. Sept. 9, 1807; m. Harry Horn. 
 16 Levi Ball, b. Jan. 26, 1809. 
 
 16 George G., b. Dec. 7, 1810; m. Sarah Dyer, 1833. 
 
 17 Mary A., b. Mar. 30, 1813; m. George Pierce, 1832. 
 
 18 Clarissa P., b. Mar. 30, 1815; m. Stephen Dyer, 1836. 
 
 19 Judith, b. May 8, 1817; m. Silas Orne, 1837. 
 
 20 Ebenezer F., b. July 2, 1819; m. Mary A. ; they were parents to 
 
 E. L. Decker, now res. in South. He d. Sept. 28, 1884; she d. Apr. 9, 
 1870, a. 51-3. 
 
 *21 William, b. Dec. 20, 1821, q. v. 
 
 (*9) Thomas^ Decker, Jr., {Thomas? David^) m. Betsey Lamson, 
 1808. He d. July 25, 1834. Children: I, Mary J., b. May 17, 1812; m. 
 Thomas Berry, 1832; d. 1835. II, Eliza A., b. Sept. 4, 1813; m. Jacob Cour- 
 ier. Ill, Catherine P., b. June 24, 1815; m. John Decker, Jr. IV, Sarah, b. 
 Oct. 14, 1817; m. Capt. Warren Reed. V, Robert Gilmore, b. Dec. 29, 1819; 
 m. Martha ; he d. Sept. 30, 1892; she d. July 6, 1898, a. 75; chil.: Mar- 
 tha M., James T., Nathaniel Curtis. VI, William C, b. Oct. 12, 1823. VII, 
 Nathaniel C, b. July 18, 1828. VIII, Martha L., b. Nov. 6, 1830; m. Benja- 
 min F. Tibbetts. IX, Samuel E., b. Mar. 18, 1832. 
 
 (*13) William' Decker ( Thomas? David'^) m. Anna Bragg. He d. 
 Apr. 13, 1821; his wid. m. Samuel Wooten, Jr., 1823. Chil.: Polly, 1816; 
 Priscilla, 1819; Elizabeth, 1821, m. Giles Tibbetts, 1840. 
 
 Fourth Generation. 
 
 (*21) William* Decker (Ebenezer? Thmnas? DavicP) m. Harriet ; 
 
 she d. Apr. 21, 1865, a. 39-7. He was one of the most prominent bank fish- 
 ermen of his time, and together with his brother Ebenezer carried on an 
 extensive business; see Chap. XXI. Chil.: William H., Lettie H., Flora 
 Ellen, Clarence Cushman. 
 
 DELANO. 
 
 Orson M. Delano was b. in Vassalboro, Nov. 11, 1850, the son of Calvin 
 W. Delano, who was descended from Bath and Woolwich ancestry, marry- 
 ing a dau. of Isaac and Sarah (Hutchings) Tibbetts, who were b. in B., but 
 set. in White. Mr. Delano m. Betsey G. Trask, Edge., b. Oct. 4, 1852. 
 They have three sons: Arthur E., b. Mar. 22, 1S73; Coburn W., b. Feb. 19, 
 1880; Walter E., b. June 26, 1888. He lives on the farm, one of the best 
 cultivated in town, where John and Martha Alley set. abt. 1742. He follows 
 dairy, fruit and market farming, and deals in agricultural implements. 
 
 DEWOLFE. 
 
 Isaiah and Ellen M. Dewolfe lived at B. Ctr., rearing their fam. in town, 
 when the parents and part of their children set. in Boston. She d. Sept. 28, 
 1899, a. 63. Chil.: I, Abby J., m. William H. Fisher, res. in Los Angeles, 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 519 
 
 Calif. 11, Robert G., m. Annie, dau. of Capt. Llewellyn Baker; res. in B. H. 
 Ill, Eunice, unm., res. in Boston. IV, Laura F., d. in B., Dec. S4, 1890, a. 
 25-3, see Cas. V, Lizzie B., unm., res. in Boston. VI, Willie W., unm., in 
 traveling employment. VII, Grace May, m. Morton T. Holton, res. Wyo- 
 ming, Mass. 
 
 DODGE. 
 
 Throughout the southern and central part of Lincoln County this family 
 is numerous. In the town of Newcastle at least three branches of it exist, 
 the founders being contemporary, but their relationship, if any existed, being 
 now unknown. It is thought that nearly all those living in this locality are 
 descended from Winthrop Dodge, who came from Marblehead, Mass., before 
 the Rev. War and settled in New. He had a son, Samuel, b. in 1779, who 
 set. in Edge. He m. a cousin, Abigail Dodge. He d. abt. 1870. Children: 
 
 *1 Edward, b. Nov., 1809. 
 
 2 Samuel, Jr., lived in Edge. 
 
 3 Martha, m. William McClintock, q. v. 
 
 4 Nancy, m. Ezra Brown; res. in Edge. 
 
 5 Lot, m. Jane Page; res. in Dam. 
 
 6 Seth W., lived in Dam. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*1) Edward^ Dodge (Samuel,''- Winthrop^) m. Julia, dau. of John Wy- 
 lie. He d. Mar. 9, 1842. They had two chil.: I, George E., b. 1838; m. 
 Martha Seavey; they live on Linekin and have had a fam. of seven chil., first 
 three dec: George A., Alice M., Frank S.; James M., lives in Bris.; Julia 
 P., m. Simeon Vanhom; Alfred S., m. Ida Vanhorn; Abby W. II, Martha 
 A., b. 1840; d. 1857. Mrs. Julia Dodge m. (2) John Hodgdon, 2d, q. v. 
 
 Deacon Daniel Dodge, who lived at Pleasant Cove, b. Mar. 16, 1822, d. 
 Nov. 3, 1901, for many years a well-known figure in B. and a prominent 
 member of the 1st Cong. Society, was son of Daniel, who was son of Win- 
 throp Dodge. Charles Dodge, now living at Pleasant Cove, is son of 
 Charles, who was son of Enoch, and he a son of Winthrop Dodge. The 
 tracing of this fam., however, is more general than particular, from the fact 
 that for several generations they have been recorded in part in each of the 
 three towns: New., Edge, and B. 
 
 Charles F. Dodge was bom in Woolwich, July 19, 1856, son of Alpheus 
 and Margaret Dodge. He m. Abbie Adams, Bowdoinham, soon after coming 
 to B. H. in 1877; one dau., Gertrude D. Not related to the foregoing fam. 
 
 DOLLOFF. 
 
 Christian Dolloff, who recorded a birth in his family at Exeter, N. 
 H., in 1667, is said by their genealogist to have founded this family in Amer- 
 ica. Wherever the name appears it is said to trace to him as ancestor. It 
 is accepted by the family, from investigations made, that he was of Russian 
 blood, and was a man of means, owning considerable real estate in his vicin- 
 ity. He was twice married and left six children, three of whom were sons. 
 For several generations the greater part of this family continued to reside in 
 
520 BUSTOBT OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 N. H. John Dolloff, Sr., who was born at New Hampton, N. H., Sept. 19, 
 1761, and died Nov. 7, 1833, married Elizabeth Preston, who was born Sept. 
 18, 1762, and died Dec. 2.5, 1846. They had ten children, seven of whom 
 were sons. The youngest child was Beniah. He founded the Boothbay 
 family and was the sixth generation in America, the line being: Christian,^ 
 Samuel, '^ Samuel,^ Samuel,* John,'' Beniah.* 
 
 Beniah married Clarissa Veasey, Boston, in 1827. It fell to him to care 
 for his parents in their declining years. In 1842 he sold the old New Hamp- 
 shire homestead and lived in New Boston till 1846, when he moved to Booth- 
 bay. Here he purchased of the Handley family the old Daws homestead. 
 This continued to be his residence until his death, July 7, 1869. His wife, b. 
 Oct. 9, 1810, d. Jan. 7, 1869. Children: 
 
 1 Eliza Paine, b. Aug. 9, 1829; d. May 1, 1837. 
 
 2 Frances Tuman, b. Nov. 20, 1831; m. Addison W. Lewis, 1859; s. p. 
 
 3 George W., b. Feb. 1, 1833; m. (1) Ellen McCobb, 1871; she d. Jan. 8, 
 1879; (2) Julia A. Webster, 1882; one son, Raymond W. 
 
 4 Charles H., b. July 11, 1834; m. Feb. 5, 1875, Emma E., dau. of Jason 
 and Abigail Pinkham. He res. at B. H. and is a mason by trade; two 
 chil. , Myrtle E. and Charles B. 
 
 5 Adeline Murray, b. Dec. 4, 1838; d. July 21, 1860; unm. 
 
 6 Warren Lovell, b. Feb. 1, 1840; m. Helen A., dau. of James T. and 
 Mary Beath, 1865. Has lived at B. H., following the busmess of a con- 
 tracting carpenter. They had one son, Frank Hobbs, b. Oct. 25, 1867; 
 in business for a time at Portland; d. July 24, 1901; unm. 
 
 7 Beniah Preston, b. Aug. 26, 1842; m. Mary F. Blake, 1866. After re- 
 turning from service in the Civil War he engaged in the livery business. 
 He d. Dec. 28, 1880, see Gas. They had three chil.: I, Grace A., m. 
 George B. McClellan, 1887; 11, Sherburn R., m. Lillian Walker, of 
 Mass., 1903; III, Moses P., m. Mary R., dau. of Silas L. and Caroline 
 Hodgdon. 
 
 8 Clara Elizabeth, b. Jan. 4, 1847; m. July 14, 1867, James McDougall, q. v. 
 
 9 Julia Maria, b. July 31, 1848; m. Charles E. Giles, q. v. 
 
 DUNTON. 
 
 Timothy Dunton came from Westport in 1795 and bought the farm at 
 Back River where the late Miles Lewis lived. He was son of Timothy Dun- 
 ton who is thought to have been the founder of the Dunton family so numer- 
 ous in West. Several of this family settled in Lincolnville abt. the time that 
 Timothy came to B. He was twice married: (1) Nancy Smith, Sept. 5, 1776; 
 she d. June 4, 1804; (2) Margaret Pinkham. Children: I, Jenny, 1777; unm. 
 II, Nancy, 1779; m. Andrew Dunton; set. in Wliite. Ill, Israel, 1783; set. 
 in White. IV, Timothy, Jr., 1786; set. in Liberty. V, Lucy, 1790; m. Jon- 
 athan Robinson; set. in White. VI, Sally, 1792; set. in White. VII, Prudy, 
 1794; m. Joshua Loring; set. in White. VIII, William, 1797; m. Sally 
 Knight, West.; set. in Liberty. IX, Abigail, 1798; m. Aaron Bradstreet, 
 Liberty. X, Charlotte, b. Sept. 22, 1805; m. Alfred Matthews, q. v. XI, 
 Maria, b. Nov. 22, 1817; m. Edmund Matthews, 1836, q. v. Lucinda, b. 
 Mar. 30, 1819; m. Bradford Boynton, Liberty; see Boynton. 
 
 Giles Dunton was b. in West., Apr., 1822, the son of David and Sally 
 Dunton. David is thought to have been cousin to Timothy, father of the 
 preceding fam. As a young man Giles came to B. in 1846, marrying Esther, 
 dau. of Joseph Lewis, that year. They lived on the west side of Adams 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 521 
 
 Pond on a part of the original Adams purchase. He d, Oct. 1, 1892; she d. 
 Mar. 16, 1895. Children: I, Emma, m. Frank W. Woodward; res. No. B. 
 II, Ella, m. Charles Matthews; res. E. B. Ill, Almon, unm., follows the 
 sea. IV, Mary E., m. Horace D. Runey; res. at Pleasant Cove. V, Her- 
 bert G., m. Blanch, dau. of Rufus Reed; carpenter; res. at Dover. VI, 
 George, m. Celia F. Reed; carpenter; res. B. H. VII, Annie M., m. Eben 
 A. Poole, q. v. VIII, Lewis A., m. Mabel E., dau. of John Montgomery; 
 sailmaker; res. at B. H. IX, OrinL., m. Elvira Kilcup, Boston; carpenter; 
 res. at No. B. X, Laura, m. James A. Hunter, Waltham, Mass. 
 
 Three brothers, James F., George B. and Quincy Dunton came to B. H. 
 from West. abt. 1870. Quincy moved to Rockland soon after and there d. 
 James F. and George B. engaged in fishing a few years and then changed, in 
 1876, to freighting, running first the schooner Oregon and then the schooner 
 Mary Elizabeth bet. Portland and Boothbay. In 1887 James F. engaged in 
 trade on Atlantic St. in the M. E. Pierce store, where he continued until a 
 short time before his death, which occurred Aug. 13, 1904, at the age of 58. 
 Capt. George B. d. in 1900, a. 54. Ruemma, w. of James F., d. May 24, 
 1887, a. 37. Their fam. consisted of M. Fred, now engaged in trade on 
 Atlantic St., Imogene, Antoinette, Edward S. By a second marriage are 
 three other children. 
 
 DYER. 
 
 Capt. Alphonso Dyer was b. in Portland, Feb. 26, 1844, son of Stephen 
 Dyer, Cape Elizabeth, who m. Clarissa Payson, dau. of Ebenezer and Sally 
 Decker, Southport (then B.), 1836. Stephen Dyer was drowned in 1854 from 
 the railroad bridge bet. Portland and Cape Elizabeth. Capt. Dyer first came 
 to Southport in 1857. In 1859 his mother, Clara A., a sister, and two broth- 
 ers, Albert and Cyrus Cushman, came. Albert was killed in the harbor of 
 Naples, aboard the Constellation, and was buried in Naples, see Civil War 
 list. Clara d. March, 1868. Cyrus C. m. Clarinda A., dau. of Jaruel Marr. 
 He lives in Yuma, Ariz., where he went in 1887. Capt. Alphonso m. Mary 
 Emma, dau. of Daniel R. and Almira Matthews, of B. Their chil. are: I, 
 Addie E., m. W. E. Dyer, So. Portland. II, Weston A., m. May Foy, dau. 
 of Alfred and Althea Pierce; res. in So. Portland. Ill, Angle Thompson. 
 Capt. Dyer commenced mackerel fishing at the age of 13 with his uncle, 
 William Decker, in the schooner Oasis. He followed the business until 
 1895, being master of his vessel the last 18 years. They commenced takipg 
 summer boarders in 1889, see Chap. XXIV. 
 
 EMERSON. 
 
 1 Col. Edward Emerson, the founder of the Emerson family in Booth- 
 bay and Edgecomb, came from Danvers, Mass., in 1765 and landed where 
 the old Pinkham mill stood, building his house just west of the buildings 
 now owned by Frank W. Woodward, No. Boothbay. He was b. in Tops- 
 field, Mass., July 13, 1738, o. s., and d. in Edgecomb, Mar. 17, 1794. He m. 
 Elizabeth, dau. of William Shillaber, Danvers, Mass., Apr. 2, 1760. His 
 ancestry in America follows: 
 
522 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 I, Thomas Emerson, who came from England to Ipswich, Mass., 1735-7. 
 II, Joseph Emerson, Ipswich. 
 
 III, Edward Emerson, Chelmsford, Mass. 
 
 IV, Rev. John Emerson, Topsfield, Mass., had a family of sixteen chil- 
 dren, of which Col. Edward was one. He was pastor of the Topsfield 
 church 46 years. 
 
 Col. Emerson was one of the sturdiest figures in Lincoln County history 
 through the Revolutionary struggle, which may be found at length in Chap. 
 XIII. His town official service was almost continuous through his residence 
 in Boothbay and may be found in Chap. XVI. Prior to the Revolution he 
 had seen service in the Cape Breton expedition, in 1768, where he held a 
 lieutenant's commission. He was buried in the old yard at Boothbay Ctr., 
 the slate stone being now in a good state of preservation. Children: 
 
 2 Jane, d. Oct. 27, 1780; unm. 
 
 *3 John, b. Danvers, Mass., June 14, 1762, q. v. 
 
 4 Elizabeth, m. Henry Kenney, 1789, q. v. 
 
 *5 Edward, b. June 21, 1771, q. v. 
 
 *6 William, b. Salem, Mass., Jan. 1, 1777. 
 
 7 Rhoda, d. in infancy. 
 
 8 Joseph, b. June 11, 1780; m. Betsey Boyd, 1806; set. in Edge.; d. May 
 10, 1868; she d. May 12, 1859, a. 74-9. 
 
 9 Rebecca, b. 1782; d. 1791. 
 
 10 Pratt, b. 1783. 
 
 11 Samuel, b. 1784. 
 
 Note, — It may be seen in Elizabeth Emerson's will of July 26, 1797, 
 prob. following Sept., rec. Lincoln Prob. Reg., pp. 147-150, that chil. Nos. 
 2, 7, 9, 10 and 11 were not at that time living. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 
 (*3) John2 Emerson (Edward^) m. (1) Rebecca Hodgdon, 1785; she 
 d. Sept. 20, 1813; (2) Mrs. Elizabeth Catland, 1814, He d. July, 29, 1842. 
 He lived upon the homestead until 1839, when he sold to William Carlisle. 
 The old house was moved to the head of Adams Pond, where it was known 
 as the Willey house until torn down about 1880. Children: 
 
 12 Rebecca, b. Mar. 1, 1786; m. Alexander Rogers, Georgetown; d. 1880, 
 one of the last pensioners of the War of 1812. 
 
 13 Elizabeth, b. May 7, 1787; m. Nathaniel Montgomery, q. v. 
 
 14 Abigail, b. Feb. 21, 1789. 
 
 15 Dorothy, b. Dec. 28, 1791. 
 
 16 Lydia, b. Jan. 12, 1794; m. Benjamin Hodgdon, 1818, q. v.; d. Dec. 
 29 1831 
 
 17 Pratt, b.' Mar. 2, 1797; d. Nov. 4, 1822. 
 
 18 Prudence, b. Sept. 4, 1798; m. Isaac Fly. 
 
 19 John, Jr., b. Oct. 3, 18(V1; m. Miranda Trask; one dau., Elizabeth, b. 
 Oct. 80, 1828. 
 
 20 Edward, b. Jan. 22, 1816. 
 
 *21 Luther, b. Mar. 11, 1816, q. v. 
 
 (*5) Edward" Emerson (Edward'^) m. Anne Sawyer, 1794; set. in 
 Pittston soon after 1813. He was a farmer, and most of his fam. set. in that 
 vicinity. Children: I, Susanna, b. 1795; d. 1806. II, Clarissa, 1797; d. inf. 
 Ill, Abigail, 1813. IV, Edward S., b. in Pittston. Edward S. Emerson, 
 last named, lived in Pittston, d. Oct. 25, 1874. Two of his sons set. in B.: I, 
 Daniel K., m. Sarah Stover. II, Thomas J., b. Jan. 2, 1842; m. Eliza J., 
 
FAMILY HISTOKY. 523 
 
 dau. of Washington Reed, 1862. They have one dau., Flora B., m. Seth E. 
 Rowe. Mr. Emerson res. at B. H. For many years he has been a con- 
 tracting carpenter. For town service see Chap. XVI. 
 
 (*6) Elder William^ Emerson (Edward'^) m. Rhoda Brown, 1798. 
 They lived for a time in Boothbay, but the greater part of their lives in Edge. 
 He was a prominent figure in the early Free Will Baptist Church in Maine; 
 was a man of much influence in his community, at one time representing his 
 district in the Legislature. He died June 17, 1850. Children: 
 
 22 Samuel, b. May 20, 1799. 
 
 23 Joseph, b. Jan. 6, 1801. 
 
 24 Nancy, b. Mar. 6, 1803. 
 
 *26 William Shillaber, b. Mar. 19, 1804, q. v. 
 
 26 John, b. Aug. 4, 1805. He achieved much fame as an inventor. He 
 was granted letters patent Mar. 8, 1884, on the first screw propeller. 
 It is a matter of both interest and distinction that his model was first 
 attached to a small boat and worked by hand, successfully, in the 
 waters of Boothbay Harbor. By the burning of the patent office records 
 he was, for a time, deprived of the fruits of his invention. John Erick- 
 son, coming to America at an opportune date, introduced his screw 
 propeller. Emerson brought action against Erickson for infringement 
 in the U. S. Supreme Court and obtained a decision. Later Congress 
 reimbursed him to the amount of f 30, 000 for the use of his patent. 
 
 27 Jane, b. Aug. 21, 1807. 
 
 28 Rhoda, b. Oct. 25, 1809; m. Daniel Knight, 1887, q. v. 
 
 29 Margaretta, b. Jan. 10, 1813. 
 
 30 Thomas, b. Feb. 20, 1815; was living in Racine, Wis., in 1904. 
 
 31 Elizabeth, b. Apr. 2, 1817. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (*21) Luther' Emerson (John,^ Edward^) m. Fidelia Cooper, 1848. 
 He set. at the forks of the Wis. and Dam. roads at No. B. and followed 
 farming. It was where his uncle, William Emerson, had lived in 1829 and 
 kept the first post oflfice in No. B. He died Apr. 30, 1897. Children: 
 
 32 Elizabeth, b. June 10, 1844; m. Silas Brookings, Wis.; four chil. 
 
 33 Mary J., b. Aug. 24, 1846; m. Ira Davis, Manchester, N. H. 
 
 34 Benjamin S., b. May 6, 1848; m. Jennie, dau. of Rufus and Jane C. 
 Adams, 1875. They live on the farm formerly owned by William Clark 
 at the head of Adams Pond, following dairy and market farming. Chil- 
 dren: Grace E., Hattie L., Fred L., Jennie A., Josie L., Charles W. 
 
 35 Luther E., b. Nov. 4, 1852; d. Jan. 21, 1875. 
 
 36 William E., b. Feb. 4, 1861; d. at the homestead, where he had lived. 
 Mar. 13, 1905; unm. 
 
 (*25) Capt. William Shillaber' Emerson ( William,^ Edward^) m. 
 Sarah Ann, dau. of Alexander Reed, 1834. He was the only one of his 
 father's family to permanently settle in Boothbay. He was a prominent citi- 
 zen and a successful sea captain in the foreign trade. He died July 9, 1884, 
 on a passage from Turk's Island to Boston, brig Rainbow. She died Oct. 
 24, 1889. Children: 
 
 37 John Brown, b. May 12, 1835; m. Sarah Watts, Thomaston, 1867. He 
 engaged in the American merchant marine in its palmy days and led a 
 successful life on the sea, being one of the most prominent among the 
 many that Boothbay has furnished to that calling. He commenced at 
 the age of 19, in 1854, taking charge of the brig Rambow, on which his 
 father had just died. Some of his other vessels were the brig Tempest, 
 barks Windward and Dresden, ships//! B. Gilchrist, Uncle Joe, Val- 
 ley Forge, John T. Berry and Kendrick Fish. By his marriage he 
 
524 HI8TOBT OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 allied himself to one of the oldest, wealthiest and most influential fams. 
 ever engaged in the shipping interests of Maine. His home was on 
 Church Square, where his father's family had preceded him and in the 
 house originally built by Dr. Ebenezer Wells and completed by Dr. D. 
 K. Kennedy. He died Feb. 25, 1887. 
 88 Mary Catherine, b. Oct. 9, 1837; res. at homestead; unm. 
 
 39 William Alexander, b. Aug. 1, 1840; d. Aug. 16, 1856, at sea. 
 
 40 Sarah Ann Greenwood, b. Dec. 21, 1842; m. Dr. Otis P. Rice, Wis., 
 June 14, 1860; d. Feb. 25, 1897. They had 3 chil: Emerson (see Chap. 
 XXIII), George Wharton, Winfield Lawrence. 
 
 41 George Gilman, b. May 5, 1845; see Cas., 1865. 
 
 42 Charles Henry Greenwood, b. Aug. 3, 1847; m. Mary E. Sweetland; 
 res. in Winthrop, Mass. ; two chil. : Frederick A. and Emma Hortense. 
 
 43 Ralph Waldo, b. Apr. 23, 1853; d. Sept. 4, 1889. 
 
 FARMER. 
 
 1 William Farmer was first of this fam. in B. He m. Catherine, dau. of 
 Capt. Joseph Reed, 1813. He was a seafaring man, being mostly engaged 
 in coasting and fishing. He built his home, which still stands, on the high 
 land overlooking West Harbor, a little to the west of Mill Cove. He died 
 Apr. 5, 1871; she died June 7, 1870. Children: 
 
 *2 William, Jr., b. June 8, 1814, q. v. 
 
 *3 Samuel, b. June 29, 1817, q. v. 
 
 4 Naomi, b. Apr. 22, 1820. 
 
 5 Thomas B., b. Oct. 23, 1832; m. Nancy J. Wylie; d. 1851, see Cas. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*2) William^ Farmer, Jr., (miliant^) m. Alice Wylie, 1839. He lived 
 where his father did. He d. Dec. 24, 1864; she d. Aug. 4, 1861. Children: 
 
 6 William Parker, b. Mar. 14, 1840; m. Mary E. ; chil.: Alberta J., 
 
 Carrie L., William H.; he d. May 4, 1887. 
 
 7 Isaac Wylie, b. Aug. 9, 1842; m. Harriet S. McKay. 
 
 8 Sarah A., b. July 2, 1844; m. Benjamin Williams. 
 
 9 Lyman, b. Jan. 27, 1852; m. Clara A. Wylie, 1874; she d. 1905; chil.: 
 Eliphalet W. and Clara Ella. 
 
 Four chil. in this fam. d. in inf. 
 
 (*3) Samuel' Farmer ( ]Villiam>) m. Louisa Williams. He d. May 14, 
 1883; she d. Mar. 24, 1866. Children: Naomi, 1845; Samuel M., 1848; 
 Nathaniel D., 1850; John M., 1862; Miles A., 1854; Atwell, 1858; Alice P., 
 1861. Samuel M., of the foregoing chil., m. Maria Caswell; they had two 
 chil., Thomas B. and Weltha. 
 
 FARNHAM. 
 
 1 Jonathan Farnham set. on what has since been known as Famham's 
 Head, E. B., just previous to the Rev. War. With him came his wife, at 
 least one dau., and three sons, Ebenezer, John and Hansel. They came 
 from Plymouth, Mass. Jonathan, Jr., remained behind and is credited to 
 Duxbury in his war service. Daniel set. in Newburyport. Jonathan after- 
 ward came to B. The dates of the parents' deaths are unrecorded and the 
 name of the mother unk. An old cemetery, inclosed within a stone wall, 
 lies to the eastward of the wood road which crosses the forest at Famham's 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 525 
 
 Head. There, in the center of that body of woods, are from twenty to thirty 
 graves, mostly of the Farnham family, marked chiefly by flat, oblong field 
 stones, only a few having inscriptions, and several rods to the south are 
 the foundation stones to their early dwellings. Children: 
 
 *2 Jonathan, Jr., b. Dec. 7, 1753, q. v. 
 
 *3 John, b. abt. 1755. 
 
 4 Daniel, set. in Newburyport, Mass. 
 
 *5 Ebenezer, b. 1765, q. v. 
 
 *6 Hansel, q. v. 
 
 7 Martha, m. James Plummer, Bris., 1794. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 
 (*2) Jonathan^ Farnham (Jonathan^) m. Dorcas Barnes, Plymouth. 
 Came to B. and set. near his father, 1788. He d. May 29, 1823; Dorcas, w., 
 was b. Feb. 18, 1756; date of d. unk. Tradition tells us that he was one of 
 Washington's body guard. But few years ago were those living who had 
 the story from his own lips, and so correctly has it always been told that the 
 author is inclined to place credence in the statement. His service at Valley 
 Forge makes this entirely possible and other circumstances make it proba- 
 ble. See Chap. XIII. Children: 
 
 8 Sarah, b. Mar. 4, 1785; m. Thomas Sargent. 
 
 9 Dorcas, b. Dec. 18, 1786; m. Ezekiel Holbrook, q. v. 
 *10 Joseph, b. Oct. 8, 1789, q. v. 
 
 11 Hannah B., b. Sept. 9, 1792; unm.; d. Feb. 25, 1856. 
 IS George, b. Mar. 12, 1794; unm. 
 
 13 Jonathan, Jr., b. Nov. 12, 1798. 
 
 ("3) JOHN^ Farnham [Jonathan^) m. Abigail Plummer, Bris. He died 
 Mar. 25, 1849; she died abt. 1858. Children: 
 
 14 John, b. Aug. 24, 1793; unm.; d. abt. 1885. 
 
 15 Nancy, b. Apr. 8, 1795; m. Joseph Farnham, q. v. 
 
 16 Sarah, b. Jan. 28, 1797; unm. 
 
 17 James, b. Aug. 24, 1800; d. 1809. 
 
 18 Betsey, b. Nov. 18, 1801; m. David Poor. 
 
 19 James, b. Jan. 10, 1811; m. Abigail Taylor, New. 
 
 20 Chapin, b. Jan. 21, 1813; unm. 
 
 21 Micah, b. Jan. 21, 1813; m. Hannah Smalley. 
 
 22 Joseph, b. June 22, 1816; m. Dorcas Holbrook. 
 
 23 Mary, b. Feb. 16, 1819; m. Isaac W. Smalley. 
 
 (*5) Ebenezer^ Farnham (Jonathan') m. Mary Herrin, Edge. He died 
 May 26, 1823; she died Dec. 10, 1835. Children: 
 
 24 Harriet, b. Oct. 24, 1797; m. Benjamin Linekin, St. George. 
 
 25 Martha, b. Aug. 11, 1799; m. Isaac Smalley. 
 
 26 Ebenezer, Jr., b. May 8, 1802; d. 1809. 
 
 27 Alexander, b. May 7, 1804; m. Martha Taylor, New. 
 
 28 Joseph, b. Apr. 7, 1806; m. Dorcas Sargent. 
 
 29 Sarah, b. July 4, 1808; m. in St. George. 
 
 30 Ebenezer, Jr., b. Oct. 1, 1810; m. Hart, St. George. 
 
 31 Rachel, b. Jan. 19, 1813; m. David Lang. 
 
 (*6) Hansel^ Farnham {Jonathan'^) m. Abigail Plummer, Bris. Rec- 
 ords are unobtainable in this fam. Children: 
 
 *32 Hansel (also Ansel), b. 1794, q. v. 
 
 33 Chapin, m. Maria Mann; three chil. 
 
 34 Mary. 
 
526 HI8TOKT OF BOOTHS AT. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (*10) Joseph' Farnham {Jonathan,^ Jonathan^) m. Nancy, dau. of John 
 Farnham. He died May 1, 1867; she died Mar. 6, 1868. Children: 
 
 *S6 John, b. Sept. 24, 1824, q. v. 
 
 36 George, b. Sept. 19, 1826; m. Elsie Tebbetts. 
 
 37 Andrew, b. Dec. 23, 1828; m. Olive Rackliff. 
 
 38 Israel Harvey, b. Mar. 23, 1831; m. Martha Fuller. 
 
 39 Isaac, b. Aug. 3, 1833; m. Cordelia Adams. 
 
 40 Nancy J., b. Feb. 8, 1836; m. George Brewer. 
 
 41 Eliza A., b. May 24, 1838; m. Simon Farnham. 
 
 (*32) Ansel' Farnham {Hansel,''' Jonathan)) m. Mina Gamage, Bristol. 
 He died June 28, 1873; she died Sept. 17, 1877. Children: 
 
 42 Frederic F., b. June 5, 1825; m. Orra Brewer; chil. : William E., Alden B. 
 
 43 Mary J., b. Aug. 23, 1827; m. George Martin. 
 
 44 William G., b. Oct. 5, 1829; d. Apr., 1851, see Cas. 
 
 45 Ambrose C, b. Feb. 11, 1832; d. Apr., 1851, see Cas. 
 
 46 Simon H., b. Sept. 21, 1834; m. Eliza A. Farnham. 
 
 47 Albion, b. Oct. 30, 1836. 
 
 48 Ansel, Jr., b. May 9, 1839; m. Priscilla Blake. 
 
 49 Lucinda, b. Sept. 23, 1841; m. Jackson Tarr, Gloucester. 
 
 50 George M., b. Aug. 12, 1845; m. Abigail Hodgdon. 
 
 Fourth Generation. 
 (*35) John* Farnham, 2d, (Joseph,^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan^) m. Mary J. 
 Pinkham. Children: I, Mary A., b. Sept. 29, 1851; m. (1) Edward Hutch- 
 inson, Lynn; (2) William Wood; d. May 24, 1889. II, John F., b. Dec. 21, 
 1853; m. Emma Foster, Bris. Ill, Emma J., b. May 3, 1856; m. Marshall 
 Ames, Lynn; d. Sept. 9, 1894. IV, Sarah M., b. June 10, 1859; m. George 
 Ayer; d. Sept. 24, 1874. V, Harriet A., b. Oct. 7, 1861; m. Samuel Smith. 
 VI, Martha E., b. Oct. 17, 1865; m. Willis Munsey, Beverly, Mass. VII, 
 Alfred M., b. Sept. 3, 1867; d. June 24, 1895. 
 
 FICKETT. 
 
 Lewis S. Fickett was b. in Danville, Me., Oct., 1855. He came to B. H. 
 in Mar., 1880; m. Flora I., dau. of Jesiel and Sarah A. Harris, June, 1880. 
 He opened a restaurant at Squirrel Island in 1S84, which he conducted, sea- 
 sons, until 1899. During this period he had a trucking business at B. H. In 
 June, 1900, he closed both and opened a bakery and restaurant at B. H., 
 selling the same to Scott Warren in 1905. They have two chil. : Millard F., 
 a jeweler in Damariscotta, and Sarah Ruth. 
 
 FISHER. 
 
 1 Rev. Jabez Pond Fisher was pastor of the First Cong. Church, 1807- 
 1816. He came as a young man from Franklin, Mass., and m. Fanny, dau. 
 of James and Frances Auld, in 1809. They had three chil.: David, 1812; 
 William, 1813; Frances, 1816. Their settlement after leaving B. is unk. 
 
 2 Dr. Charles Fisher, brother to Rev. Jabez, probably through his 
 influence, came to B. H. in 1810 and set. in the practice of medicine. They 
 
Capt. William Carlisle. 
 1798-1893 
 
FAMILY HISTOBY. 527 
 
 were sons of David Fisher, Franklin, Mass. Charles was born in 1772 and 
 commenced practice in Mass. in 1798. He m. Jennet, oldest dau. of Eben- 
 ezer FuUerton, in 1811. They lived on Pisgah. He died June 9, 1818. His 
 wid. m. Sullivan Hardy, Bris., 1828, and lived in that part of the town that 
 became Bremen in 1828 The chil. were reared there. Children: 
 
 *3 Charles Baker, b. Nov. 29, 1812, q. v. 
 
 *4 William Henry, b. Dec. 16, 1814, q. v. 
 
 5 Elizabeth Ann, b. Nov. 25, 1816; m. Arthur McCobb, q. v. 
 
 6 James Fullerton, b. Nov. 14, 1818; d. 1822. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*3) Charles B.* Fisher {Charles^) m. Maria A. Adams, Union, He 
 came to B. H. in 1848, buying the Boothbay House and the wharf now 
 known as Poole's. In 1850 they commenced general trade in the William 
 Max. Reed store vacated by the Smith Bros. ; see Chap. XIX. By this date 
 William H., his brother, had moved to B. H. and joined him in partnership, 
 which lasted during their business careers. He died Aug. 6, 1887; she died 
 May 31, 1888. Children: 
 
 7 Charles Hartwell, b. June 29, 1847; m. Julia M., dau. of Capt. Sewall 
 S. Wylie. She d. in Roxbury, Mass., Aug. 14, 1904, where they had 
 rem. a few years before. Since then Mr. Fisher has resumed the prac- 
 tice of law at B. H. Their chil. are: George H., Eugenie L., Sarah 
 F., Lottie M., Blanch J., Charles R. 
 
 8 Frank Fullerton, b. Nov. 28, 1853; lives in La Grange, 111. He is vice 
 president of the Massillon Iron and Steel Co. He m. Lena Goff Wil- 
 son, St. Louis, Oct. 15, 1890. They have three chil. 
 
 Three chil., George A., John C. and Jennet, d. in childhood, Nov., 1864. 
 
 (*4) William H.* Fisher (Charles^) m. Mary A. Weston, Bremen. 
 He came to B. H. in 1850. He gave his attention to the hotel, principally, 
 while Charles B. conducted the store. Their wharf, the only one of conse- 
 quence on the west side of the harbor, was the center of traffic in town. He 
 died Nov. 2, 1867; she died Nov. 16, 1864. Children: 
 
 9 William H., Jr., b. June 2, 1852; m. Jennie A. Dewolfe. For a time he 
 was proprietor of the Boothbay House, and later a partner with each, 
 R. G. Hodgdon and C. J. Marr. They now live in San Diego, Calif. 
 
 FOSTER. 
 
 Capt. Nathaniel Foster lived on Linekin and was a well-known bank 
 fisherman in his time. He was usually connected in business with the Farn- 
 hams, Holbrooke or Linekins. He died Mar. 28, 1882, a. 76-10-26; Nancy, 
 wife, died Mar. 9, 1892, a. 77-10-23. Children: I, Lucy O., b. Sept. 16, 1848; 
 m. William Reed. II, George, b. Nov. 24, 1852; d. Dec. 20, 1901; Celia P., 
 his wife, d. Dec. 13, 1901, a. 37-7. 
 
 FULLER. 
 
 1 John Fuller was b. in New Hampton, N. H., July 25, 1782. He came 
 to B. as a young man and m. Rachel, dau. of James and Frances Auld, May 
 IB, 1802. They set. where the late Augustus Whittaker lived, north of B. 
 
 35 
 
528 HI8TOET OF BOOTHS AT. 
 
 Ctr. They had fifteen chil. He was a shoemaker and it is said that each of 
 his eight sons learned the trade. In 1828 he sold and moved to where Frank 
 Fuller now lives. There he d., Apr. 20, 1868; she d. Sept. 20, 1849. Chil.: 
 
 »2 Jason, b. Oct. 2, 1803, q. v. 
 
 3 James, b. Dec. 19, 1804; set. in Holland, N. Y.; m. Eliza Hopper; d. 
 m Kan. 
 
 4 Sarah Auld, b. Sept. 24, 1806; m. William Adams, 1826; set. in Thom- 
 aston; dec. 
 
 5 Fanny, b. Dec. 6, 1807; m. Charles Spear, Lynn, Mass. 
 
 6 Adeline, b. Oct. 30, 1810; set. in Sumner. 
 
 7 John, b. Sept. 8, 1813; m. Martha Cromwell, Rockland; d. in Smith- 
 field, Oct. 8, 1908. 
 
 8 Elizabeth, b. Jan. 17, 1815; unm.; d. in Portland, Feb. 7, 1897. 
 
 9 Mary A., b. Dec. 15, 1816; m. Capt. David Robinson, Thomaston, 1836; 
 now lives there. 
 
 »10 Samuel, b. Feb. 6, 1819, q. v. 
 
 11 Jane, b. Apr. 20, 1821; m. William G. Chase, Portland; there d., 1891. 
 
 12 Franklin H., b. Nov. 19, 1823; unm.; d. Apr. 8, 1851, see Cas. 
 
 13 Harriet, b. Jan. 4, 1825; unm.; lives in Portland. 
 
 14 Manson Chase, b. Feb. 11, 1827; m. Sarah W. Lawson, Richmond, 
 1867; set. in B.; now living in Somerville, Mass. Their children are: 
 Henry M., Arabella J., Anna M., Rachel, Alice M., Harriet D. 
 
 15 Thomas S., b. Apr. 24, 1830; unm.; set. in Gloucester, Mass. 
 
 16 Charles W., b. Mar. 30, 1834; m. Lucina S. Davis; set. in Portland. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*2) JASON^ Fuller {Johiiy) m. Jane McClintock, May 16, 1826. They 
 first lived in B., but later lived in Portland. See Chap. XVI for public ser- 
 vice. Children: I, Susan C, b. Nov. 23, 1826; m. Charles F. Sargent. II, 
 Mary Frances, b. Oct. 7, 1827; m. Nathaniel B. Greenleaf, 1849. Ill, Rachel 
 I A., b. Sept. 29, 1828; d. inf. IV, Rachel J., b. June 20, 1830; m. William H. 
 Johnson, 1854; d. Feb. 23, 1855. V, Sarah E., b. Oct. 5, 1831. VI, James, 
 b. Feb. 10, 1833; d. at sea, Oct.. 1851. VII, Martha W., b. Nov. 21, 1834; 
 m. Robert Gould, 1856; res. in Portland. VIII, Waterman, b. Jan. 12, 1838; 
 d. 1841. 
 
 {*10) Samuel^ Fuller {John^) m. Arietta, dau. of Samuel, 2d, and 
 Martha Lewis, Nov. 16, 1848. They lived on his father's homestead. In the 
 fifties he and Manson C. ran a shoemaking shop at B. Ctr. He died Jan. 24, 
 1901. Their chil.: I, Emma J., b. July 11, 1849; m. Horace W. Pinkham, 
 1876. II, Frank, b. Sept 14, 1853; m. Nettie E., dau. of Sewall and Char- 
 lotte B. Adams, Dec. 4, 1883; live on homestead. Ill, Martha, b. Dec. 26, 
 1860; d. 1861. IV, Abby F., b. Dec. 30, 1861; d. 1863. V, Ralph H., b. 
 Sept. 1, 1864; m. Eva Gove; res. at B. H.; machinist. VI, John E., b. Jan. 
 16, 1867; m. Mary Hilton; res. B. H. 
 
 Jacob and Mercy Fuller, who lived at E. B., are not known to have been 
 related to the foregoing family. He d. Nov. 10, 1874; she d. Dec. 6, 1890. 
 Their chil. were: I, Abigail, b. Feb. 18, 1819. II, Jacob G., b. Apr. 14, 
 1829. Ill, Leander W., b. Oct. 28, 1881. IV, Nancy J., b. Nov. 12, 1883; 
 dec. V, Martha J., b. Oct. 18, 1835; m. Israel H. Farnham, 1854. VI, Eliz- 
 abeth, b. Apr. 26, 1841. Of the foregoing, Jacob G. m. Nettie C, dau. of 
 Silas Lewis; he was a shipbuilder at E. B., see Chap. XIX; two daus. : Net- 
 tie A., m. Capt. Manley K. Hodgdon, and Lizzie A., m. Alva Webber; one 
 son, Norman S., res. in E. B. Leander Fuller m. Lucinda A. Tibbetts; was 
 in trade at E. B. ; two sons, Atwood and Arnold. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 529 
 
 GILES. 
 
 1 Joseph Giles, who was first of the fam. to set. in B., was b. in Dover, 
 N. H., Oct. 6, 1735. He was the son of Paul Giles, b. Dec. 1, 1708. Paul 
 was son of Mark and Sarah Giles. They also had a son Mark, who m. Lydia 
 Tibbetts, and they had sons: Mark, 1739; Paul, 1743; Joseph, 1746. These 
 names are very common in the Dover records. Joseph Giles m. Martha, 
 sister to Benjamin Pinkham, who was founder of that fam. in B. She was b. 
 Apr. 7, 1737; they were m. in 1767. The exact settlement in Townsend is 
 unk., but it occurred from 1757 to 1759. Their home was the farm owned in 
 recent years by Capt. John H. Welsh, at Dover, with some adjoining terri- 
 tory. There they built their home, cleared their farm, reared their family 
 and died. Coming as they did from Dover, N. H., with the added tradition 
 that their ancestry came from Dover, Eng. , the locality received that name, 
 which still applies. Martha Giles died Dec. 18, 1818. Joseph went to live 
 with his son Samuel, who died in 1820, after which he lived with his dau., 
 Abigail Pinkham, where he died, Sept. 6, 1822. The Giles fam. differs from 
 most other large fams. of the town. Individuals among them have followed 
 the sea successfully, but, for the most part, the men of this fam. have been 
 mechanics and farmers. Road and bridge builders, stone workers and car- 
 penters predominate among them. Another emphatic trait, running through 
 nearly every member of the fam., is the love for a good horse and live stock 
 generally. Several of the younger members have been teachers. The chil. 
 of Joseph and Martha Giles were: 
 
 2 Paul, b. Jan. 13, 1758; trace lost. 
 
 3 Martha, b. July 22, 1759; m. Ebenezer Sawyer, q. v. 
 
 4 Mary, b. Jan. 26, 1762; m. Ruggles Cunningham, Edge., 1788. 
 
 5 Abigail, b. Aug. 3, 1765; m. Capt. Benjamin Pinkham, q. v. 
 
 6 Joseph, b. Mar. 24, 1768; m. Sarah Reed, 1789. 
 
 7 Sarah, b. Apr. 1, 1770; trace lost. 
 *8 John, b. May 22, 1772, q. v. 
 
 9 Hannah, b. May 17, 1774; m. Isaac Lewis, q. v. 
 
 *10 Samuel, b. Sept. 16, 1776, q. v. 
 
 11 Lydia, b. Feb. 14, 1779; m. John Tibbetts, q. v. 
 
 12 Ann, b. Oct. 28, 1783; m. Mark Tibbetts, q. v. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 
 (*8) JoHN^ Giles {Joseph^') m. Mary (sometimes recorded Polly), dau. 
 
 of Nathaniel Tibbetts, 1794. They lived near the watering place by the 
 
 roadside, a short distance from his father's. No trace of the old home now 
 
 appears. He followed the sea; d. Dec. 27, 1828; she d. Dec. 16, 1855. Chil.: 
 
 13 John, Jr., b. Sept. 1, 1794; m. Margaret Landerkin, 1818; set. on the 
 , . Kennebec. 
 
 14 Joseph, b. Aug. 29, 1796; m. Sarah Harrington, Windsor, 1822; two 
 daus., Olive and Amanda; rem. from B., no trace. 
 
 *16 Ruglas, b. Mar. 10, 1799, q. v. 
 
 16 Catherine, b. Sept. 5, 1801; m. Thomas E. Nelson, 1821. 
 
 17 Anna, b. Sept. 2, 1804; m. John Poor, Jr., 1820. 
 
 18 Rebecca, b. Apr. 8, 1807; m. Enoch Stover, 1830. 
 
 19 Nathaniel, b. Sept. 26, 1810; m.; lived a few years on his father's place; 
 rem. ; no trace. 
 
 20 Mary, b. May 8, 1812; m. Lewis Pushard, Dresden, 1835. 
 
 21 Sarah, b. May 21, 1816; m. William Bryer, 1835. 
 
 (*10) Samuel^ Giles (Joseph^) m. Elizabeth, dau. of Eleazer and Eliza- 
 beth Sherman, 1797. They settled where the late Charles Giles lived, now 
 
530 HI8TOHY OF BOOTHBAY, 
 
 the home of Alonzo Matthews. He was a stone mason, a good workman, 
 and an industrious man. He worked in all parts of the town, stoning wells, 
 building cellar walls, house foundations and bridge abutments. See Chap. 
 XVI for town service. He d. Oct. 3, 1820; she d. Mar. 21, 1867. Children: 
 
 22 Lydia, b. Oct. 1, 1798; m. Jacob Toothacher, 1826; res. in B.; 3 chil.: 
 
 Andrew, Samuel G. and Sarah E. ; d. Feb. 16, 1884. 
 *23 Charles, b. Nov. 12, 1801, q. v. 
 
 24 Martha, b. Mar. 11, 1804; m. Nathan Greenleaf, West., 1833. 
 
 26 Elizabeth, b. Jan. 15, 1807; m. John Bryer, 1828; res. B. 
 
 26 Samuel, b. Feb. 2, 1809; m. in New Orleans; set. there, following the 
 
 sea; see Cas.; left wid. and chil. 
 *27 Benjamin P., b. July 15, 1812, q. v. 
 *28 Paul, b. Mar. 10, 1814, q. v. 
 *29 Eleazer, b. Apr. 1, 1816, q. v. 
 
 30 Abigail S., b. Apr. 19, 1821; m. Jonas Knights, West, 1842. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 
 (*15) RuGLAs' Giles {John,^ Joseph'^) m. Rebecca Smith, 1824; settled 
 in Richmond, where he died, July 16, 1840. Children: I, Charles S., 1825; 
 II, Caroline M., 1827; III, George N., 1829; IV, Margery, 1832; V, James 
 T., 1835, m. Agnes D. Lewis, 1858. 
 
 (*23) Charles' Giles {Samuel,'^ Joseph)-) m. (1) Martha McFarland, 
 Bris., 1825; she d. Aug. 29, 1851; (2) Mrs. Sarah N. Trask, Wis., 1854. 
 Lived on his father's homestead; see Chap. XVI; was a farmer. He died 
 Jan. 20, 1898; she died Mar. 16, 1899, a. 84-8. Children: 
 
 31 Mary J., b. Aug. 21, 1826; m. Charles Sherman, Edge., 1850. 
 
 32 William, b. May 6, 1831; unm. ; went to Boston and mysteriously dis- 
 appeared. 
 
 33 Elizabeth Abigail, b. Mar. 21, 1833; m. (1) John Wylie; (2) Jeremiah 
 Baker, q. v. 
 
 34 Charlotte, b. Jan. 5, 1885; m. (1) John Albion Knight; (2) William E. 
 Mahoney. 
 
 35 Charles Rufus, b. Feb. 4, 1837; d. July 31, 1860; unm. 
 
 36 Martha Lurena, b. Dec. 4, 1838; m. (1) Isaac Pinkham; (2) Frank Car- 
 lisle. 
 
 37 Harvey H., b. Aug. 24, 1840; d. May 13, 1864; for him the G. A. R. 
 Post at B. was named; unm. 
 
 88 Emarilla, b. Oct. 9, 1843; m. George Walker; res. B.; d. Nov. 22, 1878. 
 
 39 Mary Parker, m. Alonzo F. Matthews, q. v. 
 
 40 Fanny S., b. 1866; d. July 3, 1881; unm. 
 
 {*27) Benjamin P.* Giles (Samuel,^ Joseph^) m. Mary, dau. of David 
 and Chana Merry, 1838. Lived on farm next northerly from his father's; 
 was a farmer and carpenter. He d. Dec. 23, 1883; she d. 1896. Children: 
 
 41 George Elliott, b. Aug. 14, 1835; m. Margery, dau. of Samuel, Jr., and 
 Polly Brewer, 1854. He res. in No. B. and is a farmer and carpenter. 
 Their children follow: I, Cleveland, dec; II, William F., m. Annie B. 
 Taylor; III, Abbie F., m. Alden P. Reed; IV, Imogene, m. Mell Sar- 
 
 fent; V, Susan, m. Milton Andrews; VI, George Gilman, m. Welthy 
 'armer; VII, Henry L., m. Cora Bryer; VIII, Eva May, m. Edward 
 Dyer, Portland; IX, Rufus, m. Lydia Howard; X, Cora B., m. John E. 
 Andrews; XI, Lizzie E,, m. Herman Poole, Bris. 
 
 42 Christiana, b. May 13, 1837; m. William Pinkham; d. Apr. 4, 1900. 
 
 43 Cleveland, b. Mar. 14, 1838; d. Aug. 8, 1863; unm. 
 
 44 John Merry, b. Oct. 1, 1841; d. Aug. 8, 1863; unm. 
 
 45 Frederick M., b. May 25, 1843; m. Eliza Alley, 1865. Res. No. B., on 
 the old Parker Wylie place. His business has been stone work, wharf, 
 road and bridge buildmg. For several years he had the mail route to 
 
FAMILT HISTOBY. 531 
 
 Wis. Children: I, Viola M., m. Alpheus Dodge; II, Truman B.; Ill, 
 Elbridge A., m. Grace E. Miller; IV, Frederick A., tn. Jennie A. Scott; 
 V, Milton A.; VI, Benjamin M.; VII, Snow B. Three chil. d. young. 
 
 46 Henry H., b. Feb. 4, 1846; d. June 10, 1863; unm. 
 
 47 Truman E., b. July 23, 1848; m. Emma, dau. of James? and Abigail Lin- 
 ekin, 1871. They res. at B. Ctr. He is a contracting carpenter, having 
 worked several years at his trade in Boston. He held the superintend- 
 ency of the Bristol Ice Co. for a time. Children: I, Royal R., grad. 
 Gorham Normal School, engaged in teaching; is principal and supt. of 
 schools at West Stewartstown, N. H. II, Lizzie M., dec. Ill, Horace 
 H., m. Hattie Williams, Edge. IV, Abbie L;, m. Albert D. Frost. V, 
 Nellie L. VI, Linda F., m. Fred Robie Kelley. 
 
 48 Byron, b. May 22, 1850; m. Clara, dau. of Rufus and Jane Adams, 1873. 
 They res. at B. Ctr. See Chaps. XVI and XX for public and official 
 positions held. He has followed farming and stock raising, performed 
 a large amount of contract work on roads, bridges and building foun- 
 dations, been road commissioner for several years and served two 
 terms as deputy sheriff . Their chil. are: I, Percy C, see Chap. XXIII; 
 II, Jennie C, m. Edward E. Richardson, Maiden, Mass. 
 
 49 James F., b. Jan. 8, 1852; m. Ursula Pinkham, 1874. Chil.: Maggie M., 
 Christy, Lottie, Frank, Walter T., Bessie, Millard S., Hattie, Henry C. 
 They res. at B. Ctr. He is a carpenter, engaged at his trade in Boston. 
 
 50 Benjamin M., b. May 4, 1854; m. (1) Ada J. Blake, 1877; (2) Mary A. 
 Whittaker, 1884. His home is on the Kennedy place in No. B., which 
 he conducts as a dairy farm, his route being at E. B. He has followed 
 teaching since an early age. See Chap. XVI for town service. Their 
 family consists of Jennie M. and Joseph B. 
 
 51 Mary C, b. Mar. 27, 1856; m. William E. Daniels; res. in Chelsea, Mass. 
 
 52 Edson C, b. Jan. 3, 1858; m. Clara E. Pinkham, 1880. He is a farmer 
 and carpenter; res. in B. They have five chil.: Cleveland E., Mattie, 
 Arthur B., Westley, Ralph P. 
 
 (*28) Paul^ Giles {Samuel,^ Joseph^) m. Mary Ann, dau. of John, 2d, 
 and Julia Pinkham, 1839. His home is the place Samuel Adams settled 
 upon and cleared. Deacon Paul Giles has been, throughout a long and 
 useful career, a man of sincere religious convictions as well as one actively 
 engaged in business, and one always taking a keen and active interest in the-' 
 welfare of his town. His home has been well kept, his farm well tilled, and, 
 as a contracting carpenter, he has erected more buildings than any other 
 who has lived in this locality. Now (1905), in his ninety-second year, he 
 enjoys exceptional health and his mind and memory are clear to that extent 
 that he accurately fixes upon the date of happenings in the twenties and thir- 
 ties of the last century. The author is more deeply indebted to this "grand 
 old man" for particulars, from 1822 to the present, than to any other person. 
 Mrs. Mary A. Giles, wife, died Nov. 21, 1892. Children: 
 
 63 Mary Elizabeth, b. May E6, 1840; m. James F. Matthews, q. v. 
 
 54 John Pinkham, b. July 31, 1841; lives with his father; unm. 
 
 55 Charles E., b. Oct. 14, 1843; m. Julia M., dau. of Beniah and Clarissa 
 DoUofl, 1868. They res. in Providence, R. I. For several years he 
 held the responsible position of engineer of the Corliss Steam Engine 
 Co. Chil.: I, Harry M., m. Clara D. Yeans; res. in Cambridgeport, 
 Mass. II, Charles F., m. Mary E. McCarty; res. in Providence. Ill, 
 Sue Cousens. IV, George Corliss. V, Maria Julia. 
 
 56 Lydia Ann, b. Nov. 16, 1845; m. W. Irving Adams, q. v. 
 
 57 Julia E., b. Apr. 14, 1848; m. Augustus Chamberlain, Boston. 
 
 58 Albion P., b. Aug. 17, 1851; m. (1) Belle, dau. of Isaac Lewis, 1874; 
 (2) Mary E., sister to first, 1879. She d. Aug. 22, 1904. He has long 
 held a responsible position with the ice companies, and in 1905 was 
 transferred by the American Ice Co. to a position in N. Y. 
 
 59 Franklin L., b. Nov. 21, 1857; d. Feb. 21, 1873. 
 
532 HI8TORT OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 60 Nellie C, b. Feb. 22, 1860; m. William Baker; d. Feb. 20, 1882; one 
 son, Perley E., in U. S. Navy. 
 
 {*29) Eleazar' Giles (Samuel,'^ Joseph'') m. Cyrena, dau. of Joseph 
 and Elizabeth Tibbetts, 1841. He was a sea captain, building the house and 
 living where Andrew Perkins does, at Pleasant Cove. He d. in N. Y., Mar. 
 11, 1866; she d. Oct. 23, 1879. Chil.: I, Sarah E., dec; II, Joseph R.; Ill, 
 Helen I., dec; IV, Norman P., dec; V, Samuel F., dec; VI, James W.; 
 VII, Annie A.; VIII, Eleazer S., dec 
 
 William Giles, not related to the foregoing family, was bom in New 
 London, Conn., Aug. 18, 1820. As a boy of nine years he ran away to sea, 
 going as cabin boy on a ship plying between Boston and Liverpool, where 
 he continued until he was sixteen. He then shipped on a sealer, going 
 around Cape Horn, the trip lasting until he was twenty. Later he came to 
 Wiscasset, engaging as a rigger. There he married Nancy G., dau. of John 
 and Nancy Hutchings, Boothbay. They settled on the road leading from 
 Back River to Dover. He d. Dec. 30, 1875; she d. June 28, 1900. Children: 
 I, Edwin L., m. (1) Nancy M. Morelen, Auburn, 1876; she d. May 25, 1885; 
 (2) Mrs. Susan F. Williams, 1888; res. at B. H., engaged in trucking and 
 paper hanging; one child by first m. living, William E. II, George W., m. 
 Frances M. Runey, 1877; res. Back River; farmer, carpenter and millman; 
 s. p. Ill, William T., m. Elizabeth J., dau. of Payson and Elizabeth Tib- 
 betts; s. p. IV, Mary J., m. Alden B. Barter. V, John L., m. (1) Nellie 
 Moore, 1884; (2) Lucy L. Crooker, 1890; s. p. VI, Lilla A., m. Charles 
 Metcalf, 1876; d. 1890. VII, Edward H., see Cas., 1886. VIII, Alsbury L., 
 m. Nettie Tibbetts, 1886; 8 chil. IX, Frank E., dec X, Lester, m. Lizzie 
 E. Jenkins, Bingham; res. Portland. XI, Alden Joshua, m. Lilla Dodge; 
 res. Dam. XII, Winfred. XIII, Elizabeth, m. O. A. Stover; 6 chil. 
 
 GILPATRICK. 
 
 John Gilpatrick settled in Boothbay about the close of the Civil War, in 
 which he served. He m. Statia F. Anderson; occupation, farming. He 
 came from Somerville, in which town the Gilpatrick fam. is one of the oldest 
 and most numerous, and in its plantation form, prior to incorporation in 
 1858, was known as Patricktown. Children: Ulysses G., m. Una. M. Lewis; 
 Charles E., m. Estelle M. Adams; Lillian S., m. Christopher G. Dickinson; 
 Nellie P., m. George McKown; Amy A., Martha E., John M., Fred E., 
 Susan V. 
 
 GRADY. 
 
 William and Charlotte Grady set. at West B. H. He died July 3, 1866; 
 she died Nov. 17, 1864. Children: I, William S., b. Feb. 21, 1858; m. 
 Martha Lewis, 1886. II, Ernest A., b. Aug. 20, 1859; m. Lizzie T. Taggart; 
 res. at B. H. 
 
 GRAY. 
 
 1 Amos Gray m. a dau. of Samuel and Mary Ball, who lived at Pig Cove, 
 abt. 1792-3. He bought Squirrel Island of his wife's fam. and kept it until 
 
FAMILY HISTOEY. 533 
 
 1825, when he sold to William Greenleaf ; there are but two sons traced; if 
 he had other chil. the trace is lost. The dates of his death and that of his 
 wife are unknown. Children: 
 
 *2 Henry, b. 1794, q. v. 
 *3 Samuel, q. v. 
 
 » Second Generation. 
 
 (*2) Henry^ Gray (Amos^) m. Mary, dau. of John M. and Esther Reed. 
 They lived on the eastern shore of Southport. He died Apr. 20, 1879; she 
 died July 2, 1871. Children: 
 
 4 William, b. Jan. 10, 1818; lived at the Cape; d. June 22, 1886. Chil.: 
 I, John H., b. July 24, 1844; chil.: Cushman L., Emma P., Mabel F., 
 Mary J. II, George W., b. May 30, 1847. Ill, Ellsworth, b. Jan. 23, 1859. 
 
 5 Mary A., b. Jan. 27, 1820. 
 
 6 Charles H., b. Nov. 12, 1822; d. Nov. 30, 1840, see Cas. 
 
 7 John, b. Sept. 25, 1825; d. Nov. 30, 1840, see Cas. 
 
 8 Martha A., b. July 25, 1828. 
 
 9 Abial W., b. Nov. 2, 1831; m. Mary Burnham, Essex, Mass. He is 
 proprietor of the well-known summer resort on South. , opposite Squir- 
 rel Island, known as "Grays." See Chap. XXIV. Their chil. are.: 
 
 I, Charles S., m. Susan E. Plummer, prop, of Point of View House; 
 
 II, Ina M., m. H. N. Packard, E. Winthrop; III, Cora B., unm.; IV, 
 Albert H., unm.; V, Annie A., m. Everett Clifford, South. 
 
 10 Isaiah, b. Apr. 2, 1834. 
 
 11 Samuel N., b. July 12, 1838. 
 
 (*3) Samuel^ Gray (Amos') m. Elizabeth Alley; set. in Edge., later in 
 No. B. She died Oct. 9, 1826. Children: 
 
 12 John, b. Edge., Aug. 14, 1819. 
 
 13 Christiana, b. Edge., Aug. 14, 1819. 
 
 14 Amos, b. Edge., Nov. 6, 1820. 
 
 15 Benjamin, b. Feb. 9, 1822. 
 
 16 Loring, b. Oct. 9, 1824; m. Philena, wid. of William Farnsworth Lewis; 
 lived at No. B.; she d. Mar. 6, 1881. Chil.: I, George J., m. Abbie E. 
 Merry; II, Loring, Jr., m. and set. in Dorchester, Mass.; Ill, Alden, d. 
 1877, a. 19; IV, Nettie P., m. George W. McGuiness, Edge., res. in 
 Mass.; V, Mary E., m. Sumner Lewis, res. in Mass. 
 
 GREENE. 
 
 Though not of Boothbay descent I wish to place a record of our ancestry 
 in this volume for my family. / 
 
 I, Thomas Greene, founder, b. in Leicestershire, Eng., abt. 1606; m. 
 
 Elizabeth , 1627; came to Ipswich, Mass., 1636; set. in No. Maiden, 
 
 now Melrose Highlands, abt. 1649, where he owned 300 acres of land, 
 Green St. in that city now marking a boundary of the original tract. 
 
 II, Thomas Greene, Jr., b. in England, abt. 1630; m. Rebecca Hills, Mai- 
 den, 1653. 
 
 Ill, Capt. Samuel Greene, b. in Maiden, Oct. 5, 1670; m. Elizabeth Up- 
 ham, 1692; he was a pioneer settler in Leicester, Mass., in 1717, the 
 name being taken from the home of his ancestry, and the south vil- 
 lage, *here he lived, has always been known as Greenville. 
 
534 HISTOBT OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 IV, Dr. Thomas Greene, b. in Maiden, 1699; hi. Martha Lynde, Maiden, 
 1726; lived in Leicester. He was a prominent physician and made 
 several bequests to his town for public purposes. 
 V, Thomas Greene, b. in Leicester, 1733; m. (1) Hannah Fox; (2) Anna 
 Hovey. He and his three brothers and four of his sons served in the 
 Revolution. 
 VI, Abiathar, b. in Leicester, Mar. 4, 1766; set. in Augusta, Me., 1789; 
 rem. to Farmington in 1790; m. Zilpah Jones, Fairfield, 1792; farmer 
 and potash manufacturer. 
 VII, Ephraim Jones, b. in Farmington, Aug. 13, 1801; m. Abigail C. Ells- 
 worth, Strong, 1828. He was an ax manufacturer. 
 VIII, Abiathar G., b. in Farmington, Apr. 27, 1829; m. Almira H., dau. of 
 Rev. Henry S. Winans, Milton, Ohio, July 3, 1866; he set. in Aug^ta 
 that year; was an ax manufacturer, later carriage builder. He died in 
 Lynn, Mass., Jan. 26, 1906; she died in Lynn, Mass., Jan. 22, 1906. 
 I was bom in Augusta, June 16, 1857; my parents moved to Newport 
 that year, where they lived until 1880. I attended the town schools and 
 Maine Central Institute. Commenced teaching at the age of 17 and followed 
 it until 23. Was for a time associate teacher in the Dingo Business College, 
 Augusta. Read law and was admitted to the Kennebec Bar, before Judge 
 Danforth, at the March term of the S. J. Court, Augusta, 1880. I felt no 
 taste for the practice of law and made no attempt in that direction, but 
 engaged that year in the watch and jewelry trade, in Augusta, which I have 
 followed to the present, first at retail, but since 1891 at wholesale. I set at 
 B. Ctr. Oct. 2, 1886; came to B. H. in Apr., 1888. I married (1) Cora E., 
 dau. of John and Elizabeth Murray, Windsor, June 26, 1880; she d. Sept. 5, 
 1883; (2) Nettie F., dau. of Samuel and Octavia W. Woodward, Boothbay, 
 Feb. 25, 1885. Children: I, Maud Winans, b. Nov. 9, 1881; II, Grace Mas- 
 ters, b. Oct. 18, 1887; III, Francis B., Jr., b. Jan. 12, 1890. 
 
 GREENLEAF. 
 
 The founder of this family in America was Edmund, who settled in 
 Newbury, Mass., in 1635. He was baptized Jan. 2, 1674, son of John and 
 Margaret, according to the records of St. Mary's La Tour in Ipswich, Eng. 
 The family trace their descent from French Huguenots, who fled to England 
 from French persecution — hence the translation of the fsimily name. It is 
 derived from feuille, leaf, and vert, green, and is a translation of the French 
 Feuillevert. Among the descendants of Edmund Greenleaf are many prom- 
 inent professional and literary names, an unusual number for any family to 
 include. Of these may be mentioned Simon Greenleaf, author of the " Law 
 of Evidence," a standard authority among American lawyers; Benjamin 
 Greenleaf, author of a mathematical series of wide use; Jeremiah Greenleaf, 
 author of Greenleaf's Grammar; Rebecca Greenleaf, wife of Noah Webster, 
 the lexicographer; John Greenleaf Whittier and other notable names. 
 Among Whittier's poems may be found this allusion to his maternal ancestry: 
 
 The name the Gallic exile bore, 
 
 St. Malo! from thy ancient mart. 
 Became upon our Western shore 
 
 Greenleaf for Feuillevert. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 535 
 
 Several branches of this family settled in Maine. One of them was a 
 pioneer settler in Industry. Edmund lived and died in Newbury, as did his 
 son Stephen, his grandson Stephen, and a great-grandson, Stephen, fourth 
 in direct line, was bom there, then two of his children, but the third is 
 recorded bom at Squam or Jeremisquam (Westport) Island, in 1720. This 
 fixes a date in our vicinity ten years before the Dunbar settlement of Town- 
 send. This Stephen, however, moved from Squam to York, where he died, 
 as did his son Joseph also. Joseph had a son John, sixth generation from 
 Edmund, who was an early settler in the town of Starks. He was the father 
 of William, who bought Squirrel Island in 1825. John, of Starks, was a 
 maternal ancestor of our townsman, Cyras R. Tupper. 
 
 The other branch of the Boothbay family descend from Stephen, of 
 York (fourth generation). He had a son, Samuel, who settled at Westport, 
 where his father had once lived for a short time. Samuel had a family of 
 seven children. He died there in 1792. A son, Enoch, came to Boothbay 
 and followed blacksmithing as a business. From the fact that the family in 
 these towns are collateral lines, tracing to the same ancestor, they will be 
 presented separately, and as Enoch, the first of his line, was older than 
 William of Squirrel and of the sixth generation, while William was of the 
 seventh, from Edmund of Newbury, the older will be presented first. He 
 settled where William Greenleaf now lives on Barter's Island. 
 
 1 Enoch, b. 1751; name of wife unknown; they had two children. 
 *2 Henry, date of birth unknown. 
 
 3 Abigail, m. Harding. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*2) Henry^ Greenleaf (Enoch') m. Paulina Dunton about 1810; res. 
 on Barter's Island; d. 1836. Children: 
 
 4 Harriet, b. Sept. 10, 1811; m. Charles Buret. 
 *5 John Dunton, b. July 29, 1812, q. v. 
 
 6 Enoch, b. Nov. 4, 1814; d. Dec. 21, 1839; unm. 
 
 7 Sarah, b. Feb. 10, 1816; m. Harvey Swett, q. v. 
 
 8 Henry, b. Oct. 9, 1818; d. July 2, 1888. 
 *9 Silas Payson, b. May 12, 1820, q. v. 
 
 10 Rufus, b. Aug. 29, 1822; m. Rebecca Stover, Sullivan; res. West. 
 
 11 Abigail, b. Jan. 17, 1825; d. Jan. 20, 1837. 
 
 12 Paulina, b. Feb. 22, 1827; m. Gustavus Lewis. 
 *13 William, b. May 10, 1829, q. v. 
 
 14 May Elizabeth, b. Sept. 12, 1831; m. Isaac Hutchings, q. v. 
 
 15 Adaline, b. June 22, 1834; m. Henry S. Albee, Alna. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (*5) John D.* Greenleaf (Henry? EnochP) m. Naomi B. Abbott, Nov. 
 30, 1837; he d. Jan., 1881. Children: 
 
 16 Angeline, b. Oct. 16, 1838; m. Alpheus Campbell, 1858; d. 1883. 
 
 17 Naomi, b. Dec. 30, 1839; m. Alden Pinkham, 1868. 
 
 18 Orenthall, b. Aug. 21, 1841; m. Emma, dau. of David and Sarah A. 
 Lewis, 1866; res. at Back River; they have fourchil.: Celia, Howard 
 A., Raymond O. and David L. 
 
 19 Sarah E., b. July 15, 1843; m. Theodore Roberts, 1867. 
 
 20 Sanford, b. Mar. 9, 1847; m. Ella, dau. of Joseph McKown, 1873; he d. 
 in 1882; two chil.: Alton and Herbert. 
 
 21 Alice B., b. Mar. 23, 1857; m. Edgar J. Morris, 1880. 
 
 (*9) Silas Payson' Greenleaf (Henry,'' Enoch?) m. Mary J. Pinkham. 
 Children: 
 
536 HISTORY OF BOOTHS AT. 
 
 22 Enoch, b. Jan. 6, 1842; m. Margaret Campbell; she d. June 3, 1878; 2 chil. 
 
 23 George F., b. Jan. 8, 1844; m. Mary J. Garey; 10 chil. 
 
 24 Elwell, b. Oct. 29, 1846; m. Aurelia Day; 6 chil. 
 
 25 Payson S., b. Aug. 7, 1864; m. Susan A. Harding; 2 chil. 
 
 26 Susan, b. Jan. 12, 1862. 
 
 27 Flora E., b. Nov. 27, 1865. 
 
 (*13) William' Grkenleaf (Henry, ^ Enoch?-) m. Martha J. Pinkhani, 
 1852. Children: I, Mengies, b. Sept. 25, 1852; m. Lizzie Stuart, 1877. II, 
 Fynette, b. Nov. 2, 1858; see Cas., 1869. Ill, Irving, b. July 29, 1855; m. 
 Annie Stuart, 1883; she d. June 20, 1892; two chil. IV, Georgiana, b. Dec. 
 30, 1856; m. Isambert Stuart, 1877; res. Milton Mills, N. H. V, Emma R., 
 b. July 20, 1859. VI, Lizzie M., b. Aug. 31, 1863; m. Allen Gove, 1888. 
 VII, Abbie J., b. Nov. 28, 1865; m. Giles Day, 1888. VIII, Hayden R., b. 
 June 27, 1870. IX, Henry B., b. July 17, 1874. 
 
 Family of William Greenleaf. 
 
 1 William Greenleaf, son of John and Anna Pierce (Roberts) Green- 
 leaf, was born in Starks, Mar. 17, 1792. He married Rosalinda Bryant Mer- 
 rill, Damariscotta, about 1820. She was a lady of excellent education. In 
 1825 he exchanged his farm in Starks with Amos Gray for Squirrel Island, 
 and at once moved there. Squire Greenleaf, or King William of Squirrel, 
 as he was often called, was a well-known figure and distinguished personage 
 in his day. He was a man of good abilities, but filled with eccentricities. 
 For the times he possessed a good education, had a fair knowledge of Latin 
 and devoted some time to translating all through life. He was a great 
 reader, was endowed with a faultless memory, possessed strong convictions, 
 proud, extremely particular as to personal appearance, seldom appearing in 
 public without his beaver tile and broadcloth coat with brass buttons. He 
 took strong ground in politics, his ideal being Henry Clay; and, though not 
 a prohibitionist, used liquor moderately for his time. His favorite liquor 
 was the same as that of his political ideal — brandy. 
 
 He was superstitious, and this grew upon him as he advanced in years; 
 particularly so as to the portent of dreams. He once dreamed that he should 
 die soon and that it would be at the Harbor instead of at his beloved island 
 home. This so impressed him that he went directly to the Harbor and called 
 upon a friend, telling him his dream and consequent impressions, asking the 
 friend, who is spoken of as Captain Mac, for permission to die at his house. 
 The Captain tried to rally him, but to no avail. He went to the undertaker 
 and ordered a casket and to the superintendent of the cemetery to engage 
 his services. He lived, however, long after this, and died, at last, upon his 
 island, at the old farmhouse, May 4, 1868. His funeral occurred at the Har- 
 bor Congregational Church and his remains were laid in the Wylie Ceme- 
 tery at the Center. 
 
 He always took a keen interest in town affairs, particularly educational 
 matters. It was largely due to his suggestion that Cape Newagen Island 
 was incorporated under the name of Townsend. About two years after his 
 decease Squirrel was sold to the association which has made it into the sum- 
 mer resort that it now is; and for years no better stories were told among its 
 new owners at each annual summer gathering, as old things were removed 
 and changes made, than the reminiscences of William Greenleaf. His wife 
 died May 21, 1861, a. 73 years. Children: 
 
 2 Betsey, b. Mar. 3, 1822; res. Lowell, Mass.; d. Nov. 17, 1900; unm. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 537 
 
 3 Nathaniel Bryant, b. June 24, 1824; m. Mary F., dau. of Jason and Jane 
 Fuller, 1849; res. Lowell, Mass.; d. July, 1895; 7 chil. : Emma J., Carrie 
 F., Charles M., William F., Jason F., Nellie M., George H. 
 
 4 Rosalind, b. Feb. 11, 1826; res. Lowell, Mass.; d. Dec. 22, 1888; unm. 
 
 5 William Boyd, b. Feb. 1, 1828; d. at Woodinville, Wash., Apr. 19, 1885. 
 *6 Edward Kent, b. June 2, 1831, q. v. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 
 (*6) Edward Kent^ Greenleaf ( WilHam>) m. Mary Anna, dau. of 
 John and Anna Wyatt, Bath, England, May 24, 1854; d. Feb. 14, 1901; res. 
 at West B. H. Children: I, Mary Anna, m. John M. McFarland, 1878; six 
 chil. II, Edward Melville; res. Victoria, B. C. ; unm. Ill, William Frank- 
 lin, m. Mary McPartland; res. Lowell, Mass.; inspector of the Massachusetts 
 Mill; s. p. IV, Lizzie Josephine, m. Frank H. Skillen, Portland; one child. 
 V, George Wyatt, m. Maggie W. Alley, South.; res. West B. H.; formerly 
 superintendent of the Maine Ice Co.'s Works, see Chap. XVI; four chil.: 
 Gladys W., dec, Lewis S., Arthur R., Vern J. VI, Charles F., m. Laura E. 
 Nickerson, Southport, where they res. VII, Carrie E., m. Charles Burke. 
 
 Austin P. Greenleaf, Southport, was bom in Edge., May 16, 1859, son 
 of Austin Greenleaf. He married, Jan. 25, 1889, Minnie E. Stone, Edge. 
 They res. in South, and have one child, Marion E. He is largely engaged 
 in the lobster and bait trade. He is of the ninth generation of his family in 
 America, being descended from Edmund of Newbury. For five generations 
 the descent is like that of the Boothbay family, both tracing to Samuel, who 
 died in Westport in 1792, Austin P. descending from a son, Stephen, who 
 remained in Westport, while his brother Enoch founded the Boothbay branch. 
 
 GROVER. 
 
 1 Freeman Grover was born in Jefferson, Oct. 4, 1807; in 1828 he came 
 to Cape Newagen Island and bought the place of Willard Lewis which is 
 now known as Camp Skowhegan. On Feb. 23, 1830, he m. Sophia B., dau. 
 of Palgrave Maddocks. He sold and moved to Flagstaff in 1837 and ret. to 
 South, in 1844. Over a long career he was a respected and prominent figure 
 in the towns where he lived. The prime of his life was spent in South., and 
 Chap. XVI shows the confidence and esteem of his townsmen. On ret. to 
 South., in 1844, he bought at Pig Cove, where the fam. has since lived. He 
 also purchased Capital Island. He is said to have used particularly good 
 judgment in getting his bank fishing equipment into cash and then investing 
 that in government bonds, just prior to the decline of that business, thereby 
 avoiding a loss that most of his townsmen suffered. His wife died Sept. 26, 
 1881; he m. (2) Mary M. Hooper, 1883. The late years of his life were spent 
 in Brunswick, where he died, July 3, 1897. Children: 
 
 2 Woodbury S., b. Dec. 3, 1830; m. Angeline Potter; set. in the West. 
 
 3 Octavia, b. Nov. 18, 1832; m. Gilbert Love; res. in South. 
 
 4 Freeman, Jr., b. June 22, 1834; m. Delia, dau. of Samuel Pierce. 
 
 5 Rebecca M., b. Nov. 20, 1836; m. James H. Rand; res. in South. 
 
 6 Benjamin M., b. Apr. 8, 1839; m. Ella Ome; res. in Gloucester, Mass., 
 where he was first an accountant for Benjamin Maddocks and later in 
 business as a commission merchant. 
 
 7 Susan S., b. Mar. 16, 1841; m. Joseph R. McKown. 
 
 8 Wilbur N. , b. Jan. 12, 1848 ; m. Ida Pierce ; res. on homestead of his father ; 
 has been in trade for several years. For public service see Chap. XVI. 
 
 9 Nathan B., b. Nov. 20, 1850; d. Jan. 11, 1870. 
 
 Three sons, Stephen, b. 1843, Humphrey A., b. 1844, Rodney, b. 1847, 
 died in youth. 
 
538 HI8T0BT OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 HAGAN. 
 
 Miles Hagan settled at E. B. He married Jane, dau. of James and Esther 
 (Boyd) Murray. He died in 1880, a. 66; she died in 1895. Children: 
 
 1 Andrew A., b. Aug. 9, 1836; d. 1878. 
 
 2 Dennis M., b. Aug. 13, 1889; m. Lydia A. Davis, 1865; chil.: Fred S. 
 and Florence C. 
 
 3 Cyrus B., b. May 6, 1843; d. May, 1869, see Cas. 
 
 4 Rmda, b. Oct. 4, 1845; m. James O. Seavey, q. v. 
 
 HARRIS. 
 
 1 Samuel and Catherine Harris were living on Cape Newagen Island 
 in 1774. They are said to have come from the vicinity of Exeter, N. H., 
 where the name was numerous. They lived on the shore south of Came- 
 ron's, at the point on the northerly side of the cove that makes up toward 
 the buildings of the late Gilbert Love. He died Mar. 7, 1836; she died May 
 19, 1837. Children: 
 
 2 John, b. Feb. 21, 1773. 
 
 3 Kitty, b. Sept. 8, 1775; m. Benjamin Webster. 
 
 4 Sarah, b. Sept. 30, 1777; m. Major John McKown, q. v. 
 *5 William, b. Dec. 6, 1780, q. v. 
 
 *6 Samuel, Jr., b. Aug. 26, 1783, q. v. 
 7 Paul, b. Apr. 6, 1785; d. Nov. 19, 1813. 
 *8 Benjamin, b. Mar. 6, 1787, q. v. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*5) William^ Harris (Samuel^) m. Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph Pierce. 
 They lived at the head of the cove, but he moved to Pisgah abt. 1832. His 
 wife died Dec. 26, 1824, and he m. (2) Jane Matthews, who died Jan. 7, 1885. 
 He died Sept. 21, 1860. Children: 
 
 9 Obed, b. Oct. 28, 1805; d. Sept. 18, 1854; wid., Lydia, d. Nov. 7, 1891. 
 
 10 Weltha, b. Jan. 13, 1807; m. Eli Nelson. 
 
 11 Catherine, b. Jan. 4, 1808; m. James Matthews. 
 
 12 Sarah T., b. Sept. 24, 1810; m. Albert Cressey. 
 *18 William, Jr., b. Apr. 27, 1813, q. v. 
 
 *14 Paul, b. Aug. 26, 1815, q. v. 
 
 15 Samuel, b. Jan. 5, 1818; d. 1831. 
 
 *16 Joseph Pierce, b. Mar. 15, 1820, q. v. 
 
 17 Benjamin, b. Sept. 27, 1821; d. 1831. 
 
 18 Josiah S., b. Aug. 24, 1823; d. 1831. 
 
 19 James M., b. Oct. 20, 1826. 
 
 20 Mary J., b. Dec. 28, 1828; d. 1844. 
 *21 Jesiel, b. Apr. 1, 1881, q. v. 
 
 (*6) Samuel^ Harris, Jr., (Samuel^) m. Mary, dau. of Joseph Pierce. 
 He lived on the homestead of his father. He d. Aug. 15, 1859; she d. Mar. 
 3, 1881. He, only, of the sons remained in South, and none of the name are 
 now on the tax list of that town. Children: 
 
 22 Almira, b. May 4, 1811. 
 
 23 Nancy, b. Dec. 9, 1812. 
 
 24 Elizabeth, b. Aug. 3, 1815; m. Michael McManus. 
 
 25 Catherine, b. Feb. 2, 1818; m. George Love, 2d. 
 
 26 Sarah and Isabella, twins, b. Oct. 15, 1821. 
 
 27 Emily, b. Apr. 27, 1824. 
 
 28 John McKown, b. Apr. 6, 1828. 
 »29 Benjamin, b. Feb. 17, 1832. 
 
 80 Charles, b. July 22, 1835. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 539 
 
 (*8) Benjamin'' Harris (SantueP) m. Emily Dunton, Edge., 1817. He 
 bought the Grover place, since known as the old Allen Lewis place, about 
 that date. In the thirties he sold and moved to New. Children: Benjamin, 
 1819; Margery, 1820; Luther D., 1822; Elizabeth A., 1824; Edward O., 1827; 
 Olive C, 1880. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 
 (*1S) William^ Harris, Jr., (William,^ Samuel''^) m. Lydia Lundy. 
 Children: Laura A., 1838; Edward, 1840; Delia A., 1843; Joseph, 1844; 
 Albina, 1846; Thomas, 1848; Lydia, 1850; John, 1852; Abby, 1854; Alice, 
 1866. Of this family, Thomas m. Rose M., dau. of Washington Reed. He 
 lived at B. H. Chil.: Raymond O., Edith M., Chester D. Capt. Thomas 
 died in 1892. 
 
 (*14) Paul' Harris ( William,'^ Samuel^) m. (1) Judith Andrews, Essex, 
 Mass., 1843; (2) Mary A. Linekin, 1845. Together with his brother Joseph 
 they conducted for some years an extensive business in general trade and 
 bank codfishing, see Chaps. XIX and XXI. After the death of his brother 
 he gradually reduced business and rem. from town during the Civil War. 
 Children: Dexter C, 1846; Oressa, 1849; Ada L., 1852; Wilbur M., 1855; 
 Mary E., 1856. 
 
 (*16) Joseph P.* (WUliam,^ Samuel^) m. Martha J. Reed. He was 
 partner with his brother Paul. He conducted the business on the water and 
 Paul on shore. As master of the ill-fated C. G. Matthews he was lost in 
 1851. Children: 
 
 31 Charles P., b. June 2, 1842; m. Orissa E. Preble, 1865; chil.: Ambrose 
 M., Blanch E., Mabel, m. D. P. B. Conkling, N. Y., 1901, Mattie E., 
 Sadie A 
 
 32 Sarah C, b. Oct. 12, 1843; m. Thomas J. Tibbetts, 1867. 
 
 33 Millard F., b. May 2, 1848; m. Agnes I. Cummings, Gloucester, Mass.; 
 chil.: Millard P., Jr., killed at Havana at the destruction of the Maine, 
 and John, who has served a cadetship in the U. S. Navy. 
 
 (*21) Jesiel' Harris (William,^ Samuel^) m. Sarah A. Scott, Jordan 
 River, N. S., 1859. They lived at B. H. He d. Aug. 13, 1870; the wid. m. 
 (2) Lemuel Cheney. Four chil. by first m.: I, Flora A., m. Lewis S. Fick- 
 ett, q. V. II, Allen M., res. with his mother, unm. Ill, Augusta, m. Robert 
 Mudge; chil. : Drusilla, Florence and Sidney. IV, Sunie, m. Sidney E. Jun- 
 kins, Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 
 
 (*29) Benjamin' Harris {Samuel, Jr.,^ Samuel''^) m. Fannie, dau. of 
 Arber Marson. They lived on South., on the old homestead of his grand- 
 father. He was a sea captain. He died Feb. 1, 1867. Mrs. Fannie Harris 
 m. (2) Hiram L. Ingraham; res. at B. H. Children: I, Lincoln M., b. Feb. 
 9, 1862; unm. II, Fred H., b. Aug. 21, 1865; m. Eldora A., dau. of Andrew 
 Boyd. He has for several years been proprietor of the Boothbay House. 
 He was presidential elector for the second district of Maine in 1904. 
 
 HARTUNG. 
 
 Christian Hartung was born in the city of Rothenburg, Germany, Feb. 
 1, 1828. With his parents and a sister he came to N. Y. in 1845. In 1847 
 they set. at Manchester, Me. He m. Marguerite Kerber, who was born in 
 
540 HI8TOBT OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Baten, Germany, Aug. 10, 1835, in 1851. Herman was born Mar. 13, 1852. 
 He came to B. H. Oct. 13, 1872, engaging with Cumberland Superphosphate 
 Co. In this company he rose to the position of superintendent in a few years 
 and still has charge of the property. On Apr. 1, 1901, he formed a copart- 
 nership with Pal G. Pierce, as Pierce & Hartung, in the wood and coal trade 
 at the old M. E. Pierce stand on Atlantic St. Since the decease of Mr. Pierce 
 he has been sole manager and owner of the larger interest. He has made 
 many improvements by purchase and building, until it presents the modem 
 ideas in our larger city concerns of the kind. Wood is manufactured by 
 machinery to suit all wants, and recently a lumber stock of all kinds has 
 been added. He m. Amelia Torrence, Manchester. Children: I, Mattie 
 E., m. Victor Gott; II, Ernest C, m. Ina, dau. of Manson Greenleaf; III, 
 Nora B., m. Charles C. Matthews. 
 
 HILTON. 
 
 Rufus Hilton came from Wis. to B. in 1842; set. on Barter's I.; m. (1) 
 Esther, dau. of Samuel Kenney; (2) Rejoice Kenney, sister to first wife. 
 They had two sons who reared families in town. 
 
 I, Charles S. F. Hilton, son of above, b. 1824, m. Alfrida H. Albee, Wis., 
 1852. They res. on Barter's I. on the Samuel Kenney homestead. Six chil. 
 have d. young; three are living: Charles, Lora and Sula S. 
 
 II, Samuel K. Hilton, son of Rufus, m. Harriet S.,dau. of Parker Wil- 
 son, 1863. Chil., b. bet. 1864-71: Annie P., Louisa Y., Vinnie D., Hattie 
 P. They rem. to Mass. He was for a time customs officer at B. 
 
 HODGDON. 
 
 This family has been one of the most perplexing by record with which I 
 have had to deal. That there were in Townsend and Jeremy Squam, about 
 1760, three men with families by the name of Hodgdon is plainly evident. 
 There is reason to suppose that they were brothers and from investigation I 
 incline to that opinion, but absolute proof is not at hand, and perhaps may 
 never be obtained. It has been said that they were brothers and sons of one 
 Timothy Hodgdon, who lived to the westward. In 1764 "Joseph hosden" 
 appears on the petition for the incorporation of Townsend. In 1781 a Joseph 
 Hodgdon, probably the same person, enlisted in Col. McCobb's regiment 
 from Boothbay, see p. 239. In 1785 John Emerson married Rebecca Hodg- 
 don, and the appearance of the record indicates her to have been at that date 
 a resident of Boothbay. She was the daughter, however, of Thomas Hodg- 
 don, who is known to have lived in Westport and it is not thought he ever 
 lived in Boothbay. This may be explained on the ground that she may have 
 been stopping with Joseph, who was undoubtedly her uncle, and by the best 
 of evidence was living here only four years before her marriage. In 1791 by 
 the tax list of the town no one by name of Hodgdon was living here. In 
 1777 Benjamin Hodgdon was living in Edgecomb and in 1792 Joshua Hodg- 
 don, Edgecomb, married Phebe Sawyer, Boothbay. In 1806 Benjamin, Jr., 
 was living at Oak Point in Boothbay, where he continued. Within a com- 
 paratively few years after that we find Tyler and Timothy Hodgdon at Saw- 
 
FAMILT HISTORY . 541 
 
 yer's Island, Thomas and William at Hodgdon's Island, Caleb at E. Booth- 
 bay, practically founding that village and giving it the name of Hodgdon's 
 Mills, and John located on the shore of Townsend Gut. AH these had fami- 
 lies and the name rapidly multiplied. These men were in some instances 
 brothers and in others cousins in different degree, but all were related and 
 all came here from Westport. The family records of that town are of little 
 value in the quest and no member of the family in this town was found to 
 have more than a partial account of their own branch. However, from 
 town, family and probate records, and from correspondents in Dover, N. H., 
 Kittery and other places, I have arrived at the following: 
 
 Nicholas Hodsdon, the mid letter then being j instead of g, was in Hing- 
 ham, Mass., in 1636. He moved to Watertown, Mass., and was there in 
 1650. He soon came to Kittery and was there in 1665. This man became 
 the founder of a numerous family, members of it settling in Dover, Durham 
 and Madbury, N. H., and York, Kittery, Wells and Berwick, Me. In the 
 genealogies of some of those families appear names of sons whose destina- 
 tion or settlement was unknown to the compilers, and who might have been 
 the original settlers of the name in Westport and Boothbay. The trend of 
 settlement then being eastward instead of westward, what is of the strongest 
 kind of presumptive evidence is the fact that the Christian names which pre- 
 dominated among the sons in these families were not only the common ones 
 of John, William, Joseph and Thomas, but the unusual ones of Benjamin, 
 Stephen, Timothy and Caleb. The early York deeds abound with these. 
 In the genealogy I shall present, "Joseph hosden," who was here in 1764 as 
 a petitioner, and in 1781 as a soldier, will be dropped, for none of the family 
 in town descend from him. He evidently d. or moved elsewhere before 1791. 
 1 Caleb Hodgdon, b. abt. 1730, set. on Jeremy Squam Island (Westport) 
 before the Revolution, probably as early as 1758 or 1760. This is arrived at 
 by a statement of the late Ira Hodgdon, of B., who was b. Feb. 6, 1812. He 
 stated that when he was eight years old there was an old man, Caleb Hodg- 
 don, on Westport, then said to be 90 years old, and that children of this man 
 were cousins to his father, John, and that Caleb and Thomas were brothers. 
 He had a large family of children, but I have to do with only one: 
 *2 Benjamin, dates of birth and death unk., q. v. 
 
 3 Thomas Hodgdon, brother to Caleb, younger by a few years, set. on 
 Jeremy Squam at the same time. He was captain of a co. in Col. William 
 Jones' reg.; com. dated May 8, 1776; also on Majorbagaduce Expedition in 
 1779; family dates wanting in most part. His chil. were Thomas, Jr., Benja- 
 min, John, Joseph, Caleb, Prudence, Rebecca, who m. John Emerson of B., 
 Abigail, Mercy. None of his family except Rebecca set. in B. For the pur- 
 pose of building our record we select from them; 
 
 *4 John, b. Feb. 10, 1769, q. v. 
 
 *5 Joseph, next younger child, q. v. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*2) Benjamin^ Hodgdon ( Caleb^) m. Betsey Tyler. He was living in 
 Edge, in 1777, but before 1779 had set. in West, where he lived afterward. 
 Children: 
 
 6 Joseph, b. Aug. 24, 1777. 
 *7 Benjamin, Jr., b. Mar. 20, 1779, q. v. 
 
542 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 *8 Thomas, b. Oct. 13, 1781, q. v. 
 
 9 Betsey, b. Apr. 4, 1784. 
 
 *10 Caleb, b. June 30, 1786, q. v. 
 
 *11 Tyler, b. Apr. 6, 1788, q. v. 
 
 *12 John, b. Aug. B, 1790, q. v. 
 
 13 Polly, b. Apr. 6, 1793. 
 
 14 Phebe, b. Mar. 16, 1796. 
 
 IB Lucy, b. Apr. 1, 1799; m. James Dunton, West. 
 
 (*4) John" Hodgdon ( Thomas^) m. (1) Deborah, dau. of John Dunton, 
 West.; she was b. June 10, 1774; d. Feb. 6, 1812; (2) Lucy, dau. of Zebediah 
 Farnham. He lived in West, and his chil. were all b. there; he d. Jan, 25, 
 1849. Children: 
 
 16 Emerson, b. June 7, 1795; d. Aug., 1885. 
 
 *17 John, b. Sept. 3, 1796, q. v. 
 
 *18 Timothy, b. Mar. 13, 1798, q. v. 
 
 *19 Lovell, b. June 11, 1800, q. v. 
 
 20 Abigail, b. Sept. 11, 1801; d. 1898 in Auburn. 
 
 *21 Alfred, b. Aug. 2, 1808, q. v. 
 
 22 Rebecca, b. Aug. 14, 1805. 
 
 23 Elvira, b. Apr. 16, 1807. 
 
 *24 Edwin, b. Dec. 16, 1809, q. v. 
 
 25 Ira, b. Feb. 6, 1812. As may be noted by dates, his mother died at his 
 birth. From him the records of his father's family were obtained. He 
 m. Esther Reed, 1836; lived in B. 
 
 26 Samuel, b. Apr. 7, 1814; d. Jan. 21, 1884. 
 
 27 Warren, b. June 1, 1816; d. Sept. 2, 1852. 
 
 28 Rufus, b. Feb. 6, 1817; d. Nov. 8, 1890. 
 
 29 Cyrus, b. Mar. 4, ; living in West., 1898. 
 
 30 Lucy A., b. May 11, ; living in Bath, 1898. 
 
 31 Mary, b. July 31, ; d. Feb. 12, 1857. 
 
 (*5) Joseph" Hodgdon ( Thomas^), known on West., where he always 
 lived, as Deacon Joseph; dates are lacking. He had chil. : William, Joseph, 
 Nathan, Benjamin, Betsey, Emily. We have to do with only the oldest: 
 "32 William, b. unk., q. v. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 {*7) Benjamin^ Hodgdon, Jr., (Benjamin,'^ Caleb^) m. (1) Lucy Thomas, 
 West.; she d. Aug. 31, 1816; (2) Lydia Emerson, who d. Dec. 29, 1831; he 
 d. July 7, 1857. Children: 
 
 33 Prudy, b. July 14, 1809; m. S. Hobart; 2 chil., John L. and Albert W.; 
 
 d. Charlestown, Mass. 
 *34 Elbridge B., b. Feb. 20, 1812, q. v. 
 
 35 Wadsworth, b. June 28, 1814; m. Eliza A. Hodgdon; 2 chil., Thomas 
 G. and Melville; d. in Calif. 
 
 36 Lucinda, b. Aug. 24, 1818; unm.; d. in Charlestown, Mass. 
 
 37 Caroline, b. Sept. 28, 1821; m. Michael Hapenny; 3 chil., Lydia, Albert 
 G. and Mami6; he d. on the S. A. coast; she d. in Charlestown, Mass. 
 
 38 Albert, b. Nov. 20, 1823; d. in youth. 
 
 39 Arabella, b. Feb. 7, 1826; unm.; res. in Charlestown, Mass. 
 
 40 Francis M., b. June 14, 1828; m. Esther Binham, Nova Scotia; res. on 
 homestead of his father; chil.: Emma, dec; Benjamin F., res. 
 in Woolwich. 
 
 (•8) Thomas' Hodgdon (Benjamin,^ Caleb') m. Thankful Greenleaf, b. 
 Oct., 1788. He d. May 8, 1871; she d. Feb. 14, 1870, a. 81-4. At middle 
 age he came to Hodgdon's Island from West, and moved a business already 
 established, which was largely increased in the new location. See Chaps. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 543 
 
 XIX and XXI. Dea. Joseph Hodgdon had owned the island and his son 
 William had been living on it several years when Thomas purchased half of 
 the property. Children: 
 
 41 Olive, m. Samuel Tarbox, West. 
 
 42 Emmeline, m. Allen Lewis, q. v. 
 »43 Stephen G., b. 1820, q. v. 
 
 44 Eliza, m. Capt. Joseph Sherlock. 
 
 (*10) Caleb' Hodgdon (Benjamin,^ Caleb') m. Eliza Parsons, West., 
 1834. He set. in E. B. in 1823, building mills and establishing shipbuilding 
 soon after. See Chap. XIX. He died Apr. 22, 1874; she died Sept. 6, 1900, 
 a. 86. Children: 
 
 *45 Caleb, Jr., b. Apr. 6, 1835, q. v. 
 
 46 Eliza, b. Sept. 13, 1836; d. Dec. 13, 1841. 
 
 47 John P., b. Sept. 16, 1838; unm. 
 
 48 Mary, b. Apr. 6, 1841; m. Charles Smithwick, q. v. 
 *49 George Meecher, b. Apr. 18, 1843, q. v. 
 
 50 Harriet, b. Apr. 8, 1845; d. May 3, 1849. 
 
 (*11) Tyler' Hodgdon (Benjamin,^ Caleb^) m. Jerusha Parsons; set. in 
 1809 on Sawyer's Island, where he conducted a fishing business in which he 
 was succeeded by his son, Albion P. See Chap. XXI. He died May 24, 
 1862; she died Jan. 22, 1860, a. 61-3. Children: I, Eliza, b. Mar. 19, 1819; 
 m. Wadsworth Hodgdon. II, Allen, b. Nov. 7, 1820; d. Dec, 1856, see Cas. 
 Ill, Albion P., b. Aug. 9, 1822; m. Mary H. Foster, Phillips, 1853; he d. 
 Dec. 15, 1900; two daus. : Eliza M., m. Fred L. Bardwell, Roxbury, Mass., 
 and Edith F., m. George M. Atwood, M. D., Bradford, Mass. IV, Sophia 
 P., b. June 12, 1824; m. Levi Murray. V, Adaline, b. Apr. 9, 1826; d. Apr. 
 7, 1859. VI, Phebe R., b. Jan. 29, 1828; m. Wilmot Lewis. VII, Lucy J., 
 b. Jan. 16, 1830; d. 1835. VIII, Granville, b. Jan. 29, 1832; d. 1856, see Cas. 
 IX, Carlista F., b. Feb. 8, 1834. X, Melville P., b. Mar. 6, 1836; m. Laura 
 E. Reed; he d. Jan. 1, 1899; she d. May 6, 1874; one dau., Laura J., m. 
 Lewis P., son of George F. Hodgdon. XI, Lenora, b. Dec. 25, 1838; m. 
 Alfred H. Pinkham. XII, Dennis, b. Feb. 14, 1841; d. Jan. 22, 1860. 
 
 (*12) John' Hodgdon {Benjamin,'^ Caleb^) m. Sarah A. Dunton. He 
 came from West, before 1816, which was soon after his marriage, and pur- 
 chased of James Tyler what was then known as the David Emery place, now 
 known as the residence of his son, John M. Hodgdon. There he had one of 
 the largest bank fishing establishments in town. See Chap. XXI. He died 
 July 2, 1871; she d. Sept. 24, 1867, a. 74. Children: 
 
 61 Merrill, b. June 13, 1816; d. Sept. 13, 1839, see Cas. 
 
 52 Mary A., b. Aug. 9, 1818; m. Andrew Adams, q. v. 
 
 *53 Freeman, b. Oct. 29, 1820, q. v. 
 
 *54 John M., b. Aug. 12, 1824, q. v. 
 
 55 Marston, b. Aug. 16, 1826; d. July 4, 1848. 
 
 56 Jackson, b. Nov. 19, 1829; m. Elizabeth Blake. 
 *57 Silas Lee, b. Dec. 6, 1831, q. v. 
 
 (*17) John' Hodgdon, 2d, {John,"^ Thomas^) m. (1) Sarah ; she d. 
 
 Apr. 18, 1837; (2) Mrs. Julia A. Dodge. He d. Mar. 15, 1851; she d. Aug. 
 17, 1858. The first five chil. were b. in West. He set. bet. B. H. and E. B. 
 before 1827. Children: 
 
 58 Washington, m. Martha Alley. 
 
 59 Frances, m. James Murray. 
 
 36 
 
544 HISTORY OF BOOTHS AT. 
 
 60 Jackson, untn. 
 
 61 John, m. (1) Sarah A. McDonald; (2) Margaret Hagerty. 
 
 62 Alfred, m. Sarah A. Tibbetts. 
 
 63 Albert Caleb, b. Oct. 31, 1827; unm. 
 
 64 Benjamin F., b. Aug. 20, 1831; d. Sept. 20, 1836. 
 66 Abigail L., b. Apr. i4, 1834; m. Alfred Bennett. 
 
 66 Sarah L., b. Apr. 14, 1834; m. Charles M. Seavey. 
 
 67 Rebecca, b. Feb. 2, 1837; m. Raban Clifford. 
 *68 Dexter W., b. June 20, 1847, q. v. 
 
 69 Julia, b. May 1, 1850; m. Osborne Pinkham. 
 
 (*18) Timothy' Hodgdon {John,''' Thomas^) m. Frances Tibbetts. He 
 set. on Sawyer's Island before his marriage, in 1820, where his son, Alonzo 
 K., now lives. He died Oct. 18, 1881; she died Jan. 28, 1875. Children: 
 
 70 Zina H., b. Aug. 3, 1823; m. Rinda S. Reed; lived on Hodgdon's Is., 
 where he conducted a general store and acted as steamboat agent for 
 many years; he d. May 14, 1893; Rinda, w., b. Oct. 4, 1825, d. June 6, 
 1898; chil. : I, Francena C, m. Wesley Pinkham; II, Eveline E., m. A. 
 H. Goudy; III, Laura B., m. Dr. R. G. Blanchard, Dover, N. H.; IV, 
 Ada F., m. Irving Pinkham; V, Florence D., m. Elbridge Matthews, 
 Deering. 
 
 71 Mary E., b. Feb. 12, 1827; m. Russell Lewis. 
 
 72 George F., b. May 21, 1829; m. Angelia, dau. of Samuel Lewis; lives 
 at Sawyer's Island; chil.: George B., Alvah L., Cora E., Frank R., 
 Edward B., Lewis P. 
 
 73 James P., b. Apr. 11, 1831; m. Mary E., dau. of William McKown; he 
 d. Sept. 20, 1881; she d. Oct. 24, 1877; chil.: Granville W., Hattie P., 
 Leonard, Byron S., Ella L., Fannie E., Annie M., Alice E. 
 
 74 Angelia F., b. Oct. 21, 1833; m. Ebenezer Reed. 
 
 75 Roxana S., b. Feb. 16, 1836; m. Wadsworth H. Lewis. 
 
 76 Alonzo K., b. Nov. 17, 1839; m. (1) Alvia Swett; (2) Nellie Hodgdon; 
 (3) Mary I. Baker. 
 
 77 Lovesta, b. Nov. 17, 1839; m. Elbridge Matthews; d. Mar. 9, 1883. 
 
 78 Roscoe G., b. July 28, 1842; m. Eliza, dau. of James Tibbetts; mer- 
 chant since 1871 at B. H.; pres. of the Boothbay Savings Bank; chil.: 
 Archer W., Mildred L. (dec), Stella, Vesta. 
 
 (*19) LovELL^ Hodgdon (/ohn,^ Thovfas^) came from West. ; m. Ruth 
 Reed; he d. Jan., 1833. His family is thought to have set. in Bath. Chil.: 
 I, Elbridge M., b. Mar. 16, 1826. II, Emily E., b. Sept. 8, 1827; m. George 
 P. Kimball, Bath. Ill, Juliette, b. Sept. 26, 1829. 
 
 (*21) Alfred^ Hodgdon (John,^ Thomas^) m. Matilda Campbell; lived 
 at Mill Cove. Children: 
 
 79 Matilda, b. Nov. 23, 1827; m. Samuel Miller Reed, 1845. 
 
 80 Frances A., b. Feb. 14, 1829. 
 *81 James F., b. Jan. 11, 1831, q. v. 
 
 82 Charles A., b. Jan. 11, 1831; lost at sea, Oct., 1851. 
 
 (*24) Edwin' Hodgdon (John,^ Thomas') m. Julia, dau. of William 
 Reed. He lived opposite Indiantown, where his son, Convers O., did after- 
 ward. He d. May 29, 1891; she d. June 18, 1899. Chil.: I, Martha D., b. 
 Sept. 16, 1832; d. Aug. 29, 1851. II, Emily E., b. July 23, 1834. Ill, Elvira, 
 b. Sept. 16, 1836; m. James Grady. IV, Angelet, b. Dec. 11, 1839; m. James 
 F. Hodgdon, q. v. V, Mary A., b. Feb. 6, 1841. VI, Convers O., b. Aug. 
 14, 1843; m. (1) Hattie E. Swett, 1865; (2) Mrs. Celina Adams. VII, Lyman, 
 b. Feb. 23, 1846; d. Mar. 6, 1876. VIII, Manly K., b. Dec. 16, 1848; m. 
 Nettie A. Fuller. IX, Julia A., b. Nov. 13, 1851; m. Byron Swett. 
 
FAMILY HISTOET. 545 
 
 (*32) William^ Hodgdon (Joseph,"^ Thomas'-) m. Olive Parsons, Edge., 
 1836. He had already been in B. for some years. His father owned Hodg- 
 don's Island, but had lived in West. William purchased half of it and 
 Stephen G., a few years later, the other half. He kept a store and dealt in 
 fish to some extent. He d. July 26, 1887; she d. Oct. 31, 1865. Children: 
 
 83 Westbrook P., b. July 31, 1837; d. Mar., 1858, see Cas. 
 
 84 Martin V. B., b. Oct. 10, 1838; d. Feb. 26, 1859. 
 
 85 Oilman Page, b. Mar. 11, 1841; m. Caroline M., dau. of Robert Spin- 
 ney; lived at B. Ctr. until abt. 1885, when they rem. to B. H. Was 
 engaged in the fruit trade between Charleston, S. C, and the West 
 Indies for several years. For public service see Chap. XVI. Chil. : I, 
 Clarence R., see Chap. XXIII; II, Gertrude L.,.m. Henry S. Perkins; 
 III, Maud, res. in Mass.; IV, Louise N., teacher in B. H. schools. 
 
 86 James D., b. May 8, 1842; d. Oct. 1, 1858, see Cas. 
 
 87 Mary K., b. Nov. 6, 1844. 
 
 88 Theresa, b. Sept. 20, 1846; d. 1864. 
 
 89 Albert, b. May 20, 1849; d. 1853. 
 
 90 Eva, b. May 19, 1862. 
 
 91 Harriet, b. July 25, 1854; d. 1859. 
 
 92 Ida and Elizabeth, d. in inf. 
 
 Fourth Generation. 
 (*34) Elbridge B.* Hodgdon (Benjamin,^ Benjamin,^ Caleb^) m. Mar- 
 garet McCobb, 1838. He d. Dec. 24, 1860; buih the house and lived where 
 Nelson Harding lives, at West B. H. Children: I, Ellen M., b. Mar. 15, 
 1841; II, Lucy T., b. Mar. 2, 1845, unm.; Ill, Adeliza, b. July 17, 1848; IV, 
 Lizzie L., m. H. Leslie Deming, Boston. 
 
 (*43) Stephen G.* Hodgdon ( Thomas,^ Benjamin,'^ Caleb') m. (1) 
 Ruth S. Thomas; she d. July 24, 1861, a. 38-8; (2) Emeline P. Jewett, West., 
 1863. He came with his father from West, when business was commenced 
 on the island and helped largely in building it, afterward succeeding to it. 
 In early years he was master of a banker, but later in life gave his entire 
 attention to directing matters on shore. He d. Dec. 15, 1901. Children: I, 
 Martha E., b. Aug. 17, 1842. II, Christopher G., b. Dec. 5, 1850; d. Mar. 
 16, 1860. Ill, Ruth H. Heal, adopted, b. Jan. 1, 1846. IV, Charles S., b. 
 Oct. 17, 1864; m. Edith M., dau. of David C. Adams. He has succeeded to 
 the business of his father, which he now conducts. 
 
 (*45) Caleb^ Hodgdon, Jr., (Caleb,^ Benjamin,'^ Caleb^) m. Mahala H. 
 Plummer, Wis., 1867. He res. at E. B.; succeeded to the mill and lumber 
 business of his father, in which his sons are engaged with him as partners. 
 
 Children: I, Alice M., m. Bishop; II, Caleb Tyler, m. Minnie Murray; 
 
 III, Helen Standish m. (1) John A. Marshall, (2) Charles Chapman; IV, Clar- 
 ence W.; V, Mary E., m. Norman Fuller; VI, Mahala S., m. Percy Orne. 
 
 (*49) George M.* Hodgdon (Caleb, ^ Benjamin,^ Caleb^) m. Henrietta, 
 dau. of William Adams. In company with his brother, John P., they suc- 
 ceeded to the shipyard business of their father; now, in turn, followed by 
 the sons of George M. Children: Fred F., William A., Charles E., Ammi 
 W., George I. 
 
 (*53) Freeman* Hodgdon (John,' Benjamin,^ Caleb^) m. (1) Mary J., 
 dau. of Elisha A. and Keziah Whitmore (adopted dau. of David Newbegin), 
 b. in Gorham, Nov. 6, 1826; d. 1868; (2) Sarah, dau. of John and Mary Auld. 
 
546 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 He followed the sea throughout his business career, going master at a very 
 early age. He was one of the most successful in his class. He lived at B. 
 H. and d. Nov. 18, 1885. Children: I, Winfield S., b. July 20, 1846; d. Dec. 
 29, 1865. II, Merrill E., b. July 20, 1846; m. Carrie Norton, Martha's Vine- 
 yard; res. at Orient Heights, E. Boston; sea captain. Ill, Mary Freeman, 
 b. Mar. 20, 1850; m. Charles S. Weston; res. Los. Angeles, Cal. IV, Abba, 
 b. Oct. 29, 1852; d. 1854. V, Georgia E., b. Dec. 2, 1854; m. Russell Hol- 
 ton. VI, Abbie D., b. Feb. 19, 1858; m. John Fletcher, Lowell, Mass. VII, 
 Mariquita, b. June 22, 1862; m. Jetson Wade, Scituate, Mass. VIII, Leroy 
 W., b. May 8, 1872. IX, Norman H., b. Jan. 20, 1874. X, Marian. 
 
 (*54) John M.* Hodgdon {John,'^ Benjamin,^ Caleb'^) m. Caroline C. 
 Dunton, West. He followed the sea from an early age until well advanced 
 in years, most of the time engaged in the fisheries. He has the farm and 
 homestead of his father. Children: I, Lester, b. Oct. 9, 1850; m. Emma 
 Jennet, dau. of Merrill Barter; he d. Feb., 1872, see Cas.; she d. Jan. 20, 
 1876; they left one child, Lester E., who is m., res. with his grandparents 
 and is a commercial traveler. II, Mary N., b. May 14, 1853; m. Alonzo K. 
 Hodgdon. Ill, Marston, b. Oct. 8, 1855; d. at Buenos Ayres, May 2, 1878. 
 IV, Allen, b. Nov. 14, 1857; m. Belle Welch; res. Boston; chief engineer on 
 Str. Kennebec. V, Carrie, b. May 24, 1860; d. in youth. 
 
 (*57) Silas Lee* Hodgdon [John,* Benjamin,^ Caleb^) m. Caroline 
 Wheaton, Guysboro, N. S.; lived at E. B.; he d. Oct. 4, 1894. Children: 
 Aphia A., Ida May, Lucy A., Fred S., Winfield S., Kate, Mary R. 
 
 (*68) Dexter W.* Hodgdon (John, 2d,^ John? Thomas^) m. Clara E., 
 dau. of Charles Sherman, Edge.; res. B. H.; has been engaged in general 
 trade and ice. Children: Walter I., Nellie S., Marcia V., m. Irving C. 
 Kenniston, Clara D., George T., Hattie C, Dexter, Jr. 
 
 (*81) James F.* Hodgdon {Alfred? John? Thomas^) m. Angelet 
 Hodgdon. Lived at Mill Cove, where Andrew Reed, founder of that family 
 in town, settled and lived. He died Oct. 22, 1896. Children: Herbert C, 
 James F., Charles A., William H., Clarence G., Edwin L., John B., Carrie 
 E., Anna M., Morris P. 
 
 John Hodgdon, a tailor from Gloucester, Mass., of no known relation to 
 the foregoing fam., m. Eunice, dau. of John and Rebecca Lewis, abt. 1817. 
 They had two daus.: I, Mary, b. Aug. 6, 1818; m. Willard Holton. II, 
 Permelia, b. abt. 1820; d. unm. The father was lost at sea and his wid. m. 
 (2) William Montgomery, 1825; she d. Jan. 29, 1883, a. 89-9. 
 
 HOLBROOK. 
 
 1 EzEKiEL HoLBROOK was b. in Wellfleet, Mass., 1776. At the age of 
 four years, his father having died, he was taken by his mother to Penobscot 
 River. Being disappointed there in a chance for a livelihood, they came to 
 Damariscotta, where Ezekiel was bound out to service. The abuse he was 
 subjected to was such that at the age of 14 he ran away, following down the 
 river, and hired with Benjamin Linekin. Here he remained until 1802, when 
 he m. Lucy, dau. of his employer. She d. in 1805, and a year later he m. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 547 
 
 Dorcas, dau. of Jonathan Farnham. He d. Mar. 5, 1863; Lucy, Istw., d. 
 Oct. 28, 1805; Dorcas, 2d w., d. May 18, 1884, a. 96-5-27. Children: 
 
 2 Lucy, b. Oct. 8, 1807; m. Joseph Grimes. 
 
 3 Daniel, b. July 5, 1809; m. Eliza Hart, St. George. 
 
 4 Fanny, b. Jan. 6, 1812; m. (1) John Bennett; (2) Daniel Rowe. 
 
 5 Nancy, b. Apr. 16, 1814; m. Nathaniel Foster. 
 
 6 Sally, b. July 7, 1816; d. 1829. 
 
 7 Dorcas, b. Aug. 30, 1818; m. Joseph Farnham. 
 
 8 Ezekiel, Jr., b. May 3, 1822; unm.; was long associated with his 
 brother Eliphalet in trade and fishing. 
 
 *0 Eliphalet, b. Sept. 17, 1824, q. v. 
 
 10 William C, b. May 17, 1827; d. Apr. 11, 1851, see Cas. 
 
 11 Sarah, b. July 1, 1830; unm. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*9) Eliphalet^ Holbrook (Ezekiel^) m. Charlotte P. Blake. To this 
 man belongs the distinction of being the merchant over the longest term of 
 service of any ever in town. He commenced trade in 1845, the year in 
 which Thomas Orne commenced. The latter retired in 1899, while Mr. Hol- 
 brook still (1905) retains an interest and gives the business some attention. 
 Their children are: I, Alden G., m. Abbie E. Martin, 1878; II, Dorcas 
 Ellen, m. James P. Jones; III, Orra A., m. George W. Martin. 
 
 HOLTON. 
 
 1 John Holton was first of this family in town. He came from Medford, 
 Mass., previous to 1773, having been born in Leicester, Dec. 2, 1747. A rec- 
 ord shows his father's family to have settled in Brookfield in May, 1762, they 
 having then come from Spencer. The family descent in Mass. of John, the 
 Boothbay settler, follows: 
 I, Joseph Houlton,! original immigrant, b. in County of Bedford, Eng., 
 
 1621; set. in Salem, Mass., abt. 1635; m. Sarah, dau. of Richard and 
 
 Ann IngersoU; d. May 30, 1705. 
 II, Benjamin Houlton,^ b. Dec. 14, 1657; m. Sarah ; d. 1689; res. in 
 
 Salem. 
 
 III, Benjamin Houlton, Jr.,s b. Jan. 14, 1689-90; m. (1) Lydia Leech, July 
 13, 1708; (a) Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth (Porter) Putnam, 
 a sister to Gen. Israel Putnam of Revolutionary fame; res. in Salem. 
 
 IV, Israel Houlton,* bap. Mar. 19, 1720-21 ; m. Sibel or Sibella ; wife 
 
 thought to have been of Conn, birth and residence. 
 
 John was third in a fam. of eight chil. On arriving at B. he set. on the 
 place now owned by Warren A. Holton, where he built his home and mar- 
 ried the daughter of one of his nearest neighbors. He m. Priscilla, dau. of 
 Jeremiah Beath, early in 1774. See Rev. list. He d. Oct. 2, 1822. Children: 
 
 2 Elizabeth, b. Nov. 10, 1775; m. Thomas Stewart, 1803. 
 
 3 Sibel, b. May 10, 1779; m. George W. Merrill, 1802, q. v. 
 *4 Israel, b. June 23, 1781, q. v. 
 
 *5 Jeremiah, b. Jan. 26, 1784, q. v. 
 
 6 Priscilla, b. Apr. 21, 1786. 
 
 7 Sarah, b. Sept. 3, 1788. 
 
 8 Mehitable, b. Apr. 23, 1791. 
 
548 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 9 Susanna, b. Aug. 11, 1793; m. Abner Lewis, 1822. 
 
 10 Margaret, b. Aug. 11, 1795; d. in Boston, Feb. 9, 1814. 
 
 11 Phebe, b. Sept. 19, 1798. 
 
 12 John, b. Aug. 6, 1801; d. 1802. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*4) IsRAKLii HoLTON (Johti^) m. Jane Robinson, Bris., 1808. He set. 
 south of the house where his son, the late John Holton, lived, near B. Ctr., 
 purchasing the place of Patrick Herrin or his heirs. He was a sea captain 
 and is said to have held a captain's commission in the War of 1812. He died 
 Mar. 12, 1857; she died Feb. 5, 1856, a. 68. Children: 
 
 *13 Willard, b. Aug. 29, 1812, q. v. 
 
 *14 John, b. Oct. 27, 1815, q. v. 
 
 15 Thomas, b. Nov. 14, 1817; d. 1818. 
 
 16 Israel H., b. Aug. 28, 1819; d. Sept., 1839, see Cas. 
 
 17 William R., b. Jan. 28, 1822; m. Apphia Foye, Wis.; s. p.; he d. Feb. 
 21, 1872; she d. June 1, 1886, a. 61. 
 
 18 Martha J., b. Nov. 18, 1823; m. James McCobb, q. v. 
 
 19 Eliza A., b. 1825; m. Hamilton J. Barrows, Putney, Vt., 1855. 
 
 (*6) Jeremiah^ Holton (John^) m. Mary Clifford, Edge., 1811. He 
 built at the corner northerly from his father's and the old house has of late 
 been rebuilt, with additions, and is used as a public hall, called the Ida 
 Pavilion. He died Oct. 11, 1860; she died Dec. 2, 1864, a. 74-6. Children: 
 
 20 Mary A., b. Oct. 14, 1812; m. Capt. John Auld, 1832; d. June 19, 1904. 
 
 21 Margaret, b. June 20, 1815; unm.; d. Apr. 20, 1883. 
 *22 Rufus, b. June 3, 1817, q. v. 
 
 23 Cordelia, b. Feb. 27, 1819; unm.; d. in Boston, 1890. 
 
 24 Jane C, b. Feb. 17, 1821; m. Rufus Adams, q. v. 
 
 25 Sarah, b. Apr. 17, 1823; m. Samuel Murray. 
 
 26 Antoinette, b. Feb. 17, 1826; m. Solomon Wellington, Mass. 
 
 27 Elizabeth, b. Aug. 23, 1829; m. Charles Bowker, Mass. 
 *28 Jeremiah C, b. Jan. 23, 1831, q. v. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (*13) Willard" Holton {Israel ? Joh-n)) m. Mary Hodgdon, 1837. He 
 lived at B. H. He was a carpenter and farmer and was a prominent mem- 
 ber of the 2d Cong. Church and one of the four to whom its memorial win- 
 dow is inscribed. He d. July 16, 1880; she d. Apr. 17, 1893, a. 74-8-12. Chil. : 
 
 20 Mary A., b. July 9, 1838; m. Moses R. Powers, Dorchester, Mass. 
 
 30 William H., b. Sept. 1, 1841; d. May 31, 1858, see Cas. 
 
 31 Willard Russell, b. Nov. 2, 1845; m. Georgia E., dau. of Freeman 
 Hodgdon, 1877; he is a contracting carpenter; res. B. H.; chil : Harry 
 W., see Chap. XXIII; Carl R., see Chap. XXIII; Carrie N., Chester. 
 
 32 John Frederick, b. Oct. 6, 1848; set. in Mass. 
 
 33 Walter T., b. June 1, 1853; m. Lula, dau. of W. G. Lewis; chil.: Mary 
 and Lewis. 
 
 34 Henrv C, b. June 11, 1858; m. Addie Small, South.; chil.: Arthur, 
 Lloyd, Alton, Eunice. 
 
 (*14) John' Holton (Israel,'^ John^) m. (1) Jane C, dau. of James 
 Adams, 1843; (2) Eliza, dau. of Paul McCobb, 1846; (3) Mary G. Foye, Wis., 
 1850. He built northerly from his father's home, where his wid. still resides. 
 He was a ship carpenter. He d. June 24, 1895; Eliza, wife, d. Apr. 15, 1849. 
 Children: 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 549 
 
 35 Charles, b. May 8, 1848; m. Burnette ; she d. Oct. 1, 1883; he set. 
 
 in Mass. and is an engineer. 
 
 36 Eliza A., b. Jan. 16, 1852; d. Apr. 9, 1881; iinm. 
 87 John E., b. May 8, 1855; d. June 6, 1896; unm. 
 
 38 Hattie May, b. Sept., 1856; m. A. R. Hallowell, Salem, Mass. 
 
 39 Horace W., b. Nov. 18, 1861; m. Jennie Wylie; res. Maiden, Mass. 
 
 40 Albert H., b. Apr. 4, 1864; lives in Dorchester, Mass. 
 
 41 Jennie Foy, b. Jan. 3, 1867; d. Apr. 21, 1889; unm. 
 
 (*22) RuFUS^ HOLTON (Jeremiah,^ Joh-nP) m. Margaret, dau. of David 
 R. Adams, 1840. He lived where John, his grandfather, settled. See Chap. 
 XVI for public service. He d. Mar. 1, 1892; she d. July 11, 1896. Children: 
 
 42 Mary E., b. Sept. 12, 1842. 
 
 43 Edward P., b. Aug. 13, 1847. 
 
 44 James G., b. Jan. 3, 1852; set. in Maiden, Mass. 
 
 45 Warren A., b. June 11, 1859; m. Mary E., dau. of W. M. Bennett; s. p. 
 
 (*28) Jeremiah Clifford' Holton {Jeremiah,''' John}) m. (1) Laura 
 A. Reed, 1869; she d. Jan. 11, 1882, a. 36-7; (2) Mrs. Helen O. Taylor, Wis.; 
 res. B. H.; is a ship carpenter. Children: I, Morton T., b. May 19, 1871; 
 m. Grace M., dau. of Isaiah and Ellen M. Dewolfe; res. in Mass. II, Norris 
 J., b. Feb. 7, 1876. 
 
 HOWARD. 
 
 Silas Howard was born in Castine, 1820; m. Annie Seavey, St. George, 
 1840; set. in B. H., 1866. He followed the sea from a boy until a few years 
 after marriage set. in B. Mrs. Howard died in 1891. Two only of six chil. are 
 living: George, who is m. and has afam. in town; Addie, res. with her father. 
 
 HUFF. 
 
 This is principally an Edge. name. Joseph and Phebe Huff came from 
 that town and set. at Back Narrows abt. 1820. They had one dau., Harriet. 
 The mother died Sept. 2, 1822. In 1823 he m. Hannah Stoddard. She died 
 Nov. 28, 1856. Children: I, Joseph, Jr., b. Nov. 6, 1823. II, Samuel, b. 
 May 4, 1833; set. in Hallowell. Ill, Nancy, b. Dec. 10, 1834; m. Carl- 
 ton; set. in Belfast. IV, Caroline E., b. Dec. 18, 1837. V, Betsey, b. Oct. 
 20, 1841. VI, Charles W., b. Mar. 20, 1843. VII, Ellen A., b. July 19, 1847. 
 Of this fam. Joseph, Jr., lived at Back Narrows; engaged in farming, fishing 
 and a general store. Their chil. were: Martha A., b. Aug. 8, 1849; Joseph 
 F., b. Feb. 28, 1853; Silas F. E., b. June 8, 1856; Ella E., b. July 2, 1857. 
 
 HUTCHINGS. 
 
 1 Jonathan Hutchings, of York, whose family settled here after his 
 death, was born about 1700, and died, probably, about 1760. Mary, his wife, 
 was bom in 1708, and died at the age of 93, Oct. 9, 1801. She lived with her 
 son, Jonathan, Jr. They settled at the extreme northerly point at Oven's 
 Mouth, in the Dover district. Children: 
 
 2 Elizabeth, m. David Colbath, 1771. 
 
 3 Betty, b. 1763; m. Ichabod Tibbetts, 1774. 
 *4 Benjamin, q. v. 
 
 *5 Jonathan, q. v. 
 
550 HI8T0BT OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*4) Benjamin* Hutchings {Jonathan^) m. Abigail, dau. of Nathaniel 
 Tibbetts, 1779. They lived where the family settled, and he was drowned, 
 Sept. 4, 1828, at Oven's Mouth, while " warping in " a vessel; she died Oct. 
 2, 1822. Children: 
 
 6 Benjamin, Jr., b. Dec. 19, 1780; d. 1802. 
 
 7 Samuel, b. Nov. 20, 1782; set. in Whitefield. 
 
 8 Andrew, b. Dec. 22, 1784; m. Dorcas Alley; set. in Gardiner. 
 
 9 Polly, b. Sept. 14, 1787. 
 10 Hannah, b. Apr. 22, 1792. 
 
 *11 Jonathan, b. Mar. 6, 1794, q. v. 
 
 12 Sally, b. May 3, 1796; m. Isaac Tibbetts, q. v. 
 
 13 Catherine, b. Apr. 8, 1797. 
 
 14 Frederick, b. Apr. 19, 1801; m. Abigail Loomis. 
 
 (■*5) Jonathan* Hutchings (Jonathan^) m. (1) Mary , who d. Sept. 
 
 15, 1801; (2) Martha, widow of Adam Boyd. He. d. Jan. 5, 1838; Martha d. 
 Feb. 5, 1848. Some of his sons set. in Edge, near the New. line, and but 
 little can be found where they are represented in descent in town at present. 
 Children: I, John, b. 1796; II, James, b. 1798; III, Alfred, b. 1800; IV, Asa, 
 b. 1804; V, Jonathan, Jr., b. 1805, d. 1882; VI, Alexander, b. 1805; VII, Mar- 
 tha, b. 1808, m. Samuel Blake; VIII, Andrew, b. 1811; IX, Thomas, b. 1818. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (*11) Jonathan' Hutchings (Benjamin,^ Jonathan') m. Nancy Bugnor. 
 He lived where Owen Stover now does. He died Jan. 16, 1876; she died 
 Apr. 27, 1876, a. 78-9. Children: 
 
 15 George, b. Sept. 8, 1821; m. Emeline Stover; chil.. Susan E., Antoi- 
 nette and George, Jr. 
 
 *16 Isaac, b. July 6, 1823, q. v. 
 
 17 Margaret, b. Nov. 11, 1824; m. James True. 
 
 18 Sarah, b. Sept. 27, 1826; m. Cornelius Murphy. 
 
 19 Nancy, b. Dec. 11, 1828; m. William Giles, q. v. 
 
 20 Sophronia, b. Sept. 29, 1830; m. Wilmot Stover. 
 
 21 Lucy Ann, b. Dec. 1, 1832; m. Thomas C. Kelley. 
 *22 John, b. Oct. 21, 1834, q. v. 
 
 23 Waterman, b. Jan. 12, 1837; dec; unm. 
 
 24 Leonard, b. Apr. 15, 1843; d. Nov. 19, 1861. 
 Two chil. bet. 23 and 24 d. in inf. 
 
 Fourth Generation. 
 (*16) Isaac* Hutchings (Jonathan,^ Benjamin,'' Jonathan^) m. Julia A. 
 Lewis; lived at Dover. He d. Oct. 17, 1886; she d. May 18, 1883. Children: 
 Annie L., dec; Elizabeth J., dec; Roswell L. 
 
 {*22) John* Hutchings {Jonathan,^ Benjamin;- Jonathan^) m. Eliza- 
 beth Lewis; he died Feb. 29, 1884. Children: Granville, Orin L., Eliza E., 
 Vinettie. 
 
 KELLEY. 
 
 1 Benjamin Kelley, who purchased a tract of land on Pleasant Cove, in 
 1770, of Thomas Kelley, stands in the records as founder of the Boothbay 
 family. Thomas may have been a brother to Benjamin, and they were prob- 
 ably sons of Samuel Kelley, mentioned in the petition for the incorporation 
 
FAMILY HISTOKY, 551 
 
 of the town (see p. 135). Besides these names, who were holders of real 
 
 estate at those early dates, there were in the Revolutionary service from 
 
 Boothbay Aaron, Joseph and William Kelley, of whom we have no further 
 
 record. In 1768 Mary Kelley married Moses Cross, of Freetown. There is 
 
 reason to suppose that Samuel Kelley was the original settler and the others 
 
 named were his children. Benjamin Kelley always stated that his family 
 
 came from Kennebunk to Townsend. The family ancestry is probably thus: 
 
 I, John Kelleyi came from Newbury, Eng., to Newbury, Mass., in 1635; 
 
 d. Dec. 28, 1644; left a son John. 
 
 II, John Kelley,2 b. 1642, m. Sarah, dau. of Richard Knight, 1663; d. 1718; 
 
 they had nine children, one named John. 
 Ill, John Kelley,' b. 1681, m. Hester Morse, 1702. They moved to Atkin- 
 son, N. H., about thirty miles from Kennebunk; had four chil.: Ruth, 
 b. 1704, John, Samuel and Benjamin. Birth dates of last three children 
 are unobtainable. Samuel was probably b. about 1708 and like others 
 of his time "worked easterly." He probably went to Kennebunk, mar- 
 ried and lived there until his children were old enough to want a larger 
 prospect, and then located in Townsend, where he is found in 1764 with 
 his family. The names are all regular family names, as may be noted 
 by consulting Coffin's History of Newbury. 
 
 Benjamin Kelley was bom in 1737; m. Sarah, dau. of William Kennedy, 
 1769, and settled on the farm bought of Thomas, which has ever since been 
 known as the "Kelley farm," now owned by his great-grandson, John E. 
 Kelley. He died Dec. 24, 1818, a. 81 yrs. ; she died May 30, 1816, a. 80 yrs. 
 They left one child: 
 *2 Benjamin, Jr., b. 1769, q. v. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*2) Benjamin^ Kelley, Jr., {Benjamin^) m. Anne, dau. of James and 
 Frances Auld, 1793. They lived on the homestead. The tax list of 1791 
 shows only Benjamin, Jr., and his father in town. They had a sawmill and 
 brickyard on the place. See Chap. XVI for public service. He died Oct. 
 28, 1811; she died July 8, 1830. Children: 
 
 *3 Isaac, b. Nov. 6, 1793, q. v. 
 *4 John, b. Aug. 19, 1795, q. v. 
 
 5 Sally, b. Apr. 20, 1797; unm. 
 
 6 Benjamin, b. Feb. 6, 1799; m. Catherine Campbell, at which time he 
 was res. in Union. Later he moved to Belfast, reared a family and 
 founded the well-known edge tool manufactory of B. Kelley & Co. 
 
 7 Fanny, b. June 15, 1801; unm. 
 
 8 James Auld, b. Apr. 22, 1805; unm. 
 
 9 Ezra, b. Apr. 25, 1807; d. Nov 22, 1857; unm. 
 
 10 Anna, b. Aug. 26, 1809; m. Josiah Staples, Swanville. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (*3) Isaac' Kelley {Benjamin,^ Benjamin^) m. Martha, dau. of John 
 and Judy Kennedy. They had twelve children, but the record is slight in 
 their case, most of the family having settled elsewhere. Their children (per- 
 haps not in order of birth) were: John K., Phebe A., William K., Mary A., 
 James H., Martha C, Rosilla, Jesse, John K., Joseph, Arietta. Of these 
 William K. alone left a family in town. He m. Nancy J., wid. of Thomas B. 
 Farmer and dau. of Robert and Jane Wylie, 1863. They had four daus.: I, 
 
552 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 Elva, m. W. C. Clisby; II, Annie J., m. Charles H. Beal; III, Mary I., m. 
 W. F. Bearse, Bris. ; IV, Arietta, m. Charles E. Spofford. 
 
 (*4) John' Km\.i,wv {Benjamin,- Benjamin'-) m. Mary, dau. of Elisha 
 and Catherine Sherman, 1819. They lived on the homstead, following farm- 
 ing. He died Dec. 12, 1863; she died Feb. 22, 1887. Children: 
 
 11 Mary A., b. Apr. 8, 1820; m. Nathaniel G. Light, Edge. 
 
 12 Catherine, b. Mar. 7, 1822; m. Charles Cargill, New., 1842; d. Apr. 4, 1854. 
 
 13 Benjamin, b. Apr. 18, 1824; m. Cordelia, dau. of Henry and Miriam 
 Reed, 1849; he d. Jan. 18, 1854; one dau., Abby J., m. Charles H. 
 Mason, Bath; she d. Apr. 14, 1886. 
 
 14 Elizabeth G., b. Apr. 2.3, 1826; m. Willard Cunningham, New.; d. Dec. 
 29, 1854. 
 
 15 LydiaJ., b. May 6, 1828; m. Wilmot Averill, Alna, 1848; d. Nov. 3, 1873. 
 
 16 Elisha, b. Sept. 2, 1830; d. Feb. 15, 1853; unm. 
 
 17 Dexter, b. Apr. 1, 1838; m. Roxana Given, Topsham, 1855; d. May 15, 
 1856. 
 
 18 Sarah F., b. Nov. 6, 1835; m. Benjamin P. Reed; d. Jan. 28, 1863. 
 *19 John Edward, b. Aug. 5, 1838, q. v. 
 
 20 Charles P., b. Feb. 14, 1841; d. July 28, 1843. 
 
 Fourth Generation. 
 
 (*19) John Edward* Kelley (John,^ Benjamin,'^ Benjamin^) m. Cor- 
 delia, dau. of John and Mary (Adams) McDougall, 1864. They live at No. 
 B. on the place formerly owned by Dr. Daniel Rose and afterward by Dr. 
 Wright. For town and legislative service see Chap. XVI. He was deputy 
 sheriff, 1873-77; sheriff of Lincoln County, 1883-91; deputy againj 1891-97; 
 fish warden three years under Com. Whitten, 1888-91; and again appointed 
 under Com. Nickerson and now holds that position. Mr. Kelley has served 
 upon the Boothbay Republican Town Com. since 1873, and upon the Repub- 
 lican Co. Com. for Lincoln about fifteen years. They have four children: 
 Fannie May, John P., Benjamin E., Fred Robie. 
 
 KENDRICK. 
 
 Charles E. Kendrick was b. in Bangor, Apr. 8, 1846, the son of William 
 and Laura A. (Hamilton) Kendrick. His father was the son of Joseph and 
 Mary (Knight) Kendrick, also of Bangor. The mother died in 1848 and the 
 father died from wounds early in the Civil War. Charles made his home 
 with his grandparents in Belgrade until 14 years old, when on his own account 
 he commenced in the news and periodical line, at a stand in the rotunda of 
 the State House. This he followed till he was 18, when he established Ken- 
 drick's Express on the Boston and Kennebec steamer. This he sold at 21 
 and commenced jobbing notions over a route in Maine, which he followed 
 six years, when he set. in B. H. Here he engaged in trade in Miller's Block, 
 a few years running a branch during the season at Squirrel Island, until 1888, 
 when he sold his business and the next year bought the Boothbay Register, 
 which he still owns and publishes. He m. Isabel D., dau. of Benjamin and 
 Margaret Kenney, in 1873. Children: Annie B., a teacher in the B. H. 
 schools; Ralph W., m. Caroline, dau. of Samuel and Delia Murray, foreman 
 in the Register oflice. Two sons, James B. and Charles B., died in youth. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 553 
 
 KENNEY. 
 
 This family was numerous in our early records, but at a date earlier than 
 1800, in some instances, entire families of the name moved into the interior 
 towns of the State, which were then rapidly filling with population. For a 
 possible value that it may have I will present the early records briefly, though 
 not all are necessary to show the line of descent to those now living in town. 
 The family is of Scotch descent and in early records is often found spelled 
 Canney. Five men with fams. were in town during the Rev. War, and four 
 of them served in it, of this name. So far as can be ascertained they all 
 came from Bradford, Mass., and they are all thought to have been brothers. 
 
 1 Samuel Kenney m. Abigail Barter; set. on the southern end of Barter's 
 Is., where C. S. F. Hilton now lives. He was b. abt. 1756; served through 
 the Rev. and again in 1812-14 cleaned up the same old flintlock or Queen' s- 
 arm to help defend the Sheepscot shores, which were annoyed by the British. 
 He died at advanced age, Feb. 23, 1848; she died Nov. 15, 1816. Children: 
 Samuel, Jr., 1777; Sarah, 1779; Thomas, 1781; Abigail, 1783', John, 1785; 
 Lydia, 1787; Esther, 1790; Rejoice, 1792; Susanna, 1794; Hepsibeth, 1798; 
 Eunice, 1800. Esther and Rejoice were the first and second wives, respect- 
 ively, of Rufus Hilton, who succeeded upon the homestead. 
 
 2 Thomas Kenney m. Jemima Foster; lived on west side of B. He d. Nov. 
 19, 1815, a. 86; she d. Aug. 17, 1813. Children: Thomas, 1777; Josiah, 1779. 
 
 8 Abijah Kenney m. Esther Wylie, 1782; he lived in the old stone house 
 at West B. H. He d. Oct. 14, 1848, a. 88; she d. Sept. 5, 1840, a. 87. He 
 was a cobbler. Not thought to have had children. 
 
 4 Henry Kenney m. Elizabeth, dau. of Col. Edward Emerson, 1789. 
 Thought to have lived in No. B. near the Edge. line. He d. Oct. 15, 1821. 
 Children: Edward, 1790; Thomas, Jr., 1792; Betsey, 1794; John, 1796; Har- 
 riet, 1799; Sophia, 1800; Lydia, 1802; Emerson, 1803; Hester and Synthia, 
 1807; Charlotte, 1809; Susanna, 1812. 
 
 5 Benjamin and Susanna Kenney ai;e thought to have lived near the Edge, 
 line. Herfam. name is unk., as are the dates of their deaths. Children: 
 John, 1789; Benjamin, Jr., 1791; Ann, 1793; Joshua, 1796; Sally, 1799; Israel, 
 1801; Thomas, 1804; Jane, 1806; Daniel, 1810. Soon after 1810, before mar- 
 riage of any of the children, this fam. moved to Jeff. 
 
 6 John Kenney, son of Benjamin and Susanna, after the family moved to 
 Jeff., shipped on a whaling voyage and was wrecked on the coast of Scot- 
 land. There he remained and m. Nellie Cheavous and continued to live 
 until they had a fam. of seven chil. He then returned to America and set. 
 in Jeff., later rem. to Edge., where he d. soon after. Of these seven chil. 
 John, Jr., and Benjamin .set. in this locaHty. John, Jr., in Edge., where he 
 reared a fam., of whom Wilder F. m. Abby-M. Haggett, Edge., and lives in 
 B. H., one dau., Alice; George lives in New. and Leroy in Bath. 
 
 7 Benjamin, son of John and Nellie Kenney, set. as a young man in B. H. 
 He m. Margaret, dau. of James and Sarah Auld. For many years he fol- 
 lowed the sea and accumulated a good property. He was long an active 
 member in the 2d Cong. Society. He d. May 3. 1903, a. 77-9; she d. Feb. 4, 
 1894. Children: I, Isabella, b. Jan. 17, 1854; m. Charles E. Kendrick, q. v. 
 
554 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 II, James B., b. July 12, 1856; m. Hattie J. Pask, Bath. Ill, Benjamin, Jr., 
 d. in youth. IV, George A., b. Aug. 1, 1860; m. Genettio N., dau. of 
 Osgood Reed; they had two daus., Effie M. and Grace A. He. d. May 31, 
 1898. This fam. have all lived at B. H. 
 
 KENNISTON. 
 
 1 David Kenniston came to Boothbay a few years after the Revolution 
 closed and purchased what for almost a century was known as the Kenniston 
 homestead at B. Ctr. His father was a Scotch refugee after the battle of 
 Culloden Muir, 1746, coming at once to America in a French cruiser, landing 
 at Norfolk, Va. He was John Kenniston, or as the name has variously been 
 spelled, Kenaston, Kenerson or Canaston. He married in America and set. 
 in N. H., in the vicinity of Nottingham, where the fam. was once, during the 
 colonizing period, attacked by Indians and their house burned. They had 
 six sons, in order, David, Joseph, Isaac, Joshua, Samuel, Thomas. The two 
 former served in the Rev. War and located in Maine after it closed. David 
 was b. in 1759. He m. (1) Sarah, dau. of Jeremiah Beath, 1789; (2) Betsey, 
 wid. of Samuel Day and dau. of David Reed, 1797. He died May 9, 1843; 
 Sarah, w., d. Dec. 12, 1796; Betsey, w., d. Mar. 10, 1844. David Kenniston 
 was a leading member in the first church, particularly during the pastorate 
 of Rev. Isaac Weston, for whom he had strong admiration and warm friend- 
 ship. He has been described to the author as a tall, erect man of dark 
 complexion, hair and eyes, with prominent features and stem, energetic 
 manner. Children: 
 
 2 John, b. July 5, 1790; set. in Eastern Maine. 
 
 3 Asa, b. Aug. 27, 1792; lived in Exeter and Newport; d. past 80; unm. 
 
 4 Sarah, b. Feb. 11, 1793; went to Mass.; trace lost. 
 
 5 Thomas Beath, b. Dec. 2, 1796; m. Margery W. Ingraham, 1823; set 
 together with his wife's fam. in Levant. 
 
 6 Polly, b. Oct. 2, 1798; m. Willard Thorpe, q. v. 
 
 7 Stephen, b. June 10, 1800; m. Mrs. Mary S., wid. of Frederick Lewis 
 and dau. of Capt. Andrew McFarland, 1822; set. in Machias and later 
 rem. to Chelsea, Mass. He had a fam. of several chil. 
 
 8 Margaret, b. Apr. 3, 1804; m. Robert Spinney, q. v. 
 *9 William, b. Nov. 9, 1806, q. v. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*9) William^ Kenniston {David^) m. (1) Emily, dau. of Washington 
 and Nancy Dodge, Edge., 1833; (2) Mary, dau. of Moses Huff, Edge., 1836; 
 (3) Mrs. Octavia, wid. of Samuel Woodward, 1883. He was a man of great 
 energy of character, active in business, being in his earlier years engaged in 
 contract work upon roads and bridges and in general trade. In 1849 he was 
 among the first to start for California, when with a few men from this vicinity 
 they rounded Cape Horn in a small schooner and landed at their destination 
 soon after the fire that destroyed the Sutter Settlement, now San Francisco. 
 His business career in town is referred to in Chaps. XIX and XXI. Added 
 to his natural activity he was of a strong social turn and these qualities gave 
 him a broad and agreeable acquaintance. Possessed of a remarkable mem- 
 ory and a strong tendency to see the humorous and ridiculous side of things, 
 he was filled with anecdotes and reminiscences, and being a ready conver- 
 sationalist these were imparted in his old age to his younger friends and 
 
FAMILY HISTOBY. 555 
 
 acquaintances. Marrying the daughter of his last wife, I lived in the same 
 house with them from October, 1886, to April, 1888, and during this time it 
 may fairly be said the work on this History of Boothbay took its inception. 
 His death, which occurred by murder, on the day he was 81 yrs. 6 mos. of 
 age, was in the house in which he was born. At that time he was enjoying 
 good health and his family physician stated that he was apparently in sound 
 physical condition (see p. 890). He d. May 9, 1888; Emily, w., d. Jan. 24, 
 1836, a. 24; Mary, w., d. Apr. 26, 1881, a. 65; Octavia, w., d. Jan. 24, 1890, 
 a. 65-9-27. Children: 
 
 10 George Beaman, b. Dec. 17, 1836; m. (1) Antoinette E., dau. of Rev. 
 Jonathan Adams, 1864; (2) Annie Janet, dau. of Benjamin Blair, 1883. 
 They res. at B. H. He is a lawyer and real estate dealer. See sketch. 
 Chap. XXIII. Children: I, Mabel, m. Emerson Rice; res. at Hyde 
 Park, Mass. ; see Emerson Genealogy. II, Walter, d. Sept. 20, 1887, a. 
 19-7-19. Ill, Irving Chase, m. Marcia V., dau. of Dexter W. Hodgdon. 
 Since 1890 he has been in either Arizona or the Klondike. At Sulphur 
 Creek, in the latter place, he is now engaged in mining on his own 
 account. IV, William Beaman, see sketch, p. 406. V, Alice, m. Wen- 
 dall P. McKown, see p. 407. VI, George B., Jr., d. Nov. 28, 1898, a 
 20-10-3, seeCas. 
 
 11 Albert Henry, b. Jan. 31, 1839; m. Ida A. Chase, Edge., 1875. For- 
 merly of the firm of Kenniston, Cobb & Co., operating on Linekin 
 Neck; now and for several years engaged in the furniture trade and 
 undertaking at B. H. Children: I, Edith Chase, m. John A. Mad- 
 docks, see p. 407; II, Mary Avis, unm. 
 
 12 Mary Emily, b. July 18, 1845; m. Luther Maddocks, q. v. 
 
 Capt. Joseph Ross Kenniston, b. in Jeff., Sept. 10, 1836; son of David 
 and Mary A. (Ross) Kenniston. His father, David, understood to be de- 
 scended from Joseph, brother of David, founder of the foregoing fam. He 
 was b. in Liberty in 1811, lived in Jeff, through his business years, dying in 
 Washington, 1857; Mary, his w., d. in Aug., 1888, a. 76. Joseph left school 
 at 13, going as sailor under Capt. George Witcher, sch. John StuU. At 27 
 he took his first command, sch. Mount Hope, coasting, and continued until 
 1872. He then came to B. H., invested his capital in real estate, to which 
 he has added by purchase, building and rebuilding, until at the present he 
 has the largest number of rents owned by a single individual in town. These 
 are situated on McKown and Commercial Streets and Townsend Avenue. 
 He m. Henrietta, dau. of Rufus Reed, Orono, 1867. Children: I, Charles 
 F., variety store and news stand at B. H. II, Vinnie E., m. Harold Bibber, 
 M. D., Bath. Ill, Ethel May, unm. 
 
 KIMBALL. 
 
 Henry and Sally Kimball came from Bradford, Mass., and set. on Bar- 
 ter's Island abt. 1810. He d. May 19, 1828. Children: I, Nabby, b. Mar. 
 12, 1811. II, Mary, b. Aug. 13, 1813. Ill, Phineas, b. Jan. 24, 1816; d. 1838, 
 see Cas. IV, Lydia, b. Feb. 19, 1821. V, Albert, b. Sept. 1, 1824, q. v. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 
 Albert Kimball m. Arietta, dau. of Luther and Anne Pinkham, 1848. 
 They lived where his father settled. He was engaged in fishing, coasting 
 and general trade. They reared a fam. of twelve chil., nine of whom were 
 sons, nearly all of whom followed the sea. He d. Sept. 20, 1887. Children: 
 
556 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 I, Mary Ann, b. Aug. 4, 1849; m. Manson D. McKown, q. v. 11, Albert 
 Leroy, b. Nov. 2, 1850. Ill, Hermon, b. Sept. 28, 1852; d. Nov. 5, 1866. 
 IV, Phineas, b. Apr. 1, 1854; m. Gabrielle Gove; d. July 20, 1893. V, Sarah 
 Frances, b. Jan. 6, 1856; m. Florence McKown, q. v. VI, Fremont, b. Dec. 
 14, 1857; m. Ida E. Macaulay; res. in Bath. VII, Burton, b. May 30, 1860; 
 m. Annie T. Gove. VIII, Samuel S., b. Dec. 14, 1862; m. (1) Effie S. Pink- 
 ham; (2) Carrie A. Nichols, Bath. IX, Louville, b. Mar. 6, 1865; m. Edith 
 Conley, West. X, Ardelle, b. Mar. 29, 1867; m. Harry B. Stewart. XI, 
 Elbridge H., b. June 7, 1869; m. Alice G. Conley, West.; res. in Monson. 
 XII, Wendall, b. May 10, 1872; m. Lillian M. Bourgette. 
 
 KNIGHT. 
 
 1 Daniel Knight was founder of this family in B. He evidently came 
 from Mass., from about Newburyport or Salem. The evidence is not clear, 
 but I think he descended from John Knight, who, with his brother Richard, 
 came to Newbury, Mass., from Romsey, Eng., in June, 1635. If this is cor- 
 rect the ancestral line of Daniel was as follows: I, John, b. in England, 159-; 
 d. 1670. II, John, Jr., b. in England, 1622; d. 1678. Ill, Benjamin, b. 1668. 
 IV, Benjamin, Jr., b. 1693. The Boothbay settler was probably son of the 
 last named. He lived on Damariscove, after coming into these parts, until 
 the breaking out of the Rev. War, when he vacated the island and went to 
 Pleasant Cove, on the farm owned by the late Daniel Dodge. His will was 
 made Jan. 10, 1780; prob. Apr. 5, 1780. Nominally, he was the wealthiest 
 man in his locality, but some allowance must be made for the fact that at the 
 date of prob., 1780, the Continental currency was at a low point in value; but 
 he was, undoubtedly, a man of considerable property for the times. Chil. : 
 
 2 Susanna, m. Faithful Singer, 1768. 
 
 3 Judith, m. Jeremiah Crommett, 1780. 
 *4 Daniel, Jr., b. 1744, q. v. 
 
 5 Elizabeth, m. John Wheeler; he d. in 1777. 
 
 6 Mary, m. Bumham. 
 
 7 Martha, m. Day. 
 
 *8 Patishall, q. v. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*4) Daniel^ Knight, Jr., {Daniel^) m. Mary Winslow, Bris., 1768. 
 After the war he set. on Damariscove, one-half of which was devised him by 
 his father. He d. Jan. 8, 1798; she d. Mar. 17, 1820, a. 84. Living as they did 
 upon an island their chil. are not regularly recorded, but the order is thought 
 to be as given below. His estate at inv. was J5,275. Children: 
 
 *9 WiUiam, b. 1769, q. v. 
 
 *10 Nicholas T., b. 1771, q. v. 
 
 11 Patty, m. John Andrews, Ipswich, 1794, q. v. 
 
 12 Betsey, b. 1774; m. Nathaniel Montgomery, q. v. 
 *18 Nathaniel, b. Jan. 12, 1776, q. v. 
 
 14 Daniel, Jr. 
 
 16 Lydia, m. Alfred Wadsworth, Bris., 1709. 
 
 16 Sally, b. 1784, m. James Auld, 1802, q. v. 
 
 17 Mary, m. Joseph Hayes, No. Yarmouth, 1803. 
 
 (*8) Patishall^ Knight (Daniel^) m. Susanna Brown, 1782. He was 
 named for Capt. Richard Patishall, who in earlier times had owned Dama- 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 557 
 
 riscove Island, and who was killed, Aug. 2, 1689, by the Indians in a battle 
 at Pemaquid. He owned the place at Pleasant Cove and lived there. He 
 d. in Oct., 1797; his wid. m. George Gilbert, Wis., 1802. Children: 
 
 18 Daniel, b. Feb. 8, 1782; d. Sept. 7, 1801. 
 
 19 Margaret, b. Sept. 23, 1784; m. Nathaniel Chapman, Jr., Noble., 1804. 
 
 20 Patty, b. Jan. 13, 1786. 
 
 21 Samuel, b. Apr. 8, 1790; m. Sarah Campbell, 1818; one, son, Alexan- 
 der, b. June 11, 1819. 
 
 22 John, b. June 7, 1792; m. Mary Blinn, Bris., 1814. 
 
 23 Alexander, b. Dec. 7, 1794; d. 1806. 
 
 24 Alfred, b. Nov. 19, 1796; d. 1819. 
 
 25 Patishall, Jr., b. Feb. 7, 1798. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (*9) William' Knight {Daniel, Jr.,^ Daniel^) m. Martha Burnham, 
 1793. He d. June 25, 1821 ; she d. June 14, 1837, a. 60. Their fam. is not 
 recorded. They had at least three sons, probably other children. 
 
 *26 Michael, b. 1801, q. v. 
 *27 Nathaniel, q. v. 
 
 28 William, Jr., b. 1808; d. Jan. 1, 1834. 
 
 (*10) Nicholas T.' Knight (Daniel, Jr.,^ Daniel'^) m. (1) Rachel Auld, 
 1791; (2) Sarah Auld, 1813. He d. Feb. 12, 1848; Rachel, w., d. June 17, 
 1813, a. 43; Sarah, w., d. Oct. 26, 1872, a. 87-11. He first set. on Sawyer's 
 Island, but sold to Tyler Hodgdon. He then purchased of the Murray heirs 
 the place at B. Ctr. where John Murray settled, now owned by John K. 
 Corey. The house now standing there was built by Knight. He owned 
 some places in town that he rented and was a man of property and influ- 
 ence. Children: 
 
 29 Polly, b. July 8, 1792; d. 1800. 
 
 30 Daniel, b. Dec. 17, 1793; unm.; d. 1823. 
 
 31 John, b. Aug. 27, 1795; unm.; d. 1821, see Cas. 
 
 32 Anna, b. June 14, 1797; d. 1809. 
 
 33 William, b. Dec. 26, 1798; unm.; d. 1821, see Cas. 
 
 34 Alfred, b. Sept. 8, 1800; unm.; d. 1830, see Cas. 
 *35 Charles, b. Aug. 3, 1802, q. v. 
 
 36 Mary, b. Apr. 14, 1804; m. John B. Knight, q. v. 
 
 37 Nathaniel, b. Mar. 9, 1806; m. Mary, dau. of Nathaniel Knight; two 
 chil., Catherine J. and Nicholas H. 
 
 38 Joseph, b. Feb. 5, 1809; d. 1810. 
 
 39 Rachel, b. Nov. 30, 1810; ra. Samuel Larrabee, Portland, 1837. 
 
 40 Sarah A., b. Oct. 24, 1814; m. Charles Corey, q. v. 
 
 41 Harriet N., b. Aug. 4, 1817; m. Stephen, son of Seba Smith. 
 
 42 Frances, b. Mar. 4, 1820; m. Miles Orne, 1840. 
 
 43 John, b. Dec. 9, 1821; d. 1839, see Cas. 
 
 44 Margaret, b. Jan. 9, 1824; m. John C. Poole, Eastport, 1844. 
 
 45 Martha S., b. Jan. 9, 1824; m. John Hanley, Boston. 
 
 46 Lucy D., b. Jan. 25, 1826; d. in youth. 
 
 47 Levi, b. 1827; m. Mrs. Hamilton, Boston. 
 
 48 Charlotte W., b. Mar. 1, 1829; m. John Hanley, Boston. 
 
 (*13) Nathaniel' Knight {Daniel, Jr.,^ Daniel^) m. (1) Elizabeth 
 Barber, Edge., 1798; (2) Lucy Webster, Edge., 1813. Lived on the old 
 homestead at Pleasant Cove. Children: 
 
 49 Mary, b. Apr. 18, 1799; m. Nathaniel, son of N. T. Knight. 
 
 50 John B., b. Dec. 29, 1804; m. Mary, dau. of N. T. Knight; set. in East- 
 port; rem. to Portland. 
 
658 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 61 Betsey, b. Nov. 22, 1806; m. Samuel Burnham. 
 
 52 Nathaniel, b. July 19, 1808; set. in Eastport; m. Mary Knight, Edge., 
 1880; drowned at Eastport. 
 
 58 Sarah A., b. Mar. 21, 1812. 
 
 64 Daniel, b. Feb. 18, 1816; m. Rhoda Emerson, 1837; lived on home- 
 stead and sold to Daniel Dodge. 
 
 66 Lucy A., b. Jan. 3, 1818. 
 
 56 Ira, b. Mar. 6, 1819. 
 
 Three chil. d. in early youth. 
 
 Fourth Generation. 
 (*26) Michael* Knight (William,* Daniel, Jr.,^ Daniel''') m. Martha A. 
 Hutchings. They lived at E. B. He d. Dec. 16, 1858; she d. in 1902, a. 88. 
 Children: I, William M., b. Oct. 19, 1841; m. Sarah Lang; one. dau., Mary 
 Emma; he d. Aug. 1, 1899. II, Perez, b. Sept. 17, 1846. Ill, John Edward, 
 b. Dec. 16, 1852; m. Jennie, dau. of Charles M. and Sarah Seavey; res. at 
 B. H., owner of the Boothbay House; conducts an insurance agency, see 
 Chap. XVI. IV, Martha L., b. Sept. 30, 1856; m. Emery R. Hardinger; 
 res. in E. B. 
 
 (*27) Nathaniel* Knight (William,* Daniel, Jr.,^ Daniel'') m. Nancy 
 
 . They had two chil. : I, John Albion, who m Lottie, dau. of Charles 
 
 Giles; he d. Mar. 19, 1872. II, Sarah A., b. Feb. 15, 1838. 
 
 {*36) Charles* Knight (Nicholas T.,* Daniel, Jr., ^ Daniel') m. Mary 
 A., dau. of Matthew and Sally Reed, q. v. They lived near Bayville, where 
 the late Granville Preble did. He died Apr. 15, 1876; she died Jan. 29, 1876. 
 Children: 
 
 57 Eleanor, b. June 11, 1831; m. Joseph Paine, Roxbury, 1855. 
 
 58 Ann Eliza, b. Mar. 26, 1834; m. John Montgomery, 1857. 
 
 59 Caroline R., b. Sept. 24, 1836; m. Sanborn. 
 
 60 Mary Elizabeth, b. Jan. 20, 1840; m. McQuestin. 
 
 61 Harriet S., b. Apr. 22, 1842; m. O. N. Gammon, Wakefield, Mass. 
 
 62 Sarah R., b. Nov. 6, 1844; m. Granville Preble; they lived on her 
 father's homestead. 
 
 68 Rachel L., b. July 10, 1848; m. George H. Parker, Reading, Mass. 
 64 Charles S., b. Feb. 24, 1852; unm.; d. in Providence, Dec. 4, 1872. 
 
 John S. Knight, Westport, not known to be related to the foregoing 
 family, m. Martha C. Bryer, 1851. He set. in B. abt. that date. Children: 
 I, Frank L., b. Dec. 5, 1852; m. Lizzie C. Toothacher; d. Sept. 15, 1887, see 
 Cas. II, Olive C, b. July 18, 1854. Ill, Flora E., b. Aug. 13, 1856; m. 
 Robert Spofiord; d. Dec. 28, 1889. IV, Lelia W., b. Oct. 11, 1859; unm.; 
 res. in Mass. V, John E., b. Jan. 2, 1861; res. on homestead. VI, Charles 
 W., b. Dec. 22, 1864; m. Emeline, dau. of Joseph McKown; res. at B. Ctr. 
 VII, Chester C, b. Dec. 17, 1868; lives on farm formerly owned by Kiah B. 
 Merrill. 
 
 LARRABEE. 
 
 Charles H. Larrabee set. in B. in 1876, on the homestead of his grand- 
 father, William McCobb. He was son of William C. and Abigail (McCobb) 
 Larrabee, b. in Bath, Oct. 20, 1847. He m. Harriet E. Edgecomb, Bath. 
 He follows farming and contract work and was for several years road com- 
 missioner in B. H. Children: 
 
Joseph Haddocks. 
 Chairman of first board of Selectmen in Boothbaj^ Harbor. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 55& 
 
 1 Charles W., b. Oct. 12, 1870; m. Cairie Botsford, 1893. 
 
 2 Lena A., b. Jan. 28, 1874; m. Henry O. Wylie. 
 
 8 Alice J., b. Nov. 4, 1875; m. Harry Stevens, foreman Damariscotta 
 
 Herald office. 
 
 4 Harry S., b. July 15, 1878; m. Mary McGrath, 1903. 
 
 6 Arthur F., b. Feb. 5, 1881; m. Grace C. Maxwell, Bath, 1905. 
 
 6 Mary A., b. Mar. 11, 1883; m. Zina Merry. 
 
 7 Clara E., b. Jan. 23, 1886. 
 
 8 Albert M., b. Sept. 10, 1890. 
 
 LATTER. 
 
 Richard Latter was born in London, England, July 16, 1859. He came 
 to Quebec in 1882, afterward coming to Portland and later to Boothbay Har- 
 bor. He m. Idella, dau. of Capt. Mitchell Brewer, that year. They have 
 four sons, Charles, William, Richard, Jr., and George A. Mr. Latter became 
 superintendent of the Boothbay Harbor water system in March, 1900, a 
 position which he still retains. 
 
 LEWIS. 
 
 1 Joseph Lewis, born at Rumery Marsh (Chelsea), Mass., Jan. 11, 172^, 
 founded the family in this locality. His ancestry for three generations had 
 been as follows: 
 
 I, John and Mary (Brown) Lewis, Charlestown and Maiden, Mass. 
 II, Isaac and Mary (Davis) Lewis. 
 Ill, Isaac and Hannah (Hallett) Lewis, Rumery Marsh and York, Me. 
 
 Joseph married Sarah Dexter about 1753, and it is thought that they 
 were married before moving to Townsend. If so they came soon afterward. 
 They first settled on the Dover road and then moved to Back River, locating 
 where Isaac Sudds now lives, on the branch road leading from Hodgdon's 
 Island bridge to Back River. From his farm the cemetery was taken, the 
 entrance to which leads from where he had his house. He was engaged in 
 coasting during nearly all his life in town. A large percentage of his 
 descendants have been seamen, and, while the family is one of the most 
 numerous in the locality, many have found homes elsewhere. His sons 
 were among the earliest persons in town to espouse the Free Will Baptist 
 religion and were influential in organizing that society. A few early publish- 
 ments have been somewhat disconcerting in compiling this family, but who- 
 ever they may have been who bore the Lewis name it is certain they left no 
 descendants here. He died Dec. 6, 1807; she died Dec. 15, 1807. Children: 
 
 2 Sarah, b. abt. 1752; m. John Southard, q. V. 
 
 *3 William, b. Oct. 14, 1754, q. v. 
 
 *4 Joseph, Jr., b. abt. 1756, q. v. 
 
 *5 Stephen, b. July, 1758, q. v. 
 
 6 Frances, b. abt. 1760; m. John Barter, q. v. 
 
 7 Susanna, b. abt. 1763; m. Benjamin Kenney, q. v. 
 *8 Lemuel, b. Oct., 1767, q. v. 
 
 *9 John, b. Nov., 1768, q. v. 
 
 10 Abigail, b. June 30, 1772; m. James Tibbetts, q. v. 
 *11 Isaac, b. June, 1775, q. v. 
 
 37 
 
560 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*3) William^ Lewis {Joseph^) m. (1) Sarah, dau. of Benjamin and 
 Judith Pinkham, 1780; she d. June 5, 1796; (2) Mary Lamson, 1797; she d. 
 May 8, 1816; (3) Hannah Brooks, 1819; she d. Feb. 13, 1861, a. 82. He d. 
 Mar. 6, 1884. Their home was where his father's had been. Children: 
 
 *12 Stephen, Jr., b. Jan. 5, 1781, q. v. 
 
 18 Nathaniel, b. Nov. 30, 1782; d. June 14, 1804. 
 
 14 Benjamin, b. Jan. 3, 1785. 
 
 15 Thomas, b. May 8, 1787; d. June 16, 1807. 
 
 16 William, b. Sept. 20, 1789; set. in Palermo; m. Hannah Tibbetts, 1811. 
 
 17 James, b. Sept. 22, 1792; d. Mar. 13, 1804. 
 
 18 Sarah, b. Aug. 26, 1794; d. Mar. 22, 1800. 
 
 19 Nathan, b. July 11, 1798; d. 1803. 
 *20 Ebenezer, b. Aug. 10, 1800, q. v. 
 
 (*4) Joseph^ Lewis, Jr., {Joseph^) m. Jenny, dau. of Robert Wylie. He 
 set. at head of Adams Pond, where his granddaughter, Caroline Lewis, now 
 lives. He died Dec. 24, 1809; she died June 2, 1847. Children: 
 
 21 Ebenezer, b. Oct. 23, 1780; m. Sally Clifford, Edge., 1806. 
 
 22 Martha, b. Oct. 21, 1782; m. William Reed, q. v. 
 *23 John, b. Feb. 3, 1784, q. v. 
 
 24 Esther, b. July 8, 1787; m. David Reed, 4th. 
 
 26 Sarah, b. Oct. 23, 1789; d. 1805. 
 
 *26 Samuel, b. May 8, 1792, q. v. 
 
 *27 Joseph, b. Oct. 20, 1794, q. v. 
 
 28 Jenny, b. Dec. 1, 1797; d. 1804. 
 
 (*5) Stephen'' Lewis (Joseph^) m. (1) Abigail, dau. of Joseph Barter, 
 1782; she d. May 18, 1794; (2) Mary Williamson, 1795; she d. Aug. 18, 1839, 
 a. 76. He d. Nov. 5, 1839. His home was on Back River where Clarence 
 Boyd now lives. Children: 
 
 29 William, b. May 15, 1783; d. May 1, 1796. 
 
 30 Lydia, b. Dec. 19, 1784; d. Feb. 8, 1796. 
 
 31 Joseph, b. May 21, 1786. 
 
 32 Anne, b. Apr. 14, 1788; d. Nov., 1793. 
 *33 Stephen, Jr., b. Dec. 19, 1789, q. v. 
 
 34 Fanny, b. Dec. 7, 1791; m. Thomas Harper. 
 
 35 Abigail, b. May 18, 1794; m. James Pray, 1814. 
 *36 Silas, b. Nov. 6, 1796, q. v. 
 
 ♦37 Ephraim, b. Mar. 29, 1801, q. v. 
 
 38 Mary, b. May 5, 1803. 
 
 *89 Allen, b. Feb. 17, 1805, q. v. 
 
 40 Hartley, b. June 16, 1807; m. Lavinia Bryer, 1834. 
 
 (*8) Lemuel'^ Lewis {Joseph^) m. Sarah, dau. of Nathaniel Tibbetts. 
 He lived where the late Miles Lewis did; d. Aug. 13, 1842; she d. Sept 29, 
 1859. Children: 
 
 41 Mary, b. Feb. 10, 1793. 
 
 *42 Lemuel, Jr., b. Jan. 30, 1795, q. v. 
 
 *43 Giles, b. Dec. 30, 1796, q. v. 
 
 44 Jacob, b. June 10, 1799. 
 
 45 Rebecca, b. Jan. 29, 1801; m. William Stone, 1819. 
 
 46 Nathan, b. July 20, 1803; m. Harriet G. Macomber, Bath, 1826. 
 
 47 Catherine, b. June 19, 1806; m. Clark Linekin, 1826, q. v. 
 
 48 Sally, b. Oct. 28, 1808. 
 
 *49 Willard, b. Nov. 18, 1810, q. v. 
 *50 Miles, b. Nov. 11, 1812, q. v. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 561 
 
 (*9) JoHN^ Lewis (Joseph^) m. Rebecca, dau. of Nathaniel Tibbetts, 
 1*789. He lived on a farm adjoining his father's. He d. Nov. 14, 1858; she 
 d. Mar. 16, 1849. Children: 
 
 *51 John, b. Mar. 15, 1790, q. v. 
 *52 Samuel, b. Aug. 27, 1791, q. v. 
 
 53 Eunice, b. Apr. 29, 1793; m. (1) John Hodgdon; (2) William Mont- 
 gomery. 
 
 54 Betsey, b. May 4, 1795. 
 
 56 Abigail, b. Jan. 19, 1799; m. Benjamin Pinkham, 2d, q. v. 
 *56 Israel, b. Nov. 12, 1801. 
 
 57 Permelia, b. Nov. 18, 1803. 
 
 58 Hannah, b. Mar. 30, 1806. 
 
 59 Andrew, b. July 13, 1808; m. Elizabeth McCobb, 1834. 
 
 60 Belinda, b. Apr. 18, 1811; m. Willard Lewis, 1834. 
 
 61 Almira, b. Dec. 27, 1813; m. Daniel Matthews, 1835, q. v. 
 
 (*11) IsAAC^ Lewis (Joseph^) m. Hannah, dau. of Joseph Giles. They 
 lived on his father's homestead and cared for the old couple in their last 
 years. He died Dec. 21, 1837; she died Nov. 3, 1855. Children: 
 
 62 Samuel, b. Nov. 4, 1800; m. Clarissa Reed. 
 
 63 Nancy, b. May 25, 1802; m. Freeman Bickford, 1826. 
 
 64 Phebe, b. Feb. 28, 1804; m. Frederick Pinkham, 1825. 
 *65 David, b. Mar. 7, 1808. 
 
 66 Pruda, b. July 10, 1810. 
 
 67 Sophronia, b. July 7, 1811. 
 
 68 William, b. Feb. 22, 1814. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 
 (*12) Stephen' Lewis, Jr., {William,^ Joseph^) m. Fanny Southard, 
 1803. Children: Fanny, b. Apr. 9, 1805; Sarah, b. May 17, 1807. 
 
 (*20) Ebenezer' Lewis (William,'^ JosepW) m. Isabella Fickett, 1819. 
 They lived on homestead of his father and grandfather. He died June 20, 
 1874; she died Aug. 31, 1864, a. 68-6. Children: I, William M., b. Oct. 3, 
 1823; m. Catherine Albee; lived on the home place. II, Mary E., b. Apr. 
 25, 1832; m. Robert Welch. Two chil., Eldredge and Benjamin, d. young. 
 
 (*23) John' Lewis, 2d, {Joseph, Jr., ^ Joseph)-) m. (1) Eunice Colton, 
 New., 1806; (2) Margaret Barter, 1848. He d. Mar. 31, 1855; Eunice, w., d. 
 Feb. 13, 1846, a. 60; Margaret, w., d. Aug. 29, 1873. They lived at West 
 B. H. Children: 
 
 69 Martha, b. Nov. 26, 1808; m. Andrew Farmer, 1832, q. v. 
 
 70 Adeline, b. June 15, 1811; m. John Wylie, 2d, 1831, q. v. 
 *71 Ebenezer, b. Sept. 20, 1813, q. v. 
 
 72 David R., b. May 24, 1816. 
 
 73 Sarah J., b. Apr. 6, 1819; m. Joseph Pierce, Jr., 1839. 
 
 74 John EUingwood, b. Jan. 17, 1822; d. 1851, see Cas. 
 *75 William Farnsworth, b. Nov. 11, 1824, q. v. 
 
 (*26) Samuel' Lewis {Joseph, Jr.,^ Joseph^) m. Martha Thompson, 
 Bris., 1817. Lived where his son, Arthur M., afterward did. He died July 
 13, 1839; she died Oct. 23, 1865, a. 72. Children: 
 
 76 Martha, b. Oct. 7, 1824; m. Joshua McKown, q. v. 
 
 77 Mary Elizabeth, b. Aug. 28, 1827; m. (1) Bailey Reed; (2) Silas Orne, q. v. 
 
 78 Arietta, b. Mar. 27, 1830; m. Samuel A. Fuller, q. v. 
 *79 Arthur M., b. June 1, 1832, q. v. 
 
 80 Samuel Wesley, b. June 4, 1834. 
 
562 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 (*27) Joseph* Lewis (Joseph, Jr., '^ Joseph^) m. Fanny Reed, 1822; lived 
 where his father did. He d. Mar. 26, 1876; she d. Apr. 28, 1862. Children: 
 I, Wilmot, b. Mar. 20, 1823; m. Mrs. Phebe (Pinkham) Sawyer. II, Esther, 
 b. Sept. 12, 1824; m. Giles Dunton. Ill, Mary J., b. Nov. 3, 1826; m. Alex- 
 ander Adams; dec. IV, Thomas, b. Dec. 4, 1828; d. Nov. 12, 1862. V, 
 Margery, b. Feb. 19, 1830; m. Joseph Dodge. VI, Frances S., b. May 18, 
 1832; m. William Miller. VII, Nancy Adeline, m. Neal Wylie. VIII, War- 
 ren, b. Oct. 19, 1835; d. Dec. 10, 1861. IX, Caroline, b. May 13, 1840; unm.; 
 res. on homestead. X, Austin, b. Feb. 11, 1844; d. Dec. 29, 1861. XI, John 
 Orrett, b. Dec. 29, 1846; d. at sea, June, 1884, under suspicious circumstances, 
 a mutiny having occurred aboard the fruiting vessel of which he was master. 
 
 (*33) Stephen' Lewis, Jr., {Stephen,^ Joseph}) m. Lois Tibbetts, 1814; 
 set. in Whitefield. Children: Alpheus, 1816; Jason, 1818; Frances, 1823. 
 
 (*36) Silas* Lewis [Stephen,^ Joseph^) m. Abigail Greenleaf, Edge., 
 1819. He lived first on the Daniel Murphy farm. Back River, and then at 
 Dover on farm of the late Capt. J. H. Welsh, where he died, June 8, 1863; 
 she died Dec. 25, 1862, a. 62. Children: 
 
 81 Westbrook G., b. Aug. 29, 1822; m. (1) Eliza J., dau. of Daniel Sher- 
 man; (2) Mrs. Salama Love, 1883. He lived first where the late 
 Wesley Reed did and then moved to the Harbor, where he engaged in 
 trade, which he followed the rest of his life. In his earlier years he 
 was a sea captain. He d. Apr. 17, 1896; Eliza J., w., d. Dec. 21, 1880. 
 Chil.: I, Abby J., m. Capt. Benjamin E. Pinkham; II and III, Roscoe 
 and Nettie, d. in youth; IV, Lula, m. Walter T. Hoi ton; V, Etta A., 
 d. Sept. 9, 1898; VI, Eugene, merchant at B. H., unm. 
 
 82 Eliza A., b. July 7, 1826; m. Charles Carlisle, q. v. 
 
 83 Abigail, b. Jan 12, 1829; m. Isaac C. Sherman. 
 
 84 Mary E., b. Nov. 11, 1831; m. Robert W. Page, Bris., 1854. 
 
 85 Antoinette C, b. Sept. 7, 1837; m. Jacob G. Fuller, q. v. 
 
 86 Silas Stinson, b. Dec. 23, 1844; m. Carrie B. Dunton; she d. Dec. 10, 
 1894, a. 36-6. 
 
 (*37) Ephraim* Lewis (Stephen,^ Joseph^) m. Rosanna Booker, 1822. 
 Lived on Back River. Children: 
 
 87 Leonard, b. Nov. 29, 1823; m. Mary L. Tibbetts. 
 
 88 Charles Henry, b. Mar. 9, 1826; m. Emmeline ; lived on Back 
 
 River. Children: I, Almond L., dec, see Cas.; II, Minnie M.; Ill, 
 Elton H., m. Eloise Swett, merchant. Sawyer's Island. 
 
 89 Catherine A., b. Aug. 29, 1828; m. John E. Gove, Edge., 1855. 
 
 90 Emily J., b. Sept. 19, 1831; m. Charles Huff, 1850. 
 
 91 Gabriella, b. Feb. 1, 1836; m. Alexander Boyd. 
 
 (*39) Allen* Lewis {Stephen,^ Joseph^ m. (1) Lucy H. Bryer, 1831; she 
 d. May 24, 1840; (2) Emmeline, dau. of Thomas Hodgdon, 1841. He was 
 extensively engaged in the fisheries for many years. The "old Allen Lewis 
 place ' ' was a well-known landmark for many years on the southern slope of 
 Pisgah, which was burned a few years ago. Southerly from his residence, 
 where now stands the Barrett cottage, he had his flake yard. Later he 
 moved to Atlantic St., where his heirs still live. He died Dec. 13, 1879. 
 Children: I, Josephine, b. July 24, 1843; d. 1848. II, George Allen, b. Sept. 
 28, 1845; keeper of the Cuckolds light station. Ill, Emma P., b. July 28, 
 1849; d. Apr. 26, 1865. IV, Thomas H., b. Oct. 12, 1850; d. Apr. 28, 1850. 
 V, Ann Mary, b. July 16, 1854; m. Henry A. Kennedy; dec. VI, Jennie S., 
 b. July 28, 1858; res. on homestead, unm. VII, Edward Scott, b. Oct. 8, 
 1860; set. at Livermore Falls; d. Dec. 11, 1895, leaving wife and ten chil. 
 
 (*42) Lemuel* Lewis, Jr., (Lemuel,^ Joseph^) m. Sarah P. Gray, New., 
 1825. Lived on Back River. He d. Mar. 26, 1857; she d. Dec. 17, 1864, a. 
 25-8. Children: I, Wilmot, b. Sept. 26, 1826; m. (1) Mary Nelson; (2) 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 563 
 
 Mary McLain; see Chap. XVI. II, Clark L., b. Nov. 13, 1820; m. Mary 
 Baker; d. 1865; wid. m. (2) Samuel Wylie, 2d, III, Melissa A., b. June 22, 
 1.832; m William Fish, Jeff.; d. 1861. IV, Agnes D., b. Oct. 11, 1834; m. 
 Thomas Giles. V, Lucinda, b. June 2, 1830; m. Alonzo Pinkham. VI 
 Franklin, b. Dec. 12, 1841; set. in Gloucester, Mass.; d. Mar. 21, 1864. VIl' 
 Lorinda, b. Aug. 31, 1844; m. John Tibbetts. 
 
 (*43) GiLES^ Lewis {Lemuel,^ Joseph^) m. Mina Pinkham, 1810; lived 
 for a few years on Barter's Island, then moved to Bristol, where they after- 
 ward lived. Their chil. were: Urial, Margery, Isaiah, Aurinda, Narcissa, 
 Jefferson F., Everett, Woodbury, Constant, Ambrose. Of this family Isaiah 
 came to B. H. abt. 1876, where he purchased the real estate from the W, O. 
 McCobb store to where the footbridge has since been built, including the 
 E. S. S. Co.'s landing. He engaged in the coal business, and a few years 
 later built Lewis Block and other buildings, which became among the most 
 valuable pieces of property in town. He m. Susan L. Wells; they had no 
 children; he d. Sept. 25, 1804. Jefferson F., another son of Giles, set. at B. 
 H. in 1883. He was a carpenter; m. Nancy J. Geyer, Bris. Their chil. were: 
 Ralph A., m. Nettie Pierce, agent of the E. S. S. Co. and dealer in coal; 
 Claude, unm., carpenter; Arthur G., express agent, m. Grace D., dau. of 
 Luther and Mary Maddocks. 
 
 (*40) Willard' Lewis (Lemuel,^ Joseph^) m. Belinda, dau. of John 
 Lewis, 1834. He followed the sea in early years and for a time engaged in 
 the fisheries, living where Camp Skowhegan stands, on Southport. Later 
 he rem. to B. H., conducting a retail ice business, which his sons have con- 
 tinued. He d. Aug. 7, 1898; she d. Apr. 13, 1900. Children: Frances Ellen 
 (dec), Eliza C, Harriet L. (dec), Calista, Wilfred, Merrill, Henrietta (dec), 
 Fred R., Bertha. 
 
 (*50) Miles' Lewis {Lemuel,'^ Joseph'') m. Sarah, dau. of Samuel Lewis, 
 1837. Lived on his father's homestead. He d. Apr. 20, 1804; she d. July 
 28, 1898. Children: I, George Beaman, m. Carrie Robinson, of La.; res. 
 B. Ctr. II, Vandalia, m. Freeman Boynton; res. B. H. Ill, Mary A., m. 
 Frank Wadsworth; res. Back River. IV, Sidney G., m. (1) Fanny Foster, 
 (2) Nettie Huff, both dec; res. Back River. V, Miles S., set. on the Ken- 
 nebec VI, Manly R., dec. VII, Flora E., m. Alden Winslow; res. B. H. 
 VIII, Gardner N., m. Flora Pinkham; res. B. Ctr. 
 
 (*51) John' Lewis (John,^ Joseph^) m. Fanny Pinkham, 1811. Lived on 
 Barter's Island. Children: Mina, Betsey, Thomas, Jacob, Rebecca, Esther, 
 Frederick, Seth, Bradford, Warren, Dexter W., Emily, Convers O., b. bet. 
 1811-36; most of this fam. have set. out of town. 
 
 (*52) Samuel' Lewis (John,'^ Joseph}) m. Sarah Barter, 1813. Lived 
 where Oilman Lewis now lives on Barter's Is. He d. Sept. 30, 1882; she d. 
 Dec. 4, 1881. Children: Eleanor, Sarah, Emeline, Christopher, Mary E., 
 George W., Austin, Sophy A., Oilman S., b. bet. 1814^35. 
 
 (*56) Israel' Lewis (John,^ Joseph') m. Elizabeth Matthews, 1826. 
 Lived on what is known as the Mudge place on Back River. He d. Apr. 27, 
 1855; she d. Dec. 17, 1882. Children: I, Loring, b. Mar. 20, 1830; m. (1) 
 Sarah Stover; (21 Clara Murphy. II, Julia A., b. Mar. 21, 1832; m. Isaac 
 Hutchings. Ill, Marilla, b. June 26, 1834; m. Abner Hutchings. IV, Chris- 
 tiana, b. May 23, 1836; m. James Hutchings. V, Elizabeth, b. Mar. 26, 1888; 
 m. John Hutchings. VI, Roswell C, b. Apr. 3, 1841; m. Abigail Matthews. 
 VII, Charles M., b. Jan. 28, 1851; m. Eliza J. Murphy. 
 
 (*65) David' Lewis (Isaac? Joseph}) m. Sarah A. McCobb, Jeff., 1833. 
 He lived on Back River, where John Matthews settled. He died Mar. 30, 
 1880; she died Dec 11, 1895. Children: I, Martin V., b. May 28, 1834; d. 
 
564 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 1847, see Cas. II, Ursula, b, Nov. 20, 1835; m. Albert Nelson; res. South.; 
 d. Aug. 3, 1864. Ill, Alonzo, b. Sept. 10, 1837; m. Angeline Matthews; d. 
 1886, see Cas. IV, Benton, b. Aug. 5, 1840; d. 1863, see Cas. V, Albion, 
 b. Nov. 10, 1842; m. Eliza ]. Tibbetts. VI, Olive E., b. Apr. 22, 1845; m. 
 Orenthall Greenleaf. VII, Casilda, b. Apr. 30, 1847; m. Hartley Tibbetts. 
 
 VIII, George Elvin, b. Oct. 4, 1849; m. (1) Addie Reed, (2) Hattie A. Lang. 
 
 IX, Laura M., b. Oct. 18, 1852; m. (1) Cushman Bryer, (2) Augustus Rand, 
 South. X, Angelette N., b. Sept, 12, 1855; m. James E. Lewis. XI, Men- 
 zies B., b. Oct. 14, 1858; m. Cora Fenno, Boston. 
 
 Fourth Generation. 
 
 (*71) Ebenezer* Lewis {John, 2d? Joseph, Jr., '^ Joseph^') m. Mary A., 
 dau. of Benjamin R. and Charlotte Wylie. They lived at West B. H, He 
 d. Mar. 1, 1878; she d. June 14, 1903. Children: I, George F. II, Capt. 
 Eben T. Lewis; m. Cora R. McKown, 1885; res. at B. H. Ill, Charlotte A. 
 IV, Frederick L. V, Mabel. VI, Ella E. 
 
 (*75) William Farnsworth* Lewis {John, 2(1," Joseph, Jr., '^ Joseph^) 
 m. Philena Gray, South., 1847. Lived easterly from the head of Adams 
 Pond, near the old road to Wis. He was lost at sea in 1851. His wid. m. 
 (2) Loring Gray, Bris., who set. in B. They had three sons: I, Andrew 
 Parker, b. May 16, 1848; m. Myra F. Whitmore, Deer Isle, 1875; lived for 
 nearly 25 yrs. in the Provinces; now res. in Winthrop, prop, of the Winthrop 
 House and manager of the Portland Packing Co. II, William Famsworth, 
 b. Aug. 10, 1850; res. in Mass. Ill, James E., b. Dec. 24, 1851; m. Ange- 
 lette N., dau. of David Lewis; res. in vicinity of Boston, engaged in wood 
 and coal trade. 
 
 (*79) Arthur M.* Lewis (Samuel,'^ Joseph, Jr.,^ Joseph^) m. Mary A. 
 Merry, 1858. Lived easterly from head of Adams Pond, near the old road. 
 Their chil., b. bet. 1859-79, are: Lincoln A., Hattie E., Lettie J., Edmund 
 N., Abbie, Clara, May. 
 
 LINEKIN. 
 
 1 Benjamin Linekin took up the neck of land southerly from E. B., 
 which has ever since borne his name, before 1743. His wife's name was 
 Mary. He died Mar. 12, 1796; she died Mar. 4, 1807. His will appears in 
 Lincoln Prob. Rec, Vol. VII, 184-86. He was the first owner of the Neck 
 after the Dunbar settlement. It is thought that the Linekin fam. were from 
 Plymouth, or that vicinity, and were related to the Famham fam. before 
 coming here. He probably set. where the Bicknell cottage stands, for his 
 son David, who succeeded him, lived on that spot. Joseph and Clark Line- 
 kin, supposed to be younger brothers to Benjamin, came to the Neck later, 
 lived for a time and then moved elsewhere. It is said that Clark went to 
 Green's Landing, Deer Isle, and Joseph probably went to Gushing, founding 
 the fam. of that name in that locality. Children: 
 
 2 Abigail, b. Mar. 9, 1743; m. John.son. 
 
 3 Elizabeth, b. Dec. 6, 1745; m. Sawyer. 
 
 4 Susanna, b. Jan. 2, 1740; m. Zebedee Linekin. 
 
 5 Sally, b. Oct. 4, 1762; m. Samuel Alley, 1774. 
 
 6 Benjamin, Jr., b. Dec. 22, 1754. 
 
 7 John, b. Jan. 18, 1755. 
 
 8 Phebe, b. Sept. 1, 1768; m. William Wheeler, 1776. 
 
 9 Lydia, b. Aug. 1, 1761; m. Joseph Langdon. 
 
 10 David, b. Apr. 22, 1763; m. Elinor Famham, 1787. 
 *11 Ephraim, b. Mar. 27. 1766, q. v. 
 
FAMILY HISTOBT, 565 
 
 12 Patty, b. Feb. 25, 1768; m. Jacob Sawyer. 
 
 13 James, b. June 24, 1769. 
 
 14 Lucy, b. Mar. 9, 1771; m. Ezekiel Holbrook, q. v. 
 
 16 John H., b. Apr. 4, 1772. 
 
 Joseph and Elizabeth Linekin reared their fam. here and thpn rem. to 
 Gushing. Children: I, Joseph, Jr., b. May 5, 1760; m. Jane Brewer, 1788. 
 II, Jenny, b. June 16, 1763. Ill, Elizabeth, b. July 10, 1765. IV, Walter, b. 
 Mar. 13, 1767; m. Rhoda Grover, 1808; lived where Edward Vanhorn does. 
 V, Rachel, b. Nov. 1, 1768. VI, Patty, b. May 1, 1770; m. Ebenezer Sawyer. 
 
 Clark and Sarah Linekin lived for several years on Linekin Neck and 
 he was a prominent citizen during the period. They had but one child rec. 
 in town, Clark, Jr., b. ,May 9, 1764. It was probably several years later than 
 this before they moved to Deer Isle. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 
 (*11) Ephraim^ Linekin (Benjamin^) m. Nancy . They owned the 
 
 land below the north line of the Holbrook est., including where the present 
 Ephraim Linekin lives. He d. Feb. 18, 1847; she d. Feb. 11, 1832. Chil.: 
 
 *16 John, b. June 9, 1798, q. v. 
 
 17 Clarissa, b. July 6, 1799. 
 *18 James, b. May 29, 1801, q. v. 
 
 19 Mary, b. Dec. 14, 1803; m. John Race, q. v. 
 
 20 Jane, b. June 9, 1806. 
 
 21 Alexander, b. Oct. 20, 1811; d. Jan. 12, 1854. 
 
 22 Caroline, b. Feb. 27, 1814; m. Thomas Babb. 
 
 23 Martha, b. Nov. 12, 1815; m. James A. Pratt. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (*16) JOHN^ Linekin (Ephraim,^ Benjamin') m. Nancy Hall, St. George, 
 1825. He died May 11, 1843. Children: Alexander, 1826; Eliza H., 1827; 
 Lenora, 1829; Archibald, 1831; Jefferson, 1833; Orrington, 1834; Everett, 
 1836; Orlando, 1839; Allen, 1841. He died Sept. 19, 1881. Of this fam. 
 Everett m. Mary E. Swett and set. on Sawyer's Island. Their chil. were: 
 Annie L., Josephine, Herbert A., Bervere, John H,, Vesta M., Freeman O., 
 Edward E., Archibald. 
 
 ("18) James^ Linekin (Ephraim,^ Benjamin^) m. (1) Ruth Robinson, 
 1825; (2) Abigail Pratt, Union, 1832. He was a sea captain and lived where 
 his son Ephraim does. He died Apr. 23, 1874. Children: 
 
 24 James O., b. July 15, 1833; d. 1851, see Cas. 
 
 25 Eveline P., b. May 2, 1835; m. William W. Seavey. 
 
 26 Ketura, b. Feb. 9, 1837; m. James McDougall, q. v. 
 
 27 Ephraim, b, Feb. 4, 1839; m. Emma Litchfield, Bath, 1871; res. on the 
 old homestead; owner of the Ledge Lawn House; has been engaged 
 in general trade; chil.: James, William, Frank, Goldwin, George Win- 
 field, Lucy E, 
 
 28 Aldana, b. Jan. 3, 1841; m. (1) Rufus Blake, (2) William M. Sawyer. 
 
 29 Melinda A., b. July 3, 1846. 
 
 30 Mary Emma, b. Jan. 27, 1853; m. Truman Giles, q. v. 
 
 LOVE. 
 John Love, thought to have come from England, was the original 
 
566 HI8TORT OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 member of this fam. in America. He set. at Cape Newagen, where he m. 
 Lydia Straw in 1798. She died Feb. 13, 1836. Children: 
 
 *2 George, b. Jan. 16, 1794, q. v. 
 
 *3 John, Jr., b. July 19, 1798, q. v. 
 
 4 Samuel, b. May 10, 1800. 
 
 5 Lydia, b. Mar. 5, 1803; m. Obed Harris. 
 
 6 Mary, b. July 19, 1806; m. William Farnham. 
 
 7 Sarah, b. Oct. 15, 1816; m. Baker Pierce. 
 
 8 Susanna, b. Nov. 5, 1819. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*2) George'^ Love (JohvS) m. Martha Reed. He lived on South, and 
 followed the fishery business. Children: 
 
 *9 George, Jr., b. Sept. 10, 1818, q. v. 
 
 10 Martha J., b. Aug. 13, 1820; m. William Gray, q. v. 
 
 11 Harriet. 
 
 12 Isabella. 
 *13 Gilbert. 
 
 (*3) John* Love, Jr., (JohnS) m. Susanna, dau. of James and Margaret 
 Brewer, 1819. They lived at B. H., where Luther Maddocks now lives. He 
 was engaged in the fisheries. He d. Jan. 17, 1865; she d. July 29, 1863. Chil. : 
 
 14 Charles F., b. Dec 9, 1819. 
 
 15 Elbridge, b. Aug. 29, 1821; m. (1) Jane Durant, 1845; (2) Salina Brewer, 
 1852. He was a sea captain; lived at B. H., his house standing upon a 
 part of the field which was used as a training field as early as the Rev. 
 period. He d. Jan. 12, 1882; Jane, w., d. July 29, 1851. Chil.: Charles 
 G., b. Aug. 20, 1847, d. Aug. 29, 1867; William G., b. Aug. 30, 1849. 
 
 16 Margaret, b. Sept. 1, 1828; m. Ferdinand Brewer. 
 
 17 James, b. Dec. 9, 1825; m. Mary A. Poor. 
 
 18 Augustus, b. Oct. 11, 1831; m. Lydia A. Brewer. 
 
 19 Martha S., b. Mar. 30, 1836. 
 
 20 Angelet, b. Oct. 31, 1838; m. John F. Sargent. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (*9) George' Love, Jr., {George,"^ John>-) m. Catherine Harris, 1838. 
 She died May 5, 1898, a. 80. They lived on South. Children: I, Almira 
 Harris, b. Apr. 14, 1843; II, Mary Ellen, b. Oct. 30, 1844; III, Martha, b. 
 Mar. 14, 1848; IV, James Coolen, b. July 24, 1859. 
 
 (*13) Gilbert' Love {George? JohriS) m. Octavia, dau. of Freeman 
 Grover. They lived at West South. He followed the sea, is now dec; 
 wid. res. on homestead. Children: I, Millard Gilbert, b. Oct. 17, 1858; II, 
 Ansilla, b. Oct. 15, 1860; III, Merton Wilbur, b. Sept. 21, 1863; IV, Wood- 
 bury Grover, b. May 15, 1868; V, Tavia Don, b. May 28, 1870; VI, Wesley 
 Charles, b. Nov. 28, 1874. 
 
 LOW. 
 
 Capt. Oilman A. Low was b. Aug. 8, 1839, at Low's Point, near Riggs- 
 ville, in Georgetown. He was the youngest of ten children of Francis Low, 
 who was b. in Essex, Mass., Mar. 4, 1787, and Elizabeth, his wife, who was 
 Elizabeth Burnham, Edge., b. Apr. 18, 1795. He commenced sailboat trans- 
 portation of passengers between Bath and Boothbay Harbor in 1863-64, the 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 567 
 
 latter year purchasing and sailing one of the best boats in the waters he nav- 
 igated. The patronage received then gave promise of the future possibilities 
 and through his influence a company was formed and a steamer built as told 
 on pp. 420-21. He m. (1) Margery, dau. of Nahum Baker and wid. of his 
 brother, Francis Low, all of Georgetown; (2) Clara E., dau. of Samuel T. 
 Wylie. Their home is on Oak St., B. H., in the house built and formerly 
 owned by Capt. Samuel Miller Reed. Capt. Low, with scarcely an intermis- 
 sion from duty, took charge of the principal boat on the line for about 35 
 years, during which time no accident of consequence occurred. Since about 
 1900 he has retired from the service. 
 
 LUNDY. 
 
 Ebenezer and Eady Lundy, who lived at Cape Newagen, had the oldest 
 fam. of that name recorded in B., though there are indications of older mem- 
 bers in the earlier records, but not connected. He d. Jan., 1834. Children: 
 Thomas, 1819; Lydia, 1820; Ann, 1822; Esther, 1824; Ebenezer, Jr., 1826; 
 Willard, 1827. 
 
 MACAULAY. 
 
 Joseph Macaulay came to Boothbay from Prince Edward's Island in 
 1851. He married Octavia, dau. of Benjamin Pinkham, and settled on Bar- 
 ter's Island, where they now live. He has followed a seafaring life. Chil. : 
 I, Ida E., m. Fremont Kimball; 11, Millard F., m. Alvoney, dau. of Leroy 
 Kimball; III, John, m. Ellera, dau. of Theodore Roberts, is now living in 
 Rangeley; IV, EUery D., unm.; V, Fred M., m. Fannie Hall, of B. H. 
 
 McCLINTOCK. 
 
 1 William McClintock, b. 1730, m. Margaret, dau. of William Fuller- 
 ton, 1773, who was b. in 1741. He lived in Bris. when married. There are 
 two traditions regarding his ancestry: one, that he was the son of Samuel 
 McClintock and came to America with bis parents when a mere infant; the 
 other, that he was son of William McClintock, who came to Medford, Mass., 
 from Ireland in 1718. In both cases the ancestry is said to be Scotch-Irish 
 from the north of Ireland. William and Samuel have both been family 
 names in our records, and undoubtedly he was as a child, with his parents, 
 in Bris. It is not unlikely that the immigrant, William, had a son Samuel, 
 who was father of William of Bris., and coming there at an early age from 
 Mass. gave rise to that part of the story. There would be no inconsistency 
 as to dates in this view. He died June 3, 1779. His wid. m. (2) Deacon 
 William Burns. She died Apr. 17, 1822. Children: 
 
 2 Samuel, b. 1774; set. in Boothbay and then rem. elsewhere; trace lost. 
 *3 John, b. Apr. 20, 1776, q. v. 
 
 4 William, b. Oct., 1778; m. (1) Fanny Young, 1800; (2) Betsey Plummer, 
 1829. He was a land surveyor, lived in Bris. and held many public 
 positions in town, among which was that of delegate to the Portland 
 Convention of 1819 for framing a State Constitution. They had a fam. 
 of seven chil. His son, William, Jr., succeeded on the homestead, 
 dying there in 1899, a. 80. The homestead is now owned by Robert 
 A. Sproul, who married an adopted daughter. 
 
568 HI8TOET OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*3) John" McClintock {IViUiam^) m. Catherine Burns, Bris. He set. 
 at Dover, where Charles H. Rush has lived in recent years. They had a 
 fam. of sixteen chil., eight of each sex. Of these, four daus. were blondes 
 and four brunettes; and the sons were likewise divided, four light and four 
 dark. He was a surveyor and held several town oflHces, see Chap. XVI. 
 His wife died May 26, 1822, a. 43. He married (2) Mrs. Elizabeth Bowles. 
 He died June 20, 1861. Children: 
 
 5 Elizabeth, b. Mar. 11, 1797; m. John Carlton, Woolwich. 
 
 6 Margaret, b. Sept. 8, 1798; m. John Carlton, Woolwich; his 2d marriage. 
 
 7 Jane, b. Nov. 30, 1799; m. Jason Fuller, q. v. 
 
 8 William, b. Nov. 1, 1801; m. Martha J. Dodge; d. Sept. 23, 1847; chil.: 
 I, Melissa, b. Aug. 17, 18.S8; d. in inf. II, Jane F., b. Aug. 9, 1841; 
 m. Hartley Averill, Alna. Ill, Catherine, b. Apr. 5, 1836; m. Walter 
 Hall, Wis. 
 
 9 Frances, b. Jan. 30, 1803; m. Spencer Greenleaf. 
 
 10 Mary, b. Oct. 16, 1804; m. Robert Reed, Woolwich. 
 
 *11 Samuel, b. June 24, 1806, q. v. 
 
 *12 John, b. June 24, 1806, q. v. 
 
 *13 Waterman T., b. July 2, 1808, q. v. 
 
 14 Martha, b. Oct. 10, 1809; m. Elbridge Webber, New. 
 
 15 Leonard, b. Oct. 21, 1810; unm.; d. at Natchez, Sept. 20, 1840. 
 
 16 Jason, b. Feb. 21, 1812; he was killed by a shark at Mobile; unm. 
 
 17 Catherine, b. Aug. 22, 1813; m. Samuel Fullerton. 
 
 18 Franklin, b. Sept. 27, 1814;. m. Sarah Webber; set. in New. 
 
 19 Ruth W., b. Apr. 12, 1817; m. William B. Foster, New York. 
 
 20 Joseph, b. July 17, 1821; m. in Oakland, Calif.; set. there. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (*11) Samuel' McClintock {John,'^ William^) m. Caroline Auld, Jan., 
 1831. He built the house on Atlantic St. where the late Allen Lewis lived; 
 he was a "forty-niner" to the gold fields of Calif., but ret. to B., where he 
 died, Jan. 28, 1864; she died July 1, 1875. Children: 
 
 21 Sarah E., b. May 26, 1832; m. Thaddeus Perkins, Boston. 
 
 22 Ora Caroline, b. Jan. 14, 1836; m. George Newbegin. 
 
 23 Josephine, b. Nov. 3, 1837; m. Edward Stacy, Wis. 
 
 24 Leonard S., b. Jan. 31, 1840; m. (1) Mary Bennett; she d. Oct. 14, 1872, 
 a. 28; (2) Helen Joy, Windsor; (3) Ella S., dau. of Joseph and Cather- 
 ine McKown and wid. of Sandford Greenleaf, 1883. George L. McClin- 
 tock is son of the last marriage. Capt. Len McClintock, as he was 
 familiarly called, was an expert and successful seaman, and noted for 
 his daring qualities wherever he was known, and his acquaintance was 
 large in many of the Atlantic ports. His adventures were many, but 
 perhaps the most sensational, the one which drew comment from many 
 of our leading newspapers, occurred at Ponce, Porto Rico, Nov. 27, 
 1876. Capt. McClintock had entered that port a few days before with 
 a general cargo. His manifest contained an error in weight but not in 
 number of pieces, so that it was immaterial, though technical He was 
 hurried before a magistrate by the Spanish authorities, ravenous for 
 their plunder, for they received one-half of the fines imposed. The 
 vessel was fined |4,000, but was left in charge of the Captain and his 
 crew. A gunboat, with fires banked, lay at the mouth of the harbor 
 on guard. Capt. McClintock begged time before confiscation to confer 
 with the American owners, though he was, unknown to his persecutors, 
 a principal owner. Meantime he sounded out a passage through a 
 dangerous reef that bounded one side of the harbor, always deemed 
 impassable. He did this, unobserved, from a dory. Much of the time 
 he was lying there he spent on shore, playing billiards and otherwise 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 569 
 
 sporting with the officials, entirely indifferent in appearance to his con- 
 dition. He became very popular with them. Every night his crew 
 threw up the anchor one pawl of the capstan, heaving the anchor short 
 without suspicion. Finally a suitable breeze sprang up. The Captain 
 was ashore with the officials, calm as a rock, while they were excited 
 over the betting at the game. He had earlier in the day obtained per- 
 mission to spread his sails to dry them. Suddenly, at 11.30 A. m., he 
 left his companions ashore, went aboard, weighed anchor, spread every 
 yard of canvas and sailed straight for the reef. The officials, both 
 ashore and on the gunboat, were dumb with surprise, for they saw only 
 a wreck ahead for him; but he went through where he had sounded 
 without a scratch and it gave him four miles lead of the war vessel, for 
 they had to round the reef, besides it took time to get their fires going. 
 He passed directly under the guns of the fort, but on account of other 
 shipping lying in range not a shot was fired. Before nightfall he was 
 out of their sight. They guarded the Mona passage for some time 
 without result, for he sailed to the south of San Domingo, exactly oppo- 
 site to the calculations of his pursuers. In due time he reached N. Y., 
 took out new papers, and changed the name of his schooner, the Bara- 
 coa, to that of Eunice McKown, named for the daughter of one of the 
 owners, Capt Cyrus McKown. The two men in his crew upon whom 
 he mostly relied in this dangerous exploit were Benjamin Kenney and 
 John P. Perkins, both of Boothbay Harbor. His home was corner of 
 Townsend Ave. and McClintock St. He died Jan 27, 1890. 
 
 25 Albert B., b. Mar. 7, 1842; d. 1862. 
 
 26 Edmund Wilson, b. Mar. 4, 1847; lives in Wakefield, Mass. 
 
 (*12) Johns McClintock {John? William?) m. Sarah D. B. Clark, Bos- 
 ton, 1839. He commenced where the Baldwin Fish Co. is located in a 
 small shoe shop. The land immediately about him was a veritable alder 
 swamp. Later he added some merchandise and soon engaged in bank fish- 
 ing, see Chap. XXI. His rise in business was rapid. He acquired a good 
 property and made many improvements upon his holdings. He was one of 
 the most broadly known men who has lived in the town and is still vividly 
 remembered by the old fishermen along the Maine coast. Col. John McClin- 
 tock, for by that title he was known, having been commissioned by Gov. 
 Dunlap, Sept. 3, 1836, after an active and extensive business life, died Feb. 
 21, 1874; his wife died May 30, 1880, a. 69-11. Children: 
 
 27 Capt. Edgar, b. Oct. 14, 1840; d. June 12, 1897. 
 
 28 Catherine S., b. Feb. 24, 1842; unm.; res. on the old homestead. 
 
 29 John Howard, b. June 30, 1843; m. Sarah E. Murray; lived at B. H.^ 
 coasting captain; d Aug. 31, 1906. 
 
 30 Isabel, b. May 13, 1845; d. Apr. 9, 1848. 
 
 31 Zerada R., b. Sept. 8, 1846; d. Sept. 26, 1848. 
 
 32 Charles Henry, b. May 7, 1849; d. Nov. 13, 1901. 
 
 33 William Grace, b. Mar. 7, 1851; res. on his father's homestead. 
 
 34 George Porter, b. Apr. 2, 1853; d. Jan. 17, 1882. 
 
 (*13) Waterman T.' McClintock {John? William^) m. Hannah N. 
 Peasley, Whitefield. Lived at Dover. She died July 27, 1888. Children: I, 
 Benjamin, b. Aug. 4, 1839; d. 1860, see Cas. II, Elizabeth P., b. May 4, 
 1842; d. 1869. Ill, Nancy J., b. Mar. 31, 1844; d. 1868. IV, Jason, b. Dec. 
 24, 1845; d. 1863, see Cas. V, Phebe P., b. Jan. 15, 1848; d. Dec. 8, 1862. 
 VI, AbbyA., b. Nov. 9, 1849; d. Jan. 27, 1852. VII, Margaret C, b. Nov. 
 9, 1851; d. Dec. 20, 1869. 
 
570 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 McCOBB. 
 
 1 Samuel McCobb founded the family of that name in B. He was the 
 leader of the Scotch-Irish settlers to Townsend, under Col. Dunbar. All old 
 records refer to him as such, yet he held no sub-grant of territory, but in this 
 respect fared as the others did. His deposition is, in its concise wording, a 
 history in itself of the settlement here and has been quoted from oftener than 
 any other document extant relating to this locality. His family in both male 
 and female descent has been one of sterling worth to the community, many 
 of whom have lived long and valuable lives on Boothbay soil. Born in Ire- 
 land in 1707, he came as a young man of 23 years, the trusted lieutenant of 
 Col. Dunbar in managing the planting of the Townsend colony. He m. abt. 
 1738-39 and the Christian name of his wife was Mary. Farther we are unin- 
 formed, but she was probably of some of the Townsend or Pemaquid fami- 
 lies. They set. where the Weymouth House stands and their house, which 
 first was a log one, was followed by a framed structure, called the "long 
 house," and ran abt. parallel with the southerly end of that building. A 
 slight depression in the soil still shows the spot. He died Feb. 8, 1791; she 
 died Dec. 25, 1801, a. 81. Children: 
 
 *2 William, b. 1740, q. v. 
 
 *3 John, b. 1744, q. v. 
 
 *4 James, b. abt. 1746, q. v. 
 
 5 Jean, b. abt. 1748; m. (1) John Fullerton, 1769; lived at St. George; 
 (2) James Carven, set. in Burnham. 
 
 6 Frances, b. 1750; m. James Auld, q. v. 
 
 7 Mary, b. 1753; m John Auld, q. v. 
 *8 Samuel, Jr., b. May 23, 1755, q. v. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*2) William" McCobb (Samuel^). He left no family record upon the 
 town books and search has failed to find a private one. No publishment 
 appears, but he probably married before town incorporation. His wife's 
 name was Rachel and her gravestone shbws her to have been bom in 1732, 
 or eight years his senior. Whoever reads the history of our locality from 
 1760 to 1815 will learn how prominent a citizen he was, and Chap. XVI will 
 show the positions of trust bestowed upon him by his townsmen. No man 
 has lived in B. who has held so many and varied positions as he. He died 
 Nov. 29, 1815; she died Jan. 11, 1816. They lived where his father set. 
 They had but one child, Betsey, b. 1764, m. Samuel Brj-er, Jr., q. v. 
 
 (*S) John'' McCobb {Samuel'^) m. Mary, dau. of John and Margaret 
 Beath, 1775. He settled where Willard H. McCobb lives, on property pur- 
 chased of William Moore. He was an early merchant in town. He died 
 June 12, 1881; she died Nov. 29, 1832. Children: 
 
 9 Mary, b. Mar. 17, 1776; m. Sproul, Bris. 
 
 10 Jane, b. Feb. 24, 1777; m. Robert Montgomery, q. v. 
 
 *11 John, Jr., b. Jan. 3, 1778, q. v. 
 
 12 William, b. Sept. 11, 1779; m. Clark, Bris.; s. p. 
 
 *13 Joseph, b. Dec. 28, 1780, q. v. 
 
 14 Elizabeth, b. Mar. 20, 1783; m. Edmund Wilson, q. v. 
 
 15 Samuel, b. Sept. 20, 1784; d. Aug. 27, 1805; unm. 
 
 16 Parker, b. Dec. 25, 1786; d. Feb. 14, 1796. 
 *17 Paul, b. Jan. 31, 1790, q. v. 
 
 (*4) James" McCobb {Samuel^) m. Sarah Allen, Georgetown, 1777. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 571 
 
 This fam. was not regularly recorded. He built the old Allen Lewis house 
 and is thought to have sold to Grover, who lived there during the War of 
 1812. He was living on " Harbour Island " in 1818, which is the island south 
 of McFarland's Pt. With the loss of his son that year the male line in this 
 branch became extinct. Dates of death of the parents have not been found. 
 Children: I, William, d. Apr. 4, 1818, unm.; II, Susan, m. Samuel Clifford, 
 Edge.; Ill, Mary, m. William Bragg, 1812; IV, Margaret, m. John Clark, 
 Bris., 1815. 
 
 (*8) Samuel^ McCobb, Jr., {Samuel^) m. Sarah, dau. of Andrew and 
 Elizabeth McFarland, 1*784. They took up the place and built where Charles 
 Larrabee now lives. A log house preceded the present one, which, in part, 
 is said to have been built in 1805, and for some years it was run as a hotel. 
 He died May 5, 1832; she died Aug. 25, 1837. Children: 
 
 18 Sally, b. June 3, 1785; m. Samuel Adams, Jr., q. v. 
 
 19 Andrew, b. Dec. 28, 1786; set. in Jeff. ; m. Elizabeth Bryer; two chil. ■ 
 d. Feb. 1, 1855. 
 
 20 Samuel, Jr., b. Apr. 4, 1789; drowned off Tobago from brig Nancy, 
 Aug. 12, 1810. 
 
 *21 William, b. Mar. 20, 1791, q. v. 
 *22 Ephraim, b. Jan. 4, 1793, q. v. 
 23 John, b. July 11, 1797; d. abt. May 22, 1820, see Cas. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (*11) JoHN^ McCoBB, Jr., (^John? SamueV^) m. Mary Huff, Edge., 1802. 
 His grandfather Beath gave him a farm including the hill on the west of 
 Campbell's Cove, where he set. He followed farming, going to sea but little. 
 He died June 21, 1862; she died Apr. 4, 1850, a. 65. They had ten chil., of 
 whom Irene, b. 1805; Nancy, b. 1807; Mary, b. 1809; Elizabeth, b. 1813; 
 Miles H., b. 1826, either d. young or have no record besides birth. The 
 others were: 
 
 *24 Samuel, b. May 12, 1811, q. v. 
 
 25 Jane, b. Mar. 2, 1816; m. Jonathan Hutchings, q. v. 
 
 26 Margaret, b. Mar. 10, 1818; m. Elbridge Hodgdon, q. v. 
 
 27 Daniel H., b. 1820; m. Elizabeth Matthews, 1847. 
 
 28 Aurinda, b. 1822; m. Arthur Matthews. 
 
 (*13) Joseph^ McCobb {John,^ Samuel'^) m. Margaret, dau. of James 
 and Frances Auld, 1807. He was a leading business man, being associated 
 with Col. Jacob Auld, as McCobb & Auld, most of his life. Together they 
 built and lived in the brick house on the Avenue, so long and still a famous 
 landmark in the town. He died Jan. 17, 1825; she died in Millersburg, Iowa, 
 Dec. 9, 1857. Children: 
 
 *29 Joseph, b. Oct. 3, 1808, q. v. 
 
 30 William, b. May 6, 1810; d. in New Orleans, 1831. 
 
 31 Margaret, b. Jan. 22, 1812; m. Otis Kennedy. 
 *82 Arthur,- b. Sept. 28, 1818, q. v. 
 
 *33 Leonard, b. Jan. 12, 1817, q. v. 
 
 -34 Isaac Weston, b. July 2, 1818; d. 1821. 
 
 35 Cyrus, b Sept. 30, 1820; d. 1823. 
 
 36 Martha E., b. Nov. 4, 1822; m. and set. in Iowa. 
 
 37 Charles H., b. Feb. 2, 1825; d. in Memphis, Tenn., Apr. 19, 1863. 
 
 (*17) Paul^ McCobb {John? Samuel'^) m. Jane, dau. of James and 
 Frances Auld, 1812. They lived on the homestead of his father. He died 
 July 31, 1852; she died June 6, 1864. Children: 
 
572 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 38 Mary, b. Feb. 3, 1813; m. Daniel Auld, q. v. 
 
 39 John, b. Apr. 9, 1816; d. Apr. 19, 1842, see Cas. 
 
 40 Fanny, b. Oct. 27, 1815; m. Edwin Auld, q. v. 
 *41 James A., b. July 19, 1817, q. v. 
 
 42 Sarah, b. Mar. 20, 1824; m. Thomas Matthews, 1844. 
 
 43 Eliza, b. Feb. 25, 1826; m. John Holton, q. v. 
 
 44 Armitage G., b. Oct. 24, 1831; d. June 17, 1863, on the march to Get- 
 tysburg. 
 
 45 William P., b. July 31, 1833; m. Fanny, dau. of Charles and Sarah 
 Corey; set. in Dorchester, Mass. 
 
 Two chil., Rachel and Nancy, d. in infancy. 
 
 (*21) William' McCobb (Samuel, Jr.,''' Samuel'^) m. Mary Michael. 
 He was a blacksmith, living on his father's homestead. He died Apr. 18, 
 1879; she died Aug. 2, 1878, a. 87-6. Children: 
 
 46 Susan M., b, Oct. 20, 1812; m. Simon Dodge, Edge. 
 
 47 John W., b. 1820; d. 1824. 
 
 48 George, b. Dec. 3, 1824; d. Apr. 1, 1849, see Cas. 
 
 49 Abigail, b. Apr. 6, 1827; m. William C. Larrabee, Bath, q. v. 
 
 50 Amanda E., b. July 19, 1829; m. George W. DolloflE, q. v. 
 
 51 William F., b. Nov. 3, 1831; d. Apr. 1, 1849, see Cas. 
 
 (*22) Ephraim' McCobb (Samuel, Jr., ^ Samuel^) m. (1) Elizabeth, dau. 
 of Samuel, Jr., and Mary Adams, 1814; (2) Sarah Thompson, 1823; (3) Eliz- 
 abeth M. McFarland, 1828. Children: I, Sarah J., b. Oct. 1, 1815. II, 
 Elizabeth, b. July 18, 1817; m. Andrew Lewis, 1834. Ill, Samuel, b. Apr. 
 25, 1819; d. 1826. IV, William, b. Nov. 2, 1821. V, Thompson, b. Jan. 26, 
 1824, VI, John, b. Aug. 2, 1827. VII, Ephraim C, b. Nov. 17, 1831. 
 
 Fourth Generation. 
 (*24) Samuel* McCobb (John, Jr.," John,^ Samuel^) m. Margery, dau. 
 of William S. and Susan Bryer, 1843. They lived on the father's homestead, 
 on the hill west from Campbell's Cove. He died Dec. 17, 1886. Children: 
 I, Azula E., b. July 12, 1845; d. Apr. 1, 1870. II, Anna G., b. Sept. 19, 1847; 
 m. Miles H. Trask, 1879. Ill, Clement, b. July 30, 1849; m. and res. at B. 
 Ctr.; follows farming, stone work and moving buildings. IV, Clara E. G., 
 b. June 27, 1852; d. 1870; unm. V, Maria H., b. Sept. 2, 1856; d. 1873; unm. 
 VI, Isabel C, b. May 27, 1862; m. Charles E. Ervine, Dam., now Bath, 1892. 
 
 (*29) Joseph* McCobb (Joseph,'^ John,^ Samuel^) m. Martha Wilson, 
 Portland; set. in Boston. Children: I, William C, b. Dec. 24, 1831. II, 
 Charlotte, b. Nov. 7, 1833. Ill, Alexander R., b. May 25, 1836. IV, Joseph 
 L., b. Feb. 7, 1839. 
 
 (*32) Arthur* McCobb (Joseph,^ John,''' Samuel) m. Elizabeth, dau. of 
 Dr. Charles Fisher. He traded in the old red store where McCobb & Auld 
 did. She died Feb. 14, 1840, a. 23. He died abt. that time, exact date not 
 found. They had two sons: I, Charles Sullivan, b. Feb. 20, 1837; d. at 
 Gettysburg, July 4, 1863, see p. 404. II, Abial Henry, b. Mar. 10, 1839; d. 
 in Vallejo, Calif., Nov. 10, 1883. He was a benefactor to the Second Cong. 
 Church, in which a memorial slab was erected to him. 
 
 (*33) Leonard* McCobb (Joseph,'^ John,^ Samuel^) m. Serena Ken- 
 nedy, Jeff., where they lived until abt. 1845, when they ret. to B. H., living 
 here afterward. He was engaged in trade, first in the old red store, where 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 573 
 
 his father traded, and then built, abt. 1850, cor. of Oak St. and Townsend 
 Ave. , where the building was superseded by the Townsend Block, com- 
 menced in 1905. He died Feb. 20, 1889; she died Jan. 21, 1891. Children: 
 
 62 Orra E., b. Jan. 4, 1838; m. Samuel M. Dodge, Edge., 1857; d. Mar. 9, 
 1889; s. p. 
 
 53 William Otis, b. Mar. 27, 1840; m. (1) Lovisa Baldwin, New Bedford, 
 Mass., 1875; (2) Ellen Baldwin, sister to first, 1878. He is a merchant at 
 B. H., occupying the old store of his ancestors in another location; s. p. 
 
 54 Joseph L., b. Dec. 6, 1843; m. Mattie E. Stetson, 1881. He is a dry 
 goods merchant at B. H.; two chil., Annie and Lombard. 
 
 55 Charles H., b. Feb. 6, 1852; m. Mary E. Campbell, 1877; formerly a 
 merchant at B. H., succeeding his father; s. p. 
 
 Twin sons of Leonard and Serena d. in infancy. 
 
 (*41) James A.* McCobb (Paul,^ Jokn,"^ Samuel^) m. Martha J., dau. of 
 Israel and Jane Holton, 1848. They lived on his father's homestead. He 
 •d. Mar. 3, 1895; she d. Mar. 22, 1877. Children: I, Eliza J., b. July 11, 1846; 
 unm. II, Clara F., b. May 8, 1850; m. Herbert Decker. Ill, Willard H., 
 b. Sept. 8, 1862; m. Bertha Miller, 1882; res. on homestead of his father and 
 conducts a dairy farm; chil.: Arthur (see Chap. XXIII), Florence and 
 Beatrice. IV, Laura E., b. Oct. 4, 1854; m. Charles Pierce, South.; res. at 
 B. H.; chil.: Clara and Edith. 
 
 McDOUGALL. 
 
 1 James McDougall came to E. B. from Pictou, N. S., in 1832. He was 
 a widower with ten children. He m. Rachel, dau. of Samuel, Jr., and Bet- 
 :sey Bryer, in 1835. He lived easterly from the residence of the late William 
 B.. Reed. He died Sept. 17, 1865; she died Mar. 26, 1891, a. 92. Children: 
 
 2 Grace, b. 1805; m. Joseph Beck. 
 
 3 Catherine, unm. 
 
 4 Margaret, b. 1810; unm. 
 
 5 Charles, b. May, 1813; m. Mary Sherman, 1842; lived in E. B.; he d. 
 Jan. 8, 1873; she d. Jan. 19, 1849; chil.: Charles S., Eleazer and Mary 
 A., none of whom live in Maine. 
 
 6 John, b. Oct., 1816; m. Mary Adams, 1838. They lived where John E. 
 Kelley does. He was a prominent business man in his day, succeeding 
 the Adams Bros, at No. B. in shipbuilding, afterward moving his busi- 
 ness to E. B., see Chap. XIX. He d. Feb. 7, 1863; she d. Nov. 21, 1894. 
 They had one dau. , Cordelia, b. Jan. 5, 1840, m. John E. Kelley, 1864, q.v. 
 
 7 William, b. Oct. 11, 1820; m. Amora , New Orleans. He was a 
 
 ship carpenter and res. at West B. H. He d. Sept. 8, 1898. Children: 
 Margaretta A., m. Capt. John H. Pinkham, d. July 9, 1885, a. 35; 
 William Henry, Julia, Delia, John E.; two chil.. May E. and James, d. 
 in youth. 
 
 -*8 Simon, b. Mar. 15, 1824, q. v. 
 
 *9 James, q. v. 
 
 10 Nancy, b. June, 1828; m. James Race, 1847; d. Apr. 25, 1852. 
 
 11 Christy Belle, unm. 
 
 12 Mary Elizabeth, b. Oct. 16, 1836; m. Paul P. Adams, q. v. 
 
 13 Rachel, b. Feb. 3, 1838; unm. 
 
 14 Samuel, b. Feb. 10, 1840; d. May, 1869, see Cas. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*8) SiMON^ McDouGALL (James^) m. Sarah, dau. of John and Mary 
 Race, 1844; she died June 9, 1903. They first lived at Linekin, but at E. B. 
 
574 HI8TOHT OF BOOTHS AT. 
 
 after 1863. He was engaged in the fishing business until that date, when he 
 went into trade, in which he still continues. His son, Hiram W., was part- 
 ner for some years after 1881, see Chap. XIX. He has been an active man 
 in town affairs and a leading member of the Methodist Church in his village.. 
 Always a Republican with strong prohibition tendencies. Children: 
 
 16 James, b. Feb. 4, 1845; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Benaiah and Clarissa 
 DoUoff ; res. in Dorchester, Mass. ; two chil. 
 
 16 Mary O., b. Nov. 14, 1847; unm.; res. at E. B. with her father. 
 
 It John R., b. Nov. 4, 1849; m. Nancy J., dau. of Rufus and Margaret 
 Murray, Dec. 23, 1871 ; she d. Apr. 27, 1903. He commenced going to 
 the Banks at 14, fishing from a dory, which he followed for six years. 
 At 20 he opened a store at E. B. and has since continued in trade. 
 Lyman M., his son, was taken into partnership in 1896, the firm being 
 styled the J. R. McDougall Co. Since the early days of the Ocean 
 Point summer colony Mr. McDougall had ran a team there daily in the- 
 season. In 1896 a store was built there by the firm, which each season 
 since has carried a full line of groceries, provisions and sundries. See- 
 Chapters XVI, XIX and XX for official and society positions held and 
 business data. Additional to facts there shown, he has been President 
 of the Mutual Fire Insurance Co. since 1898, and for two years Dist Dep^ 
 Grand Master of Tenth Masonic Dist. of Me. ; also member of the Re- 
 publican Town Com. of B. since 1886, and of the Rep. Co. Com. for 
 Lincoln since 1900. Children: I, Lyman M., m. Mary B. Hatch, 1901; 
 partner with his father at E. B. II, Edith B., m. James T. Stormont, 
 Chelsea, Mass.; three chil.: Grace, Robert and Donald. Ill, Emily 
 G., m. Dean Emery, New Rochelle, N. Y., an attorney at law, May 19, 
 1904. IV, Blanch S. 
 
 18 Frank H., b. Oct. 9, 1851; m. Mrs. Martha A. Reed, Gloucester, Mass., 
 1886; res. at B. H.; photographer; one dau., Susie. 
 
 19 Hiram W., b. Sept. 21, 1858; m. Clara E. Weymouth; res. at B. H.; 
 engaged in clothing trade; three sons, Simon, Lawrence and Richard. 
 
 20 Sadie G., b. July 8, 1866; m. Osgood N. Vannah, Linekin. 
 
 (*9) James^ McDougall (James^) m. Ketura, dau. of James Linekin. 
 He was formerly engaged in trade and shipbuilding, see Chap. XIX. They 
 now conduct a summer boarding house at E. B. Children: I, Albra O., 
 b. Sept. 30, 1854; m. Alwild Palmer, Bris., 1883; one child, Audrey A.; 
 merchant at E. B. since 1876, see Chap. XIX. II, Walter, b. May 12, 1861; 
 m. Sophia, dau. of Simon Farnham; res. at Murray Hill, prop, of the Forest 
 House. Ill, Grace A., b. Apr. 30, 1869. IV, Howard, b. Mar. 31, 1871; 
 stenographer in War Dept. , Washington, D. C. 
 
 McFARLAND. 
 
 1 John McFarland and his wife, Lydia, were immigrants under Dunbar 
 in the fall of 1730. Aside from the fact that he and the Fullertons settied 
 side by side in Townsend and were on intimate terms, and that the families 
 had intermarried in Scotland, there are several strong indications that John 
 McFariand and his family, like the Fullertons, first came to Arrowsic and 
 Georgetown before settling at Townsend. If this be correct, then 1728 is 
 the date of their coming to America. He built easterly from the house now 
 owned and occupied by Silas Stinson Lewis, near Church Square. Like all 
 others he probably built a log house which was used until mills Were estab- 
 lished, when he built a frame one. This frame house was occupied by his 
 son Andrew, and was burned about 1773, when the "yellow house" was. 
 
Marshal Smith. 
 1 798- 1 867. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 575 
 
 built, which, in a remodeled form and moved westerly to the avenue, is the 
 present Lewis residence. His wife's family name is unknown. They had 
 four children, but the date of birth is only obtainable in the case of Andrew, 
 who was born in 1726. It is certain that Ephraim was older than Andrew, 
 and that the others were younger, how much is uncertain. Perhaps all were 
 born before Townsend was located in, but more likely that one or two of 
 the younger ones were born here. McFarland owned from the head of the 
 Harbor to the Center, while the Fullerton property abutted his on the west. 
 Townsend Avenue and the road leading to the Center nearly mark the line 
 between these two old estates, a part of the distance being exactly on the 
 line of division. The date of his wife's death is not known; he died in 1773. 
 Children: 
 
 *2 Ephraim, q. v. 
 
 *3 Andrew, b. 1725, q. v. 
 
 4 Thomas, m. Lydia ; by probate record he was a mariner and d. in 
 
 1789; his wid. had rem. to Woolwich in Oct. of that year. There is no 
 town record relating to him or his family. If he had chil. they probably 
 grew up in Woolwich, where it is thought his wife formerly had lived. 
 
 5 Sarah, m. Israel Davis; d. Sept. 20, 1772, q. v. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (••2) Ephraim" McFarland (John'). The town records are practically 
 silent in his case. He appears as a member of the first church and it is 
 known that he lived where Dennis S. Wylie does and had one of the first 
 stores in town, paying the tea and coffee tax to the Lincoln County Commis- 
 sioners immediately upon the organization of the county in 1760. His store 
 was near the present residence of George W. DoUoff. The name of his wife 
 and the dates of births and deaths in his family are totally wanting. Chil. : 
 
 6 Hannah, m. Andrew Wall, q. v. 
 *'7 Benjamin, q. v. 
 
 (*3) Andrew" McFarland {John}-) m. Elizabeth abt. 1754. They 
 
 lived on the father's homestead, and the "yellow house," previously referred 
 to, was of his building, at about the time of his father's death. Andrew fol- 
 lowed the sea, engaged in the foreign and West India trade a greater part of 
 the time. He had a store and became the owner of considerable real estate 
 in town. During the Revolution he engaged in active service, holding a 
 captain's commission. His house was a landmark for many years, and dur- 
 ing his life it was the aristocratic feature of the town. From a society point 
 of view it is plainly evident that he and his family were foremost, and many 
 indications exist to show they were ambitious for the lead in that direction.. 
 His will shows the possession of tracts of land about the Harbor, on Barter's 
 Is., on the Damariscotta, the greater part of Spruce Point and Green Is. in 
 Penobscot Bay. He d. Dec. 25, 1780; she d. Oct. 15, 1820, a. 92. Children: 
 
 8 Jane, b. Dec. 26, 1755; m. William Reed, q. v. 
 
 *9 Andrew, b. Sept. 24, 1757, q. v. 
 
 10 Mary, b. Jan. 9, 1760; m. Andrew Reed. 3d, q. v. 
 
 11 Elizabeth, b. Oct. 4, 1761. 
 
 12 Sarah, b. May 89, 1763; m. Samuel McCobb, Jr., q. v. 
 
 13 Ephraim, b. Feb. 16, 1765; m. Elizabeth Mitchell, Belfast, 1704. 
 *14 John Murray, b. Sept. 26, 1767, q. v. 
 
 15 Rosanna, b. Nov. 25, 1768; d. Feb. 21, 1770. 
 
 16 Rosanna, b. Oct. 27, 1770; m. William Maxwell Reed, q. v. 
 
 17 Margaret, b. May 11, 1772; d. July 28, 1799; unm. 
 
 18 Susanna, b. Feb. 12, 1774; m. David Reed, 4th, q. v. 
 
576 HISTORY OF BOOTHS AY. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 
 (*7) Benjamin^ McFarland [Ephraim,'^ John^) m. Maigaret Murray, 
 1799. She may have been an unrecorded daughter of John and Ann Murray; 
 otherwise she cannot be connected with the main Boothbay family of that 
 name. He lived for a time on his father's homestead, but removed from 
 town and settled in the vicinity of Belfast. He followed the sea and none of 
 his descendants in name live in this locality at present. Children:' I, Eliza- 
 beth, b. July 9, 1780; m. Nathaniel Pinkham, 1799. II, John, b. Apr., 1785. 
 Ill, Margaret, b. July 8, 1788; m. Samuel Wilson. IV, Ephraim, b. Oct. 13, 
 1791. V, Lydia, b. Mar. a, 1794. VI, Polly, b. July 6, 1796; m. Thomas 
 Cunningham, Belfast, 1821. VII, Sally, b. Apr. 8, 1799. VIII, Jane, b. Aug. 
 27, 1802; m. Ezra Cunningham, 1826. IX, Benjamin, Jr., b. Dec. 13, 1805. 
 
 (*9) Andrew^ McFarland (Andrew,"^ John^) m. (1) Betsey, dau. of 
 Capt. Robert and Margaret McKown, Bristol, 1789; she d. Oct. 25, 1790; (2) 
 Mary Sales, Chelsea, Mass., 1798; she d. Jan. 19, 1800, a. 37. He d. Sept. 
 27,1832. They had one dau., Mary Sales, b. Jan. 13, 1800. She m. (1) Fred- 
 erick Lewis, Jr., Whitefield, 1818; (2) Stephen, son of David Kenniston, 
 1822. Capt. Andrew McFarland was a prosperous master mariner, engaged 
 in the foreign trade. His second wife evidently endeared herself much to 
 the Boothbay people in her two years of life among them, for we find in 
 these genealogies at least half a score of namesakes of Mary Sales. 
 
 (*14) John Murray' McFarland (Andrew,'^ John') m. Margaret, dau. 
 of Paul and Margery (Beath) Reed. He was the first postmaster in Booth- 
 bay and throughout his career one of the principal men of affairs in town. 
 He has been described to the author by those who remember him as a man 
 of slight frame, weighing not more than 130 pounds; of a careful, conserva- 
 tive turn, free from impulsiveness and thoroughly calculating in all under- 
 takings. He was town treasurer for 32 years. His townsmen implicitly 
 relied upon him as to both judgment and integrity. See Chaps. XVI, XIX 
 and XXI. He died July 13, 1831; she died Feb. 9, 1857. Children: 
 
 19 Elizabeth, b. June 23, 1795; d. 1805. 
 
 20 Margaret, b. Feb. 27, 1797; m. Major Alexander Drummond, Phipps- 
 burg. 
 
 21 Margery, b. Dec. 25, 1798; m. Rufus K. Reed. 
 
 22 Rosanna, b. Apr. 7, 1800; unm. 
 
 23 Nathaniel C, b. Mar. 21, 1803; unm.; one of the firm of McFarland 
 Bros. ; d. Dec. 28, 1882. 
 
 24 Elizabeth, b. Aug. 15, 1805; d. Oct. 4, 1822. 
 
 26 John, b. Nov. 14, 1807; set. in the vicinity of Belfast. 
 *26 Andrew, b. Apr. 8, 1810, q. v. 
 
 27 William Maxwell, b. July 27, 1812; unm.; d. Apr. 25, 1870; he was one 
 of the firm of McFarland Bros. 
 
 Fourth Generation. 
 (*26) Andrew* McFarland (John DL,^ Andrew,^ John') m. Margery, 
 dau. of Major John McKown. He with his brothers Williamjand Nathaniel 
 constituted the firm of McFarland Bros., who, together with their father, 
 whom they succeeded, made McFarland' s Point so prominent a place of 
 business over a long period in Boothbay's history. He died Apr. 21, 1887; 
 she died Feb. 11, 1875. Children: I, John Murray, b. Jan. 7, 1838; m. Mary 
 A., dau. of Edward K. Greenleaf; fourchil.: Nathaniel C, John W., Richard 
 M., Margery. II, Isabel Louise, b. Dec. 5, 1838; unm. Ill, Nathaniel C, 
 b. July 5, 1842; d. Feb. 12, 1865. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 577 
 
 Note. — There are references in early probate records, also in deposi- 
 tions, to a James McFarland, a contemporary, apparently, of John. No 
 descendants have appeared in town of this man, but it is thought that they 
 were brothers, that both settled here for a time and that James went back to 
 Pemaquid, where he founded the Bristol family of this name. 
 
 McGUNIGLE. 
 
 Peter McGunigle was born in Pictou, N. S. , Dec. 29, 1814. As a young 
 man he came to Maine and engaged first at Camden, then at Thomaston 
 and later at East Boothbay as a ship blacksmith. He m. Clementina Young, 
 Thomaston, 1852. He followed his trade up to within a year or two before 
 his death, which occurred Jan. 31, 1906. He was a man of strong convic- 
 tions, influential in his church, the Methodist at E. B., and an ardent advo- 
 cate of prohibition. Children: I, George A., b. Mar. 29, 1855; m. Clara M. 
 Seavey; res. in Somerville, Mass. II, Carrie E., b. May 24, 1859; m. Arthur 
 W. Shaw, Portland; dec. Ill, Ida A., b. Jan. 26, 1861; d. 1865. IV, Ulysses 
 G., b. July 10, 1863; d. 1865. V, Archibald R., b. Jan. 31, 1867; res. Meri- 
 den. Conn. VI, Robert H., b. Apr. 23, 1857; d. 1858. VII, Henry H., b. 
 Sept. 22, 1872; res. in Augusta. 
 
 McINTIRE. 
 
 Capt. Josiah Mclntire was b. at Small Point, in the town of Phippsburg, 
 in 1834. He came to B. at the age of 18. He m. Thankful, dau. of John 
 and Abigail (Dunton) Roberts. His business was at sea. He d. Aug. 18, 
 
 1871. Children: I, Herbert K., b. Sept. 2, 1861; d. Sept. 1, 1879. II, Ernest 
 L., b. Oct. 20, 1865; unm.; follows a seafaring life. Ill, Liston M., b. July 
 13, 1867; m. Maud Miller; live at B. H. IV, Addie T., b. Apr. 3, 1870; d. 
 
 1872. Mrs. Thankful Mclntire has for several years conducted a summer 
 boarding house at her residence on Townsend Ave. 
 
 McKAY. 
 
 William and Mary McKay came to B. from Nova Scotia in 1851 and set. 
 at West B. H. She was Mary Grady before marriage. He followed the sea, 
 dying in a foreign port from yellow fever, Dec, 31, 1864, a. 48; she d. in 1880, 
 a. 60. Children: I, Harriet S., b. Dec. 20, 1846; m. Isaac Farmer. II, 
 Mary A., b. Apr. 8, 1848; unm.; dec. Ill, Priscilla J., b. Feb. 25, 1850; 
 unm.; dec. IV, Aquilla E., b. Dec. 5, 1852; unm.; dec. V, Ida S., b. Apr. 
 17, 1854; m. John H. Lake. VI, James H., b. July 26, 1856; d. in youth. 
 VII, Estelle, b. Mar. 19, 1858; d. in youth. VIII, Edith E., b. 1860; m. 
 Hardy McKown. 
 
 McKOWN. 
 
 1 Patrick McKown came from Glenarm, County of Antrim, Ireland, to 
 Townsend late in the fall of 1763. He was accompanied by his sister Mary, 
 who afterward married John Daws, and his cousin, the Rev. John Murray. 
 
578 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 They landed at New York and proceeded at once to Townsend. He settled 
 on what has since been known as McKown's Point, where his son William 
 afterward lived. He was born in Antrim, in 1739, the son of Robert and 
 Nancy (Ford) McKown. He married Margery, the daughter of William 
 Fullerton, Jr., in the fall of 1767. It is thought that Robert McKown, Bristol, 
 who died in 1777, was his brother. Patrick McKown died Jan. 24, 1779. 
 His widow afterward married Rev. Ezekiel Emerson, Georgetown, one of 
 the leading Presbyterian ministers of his time. She died Feb. 21, 1824. 
 The eleventh clause in his will was: "My estate or house and garden in 
 Taberwyne street in Glenarm in the County of Antrim, Ireland, adjoining to 
 the house formerly possessed by George Eaton I give and bequeath to my 
 eldest son Robert if he shall go there for it, if not then to my second son 
 William if he shall go there for it, and in his default to my youngest son John 
 on the same terms. " His will was drawn eleven days before his death. Chil. : 
 
 2 Jennet, b. Nov. 19, 1768; m. Capt. Ebenezer Smith, Woolwich. 
 
 3 Robert, b. Oct. 6, 1770; he went back to Ireland to sell the Glenarm 
 property left him by his father and there m. Ann Grace, came back to 
 America and set. in Woolwich, where they reared a family. 
 
 *4 William, b. July 81, 1772, q. v. 
 5 Nancy, b. Nov. 6, 1774; m. John Ingraham, q. v. 
 *6 John, b. Nov. 23, 1776, q. v. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*4) William" McKown (Patrick^) m. Polly, dau. of Samuel and Mary 
 Thompson. He first set. where John M. Hodgdon lives, but later went to 
 McKown's Point, where he afterward lived. He was a sea captain, engaged 
 in the West India trade and followed the business many years. From him 
 has descended one of the largest and most widely known families of seamen 
 in Maine. When he was a young man, mate of his vessel, they were lying 
 in the harbor of a West Indian city, the captain and one of the crew ashore, 
 when an insurrection started. To rescue them was a desperate undertaking, 
 for the firing was general all about the wharves and throughout the city, but, 
 undaunted, he took a boat, rowed ashore, searched out his companions and 
 together they reached the vessel in safety. He died Apr. 7, 1846; she died 
 May 19, 1860. Children: 
 
 7 Mary, b. Feb. 18, 1802; m. John Parshley; set. in Bath; fam. of 7 chil. 
 
 8 Samuel, b. June 2, 1804; unm.; he was of an adventurous disposition.. 
 Followed whaling for several years; was with Samuel Smith and John 
 Love in U. S. frigate Brandywine on a cruise to the West Indies to 
 exterminate pirates; then for some years on a British man-of-war; and 
 was making ready to ship on U. S. frigate Constitution when he disap- 
 peared and was never afterward heard from. 
 
 9 Patrick, b, July 10, 1806; m. Elizabeth Wylie; s. p.; d. 1833, see Cas. 
 *10 William, b. June 19, 1808, q. v. 
 
 ♦11 David, b. Aug. 80, 1810, q. v. 
 
 *12 Joshua L., b. Apr. SO, 1813, q. v. 
 
 13 John, b. Sept. 19, 1815; d. 1833, see Cas. 
 
 *14 Joseph T., b. Feb. 8, 1820, q. v. 
 
 15 Robert, b. Sept. 23, 1823; d. 1828. 
 
 (*6) John' McKown {Patrick)) m. Sally, dau. of Samuel and Ketty 
 Harris. This man was best known to his contemporaries, as well as to pos- 
 terity, as Major John McKown. He was a notable figure in his time and 
 probably transacted the largest business and possessed the broadest acquaint- 
 ance of any man in Boothbay. He lived and conducted his fishing establish- 
 
FAMILY HISTOEY. 579 
 
 ment and store near the present landing of the E. S. B. Co. at Southport. 
 For public service see Chap. XVI, In the fifth clause of his father's will he 
 and his sister Nancy were given to Mary (McKown) Daws to rear, and his 
 descendants inform me this occurred. He died Feb. 17, 1852; she died Mar 
 26, 1834. Children: 
 
 16 Emerson, b. Aug. 25, 1800; d. 1829, see Cas. 
 
 *17 Robert, b. Mar. 23, 1802, q. v. 
 
 18 Sarah, b. Oct. 22, 1803; m. Capt. George Reed, q. v. 
 
 19 John, b. Jan. 4, 1805; d. 1816, see Cas. 
 
 20 Isabella, b. Oct. 30, 1806; m. David Stinson, Woolwich. 
 *21 Harris, b. Mar. 10, 1808, q. v. 
 
 22 Margery J., b. May 27, 1810; m. Andrew McFarland, q. v. 
 
 23 Horatio S., b. Jan. 7, 1812; dec; unm. 
 *24 Benjamin, b. Feb. 19, 1814, q. v. 
 
 *25 Cyrus, b. Apr. 1, 1820, q. v. 
 
 26 Mary A., b. Aug. 17, 1821; m. Martin E. Beal; he d. Apr. 11, 1890, a. 
 58-10; she d. Feb. 16, 1899. Children: Mart A. Beal, Rockford, III.; 
 Isabel Beal, d. Oct., 1905; Henry H., d. Feb. 26, 1878, a. 17. Martin 
 E. Beal lived at the old McKown homestead at South, and conducted 
 business where Major McKown did. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (*10) William' McKown (WUliam,^ Patrick'^) m. Esther, dau. of Joseph 
 and Jane Reed, 1832. They set. at Oak Point, where their son. Freeman 
 H., now lives. He d. Jan. 1, 1887; she d. June 4, 1896, a. 82-10. Children: 
 
 27 John, 3d, b. Dec. 18, 1833; m. Lizzie Cameron, 1860; res. at Oak Point. 
 Their chil. were: I, Cora E., m. Eben T. Lewis; II, Annie, dec; III, 
 Arthur, set. in Salem, Mass. 
 
 28 Joseph Reed, b. Nov. 15, 1836; m. Susan Grover, 1857; res. near the 
 eastern end of the Southport bridge. Children: I, Olevia S., m. Alvahf 
 C. McKown; II, Lillian W., m. Frank Moore, res. in Mass.; Ill, George 
 L., m. Annie Whitehouse; IV, Emma F., m. W. E. Lewis; V, Sophia 
 G.; VI, Grace R., m. Thomas Earl Babb, Jr., Worcester. Mass. 
 
 29 Eliza E., b. Dec. 22, 1887; m. James P. Hodgdon; d. 1877. 
 
 30 Leonard, b. June 16, 1840; m. Emma Fitch, 1866; d. 1897; res. Bath. 
 
 31 Emerson, b. Jan. 2, 1842; m. Mahala Cameron, 1869; d. 1896; res. 
 South. Children: Howard, Wardie, Hattie M., Daniel C, William L., 
 Alonzo N. 
 
 32 Willard, b. Aug. 5, 1845; d. 1853. 
 
 33 Sophia J., b. Apr. 21, 1848; d. 1855. 
 
 34 WiUard L., b. Jan. 13, 1851; m. Ella S., dau. of Benjamin McKown; d. 
 1886, see Cas. 
 
 36 Ida M., b. Apr. 4, 1855; m. Samuel D. Hodgdon, 1876; res. at West B. H. 
 
 36 Freeman H., b. June 22, 1858; m. Laura E., dau. of Rufus and Marga- 
 ret Murray, 1893. He res. on homestead of his father and has achieved 
 a wide reputation and acquaintance among summer visitors by the 
 many and excellent clambakes he has furnished them; he has also been 
 engaged sailing parties during the season for many years and is the 
 hero of Elizabeth Akers' poem, "The Waterwitch." 
 
 (*11) David' McKown {William,^ Patrick'-) m. Sarah, dau. of James 
 Adams. Settled near the Adams homestead. He died Jan. 18, 1896; she 
 died Nov. 10, 1890. Children: 
 
 37 Jame^ A., b. June 27, 1836; d. Mar. 25, 1856. 
 
 88 William H., b. Sept. 18, 1840; d. Dec. 5, 1896; res. in Mass. 
 
 39 Charles, b. Sept. 11, 1845; d. Nov. 7, 1866. Two other chil. d. in youth. 
 
 (*12) Joshua L.' McKown {William,^ Patrick^) m. Martha J., dau. of 
 
580 HISTOET or BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Samuel and Martha Lewis. They hved on the homestead at McKown's 
 Point. He died May 27, 1885. Children: 
 
 40 Harriet E., b. Aug. 24, 1844; m. Richard Thomas, q. v. 
 
 41 Isora, b. June 29, 1846; m. Enoch Perkins, q. v. 
 
 42 Dennis, b. May 14, 1848; m. Mary E., dau. of David A. Pinkham; res. 
 West B. H. ; six chil. 
 
 43 Samuel P., m. Eliza, dau. of Andrew Adams; res. in Portland; two 
 chil., Arthur and Leda. 
 
 44 Hardy W., b. May 4, 1854; m. Edith E, McKay; s. p. 
 
 45 Laura M., b. Mar. 10, 1864; m. Watson M. Simpson. 
 
 (*14) Joseph T.' McKown ( William,^ Patrick^) m. Catherine Dunton, 
 Westport, 1843. He lived on McKown's Point for awhile after marriage, 
 then for many years at Barter's Island, and later on the main, near Hodg- 
 don's Island bridge. He commenced going to the Banks in 1834, at the age 
 of 14; followed that business 35 successive years and then alternated between 
 cod and mackerel fishing until his 80th year. Catherine, his wife, d. May 27, 
 1902, a. 75. He now (1905) lives with his son, George W., at B. H. Chil.: 
 
 46 Manson D., m. Mary A. Kimball; she d. Apr. 15, 1900; res. B. H. 
 Children: Jason C, Leroy K., Josephine S., Julia A., John V., Eugene 
 S., Nellie C. He and his four sons are sea captains. 
 
 47 Mary C, m. Edward H. Barter, Chelsea, Mass. 
 
 48 Henry M., m. Susan, dau. of Hiram Pinkham, dec; he res. in Port- 
 land; two sons, Charles and Ralph. 
 
 49 Susan E. , m. (1) Sanford Greeenleaf , (2) Leonard S. McClintock ; res. B. H. 
 
 50 Florence M., m. (1) Sarah F. Kimball; d. June 24, 1898; (2) Grace Ben- 
 son, Gloucester, Mass.; res. B. H. Three, chil.: I, Wendell P. (see 
 Chap. XXIII); II, Mary, m. James H. Hudson, lawyer, Guilford; III, 
 Florence. 
 
 51 Fred, m. Jennie A., dau. of Nathan S. Baker; sea captain; res. B. H.; 
 one dau. , Linnella. 
 
 52 George W., m. Nellie, dau. of John Gilpatrick; res. B. H.; two chil., 
 Veda M. and Vernon. 
 
 53 Eveline, m. Charles W. Knight; res. B. Ctr. 
 
 (*17) Robert^ McKown (John,^ Patrick^) m. Sarah Crocker; res. on 
 South. He d. Aug. 29, 1880; she d. May 20, 1887, a. 77. Children: I, Ann 
 Grace; II, Albert; III, Albina; IV, Scott; V, Daniel. This family are all 
 dec. Albert m. Lettie Pierce; three chil.: I, Clarence E., res. B. H., m. 
 Eunice, dau. of Capt. Cyrus A. Thompson; II, Florence G. ; III, Scott, dec. 
 
 (*21) Harris^ McKown (John,^ Paty-ickS) m. Henrietta ; res. on 
 
 South.; three chil., Sarah, Mary I., Cyrus. Harris d. May 4, 1863; wife d. 
 July 1, 1884. 
 
 (*24) Benjamin^ McKown {John,^ Patrick^) m. Anna P. Chandler. 
 They lived at West B. on the Ingraham place. He d. Oct. 15, 1875; she d. 
 Mar. 5, 1890. Children: I, Rosanna, m. William E. Given; res. Brunswick. 
 
 II, Rachel M., m. Charles Reed; res. West B. H. Ill, Frederick, d. 1862, a. 
 15. IV, Emily T., unm.; res. Boston. V, Alvah C, m. Olevia, dau. of 
 Joseph McKown; res. B. H. ; two chil., J. Pierce (see Chap. XXIII) and 
 MiWrith L. VI, Mary J., m. William H. Reed, q. v. VII, Lucilla, m. 
 Joseph Atkinson; res. Everett, Mass. VIII, Ella S., m. Willard McKown; 
 res. Everett, Mass. IX, Frank B., m. Addie B. Stover; res. Somerville, Mass. 
 
 (*25) CvRUss McKown {John,"^ Patrick^) m. Mary E., dau. of John 
 Reed, 2d. He succeeded to his father's business on Southport, but moved 
 to the Harbor in 1864, where, for a time, he was engaged in shipbuilding. 
 He was an influential citizen throughout his life in each town. He d. Dec. 
 3, 1888. Children: I, Eunice. II, Abby M., m. Charles C. Luce; d. 1903. 
 
 III, Sammie, m. Charles E. Carlisle, q. v. IV, Orlando, res. B. H. V, Hie 
 B., d. July 14, 1892, a. 19 years. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 581 
 
 McCLELLAN. 
 
 Randall McClellan came to B. as a boy from Cape Bretton. He lived in 
 thefam. of Capt. Robert Reed for some years; m. Sarah E., dau. of John 
 and Adeline Wylie. They lived at West B. H. He was in the Gloucester 
 vessel, Forest Belle, built at E. B., which went down with all on board abt. 
 Dec. 12, 1868. He was the only one from B. Children: I, Eva M., m. 
 William Metcalf, Dam. II, George B., m. Grace, dau. of Benaiah DollofE; 
 res. at B. H.; two chil., Frances and Richard. Ill, Ada M. IV, Morris 
 Randall, carpenter, res. West B. H. ; m. Mary G. Lewis. 
 
 MADDOCKS. 
 
 1 Palgrave Maddocks was b. in Kennebunkport in 1781. He was son 
 of Pelsgrave Maddox (as the names appear in Bradbury's Hist, of Kenne- 
 bunkport), who m. Mary Huff, and grandson of Henry Maddox, who came 
 to Kennebunkport from Berwick, and was killed by an accident, Oct. 8, 
 1750. Palgrave came to Cape Newagen Island as a young man and married 
 Rhuhama, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth (Thompson) Pierce, in 1804. He 
 bought of Samuel Pierce the property which has always since been in the 
 family name, now being owned by his grandson, William T. Maddocks. 
 Upon this place his sons, Joseph and John, conducted one of the earliest 
 bank-fishing establishments, and for a time the largest in either town. The 
 property included Dogfish Head. The portion where the buildings and fish- 
 ing stand were erected shows unmistakable signs of having been one of the 
 favorite haunts of the Indians, see p. 40. The probate records of Lincoln 
 County show no family of this name prior to 1800; but there was a Maddocks 
 family in Boothbay early as 1790, for in that year John Maddocks and Eliza- 
 beth Kennedy, both of B., were married. Some other references could be 
 made, but the disappearance from record later indicates a removal from 
 town. Palgrave d. July 25, 1848; Rhuhama, wife, d. Mar. 25, 1868. Chil.: 
 
 2 Luther, b. May 13, 1805; was a sea captain; d. July 30, 1829. 
 
 3 Sophia Barnard, b. Apr. 16, 1807; m. Freeman Grover, q. v. 
 
 4 Mary, b. Nov. 25, 1808; m. Joseph Huskins, 1830; d. July 18, 1894. 
 
 5 Eleanor, b. Dec. 7, 1810; m. Samuel Pierce, q. v. 
 
 6 Elizabeth, b. Sept. 25, 1812; m. Mark Rand, 1834, q. v. 
 
 7 Rebecca, b. Aug. 9, 1814; m. Rev. Nathan Webb; d. Feb., 1861. 
 
 8 Benjamin, b. Nov. 3, 1816; m. Abby Eveleth, Essex, Mass.; set. first 
 in Calif, and then in Gloucester, Mass., where he d., Aug., 1882. 
 
 *9 Joseph, b. Dec. 8, 1818, q. v. 
 *10 John, b. Dec. 29, 1820, q. v. 
 
 11 Thomas, b. Aug. 18, 1822; d. in youth. 
 
 12 Robert, b. July 11, 1824; m. Ann Maria, dau. of George W. and Maria 
 Pierce; he was lost at sea, 1859, see Cas. His wid. m. Oliver Berry, 
 New Sharon. 
 
 13 Sarah, b. Oct. 29, 1826; d. 1827. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*9) Joseph'' Maddocks {Palgrave^) m. Harriet E., dau. of William 
 and Lydia T. Thompson. He was senior member of the fishing firm of J. 
 & J. Maddocks, and by them the business first assumed an extensive form, 
 though their father had carried on a similar business in the same place, see 
 Chap. XXI. He died July 14, 1874; she died Mar. 9, 1898. Children: 
 
582 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 *14 Luther, b. Mar. 14, 1846, q. v. 
 
 »15 William Thompson, b. Nov. 30, 1846, q. v. 
 
 16 Olive E., b. Sept. 16, 1848; m. Willard Jackson, who was b. in Jefif., 
 Feb. 28, 1846; came to B. H. in 1871, first as Supt. of the Rockweed 
 Factory and later of the firm of Haddocks & Jackson, livery and truck- 
 ing. He d. Nov. 10, 1904. They had one son, Joseph Maddocks, b. 
 July 24, 1871; m. Mary Rogers, of Boston, where they reside. 
 
 *17 Joseph, Jr., b. Aug. 19, 1850, q. v. 
 
 18 Abby E., b. Mar. 1, 1858; m. Sumner Orne, Oct. 19, 1879, q. v. 
 
 19 Lizzie R., b. Oct. 20, 1857; m. Thomas Cameron, 1880. 
 
 20 Annie, b. Apr. 13, 1865; m. John Gardner; he was killed by an electric 
 accident in Worcester, Mass. 
 
 21 Hattie M., b. Jan. 7, 1870; m. Ernest Glidden, Wal. 
 
 (•10) JoHN^ Maddocks {Palgrave^') m. (1) Charlotte, dau. of William 
 and Elizabeth Pierce; (2) Lydia A., dau. of William and Lydia T. Thomp- 
 son. His business life was blended with that of his brother Joseph in a part- 
 nership, to which reference has been made. He d. Feb. 25, 1863; Charlotte, 
 wife, d. Jan. 17, 1851; Lydia A., wife, d. Jan. 19, 1861. Children: 
 
 »22 Sewall T., b. June 17, 1854, q. v. 
 23 Arietta T., m. Arthur Brewer; live in Hoboken, N. J. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 
 (*14) Luther^ Maddocks (Joseph,''- Palgrave^). He attended school 
 at the Bucksport Seminary and the Lewiston Falls Academy, graduating at 
 the age of eighteen from Eastman's National Business College, N. Y. After 
 graduation he took charge of the books of J. & J. Maddocks until he was 
 twenty years of age, when he engaged in business for himself. His first 
 venture was the building of a fish oil and guano factory at Dogfish Head, 
 which he operated for three years. In 1869 he moved to Boothbay Harbor, 
 where he has since lived and been actively engaged in many of the branches 
 of the fishing industry, but more particularly in those of oil production and 
 canning. Chap. 21 includes these matters. Aside from his personal inter- 
 ests Mr. Maddocks has been active in the kindred trade and manufacturing 
 associations, and over a long period has been a familiar figure about the 
 State Capitol, twice as a representative, once as a senator and many times 
 as a member of the "third house." He has been a consistent opponent to 
 nearly all restrictive legislation governing the fisheries. For sixteen years he 
 was secretary of the Maine Oil and Guano Association. In 1888 he became 
 secretary of the National Fishery Association, an organization formed for the 
 purpose of preventing adverse legislation to the fishery interests, by tariff 
 enactment or otherwise. At that time he published several pamphlets which 
 were given broad circulation, much of the data for which was obtained by 
 extensively canvassing the fishery interests of the U. S., along the water 
 front of the country, under the direction of Marshall McDonald, U. S. Fish 
 Commissioner. Additional to his connection with the fishing interests he 
 has also operated several winters in ice. He has been an active supporter 
 of all improvements in town of a public character and was the moving spirit 
 in the building of the Pythian Opera House, the footbridge across the harbor 
 and in the organization of the company for electrical lighting in town. Since 
 1869 Mr. Maddocks has been the leading individual employer of labor in 
 town, paying a part of the time the largest town tax. 
 
 On Sept. 26, 1870, he m. Mary Emily, dau. of William and Mary Kennis- 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 583 
 
 ton. They have two daus.: I, Grace D., m. Arthur G. Lewis; II, Millicent. 
 Their home is on Atlantic St., where John Love formerly lived. 
 
 (*1B) William T.' Maddocks {Joseph? Palgrave'-) m. Betsey P., dau. 
 of Thomas and Jane (Webber) Pierce. He succeeded the firm of J. & J. 
 Maddocks in 1875, continuing the business until 1898. Since 1890 he has 
 been engaged in the fish commission trade in Portland, where he has spent 
 each winter, summering on the old homestead, which he retains. The orig- 
 inal tract purchased by his grandfather now bears three residences and seven 
 summer cottages besides the buildings of the old fish stand, which are used 
 for several purposes. Mr. Maddocks held commission for inspector of fish 
 for 26 years and one as justice of the peace for 30 years. For other public 
 positions see Chap. XVI. Children: I, Benjamin T., b. July 15, 1872; m. 
 (1) Hattie Hodges, Portland, who d. Nov. 21, 1901; (2) Mary Foster, Port- 
 land, May, 1903; one son, Milton H., by first m. II, Joseph, b. June 10, 
 1875; m. Estelle Hill, Portland. 
 
 (*17) Joseph^ Maddocks, Jr., {Joseph? Palgrave^) m. Emma French, 
 1874. They lived at B. H. until 1895. He was member of the firm of Mad- 
 docks & Jackson, was chairman of the first board of selectmen for Boothbay 
 Harbor and was Dep. Coll. of Customs from 1890 to 1895, see Chap. XVI. 
 He then resigned to accept an offer in a tobacco establishment in Ky., later 
 going to Murfreesboro, Tenn., in the same business, where he now resides. 
 Children: I, Warren E, b. Apr. 30, 1876; m. Alice Hodgdon; res. at 
 Wehrum, Pa. II, Royden K., b. Apr. 30, 1876; d. July 27, 1904, see Chap. 
 XXIII. Ill, Florence. IV, Frank. 
 
 (*22) Skwall T.8 Maddocks {John? Palgrave^) m. Nettie E., dau. of 
 Arthur and Lydia (Merry) Blake, 1876. They res. at B. H. In his earlier 
 years he was bookkeeper for the Atlantic Oil Co., later accountant and 
 business manager for S. Nickerson & Sons. He is now engaged in marine 
 insurance and real estate. Children: I, John A., m. Edith C. Kenniston; 
 two daughters; see Chap. XXIII. II. Ella Agnes, dec. Ill, H. Frances. 
 IV, Roscoe Harmon. 
 
 MARR. 
 
 This family has reached but the third generation in our towns, but its 
 ancestry is of several generations in Georgetown and Kittery. From data in 
 the possession of Jeruel Marr, Esq., Bath, together with Stackpole's History 
 of Old Kittery and Her Families, the following facts are obtained. 
 
 I, John Erskine,! a son of Hon. Edward Erskine, of Gateshead-on-Tyne, 
 came to America in 1717. On July 16, 1719, he m. Catherine, dau. of 
 John and Elizabeth (Roberts) Surplus. They lived in that part of Kit- 
 tery which is now Eliot. On the maternal line in his ancestry he was 
 descended from the house of Marr, which was one of nobility. He 
 assumed the name of John Marr in Kittery and engaged in a seafaring 
 life. In 1750 he was wrecked on Cape Cod and died from exposure. 
 His wife died in 1770. 
 
584 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 II, William Marr,^ third son of John, m. Ruth Spinney. Members of her 
 fam. afterward set. in Georgetown. They then lived on Eliot Neck. 
 William and Ruth had two chil., John and Olive. When John was 13 
 years old the fam. moved to the Kennebec and set. on Yew Island, now 
 Marr's Island, just oflE the Georgetown neighborhood known as Marrstown. 
 
 III, John Marr^ when a young man made the acquaintance of a Miss Cornish 
 while on a trip to Cathance with a boat load of fish. They were m. and 
 set. on Marr's Island, where they reared a fam. of eight sons, all of whom 
 had good-sized families of their own. It was at this juncture in the fam. 
 history that the increase of the name is so apparent. John was a Rev. 
 soldier, serving under Gen. Putnam. His wife lived to be 100 years old. 
 
 IV, Thomas Marr* was b. on Marr's Island, Apr. 1, 1784. He set. on George- 
 town at the present point of Marrstown, living to be abt. 90 yrs. old. He 
 was a soldier in the 1812 War, being stationed at Cox's Head. He was 
 three times married: (1) Eunice Spinney, (2) Lydia Trafton, (3) Nancy 
 Taylor. Chil. by first m., Eunice and John; by second m., Izetta, Lydia, 
 Mary J., Thomas, Jr., Nahum, Jotham, Jeruel, Lemuel, Miranda A.; by 
 third m., Mark, William, Ansel and Nancy. 
 
 1 Thomas Marr, Jr., came to Southport in 1841 as manager for Capt. 
 Jonathan Pierce. Previously he had been in trade at Bath. He m. Mary A., 
 dau. of Capt. Pierce, in 1842. Two years previous to this Warren, a son of 
 Capt. Pierce, had m. Mary J., sister to Thomas Marr, Jr. A little after 1842 
 a brother, Nahum, came to Southport and the firm of T. & N. Marr was 
 started, which succeeded at West Southport the business formerly carried 
 on by Capt. Pierce, see Chap. XXI. He d. Sept. 29, IS'TO, a. 52-3-20; she d. 
 Aug. 19, 1895. Children: 
 
 2 Edward L., b. Oct., 1843; m. Mahala Russell, Bris. He succeeded the 
 firm of T. & N. Marr, but was cut down in early life, Oct 28, 1872, after 
 which the business was closed. His wid. m. Nelson Gamage, So. Bris. 
 
 3 Harriet A., b. Jan. 19, 1847; m. Everett E. Pmkham, q. v. 
 
 4 Eliphalet T., b. Dec. 22, 1850; m. Frances E., dau. of George W. 
 Pierce; res. in Maiden, Mass.; supt. for the E. Pitman Building Co. 
 
 5 Thomas Warren, b. Nov. 26, 1852; m. Addie Haskell, Portland; he is 
 commercial traveler for Carter, Rice & Co., Boston; one son. 
 
 6 Charles Jones, b. Oct. 8, 1857; m. Mary E. Witham, Oct. 19, 1SS4. He 
 came to B. H. in 1880 as bookkeeper for D. \V. Hodgdon, then as 
 assistant for one year in a N. Y. commission house. .In Feb., 1884, in 
 company with W. H. Fisher, as Fisher & Marr, was in business till 
 1887; then with G. B. Kenniston as partner, as C. J. Marr & Co., until 
 1890; since that date he has been alone in business under the last firm 
 name. Located in Gregory Block Oct. 1, 1902. He was selectman of 
 B. H. from 1891-98 and chairman of the board the last five years of his 
 service. The water system was built during his administration. He 
 has been Dep. Coll. and Inspector of Customs since 1898. For other 
 town service, in South, and B. H., see Chap. XVI. Children: Marian 
 E., Russell W., Leslie C. 
 
 7 Laura E., b. July 6, 1860; m. J. Dana Payson; res. on the homestead 
 of her father, which in rebuilt form is open to the summer travel under 
 the name of the Cozy Harbor House. They have three chil., Levoughn, 
 Lewis, Warren. 
 
 8 Nahum B. Marr came to South, a few years after his brother Thomas 
 and became partner of the firm of T. & N. Marr. He m. Julia, dau. of Capt. 
 John Pierce. He was a contractor and builder before entering the firm and 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 585 
 
 re-engaged at the same business after it ceased. He died Jan. 23, 1905, a. 
 80-5-19; she died May 11, 1886. Children: 
 
 9 Preston, b. Apr. 27, 1849; d. Sept. 17, 1870. 
 
 10 Willard T., b. Apr. 12, 1853; came to B. H. in 1880 as boolikeeper for 
 J. C. Poole & Co. In 1887 commenced business for himself, in which 
 he still continues. Has been clerk of B. H. since the organization of 
 the town and local agent for both lines of steamers from Portland for 
 several years. He m. Delia, dau. of Joseph Rowe, Georgetown, in 
 1879; they have two chil. : Ada N., a teacher in the B. H. schools, and 
 Royal P. 
 
 11 Ann Delia, b. Feb. 13, 1859; m. Royal Luther; res. in Maiden, Mass. 
 
 12 Nettie A., b. Feb. 26, 1866; m. Luther Bearce; d. July 26, 1900. 
 
 13 Jeruel Marr went to South, in 1850 and that year m. Catherine, dau. of 
 Peter Westman. He was keeper of the Hendricks Headlight for 29 years; 
 afterward rem. to Bath, where they now live. Children: I, Clarence E., b. 
 May 12, 1852; m. Clara E., dau. of Ephraim Pinkham; keeps light at Pema- 
 quid Pt. II, Verona, b. Dec. 5, 1853; m. James Coolen; res. in South. Ill, 
 Clarinda A., b. July 20, 1855; m. Cyrus C. Dyer; res. in Arizona. IV, Wol- 
 cot H., b. Dec. 15, 1868; m. Hattie Hatch, Portland; keeper of the Hen- 
 dricks Headlight. V, Preston L., b. Mar. 1, 1871; m. Angelette Burroughs; 
 assistant light keeper at the Cuckolds. 
 
 MARSON. 
 
 1 Arber Marson was b. in Dresden, Nov. 10, 1800. He was twice married. 
 By his first marriage were five children; by his second, eight. The first wife 
 died abt. 1835, and in 1837 he m. Hannah P. Huff, Edge., a sister to Mary, 
 who m. William Kenniston. As a young man he went to Bath and from there 
 came to B. H. in 1842. He was a calker by trade, an industrious, prudent 
 man, accumulating a competence. His home was where Dr. E. C. Blake 
 lives, formerly owned by the Sargents. In him the early Methodist Church 
 at the Harbor had a strong and earnest supporter. He died May 23, 1889; 
 she died Jan. 24, 1899, a. 88. Children: 
 
 2 Mary J., b. Mar. 25, 1829; m. John L. Adams; d. Mar. 14, 1899. 
 
 3 Henry P., b. Sept. 27, 1830; d. 1851, see Cas. 
 
 4 Charles E.. b. Apr. 5, 1832; m. Sarah Preble; lived at B. H.; chil.: 
 William H., Granville C, Melville L., Mary E., Charles C. 
 
 5 WilUam D., b. Dec. 17, 1833; unm.; d. Jan. 13, 1901. 
 
 6 Abigail, b. July 25, 1835; m. Willard Walker; d. Feb. 22, 1874. 
 
 7 George A., b. May 11, 1838; m, Sarah W. Martin; res. at B. H., a 
 calker by trade; one son, Fred. 
 
 8 Anginette, b. Oct. 14, 1839; unm.; res. at B. H. 
 
 9 Fanny L., b. Feb. 5, 1842; m. (1) Benj. Harris, (2) Hiram L. Ingraham. 
 
 10 Emma E., b. Sept. 6, 1844; m. David Mayo. 
 
 11 Allah A., b. Sept. 4, 1846; m. James C. Poole, q. v. 
 
 12 James S., b. May 17, 1848; d. July 5, 1863. 
 
 13 John S., b. July 7, 1850; m. Ella Vanhorn; carries on bakery and res- 
 taurant at B. H.; twodaus. : Maud, who d. Nov. 1, 1904, a. 23, and 
 Louise. 
 
 14 Woodbury, b. June 5, 1852; m. Clara Moore; formerly engaged at sail- 
 making; postmaster at B. H. 1890-93, and again since 1897 to the pres- 
 ent; two sons, Leon and Lucas. 
 
586 HISTORY OP BOOTHBAY. 
 
 MARTIN. 
 
 George A. Martin married Mary J. Farnham in 1847. They lived on 
 Linekin. He d. Dec. 2, 1899, a. 76; she d. Oct. 6, 1899, a. 72. Children: 
 I, Frederick F., b. Aug. 29, 1848; m. Julia L. Farrar, So. Bristol. II, Sarah 
 W., b. May 10, 1851; m. George A. Marson. Ill, Uda V., b. Apr. 24, 1854. 
 IV, Abbie E., b. Nov. 4, 1856; m. Alden Holbrook. V, George W., b. Mar. 
 21, 1865; m. Orra Holbrook. This fam. res. at Linekin. 
 
 MATTHEWS. 
 
 1 John Matthews stands by record first of that name in Townsend. He 
 settled at the extreme point in Back River before 1757, where now James E. 
 Lewis has his boat house. Albert R. Matthews, his descendant, has a plan 
 of several places on Back River made that year. From John Matthews the 
 place went to Isaac Lewis, then to his son David, and later to James E. 
 Lewis, son-in-law of David. The place of building was abt. opposite where 
 the Barter brothers built on the island and, probably, the date of settlement 
 of the Barters and John Matthews was concurrent, for Joseph Barter married 
 Lydia Matthews and John Matthews married Jennet Barter. They were 
 published before Boothbay records existed, but the publishment may be 
 , found in Vol. I, Lincoln Co. Com. Records, reading thus: "Aug. 29, 1764, 
 John Mathes and Jane Barto of Townsend." The dates of their deaths are 
 unknown and their graves are unmarked. It is practically certain that John 
 Matthews and his wife both came from Dover, N. H., and that he descended 
 from Francis Matthews, who settled at Portsmouth, N. H., under Mason, in 
 1631. He was of a south of England family. Children: 
 
 2 Mary, b. Feb. 10, 1766; m. Nathan Dole, Pownalboro, 1793. 
 
 3 Elizabeth, b. Nov. 6, 1768; m. Frederick S. Arnold, 1788, a doctor then 
 practicing in Boothbay and probably the second in town; they had one 
 son, David, b. 1789. She m. (2) Edward Cooper, Kennebec, 1792. 
 
 *4 William, b. Aug. 20, 1773, q. v. 
 *5 Joseph, b. May 11, 1776, q. v. 
 *6 John, Jr., b. May 20, 1779, q. v. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 
 (*4) William'' Matthews (Jokn^) m. Lydia, dau. of Andrew Wall, 1796. 
 They lived in South. Lydia d. Sept. 20, 1824; date of his death unknown. 
 Children: I, Jennet, b. Mar. 27, 1797; m. John Deering, Edge. II, Mary, b. 
 Sept. 3, 1798; m. Benjamin Bennett. Ill, John, b. Aug. 5, 1801; m. Mary 
 Barter. IV, Andrew, b. Feb. 8, 1803; m. Nancy Decker. V, James, b. Mar. 
 23, 1804; m. Catherine Harris. VI, Person, b. Mar. 30, 1807. VII, Hannah, 
 b. Aug. 21, 1810; d. 1824. VIII, Stinson, b. Sept. 23, 1813. IX, Adeline, b. 
 Feb. 8, 1816; m. Nathaniel Race. X, Willard, b. May 7, 1818. XI, Marga- 
 ret, b. July 16, 1821. 
 
 (*6) Joseph^ Matthews {John^) m. Sally Lamson, 1804. Lived on 
 what is known as the Charles M. Lewis place. Back River. He died May 16, 
 1867; she died Jan. 25, 1859, a. 72. Children: 
 
 7 William, b. Jan. 29, 1805; d. Oct. 11, 1870, a bachelor living alone near 
 where the road crosses to Dover. 
 
 8 Elizabeth, b. June 1, 1806; m. Israel Lewis, q. v. 
 *9 Ebenezer, b. May 18, 1809, q. v. 
 
 10 Stephen C, b. May 9, 1811; m. Emily, dau. of Giles Tibbetts. 
 
FAMHiT HISTORY. 587 
 
 11 Esther, b. Feb. 2, 1813; m. William Nute, Wis. 
 
 *12 Charles, b. Feb. 8, 1817, q. v. 
 
 IS Thomas, b. Oct. 3, 1819; m. Sarah McCobb. 
 
 14 Emily, b. June 6, 1825; m. John Haley; d. Jan. 26, 1902. 
 
 15 George, b. July 21, 1827; m. Clementine Baker. 
 
 16 Eliza A., b. June 27, 1829; m. Daniel McCobb. 
 
 (*6) JoHN^ Matthews, Jr., {Johti^) m. Rebecca Southard, b. Mar. 17, 
 1786; she d. Oct. 31, 1817. He m. (2) Mary Barter, 1820. They lived north 
 from his father's home. In early life he went on foreign voyages, but later 
 engaged in fishing. He was lost in Bay Chaleur, July 19, 1848, see Cas. 
 His widow m. James Tibbetts. Children: 
 
 *17 Alfred, b. Aug. 3, 1806, q. v. 
 *18 Edmund, b. Apr. 27, 1808, q. v. 
 
 19 Elbridge, b. Nov. 24, 1809; set. in Mass. He was a successful inventor 
 of several agricultural implements. 
 
 20 Daniel, b. Sept. 10, 1811; m. Almira Lewis; set. in South.; record not 
 obtained. 
 
 21 Caroline, b. Mar. 3, 1813; d. 1826. 
 
 22 Julia, b. Jan. 3, 1815; d. Feb. 26, 1852; unm. 
 *23 Arthur, b. Apr. 27, 1817, q. v. 
 
 24 Frances L., b. Dec. 31, 1820; m. Jason Tibbetts. 
 
 25 Stillman B., b. Sept. 12, 1824; m. Arabell N. Tibbetts; both lost at sea, 
 see Cas., 1853. 
 
 26 Mary C, b. Sept. 19, 1826; m. Allen Pinkham, 1847. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (*S) Ebknezkr* Matthews {Joseph,^ John^) m. Sarah A., dau. of James 
 and Abigail Tibbetts, 1834. He lived where his son, Albert R., now lives. 
 The place was taken up by Abijah Woods abt. 1755-56, at the time Michael 
 Sinnett, John Matthews, the Barter brothers and others set. in the vicinity. 
 Woods was probably one of the number taken by the press gang when 
 Sinnett was captured and impressed in the British service. Later the place 
 went into the hands of John Webber, who sold it to James Tibbetts, who 
 sold it to Ebenezer Matthews. He died June 7, 1877; Sarah A., wife, died 
 Oct. 10, 1897. Children: 
 
 27 James Franklin, b. Oct. 3, 1885; m. Mary E., dau. of Paul Giles; res. 
 at B. Ctr.; two chil.: George F., res. Mass.; Annie L., m. Wilfred L. 
 Matthews, res. B. H.; James F., d. June 11, 1901. 
 
 28 Angeline, b. Dec. 1, 1837; m. Alonzo Lewis, q. v. 
 
 29 Minerva, b. Jan. 15, 1841; m. George W. Stover. 
 
 30 Abigail, b. Aug. 30, 1844; m. Roswell C. Lewis, q. v. 
 
 31 Albert Russell, b. Mar. 26, 1855; m. Lillian, dau. of Eli Nelson; res. 
 on homestead of his father. He possesses very general and accurate 
 information regarding his own and other Back River families. 
 
 (*12) Charles' Matthews (Joseph,^ John') m. Martha, dau. of William 
 Reed. He lived between the Beath farm and town farm. He d. Sept. 25, 
 
 1890. Children: I, Charles, m. Ella Dunton; II, James E., m. Brown; 
 
 III, Albion, unm.; IV, Granville P., m. the wid. of his brother, James E. 
 
 (*17) Alfred' Matthews (John, Jr.,^John^) m. (1) Charlotte Dunton, 
 who was b. Sept. 22, 1805, and d. Apr. 11, 1845; (2) Martha L. Wentworth, 
 1850. He lived where the late Miles Lewis lived on Back River. He died 
 Jan. 26, 1879; she died May 28, 1890, a. 89-6. Children: 
 
 32 Edward, b. Nov. 16, 1830; d. 1861, see Cas. 
 
 33 Rebecca, b. Dec. 26, 1832; m. Capt. Sewall Wylie, q. v. 
 
588 HISTOKT OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 34 Georgiana, b. Sept. 1, 1837; m. Capt. Llewellyn Baker; one dau., 
 Annie, m. Robert G. Dewolfe. 
 
 35 Elbridge, b. Oct. 24, 1840; m. (1) Lovesta, dau. of Timothy Hodgdon; 
 (2) Florence D., dau. of Zina H. Hodgdon. He followed the sea sev- 
 eral years between Portland and S. A., living in Deering; later retired 
 from sea-going and opened grain stores in Portland, Deering and Cape 
 Elizabeth, in which business he is now engaged. Four chil. by first m. : 
 Fred V., a lawyer in Portland, m. Annie Harmon; Chester, Genevieve 
 and Florence, unm. 
 
 36 Byron C, b. Mar. 31, 1845; m. Sarah, dau. of Daniel W. Sawyer, 1868. 
 Children: Ella, m. Rev. Albert Hanscom; Carrie M., m. Everett 
 Maguire, Gloucester, Mass., dec. Mr. Matthews has been postmaster 
 of Boothbay, see Chap. XVI, and has been treasurer of the Boothbay 
 Savings Bank since Oct. 10, 1886. 
 
 (*18) Edmumd^ Matthews {John, Jr.p- John^) m. Marie ; res. at B. 
 
 H. Children: Ambrose and Elizabeth, who m. Isaac Coombs, res. at B. H. 
 
 (*23) Arthur' Matthews {John, Jr.,"^ JohTi^) m. Aurinda, dau. of John 
 McCobb, Jr. He d. Dec. 3, 1861 ; she d. July 19, 1887. Children: I, Theo- 
 dore, b. Feb. 10, 1845; d. 1864. II, Alonzo F., b. Sept. 14, 1847; m. Mary 
 P dau. of Charles Giles; res. on Giles homestead. Ill, Charles G., b. Feb. 
 2, 1850. IV, George M., b. Feb. 22, 1853; d. 1869. V, John, b. Aug. 14, 
 1854. VI, Mary E., b. Feb. 20, 1857. 
 
 Daniel Matthews, thought to have come to Boothbay from George- 
 town, and to have been a nephew of John Matthews, m. Mary Matthews, 
 
 1813. His wife's family is not recorded and she, evidently, was not a de- 
 scendant, though may have been a relative, of John. Children: I, Mahala, 
 
 1814, m. Sawyer Pinkham; II, Hugh, 1819; III, Mary J., 1825; IV, Elizabeth 
 A., twin sister to Hugh, m, Daniel McCobb, 1847. 
 
 Owen Y. Matthews, res. at B. H., treas. and supt. of the Townsend 
 Marine Railway, is a son of Stephen C. and Emily (Tibbetts) Matthews (see 
 No. 10). Children: Grace W., John C, Virginia W., Lewis. 
 
 MERRY. 
 
 1 Jonathan Merry came from England to America and settled in Edge- 
 comb. His wife's name is unk. They had six sons and one dau. The sons, 
 Hiram, Samuel, Dependence and William set. in Edge., David and John in B. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 
 2 David^ Merry {Jonathan^) m. (1) Ghana Alley, (2) Jane McAllister. 
 He lived where O. M. Delano does. Ghana, w., d. Mar. 29, 1852. Children: 
 
 3 Mary E., b. Nov. 21, 1814; m. Benjamin P. Giles, q. v. 
 
 4 Susan, b. July 5, 1816; m. Ward; set. in Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 *5 Willard, b. Aug. 27, 1820, q. v. 
 
 6 Caroline, b. July 6, 1822; m. Huff, Edge. 
 
 *7 John A., b. Mar. 8, 1825, q. v. 
 
 8 Lydia M., b. Sept. 27, 1827; m. Arthur Blake, q. v. 
 
 9 David A., b. Feb., 1830; d. at Togus Military Asylum. 
 10 Martha E., b. Mar. 13, 1834; m. Jeremiah Blake. 
 
 11 John2 Merry (Jonathan^) m. (1) Malcomb, (2) Slater, (8) Bet- 
 sey Thompson. He lived where George Wardwell does, at No. B. He d. 
 Feb. 9, 1870, a. 73; Betsey, w., d. Nov. 19, 1888, a. 88-9. Children: 
 12 Antoinette, b. Mar. 21, 1835; d. 1842. 
 
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 13 Thomas T., b. Mar. 21, 1837; m. (1) Bliss, Dresden; (2) 
 
 Church, Naples; (3) Watts, Machias; lived in Lewiston; d. in 1891. 
 
 14 Newell K., b. Mar. 18, 1839; m. Margaret S. Linekin; lived B. H. until 
 abt. 1903; now lives in Deering; chil.: I, Ada N., b. Nov. 11, 1862; d. 
 June 5, 1872. II, Emma, b. Dec. 17, 1864. Ill, Orrington L., b. Aug. 
 23, 1869; m. dau. of Manson C. Fuller; formerly in livery business at B. 
 H. ; purchased the town farm of B. a few years ago, where they now live. 
 
 15 Mary A., b. Apr. 6, 1841; m. Arthur M. Lewis, q. v. 
 
 16 Emeline, b. Apr. 24, 1843; m. George Wardwell; res. No. B. on her 
 father's homestead. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (*6) WiLLARD^ Merry (David,''' Jonatharf) m. Elizabeth J. Trask; set. 
 at Back Narrows. Children: John S., 1843; Margaret S., 1845; Asenith F., 
 1848; Alden B., 1850; Elizabeth S., 1854; George A., 1857; William A., 
 1859; Flora A., 1862. 
 
 (*7) John A.' Merry (Bavid,^ Jonathan^) m. Mary J. Reed. She died 
 Apr. 9, 1875; he died Aug. 4, 1904. They lived at Back Narrows. Children: 
 I, Charles F., b. June 24, 1845; m. Charlotte O. Bryer; chil.: Nancy E., 
 Horace C, Ezekiel H. He d. Aug. 4, 1903; she d. Mar. 2, 1884. II, Jose- 
 phine, b. June 27, 1848. Ill, William B., b. Nov. 29, 1850; m. Jennie Ben- 
 nett, Edge.; formerly lived at Back Narrows, now at B. H.; chil.: Julia E., 
 Edward C, Addie J., Lyman H., Zina P., Eva J., Jennie M. 
 
 MILLER. 
 
 1 William Miller m. Sarah F. Lewis, 1854. They lived at West B. H. He 
 d. Aug. 15, 1900, a. 81-3. Children: James E., Bertha F., John C, Genette, 
 Gertrude, Joseph L. 
 
 2 James T. Miller, brother to above, m. Esther ; lived at West B. H. 
 
 Children: Edward J., dec; Lizzie, dec; Horace M., m. Leonora Tripp, 
 dealer in horses at B. Ctr. ; Maud M., m. Listen Mclntire, lives at B. H.; 
 Claude, m., lives at West B. H. on homestead. 
 
 MONTGOMERY. 
 
 1 Robert Montgomery is first, by the record, of this name in Townsend. 
 He was descended from Scotch-Irish stock, but the names of his ancestors 
 are uncertain. The Montgomery who was a partner with Campbell in Pem- 
 aquid during Dunbar's administration may have been his father. The dates 
 would make this consistent, and the close relation of the two settlements 
 would make it probable, as in the case of several other families who were 
 divided between the two neighborhoods,— instance the McFarlands, Boyds 
 and McKowns. He may have been a brother to John Montgomery, who 
 emigrated from Ireland to Londonderry, N. H., in 1747, and was there a 
 linen weaver, receiving as a premium for fine linen, woven for Washington 
 and his officers, from Congress, /40 and a diamond ring, the ring now being 
 in possession of a great-granddaughter in New York. The dates would make 
 this consistent. The real facts do not appear obtainable. We find Robert 
 and Sarah Montgomery living in Townsend Mar. 25, 1758, the date of his 
 
590 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 will, with a family of five children, two of whom were married. They prob- 
 ably lived about where East Boothbay village is situated. The will was pro- 
 bated Sept. 27, 1763 (Lincoln Prob. Records, Vol. I, 48-9). As a sample of 
 the form of wills in those times this extract from his is given: 
 
 " Knowing that it is appointed unto all men once to die, do make and 
 ordain this my last Will anci testament, that is to say, first of all I give and 
 Recommend my soul into the hands of God, that gave it; and my body I 
 recommend to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian Burial at the dis- 
 cretion of my Executors, nothing doubting but at the general Resurrection I 
 shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God." 
 
 In this will he bequeathed his wife, Sarah, one-third of both personal 
 and real estate after his debts were paid. To his sons James and Robert, 
 who were married, he gave five shillings each. To his daughter Anna, one- 
 half of the remainder of his estate; and to his unmarried sons, John and 
 Samuel, the remainder, to be divided between them. The name Montgom- 
 ery was numerous and prominent in Londonderry and Antrim Counties, Ire- 
 land, during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. April 27, 1772, Sarah 
 Montgomery, widow, made her will, which was probated June 17, 1772. It 
 may, therefore, be fixed that Robert died in 1763 and his wife in 1772. The 
 fact that this family settled on the east side of the town, the Damariscotta 
 only dividing them from Bristol, and that John North, Alexander Nickels, 
 William Miller, Nathaniel Winslow and his wife, Martha, appear as witnesses 
 in these wills, all residents of Bristol, inclines the writer's opinion to the 
 Bristol family being ancestors, and that Montgomery who died while in 
 partnership with Campbell, in Dunbar's time, was the original immigrant 
 and father of Robert, of Townsend, and of John, who remained in Bristol 
 and was living there at the time of Robert's death. Children: 
 
 2 James, whose wife's name was Sarah; no mention of children; estate 
 prob. Sept. 6, 1764; probably lost at sea. 
 
 3 Robert, wife's name unknown; no mention of chil. ; est. prob. Sept. 6, 
 1764; probably lost at sea with his brother. 
 
 »4 John, b. abt. 1740, q. v. 
 
 5 Samuel, b. 1742; m. Jean Wyer, Bristol, 1769; d. June 3, 1808; s. p.; 
 adopted James and Samuel Murray after their mother's death. 
 
 6 Anna, b. 1747; m. John Murray, 1766, q. v.; d. May 31, 1777. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*4) JoHN^ Montgomery (Roberf^) m. Lydia Winslow, Bristol, 1769 
 (thought to have been dau. of Nathaniel and Martha Winslow). He died 
 June 23, 1785; she died Nov. 25, 1835. Children: 
 
 7 Sally, b. Nov. 10, 1770; m. William FuUerton, 1794, q. v. 
 *8 Robert, b. Mar. 1, 1772, q. v. 
 
 »9 Nathaniel, b. Dec. 27, 1773, q. v. 
 
 10 John, Jr., b. Nov. 8, 1775. 
 
 *11 William, b. Aug. 30, 1780, q. v. 
 
 »12 James, b. Mar. 31, 1782, q. v. 
 
 13 Samuel, b. Apr. 2, 1784. 
 
 14 Nicholas, b. Feb. 8, 1788; d. July 26, 1803. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (*8) Robert" Montgomkrv (John? Robert^) m. Jane, dau. of John and 
 Margaret McCobb, 1796. He died Jan. 12, 1816. Their chil. were: 
 
 16 Mary, b. Apr. 28, 1797; m. Nathaniel Morse, Skowhegan. 
 16 Lydia, b. June 24, 1798; m. Isaac Sproule, Bris. 
 
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 17 Nancy, b. May 16, 1800; m. Marshal Smith, q. v. 
 
 18 Elizabeth, b. Oct. 4, 1804; m. Isaac Fountain, Bris., 1822. 
 
 19 Rachel, b. Aug. 7, 1807; m. Isaac Rowell, Madison. 
 
 20 Jane W., b. July 28, 1809; m. Jacob Orne, 1832. 
 
 21 Robert, b. June 5, 1814; see Cas., 186-; unm. 
 
 (*9) Nathaniel' Montgomery {John,''' RoberO-) m. (1) Betsey, dau. of 
 Daniel Knight, Jr., 1800; she died Sept. 10, 1807; (2) Elizabeth, dau. of John 
 Emerson, 1808; she died Mar. 31, 1867. He died July 8, 1868. Their home 
 was what is known as the Barlow place. Children: 
 
 22 Daniel, b. June 8, 1801; m. Lucinda Totman, 1830. 
 
 23 Levina, b. June 11, 1802; m. Mark Hitchcock. 
 
 24 Eliza, b. July 12, 1804; m. Luther Webb, Jr., New., 1823. 
 
 25 Synthia, b. Dec. 4, 1806. 
 
 26 Betsey, b. Sept. 10, 1807. 
 
 27 Julia, b. Apr. 13, 1809; m. Robert Webster, 1833. 
 
 28 John, b. Dec. 2, 1810; d. Sept. 20, 1831; unm. 
 
 29 Rebecca, b. Sept. 13, 1812; m. Charles Park; d. July 7, 1885. 
 
 30 Lydia, b. Aug. 12, 1814; d. June 17, 1822. 
 *31 Robert, b. June 2, 1816, q. v. 
 
 32 Dorothy, b. Mar. 13, 1818; m. Harvey Gaul, Bris., 1841; res. Maiden, 
 IVIeiss. 
 
 33 Willard, b. Dec. 10, 1820; see Cas., 1844. 
 
 34 Caroline, b. Jan. 10, 1822; res. Boston; unm. 
 
 35 Prudence, b. Apr. 10, 1824; m. Arthur Libby, Chicago; their dau., 
 Sarah E., m. Prof. Reinert A. Jemberg, professor in the Chicago Theo- 
 logical Seminary, May 5, 1887. 
 
 36 Abigail, b. Apr. 22, 1826; d. July 13, 1845; unm. 
 *37 Leonard, b. Aug. 12, 1829, q. v. 
 
 38 Emily, b. May 22, 1831; m. Simon Gaul; d. Nov. 20, 1867; one dau., 
 Emily, who m. Frank Macy. 
 
 (*11) William' Montgomery {John,'' Roberf) m. (1) Charlotte, dau. 
 of Thomas and Catherine Boyd, 1808; she d. July 24, 1824; (2) Mrs. Eunice 
 Hodgdon, 1825. He was in trade for many years at B. H., where D. W. 
 Hodgdon lives; he d. Jan. 29, 1881. 
 
 (*12) James' Montgomery {John,'' Roberf^) m. Jane, dau. of Andrew 
 Reed, Jr., 1812. Lived at E. B. He d. Aug. 9, 1837; she d. Nov. 9, 1877. 
 Children: 
 
 *39 Andrew Reed, b. June 26, 1813, q. v. 
 
 40 Mary Sales, b. Jan. 12, 1815. 
 
 41 James, b. Dec. 7, 1816. 
 
 42 Benjamin, b. Sept. 29, 1818. 
 
 43 Jane, b. June 23, 1820; m. Bradford Y. Baker, 1846. 
 
 44 Samuel, b. Apr. 16, 1822. 
 
 45 Frederick, b. Apr. 1, 1824; m. Cynthia A. Reed, 1852; he d. 1869; she 
 d. 1887. 
 
 46 Caleb, b. June 1, 1826. 
 
 47 Caroline, b. Feb. 12, 1828. 
 *48 William, b. Jan. 1, 1830, q. v. 
 *49 John, b. Nov. 29, 1831, q. v. 
 
 Fourth Generation. 
 (*31) Robert* Montgomery {Nathaniel,'^ John,'' Robert^) m. Mary 
 Clark. She d. Apr. 9, 1901, a. 79; he d. Mar. 12, 1882. He was a sea cap- 
 tain for many years. They had three chil.: I, Stanford J., see Cas., 1880; 
 II, Luria J.; Ill, Dora A., m. Millard F. Blake. 
 
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592 HISTORY OF BOOTHS AT. 
 
 (*37) Leonard* Montgomery (Nathaniel,^ John,^ Robert^) m. Sarah J. 
 Webber, Deering, 1851; res. on homestead. Children: I, Adelbert, m. (1) 
 Isabel Montgomery, (2) Mary Thorpe; II, Eliza J., m. Alfred Race; III, 
 Ellen E., m. Edward H. Greene; IV, Charlotte W., res. Roxbury, Mass.; 
 V, Augusta G., m. Frank G. Brown; VI, Sarah E. L., m. W. H. Rice. 
 
 (*39) Andrew R.* Montgomery {James,* John,^ Robert^) m. Ruth 
 Seavey, 1889. He d. Nov. 12, 1895; she d. Dec. 31, 1900. Children: Mary 
 Julia; Ruth A., m. Charles Blake; Lydia J.; Eliza P.; Isabella, m. Adelbert 
 Montgomery, dec; Caleb, Charles A., James A. S. 
 
 (*48) William* Montgomery {James,* John,^ Robert) m. Sarah E. 
 Seavey. They res. in Maiden, Mass. Children: Mary, Carrie M., Norris 
 B., Ruby K., William Low. 
 
 (*49) John* Montgomery {James,* John,'' Roberf^) m. Ann, dau. o* 
 Charles Knight, 1857. Res. at E. B. ; painter. He d. Sept. 19, 1901; she d 
 Apr. 24, 1905. Children: I, Thaddeus L., m. Lizzie Murray; II, Addie L., 
 m. (1) James R. Auld, (2) Fred Orne, 1905; III, Mabel E., m. L. A. Dun- 
 ton; all res. at B. H.; IV, Victor K., m. Isabel Seavey, res. E. B. 
 
 MOODY. 
 
 Daniel H. Moody was b. in Pittston, east village. May 26, 1840, the son 
 of Daniel and Hannah (Kincaid) Moody. Daniel Moody, Senior, was b. in 
 Whitefield, the son of Jeremiah Moody, an early settler there and a Rev. 
 soldier. The subject of this sketch went to Calif, in 1860, returning in 1864. 
 He taught 42 terms of school about his locality, was six years on the board 
 of selectmen and represented his district in the Legislature while living at 
 E. Pittston. He m. Hattie B., dau. of Dr. Horatio G. Allen, Dresden, Nov. 
 26, 1871. In 1883 he came to B. H., in company with Dr. Allen, and estab- 
 lished a drug business, see Chap. XIX. Dr. Allen and his wife both died a 
 few years later at their home. Mr. Moody has served several years on the 
 school board and was appointed Coll. of Customs for the Wiscasset Dist. in 
 the McKinley administration, which office he still holds. They had three 
 children: Edwin G., d. 1884, see Cas. ; Blanch S., a teacher in the B. H. 
 schools, and Gladys K., dec. 
 
 MULLINS. 
 
 Robert T. MuUins m. Naomi Farmer, 1837. They lived at W. B. H. 
 He d. Aug. 23, 1864, a. 52-5; she d. July 7, 1898. Children: I, Samuel J., 
 b. June 22, 1838; d. 1875. II, John W., b. Aug. 20, 1841; m. Melissa J. 
 Westman, 1865. Ill, Eliza C, b. Aug. 29, 1844; m. George S. Wylie. IV, 
 Robert G., b. Aug. 14, 1846. V, Thomas E., b. Sept. 14, 1848; d. in youth. 
 
 MURRAY. 
 
 1 John Murray, who m. Anne Montgomery, was a prominent early resi- 
 dent at B. Ctr. She was the only dau. of Robert and Sarah Montgomery. 
 It is thought that he was of the Murray family in Antrim and that he, per- 
 haps, came directly here from Ireland, as a young man, setding among rela- 
 tives and marrying soon after, though it is not unlikely that his parents may 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 593 
 
 have come to America about the time of the Dunbar settlement, settling, as 
 many did, to the westward and the son came later to Boothbay. His home 
 was where John K. Corey lives and for several years after marriage he held 
 an innkeeper's license. While not a matter of public record, there are ref- 
 erences to show that the old plantation proceedings were carried on in his 
 house, and that prior to the incorporation of the town, which was before his 
 marriage, he lived there and his house served the purpose of a townhouse. 
 Meetings were held there by the Cong. Society previous to the erection of 
 their church. A Robert Murray, supposed to have been a brother to John, 
 appears frequently in early town and probate records, but after a few refer- 
 ences his name disappeared and the trace is lost. It has been thought that 
 they were related to the Rev. John Murray, to which opinion the author is 
 inclined, but no known proof exists of the fact. Anne, wife, d. May 31, 1777, 
 in her 30th year. He m. (2) Elizabeth Chapman, Ipswich, 1779, but the 
 dates of their deaths are not known. No children are found recorded under 
 the second marriage. Children: 
 
 2 Robert Montgomery, b. Oct. 27, 1767. 
 
 3 John, b. Sept. 15, 1769. 
 
 *4 James, b. June 27, 1772, q. v. 
 *5 Samuel, b. Apr. 10, 1774, q. v. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (♦4) James'' Murray { Johti^) m. Esther, dau. of Thomas and Catherine 
 Boyd. He was adopted by Samuel Montgomery, his uncle, after the death 
 of his mother. They Hved where Samuel Montgomery had, and the place is 
 now in the possession of his grandson, Isaac Murray. With his younger 
 brother, Samuel, who also was adopted by his uncle, they built and carried 
 on the Murray Mill previously referred to. From this couple descend most 
 of the members of the Murray family now living in this locality. He died 
 Nov. 14, 1852; she died Mar. 7, 1861. Children: 
 
 6 John, b. Dec. 8, 1801; m. Abigail Pinkham; lived near Pleasant Cove; 
 he d. Apr. 25, 1893; she d. Aug. 10, 1881. 
 
 7 Nancy, b. June 25, 1803; d. 1806. 
 
 8 Susanna, b. Mar. 30, 1805. 
 
 9 Alice, b. Apr. 21, 1807; m. Brooks, Boston. 
 
 *10 Samuel, b. Nov. 24, 1808, q. v. 
 
 11 Caroline, b. June 23, 1810; d. 1828. 
 
 *12 Rufus, b. May 14, 1812, q. v. 
 
 13 Jane, b. June 19, 1814; m. Miles Hagan. 
 
 14 James, Jr., b. Jan. 26, 1816; m. Fanny Hodgdon. 
 
 15 Charles, b. Feb. 21, 1818; m. Mary E. F. Linekin, Belfast. 
 
 16 Freeman, b. Jan. 30, 1820; set. in Boston. 
 
 (*5) Samuel'' Murray (John^) m. Sarah, dau. of Thomas and Catherine 
 Boyd. He was connected in business through life with his brother James. 
 They lived at E. B. He d. Mar. 6, 1847; she d. Aug. 10, 1849. Children: 
 
 17 Robert, b. Apr. 17, 1807; d. Aug. 5, 1834. 
 
 18 Sarah, b. Feb. 27, 1809; m. James Seavey, q. v. 
 
 19 Thomas, b. Feb. 3, 1811; d. May 12, 1893; unm. 
 
 20 William, b. 1813; d. Aug. 27, 1888; unm. 
 *21 Levi, b. 1826, q. v. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (*10) Samuel' Murray {James ■^ Johr^) m. Sarah, dau. of Jeremiah 
 Holton. They lived at E. B. where Isaac, their son, now lives. He rebuilt 
 
594 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 the house in its present form and for business followed farming. He died 
 Apr. 15, 1870; she died Nov. 8, 1866. Children: 
 
 *22 Isaac, b. Sept. 3, 1841, q. v. 
 
 28 Caroline, b. May 5, 1848; m. Austin Reed. 
 
 24 Mary E., b. May 9, 1846; unm. 
 
 *25 Albert, b. Jan. 14, 1850, q. v. 
 
 26 Samuel D., b. June 12, 1853; m. Delia F. Clifford, Dam. 
 
 27 John Thorpe, b. Sept. 9, 1856; m. Nancy Poor. 
 
 28 Lizzie B., b. Jan. 26, 1861; m. Thaddeus L. Montgomery, q. v. 
 
 (*12) RuFUS^ Murray (James,'^ Johti^) m. Margaret S. Tibbetts, Bris.; 
 she was b. Oct. 11, 1826. They lived at E. B. He was a ship carpenter. 
 He died Apr. 7, 1874. Children: 
 
 29 Freeman, b. Mar. 17, 1848; m. Ada Whitehead, 1888. They live at E. 
 B. He carries on boat building. 
 
 30 Lyman S., b. June 12, 1849; m. Laura E. Marr, 1890; d. Jan. 30, 1896. 
 
 31 Nancy J., b. Aug. 12, 1850; m. John R. McDougall, q. v. 
 
 32 Abby O., b. Sept. 4, 1854; m. Clarence M. Jones, 1875; lives in Noble. 
 
 33 George T., b. Aug. 22, 1857; m. Nellie A. Sargent, 1882; sea captain; 
 res. at B. H. 
 
 34 Celia P., b. Apr. 18, 1863; m. George Foster, 1883; d. Dec. 13, 1901. 
 
 35 Rufus P., b. June 8, 1865; m. Sarah Goodwin, 1893; lives in Bristol, R. L 
 
 36 Laura E., b. May 12, 1868; m. Freeman H. McKown, 1893, q. v. 
 
 (*21) Levi8 Uvrrav {Samuel,^ Jo An^) m. Sophia P. Hodgdon, 1848. 
 They lived at E. B. He was a ship carpenter. He died Nov. 16, 1865; she 
 died 1892. Children: I, Allen W., b. Feb. 22, 1850; m. Ella Bennett; one 
 dau., Maud, m. Capt. J. C. McKown. II, William, b. Mar. 12, 1854; d. Mar. 
 15, 1871. Ill, James R. B., b. Apr. 1, 1856. 
 
 Fourth Generation. 
 (*22) Isaac L.* Murray {Samue/:,' /ames,^ John^) m. Mary E., dau. of 
 Francis Sargent, 1866. They live at E. B. in the homestead of his father, 
 where Samuel Montgomery originally settled. Children: 
 
 37 Philip H., b. Jan. 25, 1868; m. Lena Seavey; res. at E. B., pilot. 
 
 38 Minnie M., b. Oct. 11, 1871; m. Tyler Hodgdon, q. v. 
 
 39 Cordelia H., b. June 11, 1875; d. Mar. 6, 1904. 
 
 40 Nellie K., b. Feb. 13, 1877; m. William E. Rice. 
 
 41 Mary E., b. Apr. 13, 1881. 
 
 42 Lewis N., b. Feb. 13, 1884. 
 
 43 Richard H., b. Dec. 13, 1888. 
 
 (*25) Albert* Murray (Samuel,^ James,"^ Johii>') m. Abbie G., dau. of 
 Francis Sargent. They live on Wall's Pt. He and his sons have followed 
 the fishing business, principally as masters of porgy steamers, in which they 
 have been very successful. Children: I, William B., b. Apr. 6, 1871; II, 
 Sarah C, b. June 26, 1873; III, Eugene, b. Feb. 16, 1876; IV, Albert, Jr., b. 
 July 24, 1877; V, Leon E., b. May 24, 1880; VI, Edward F., b. Sept. 28, 1884. 
 
 NELSON. 
 
 1 Eli Nelson, b. in 1796, m. Weltha Harris. They lived at Cape Newa- 
 gen, where he commenced trade abt. 1815 and afterward engaged in the 
 fisheries. She d. Nov. 9, 1834, a. 27; he m. (2) Sarah F. Harris, who d. 
 May 11, 1891, a. 81. He d. Feb. 18, 1868. Children: 
 
FAMILT HISTOEY. 595 
 
 *2 Albert, b. Oct. 14, 1828, q. v. 
 
 3 Eli H., b. Jan. 5, 1830; m. Sarah R. Cameron, 1856; he d. Oct. 7, 1866; 
 she d. Aug. 18, 1868. 
 
 4 Mary Jones, b. Oct. 30, 1831 ; m. Wilmot Lewis, 2d. 
 
 5 Sterling, b. May 12, 1833. 
 
 6 Weltha A., b. Mar. 21, 1836. 
 
 7 Angelette, b. Oct. 11, 1837; d. Oct. 22, 1859. 
 
 8 Plummer T., b. May 23, 1839. 
 
 9 Flora, b. Mar. 24, 1850. 
 
 *10 Clark L., b. May 21, 1852, q. v. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 
 (*2) Albert^ Nelson (EH^) m. Ellen . He d. Sept. 11, 1903; she 
 
 d. July 11, 1903. Children: I, Addie S., b. July 12, 1867; II, John Edwin, b. 
 Aug. 12, 1869; III, Dexter J., b. Sept. 5, 1875; IV, Geneva M., b. Mar. 20, 
 1878. 
 
 (*10) Clark L.^ Nelson {Eli^) m. Laura B., dau. of Freeman Grover. 
 He d. Mar. 25, 1887; she d. Jan. 20, 1889. Children: Ernest G., Arthur C, 
 Chesley W., see Chap. XXIII. 
 
 NICKERSON. 
 
 1 Capt. Joseph Nickerson was born in Brewster, Mass., Nov. 4, 1818, the 
 son of Seth and Patia (Eldredge) Nickerson. He went early to sea and rap- 
 idly rose to master mariner. He followed the sea for several years and also 
 did contract work; his principal contract being that of building Minot's Head 
 Light Station. In 1865 he came to West B. H., locating a fishing business, 
 as the firm of Nickerson, Perry & Thatcher, on McKown's Pt., and lived 
 where George Greenleaf does. Later, with his nephew, Alonzo R. Nicker- 
 son, as the firm of J. Nickerson & Co., the business of ship building and 
 repairing was commenced in 1870, in connection with a general store. He 
 sold his interest in 1874. In 1885 he came to B. H., where he afterward 
 lived. He was always a Democrat, and, though that party was in the minor- 
 ity in Lincoln Co., he served nine years on the Board of County Commis- 
 sioners. For many years before his death he was a member of the Board of 
 Trustees of the Boothbay Savings Bank. He d. Jan. 7, 1897. He m. Mary 
 S., dau. of Samuel and Ruth Mayo, Chatham, Mass., who was b. in 1823, in 
 1843. She res. at B. H. 
 
 2 Capt. Stephen Nickerson, son of Seth and Patia (Eldredge) Nickerson, 
 was born in Brewster, Mass., Mar. 28, 1814. He m. Charity, dau. of Nathan 
 and Bethia Nickerson, Nov. 29, 1839. His ancestry ran to William Nicker- 
 son, who came from England to America in 1630. He commenced a seafar- 
 ing life at the age of sixteen, going for sixteen years deep-sea fishing, then 
 for ten years he commanded vessels in the coasting trade bet. Salem and 
 New York. In 1856 he commenced in the South American trade, and dur- 
 ing the Civil War, as master and owner of the sch. Henry P. Russell, trans- 
 ported troops. At its close, for the American Colonization Co., he took to 
 Liberia 285 ex-slaves, a movement which has found its way into general his- 
 tory. In 1877 he came to B., where his brother Joseph and his son Alonzo 
 had been living for several years, the result being the establishment of the 
 firm of S. Nickerson & Sons, in the general fish and salt business, at B. H. 
 
596 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 that year, see p. 373. He d. at South Harwich, Mass., Oct. 11, 1905. Mrs. 
 Nickerson d. at B. H., June 30, 1889. Three of their sons located at B. H. 
 South Harwich was the home of the fam. before coming to Maine. 
 
 3 Capt. Stephen E. Nickerson was b. in So. Harwich, Mass., in 1840. He 
 m. Imogene Smalley of that town. They came to B. H. in 1877, where he 
 became a member of the firm of S. Nickerson & Sons. He commenced 
 early at sea, following that life for about twenty years, principally on foreign 
 voyages and much of the time master of his vessel. Their chil. were five in 
 number, three of whom are living: Rose H., engaged in trade in B. H.; 
 Cynthia Dora, who m. Clarence R. Hodgdon, see Chap. XXIII, and Carl- 
 ton B., see Chap. XXIII. Capt. Nickerson died June 10, 1903. 
 
 4 Alonzo R. Nickerson was b. in So. Harwich, Apr. 15, 1848. He came 
 to B. as bookkeeper for Nickerson, Perry & Thatcher, May 1, 1867. He m. 
 (1) Abbie J., dau. of James T. Beath, Jan. 8, 1871; she d. Sept. 11, 1883; (2) 
 Natalie B. Noyes, Castine, Jan. 20, 1885. Their family consists of one son, 
 Louis Stephen, by the former marriage, and Parker Toward, Hazel Lowe 
 and Natalie Noyes. In 1870 he became partner in the firm of J. Nickerson 
 & Co., succeeding to the entire business in 1874, becoming member of S. 
 Nickerson & Sons in 1877. For official positions in town see Chap. XVI; 
 besides these he has been a trustee of the Boothbay Savings Bank since 1884; 
 in 1888 he was appointed on the Staflf of Gov. Marble; was senator from 
 Lincoln Co., 1895-99; presidential elector in 1896; has been a member of 
 the Lincoln Co. Rep. Com. from 1898 to 1904; member of the Rep. State 
 Com. since 1900; State Commissioner of Sea and Shore Fisheries since 1897. 
 
 5 Arthur E. Nickerson, b. in So. Harwich, Mass. He came to Boothbay 
 in 1880 and became a member of the firm of S. Nickerson & Sons at that 
 time. He m. Flora L. Duley, Starks. Since the dec. of Capt. Stephen E. 
 Nickerson, and the sale of the business of S. Nickerson & Sons, except cer- 
 tain reservations, to the Baldwin Fish Co., a new firm, composed of A. R. 
 and A. E. Nickerson, styled Nickerson Bros., has been formed for conduct- 
 ing the alewive business at Nobleboro and Warren, besides mackereling, 
 etc. The headquarters are at B. H. This fam. have one son, Harrj'. 
 
 ORCHARD. 
 
 Benjamin Orchard m. Susan Reed in 1842. They lived on road from 
 B. Ctr. to Hodgdon's Is. He died July, 1887. Children: I, Romanzo, b. 
 Sept. 12, 1844; d. Jan. 3, 1870, see Cas. II, Olive F., b. Sept. 28, 1846; unm. 
 Ill, Warren B., b. Nov. 2, 1853; m. Gertie L. Pinkham, 1886; res. on home- 
 stead. 
 
 ORNE. 
 
 1 William Orne came to Cape Newagen Island a short time before his 
 marriage in 1795 to Rebecca Morton, of Friendship. He set. on the east side 
 of Ebenecook Cove and followed farming and fishing. His name appears in 
 some of the early records as William Horn, which is a clerical error. The 
 name, as it now appears in spelling, is the same as it appeared about Ports- 
 
FAMILY HISTOEY. 597 
 
 mouth and Isle of Shoals several generations ago. ' The error is explainable 
 from the fact that, as mentioned elsewhere, a runaway sailor by the name of 
 Cornelius Conrad located at Cape Newagen about 1772, marrying a dau. 
 of John Chaples and at once changed his name to Cornelius Horn.. A fam. 
 of this name followed, which is now extinct, but no fam. actually by the 
 name of Horn, other than by this descent, has ever lived in this locality. 
 The similarity of sound led some of the early town clerks into this error. 
 William died July 81, 1846, a. 72-6. Children: 
 
 *2 William, Jr., b. Dec. 11, 1797, q. v. 
 
 *3 James, b. May 28, 1800, q. v. 
 
 4 Elizabeth, b. Aug. 23, 1803; m. William Pierce; d. 1894. 
 
 5 Mary, b. Oct. 6, 1805; m. Charles Thorpe, q. v. 
 *6 Jacob, b. Nov. 15, 1807, q. v. 
 
 7 Charlotte, b. Apr. 8, 1810; m. Charles Thorpe, his second m. 
 
 *8 Silas, b. Aug. 28, 1812, q. v. 
 
 *9 Thomas, b. May 8, 1814, q. v. 
 
 10 Miles, b. Sept. 14, 1817; m. Frances Knight. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*2) William^ Orne, Jr., (William?) m. Elizabeth Hall, Georgetown. 
 He set. at the beach near Hendricks Head and for a time was light keeper 
 there. He d. Oct. 3, 1886; she d. Mar. 24. 1863, a. 61-11-14. Children: 
 
 11 James, b. 1823; sea captain; d. May 29, 1895. 
 *12 Freeman, b. Jan. 4, 1825, q. v. 
 
 13 Thomas, unm. 
 
 14 William, m. Louisa Pinkham. 
 
 15 Eliza J., b. 1827; m. George Webber; d. July 7, 1896. 
 
 16 Benjamin, b. 1830; m. Lydia C. Pierce; d: Sept. 3, 1882; she d. Oct. 9, 
 1890. 
 
 17 Margery, m. Stephen S. Thompson. 
 
 (*3) James^ Orne ( William^) m. Mahala Pierce, 1827. He was master 
 of a vessel at times and was also engaged in the bank cod fishery, see Chap. 
 XXI. He d. May 29, 1895; she d. Sept. 30, 1892. Children: 
 
 18 Silas B., b. Oct. 11, 1828; m. Euphesena, dau. of John Andrews; res. 
 in Portland. 
 
 19 Baker P., b. Dec. 19, 1829; m. Emma A., dau. of John Andrews; res. 
 in Portland. 
 
 20 Mary Elizabeth, b. Feb. 12, 1830; unm.; d. June 28, 1904. For many 
 years she was governess in the fam. of Hon. Anson Burlingame, and 
 with them was in most of the capitals of Europe during his diplomatic 
 career. 
 
 21 Osias, b. Dec. 7, 1832; unm.; res. South. 
 
 22 Sarah A., b. Jan. 27, 1834; m. Chapman N. Reed, q. v. 
 
 23 Elbridge, b. Aug. 27, 1837. 
 
 24 Arvilla T., b. Sept. 27, 1839; m. Capt. Jason Carlisle, q. v. 
 
 25 Zina Burton, b. Oct. 13, 1843; unm.; res. in South. 
 
 26 Charlotte Pierce, b. Feb. 20, 1846; m. John A. Reed, q. v. 
 
 27 Eliza Ellen, b. Nov. 24, 1847; m. Benjamin Grover, q. v. 
 
 28 Emma J., b. Feb. 27, 1851; m. William A. King, Gloucester, Mass. 
 
 29 Bertha J., m. Horace M. Wylie, q. v. 
 
 (*6) Jacob^ Orne (William?) m. Jane Montgomery; lived at B. H. and 
 carried on a fishing business. He purchased the place on Oak St. first built 
 by John W. Weymouth and now owned by Orne Bros. He d. Sept. 26, 1877; 
 she d. Apr. 5, 1874. Children: I, Nancy J., b. Jan. 25, 1834; m. William 
 Foster. II, Miles A. , b. July 23, 1837. Two chil. , Orin and Lydia A. , d. in inf. 
 
598 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 (*8) SiLAS= Orne (William^) m. (1) Judith Decker, 1837; (2) Mary Eliz- 
 abeth, dau. of Samuel Lewis and wid. of Bailey Reed, 1849. He set. at West 
 B. H. in 1837, where he afterward lived. From that date until 1861 he was 
 partner with his brother Thomas, engaged in trade and fishing. They run 
 boats and also purchased fish. He d. Jan. 15, 1876; Judith, w., d. May 25, 
 1849. Children: 
 
 30 Silas Cushman, b. Dec. 14, 1838; unm.; lives in Lynn, Mass. 
 
 31 Augusta, b. June 21, 1842; m. Capt. John Truman. 
 
 32 Clara A., b. Dec. 21, 1847; d. May 18, 1867. 
 
 33 Abby Jane, b. July 16, 1850; m. William Crooker; lives in Lynn, Mass. 
 
 34 Rosila, b. Apr. 21, 18.''j2; m. (1) Charles H. Crooker, Bath, (2) George 
 H. Snow; lives in B. H. 
 
 35 Alvah M., b. June 13, 1854; m. Augusta, dau. of Alonzo Chapman. 
 
 36 Mary Emma, b. Sept. 17, 1856; d. June 27, 1869. 
 
 37 Fred, b. June 17, 1859; m. Allie L. Auld. 
 
 38 Jennie H., b. Oct. 31, 1861; m. Sumner Reed. 
 
 39 Martha R., b. Apr. 7, 1864; m, W. F. Dudley. 
 
 40 Thaddeus W., b. Feb. 7, 1870. 
 
 (*9) Thomas^ Orne (WiUiam'^) m. Margaret Campbell, 1837; set. at 
 West B. H., 1837. Was partner with his brother Silas from 1837 to 1861, in 
 fishing and trade. The store was opened in 1845 and conducted by Thomas 
 until 1899. He has been an active member of the Methodist Society, an 
 earnest prohibitionist, and now (1906), at the age of nearly 92, he has a clear 
 memory of the events of his lifetime and by his reminiscences has afforded 
 valuable aid in the preparation of this volume. Children: 
 
 41 Charles S., b. May 18, 1840; m. Sophronia Vantassel; merchant at 
 West B. H. 
 
 42 Elizabeth, b. June 30, 1842; m. W. C. Wilson; res. B. H. 
 
 43 Woodbury D., b. Jan. 6, 1846; m. Emeline Reed. 
 
 44 Thomas P., b. June 3, 1847; d. in youth. 
 
 45 Caroline R., b. Jan. 14, 1850; d. in youth. 
 
 46 Parker M., b. Sept. 11, 1851; m. (1) Georgia Blake, (2) Hattie Lewis. 
 
 47 Ada E., b. Oct. 13, 1853; m. Fred Campbell, q. v. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (*12) Freeman^ Orne ( William, Jr.,^ William^) m. Apphia J. Cameron. 
 In his earlier life, as partner with Daniel Cameron, as Cameron & Orne, and 
 later with his sons, as F"reeman Orne & Sons, he conducted an extensive 
 business over a long period at bank fishing, see Chap. XXL He died Aug. 
 25, 1901; she died Oct. 27, 1886. Children: 
 
 48 Sumner, b. Oct. 22, 1851; m. Abby E., dau. of Joseph Maddocks; res. 
 in South. ; has had a long experience in town affairs, see Chap. X VL 
 
 49 Zina, b. Sept. 2, 1854; m. Elizabeth H., dau. of Jonathan P. Thompson; 
 formerly lived at South., now in B. H.; three chil.: Fannie S., Sidney 
 B., see Chap.. XXIII, and Percy Freeman. 
 
 50 Sarah E., b. Aug. 23, 1857; m. Asbury Decker; d. Oct. 3, 1888. 
 
 51 Snow B., b. Feb. 28, 1860; unm.; res. in South. 
 
 PERKINS. 
 
 Enoch Perkins came to B. when about twelve years old from Dam., 
 where his father's family lived. From that time on he went to sea, marrying 
 Isora, dau. of Joshua McKown, 1863. They lived at West B. H. Children: 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 599 
 
 I, Frederick D., m. Carrie E. Hodgdon; res. at B. H., with Simpson & 
 Perkins. II, Merrill A., m. Bessie Simpson; res. B. H., member of firm of 
 Simpson & Perkins. Ill, Bert, m. Rosa Scully, South. IV, Nettie M., dec. 
 V, Addie T., m. Joseph Miller; res. at B. H. VI, Jennie M., dec. VII, 
 Bessie L., m. John Ryan, Bath. 
 
 PIERCE. 
 
 This is the most numerous family on Southport and has been such for 
 more than a century; it is also one of the oldest. Four brothers and a 
 sister, in order of age as follows, came from Marblehead, Mass., to Cape 
 Newagen Island between 1764 and 1769: Samuel, Susanna, Silvester (some- 
 times rec. Silvenus), Joseph and David. There is reason to suppose that 
 this family descended from John Pierce, "citizen and cloth worker of Lon- 
 don," as described in an ancient charter to him (see pp. 60-61) . He proba- 
 bly never came to America, but his son Richard married the daughter of 
 John Brown, of Pemaquid, and they later settled in Marblehead. The fam. 
 names and other circumstances are strongly presumptive of this descent. 
 They will be taken up in order of age. 
 
 1 Samuel Pierce, date of birth unknown, m. Elizabeth Thompson, Mon- 
 hegan, 1767. This is said to have been the first marriage on that island of 
 which any record exists. She was the dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth (An- 
 drews) Thompson, who first settled at Monhegan, but became the founders 
 of the Thompson family in Southport. He settled on what has since been 
 known as the Maddocks estate, building a home and rearing his fam. there. 
 Late in life he sold to his son-in-law, Palgrave Maddocks, and moved to Bel- 
 fast, where he died, but the date is unknown. Elizabeth, his wife, is buried 
 in the old cemetery at W. Southport, and from her gravestone we find she 
 died Nov. 4, 1834, a. 84. Children: 
 
 2 Elizabeth, b. Aug. 16, 1769. 
 
 *3 Jonathan, b. June 7, 1771, q. v. 
 
 4 Mary, b. Feb. 24, 1773; m. Edmund Leason, 1791. 
 
 5 Sarah, b. Feb. 17, 1775; m. Peter Dunton, 1804. 
 
 6 Abigail, b. Nov. 16, 1776; m. Robert Bryer, 1802. 
 
 7 Susanna, b. Sept. 13, 1778. 
 
 8 Rhuhama, b. July IB, 1780; m. Palgrave Maddocks, q. v. 
 
 9 Joanna, b. Apr. 15, 1782. 
 
 10 Samuel, Jr., b. Mar. 8, 1784. 
 
 *11 George W., b. Feb. 7, 1788, q. v. 
 
 12 Harriet T., b. Sept. 22, 1789; m. Rev. John Wilkinson, '1814. 
 
 13 Edward B., b. May 18, 1792; m. Dorcas McMahan, Georgetown, 1814. 
 
 14 Thomas H., b. Jan. 23, 1795; m. Hannah Hathorne, Woolwich, 1823. 
 
 15 Susanna, sister to the four brothers settling in South., m. John W. 
 Brown, Ipswich, 1772. 
 
 16 Silvester Pierce m. Elizabeth ; dates of births, deaths and mar- 
 riage and family name of wife are wanting. Some doubt has been cast on 
 this man being brother to Samuel, Joseph and David, but the oldest mem- 
 bers of the family now in Southport, for the most part, think that he was. 
 His family is much less represented in the town at present in descent than 
 the others. Children: 
 
600 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 17 Silvester, Jr., b. Jan. 30, 1773; m. Rebecca White, 1796. Chil.: I, Re- 
 becca, b. Oct. 26, 1797. II, Margaret, b. Apr. 2, 1813. Ill, Samuel, b. 
 Oct. 12, 1814; m. Charlotte Ham, 1837; he d. Feb. 11, 1901; she d. 
 July 13, 1897. IV, Moses, b. Dec. 1, 1817; drowned in San Francisco 
 abt. 1S70. 
 
 18 Samuel, b. May 10, 1776. 
 
 19 Elizabeth, b. Oct. 10, 1778. 
 
 20 Sally, b. Mar. 18, 1780; m. Simon Brown, Bris. 
 
 21 Polly, b. Nov. 8, 1783. 
 
 22 Moses, b. Mar. 15, 1788. 
 
 23 Jenny, b. Dec. 20, 1790. 
 
 24 Joseph Pierce m. Sarah, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth Thompson, 
 1777. At that date they had moved from Monhegan to Cape Newagen Is. 
 Dates of his birth and death unknown. She died July 11, 1834. He settled 
 at West South, and Joe's Island took its name from him. When advanced 
 in age he moved to the Cape. Children: 
 
 *25 Joseph, Jr., b. May 25, 1777, q. v. 
 
 *26 David, b. Mar. 29, 1779, q. v. 
 
 27 Sarah, b. Mar. 12, 1781; m. Joseph Gyor, Bris., 1803. 
 
 28 Elizabeth, b. June 15, 1783; m. William Harris, 1804, q. v. 
 
 29 Lydia, b. Aug. 12, 1787. 
 
 30 Polly, b. July 29, 1789; m. Samuel Harris, Jr., 1809, q. v. 
 
 31 Margaret, b. June 29, 1791. 
 *32 William, b. 1800, q. v. 
 
 33 David Pierce, b. 1757, m. Jenny — — . He was youngest of the four 
 brothers, and located at W. Southport, on what is now Marr's Harbor. He 
 d. Oct. 16, 1788. Family name of his wife or date of her death unk. Chil. : 
 
 34 Jenny, b. Mar. 17, 1783. 
 *35 David, Jr., b. Mar. 23, 1786, q. v. 
 
 36 Ebenezer, b. Mar. 13, 1788. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*3) Jonathan^ Pierce {Samuel''-) m. Lydia, dau. of John and Mary 
 Rand. He established an extensive business in general trade and bank fish- 
 ing at Marr's Harbor, which he continued successfully for about half a cen- 
 tury and was then succeeded by his two sons-in-law, Thomas and Nahum 
 Marr, see Chaps. XIX and XXI. He d. May 26, 1847; she d. Jan. 1, 1845, 
 a. 68-6. Children: 
 
 37 Maria B., b. Mar. 7, 1795; d. young. 
 
 38 Lydia, b. Aug. 5, 1'799; m. William Thompson, q. v. 
 
 39 Samuel, b. Sept. 5, 1801; m. Eleanor, dau. of Palgrave Maddocks; he 
 d. Mar. 5, 1861; she d. Jan. 18, 1894. 
 
 40 John, b. Apr. 4, 1804; m. Mary Webber. 
 
 41 Harriet, b. July 1, 1807; m. John Thorpe, 1829. 
 
 42 Elizabeth, b. June 8, 1809; m. Eliphalet Thorpe, 1829. 
 
 43 Jerome L., b, July 23, 1811; d. young. 
 
 44 Warren, b. Dec. 28, 1813; m. Mary J. Marr, 1840; d. Dec. 16, 1851. 
 
 45 Thomas, b. Oct. 8, 1816; m. Jane Webber; he d. July 9, 1852; she d. 
 June 14, 1889. 
 
 46 Mary Ann, b. Apr. 14, 1819; m. Thomas Marr, Jr., Georgetown, 1842,q. v. 
 
 47 Julia, b. Oct. 23, 1823; m. Nahum B. Marr, q. v. 
 
 (*11) GsoRGK VJ.^ Pierce {Samuel'') m. Maria Barnes, 1811. He died 
 Aug. 27, 1866; she died June 12, 1883, a. 88-3. Children: 
 
 48 Mary B., b. Dec. 24, 1811; m. Stephen Pierce, 1832. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 601 
 
 49 Harriet, b. Apr. 12, 1813; m. Alfred Brewer, q. v. 
 
 50 Lydia, b. June 5, 1816; m. Gurney, Chelsea, Mass, 
 
 51 Susanna, b. May 2, 1817; m. Moses Jewett, Westport. 
 
 52 Sarah, b. July 18, 1819; m. Charles Prince. 
 
 53 Ann Maria, b. Nov. 20, 1828; m. Robert Maddocks. 
 
 54 George W., Jr., b. Nov. 28, 1830; m. Julia Thompson. 
 
 55 Elizabeth, b. Oct. 16, 1832; m. Silas Pierce. 
 
 (*25) Joseph^ Pierce, Jr., (Joseph?) m. Abigail, dau. of John and Mary 
 Rand, 1800. They lived at the Cape and are buried in a small yard there. 
 He died Oct. 25, 1860; she died Jan. 21, 1870, a. 90. Children: 
 
 56 David, 2d, b. Dec. 15, 1803; m. (1) Martha Thompson, 1825, (2) Abigail 
 Decker, 1841; he d. Sept. 9, 1884; Abigail, w., d. May 3, 1870, a. 63-8. 
 
 57 Jonathan, twin brother to David; no rec. 
 
 58 Stephen, b. Mar. 13, 1805; m. Mary B. Pierce, 1832; he d. Jan. 28, 1881 
 she d. Mar. 3, 1884, a. 73. 
 
 69 George, b. Oct. 4, 1807; m. Mary A. Decker, 1832; he d. Dec. 13, 1860: 
 she d. July 13, 1868, a. 55-3. 
 
 60 Jesse, b. Nov. 2, 1809; set. in Portland. 
 
 61 Ebenezer, b. Nov. 2, 1812; set. in Portland. 
 
 62 Joseph, Jr., b. Jan. 3, 1814; m. Sarah Lewis, 1832; lived at Cape. 
 
 63 Elizabeth, b. July 9, 1816; m. Frank Jones, 1834. 
 
 64 Sally, b. Oct. 9, 1818; m. Charles Jewett, West. 
 *65 Miles, b. July 29, 1823, q. v. 
 
 (*26) David^ Pierce (Joseph?) m. Sarah Ozier. He died Oct. 11, 1864; 
 she died Sept. 29, 1864, a. 79. Children: 
 
 66 Baker, b. July 24, 1806; set. in Rockland. 
 
 67 Mahala, b. Sept. 4, 1807; m. James Orne, q. v. 
 
 68 Nancy, b. Nov. 3, 1811; m. Yates, Round Pond. 
 
 69 Hannah, b. June 14, 1817; m. and set. in Round Pond. 
 
 70 Charles, b. May 3, 1819; m. Sarah Pierce; d. Oct. 20, 1876. 
 
 71 Eliza, b. Mar. 27, 1824; m. and set. in Round Pond. 
 
 72 Silas, b. June 17, 1828; m. Elizabeth T. Pierce; he d. June 22, 1892; 
 she d. Jan. 1, 1902. 
 
 (*32) William^ Pierce (Joseph?) m. Elizabeth Orne, 1825. He died 
 Apr. 24, 1859; she died July 15, 1894. Children: 
 
 73 Willard Thorpe, b. Oct. 30, 1826; d. young. 
 *74 David Porter, twin brother to above, q. v. 
 
 75 Charlotte, b. Sept. 8, 1828; m. John Maddocks, q. v. 
 
 76 Alfred, b. Oct. 17, 1830; m. Althea Miller; d. Jan. 21, 1892. 
 
 77 Cyrus William, b. Dec. 6, 1832; m. Margaret J. Pierce; he d. June 11, 
 1883; she d. Mar. 31, 1891. 
 
 78 Mary Alice, b. Nov. 2, 1834; m. Joseph R. Willey. 
 
 79 Lydia C, b. July 11, 1839; m. Benjamin Orne. 
 
 80 Hattie B., m. James Coolen. 
 
 81 Thomas O., m. Olivia Rose. 
 
 82 Otis W., m. Lulu Pierce. 
 
 (*35) David^ Pierce, Jr., (David^) m. Martha Thompson, 1825; she 
 died Aug. 27, 1830. Children: I, Samuel, b. Oct. 11, 1826. 11, Albion K. 
 P., b. Aug. 17, 1828. This family removed to Gloucester, Mass. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 
 (*65) Miles^ Pierce (Joseph, Jr.-^ Joseph^) m. Sarah A., dau. of 
 Andrew Farmer. Lived at B. H. and had a grocery store on Atlantic St. 
 He died June 3, 1895; she died Nov. 7, 1884. Children: I, Ervin, b. Sept. 
 11, 1856; res. B. H. II, Addie, b. Jan. 30, 1859; d. Mar. 11, 1882. Ill, 
 
602 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Elmer, b. Apr. 11, 1861; d. Oct. 26, 1884. IV, Nettie M., b. Jan. 24, 1863; 
 m. R. A. Lewis; res. at B. H. V, Selden A., b. Oct. 13, 1868; d. Mar. 8, 
 1882. VI, Abbie, b. July 20, 1873; d. in inf. 
 
 (*74) David Porter' Pierce ( William,'^ Joseph^) m. (1) Mary ; 
 
 she d. June 27, 1862, a. 19; (2) Mrs. Loud, Round Pond. He d. Nov. 
 
 30, 1903. Children: I, William, m. Flora Barter; res. South. II, Betsey 
 G., m. Irving McKown; res. South. Ill, Edward, ra. in Pensacola, Fla.; 
 res. South. IV, Walter, m. Ethel Moore; res. South. V, Hardy, dec. VI, 
 Joynell, res. in Gardiner. 
 
 (39) Samuel and Eleanor Pierce were the parents of Emerson Pierce, 
 who did business several years where the firm of Pierce & Hartung are now 
 established at B. H, Another son. Pall G., was partner in the above firm. 
 He died Dec. 24, 1903. Samuel is mentioned in Chap. XXI, doing business 
 at Marr's Harbor. 
 
 PINKHAM. 
 
 1 Benjamin and Judith Pinkham came to Townsend in 1759 and settled 
 where the late Eben Clisby lived at No. B. They were from Dover, N. H., 
 but it is claimed by some of the descendants that they came from Merryco- 
 neag (Harpswell) to Townsend, and by the Dover family that they went from 
 Dover to Merryconeag instead of Townsend. It is likely that both may be 
 correct. Benjamin was one of seven brothers and several sisters, all bom in 
 Dover, N. H. One of the brothers, Ebenezer, settled in Merryconeag and 
 is ancestor of the family there. Benjamin may have settled for a short time 
 where his brother was and then come on to Townsend. Another brother, 
 Solomon, came to Townsend at the time, but it is not thought that he 
 remained here as there is no record evidence of such a family. It is thought 
 that Benjamin's family consisted of five sons and two daus. The fam. name 
 of Judith Pinkham is not known. The ancestry of Benjamin Pinkham follows: 
 I, Richard Pinkham,^ who set. in Dover, N. H., about 1642. 
 II, Richard, Jr.,^ who lived in Dover, N. H. 
 
 Ill, John' and Rose (Otis) Pinkham, who lived and died in Dover, N. H. ; 
 had seven sons and a number of daughters. Among this family were 
 Ebenezer, who set. in Merryconeag; Benjamin and Solomon, who came 
 to Townsend in 1759. 
 Benjamin d. Mar. 2, 1792, a. 75; Judith d. Oct. 23, 1797, a. 76. Children: 
 
 *2 Ichabod, b. Oct. 23, 1741, q. v. 
 
 *3 Solomon, q. v. 
 
 4 Benjamin, Jr., m. (1) Ella Catland, Bris., 1771; (2) Rhoda Hutchings, 
 
 Freetown, 1774. No further rec. found. 
 
 *5 Nathaniel, b. Dec. 7, 1751, q. v. 
 
 6 Rhoda, m. Benjamin Rollings, 1777, q. v. 
 
 7 Sarah, m. William Lewis, 1780; d. 179C. 
 *8 Calvin, q. v. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*2) Ichabod^ Pinkham (Benjamm^) m. Mercy Catlin, 1766. He lived 
 where David A. Reed does and was a leading character in town in his time. 
 He was active in the Revolutionary contest, holding a captain's commission. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 603 
 
 and was much connected with town affairs, as may be noted in our earlier 
 chapters. His estate inventoried {5,260.55. By his will he gave a farm of 
 47 acres, where Benjamin then lived, to him. This was just south of the B. M. 
 Giles house, east side of road, on top of the hill. The house was burned 
 many years ago. To Ichabod, Jr., he gave the homestead of his father (the 
 Clisby place) and to Nathaniel the place where the late Jason Pinkham lived. 
 He died Oct. 21, 1800; she died July 10, 1821. Children: 
 
 9 James, b. May 28, 1167; drowned at Montsweag, 178-. 
 
 *10 Benjamin, b. Oct. 17, 1769, q. v. 
 
 *11 Ichabod, Jr., b. Feb. 10, 1772, q. v. 
 
 *12 Nathaniel, b. Mar. 15, 1774, q. v. 
 
 13 Mercy, b. June 19, 1777; m. David R. Adams, q. v. 
 
 14 Sarah, b. Jan. 25, 1780; m. David Reed, 3d, q. v. 
 16 Mary, b. Jan. 16, 1784; m. Asa G. Baker. 
 
 16 Martha, b. Mar. 20, 1786; m. Samuel Thompson, Jr., 1810, q. v. 
 
 17 Betsey, b. June 13, 1788; unm.; d. 1828. 
 
 (*3) Solomon^ Pinkham (Benjamin>) m. Mary Perry, 1767. They lived 
 at No. B, The dates of death of both are unknown. Children: 
 
 *18 Joseph, b. Nov. 26, 1787, q. v. 
 *19 Calvin, Jr., b. Feb. 10, 1769, q, v. 
 
 20 Solomon, Jr., b. June 7, 1772; m. Sally Ball, 1795. They lived at West 
 B. H. and after their children were grown up and some m. in town they 
 rem. to Starks. Their daus. m. as follows: Sarah m. Amherst Spof- 
 ford, Charlotte m. Benjamin Wylie, Mary m. Ebenezer Lewis. He d. 
 in Starks about 1830, 
 
 21 Sarah, b. Oct. 7, 1774; m. Joseph Barter, Jr., 1794. 
 
 22 Hannah, b, Oct. 13, 1776; m. David Day, 1799. 
 *23 David, b. Mar. 29, 1779, q. v. 
 
 24 Margaret, b. Mar. 30, 1781; m. Timothy Dunton, 1804, q. v. 
 
 25 Judith, b. Oct. 28, 1784; m. John Webber, 1807. 
 
 26 Mary, b. Oct. 1, 1787. 
 
 27 Abigail, b. Oct. 31, 1791; m. James Moon, 1827. 
 
 (*5) Nathaniel" Pinkham {Benjamin^) m. Martha Catland, 1774. He 
 lived at No. B. where Horace W. Pinkham now does. He built the first 
 mill where the Adams stream empties into Back River waters, and was suc- 
 ceeded by his son Isaac in his homestead and the mill. He died Sept. 3, 
 1803; she died Nov. 14, 1825. Children: 
 
 28 Joseph, b. June 9, 1778. 
 
 29 Nathaniel, Jr., b. Aug. 15, 1784; d. Sept. 3, 1803. 
 *30 Isaac, b, Aug. 25, 1787, q. v. 
 
 *31 John, b. Mar. 7, 1791, q, v. 
 32 Patty, b. July 8, 1793; m. Edmund Wilson, 1814, q. v. 
 
 (*8) Calvin^ Pinkham (Benjamin^) m. Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph Barter, 
 1781. He set. on Barter's Is. No rec. of their deaths has been found. Chil. : 
 
 »33 Samuel, b. Apr. 18, 1782, q. v. 
 
 34 Abigail, b. Apr. 16, 1784. 
 
 *35 Andrew, b. Aug. 21, 1786, q. v. 
 
 36 Elizabeth, b. June 14, 1790. 
 
 37 Lydia, b. Sept. 30, 1792; m. Thomas Williams. 
 
 38 Nathan, b. Apr. 30, 1794; m. Charlotte Young, Alna, 
 
 39 Judith, b. Sept. 7, 1796; m. David Austin, 1820. 
 
 40 John, b. Mar. 25, 1801. 
 
604 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (•10) Benjamin' Pinkham ( Ichabod,"^ Benjamin^) m. Abigail, dau. of 
 Joseph Giles, 1791. He was a sea captain and a man who accumulated a 
 large property for the times. He had interests in the Damariscotta ship- 
 yards and for some years was the largest taxpayer in town. He gave each 
 of his children a farm and home, as follows: To John, 2d, the homestead; 
 to Martha, the cash to buy a place in Dresden; to Mercy Carlisle, the Welsh 
 farm at Dover; to Abigail Murray, the farm where the late John Murray 
 lived; to Paul G., the B. M. Giles farm; to Sarah Reed, the farm where 
 Jamps A. Reed lives; to Mary C. Adams, the David A. Reed farm; to Cyn- 
 thia Adams, the Paul Giles farm. He died Feb. 3, 1834; she died Dec. 18, 
 1848. Children: 
 
 *41 John, 2d, b. Sept. 7, 1793, q. v. 
 
 42 Martha, b. Feb. 8, 1795; m. Joel Thompson, 1814; set. in Dres. 
 
 43 Benjamin, b. Jan. 11, 1797; sea captain; unm. ; d. in West Indies, 1821. 
 
 44 Mercy, b. Oct. 28, 1798; m. William Carlisle, q. v. 
 
 45 Abigail, b. Nov. 19, 1800; m. John Murray, q. v. 
 
 46 Cynthia, b. June 9, 1803; m. David Adams, 2d, 1822. 
 *47 Paul G., b. Aug. 31, 1805, q. v. 
 
 48 Sarah, twin sister to Paul G., m. John Reed, 3d. 
 
 49 Mary C, b. Aug. 24, 1809; m. James Adams, 2d, 1829. 
 
 (*11) Ichabod' Pinkham, Jr., {Ichabod,''- Benjamin''-) m. (1) Betty Cun- 
 ningham, Edge., 1792; (2) Lucy Hunt, Bris., 1794. He lived where he set.; 
 died Jan. 23, 1851. Lucy, wife, nearly reached her 100th year. Children: 
 
 50 Sally, b. Feb. 8, 1795; d. about 1825; unm. 
 *51 James, b. Nov. 7, 1796, q. v. 
 
 52 Lucy, b. Jan. 4, 1798; m. Alonzo Foster, White. 
 
 53 Maria, b. Jan. 29, 1801; m. John Jenness, Lynn. 
 
 54 Ichabod, b. Aug, 29, 1803; m. Betsey Lewis, 1833; lived opposite 
 Indiantown. 
 
 55 William M., b. Feb. 10, 1808; d. Sept, 22, 1826. 
 
 56 Martha, b. Aug. 16, 1810; m. Daniel Hutchings, Bris. 
 
 57 Sawyer, b. Feb. 6, 1813; m. Eliza A. Perkins, Georgetown, 1843. 
 
 58 Charles Fisher, b. Feb. 4, 1817; m. in Lynn; set. there. 
 
 (*12) Nathaniel' Pinkham (Ichabod,^ Benjamin^) m. Betsey McFar- 
 land, 1799. Lived on place left him by his father. He died Oct. 3, 1857; 
 she died Nov. 17, 1864. Children: 
 
 59 Thyrza, b. Apr. 26, 1801; m. Nathaniel Palmer, Camden, 1821. 
 
 60 Eliza, b. Oct. 16, 1803; m. Stephen Sargent, q. v. 
 
 61 Nathaniel, b. Feb. 17, 1806; m. (1) Lucy Kennedy, 1826, (2) Mary 
 Dockendorfi, 1834. 
 
 62 Margaret, b. Feb. 17, 1808; m. John S. Wright, Edge., 1829. 
 *63 Jason, b. May 24, 1810, q. v. 
 
 *64 Ephraim, b. Dec. 8, 1815, q. v. 
 
 65 Lydia A., b. Nov. 23, 1818; set. elsewhere. 
 
 66 Mary J., b. Dec. 24, 1822; ni. Silas P. Greenleaf, 1841. 
 
 67 Benjamin F., b. June 1, 1825; unm.; d. Mar. 22, 1897; was an officer in 
 the Seaman's Home, New York. 
 
 68 Nancy Weld, b. Feb. 7, 1828. 
 
 (*18) Joseph' Pinkham (Solomon,^ Benjamin^) m. EUice Cunningham, 
 Edge., 1789; he set. in Edge, and m. a second time; d. in town of Washing- 
 ton. He was a sea captain. Children: Sarah, 1790; John, 1792; Eunice, 
 1794; Thomas, 1798; Samuel, 1799; David, 1802; William, 1805. 
 
FAMILY HISTOEr. 605 
 
 (*19) Calvin' Pinkham, Jr., (Solomon,^ Benjamin^) m. Julia Kenney, 
 1793. He lived in the western part of town. She d. Nov. 2, 1863. Children: 
 
 *69 Thomas, b. June 6, 1794, q. v. 
 
 70 Fanny, b. July 18, 1796; m. John Lewis, 3d, q. v. 
 
 *71 Benjamin, b. Dec. 20, 1798, q. v. 
 
 72 Mina, b. May 16, 1801 ; m. Giles Lewis, q. v. 
 
 *78 Frederic, b. Dec. 24, 1802, q, v. 
 
 *74 Luther, b. Nov. 20, 1806, q. v. 
 
 75 Jonathan, b. Aug. 24, 1808; m. Sarah Hodgdon, 1832; set. in Bath. 
 
 76 Esther, b, Aug. 9, 1812; m. Charles Day, West., 1831. 
 
 (*23) David' Pinkham (Solomon,^ Benjamin'-) m. Sarah Bryer, Kittery, 
 1808. Was probably first owner of the farm of the late Payson Tibbetts, 
 Back River. Tibbetts bought the place of his heirs. Children: I, Olive, b. 
 Apr. 20, 1806; m. Capt. John Adams. II, Warren, b. May 23, 1807; m. 
 Hannah Chase, Edge., 1829. Ill, George W., b. Jan. 3, 1809; lived for a 
 time at Back River, then moved to Newcastle, where, about 1848, during a 
 fit of insanity, he killed his wife, four children and himself. IV, Charles, b. 
 June 19, 1811; set. in Wis. V, Edwin, b. Sept. 29, 1813; lived where H. D. 
 Riiney does; m. Dodge. 
 
 (*30) Isaac' Pinkham (Nathaniel,'^ Benjamirf) m. Sally Crooker, 1811. 
 He lived where his father did and carried on the mill on the premises. He 
 was in trade at B. Ctr. for a few years. He d. Sept. 23, 1866; she d. Apr. 26, 
 1874, a. 79. Children: I, Olive, b. June 4, 1816; m. Hunnewell, Cam- 
 bridge, Mass. II, Martha Wilson, b. Dec. 29, 1817; d. Dec. 22, 1842. Ill, 
 Isaac, Jr.,b. Mar. 6, 1820; m. Lurena, dau. of Charles Giles; one son, Charles 
 G. IV, Sarah, b. Mar. 6, 1823; m. Joseph Dodge, 4th. V, Nancy, b. Nov. 
 20, 1887. VI, Francis C, b. Sept. 7, 1831; d. Feb. 14, 1873. VII, Horace 
 Wilson, b. Oct. 24, 1837; m. Emma J. Fuller, 1874; res. on homestead of his 
 father. VIII, Lyman W., b. Aug. 14, 1839; res. on South. 
 
 (*31) John' Pinkham {Nathaniel,^ Benjamin^) m. Charlotte Thompson, 
 1814. Lived where James A. Reed does. He d. Jan. 27, 1836; she d. Dec. 
 26, 1856. Childre:n I, Joseph, b. 1815; d. 1822. II, Martha, b. 1818. Ill, 
 Charlotte, b. Apr. 10, 1821; m. Ebenezer Famham, Linekin, 1837. IV, John 
 W., b. 1823; d. 1829. V, Joseph, b. 1827. 
 
 (*33) Samuel' Pinkham ( Calvin? Benjamin^) m. Eunice Kenney, 1801. 
 Lived on Barter's Island. Children: Catherine, 1802; Elvira, 1804; Apphia, 
 1807; Alfred, 1809; Margaret, 1811; Thomas, 1814; William, 1817. 
 
 (*85) Andrew' Pinkham (Calvin,^ Benjamin^) m. Mary Bickford, 1806. 
 Lived on Barter's Is. He d. Jan. 2, 1825. Children: Julian, 1808; Louisa, 
 1812; Betsey, 1814; Patty, 1817; Willard, 1819; Harriet, 1823. 
 
 Fourth Generation. 
 
 (*41) John* Pinkham, 2d, {Benjamin,^ IcAabod,^ Benjamin'^) m. Julia. 
 Thompson, 1818. He lived on the homestead of his father; was a master 
 mariner and owner of shipping property. He died May 16, 1866; she died 
 Sept. 21, 1871. Children: 
 
 77 Mary A., b. Dec. 17, 1818; m. Paul Giles, q. v. 
 
 78 John, b. Sept. 25, 1820; m. Margery, dau. of Samuel Adams; d. Feb. 
 15, 1846. Chil.: I, John Henry, b. Feb. 3, 1843; m. Margaret, dau. of 
 William McDougall, 1866; she d. July 9, 1885, a. 35. II, Sarah E., b. 
 May 22, 1845; unm.; dec. 
 
 79 Julia, b. July 17, 1822; m. Bainbridge Reed. 
 
 80 Abigail, b. Nov. 15, 1825; m. Osgood Reed, q. v. 
 
 81 Benjamin P., b. Mar. 22, 1830; d. 1845. 
 
 82 Martha Ellen, b. Oct. 16, 1832; m. Cunningham; set. in the West. 
 
 83 Emily P., b. May 12, 1835; m. Thomas Blake, q. v. 
 
 84 Margaret E., b. Dec. 13, 1837; m. John L. Demuth. 
 
606 HISTOEY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 8B Osborn, b. Feb. 4, 1843; m. Julia E. Hodgdon, 1869; d. Aug. 21, 1874. 
 
 86 Benjamin E., b. June 11, 1845; m. Abbie J., dau. of W. G. Lewis; res. 
 B. H.; sea captain; chil.: Ethel M., Marion L., Arthur E., Ella, Grace. 
 
 (*47) Paul G.* Pinkham {Benjamin,* Ichabod,'^ Benjamin^) m. (1) 
 Martha, dau. of David Adams, 1830, (2) Mrs. Cordelia R. Kelley, 1858. He 
 followed the sea in his earlier years as captain, engaged in foreign trade; 
 later he became master rigger, having charge of that work in yards at Wis., 
 Dam. and E. B. He d. Aug. 23, 1870; Martha, wife, d. Oct. 1, 1856. Chil.: 
 I, David A., b. June 12, 1832; m. Martha S., dau. of Jeremiah Blake, 1857; 
 res. West B. H. 11, William C, b. Dec. 1, 1834; m. Christiana, dau. of 
 Benjamin Giles, 1861; res. Back Narrows. Ill, Paul G., Jr., b. May 14, 
 1838; d. Oct. 6, 1853. IV, Mercy A., b. July 29, 1842; m. William Larrabee, 
 Bath. V, Osgood R., b. Mar. 25, 1845; d. Mar. 4,1862, on passage to Ship Is. 
 VI, Mary P., b. Oct. 29, 1847; m. Augustus Larrabee, Chelsea, Mass. VII, 
 Margaret H., b. July 20, 1850; m. Eugene Huff. VIII, Martha A., b. Oct. 2, 
 1852; m. Raymond Clifford, Westminster, Mass. IX, Marcelia M., b. July 
 17, 1868; res. Worcester, Mass.; unm. X, Paulelia G., unm. ; res. B. H. 
 Three chil. d. in infancy or early youth. 
 
 (*51) James* Pinkham {Ichabod, Jr.,'' Ichabod,'^ Benjamin^) m. Hepsi- 
 beth Sawyer. He d. May 11, 1861. Children: I, Mary J., b. Mar. 13, 1827; 
 m. John Farnham. II, Ann M., b. May 24, 1828; set. in Ljmn. Ill, George 
 W., b. 1829; set. in Lynn. IV, James M., b. 1833; res, in Portland. V, 
 Samuel M., b. 1835; res. at Cape Elizabeth. VI, Weltha G., b. 1838. VII, 
 Franklin L., b. 1840; killed in New York Harbor. 
 
 (*63) Jason* Pinkham {Nathaniel,^ Ichabod,^ Benjamin^) m. Abigail 
 Tibbetts, 1837; lived on homestead of his father. He d. Sept. 30, 1898; she 
 d. Aug. 16, 1893. Children: I, William, b. May 4, 1839. 11, Gardner G., 
 b. Feb. 3, 1841; d. Oct. 17, 1855. Ill, Eliza E., b. Nov. 27, 1842; m. Charles 
 H. Dolloff, 1878, q. v. IV, Sanford, b. Feb. 11, 1846; m. and set. in the 
 West. V, Ozro, b. June 30, 1850; d. May 22, 1889; unm. 
 
 (•64) Ephraim* Pinkham (Nathaniel,^ Ichabod,^ Benjamin^) m. Phebe 
 Carlisle in 1841. Lived first at B. Ctr., then moved to Southport in 1849, 
 where he afterward lived. He d. Jan. 19, 1892; she d. Dec. 29, 1S72. Chil.: 
 I, Everett, b. July 3, 1843; m. Harriet, dau. of Thomas Marr, Jr. He is 
 merchant and postmaster at W. South, and has long been connected with 
 the affairs of his town; chil.: Charles E. and Laura E 11, Sidney, b. Feb. 
 9, 1845; was for some years keeper of Seg^in light. Ill, Mary L , b. Jan. 6, 
 1848. ,IV, Willis, b. May 5, 1853. 
 
 (*69) Thomas* Pinkham (Calvin, Jr.,* Solomon,'^ Benjamin^) m. Emma 
 Abbott, 1821. He Uved where his son Wesley does. He died Mar. 1, 1869; 
 she died June 28, 1898, a. 103-9-24. Children: 
 
 87 Wadsworth, b. Sept. 7, 1822; m. Phebe A. Fitch, Feb., 1849. He d. 
 Feb. 3, 1873; she d. Feb. 9, 1906. They lived in West B. near Sawyer's 
 Is. Children: I, Clarence Irving; II, Esther F. ; III, Marietta, res. 
 Haverhill, Mass.; IV, Edward H., Haverhill, Mass.; V, Luella T., m. 
 Capt. Ernest Johnson; VI, Thaddeus W., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 88 Harriet E., b. Jan. 2, 1824; dec; unm. 
 
 89 Caroline, b. Jan. 20, 1826; m. William Barter, 1844. 
 
 90 Augusta, b. Oct. 14, 1826; m. Sanford C. Baker. 
 
 91 Matilda, twin sister to Augusta; m. John Kent, 1869. 
 
 92 Josie A., b. Jan. 17, 1829; m. George Kimball. 
 
 93 Margaret J., b. Aug. 18, 1830; m. (1) Albion K. Hall, Rockland, 1851; 
 (2) William E. Warren, Lynn. 
 
 94 Thomas, Jr., b. Dec. 7, 1832; m. Mary Fitch, 1861. 
 
 95 Edward H., b. May 26, 1834; d. Sept. 26, 1850, see Gas. 
 
 96 Albion, b. June 10, 1836; m. Luella Thoits, 1860. 
 
 97 Wesley, b. Sept. 3, 1842; m. Francena Hodgdon, 1867. Lives on 
 homestead; see Chap, XVI for town service. 
 
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 (*71) Benjamin* Pinkham, 2d, (^Calvin, Jr., ^ Solomon,'^ Benjamiri>)xa. 
 Abigail Lewis, 1817. Lived on Barter's Is. He d. June 1, 1884; she d. Feb. 
 4, 1873. Children: I, Freeman, b. Sept. 1, 1817. II, Hiram, b. Jan. 18, 
 1820; m. Mahala Hodgdon, West, 1841. Ill, Belinda, b. July 30, 1822; m. 
 William H. Abbott. IV, Levinia, b. Jan. 4, 1827. V, Alden, b. July 12, 
 1829. VI, Lenora, b. Dec. 5, 1831; m. Henry Gove, 1848. VII, Martha, b. 
 Mar. 24, 1884. VIII, Marshall, b. Aug. 8, 1836; m. Sarah J. Pinkham, 1858. 
 IX, Octavia, b. July 26, 1889; m. Joseph Macaulay. X, Susan C, b. Aug. 
 9, 1841. 
 
 (*73) Frederick* Pinkham {Calvin, Jr.,^ Solomon,''' Benjamin'-) m. 
 Phebe Lewis, 1825. Lived on Barter's Island. He d. Sept., 1888; she d. 
 Aug. 8, 1884. Children: I, Allen, b. Mar. 13, 1827; m. Caroline Matthews, 
 1847. II, Osias, b. Sept. 30, 1829; m. Mary Lewis, 1852; d. Sept. 19, 1894. 
 lU, Franklin, b. Oct. 5, 1832; d. 1850. IV, William, b. Mar. 7, 1835; m. 
 Alzida Barter. V, Randall, b. Mar. 17, 1837. VI, George, b. Jan. 21, 1839; 
 m. Elizabeth Crew, 1864. VII, Eliza, b. Oct. 11, 1840; d. Aug. 27, 1851. 
 VIII, Sarah J., b. Oct. 11, 1840; m. Marshall Pinkham, 1858. IX, Eliza- 
 beth A., b. Sept. 4, 1843; m. William F. Barter, 1863. X, Mary, b. Jan. 18, 
 1847; m. Stephen G. Dunton, West., 1865. 
 
 (*74) Luther* Pinkham {Calvin, Jr.,^ Solomon,^ Benjamin') m. Ann 
 Daws, 1827. They lived on Barter's Is. She d. Mar. 5, 1875. Children: I, 
 Arietta, b. Sept. 29, 1829; m. Albert Kimball, 1848, q. v. II, Sarah, b. Aug. 
 13, 1831; m. Bradford Lewis, 1848. Ill, Jonathan, b. Jan. 22, 1833; d. Oct. 
 22, 1852. IV, Manson, b. Feb. 18, 1835; m. Mary E. Pinkham, 1858. V, 
 Charles, b. Apr. 16, 1839. VI, Alfred H., b. July 5, 1841; m. Louisa A. 
 Rines, Wis., 1863; d. July 9, 1885. VIII, Clement P., b. July 19, 1843; m. 
 Ella Pinkham, 1863. VIII, Elizabeth A., b. Aug. 13, 1845. IX, Loring A., 
 b. July 26, 1848. X, Luther D., b. June 16, 1851; d. Aug. 9, 1870. XI, 
 Elzada, b. Nov. 2, 1860. 
 
 POOLE. 
 
 James C. Poole was bom in Bris., Mar. 25, 1848. From the age of 16 
 until he was 24 he was engaged at Damariscotta, Gloucester and Boston at 
 sailmaking. In 1869 he bought out D. W. Sawyer's sailmaking establish- 
 ment and followed that business for twelve years, during which period he 
 became interested in some shipping property. In 1871 he sold the business 
 to his brother, Eben A. Poole, and engaged in general trade and the fish- 
 eries, see Chaps. XIX and XXI. He m. Alah Marson, 1870; they have two 
 daughters, Lillian and Nellie, both m. and res. in Mass. 
 
 Eben A. Poole, brother to above, succeeded him in 1871; m. Annie 
 M., dau. of Giles Dunton, 1879; res. B. H. Children: Carlton C, Addie 
 L. and Russell. 
 
 PREBLE. 
 
 I, Abraham Preble,^ immigrant, set. at Scituate, Mass., before 1637; was 
 at York, 1642; m. Judith Tilden; d. before 1663. 
 
 II, Abraham, Jr.,^ son, York; m. Hannah Kelley. 
 
 III, Jonathan,' b. 1696, York; set. in Arrowsic, 1716; m. Rebecca Harvey; 
 built at north of the island, 1735; d. 1768. 
 
 IV, Joseph,* b. Arrowsic, 1729; m. Mary Hodgkins; d. 1808. Eleven chil., 
 one of whom was Ebenezer, q. v. 
 
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608 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 1 Ebenezer Preble was born at Arrowsic, Oct. 20, 1758; m. Lydia 
 Smith, Woolwich, b. Mar. 28, 1761. They set. at Cape Newagen, where the 
 Newagen House stands, in 1785. He d. Aug., 1837; she d. Apr. 13, 1837. 
 Children: 
 
 *2 Aris, b. Apr. 30, 1786, q. v. 
 
 3 Joseph, b. Jan. 29, 1789. 
 
 4 David, b. Aug. 6, 1792; d. 1869. 
 *5 John, b. May 26, 1794, q. v. 
 
 6 Margarite, b. July 26, 1796. 
 
 7 Jonathan, b. Nov. 22, 1798; d. 1831, see Cas. 
 
 8 William, b. Aug. 10, 1802. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 
 (*2) Aris'' Preble (Ebenezer^) m. Abigail, dau. of Amos Gray, 1808. 
 He lived on the homestead. Children: I, Ebenezer, b. Feb. 10, 1809; m. 
 Cynthia, dau. of Roger Sherman, 1830; their chil. were Frances A., Statira, 
 Granville A., Lysander W. Capt. Ebenezer d. Sept. 19, 1875. II, John W., 
 b. May 2, 1811. Ill, Francis, b. Aug. 31, 1814. 
 
 (•5) John'' Preble (^Ebenezer'-) m. Margaret Lancaster, 1822. Chil. : I, 
 Martha E., 1823; II, Henry M., 1826; III, Caroline, 1828; IV, Margaret, 1832. 
 
 RACE. 
 
 1 George Race, Jr., was of Scotch descent. He came to America as 
 mate of a ship in which his brother was captain, and landed at York. From 
 there he came east, leaving the ship, and set. at the head of Linekin Bay, abt. 
 halfway bet. Bayville and Murray Hill. The cellar spoken of on p. 418 was 
 probably his. It is quite evident that his father and mother came later to B. 
 and lived with him, otherwise their deaths would not be recorded in the 
 books of the town. George Race, Senior, d. Oct. 17, 1821; his wife, name 
 unk., d. Feb. 7, 1819. George Race, Jr., m. Sarah Bennett, 1798. Their 
 deaths are not found recorded. Children: 
 
 2 Patty, b. Dec. 1, 1799; m. William Racklefl. 
 
 *3 John, b. May 31, 1802, q. v. 
 
 4 William, b. Jan. 28, 1807. 
 
 5 Sarah, b. Apr. 23, 1810. 
 
 6 Hiram, b. June 10, 1813. 
 
 7 George, b. Sept. 4, 1817. 
 
 8 Mary, b. July 20, 1881. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*3) John" Race (George, Jr., ^) m. Mary Linekin, 1824. He lived on 
 Linekin Neck and followed the sea. He died Jan. 17, 1857. Children: 
 
 *9 James Linekin, b. Mar. 15, 1825, q. v. 
 
 10 Sarah Farnham, b. Oct. 9, 1826 ; m. Simon McDougall, q. v. 
 
 *11 John Edward, b. Nov. 23, 1831, q. v. 
 
 12 Henry Wright, b. Jan. 20, 1834. 
 
 13 Hiram, b. May 9, 1836; m. Matilda S. Adams, Wal. 
 
 14 Mary Abigail, b. May 9, 1841 ; m. George Reed. 
 
 15 Nancy J., b. Mar. 6, 1843. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (*9) James L.» Race (John,'^ George, Jr.,^) m. (1) Nancy McDougall, 1847; 
 (2) Mrs. Mary A. D. Adams, 1865. He was for many years a sea captain; 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 609 
 
 also engaged in bank fishing as partner in the firm of Race & McDougall, he 
 later succeeding to the business, see Chap. XXI. In later years he has had 
 a lumber yard at E. B., where he lives. Nancy, w., d. Apr. 25, 1852. Chil. 
 
 16 Edward E., b. Sept. 26, 1849; m. (1) Mary L., dau. of James Seavey 
 she d. Mar. 2, 1878; (2) Susan A. Nash, Waldoboro. Children: I, Eva 
 A., b. July 11, 1875; II, James L., b. Nov. 9, 1882, druggist at E. B. 
 Ill, Nellie M., b. July 4, 1885. Mr. Race was in trade at E. B. for a 
 few years in the early eighties, also engaged in bank fishing. For pub- 
 lic service see Chap. XVI. He was nominated and elected represent- 
 ative to the Legislature in 1888, on the issue of a division of the town 
 and the water question combined, taking ground with the remonstrants. 
 In the session following, where the matter was fought out, the petition- 
 ers received every courtesy from their representative, though in oppo- 
 sition, that could be expected, and no enmities existed after its close. 
 In 1889 he received the appointment of statistical agent, Department of 
 Commerce and Labor, Bureau of Fisheries, in which he continued until 
 1895, when the Green Lake station was placed under his supervision, 
 at which plaoe he still remains. 
 
 17 Alfred, b. Nov. 3, 1851; m. Lizzie Montgomery; res. at E. B. He had 
 followed the sea as master mariner some years when, in 1887, through 
 his efforts, the Portland and Boothbay Steamboat Co. was organized, 
 see p. 422. Children: I, Nellie M., d. at the age of 4 yrs. II, Arthur 
 L., m. Minnie E. Dodge, Portland; steamboat agent in Portland. Ill, 
 Clarence A., m. Laura E. Adams; dentist, res. in Portland. IV, Ber- 
 nice A. V, A. Leroy. VI, Shirley K. 
 
 (*11) John E.^ Race {John,^ George, Jr.,^) m. Nancy A. Bennett 
 They lived at E. B. He followed the sea as master in coasting and foreign 
 trade. He d. Dec. 27, 1887; she d. in 1901, a. 67. Children: I, Mary Ella, 
 b. Nov. 27, 1854; II, Daniel B., b. Dec. 20, 1856; III, Tilda A., b. July 28, 
 1859; IV, John W., b. July 2, 1862; V, Alfred, b. June 30, 1866; VI, Elverton 
 A., b. June 1, 1869. 
 
 RAND. 
 
 1 John and Mary Rand had set. at Cape Newagen Island before 1776, 
 perhaps several years before. It is said that they came from the westerly 
 part of Maine, but I have failed to find clues to the family ancestry in any of 
 the works published in that locality, though I have been successful in many 
 other cases. Mary, the mother of the fam., lived with her son, John, Jr., in 
 her last days and died Feb. 13, 1826. They had four children, perhaps more: 
 
 2 Lydia, b. 1776; m. Jonathan Pierce, q. v. 
 
 3 Nabby, b. 1780; m. Joseph Pierce, Jr., q. v. 
 *4 John, Jr., q. v. 
 
 *5 Stephen, q. v. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 {*4) John" Rand, Jr., i^John^) m. Sally Hambleton, 1796. He died 
 Nov. 28, 1826. Children: 
 
 6 John, b. Aug. 17, 1797. 
 
 7 Henry b. Oct. 4, 1799; m. Keziah B. Bowles; chil.: I, Elizabeth, b. 
 Oct. 18, 1827; II, Sarah J., b. Oct. 22, 1829; III, John, b. July 12, 1834; 
 IV, Mary D., b. Sept. 4, 1836; V, Lydia, b. Nov. 16, 1838. 
 
 8 Sarah H., b. Aug. 5, 1802; m. Daniel Cameron, q. v. 
 
 9 Samuel, b. Oct. 20, 1804; m. Jane Hall, Georgetown, 1829. He d. 
 Jan. 2, 1876; she d. June 30, 1901, a. 81. 
 
610 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 10 James H., b. Oct. 10, 1806; m. Eleanor Emerson, 1830. He d. Apr. 
 21, 1841; she m. (2) Samuel Adams; she d. June 30, 1886, a. 75. 
 
 11 Mark, b. Apr. 8, 1809; m. Elizabeth Maddocks, 1834. He d. May 13, 
 1880; she d. Feb. 13, 1848; one son, Mark, Jr., b. July 16, 1842. 
 
 12 William, b. Dec. 16, 1811; d. Feb. 1, 1831. 
 
 13 Edward, b. Dec. 16, 1811. 
 
 (*5) Stephen^ Rand (^JohtO) m. Nancy Adams, Woolwich, 1812. Chil. : 
 I, Lucy, b. Dec, 1812. II, Reuben, b. Aug. 18, 1814. Ill, Benjamin, b. 
 Aug. 22, 1816. 
 
 REED. 
 
 1 Andrew Reed founded the largest family which has lived in Boothbay. 
 He was a man of sterling character, as all that can be learned of him attests. 
 Four, at least, of his sons were prominent in the Revolution, Andrew, David, 
 Paul and Joseph; two, John and Henry, died before that struggle began, 
 while William was a private. Thomas, only, of those living at the time 
 shows no service record. Several grandsons were also active in that war. 
 He has many times been mentioned as a settler under Dunbar, but there 
 were strong indications that this was an error, though apparently not suscep- 
 tible of proof. At last in the records of the Adams family, whose founder, 
 Samuel, married the only daughter and youngest child of Andrew Reed, it 
 is found that she, Sarah ( Reed) Adams, was bom on shipboard when her 
 father's family came to America. This fixes the year of coming as 1743, and 
 makes consistent all that appeared otherwise. Andrew Reed was bom in 
 Antrim, Ireland, in 1693; and his wife, Jean Murray, aunt of the Rev. John 
 Murray, was born in Antrim, in 1698. She was of Scotch-Irish descent, but 
 it is said that he was of English descent. The title of Col. has often been 
 applied to him, and, if correctly so, the title must have been obtained in Ire- 
 land, for he was too old to engage in the French and Indian War and died 
 thirteen years before the Revolutionary outbreak; but at his age of coming 
 to America, fifty years, there is reason to suppose the title may have been 
 gained on the other side of the Atlantic. He was chiefly influential in induc- 
 ing Mr. Murray to come to Townsend. At the time of his settlement here 
 the records show that the land from William Moore's to Echo Lake was set- 
 tled upon, but no settlement at that date is indicated from Mill Cove west- 
 erly, unless in case of the Wylie family. Andrew Reed selected the spot to 
 build his first log house a little to the east of the Mill Cove dam. and south- 
 easterly from the house of the late Capt. George Reed, now owned by his 
 daughter, Isabella M. Reed. From this home he was driven out about 1746 
 by the Indians, returning in 1749, after which no serious disturbance is again 
 recorded. Traditions tell us that one winter during this period, while his 
 family was at the westward for safety, he alone, of all the settlers, remained 
 in Townsend. He died July 22, 1762; his wife, Jean, died Feb. 8, 1780. He, 
 with his sons, built a mill at the cove soon after 1749, and a few years before 
 his death he built a frame house, by some said to have been the first of the 
 kind in Townsend, about the spot where stands the stable to the residence 
 of the late James F. Hodgdon, and there died, his estate inventorying ;^149 
 9s. 4d. Children: 
 
 *2 Andrew, b. about 1725, q. v. 
 *8 Henry, b. about 1727, q. v. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 611 
 
 *4 David, b. 1729, q. v. 
 *5 John, b. about 1731, q. v. 
 6 William, b. about 1733; m. Jane ; was a member of the first church 
 
 and remained in B. until during or after the Revolution; is said to have 
 
 settled in Topsham, which appears to be correct. 
 *7 Paul, b. 1735. q. v. 
 *8 Joseph, b. 1738, q. v. 
 *9 Thomas, b. about 1740, q. v. 
 10 Sarah, b. Mar. 19, 1743; m. Samuel Adams, q. v., Dec. 30, 1762; d. 
 
 Dec. 10, 1828. 
 
 Note. — It may be mentioned that Elizabeth, dau. of James and Mehita- 
 ble Adams, bom Dec. 22, 1810, who married Payson Tibbetts, is now living 
 at Back River. She was, therefore, about 18 years of age at the death of 
 her grandmother, Sarah (Reed) Adams. Capt. William Reed, Oakland, 
 Cal., b. Oct. 11, 1811, and d. Apr. 10, 1905, was, when this genealogy was 
 compiled, the oldest descendant bearing the family name. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 
 (*2) Col. Andrew^ Reed {Andrew'^) m. Mary ; lived on his father's 
 
 homestead, west of Mill Cove dam, where the late James F. Hodgdon did; 
 was in trade as early as 1761; received a colonel's commission during the 
 Revolution. Rev. John Murray made a home with him until he married and 
 settled in the Pisgah parsonage. He d. Mar. 4, 1807; she d. July 24, 1816, 
 a. 90. Children: 
 
 *11 Andrew, Jr., b. Dec. 12, 1755, q. v. 
 
 *12 Robert, b. Aug. 22, 1757, q. v. 
 
 13 John, b. Apr. 18, 1760; no rec. 
 
 *14 David, Jr., b. Feb. 11, 1762, q. v. 
 
 16 Mary, b. Apr. 6, 1764; m. Elias Skidmore, 1787. 
 
 16 Sarah, b. Feb. 9, 1770; m. Joseph Giles, q. v. 
 
 17 Jane, b. May 4, 1773; m. Andrew Reed, 3d, q. v. 
 *18 William, b. Dec. 16, 1776, q. v. 
 
 (*3) Henry^ Reed {Andrew^) never came to America, but remained in 
 Ireland and married Sarah McCulloch. They had three children; he died 
 and Andrew sent for his wid. and children to come to Townsend and make 
 a home with him. They did so and in 1768 Sarah Reed, wid., m. John 
 Leishman, q. v. Children: 
 
 *19 William, b. in Ireland, Aug. 1, 1850, q. v. 
 *20 Andrew, b. in Ireland, 185-, q. v. 
 
 21 Jennett, b. in Ireland, 185-; d. on passage to America. 
 
 (*4) Capt. David" Reed {Andrew'-) m. Martha, dau. of Robert Wylie; 
 set. where Albert N. Reed lives. West B. H.; was sea captain, merchant 
 and mill owner, see Chap. XIX. He d. Feb. 28, 1803; she d. June 24, 1816. 
 Children: 
 
 22 Martha, b. Oct. 27, 1758; m. William Reed, q. v. 
 
 23 Jenny, b. Feb. 4, 1761; m. David Reed, 3d, q. v. 
 
 24 Mary, b. Mar. 14, 1763; m. Samuel Thompson, q. v. 
 
 25 Betsey, b. Mar. 16, 1765; m. (1) Samuel Day, (2) David Kenniston, q. v. 
 
 26 David, b. Mar. 16, 1767. 
 
 *27 Andrew, b. Mar. 19, 1769, q. v. 
 
 »28 Robert, b. July 22, 1771. q. v. 
 
 »29 John M., b. Oct. 25, 1773, q. v. 
 
 •30 Paul, b. Mar. 11, 1779, q. v. 
 
 31 Sally, b. May 12, 1782; m. Matthew Reed, q. v. 
 
612 HISTOKY OF BOOTHS AY. 
 
 (*5) John* Reed ( Andrew'') m. Sarah ; lived, as indicated by his 
 
 will, made Mar. 31, 1767, and prob. June 14, 1769, near but southerly from 
 the Campbell Ponds. He devised land south of them and bordering on 
 Sheepscot waters, evidently intended as a farm for each, to his four sons and 
 then to each of his daughters, but did not name the latter. For this reason 
 and the fact that they do not appear on town records this family is less defi- 
 nite than the others. Children: 
 
 *82 Andrew, q. v. 
 
 33 David, m. Jenny, dau. of David Reed, 1786; lived where Samuel 
 Hodgdon does, West B. H. 
 
 34 Jean, m. Samuel Sanders. 
 
 35 Katherine, m. Jonathan Greenough, 1787; had 3 daus.; set. elsewhere. 
 Two sons mentioned in will appear nowhere in record. They followed 
 
 No. 32. He may have had a dau., Elizabeth, who m. Eleazer Sherman, Jr. 
 
 (*7) Capt. Paul^ Reed {Andrew'') m. Margery, dau. of John Beath, 
 1769. He set. where the Boothbay House now stands and owned the land 
 westerly and southerly, including McKown's Hill and McFarland's Point. 
 He was a prominent townsman, followed the sea successfully and appears 
 often in Chap. XIII. The three children, Andrew, Elizabeth and Rosanna, 
 were adopted by Capt. John and Elizabeth (Beath) Parker, Phippsburg; Mrs. 
 Parker being a sister to their mother, and they having no children of their 
 own. Capt. Paul d. in Salem, Mass., Jan. 6, 1799; she d. 1822. Children: 
 
 36 Paul, b. Sept. 7, 1760; sea captain; d. at New Orleans; nnm. 
 
 37 Andrew, b. July 5, 1765; m. Beatrice, dau. of Gen. Samuel McCobb; 
 set. in Bath; was father of Thomas B. and Parker McCobb Reed; d. 
 Jan. 2, 1848. A numerous and prominent family descends from him. 
 
 *38 William Maxwell, b. Mar. 5, 1767, q. v. 
 
 39 Jane, b. Feb. 25, 1769; m. Joseph Campbell, q. v. 
 
 40 Margaret, b. Feb. 7, 1771; m. John M. McFarland, q. v. 
 
 41 Betsey, b. Mar. 9, 1773; m. John Agry, Hallowell. 
 
 42 Rosanna, b. May 23, 1775; m. Capt. Nathaniel Curtis, Jamaica Plains, 
 Mass. 
 
 43 Mary, b. Sept. 25, 1777; m. Samuel Oakman, Pittston, 1802. 
 
 44 Margery, b. Feb. 11, 1782; m. Amasa Piper; settled in Ohio. 
 46 Sarah, b. Apr. 10, 1785; m. Col. Jacob Auld, q. v. 
 
 Two children following 36 d. young; omitted. 
 
 (*8) Capt. Joseph^ Reed [Andrew'^) m. Sarah, dau. of Robert Wylie. 
 He set. on what has in recent years been known as the Freeman Reed place, 
 northerly from Mill Cove, adjoining his father's homestead. He followed 
 the sea, principally on foreign voyages, and amassed for the times a large 
 property. At his decease he was, evidently, the largest property owner in 
 town, leaving bequests to all his children and to most of his grandchildren. 
 He d. Mar. 6, 1809; she d. May 18, 1789. Children: 
 
 46 Jenny, b. Dec. 18, 1766; m. David Reed, Jr., q. v. 
 
 47 Sarah, b. Oct. 26, 1768; m. Thomas Reed, q. v. 
 
 48 Martha, b. Oct. 26, 1770; m. Jonathan Sawyer, q. v. 
 »4fl David, 8d, b. Oct. 16, 1772, q. v. 
 
 60 Betsey, b. Sept. 16, 1774; m. Trask. 
 
 51 Joseph, b. Sept. 18, 1776; d. Nov. 4, 1798; unm. 
 »52 Alexander, b. Dec. 17, 1778, q. v. 
 »B3 Paul, 2d, b. Nov. 29, 1780, q. v. 
 
 54 Katherine, b. Mar. 20, 1786; m. William Farmer, q. v. 
 Two sons, John and Andrew, d. in childhood. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 613 
 
 (*e) Thomas^ Reed {Andrew'') m. Mary, dau. of Robert Wylie. Fol- 
 lowed farming and coasting; no rec. of his death; she d. July 12, 1804. Chil. : 
 
 *55 James, b. Jan. 6, 1764, q. v. 
 
 56 Robert, b. Oct. 15, 1766; d. July 18, 1842; unm. 
 
 57 Thomas, b. July 16, 1769; m. Sarah, dau. of Joseph Reed, 1791; set. in 
 Belfast. 
 
 58 Esther, b. Feb. 15, 1772; m. John M. Reed, q. v. 
 
 59 Polly, b. Dec. 11, 1774; d. Aug. 8, 1803; unm. 
 »60 Matthew, b. Jan. 11, 1778, q. v. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (*11) Capt. Andrew' Reed, Jr., {Andrew,'' Andrew'') m. Phebe, dau. 
 of Jonathan Sawyer, 1778; set. near Hodgdon's Island bridge, where John 
 A. Reed lives. He was captain of a privateer at the age of 20, in the Revo- 
 lutionary service; d. June 29, 1842; she d. Nov. 18, 1829. Children: 
 
 *61 Andrew, b. Mar. 29, 1779, q. v. 
 
 62 Mary, b. May 23, 1788; m. Paul Reed, 2d, q. v. 
 
 63 Jane, b. Mar. 11, 1792; m. James Montgomery, q. v. 
 *64 John, 2d, b. Apr. 23, 1794, q. v. 
 
 *65 Benjamin, b. July 29, 1798, q. v. 
 
 Children, Robert, Joshua, Phebe, Benjamin (first) and Frederick C, 
 either d. young or no trace; omitted. 
 
 (*12) Robert' Reed {Andrew,"^ Andrew') m. Sarah Stevens, Salisbury, 
 Mass. Settled at Pig Cove, Cape Newagen Island; was captain of a U. S. 
 revenue cutter, in connection with the custom house at Wiscasset after the 
 Revolution, in which he served as a fifer. Children: 
 
 *66 William, b. Jan. 8, 1786, q. v. 
 *67 John, q. v. 
 *68 Robert, q. v. 
 
 Two chil., Sally and Joseph, d. young; omitted. 
 
 (•14) David' Reed, Jr., {Andrew,''' Andrew'^) m. Jenny, dau. of Joseph 
 Reed, 1784. This family evidently set. elsewhere after the children were 
 grown up and a part of the daughters had married and settled here. Date 
 of death of parents unknown. It is thought no sons set. in town. Children: 
 I, David, b. 1784. II, Joseph, b. 1786; d. Apr. 2, 1850; unm. Ill, Sally, b. 
 1787; m. Capt. John Reed (*67). IV, Jenny, b. 1789. V, Andrew, b. 1791. 
 VI, Patty, b. 1794. VII, Samuel, b. July 2, 1796. VIII, Elizabeth, b. 1798. 
 IX, Fanny, b. 1801; m. Joseph Lewis, 1822. X, Clarissa, b. 1803; m. Sam- 
 uel Lewis, 1822. XI, Nancy, b. 1807; m. Capt. John Reed, 1829. XII, 
 Jacob, b. 1809; d. Jan. 26, 1860. 
 
 (*18) William' Reed {Andrew,^ Andrew') m. Martha, dau. of Joseph 
 Lewis, Jr., 1802; lived at Back River where his grandson, Fred C, now 
 does. In his time he was called "Sexton" Reed, as he performed those 
 duties many years. He d. Feb. 4, 1838; she d. Mar. 16, 1868. Children: 
 
 69 Mary, b. Apr. 28, 1803; d. Oct. 22, 1821. 
 
 70 Jane, b. May 19, 1805; m. John Lyon. 
 
 71 Julia A., b. Oct. 1, 1807; m. Edwin Hodgdon. 
 »72 Rufus, b. Feb. 2, 1812, q. v. 
 
 73 Esther, b. Aug. 14, 1814; m. Ira Hodgdon. 
 
 74 Martha, b. Jan. 19, 1818; m. Charles Matthews. 
 
 75 Harriet, b. May 5, 1820; d. Jan. 11, 1885; unm. 
 
 76 Olive, b. Jan. 6, 1824; m. Henry Elden; d. Mar. 2, 1905. 
 
 (*19) William' Reed {Henry,'' Andrew'-) m. (1) Jean, dau. of Andrew 
 McFarland, 1778; (2) Martha, dau. of David Reed. He lived where Albert 
 
614 HISTOKT or BOOTHBAT. 
 
 N. Reed does, with his father-in-law, and was drowned by capsizing of his 
 boat just off that point. He taught the first singing school in Boothbay. 
 He died 1798; Jean, wife, died July 20, 1780. Children: 
 
 77 Jane, b. Feb. 22, 1779, d. May 7, 1805. 
 *78 Henry, b. Feb. 8, 1792, q. v. 
 79 Esther, b. Mar. 24, 1794; m. Roger Sherman, Edge. 
 
 (*20) Andrew' Reed ( Henry, ^ Andrew^) m. Hannah, dau. of Israel 
 Davis; lived for a time in B., then moved to Pownalboro, where they died. 
 They had six chil., the three youngest dying in youth. I, Rosanna, b. 1789; 
 m. William M. Auld. II, Hannah, b. 1792; m. William Durant. Ill, Sarah, 
 m. Daniel Gilbert. 
 
 {*27) Andrew' Reed, 3d, {David,^ Andrew^) m. Jane, dau. of Col. 
 Andrew Reed. He lived where Wilmot Reed does, on McKown's Point. 
 He d. June 3, 1847; she d. Nov. 5, 1861. Have been unable to complete the 
 record of this family. Children: I, Polly, b. Apr. 17, 1804. II, Phebe, b. 
 Sept. 1, 1806. Ill, Andrew, b. Sept. 7, 1807. IV, Elizabeth, b. Sept. 6, 
 
 1809. V, Ann, b. Apr. 6, 1812, three times m.; (1) Robert Tool (2) Sebe 
 Reed, (3) Jeremiah Baal. VI, Mary, b. Apr. 5, 1815. Wilmot Reed inher- 
 ited the est. of his grandfather through his father, Andrew, third child above 
 mentioned. 
 
 (*28) Robert' Reed, 3d, (David ■^ Andrew^) m. Ellice, dau. of William 
 Wylie, 1794. He was a farmer and followed the sea; lived where the late 
 Isaiah Reed did, west of Campbell's Cove. He d. Oct. 7, 1832; she d. Oct. 
 29, 1868. Children: 
 
 *80 Robert, b. Apr. 21, 1796, q. v. 
 
 81 Alice, b. Jan. 26, 1798; m. Robert Reed, q. v. 
 
 82 Paul, b. July 16, 1803; see Cas. 
 
 83 Sarah, b. Oct. 14, 1805. 
 
 84 Patton, b. Aug. 16, 1807; d. Nov. 15, 1859; unm. 
 Two chil. d. in youth; omitted. 
 
 (•29) John M.' Reed (David? Andrew^) m. Esther, dau. of Thomas 
 Reed. It is thought this family moved elsewhere after their children were 
 grown up. No son appears with family on the records. Children: I, Mary, 
 b. May 5, 1797; m. Henry Gray, 1817. II, John, b. July 25, 1799; d. July 13, 
 1823. Ill, Matthew, b. Sept. 16, 1803. IV, Esther, b. Jan. 26, 1805. V, 
 Isaiah, b. Jan. 13, 1808; d. at sea, 1833, see Cas. VI, Martha, b. Oct. 5, 
 
 1810. VII, Elizabeth, b. Dec. 2, 1813; d. May 19, 1876; unm. 
 
 (•30) Paul Reed (David? Andrew^) m. Ruth, dau. of Robert Wylie, 
 1807; lived on his father's homestead and followed farming. He d. Sept. 4, 
 1844; she d. Sept. 15, 1872. Children: 
 
 85 Francis, b. Oct. 30, 1808; m. Lucy Ann Snow, Woolwich. He built 
 the house and lived at West B. H. where James A. Harding does. He 
 d. May SO, 1886. Children: I, Angeline, b. Dec. 1, 1834; m. Nelson 
 Harding. II, Merrill H., b. May 1, 1835. Ill, Orin, b. Oct. 1, 1844; 
 m. Helen M. Berry; d. 1905; three chil.: Dora D., m. Asbury Powers, 
 Albion B. and Leone. IV, Adelaide T., m. Charles Cotton, Green- 
 port, N. Y. 
 
 »86 George B., b. June 15, 1811, q. v. 
 
 87 Warren, b. Aug. S3, 1815; m. Sarah Decker, Southport; lived east side 
 of Campbell's Cove, just northerly from ice works. He d. Dec. 12, 1899; 
 she d. July 12, 1886. 
 
 88 Willard, b. Aug. 23, 1817; d. 1822. 
 
 89 Mary A., b. Sept. 1, 1820; d. Apr. 10, 1887; unm. 
 
 90 Caroline E., b. Mar. 24, 1823; m. Francis Walker, Bath. 
 *91 Charles, b. May 80, 1826, q. v. 
 
 92 Albert N., b. Sept. 14, 1881; unm.; res. on his father's homestead. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 615 
 
 (*32) Andrew' Reed, 3d, {John? Andrew^) m. Mary, dau. of Andrew 
 McFarland, 1779; thought to have settled on Indiantown Island, it being 
 near where his father lived. They had twelve chil., five of whom d. in inf! 
 or youth. Their births occurred bet. 1780 and 1802. The seven whose rec- 
 ords go no farther than birth were: Sarah, b. 1780; Jane, b. 1785; Rosanna, 
 b. 1788; Hannah, b. 1792; William, b. 1794; John, b. Nov. 8, 1799; Ephraim, 
 b. Sept. 6, 1802. It is thought this family moved to Whitefield, Windsor or 
 into that locality. Andrew d. Nov. 12, 1821; she d. 1810. 
 
 (•38) William Maxwell' Reed (Paul,^ Andrew^) m. (1) Rosanna, dau. 
 of Andrew McFarland, 1794; (2) Martha Rust, 1811. He, at an early age, 
 owned all the land bordering upon the Harbor on the east side from a point 
 northerly of the Menawermet to the south line of the original McClintock 
 property. This he exchanged with Joseph Campbell, who married his sister, 
 for the land where the Boothbay House stands and nearly the entire business 
 part of the town below Custom House Square, including McKown's Hill 
 and McFarland's Point. This same property had originally belonged to his 
 father, Paul Reed. William M. followed the sea most of the time, princi- 
 pally in the foreign or West India trade. He commanded the town militia 
 in the War of 1812-14 and through a long life was an active and influential 
 citizen. He died Aug. 13, 1850; Rosanna died Nov. 14, 1810. Children: 
 
 93 Paul Maxwell, b. Nov. 27, 1796. 
 
 94 Charles, b. June 23, 1800; m. Sarah Reed, 1829. 
 
 95 Maria, b. Sept. 7, 1802; m. Daniel J. Averill. 
 
 96 Rufus King, b. Sept. 20, 1805; m. Margery McFarland, 1830; he d. 
 June 9, 1860; she d. Mar. 16, 1844. 
 
 97 Elizabeth Ann, m. Dr. D. K. Kennedy, 1828. 
 
 98 Rosanna M., b. Jan. 21, 1814. 
 
 99 Mary E., b. Jan. 28, 1816; m. Hiram Haskell, Clinton, 1839. 
 
 100 Isaac Weston, b. Oct. 18, 1821; m. Mary Russ; set. in Cal., d. there; s. p. 
 
 101 Susan Caroline, b. Nov. 11, 1826. 
 
 (*49) David' Reed, 3d, (Joseph,^ Andreui^) m. (1) Susanna, dau. of 
 Andrew McFarland, 1796. He built and settled just back of where his 
 grandfather built his log house in 1743. It became the home of his son, 
 Capt. George Reed. At his father's death, in 1809, a bequest in the will 
 gave him the farm where the late Washington Reed lived, and he afterward 
 made that his home. In some records he is designated as " 3d " and in oth- 
 ers as "4th." He m. (2) Sarah, dau. of Ichabod Pinkham. He d. Apr. 24, 
 1825; Susanna, wife, d. June 7, 1801; Sarah, wife, d. Mar. 2, 1863. Children: 
 
 *102 George, b. Sept. 2, 1797, q. v. 
 
 103 Susanna, b. Aug. 14, 1799; m. William S. Bryer, q. v. 
 
 *104 Washington, b. Aug. 8, 1811, q. v. 
 
 106 Benjamin Tyler, b. June 2, 1813; d. 1831. 
 *106 Nathaniel Curtis, b. Oct. 23, 1815, q. v. 
 
 107 Martha Jane, b. Nov. 1, 1819; m. (1) Joseph Harris; (2) Webber. 
 
 108 David Adams, b. Oct. 28, 1821; d. Dec. 17, 1843; unm. 
 
 109 Thomas, b. 1823; d. 1842. 
 
 (*52) Alexander' Reed (Joseph,^ Andrew'-) m. Catherine, dau. of 
 Thomas Boyd. They settled on the hill on road leading from Mill Cove to 
 the Center, where the late Caleb S. Reed lived. He was a sea captain. He 
 died July 16, 1850; she died Jan. 9, 1852. Children: 
 
 110 Joseph, b. Aug. 24, 1803. 
 
 111 CalebStrong, b. Dec. 22,1805; m. HarrietPoor, 1852; set. on his father's 
 homestead. Followed a seafaring life; d. Feb. 12, 1876. Chil.: Alden 
 P., Silas S., William S., Augustus W., Bertha G., Lizzie, Albert B. 
 
616 HI8TOEY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 112 Silas Lee, b. Mar. 7, 1808. 
 
 113 Bellone, b. Sept. 18, 1810; m. Alexander Reed. 
 
 114 Sarah Ann, b. Apr. 26, 1813; m. William Emerson, q. v. 
 
 115 Samuel Miller, b. Mar. 11, 1818; m. Matilda J., dau. of Alfred Hodgf- 
 don, 1845; built and settled where Capt. G. A. Low lives; had afam. 
 as follows: I, Emma ]., b. 1847, d. 1864; II, Caroline Lewis, b. 1849; 
 III, James Bliss, b. 1853; IV, Florence M., b. 1855; V, Charles Wes- 
 ton, b. 1868; VI, Mary E., b. 1860, d. 1874. He was lost at sea in 
 1862-3, see Cas. Matilda J., wife, d. Aug. 9, 1863. Their family 
 moved elsewhere. 
 
 116 Charity P., b. Jan. 28, 1819; m. Parker, Boston. 
 
 117 Alexander Wylie, b. Sept. 3, 1821. 
 
 (*53) Paul^ Reed, 2d, {Joseph,"^ AndrevP) m. Mary McCobb; lived on 
 his father's homestead; was a sea captain. He d. Mar. 20, 1857; she d. Sept. 
 2, 1839. Children: 
 
 118 Henry, b. Apr. 17, 1808; m. Brewer. 
 
 119 Jason, b. Mar. 2, 1810. 
 
 120 Pauline, b. Apr. 12, 1812; m. John Wheeler. 
 *121 Freeman, b. Jan. 12, 1815, q. v. 
 
 122 Joseph, b. Mar. 12, 1818; d. at New Orleans, Dec. 13, 1840. 
 
 123 Mary J., b. Apr. 13, 1825; m. John Merry. 
 
 (*55) James^ Reed ( Thomas,^ Andrew^) m. Sarah, dau. of Samuel Ken- 
 ney. He followed farming and coasting; d. Mar. 2, 1810; she d. Sept 8, 
 1823. Children: 
 
 124 Thomas, b. Jan. 17, 1789; d. 1809. 
 
 125 James, b. Mar. 23, 1791; d. 1819. 
 
 126 Lydia, b. Sept. 2, 1797; d. Sept. 17, 1882; unm. 
 *127 Robert, b. May 17, 1800, q. v. 
 
 128 George, b. Dec. 26, 1802; d. July 1, 1826. 
 *129 Jonathan, b. Aug. 19, 1805, q. v. 
 
 130 Alexander, b. Oct. 19, 1808; m. Bellone Reed. 
 
 (*60) Matthew' Reed {Thomas,"^ Andrew^) m. Sally, dau. of David 
 Reed. He weis a sea captain; none of his sons set. in town. He d. Feb. 19, 
 1857; she d. Aug. 24, 1862. Children: I, Charles, b. 1805; set. elsewhere. 
 11, Mary A., b. Mar. 17, 1809; m. Charles Knight, q. v. Ill, Thomas, b. 
 1811; unm. IV, Elizabeth K., b. 1816; m. Daniel Brown, 1835. V, Sarah, 
 b. 1819; unm.; d. 1845. VI, Marshal S., lost off Hatteras, Nov. 19, 1848. 
 VII, Oliver M., b. 1827; d. 1849; unm. 
 
 Fourth Generation. 
 (*61) Andrew* Reed, 4th, {Andrew, Jr.,^ Andrew,'^ Andrew^) m. 
 Patience Catland, Newcastle; d. Feb. 6, 1837; she d. Apr. 23, 1839. Chil.: 
 I, Lydia C, b. 1805; II, Joshua C, b. 1807; III, Phebe S., b. 1809; IV, Wil- 
 lard, b. 1812; V, Nancy. 
 
 (*64) John* Reed, 2d, {Andrew, /r.,' Andrezo,^ Andrew^) m. Eunice, 
 dau. of James Tibbetts, 1817; lived near Hodgdon's Island bridge, where 
 his son, John A., lives. He d. Apr. 14, 1873; she d. Mar. 1, 1878. Children: 
 
 131 Bainbridge, b. Mar. 9, 1819; m. Julia, dau. of John Pinkham, 2d.; set. 
 at E. B. 
 
 132 Osgood, b. Apr. 17, 1821; m. Abigail, dau. of John Pinkham, 2d; 
 farmer, lived at Back River; d. Jan. 22, 1891; she d. Jan. 24, 1888. 
 Chil.: I, Izora E., m. Albert Wheeler; II, Franklin M., res. on home- 
 stead; III, Ada E.; IV, Wilmot O., dec; V, Russell, dec; VI, Jen- 
 nette, m. George Kenney. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 617 
 
 183 Wilmot, b. Aug. 26, 1823; m. (1) Lucy E. Parkhurst, Gloucester, Mass., 
 
 Dec. 31, 1848; she d. June 28, 1859, a. 28; (2) Esther A. Gove, Edge.; 
 
 he d. Nov. 21, 1866. Children: I, Izette B., m. Harvey C. Smith, res. 
 
 Gloucester; two children. II, Wilmot A., m. Jennie P. Griffin, res. 
 
 Gloucester. 
 134 Frederic, b. Dec. 6, 1825; m. Elizabeth Spinney; he d. May 22, 1811; 
 
 she d. Nov. 16, 1871. 
 136 Franklin, b. Feb. 13, 1828; m.; set. in Cal.; d. there. 
 
 136 Mary E., b. Aug. 22, 1830; m. Cyrus McKown, q. v. 
 
 137 Manley, b. Sept. 7, 1832. 
 
 138 Chapman N., b. Sept. 20, 1834; m. Sarah A., dau. of James Orne; res. 
 . B. H. Children: I, Melville, m., res. Boston; II, Howard, m., em- 
 ployed in U. S. Geol. Survey; III, James Burton, m., res. B. H.; IV, 
 E. Wilder, in U. S. employ in Central America. 
 
 139 Edward Payson, b. Aug. 30, 1836; d. June 2, 1884; unm. 
 
 140 Albaline, b. Mar. 16, 1839. 
 
 141 Laura E., b. Mar. 29, 1842; m. Merrill Hodgdon. 
 
 142 John Albion, b. Nov. 4, 1844; m. Lottie P., dau. of James Orne; res. 
 on homestead of his father; two daughters, Marion and Eunice E. 
 
 (*65) Benjamin* Reed (Andrew, Jr., ^ Andrew,^ Andrew'^) m. Isabella 
 Crie, 1827. He was in early life a merchant at B. Ctr. He rem. to E. B. in 
 1832, where he remained through life. There he was a merchant and ship- 
 builder, and became a large owner of real estate, much of which, undivided, 
 is now owned by his heirs. He died Sept. 14, 1876; she died May 25, 1889, 
 a. 86. Children: 
 
 143 Isabella, b. Feb. 18, 1828; m. P. F. Wells, Boston; chil., Mary I. and 
 Benjamin W. ; she d. Feb. 24, 1887. 
 
 144 Benjamin B., b. Jan. 20, 1831; d. in Calif., Oct. 19, 1849. 
 
 145 Frederick, b. Sept. 16, 1833; m. Emma E. Hixon, Boston; engaged 
 in the furniture trade; two daus., Nellie H. and Emma I. 
 
 146 Jennie R., b. Dec. 17, 1835; m. Julius Kincheloe, 1866; he d. May 20, 
 1867, see Cas. She res. at B. H. with Mrs. J. H. Blair. 
 
 147 William E., b. Oct. 27, 1839; m. E. Ella Howes, New Sharon, 1878; 
 s. p. He d. Apr. 21, 1896. He was a man who held the esteem and 
 confidence of those who knew him to a remarkable degree. See 
 Chap. XVI for public service. 
 
 148 Bradford D., b. Jan. 15, 1842; d. Aug. 5, 1868. 
 
 149 Ellen A. M., b. May 4, 1846; m. John H. Blair, q. v. 
 
 (*66) William* Reed, 2d, {Robert,^ Andrew,^ Andrew^) m. Hannah 
 Plummer, dau. of Benjamin Hutchings, 1809. Their home was at Pig Cove, 
 but moved to Vassalboro, 1836. She died Jan. 24, 1852. Children: 
 
 150 Sally Stevens, b. Apr. 25, 1810; m. in New. 
 
 151 William, b. Oct. 11, 1811; m. Hannah C. Hall, Vassalboro, Dec. 30, 
 1839; rem. to Oakland, Cal., Nov., 1866; he d. Apr. 20, 1906. Chil.: 
 I, Elizabeth M., m. David P. Barstow. II, Emily F., dec. Ill, Charles 
 Gofle, m. Flora A. Moore, Bridgton, Me.; four chil., Olive A., Elmer, 
 Aimee E., Eva M. IV, George William, m. (1) Mary E. Monroe, (2) 
 Georgia A. Brown; five chil., Mabel L., Clarence M., Russell C, Lyle 
 M., Elva J. V, Nellie C, m. Thomas C. Mayor. 
 
 152 Abigail, b. May 30, 1813; m. in Vassalboro. 
 158 Joseph, b. June 10, 1816; set. in Vassalboro. 
 
 154 Benjamin H., b. July 13, 1816; set. in Vassalboro. 
 
 156 Elbridge G., b. Jan. 11, 1819; m. Susan Randall, Augusta, who was b. 
 
 1823, d. 1878, at Red Bluff, Cal., where the f am. now res. Children: 
 
 Susan R., Elvira B., Annie F., Elbridge G. 
 156 Newell B., b. Nov. 10, 1820; res. in Boston; owner of Boston Island. 
 167 Bradford Y., b. Mar. 21, 1827; set. in Vassalboro. 
 
618 HI8TOET OF BOOTHS AT. 
 
 (*67) Capt. John* Reed (Robert,^ Andrew,''- Andrew^) m. Sarah, dau. 
 of David Reed, Jr. He followed the sea; date of death unk.; wife d. Jan. 8, 
 1829. Children: I, Jonathan Stevens, b. Aug. 22, 1814; d. Sept. 4, 1839, see 
 Cas. II, Hannah, b. Sept. 15, 1820; and two chil. dying in youth. Capt. 
 John lived on Indiantown Island. 
 
 (*68) Robert* Reed, 4th, {Robert,^ Andrew,'' Andrew^) m. Alice Reed. 
 Date of death of either unk. One son only is recorded, Bailey B., b. June 
 19, 1821; m. Elizabeth Lewis; lived at West B. H. and had a fishing stand 
 northerly from the Oak Grove House, on the cove. He died Dec. 31, 1847. 
 His wid. m. Silas Orne. They had two daus. : I, Laura A., b. July 21, 1845; 
 m. J. Clifford Holton, q. v. II, Elizabeth Bailey, b. Oct. 17, 1847. 
 
 (*72) RuFUS* Reed (William,^ Andrew,'' Andrew^) m. Eleanor ; 
 
 lived at Back River on his father's homestead; dec. Children: I, Ervin W., 
 m. ; res. B. H. II, George M., m. Bessie Blackburn; res. B. H. Ill, Blanch 
 E., m. Herbert G. Dunton; res. No. B. IV, Fred C, lives on his father's 
 homestead. V, Eva M., m. Melvin D. Sawyer; res. B. H. VI, Myrtle E., 
 m. Edward Hutchinson; res. B. H. VII, Laura B.; m. Merrit Wylie. 
 
 (*78) Henry* Reed ( William,^ Henry,'' Andrew^) m. Miriam, dau. of 
 Joseph Carlisle. Followed the sea; res. on the family homestead at Carlisle 
 Pt. He d. Apr. 10, 1873; she d. Sept. 23, 1883. Children: I, WilUam, b. 
 Sept. 17, 1815; d. July 23, 1837; unm. II, Joseph C, b. Apr. 5, 1817; d. 
 Dec. 22, 1832; unm. Ill, Llewellyn, b. Nov. 12, 1819; m.; res. Gloucester; 
 d. Sept. 9, 1880. IV, Charles H., b. Nov. 8, 1822; m.; set. in Wash.; d. 
 1871. V, Amos C, b. July 2, 1824; d. Nov. 23, 1846, see Cas. VI, Arietta 
 J., b. 1826; d. 1834. VII, Cordelia R., b. June 13, 1829; m. (1) Benjamin 
 Kelley, q. v., (2) Paul G. Pinkham, q. v., (3) John Welch. VIII, Alonzo P., 
 b. Aug. 3, 1831; d. Jan. 8, 1853. IX, Martha J., b. Dec. 17, 1835; m. Elisha 
 Conley. 
 
 {*80) Robert* Reed, 4th {Robert,^ David,' Andrew^) m. Lydia C. 
 Reed; lived on his father's homestead, where the late Isaiah M. Reed lived; 
 followed the sea and farming. He d. Nov. 16, 1864; she d. July 3, 1887, a. 
 81. Children: I, Lucretia, b. 1828; d. May 23, 1850. II, Rocksena, b. Nov. 
 5, 1832. Ill, Isaiah M., m. Mary A., dau. of Rufus Adams; d. Feb. 16, 1889; 
 chil.: Charles P., dec, see Cas. 1889, Anna A., Hattie B., Betsey C, Nellie 
 W. IV, Capt. Mitchell, b. Dec. 28, 1837; m. Lucy J. Vanhom; chil.: Mary, 
 Cyrus M., Douglass, Kate, Carrie. V, Charles W., b. Mar. 14, 1843; d. 
 1878, see Cas. 
 
 (*86) George B.* Reed {Paul,^ David,^ Andrew^) m. Mahala Stone, 
 1842; lived opposite the No. 8 schoolhouse on the site of the town store dur- 
 ing the Revolution. Followed the sea. He d. Feb. 27, 1882; she d. July 30, 
 1897, a. 76-10. Children: Elvira V., Eliza E., Woodbridge, Amanda A., 
 Abaline R., Gardner D. 
 
 (*91) Charles* Reed {Paul,^ David,^ Andrew^) m. (1) Mary J. Thorpe, 
 1852; (2) Rachel M., dau. of Benjamin McKown. He d. Aug. 23, 1904; 
 Mary J., wife, d. Mar. 29, 1867. Children: I, William Herbert, b. July 16, 
 1854; m. Mary J., dau. of Benjamin McKown, 1885; one son, Herbert Chan- 
 dler. He is proprietor of the Oak Grove House; for public service see 
 
FAMILY HISTOEY. 619 
 
 Chap. XVI. II, Charles S., b. Nov. 29, 1856; m. Jennie H., dau. of Silas 
 Orne. Ill, Bertha E., b. Oct. 24, 1860; m. James E. Beath, q. v. 
 
 (*102) Capt. George* Reed {David, 3d,^ Joseph,^ Andrew^) m. Sarah, 
 dau. of Major John McKown, 1828; he lived at Mill Cove and had a long 
 and prosperous career at sea. He d. Aug. 1, 1876; she d. Feb. 28, 1865. 
 Children: I, Susanna Caroline, b. Feb. 25, 1829; m. Capt. Benjamin H. 
 Lewis; d. Feb. 1, 1849. II, John McKown, b. Apr. 5, 1830; d. Sept. J6, 
 1854. Ill, George William, b. Nov. 30, 1831. IV, Benjamin Sewall, b. Mar. 
 16, 1834; m. Mary E. Sawyer, 1863; chil.: Mary, Benjamin, Simeon, Lillian, 
 Sarah E., Bertha and Iva G. V, Ann Olivia, b. Jan. T, 1836; d. May 24, 
 1878; unm. VI, Sarah Ellen, b. July 1, 1837; d. Apr. 16, 1892; unm. VII, 
 Mary Alice, b. July 2, 1839; d. Mar. 17, 1862. VIII, Isabella McKown, b. 
 Dec. 22, 1840; res. B. H.; unm. IX, Theodore, b. Dec. 11, 1843. 
 
 (*104) Washington* Reed {David, 3d,^ Joseph,^ Andrew^) m. Eliza J. 
 Ross; res. on his father's homestead at No. B. ; d. 1897; she d. in 1900, a. 84. 
 Children: I, George W., b. July 19, 1835; dec. II, Eliza J., b. Dec. 16, 
 1844; m. Thomas J. Emerson, q. v. Ill, David A., b. Sept. 3, 1847; m. Mrs. 
 Orissa E. Harris, 1878; res. No. B. IV, William A., b. Apr. 10, 1850. V, 
 Joseph O., b. Aug. 16, 1853. VI, Rose M., b. Feb. 14, 1856; m. Thomas 
 Harris. Four chil., d. in infancy, omitted. 
 
 (*106) Nathaniel C* Reed {David, 3d,^ Joseph,^ Andrew^) m. Cather- 
 ine, dau. of James Adams; res. B. H., one mile north of village, farmer; d. 
 Feb. 29, 1904; she d. June 9, 1893. Children: I, James Wesley, b. July 19, 
 1840; dec; fam. res. B. H. II, Charles H., b. Oct. 24, 1855; dec; fam. res. 
 B. H. on homestead. Ill, Norman C, b. Mar. 12, 1868; res. Mass. Three 
 chil., Sarah J., Lectina and Fredson, d. in youth. 
 
 (*121) Freeman* Reed {Paul, 2d,' Joseph,^ Andrew^) m. (1) Martha, 
 dau. of William Kennedy, 1839; (2) Harriet F., dau. of Samuel Brewer. He 
 lived on the homestead of his father and grandfather; followed the sea; d. 
 Mar. 9, 1887; Martha, wife, d. Oct. 9, 1845; Harriet, wife, d. Sept. 2, 1881. 
 Children: I, Capt. Freeman Kennedy, b. Mar. 24, 1841; m. Elizabeth F., 
 dau. of Benjamin Blair; three chil.: Fullerton Paul, Kate Leslie and Eliza- 
 beth Freeman; he d. Sept. 10, 1889, see Cas.; she d. Dec. 27, 1874. II, 
 Elizabeth J., b. Feb. 18, 1843. Ill, William, b. Oct. 3, 1845; m. Lucy O., 
 dau. of Capt. Nathaniel Foster; res. Linekin; one son, Foster. IV, Mary 
 Frances, b. May 20, 1851. V, Abby E., b. Nov. 24, 1852; m. Charles H. 
 Caswell. 
 
 (*127) Robert* Reed, 5th, {James,' Thomas,^ Andrew'-) m. Esther, 
 dau. of John Reed (*29); first lived on the Orchard farm and later where 
 George Nelson does. He d. Oct. 17, 1877; she d. Apr. 29, 1890. Children: 
 
 1, Sarah F., b. June 27, 1821; d. Dec 1, 1868; unm. II, Mary E. K., b. Nov. 
 
 2, 1829; d. Mar. 28, 1874; unm. Ill, George Matthew, b. May 12, 1883; m.; 
 set. in Gloucester, Mass. IV, Martha H., b. Aug. 30, 1836. V, James A., b. 
 May 1, 1844; m. Henrietta J. Shaw, Woolwich, 1881; res. at No. B., farmer; 
 see Chap. XVI for public service. VI, Oliver G., b. Nov. 30, 1850; sea cap- 
 tain; res. B. Ctr. 
 
620 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 (*129) John* Reed, 3d, {James,^ Thomas,^ Andrew^) m. Sarah, dau. 
 of Benjamin Pinkham. Lived where James A. Reed does at Pleasant Cove; 
 he was a sea captain; d. Feb., 1879; she d. Dec. 24, 1878. Children: I, 
 Cynthia, b. Nov. 28, 1828; m. Frederick Montgomery. II, James, b. Dec. 5, 
 1830; m. Lucy A. Brown; set. in Dam. Ill, Benjamin P., b. Apr. 3, 1833; 
 m. Frances Kelley; he d. 1869; she d. Jan. 28, 1863; one dau., Celia, m. 
 George Dunton. IV, John E., b. June 19, 1835; m. Hattie Sherman; set. in 
 Washington. V, Sarah A., b. May 16, 1837; m. Isaac Webber. VI, Lydia 
 A., b. Nov. 25, 1839; m. Stephen Morrill. VII, Julia A., b. Feb. 16, 1842; 
 m. George A. Morrill. VIII, Marietta, b. June 12, 1844; unm. IX, Jose- 
 phine, b. June 8, 1847; m. Claude H. Sherman. X, Eugene A., b. Jan. 29, 
 1850; m. Nellie Henley. 
 
 Levi Reed, who came from Woolwich and set. in E. B. in 1833, is not 
 thought to have been related to the foregoing fam. He m. Abigail Perry in 
 1830. He d. July 13, 1885; she d. Aug. 4, 1883. Children: 
 
 1 John P., b. Dec. 10, 1832; m. Julia E. Blake; live at E. B.; chil.: I, 
 Julia F., m. Zina Webber; II, Lizzie A., m. Frank H. Albee, res. at B. 
 H. ; III, Gilbert, m. Annie Sargent, res. at B. H. 
 
 2 George, b. July 26, 1834; m. Mary A. Race. 
 
 3 Sarah J., b. May 23, 1836; m. Levi Blake. 
 
 4 Margaret P., b. Aug. 19, 1838; m. Charles Wylie. 
 
 6 Levi S., b. Aug. 17, 1841; m. Marcia Farnham.; s. p. 
 6 Mary Alice, b. 1844; m. Joseph Davis. 
 
 RICE. 
 
 George M. Rice m. Elizabeth Fuller in 1862. They live at E. B. Chil. : 
 I, Hattie Ellen, de(;.; II, George W., m. Edith T. Lane, Bris.; Ill, Frank 
 L., m. Annie O. Spear; IV, William E., m. Nellie K. Murray; V, Henry 
 W., m. Sarah E. L. Montgomery; VI, Mary A.; VII, Lizzie E.; VIII, Addie 
 K. The sons Frank L., William E. and Henry W. constitute the well- 
 known firm of Rice Brothers Co., boat builders, who are mentioned in 
 Chap. XIX. 
 
 RICHARDS. 
 
 1 Keyes Harriman Richards was b. near Round Pond, Nov. 8, 1838, the 
 son of James and Hannah (Harriman) Richards. He m. Roseltha, dau. of 
 Edmund and Elsie (Bryant) Yates, Feb. 22, 1863. He commenced a sea- 
 faring life at 17, between N. Y. and the West Indies. On Nov. 18, 1870, he 
 came to B. H. He commenced trade in Apr., 1872, see p. 347. His son-in- 
 law, Frederick Dodge, was taken into partnership in 1891. He opened a 
 branch store at Squirrel Is. in 1887; bought the Chase House in 1890, which 
 was burned in 1893. He opened Sqilirrel Inn in 1895, first as lessee of the 
 building, furnishing it himself, and later purchased it of the Association. 
 The organization of the First Nat. Bank, in Nov. , 1900, was more largely 
 due to his efforts than any other individual, and he was made its president, 
 which position he now holds. They have one dau., Florence, the wife of 
 Frederick Dodge. Mr. Richards has always been a Democrat and has 
 received his party's nominations on several occasions. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 621 
 
 2 James D. Richards was b. at Round Pond in 1833, son of James and 
 Hannah H. Richards. In early life he followed the sea. He m. (1) Mary 
 Smith, 1858; (2) Sarah D. Bowdoin, 1869. He came to B. H. in 1870, first 
 carrying on a painting establishment and as supt. of the marine railway for 
 three years. In 1886 he opened a hardware store, which business he fol- 
 lowed until his death, in April, 1893. By his first m. were two sons: I, 
 Warren S., res. at B. H., a painter; II, Orlando M., living, but set. elsewhere. 
 
 SARGENT. 
 
 1 Benjamin Sargent, not recorded on the town books, was living in B., 
 at or near the Harbor, in 1788, probably for several years previous to that 
 date. The name of his wife is unk. Children: 
 
 *2 Edward B., b. 1764, q. v. 
 
 3 Phineas, m. Sally Brewer, 1801. 
 
 4 Priscilla, m. Abraham Springer, 1801. 
 *5 Thomas, q. v. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (•2) Edward B.^^ Sargent {Benjamin}^) m. Sally Parsons, 1795. They 
 lived at the Harbor where his son-in-law, Luther Weld, did later, now the 
 home of Benjamin S. Reed, Atlantic St. He built a few small vessels from 
 a yard where the residence of the late Herman Carlisle stands. He d. Aug. 
 3, 1846; she d. Aug. 19, 1847, a. 72. Children: 
 
 6 Frances, b. Jan. 23, 1797; m. Luther Weld, q. v. 
 
 7 Sally, b. Nov. 22, 1800. 
 
 8 Susanna, b. Sept. 13, 1803; m. John Andrews, q. v. 
 *9 Stephen, b. Feb. 22, 1806, q. v. 
 
 *10 Charles F., b. June 1, 1812, q. v. 
 
 (*5) Thomas" Sargent (Benjamin^) m. Sarah Farnham, 1806. He d. 
 Jan. 31, 1860; his home was at Lobster Cove, Children: 
 
 11 Isaac, b. Oct. 8, 1806. 
 
 *12 Francis, b. April 19, 1808, q. v. 
 
 13 Sarah, b. June 24, 1810. 
 
 14 Hannah, b. Feb. 10, 1813. 
 
 16 Dorcas, b. June 18, 1815; m. Joseph Farnham, 2d, 1838. 
 
 16 Elizabeth, b. June 17, 1818; m. Ichabod Tibbetts, 1838. 
 
 17 Mary, b. Nov. 26, 1820. 
 
 18 Thomas, Jr., b. Jan. 16, 1825. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (♦9) Stephen' Sargent {Edward B.^ Benjamin') m. Eliza, dau. of 
 Nathaniel, Jr., and Elizabeth Pinkham. He built and lived where Dr. E. C. 
 Blake does and his shipyard, then the largest in town, was where M. D. 
 McKown has lived in recent years. See Chap. XIX. He rem. to Portland 
 during the sixties. Children: 
 
 19 Weld, b. June 27, 1832; d. June 6, 1864; for him the G. A. R. Post was 
 named. 
 
 20 Oscar, b. Sept. 5, 1833. 
 
 21 Edwin Lyman, b. Oct. 27, 1837; d. May 27, 1863. 
 
 22 Edward B., b. May 13, 1839; m. Maria Allen, Brunswick, 1860; res. m 
 Portland. 
 
 23 Ann E., b. Apr. 29, 1845. 
 
622 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 (*10) Charles F.^ Sargent {Edward B.,"^ Benjamin^) m. Susan C. 
 Fuller, 1843. He d. Apr. 30, 1854; she d. June 17, 1858. He was engaged 
 in building vessels for several years where William M. Bennett lives. He 
 lived at the head of the Harbor. Children: I, Ellen, b. Sept. 13, 1844. II, 
 Edward P., b. Jan. 4, 1846. Ill, William A., b. Sept. 28, 184Y. IV, Jason 
 F., b. Jan. 28, 1850; d. 1858. V, Fanny W., b. Nov. 26, 1853. 
 
 (*12) Francis^ Sargent ( Thomas,^ Benjamin^) m. Lucinda Tibbetts, 
 He lived where his father did at Lobster Cove and followed the sea and 
 fishing. Children: 
 
 24 John Francis, b. Sept. IT, 1834; m. Angelet Love, 1856. 
 
 25 Sarah E., b. Aug. 16, 1836; m. George E. Thurston, Bris., 1863. 
 
 26 Hiram, b. July 24, 1838; m. Eliza A. Tibbetts, 1862; d. Jan. 27, 1865. 
 
 27 Lydia A., b. Aug. 1, 1840; m. George C. Dunton, 1865. 
 
 28 Mary E., b. Feb. 12, 1843; m. Isaac L. Murray, 1866. 
 
 29 Cordelia, b. Jan. 20, 1846; d. 1848. 
 
 30 Isaac T., b. Feb. 2, 1848; m. Permelia E. Andrews, 1869. 
 
 31 William L., b. June 23, 1850; m. Naomi Tibbetts, 1872. 
 
 32 Eleanor H., b. Feb. 23, 1853. 
 
 33 Josephine, b. Oct. 17, 1854. 
 
 34 Abby G., b. Apr. 6, 1856; m. Albert Murray, 1871. 
 
 SAWYER. 
 
 The name of Sawyer was numerous in B. abt. 1790 to 1810. Several 
 large families of chil. were raised in town of that name at abt. that period. 
 It is impossible from any data which has come into my hands to determine 
 the relationship of the early members in B. They may have been brothers, 
 but from the number of heads of families, marrying within a few years of 
 each other, I would be inclined to the opinion that they were more likely 
 the sons of two families, coming here at nearly the same time and settling. 
 They were evidently all related and came from Newburyport and that vicinity. 
 
 1 Jonathan, b. Mar. 6, 1749, with his wife, Sarah, b. Nov. 4, 1752, set. in 
 B., at the Harbor, before 1768. He died Oct. 21, 1809. He was clerk of B. 
 from 1794 to 1806, and the most artistic penman that has ever filled the office. 
 Their chil. were: Sarah, 1768; Phebe, 1770; Jonathan, Jr., 1772; Anne, 
 1775, m. Edward Emerson; Betsey, 1780, m. George W. Merrill; Clarissa, 
 1791, m. Amos Carlisle; Alfred, 1794. 
 
 2 Jacob Sawyer, who d. Mar. 9, 1821, and Elizabeth, wife, d. Nov. 7, 1813, 
 lived at Sawyer's Is. He was brother to Jonathan. She was Elizabeth 
 Herrington. 
 
 3 Allen Sawyer, who m. Sally Hodgdon, Edge., 1780, also thought to 
 have been a brother to the two former. 
 
 4 Samuel Sawyer, nothing recorded of his fam. if he had one, built the 
 first tannery in town, on the main, opposite Hodgdon's Is., and afterward 
 sold to Thorpe Bros. 
 
 6 Aaron Sawyer, whose wife was Sarah, was brother to Samuel, but their 
 relationship to the others unk. Chil.: Aaron, Jr., 1781, m. Nabby Kenney; 
 Benjamin, 1783; Joshua, 1785; Sally, 1787; Jonathan, 1789; Jacob, 1791, m. 
 Martha Linekin. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 623 
 
 6 Ebenezer Sawyer, m. Martha Giles. They lived on Sawyer's Is., and 
 from him that island takes its name. He was probably a brother to Jona- 
 than. Children: Betsey, 1781; Stephen, 1785; Mary, 1787; Paul, 1790. 
 
 7 Jonathan'' Sawyer, Jr., {Jonathan^) m. Martha Linekin. She d. July 3, 
 1812. Children: Betsey, 1804; Sarah, 1806; Mary H., 1807; Joseph R., 1809. 
 
 Not known to have been related to the foregoing were three brothers 
 who came to B., at a later date, from Mt. Desert with their wives. Capt. 
 Samuel Sawyer lived where John Gilpa trick does; Capt. Simeon Sawyer 
 lived where Joseph Blake does, while Capt. Stephen Sawyer lived at E. B. , 
 north of the residence of Charles Southwick.- He d. July 17, 1849, a. 54; 
 Abigail, his wife, d. Dec. 18, 1870, a. 71. Children: 1, Loisa, b. Sept. 19, 
 1822. II, Simeon, b. Sept. 19, 1826. Ill, Abigail, b. Oct. 7, 1828. IV, 
 Stephen, b. Oct. 2, 1831. V, Sarah E., b. Dec. 15, 1833. VI, Henry C, b. 
 Feb. 27, 1836. VII, William M., b. June 29, 1888; m. (1) Angeline Jack, 
 Richmond, (2) Mrs. Aldana Blake, dau. of James Linekin; chil. : William, b. 
 June 15, 1863; Melvin, b. Aug. 14, 1865. VIII, Mary E., b. June 80, 1841. 
 
 SEAVEY. 
 
 The Seavey fam. commenced in town by three brothers, William, James 
 and Charles M., settling at East Boothbay Village in the thirties. They came 
 from Kennebunkport, which had been known as Arundel previous to 1821. 
 They were the sons of Stephen and Keziah ( Huff) Seavey, and were of the 
 seventh generation of their family in America. Their ancestry follows: 
 I, William Seavey,^ immigrant, came to Portsmouth, N. H., in 1631, a 
 
 member of the historic party under Mason. 
 II, William Seavey,'' settled and lived in Kittery. 
 
 III, William Seavey,* born in Kittery, settled in Arundel, 1720, where he 
 afterward lived. 
 
 IV, Nicholas Seavey* m. Hannah Leach; lived in Arundel; she d. in 1820, 
 aged 102. 
 
 V, Stephen Seavey^ m. Elizabeth Wilde; lived in Arundel. 
 VI, Stephen Seavey" m. Keziah Huff; had six chil.: William, James and 
 Charles M., who set. in E. B. ; also three daus., Julia and Lydia, who 
 m. and set. in Boston, and Ruth, who m. Andrew R. Montgomery. 
 Stephen and his wife came to E. B. in 1885, where he d. that year, a. 58; 
 she d. Aug., 1854, a. 75. 
 
 1 William Seavey, b. June 29, 1802; m. Catherine, dau. of Samuel and 
 Betsey Davis. He was first of his family to set. in B. With his wife and 
 three children he came to E. B. in 1831. He was a spar maker, and later 
 carried on shipbuilding and a lumber yard. He was an incorporator of the 
 M. E. church in his village and a trustee for more than fifty years. He died 
 June 2, 1892; she died Apr. 14, 1881, a. 76. Children: 
 
 2 Catherine, b. Sept.' 23, 1827; m. Jeremiah P. Baker, q. v. 
 
 *3 William W., b. May 7, 1829, q. v. 
 
 *4 Granville J., b. Nov. 1, 1831, q. V. 
 
 5 Sarah E., b. Aug. 15, 1883; m. Capt. William Montgomery, q. v. 
 
 *6 James O., b. Apr. 15, 1835, q. v. 
 
 41 
 
624 HISTORT OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 1 John N., b. July 30, 1837; m. Laura Bennett. 
 
 8 Eliza P., b. Feb. 27, 1839; m. Henry Treadway, Conn.; dec. 
 
 9 Abby F., b. Jan. 7, 1841; m. Leonard Webster. 
 
 10 James Seavey, second son of Stephen, m. Sarah, dau. of Samuel and 
 Sarah Murray; came to E. B. in 1836. He was a block and spar maker. 
 He died July 18, 1888; she died Jan. 2, 1856. Children: 
 
 11 Charles A., b. Aug. 17, 1838; m. Lectina Wylie. 
 
 12 James A., b. Apr. 7, 1840; d. 1852. 
 
 13 Elizabeth A., b. Mar. 26, 1842; m. Rev. J. D. Pickels, D. D. 
 
 14 Samuel M., b. June 12, 1847; m. Izette Wylie. 
 
 15 Mary D., b. Apr. 20, 1850; m. Edward E. Race, q. v. 
 
 16 Charles M. Seavey, third son of Stephen, m. Martha Cott, N. H. They 
 came to E. B. in 1845. He was a house and ship carpenter. She d. Feb. 22, 
 1862; he m. (2) Sarah, dau. of John Hodgdon, Linekin. He d. Mar. 10. 
 1889. Children: 
 
 17 James M., b. July 6, 1836; set. in N. H. 
 
 18 John O., b. Mar. 7, 1838; unm. 
 
 19 Charles F., b. Aug. 31, 1841; m. Eveline Helton. 
 
 20 Mary A., b. July 13, 1843; m. and set. in Worcester, Mass. 
 
 21 Martha A., b. July 11, 1845; m. George E. Dodge, Linekin. 
 
 22 Harriet, b. Aug. 13, 1846; m. Cutts, Boston. 
 
 23 Franklin, b. Mar. 18, 1850; m. Josie Hall, Worcester, Mass. He is a 
 merchant at E. B.; one dau., Isabella, m. Victor K. Montgomery. 
 
 24 Morris, b. Aug. 15, 1854; lives at E. B. 
 
 25 Jennie J., b. Dec. 4, 1868; m. J. Ed. Knight. 
 
 26 Clara M., b. Nov. 24, 1862; m. George A. McGunigle, q. v. 
 
 27 John, b. Nov. 28, 1864; m. Lizzie Dodge, Edge. 
 
 28 Stephen, b. Sept. 18, 1871; m. and set. in Boston. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*3) William W.^ Seavey ( William?-) m. Eveline, dau. of James Line- 
 kin. He lives at E. B. and is a ship carpenter. Children: I, Ammi P., b. 
 Nov. 16, 1863; d. 1863. II, William O., b. Jan. 11, 1868; m. Carrie L., dau. 
 of Rufus Auld; is a sailmaker; lives at B. H. Ill, Mary Eveline, b. Jan. 11, 
 1858; m. William E. Blossom, q. v. IV, Philip H., b. Nov. 15, 1865; m. 
 Elida L. Hysom, Bris. V, Gertrude M., b. Feb. 25, 1873; unm.; teacher. 
 
 (*4) Granville J.^ Seavey ( IViUiam^) m. Harriet E. Kitchen, Vassal- 
 boro. He lives at E. B. and carries on sailmaking; they also, in summer, 
 have opened their house for several years to the public. Children: I, Her- 
 bert Judson, b. Sept. 15, 1876; unm.; is master of a four-masted schooner. 
 II, Bessie Colton, b. Sept. 26, 1879; music teacher; res. in Boston. 
 
 (*6) James O." Seavey {William?) m. Durinda J. P., dau. of Miles 
 Hagan. They live at E. B. He is a spar maker. Mrs. Seavey has for many 
 years been a teacher of music in all parts of the town and is now pianist in 
 Schatzer's Orchestra, B. H. Children: I, Annie L., b. Oct. 4, 1867; m. 
 Philip Murray. II, Miles Hagan, b. Aug. 29, 1870; unm. 
 
 SHERMAN. 
 
 1 Eleazer Sherman is said to have come from Mansfield, Mass., to 
 Boothbay. Here he m. Lydia Kelley, 1767, and set. near the Edge, line in 
 No. B. Many of his descendants have lived in Edge., New. and other towns 
 
FAMILY HISTORT. 625 
 
 farther north, Washington, Whitefield, Liberty, etc., are instances, which 
 part of the State was largely peopled from the coast of Lincoln Co. in early 
 times. He descended as follows: 
 I, William Sherman^ m. Prudence Hill, 1658. 
 II, William Sherman, Jr.," m. Desire, dau. of Edward and Faith (Clark) 
 
 Doten, the latter of Mayflower descent. 
 Ill, Eleazer Sherman^ m. Elizabeth Lapham and one of their sons was Elea- 
 
 zer, the subject of this sketch. 
 By his first marriage were eight children, properly recorded in the B. rec- 
 ords. Between 1785, the birth of the last one, and 1790 his wife d. and he 
 m., in the latter year, Susanna Wylie. By the last marriage were six chil., 
 but dates of birth have not be«i obtained of them all; they are not recorded 
 in B. The fam., made up from both town and fam. records, follows. He 
 m. (3) Martha Reed, 1808; they had no children. He d. Mar. 24, 1826. Chil. : 
 
 *2 Eleazer, Jr., b. Feb. 10, 1770, q. v. 
 
 3 Aaron, b. July 10, 1772; m. Polly Tarbell (appears also as Tarblet), 
 1796; set. in New. 
 
 *4 Elisha, b. Sept. 13, 1774, q. v. 
 
 *5 Roger, b. Sept. 13, 1776, q. v. 
 
 6 Elizabeth, b. Sept. 18, 1778; m. Samuel Giles, 1797, q. v. 
 
 7 Joseph, b. Nov. 20, 1780; m. Sarah Dunton; set. in Edge. 
 
 8 William, b. Feb. 29, 1783; m. Rebecca Dunton; set. in Edge. 
 
 9 Lydia, b. Apr. 29, 1786; m. Joseph Dunton; set. in New. 
 
 10 Robert, b. Sept. 1, 1791; m. Esther Reed; set. in Edge. 
 
 11 John, m. Eunice Besse, 1814; set. in Washington. 
 
 12 Abiel, m. Lovina Gove, Edge. ; set in Liberty. 
 *13 Daniel, q. v. 
 
 *14 George, q. v. 
 
 15 Susan, m. Samuel Williams, Edge. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*2) Eleazer!' Sherman, Jr., (Eleazer>) m. (1) Elizabeth Reed, 1793; 
 (2) Hannah S. Wylie, 1830. He was an undertaker and lived where the late 
 Bradford Y. Baker did, at E. B. He died Jan. 27, 1854; Betsey, wife, died 
 Dec, 1829. Children: 
 
 16 Lydia, b. Sept. 22, 1794; m. Abial Gove. 
 
 17 Betsey, b. Aug. 31, 1796; m. John Baker, Edge. 
 
 18 Harriet, b. Apr. 3, 1800. 
 
 19 Mary, b. Dec. 23, 1808; m. Charles McDougall, q. v. 
 
 20 Eleazer, b. Dec. 1, 1813; m. Susan Barter, 1842. 
 
 (»4) Elisha" Sherman {Eleazer^) m. Catherine Tarbell, 1797. They 
 lived where Capt. Freeman Greenleaf now does, north of Wildcat Bridge. 
 Children: 
 
 21 Susanna, b. Apr. 28, 1798; d. 1813. 
 
 22 Mary, b. May 27, 1800; m. John Kelley, q. y. 
 
 23 Catherine, b. Nov. 2, 1802; m. David Deenng, Bath, 1819. 
 
 24 Lydia, b. Apr. 10, 1805; m. Benjamin Hutchmgs, Edge., 1834. 
 26 John, b. July 26, 1807; m. Ruth ; set. in Vassalboro. 
 
 26 Zachariah, b. May 5, 1810; m. Sophia Waterman, Litchfield, 1839; lived 
 on the homestead. • 
 
 27 Robert, b. July 11, 1812; m. Bathsheba Morey. 
 *28 Charles E., b. Oct. 1, 1820, q. v. 
 
 (*5) Roger" Sherman {Eleazer^) m. Elizabeth Dunton, New., 1799. 
 They lived in E. B. Children: I, Martha, b. Nov. 11, 1800. II. Nancy, b. 
 
626 HISTORT OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 May 26, 1802; m. Benjamin Alley, 1822. Ill, Joseph, b. Mar. 23, 1804. IV, 
 Samuel, b. Dec. 17, 1806. V, Stinson S., b. Mar. 21, 1810; m. Susan C. Blen, 
 Dresden, 1843. VI, Hartley, b. Apr. 24, 1812. VII, Joshua, b. Aug. 20, 
 1814; m. Catherine Webber. VIII, Elizabeth, b. June 11, 1816; m. John 
 Hutchings. 
 
 (*18) Daniel^ Sherman (Eleazer^) m. Jane . They lived in No. B. 
 
 and had three children: I, Isaac C, b. May 29, 1827; m. Abigail, dau. of 
 Silas Lewis; he was a merchant for many years at B. ; d. Jan. 22, 1890. II, 
 Betsey, b. Feb. 1, 1830; d. 1851. Ill, Eliza J., b. Apr. 1, 1832; m. West- 
 brook G. Lewis, q. v. Daniel Sherman died and his wid. m. Capt. George 
 Sherman, 1839, q. v. 
 
 (*14) Capt. George'^ Sherman {Eleazer^) m. Mrs. Jane Sherman, wid. 
 of Daniel. Children: I, Bradford B., b. July 16, 1840. II, George Kilburn, 
 b. Dec. 13, 1842; m. Laura C. Brown, 1866; he d. July 26, 1878; she d. Dec. 
 18, 1886, a. 38; chil.: Marshall S., Raymond O., Thomas F., Walter K. Ill, 
 Lyman O., b. Oct. 23, 1845. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (*28) Charles E.' Sherman {Elisha,"^ Eleazer^) m. (1) Mary J., dau. 
 of Charles Giles; she d. Apr. 24, 1855; (2) Mary C. Dodge. They set in 
 Edge., but their chil., in part, now live at B. H. Children: I, Clara E., m. " 
 Dexter W. Hodgdon, B. H., q. v. II, Rufus I., unm. Ill, Nellie F., m. 
 Albert R. Baker, Edge. IV, M. Viola, m. George L. Baxter, Mechanics- 
 ville, N. Y. V, Charles E., Jr., m. M. Ella, dau. of Nathans. Baker. They 
 live in B. H. He is engaged in the livery business; has been deputy sheriff. 
 State fish warden, and is member of the present board of selectmen. They 
 have one son, Charles E., Jr. 
 
 SMITH. 
 
 1 Seba SmitrI came to B. in August, 1822. He set. at West B. H., see 
 p. 439. He was the son of Jasiel and Anna (Grossman) Smith. Jasiel was 
 b. in Raynham, now Taunton, Mass., Mar. 25, 1734. He m. Anna Cross- 
 man, Apr. 14, 1757. They had a fam. of ten chil. , of whom Seba was the 
 sixth. With this fam., in 1787, they moved to Turner. Seba was bom June 
 13, 1767. He m. Aphia Stevens, Oct. 9, 1788. For a time they lived in 
 Buckfield, and later in Portland, before settlement in B. They had a fam. of 
 twelve chil. Three only of the sons lived in B.: Seba, Jr., for a short time, 
 Stevens for a longer period and Marshal during life. Rinda, a dau., m. John 
 Beath, q. v. Seba Smith, Jr., was a man of recognized genius in his time. 
 He had inherited the literary talent from his grandmother, Anna Grossman, 
 who at the age of 84 wrote a poem upon the occasion of her birthday that 
 finds a place in the " History of Turner" on account of its merit. He wrote 
 under the noffi de plume of Major Jack Downing; his principal published 
 works being "My Thirty Years out of the Senate," "'Way Down East," 
 " New Elements of Geometry " and " Letters of Major Jack Downing." As 
 a poet his ability was also recognized, and many fragments of his verse 
 appear collected in the volume of Bowdoin Poets. He grad. from Bowdoin 
 in 1818. In 1829 he established the Portland Courier, the first daily paper 
 in Maine, after having been editor of the Argus. He m. Elizabeth Oakes 
 
FAMILY HISTOEY. 627 
 
 Prince, Yarmouth, 1823, who was counted among the first women of her 
 day from a literary standpoint. He died at Patchogue, L. I., July 29, 1868. 
 Stevens Smith, who was partner for a time with his brother Marshal, was b. 
 in 1810 and d. in 1864, in Portland. He m. Harriet, dau. of Nicholas T. 
 Knight. They had a fam. of seven chil., b. bet. 1833-47: Harriet S., Rinda 
 A., Abial M., Elizabeth L., Rolvin H., Sarah K., Nicholas H. 
 
 Seba Smith, Sr., engaged in trade and bank fishing at once upon coming 
 to B., which he followed until his death, Mar. 16, 1831, after which time the 
 business was continued, as told in Chapters XIX and XXI, by his sons 
 Marshal and Stevens. 
 
 2 Marshal Smith^ was b. in Buckfield, June 20, 1798. He m. Nancy 
 Montgomery, Oct. 30, 1823. During his entire business career in B. he was 
 one of its most prominent and influential men. His public service is shown 
 in Chap. XVI and his business career in Chaps. XIX and XXI. Upon com- 
 ing to the Harbor, in 1835, he purchased the Daniel Avery place on Oak St., 
 which he rebuilt and which is now owned by his heirs. He d. Sept. 26, 1887; 
 she d. Dec. 28, 1875. Children: 
 
 3 Silas, b. May 1, 1825; m. Rebecca E., dau. of Charles and Charlotte 
 Thorpe, Mar. 24, 1867- He followed the sea, fishing and coasting, 
 went to Calif, in the early days, and was a teacher in the Boothbay 
 schools a part of many years. He had the care of his parents and lived 
 on the homestead. He was a genial, witty man and had many friends. 
 He d. Dec. 18, 1883; she d. Oct. 17, 1893; s. p. 
 
 4 Albert, b. Apr. 6, 1827; m. (1) Louisa Kruger, 1855; she d. Sept. 21, 
 1878; (2) Mary S. Beers, 1879; she d. June 24, 1887. He d. in Brook- 
 lyn, N. Y., Mar. 15, 1903. He was a lawyer, practicing in N. Y. City. 
 He had five chil. by first marriage. 
 
 5 Suel, b. Jan. 20, 1829; m. (1) Sarah E., dau. of James T. Beath, Oct. 
 22, 1857; she d. June 16, 1871; (2) Mrs. Alice T. Doten, dau. of Dea. 
 Thomas S. Beath, 1873; she d. in 1888. He was an expert telegrapher, 
 living in Bangor, Phila. and Boston, where he died, Mar. 13, 1896, at 
 which time he was holding the position of Gen. Agt. of the Western 
 Union Co. Four chil. by first m., all dec. 
 
 6 Lucy Ellen, b. Feb. 1, 1831; d. Oct. 7, 1852; unm. 
 
 7 Aphia J., b. Dec. 30, 1832; lives on homestead; unm. 
 
 8 Mary E., b. Nov. 13, 1834; m. John H. Mallard, Boston, 1869; d. Aug. 
 10, 1860. 
 
 9 Ruel, b. Oct. 19, 1836; m. Maria H. Dow, Bangor, Dec. 8, 1863. They 
 have had three chil. , two of whom are living. For many years he was 
 in the practice of law at Bangor, and then became court stenographer 
 and invariably accompanied Chief Justice Peters as he held court. He 
 is now stenographer for the Spanish Treaty Claims Com.', Wash. , D. C. 
 
 10 William M., b. Oct. 6, 1838; m. Mary A., dau. of James T. Beath, Nov. 
 26, 1865. Since a time soon after the close of the Civil War, in which 
 he served, he has held responsible positions in the telegraph and express 
 business in Bangor, Buffalo and N. Y. City. From these he retired in 
 1904, returning to the old homestead at B. H., where they now live. 
 They have had six children, three of whom are living: Frank M., in 
 Helena, Mont., and Montgomery B., in Great Falls, Mont., both of 
 whom hold positions of superintendency in prominent mining compa- 
 nies; Mabel A., unm., lives with her parents. 
 
 11 Emily Ann, b. Aug. 14, 1841; m. Rev. William Leavitt, Chicago, now 
 dec. They have had four chil., three of whom are living. 
 
 12 Cinderilla (adopted), b. Sept. 6, 1839; unm.; d. Dec. 24, 1858. 
 
 SMITHWICK. 
 Charles C. Smithwick came to E. B. from New. He m. Mary, dau. of 
 
628 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Caleb and Eliza Hodgdon, 1874. Soon after he engaged in the livery and 
 trucking business, which he still continues. Their home was the former 
 homestead of her father. She d. Oct. 8, 1891. Children: Annie L., Mary 
 E., Charles R, Emma G. 
 
 SPINNEY. 
 
 1 Robert Spinney was born in Georgetown in 1811. He descended from 
 Thomas Spinney, a weaver, who came to America in 1659 and received a 
 grant of 200 acres of land on the end of Eliot Neck. The fam. is numerous 
 from him abt. Kittery and other towns in that vicinity. A grandson, Jere- 
 miah, set. in Georgetown, who was b. in 1742. From him descended the 
 fam. in that town. Robert m. Margaret, dau. of David Kenniston, 1832, and 
 soon after moved to B. Ctr., where he afterward lived. His house stood in 
 the comer, east side of the County road, northerly from the Kenniston house. 
 His store, where he traded throughout his entire business career, was across 
 the road from his house, westerly, see Chaps. XVI and XIX. He died Jan. 
 27, 1873; she died Aug. 2, 1870. Children: 
 
 2 Margaret J. , b. Mar. 18, 1833; m. Arad Day, Dam. ; set in Chelsea, Mass. 
 
 3 Elizabeth S., b. Sept. 10, 1834; m. Frederick Reed, q. v. 
 
 4 Robert Curtis, b. Oct. 13, 1835; unm.; d. Jan., 1905. 
 
 5 Roxana J., b. Feb. 17, 1837; m. Levi Willey, q. v. 
 
 6 William Quinam, b. Oct. 13, 1838; m. Clara Berry; res. in Belfast. 
 
 7 Mary A., b. May 17, 1840; m. Richard M. Webber; Uved in E. B.; rem. 
 to Bath late in the nineties, where they both d. a few years later. 
 
 8 Caroline M., b. Oct. 13, 1841; m. Oilman P. Hodgdon, q. v. 
 
 9 John Oilman, b. Feb. 2, 1845; m. Julia E. Berry; farmer, lives at B. Ctr., 
 formerly in trade, see Chap. XIX. Chil. : I, John S., b. May 3, 1869; 
 m. Abby Abbott; res. B. Ctr. II, C. H. Raymond, b. Sept. 11, 1874; 
 m. Nellie Harris, Lynn; engaged in insurance; res. in Chelsea, Mass. 
 Ill, Clara P., b. Nov. 11, 1876; m. Ray Sherman; res. at B. H. 
 
 10 Martha M., b. Oct. 30, 1847; d. Aug. 6, 1877; unm. 
 Two chil. d. in early youth. 
 
 Enos Spinney came to B. H. in 1901 from Argyle, Yarmouth Co., N. S. 
 Two years later he purchased of Charles E. Smith the old Kenniston home- 
 stead at B. Ctr., which he conducts as a dairy farm. 
 
 SPOFFORD. 
 
 This family is of Scotch descent, its founder locating in Georgetown, 
 Mass. The ancestors of the Boothbay branch came to Solon in 1805, with 
 an ox team, from Claremont, N. H. They were John and Hannah (Emer- 
 son) Spofford and had a family of nine children. A son, Amherst, born in 
 1795, was stationed at Boothbay during the War of 1812, where he became 
 acquainted with Sally, dau. of Solomon Pinkham, whom he married in 1816. 
 In 1820 they settled on Indiantown, removing a few years later to Cape 
 Newagen Island, a little north of Abial Gray's. There they lived until after 
 the mother's death, in 1850, when he and the younger children removed to 
 Bingham. Two children died in infancy, the others were: 
 
 I, Levi B., b. 1819; m. Esther Oilman; d. 1863. II, Amherst, b. 1821, 
 m. Sarah Oilman; moved to Bingham, 1867, and to Skowhegan, 1889, where 
 he now lives. Ill, Joseph, b. 1827; lived in Southport; dec. IV, Augustus, 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 629 
 
 b. 1829; m. Mary A. Churchill, Solon; lives in Jonesboro. V, Hiram G., b. 
 1832, q. V. VI, Julia A., b. 1837; lives in Gloucester, Mass. VII, Granville 
 G., b. 1839; m. and set. in Gloucester. VIII, Serena, lives in Gloucester. 
 IX, Belle, lives in Boston. Other chil. were b. from subsequent marriages. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 
 Hiram G. Spofford m. Elizabeth Hipson, Digby, Nova Scotia. They 
 set. in Boothbay and now live at the Harbor. He has been master of a fish- 
 ing schooner for many years. Their chil. are Robert E. , Hiram A. , Alphonzo 
 P., Edward W., William E,, Lizzie E., Annie J., Minnie G., Gertie M. 
 
 Hiram H. Spofford, who lived in W. Boothbay, was son of Hiram, who 
 was son of John and Hannah Spofford, Solon. He m. Adelia M. Lewis, 
 1859. They had three children; I, Etta M., m. Charles H. Spofford, Bing- 
 ham; set. in B. II, Charles L., m. Arietta Kelley. Ill, Benjamin L. This 
 family removed to Mass. a few years ago. 
 
 SPURLING. 
 
 Capt. Benjamin Spurting was b. July 22, 1849, at Great Cranberry Isle, 
 son of George N. and Abigail Spurting. He m. Frances A., dau. of William 
 P. and Abigail C. Preble, who was bom and reared on the same island. He 
 commenced going to sea at the age of ten; took his first command at 21, 
 sch. Maggie W. Willard. In 1811 he moved to Portland and in 1888 to B. 
 H. He holds a first-class pilot's license for the Atlantic Coast for steamers 
 not exceeding TOO tons. He has built five vessels for E. Sanders & Co., 
 Pensacola, Fla., and purchased and sold them several others. His principal 
 sea-going has been in the mackerel fishery, and he has one high-line year to 
 his credit. Their children are: Maud A., m. Forest Ware, Whitefield; 
 Harold B. and Frances M. 
 
 STONE. 
 
 William Stone, b. Mar. 25, 1798, m. Rebecca Lewis, 1819, and set. on 
 Barter's Is. at the northern end. He d. Nov. 26, 1878; she d. Mar. 29, 1891, 
 a. 90. Children: I, Mahala, b. Sept. 7, 1820; m. George B. Reed, 1840, q. v. 
 II, Catherine, b. Feb. 11, 1823. Ill, Eldridge, b. Jan. 12, 1825, q. v. IV, 
 Mary A., b. Sept. 16, 1827; m. Charies M. Dodge, 1850. V, Miles F., b. Jan, 
 29, 1834. Eldridge, of above chil., m. Ursula P. Sherman, Edge., 1853. He 
 d. Aug. 9, 1892. They lived on his father's homestead. Children: William 
 H., b. Aug. 11, 1854; Joseph C, b. May 3, 1856. 
 
 STOVER. 
 
 Two brothers, Joseph and Dependence Stover, came to B. and set. on 
 Barter's Is. before 1780. It is said that they came from Dover, N. H. It is 
 a fam. name that has been in B. continuously since, but many omissions in 
 recording have occurred. 
 
 1 Joseph Stover, whose wife's name is recorded Marsey (Mercy?), d. Oct. 
 4, 1824, a. 86. Their children were: Betsey, 1780; Lydia, 1782; Lois, 1784; 
 Polly, 1786; James, 1791. 
 
630 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 2 Dependence Stover, whose wife's name is recorded Mary, has no per- 
 sonal rec. She d. Apr. 24, 1852. Their chil. were: James, 1783; Samuel, 
 178^; Sarah, 1787; Abigail, 1800; Deborah, 1803; Dolly, 1806, Ebenezer, 
 1807. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 
 3 John Stover, b. 1778, thought to have been an unrecorded son of Joseph, 
 m. (1) Rhoda Stover, also unrecorded, 1809; (2) Fanny Barter, 1835. He 
 lived on Barter's Is. Children: Mary, 1811; Margaret, 1813; Sarah, 1817; 
 Lois, 1819, d. 1885; Betsey, 1822; Rufus, 1829, d. 1895; Rhoda M., 1836; 
 George W., 1840, d. 1891; John F., 1843; Dennis B., 1847. John, the father, 
 d. May 1, 1862; Fanny, the mother, d. Sept. 23, 1864. 
 
 SWETT. 
 
 1 John Swett, first of this family in town, was born at Castine, Dec. 22, 
 1765. He was second son of Stephen Swett who owned, or claimed, quite a 
 tract of land on Castine Neck prior to the Revolution. Castine, then Major- 
 bagaduce, was so badly harassed during the war that Stephen Swett took 
 his family to the westward, to a place called Great Bend, for safety. It con- 
 sisted of a wife and two sons, Stephen, Jr., and John. Both boys went into 
 the war before its close, John being only 15 years old at enlistment. In 1795 
 John settled on Thirty Acre Island, Boothbay, building a log house in which 
 he lived until 1808. He then married and built a frame house, where he hved 
 through life, and the same house was the home of Harvey Swett during life. 
 John Swett married Abigail Witham, West., who was b. May 22, 1783. He 
 was a cooper by trade, but followed farming and fishing. He took a deed 
 of the western half of the island in 1810 of Benjamin Hodgdon and in 1816 of 
 the other half from the State. Though called Thirty Acre Island, the Hodg- 
 don deed calls the western half 47 acres, more or less. Recent surveys show 
 its area to be 87 acres. John Swett d. Jan. 20, 1853 ; she d. Aug. 1, 1869. Chil. : 
 
 *2 Harvey, b. Jan. 27, 1810, q. v. 
 
 3 Warren, b. Feb. 2, 1813; m. Lavina Gove; two chil., dec; he d. 1838, 
 see Cas. 
 
 4 Joseph, b. June 19, 1815; m. Sophia White, Georgetown; set. there; 
 two chil. ; he d. May 16, 1868. 
 
 *5 Hiram, b. Oct. 29, 1819, q. v. 
 6 Elliot, b. Apr. 15, 1823; m. (1) Burnett Reed, (2) Sarah J. Hagan, Bath; 
 set. in Georgetown; eight chil. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*2) Harvey 2 Swett {JohiO-) m. Sarah J., dau. of Henry and Paulina 
 Greenleaf, 1838. Lived on the homestead with his parents, and by caring 
 for them became owner of the island. Under his ownership it became known 
 as Swett's Island, but it was sold to an association for the purpose of a sum- 
 mer resort in 1887, when it was rechristened Isle of Springs. Many years 
 ago there were two other houses on the island besides those of Harvey and 
 Hiram Swett. In one lived a family by name of Neal and in the other a 
 Matthews family; the head of the latter was frozen to death in his boat while 
 fishing. Harvey Swett was an old-time skipper of fishermen and also did 
 something in the mackerel business, but through the greater part of his career 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 631 
 
 his specialty in the fish business was smoking herring, for which the island 
 was well fitted with smoke houses and other equipment (see Chap. XXI). 
 He died Mar. 14, 1891; she died Feb. 15, 1894. Children: 
 7 Julia A., b. 1839; m. Rev. James W. Sawyer, Portland, 1866; two chil, 
 
 8- Byron W., b. 1843; m. Julia A. Hodgdon, 1870; lives in West B. H., 
 engaged in the herring and bait fishery. Chil.: Cleveland B., Fred H., 
 Ella L., Victor E., Ralph W.; Victor d. in Brunswick, Ga., 1902. 
 
 9 Harriet Eliza, b. 1847; m. Convers O. Hodgdon, 1867. Chil.: Clara, 
 James, Lyman, Sarah, Hattie, Winfield. 
 
 10 Sumner P., b. 1852; m. Ophelia W. Pinkham, 1873; res. at West B. H., 
 engaged in bait and herring business. Chil. : Leon, Raymond, John, 
 Lillian, Alden, Richard, Chester. 
 
 11 Ida E., b. 1857; m. Samuel B. Down, 1894; s. p. 
 
 (*5) HiRAM^ SwETT {Johnf-) m. Lucretia R. Dunton, 1841, who was b. 
 Feb. 6, 1825. He was partner with his brother Harvey in business through 
 life. He died Jan. 28, 1882; she died Jan. 4, 1885. Children: 
 
 12 Mary E., b. Jan. 25, 1842; m. Everett Linekin; d. Sept. 19, 1881. 
 
 13 Sophia A., b. May 29, 1844; m. Ezekiel Hodgkins; d. Dec. 11, 1877. 
 
 14 Euretta, b. July 27, 1846; d. Sept. 22, 1851. 
 
 15 Olive H., b. Dec. 2, 1849; unm.; d. May 7, 1874. 
 
 16 Alevia, b. Sept. 25, 1852; m. Alonzo Hodgdon; d. Apr. 3, 1872. 
 
 17 Lectina L., b. Nov. 5, 1855; m. Levi Burns. 
 
 18 Albina L., b. Nov. 5, 1855; m. (1) Niles J. Jewett, (2) Dennis S. Wylie. 
 
 19 Addie E., b. Feb. 14, 1860; m. James F. Dunton. 
 
 20 Carrie E., b. Sept. 29, 1862; m. George L. Margeson, Mattapan, Mass. 
 
 21 Flora, b. Aug. 12, 1864; m. Gardner Tibbetts; d. Mar. 7, 1889. 
 
 Zebediah F. Swett was b. Nov. 11, 1827, at Arrowsic, the son of Benja- 
 min, Jr., and Louisa (Whitmore) Swett, and grandson of Benjamin Swett. 
 Both ancestors were bom and lived on Arrowsic. ' He m. Louisa, dau. of 
 Andrew and Jane (Stinson) McFadden. This fam. is not related to descend- 
 ants of John Swett of the foregoing fam. Mr. Swett came to B. H. June 18, 
 1870, and has since been engaged at his trade, that of ship calker. They 
 have three chil.: I, Martha W., unm., lives with her parents. II, Ella J., m. 
 Dr. Charles W. McClearn, Maiden, Mass. Ill, Walter P., unm., machinist, 
 employed in Beverly, Mass. 
 
 THOMAS. 
 
 Richard Thomas was b. in Halifax, Jan. 28, 1839. He came to B. in 
 1856 and m. Harriet, dau. of Joshua McKown, in 1864. They lived until 
 recently on McKown's Pt., but now at West B. H. He has followed the sea 
 as a cook from boyhood to the present. Children: I, Anna E., dec. II, 
 Charles R., m. Nellie Albee, Wis.; she is dec. Ill, Emma, dec. IV, Scott 
 W., m. Lizzie Pillman. V, Blanch T., m. Charles E. Clisby. VI, Lizzie 
 H., m. Ralph Thompson. VII, Benjamin W., commenced trade in 1905 at 
 South., Casino Building. VIII, Harry, m. Viva Macaulay. IX, Hardy, 
 dec. X, Samuel H. XI, John. 
 
 THOMPSON. 
 
 1 Joseph Thompson was born in Ipswich, Mass., Mar. 6, 1722-3; he m. 
 Elizabeth Andrews, Ipswich, in 1748; she was b. May 3, 1732. After mar- 
 
632 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 riage, which occurred at Salem, they moved to Pemaquid, where they 
 remained a few years, when their home was destroyed by fire. They then 
 went to Monhegan for a time, where they were Uving when their oldest dau., 
 Elizabeth, m. Samuel Pierce, in 1767. Between that and 1777, when Joseph 
 Pierce m. Sarah, another dau., they had settled upon Cape Newagen Island 
 at Cameron's Cove. Their graves are unmarked and no known record 
 exists of their deaths. Children: 
 
 2 Elizabeth, b. Mar. 3, 1750; m. Samuel Pierce, q. v. 
 
 3 Mary, b. Nov. 29, 1752; d. Dec. 4, 1832; unm. 
 *4 Samuel, b. June 30, 1754, q. v. 
 
 5 Joseph, b. Jan. 2, 1766; m. Lucy Sally (perhaps Tully). 
 
 6 Sarah, b. Dec. 28, 1757; m. Joseph Pierce, q. v. 
 
 7 Susanna, b. Jan. 24, 1761; m. John Kent. 
 
 8 Ruhama, b. Nov. 11, 1762. 
 
 9 Joanna, b. July 29, 1764; m. Ebenezer Lundy. 
 
 10 Jeremiah, b. Dec. 9, 1765. 
 
 11 Lydia, b. Apr. 29, 1767; d. Feb. 2, 1851. 
 
 12 Jane, b. Aug. 29, 1769; d. young. 
 
 13 William, b. Oct. 1, 1770. 
 
 14 Stephen, b. Nov. 9, 1771; d. Nov. 2, 1832. 
 
 15 Jane, b. June 5, 1774. 
 
 16 David, b. Oct. 29, 1775. 
 
 17 John, b. Sept. 7, 1777. 
 Two chil. d. in youth. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*4) Samuel^ Thompson (Joseph)) m. Mary, dau. of David Reed, 1781. 
 They lived at Cameron's Cove. He d. Dec. 13, 1833. He was a sea captain 
 and both he and his brother Joseph were in the Revolutionary service. Chil. : 
 
 18 Polly, b. Mar. 4, 1782; m. William McKown, q. v. 
 
 19 Patty, b. May 22, 1784; m. John Wylie, Jr., q. v. 
 
 20 Samuel, Jr., b. June 2, 1786; m. Martha Pinkham. 
 
 21 Betsey, b. Aug. 25, 1788; m. William Clark, 1809. 
 
 22 David T., b. Sept. 10, 1790; m. Mary Barnes; d. Jan. 25, 1815. 
 *23 William, b. Mar. 19, 1793, q. v. 
 
 24 Sally, b. Apr. 23, 1795; m. Ephraim McCobb, 1823. 
 
 25 Charlotte, b. June 4, 1797; m. John Pinkham. 
 
 26 Julia, b. July 23, 1799; m. John Pinkham, 2d, 1818. 
 *27 Joseph, b. Aug. 1, 1801, q. v. 
 
 *28 John, b. June 11, 1803, q. v. 
 
 29 Henrietta, b. May 22, 1806; m. Neal Wylie, 1824. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (*23) William* Thompson (Samuel? Joseph)) m. Lydia T., dau. of 
 Jonathan Pierce. They lived where Mrs. Rhoda Thompson lives. His life 
 was mostly at sea from an early age. He d. Feb. 20, 1877; she d. Sept. 27, 
 1881. Children: 
 
 30 David, b. Jan. 8, 1819; m. Caroline Pierce. Children: Annie, William, 
 Harriet and Lafayette, who m. Flora Pierce. 
 
 *31 Jonathan P., b. June 19, 1820, q. v. 
 
 32 William, Jr., b. July 9, 1822; m. Eliza A. Decker; they had two chil., 
 George and Helen. 
 
 33 Harriet E., b. Dec. 16, 1824; m. Joseph Maddocks, q. v. 
 *34 John, b. Oct. 15, 1827, q. v. 
 
 36 Stephen S., b. Sept. 7, 1829; m. Margery Ome. Chil.: I, Roseltha, m. 
 
 Walter Bigelow; II, Lucy M., b. Oct. 22, 1856, m. Quinn; III, 
 
 Madison, unm., dec; IV, Ambrose, m. Maria Mayberry; V, Edward, 
 unm., dec; VI, Luther, unm., dec; VII, Bessie, unm., dec. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 633 
 
 36 Lydia A., b. Apr. 4, 1836; m. John Haddocks, q. v. 
 *37 Charles C, b. July 27, 1837, q, v. 
 *38 Cyrus M., b. Aug. 15, 1839, q. v. 
 
 (*27) Joseph' Thompson (Samuel,^ Joseph}-) m. Frances Sloman, Wool- 
 wich; he removed to Richmond with his family in the sixties. Children: 
 
 39 Samuel M., b. Sept. 24, 1824; d. 1839, see Cas. 
 
 40 Mary A., b. Jan. 31, 1826; m. Mark Rand. 
 
 41 Julia, b. Nov. 25, 1829; m. George W. Pierce, q. v. 
 
 42 Joseph A., b. Apr. 30, 1831; m. Rachel Hathorne, Woolwich; set. in 
 Bath. 
 
 43 Lucy J., b. Jan. 19, 1833; m. Samuel Lancaster, Richmond. 
 
 44 George, b. Dec. 7, 1834; m. (1) Emma Auld, (2) Florence Hathorne; 
 set. in Fairfield. 
 
 45 Willard, b. July 6, 1837; m. Etta Harland, Wilmington, Del. ; set. in Del. 
 
 46 Josiah W., b. July 19, 1839; m. Carrie Owen, Bath; set. in San Francisco. 
 
 47 Silas, m. Melvina Pierce; lives in Richmond. 
 Eliza and Emeline, bet. 46 and 47, d. young. 
 
 (*28) JOHN^ Thompson {Samuel,^ Joseph}-) m. Abigail Sloman, Wool- 
 wich; settled in Rockport, Mass. Children: 
 
 48 Sarah E., b. May 30, 1828; m. (1) Doucett, (2) David Elwell. 
 
 49 Abigail, b. June 2, 1830; m. — Elwell. 
 
 50 John E., b. July 8, 1832; set. in New York. 
 
 Fourth Generation. 
 (*31) Jonathan P.* Thompson (William,^ Samuel,^ Joseph?-) m. Eliza- 
 beth Rand. He had his father's homestead, where he lived through life. 
 Upon a part of the premises the summer hotel, the Lawnmere, has been 
 built and is owned and conducted by his sons. A silver goblet is in the pos- 
 session of this family which has come down regularly through the several 
 generations from Joseph of Monhegan, and which was reputed old in his 
 day, having descended from English ancestry. He d. Oct. 11, 1902. Chil. : 
 
 51 Marston Hodgdon, b. Apr. 12, 1851; unm. ; has followed the sea as 
 master mariner until abt. 1897; now associated with his brother, Her- 
 bert L., in the summer hotel built that year known as the Lawnmere. 
 
 52 Marietta, b.Jan. 2, 1853; m. Frederick P. Baxter, Boston. 
 
 53 Angle M., b. Sept. 27, 1855; d. July, 1882. 
 
 54 Lizzie Hayden, b. Oct. 27, 1857; m. Zina Orne, q. v. 
 
 55 Lydia Pierce, b. Apr. 4, 1860; m. Ebenezer L. Decker, South. 
 
 56 Herbert Lyford, b. Dec. 31, 1865; m. Bertha Orne. 
 
 67 Olive Maddocks, b. Dec. 11, 1867; m. Wells G. Nickerson, South. 
 
 (*34) John* Thompson ( William,^ Samuel,^ Joseph?-) m. Catherine Sigs- 
 worth. He followed the sea, either fishing or coasting; lived in Southport. 
 Children: I, Fannie Parsons, m. Redford Rand. II, Freeman G., m. Ger- 
 trude Miller. Ill, John, m. Clara Alley; res. in South. IV, Winfield M., 
 m., set. in the vicinity of Boston; has been on the Boston Globe staff in 
 various departments for several years. V, Fred Baxter, unm. VI, Grace 
 B., m. Frank Drown. 
 
 (*37) Charles C* Thompson ( William,^ Samuel,''- Joseph?) m. Rhoda 
 Rand. For many years he was ferryman bet. South, and B. H.; then for a 
 time he was captain of the str. Islander, running in summer bet. Gardiner 
 and B. H. He died Oct. 13, 1891. His wid. has rebuilt the homestead and 
 opens it annually to the summer travel. Children: I, Henry, d. abt. 1878, 
 
634 HISTOEY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 a. 16. II, Harriet, m. Cross, Augusta. Ill, William L., m. Vivian 
 
 Cross, Augusta. IV, Howard, m. Mary, dau. of Capt. Mitchell Reed; res. 
 at South. V, Henrietta, unm. 
 
 (*38) Cyrus M.* Thompson (William,* Samuel,^ Joseph?) m. Mary Love. 
 He has followed the sea both as master mariner and captain of tugs abt. the 
 Kennebec waters. For town service see Chap. XVI. They live near the 
 bridge on South. Children: I, Isaac R., dec. II, Delia H., m. Capt. John 
 Seavey, B. H. Ill, Eunice, m. Clarence McKnown; now living in B. H. 
 IV, Maud M., m. Charles Baxter, Boston. V, Ralph, m. Lizzie Thomas. 
 
 VI, Georgia, m. George Burnham. VII, Emery, unm. VIII, Lena, m. 
 
 Wilson, Boston. 
 
 THORPE. 
 
 James Thorpe came from England to Mass. in 1632; he married Hannah 
 Newcomb, 1669. A son, Samuel, was born 1674, who married Elizabeth 
 White, 1699. Their son, Samuel, Jr., was bom Aug. 20, 1716. He had a 
 son Eliphalet, b. June 20, 1738, who mamed Hannah Lewis, Dec. 17, 1762. 
 These were the parents of Dea. Lewis Thorpe, the first of the name in Booth- 
 bay. Dedham, Mass., was the home of all, or nearly all, of the above-men- 
 tioned persons. 
 
 1 Lewis Thorpe was born in Dedham, Mass., Jan. 10, 1767. As a young 
 man came to Georgetown and m. Hannah Drummond, who d. Oct. 16, 1822, 
 a. 54; they had five sons. He m. (2) Susanna McFadden, who died Jan. 8, 
 1851, a. 75. He set. in Boothbay, opposite Hodgdon's Island, soon after his 
 first marriage. He died Feb. 24, 1840. Children: 
 
 *2 Willard, b. 1796, q, v. 
 
 *3 Charles, b. 1798, q. v. 
 
 *4 Lewis, Jr., b. 1800, q. v. 
 
 5 John, m. Harriet Pierce, 1829; set. in Bris. 
 
 6 Eliphalet, m. Elizabeth L. Pierce, 1829; set. in Bris. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*2) Willard^ Thorpe (Lewis^) m. Mary, dau. of David Kenniston, 
 1822. They lived on the homestead of his father. He commenced tanning, 
 building his tannery on the home place, early in life and conducted the busi- 
 ness many years successfully. He died Mar. 9, 1868; she died Oct. 2, 1854. 
 Children: I, Hannah D., dec; II, Cyrus, dec; III, Ann Mary Hall, unm., 
 res. B. H.; IV, Frances, unm., dec; V, Emily Dodge, unm., res. B. H.; VI, 
 Caroline, unm., res. B. H.; VII, Elizabeth, m. William J. Thorpe, q. v.; 
 VIII, John Warren, see Chap. XXIII. 
 
 (,*3) Charles'* Thorpe (Lewis'^) m. (1) Mary, dau. of William and 
 Rebecca Orne, 1827; (2) Charlotte, sister to first wife, 1833. They lived west 
 of Campbell's Cove bridge, where William J. Thorpe did later. Children: 
 
 7 William J., b. 1828; m. Sarah E., dau. of Willard Thorpe. He d. Apr. 
 2, 1900; she d. Jan. 19, 1893. Their chil. were: Charles W., res. E. B., 
 Lewis D. and Grace. 
 
 8 Mary J., m. Charles Reed, 1852, q. v. 
 
 9 Rebecca Ellen, b. 1834; m. Silas Smith, q. v. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 635 
 
 (*4) Lewis^ Thorpe (Letuis^) m. Mary Parker, 1829. Was partner with 
 his brother Willard in tannery at West Boothbay. He d. Sept. 4, 1880; she 
 d. Aug. 31, 1891, a. 84. Children: I, Harriet, m. Benjamin Lewis. II, Ann 
 Maria, m. Sumner Tibbetts. Ill, Eliphalet, m. Augusta, dau. of Silas Orne; 
 they had two daus., Mary A. and Annie C. He was a merchant at B. H. ; d. 
 
 Mar. 5, 1871. IV, Franklin, m. Hurlburt. V, Clara E., unm., d. 18*70. 
 
 VI, Charles D., unm., d. 1865. 
 
 TIBBETTS. 
 
 1 Nathaniel Tibbetts settled in Townsend in all probability at the time 
 that Joseph Giles did, about 1759. He was born Aug. 30, 1727. 'He married 
 Elizabeth, dau. of Mark and Lydia (Tibbetts) Giles, all of Dover, N. H. She 
 was bom in 1729 and died Apr. 1, 1822. They built first a log house on 
 what is known as the McClintock place in Dover, but later moved north and 
 built where his son, Giles Tibbetts, afterward lived, the place still later going 
 to Frank, son of Giles, Jr. The ancestry of Nathaniel Tibbetts is clear from 
 the start on American soil. 
 I, Henryi and Elizabeth Tibbetts, both born in 1596, in England, sailed at 
 the age of 39, on July 13, 1635, with two children, Jeremiah, four years 
 old, and Samuel, two, in the ship James, from London for New England. 
 They are found in Dover, N. H., almost as soon as they reached Amer- 
 ica. Four more children were bom to them. 
 II, Jeremiah,^ b. 1631, son of Henry and Elizabeth, m. Mary Canney (an 
 ancient form of spelling Kenney), of Dover. He was a farmer and d. in 
 1677. They had twelve children. 
 
 III, Samuel,^ sixth child of Jeremiah and Mary, b. 1666, m. Dorothy Tuttle, 
 Dover. He was a tanner and farmer, and a captain in the Colonial 
 army. He d. in 1738. They had nine children. 
 
 IV, Ichabod,* b. 1690, fifth child of Samuel and Dorothy, m. his cousin, Abi- 
 gail Tibbetts. He d. Feb. 26, 1746. He was a farmer and tanner, also a 
 captain in the Colonial army and saw service in the early wars. He was 
 father of eight chil., the fourth of which was Nathaniel, b. Aug. 30, 
 1727, the founder of the Boothbay branch of this numerous family. 
 
 It has been repeatedly stated that Nathaniel Tibbetts married Abigail 
 Alley, but there is a misconception as to the parties. John Alley, founder of 
 that family in town, was but little older than Nathaniel Tibbetts, Sr. His 
 daughter Abigail was bom in 1749, the same year that Nathaniel and Eliza- 
 beth Tibbetts' oldest child, Ichabod, was born. Two of the sons, however, 
 of the Tibbetts family married two of John Alley's daughters, which is con- 
 sistent as to age and shown by record. Children: 
 
 *2 Ichabod, b. Dec. 17, 1749, q. v. 
 
 *3 Nathaniel, b. Apr. 9, 1752, q. v. 
 
 4 John,.b. Feb. 1, 175B; m. Lydia Lamson, 1778. 
 
 »5 Giles, b. June 9, 1757, q. v. . „ , . . 
 
 6 Abigail, b. June 24, 1759; m. Benjamm Hutchmgs, 1779, q. v. 
 
 7 Mark, b. May 12, 1761. 
 
 8 Judith, b. May 12, 1764; m. Nathaniel Gove, Edge. 
 
 9 Rebecca, b. Jan. 9, 1767; m. John Lewis, q. v. 
 *10 James, b. Dec. 9, 1768, q. v. 
 
 11 Sarah, b. Oct. 7, 1771; m. Lemuel Lewis, q. v. 
 
 12 Polly, b. Oct. 21, 1773; m. John Giles, q. v. 
 
636 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (•2) Ichabod'' Tibbetts {Nathaniel'^) m. Elizabeth, dau. of Jonathan 
 Hutchings, York, 1774. His publishment to Deliverance Cook, 1773, 
 appears in records. Elizabeth, wife, died July 25, 1828, a. 75. Children: 
 
 *13 John, b. Dec. 17, 1775, q. v. 
 
 14 Abigail, b. Mar. 13, 1777; m. Nathaniel Tibbetts. 
 
 15 Ichabod, b. Jan. 6, 1779; d. 1797 in West Indies. 
 
 16 Betsey, b. June 11, 1780; m. Paul Hartford, Liberty. 
 »17 Mark, b. Nov. 27, 1783, q. v. 
 
 18 Benjamin, b. Nov. 20, 1785; m. Sally Crommett. 
 
 19 Samuel, b. Dec. 28, 1788; m. Martha Matthews; he d. Sept. 22, 1877; 
 she d. Dec. 80, 1866; s. p. 
 
 20 Rhoda, b. July 4, 1791; m. John Dodge. 
 
 21 Timothy, b. May 5, 1795; set. in Rockland. 
 
 (*8) Nathaniel'' Tibbetts, Jr., (NathanieP) m. Elizabeth, dau. of John 
 Alley. He was a minister and settled in New Sharon. Chil. : I, Nathaniel, 
 Jr., b. Oct. 16, 1776; m. Abigail, dau. of Ichabod Tibbetts. He with a son, 
 Nathaniel, was drowned in the "Chops" in the Kennebec River. II, Mar- 
 tha, b. Sept. 24, 1777. Ill, Elizabeth, b. Aug. 8, 1779. IV, Eunice, b. May 
 2, 1782. V, Phebe, b. Apr., 1784. VI, Abigail, b. Aug. 9, 1786. VII, John, 
 b. Nov. 2, 1788. VIII, Mary, b. July 24, 1791. IX, Sarah, b. July 4, 1793. 
 X, Jesse, b. Mar. 6, 1796. 
 
 (*5) Giles" Tibbetts {Nathaniel^) m. Hannah, dau. of John Alley, 
 1784. He succeeded to his father's homestead. He d. July 13, 1832; she d. 
 Oct. 22, 1824. Children: 
 
 ♦22 Joseph, b. July 4, 1785, q. v. 
 
 »23 Giles, Jr., b. May 1, 1787, q. v. 
 
 24 Mehitable, b. July 18, 1789; m. James Adams, q. v. 
 
 25 Lydia, b. Nov. 5, 1791; m. Moses P. Whittaker, 1815. 
 
 26 Hannah, b. Mar. 12, 1794; m. William Lewis, Jr., Palermo. 
 
 27 Phebe, b. May 26, 1797; m. Ephraim Lamson, 1814. 
 
 28 Sally, b. Oct. 1, 1799; m. David Dunton, Edge., 1820. 
 
 29 Louisa, b. Nov. 7, 1802; m. Caleb Whittaker, 1824. 
 
 (*10) James" Tibbetts {Nathaniel'^) m. Abigail, dau. of Joseph Lewis, 
 1790. He lived on the place taken up by Michael Sinnett, who was captured 
 by the press-gang, elsewhere mentioned, next south from where Albert R. 
 Matthews now lives. He d. Dec. 15, 1858; she d. May 26, 1855. Children: 
 
 30 William, b. July 27, 1791; m. Susan Bryer; set. in Jeff. 
 
 31 Isaac, b. Jan. 13, 1793; m. Sarah Hutchings; set. in White. 
 
 32 Lois, b. Apr. 5, 1795; m. Stephen Lewis, q. v. 
 
 33 Nathaniel, b. Feb. 27, 1797; m. Clarissa Southard, Richmond. 
 
 34 Eunice, b. Mar. 15, 1799; m. John Reed, 2d, q. v. 
 
 36 Frances, b. Dec. 2, 1801 ; m. Timothy Hodgdon, q. v. 
 *36 James, b. July 10, 1803, q. v. 
 
 37 Mary Carleton, b. Sept. 3, 1806; m. Clement Huff, Cape Porpoise. 
 *38 Payson, b. Sept. 8, 1808, q. v. 
 
 39 Sarah A., b. May 1, 1811; m. Ebenezer Matthews, q. v. 
 
 40 Eliza A., b. Mar. 14, 1816; m. Austin Greenleaf. 
 
 41 Abigail, b. Dec. 13, 1818; m. Jason Pinkham, q. v. 
 
 Note. — ^James Tibbetts, after the death of his first wife, m. the wid. of 
 Capt. John Matthews; he was 87 yrs. old at the time; she d. Mar. 4, 1861, a. 73. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (*13) John' Tibbetts {Ichabod,^ Nathaniel^) m. Lydia, dau. of Joseph 
 and Martha Giles, 1800. They lived at Linekin. He d. June 30, 1848; she 
 d. Jan. 6, 1858. Children; 
 
FAMILY HISTORT. 637 
 
 42 Charlotte, b. July 26, 1801. 
 
 43 John, Jr., b. Sept. 11, 1803; m. Maria Wooten, 1828. 
 
 44 Betsey, b. Aug. 27, 1805; m. William Preble, 1827. 
 »45 Mark, b. July 6, 1807, q. v. 
 
 *46 Artemas, b. Feb. 10, 1809, q. v. 
 
 47 Polly, b. Nov. 19, 1810; m. Samuel Brewer, q. v. 
 
 48 Ichabod, b. Oct. 9, 1812; m. Elizabeth Sargent, 1838; d. 1844, see Cas. 
 
 49 Lucinda, b. Oct. 3, 1814; m. Francis Sargent, 1834. 
 
 50 Rufus, b. Feb. 20, 1817; m. Asenath Grimes, 1841; he d. May 28, 1894; 
 she d. Nov. 20, 1877. 
 
 61 Lydia, b. June 16, 1819; m. William Thompson, 1838. 
 *52 Hiram, b. Jan. 4, 1822, q. v. 
 
 (*17) Mark' Tibbetts (Ichabod,''' Nathaniel^) m. Ann, dau. of Joseph 
 and Martha Giles, 1809. Children: Rhoda, b. July 6, 1810; Andrews, b. 
 Mar. 24, 1812. 
 
 (*22) Joseph* Tibbetts ( Giles,''' Nathaniel'^) m. (1) Sally Crommett, 
 1807; (2) Mrs. Elizabeth Dockendorff, 1814. He d. Feb. 11, 1860; Sally (1st 
 w.) d. Nov. 7, 1813; Elizabeth (2d w.) d. Sept. 23, 1865, a. 82-3. Children: 
 
 53 John, b. Mar. 22, 1808. 
 
 54 Mary Ann, b. Oct. 30. 1811. 
 
 55 Joseph, Jr., b. May 15, 1815. 
 
 56 Ephraim, b. Nov. 28, 1817; m. Sarah Tibbetts, Liberty, 1842. 
 
 57 William, b. Dec. 17, 1819. 
 
 58 Syrena, b. Jan. 7, 1821; m. Eleazer Giles, q. v. 
 
 59 Helen M., b. Aug. 8, 1826; m. Willis W. Palmer, 1864. 
 
 (*23) Giles' Tibbetts, Jr., {Giles,^ Nathaniel'^) m. Jane Crommett, 
 1809. Lived on his father's place. Children: 
 
 60 Jane Louisa, b. June 1, 1810. 
 
 61 Sophronia, b. Dec. 8, 1811. 
 
 62 Emily, b. Oct. 23, 1813; m. Stephen Matthews. 
 •63 Benjamin F., b. Jan. 14, 1815. 
 
 64 Giles, b. June 17, 1822; d. 1839. 
 
 (*36) James' Tibbetts {James,'' Nathaniel'^) m. Eunice Brookings, 
 Woolwich, 1826. He d. Oct. 26, 1874; she d. Aug. 29, 1876. He lived on 
 Back River. Children: 
 
 65 Arabella N., b. June 26, 1827; m. Stillman Matthews. 
 
 66 Albert S., b. Mar. 26, 1830; m. Angelet Sherman, Edge. 
 
 67 Sumner R., b. May 18, 1832; m. Ann Maria Thorpe, 1853. 
 
 68 Lincoln W., b. Sept. 18, 1834; m. Elizabeth Merrill. 
 
 69 Mary L., b. Sept. 13, 1838; m. Leonard Lewis, 1854. 
 
 70 Harriet T., b. Dec. 19, 1840; m. John W. Dow; set. Los Angeles, Cal. 
 
 71 Frances E., b. Mar. 10, 1843; unm. 
 
 72 Eliza H., b. Aug. 9, 1845; m. R. G. Hodgdon, q. v. 
 
 73 Abby J., b. Apr. 27, 1850; m. Wadsworth H. Lewis; res. in Portland. 
 
 (*38) Payson' Tibbetts {James,^ NathanieP-) m. Elizabeth, dau. of 
 James Adams, 1835. They lived at Back River, and the wid. , at the age of 95, 
 is now (1905) living on the homestead with her daughter's family. He died 
 Sept. 10, 1892. Chil.: I, Thomas J., b. Oct. 9, 1836; m. Sarah E. Harris; 
 res. Back River. II, Lydia A., b. Mar. 1, 1840; m. George Adams. Ill, 
 Mary E., b. July 11, 1843; d. 1867. IV, Charles C, twin brother to preced- 
 ing. V, Elizabeth J., b. Dec. 23, 1850; m. William T. Giles, 1876; res. on 
 her father's homestead. 
 
 Fourth Generation. 
 
 (*45) Mark* Tibbetts (John,* Ichabod,^ Nathaniel^) m. Pauline Reed, 
 1832. He d. Feb. 9, 1838. Children: I, Capt. Gardner G., b. Dec. 22, 1833; 
 
638 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 m. (1) Julia S. Brown, 1855; (2) Aldana Brown, 1865; chil. by 1st m., Eldora 
 E., Mary J., Lizzie D., dec; by 2d m., Gertrude G., dec, Elijah H. He d. 
 Nov. 19, 1888, see Cas.; Julia, w., d. Dec 24, 1863; Aldana, w., d. Jan. 23, 
 1874. II, Lucinda A., b. June 22, 1835; m. Leander Fuller. Ill, Emily J., 
 b. Mar. 12, 1837. 
 
 (*46) Artemas* Tibbetts (John,* Ichabod,^ Nathaniel'') m. Sarah Ben- 
 nett; lived at Linekin. He d. 1844, see Cas. Children: Sarah A., b. 1830; 
 Elsie J., b. 1832; Arietta, b. 1833; John, b. 1835; Daniel, b. 1838; Artemas, 
 Jr., b. 1840; Milton, b. 1842; Eliza, b. 1845. 
 
 (*52) HiRAM^ Tibbetts (John,* Jchabod,'^ Nathaniel') m. Sarah Alley, 
 1842. They lived at Linekin. He died July 20, 1899; she died July 20, 1884. 
 Children: I, Lydia, b. June 5, 1842; d. Feb. 5, 1854. II, Mark, b. Nov. 22, 
 1843; m. Lois Vanhorn. Ill, Eliphalet, b. Mar. 12, 1847; m. Mary E., dau. 
 of Andrew Adams. IV, Alfred, b. Feb. 24, 1855; m. Phebe A. Poor. V, 
 Gardner, b. Sept. 4, 1857; m. Flora Swett. 
 
 (*63) Benjamin F.* Tibbetts (Giles, Jr.,* Giles,'^ Nathaniel') m. Mar- 
 tha L. Decker, 1843. He represented the fourth generation of his family on 
 the old homestead at Dover. He d. Nov. 19, 1881. Children: I, Hartley, 
 m. Casilda G. Lewis; II, Eliza, m. Albion Lewis; III, Giles T., m. and res. 
 in Mass.; IV, Lafayette, m. Amanda O. Dixon; V, Abbie A., m. William 
 Davis, No. Collins, N. Y., dec; VI, Irving J., m. Flora, dau. of Stephen 
 Matthews; VII, Laburton, unm., res. on homestead; VIII, Nellie C, m. 
 Orville E. Page, Dam.; IX, Ida B., m. William Davis, No. Collins, N. Y.; 
 X, Alma H., m. John H. Welsh, Jr. 
 
 SUPPLEMENTARY. 
 
 Eli Tibbetts, b. in B., Jan. 11, 1813, set. in Camden; m. Ruth Spauld- 
 ing, Lincolnville, 1836. He d. Mar. 22, 1897; she d. Dec, 1848. He m. (2) 
 Emily Smith, Searsmont. By the 1st m. they had four chil. : Emily H., 1888; 
 Amanda, 1840; Harriet, 1842; Eli, 1848. By 2d m. they had chil.: Ruth, 
 1849; Roseltha, 1850; Eli, 1852; Samuel, 1855; Harriet, 1857; Mabel, 1861; 
 George, 1863. Eli's descent is as follows: Eli,* Nathaniel,' Nathaniel,' 
 Nathaniel.! 
 
 Timothy Tibbetts, standing No. 21 under "(*2) Ichabod," settled in 
 Rockland and is ancestor of a numerous and prominent family, members of 
 which live in Rockland and Camden, principally. 
 
 TUPPER. 
 
 Cyrus R. Tupper was b. in Starks, June 17, 1860, the son of Simon and 
 Diana (Rogers) Tupper. The father was a native of Waterville, but settled 
 as a young man in Starks. The subject of this sketch came to B. H. in Oct., 
 1890, after his admission to the practice of law at the Somerset bar, Sept. 20, 
 1890. He m. Nellie C, dau. of Asa S. and Rose E. Duley, Starks, on July 
 20, 1891. Additional to his law practice he is engaged in real estate transac- 
 tions, is a director of the First Nat. Bank, and in 1904 was elected senator 
 from Lincoln County on the Democratic ticket. For town service see Chap. 
 XVI. They have one child, Asa D. 
 
 VANHORN. 
 
 Alexander and Hannah Vanhorn came to B. from Yarmouth, N. S., 
 in 1866. They set. on Linekin Neck. They had seven sons and four daus. 
 The sons were: I, Alexander, m. and lives in N. S. II, Edward, q. v. Ill, 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 639 
 
 Roland, m., d. in 1869, see Cas. IV, Abial, m., d. in 1869, see Cas. V, 
 Amos, m., two chil., Nellie M. and Gilbert A.; his wife d. Mar. 8, 1877. VI, 
 George, m., lives at Linekin. VII, Cornelius. VIII, Louisa, m. and set. in 
 Bris. IX, Etta, m. and set. in Bris. X, Lucy, m. Capt. Mitchell Reed, q. v. 
 XI, Lois, m. Mark Tibbetts, q. v. The six sons who had wives were all m. 
 in N. S. before coming to Me. The mother d. Oct. 9, 1879; the father d. in 
 Dec, 1904. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 Edward^ Vanhorn (Alexander^) m. Sarah E. Pinkenny. She was b. 
 Aug. 28, 1842; d. Dec. 10, 1903. Children: I, David A.; II, William A.; 
 Ill, Edward; IV, Charles M., m. Bessie L. Amiro; V, Simeon B., m. Julia 
 P. Dodge; VI, Norman N., m. Lizzie Amiro; VII, Ida M., m. Alfred S. 
 Dodge; VIII, Freeman O. 
 
 George E. Vanhorn, collaterally related to the foregoing fam., and 
 his wife, Mary L., had two chil.: I, Ella M., b. Aug. 2, 1860; m. John S. 
 Marson, q. v. II, George A., b. Jan. 23, 1871; d. in 1874. With his son-in- 
 law, as Vanhorn & Marson, a bakery and restaurant was opened in 1885, 
 succeeding M. Gunnell. He continued in the business until a few months 
 before his death, which occurred Jan. 9, 1891, at the age of 53-10. 
 
 WEBBER. 
 
 1 James and Margaret (Ellison) Webber came from Liverpool, Eng., 
 a few years after marriage and set. in Harpswell, from where they rem. to 
 Bris. Three of their chil. set. in B. and South., namely: 
 
 *2 James, Jr., q. v. 
 
 *3 George, b. 1823, q. v. 
 
 4 Jane, m. Thomas Pierce, South. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*2) James'' Webber, Jr., (James^) m. Julia A. Perkins. They lived at 
 E. B. She d. June 24, 1886; he d. Sept. 30, 1903. Children: 
 
 5 Martha, b. Nov. 9, 1839; d. Sept. 27, 1864. 
 
 6 William, G., b. Mar. 27, 1841; d. Sept. 8, 1864. 
 
 7 Harvey H., b. Nov. 23, 1843; m. Sarah F. Denham. 
 
 8 John P., b. Feb. 13, 1847; m. (1) Ella Sproul, (2) Winchenbach. 
 
 9 Mary E., b. Aug. 27, 1850; m. Luther Barlow, now dec. She is in 
 trade at E. B. 
 
 10 Zina H., b. Oct. 5, 1854; m. Fannie Reed. 
 
 11 Clara E., b. Aug. 20, 1856; d. 1866. 
 
 12 Susie (adopted), b. Dec. 3, 1868; m. John W. Race. 
 
 (*3) George^ Webber [James'-) m. Eliza, dau. of William Orne. He 
 was a farmer, living at West South. She d. July 7, 1896; he d. July 1, 1904. 
 Children: 
 
 13 Albert O., b. Feb. 28, 1847; d. Oct. 23, 1902. He m. Anginette Rush. 
 
 14 Warren W., b. Apr. 11, 1857; m. Mary Rose; chil.: Fred M. and 
 George R. 
 
 15 Thomas, m. Lizzie Gardner; chil.: George W., John G., Annie M. 
 
 16 Annie G., m. James E. Orne. 
 
 42 
 
640 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 WELCH. 
 
 Stephen E. Welch was bom in Sandford, 1836. He set. at B. Ctr. in the 
 sixties and was for a time in trade. After the loss of his store by fire, abt. 
 1873, he engaged at blacksmithing, which he followed till nearly the time of 
 his death, Feb. 19, 1891. His wid., Octavia E., now lives at B. Ctr. Chil., 
 b. bet. 1861-80: Addie E., see Cas., Winfield S., Edith M., Violetta O., 
 Minnie B., E. Lewis. 
 
 WELSH. 
 
 John and Margaret Welsh came from the north of Ireland and set. at B. 
 Ctr., living for a time in a house of Nicholas T. Knight, but afterward had 
 their home in a house that stood some distance easterly from the road, oppo- 
 site the home of the late Eben Clisby. They were Protestants and descended 
 from a similar ancestry to those who settled about the Harbor in 1730. He 
 d. June 19, 1875, a. 88; she d. Sept. 9, 1843, a. 49. They had two chil.: I, 
 Margaret, who m. Christopher Lewis and lived on Baiter's Island. II, Capt. 
 John H., who went early to sea and, as a young man, became master 
 mariner. He set. in Gloucester, marrying Sarah Elizabeth Ellery, a great- 
 granddaughter of William Ellery, a signer of the Declaration of Independ- 
 ence. With his first earnings, as a boy of eighteen, Capt. Welsh had bought 
 the farm at Dover, of Capt. Silas Lewis, where Joseph Giles settled. This 
 he retained during his long residence in Gloucester. Soon after the breaking 
 out of the Civil War he sold his vessel, in which he had been engaged in the 
 West India trade, to the U. S. Government and she was turned into a priva- 
 teer, he continuing her master. In 1886 he came back to B. and made his 
 home on the Dover estate. In 1892, with his sons, John H., Jr., and Fred, 
 the firm of J. H. Welsh & Sons was started in general trade at B. Ctr. He 
 d. July 14, 1905, a. 76. Children: I, Mary, grad. of Wellesley, teacher. II, 
 Margaret, lives with her mother and brother Fred at B. Ctr., the present 
 home, where she has carried on millinery and fancy goods trade in connec- 
 tion with the store. Ill, John H., Jr., m. Alma H. Tibbetts; lives on the 
 Dover farm; they have five chil.; he is a partner in the store. IV, Fred, 
 unm., res. at B. Ctr.; conducts the store. V, Annie, grad. of Wellesley, 
 teacher. VI, Mabel, grad. of Farmington Normal School, teacher. VII, 
 Gertrude, grad. of Hayden Hall, teacher. Two daus., Jennie and Daisy, d. 
 in youth. 
 
 WESTMAN. 
 
 1 Peter Westman was born in Sweden, in 1785. Before 1805 he was 
 impressed in the British Navy and that year fought under Nelson at Trafalgar 
 in the flagship. Preferring the American service he ran away and joined a 
 man-of-war about to sail for Boston. There he left the ship, married Susan 
 Brock and settled. He lived for a time in Bath and Georgetown, but in 
 1828 Capt. Jonathan Pierce built a house on Joe's Island and sold the prop- 
 erty to Westman. There he lived the rest of his life and reared his family, 
 dying May 1, 1859. Children: 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 641 
 
 2 Andrew, in U. S. Navy 21 years; killed at Hilton's Head; unm. 
 *3 Peter, Jr., b. 1822, q. v. 
 
 4 Susan, twin sister to above; m. Walcot Hamlin, Amherst, Mass. 
 
 5 Joan, m. (1) Robert Fountain, (2) William Collins. 
 
 6 John, b. 1830; m. Nancy J., dau. of Hiram Marr; their chil. set. else- 
 where; he d. Nov. 11, 1863, and his wid. m. Davis Elsmore, 1865. 
 
 7 Catherine, m. Jeruel Marr, q. v. 
 
 8 Abigail, m. (1) Charles Lundburg, (2) George Sorenson, Gloucester, 
 Mass. 
 
 9 Hannah, m. David McCabe, Bath. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 
 (*3) Peter^ Westman, Jr., {Peter^) m. Martha A. Moore, Westport. 
 
 They lived at Marr's Harbor. He followed the sea, coasting and fishing, as 
 
 his father had done. He d. Mar. 24, 1871; she d. June 3, 1900. Children: 
 
 I, Mehssa, m. John Mullin; res. West B. H. II, Nathaniel, m. (1) Hattie 
 
 Pierce, (2) Edith Pierce, (3) Annie ; two sons, Frederick and Herbert. 
 
 Ill, Peter, m. Sarah Brewer. IV, Robert, m. Addie, dau. of Porter Pierce; 
 
 res. Gardiner. V, Sarah, m. Samuel Farmer. VI, Georgiana, m. (1) 
 
 Brewer, (2) Merritt Grover. 
 
 WHEELER. 
 
 1 John Wheeler m. Elizabeth, dau. of Daniel Knight. They lived at 
 Pleasant Cove. They had sons, John, Jr., Abraham, William and Joseph, 
 all of whom served in the Rev. War. He d. before Nov. 7, 1777, at which 
 date his estate was prob. He was half owner of Damariscove with Knight, 
 and evidently lived there before 1775, but came to the mainland when the 
 war broke out. They also had a dau., Hannah, who m. and set. in Bris., 
 and two younger sons, Benjamin and Abijah. It is thought that all this fam. 
 set. elsewhere except Benjamin. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 
 2 Benjamin^ Wheeler (John^) m. Martha McFarland, Bris., 1797. They 
 lived at Pleasant Cove. He d. Nov. 15, 1864; she d. Feb. 7, 1859. Children: 
 
 3 John, b. Oct. 19, 1798; m. (1) Jane McClintock, Bris., 1831; (2) Paulina 
 Tibbetts, 1840. 
 
 4 Daniel, b. Aug. 8, 1800. 
 
 5 Mary, b. Feb. 11, 1803. 
 
 *6 Andrew M., b. Jan. 2, 1805, q. v. 
 
 7 Arthur, b. Apr. 10, 1806; d. May 14, 1824. 
 
 8 Simeon, b. Mar. 14, 1809; m. Mary A. Bailey. 
 
 9 Sewall, b. May 2, 1811; d. 1836. 
 
 10 Nancy, b. Mar. 28, 1813. 
 
 11 Martha, b. June 2, 1816; m. Amos Anderson, Trenton. 
 
 12 Sarah, b. Feb. 11, 1818. 
 
 13 Willard, b. July 29, 1821. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 
 (*6) Andrew M.^ Wheeler (Benjamin,'^ John'-) m. Elizabeth McKown, 
 
 1835. She d. June 27, 1881. Children: I, Jerome, b. Apr. 21, 1838; d. Nov. 
 
 19, 1862. II, Albert M., b. Dec. 4, 1840; m. Izora, dau. of Osgood Reed; 
 
 lived in B. H. until recently rem. to Mass. Ill, Alonzo R., b. May 4, 1844. 
 
642 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 WHITEHOUSE. 
 
 1 George Whitehouse, who was b. in 1797, was a Baptist minister and 
 lived in Jefferson. The following sons set. in E. B. 
 
 *2 Ralph C, b. Apr. 25, 1820, q. v. 
 *3 George W., b. Dec. 2, 1825, q. v. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (♦2) Ralph C.^ Whitehouse {Geoi-ge^) m. (1) Susan Burgess, 1845; 
 she died July 25, 1865; (2) Agnes A. Radcliff, Nov., 1865. He was a ship 
 calker. He is dec. His wid. now lives in Mass. with a dau. of her first m. 
 Children: I, Helen I., b. Sept. 13, 1846. II, Mary O., b. Apr. 11, 1850. 
 Both live elsewhere, but residence is unk. 
 
 (*3) George W.^ Whitehouse (George^) m. Martha S. Tibbetts, Nov. 
 26, 1848. She was b. in B., Apr. 11, 1831. They live at E. B.; he is a ship 
 calker. Children: 
 
 4 Laura A., b. Aug. 29, 1850; m. Melville A. Bennett. 
 
 5 Edward, b. July 23, 1853; ra. Sarah Denham, Bath. 
 
 6 Frederick, b. Nov. 14, 1855; d. Sept. 13, 1885. 
 
 7 Nellie, b. Apr. 1, 1858; m. George W. Gatchell. 
 
 8 Melinda, b. Sept. 20, 1860; d. May 5, 1870. 
 
 9 Arietta, b. Nov. 3, 1863. 
 
 10 Annie, b. Sept. 28, 1867; m. George L. McKown. 
 
 11 Catherine, b. Aug. 1, 1874; m. Sedgwick Laverty, Medfield, Mass. 
 
 WILSON. 
 
 Samuel G. Wilson, Jr., Edgecomb, son of Samuel G. and Margaret 
 McFarland Wilson, b. 1817, m. Laura A. Preble, b. 1827. He set. on her 
 father's place at Cape Newagen. He d. 1866; she d. 1892. Their chil. were: 
 I, Courtland, owner of the Newagen House; unm. II, Fred A., lives at 
 Newagen with his brother; unm. 
 
 WINSLOW. 
 
 William J. Winslow was b. in Pittston, Aug. 21, 1839, the son of William 
 B. Winslow, Nobleboro, who was b. Mar. 8, 1815. He was the son of John 
 and Charlotte Winslow, b. in 1780 and 1788, respectively. William B. Wins- 
 low m. Abigail Linscott, Jeff., who was b. Dec. 27, 1813. The subject of 
 this sketch m. Fannie Hall, Noble., b. June 23, 1841, the dau. of Frederick 
 and Fannie (Ross) Hall. They came to B. H. in 1S7S. He has carried on 
 shoemaking, keeping a stock of the same goods together with harnesses and 
 stable supplies. Children: I, Nellie A., m. Charles F. Kenniston. II, Har- 
 riet E., m. Jesse Butler, Rumford Falls. Ill, William F., m. Alice I. Dutton, 
 Waterville; engaged in shoe trade, B. H. IV, James H., m. Rena Gillette, 
 Leominster, Mass. V, Herbert A., m. Margaret Rowe; he is'a painter, res. 
 in B. H. VI, Everett L., m. Ethel, dau. of Charles Reed; res. at Rumford 
 Falls. VII, Hermon L., m. Elizabeth Todd, Dorchester, Mass., where they 
 reside. 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 643 
 
 WITHAM. 
 
 George L. Witham was born in Washington, Me., Dec. 10, 1832. He 
 came to Southport Mar., 1850, and engaged at work for T. & N. Marr; m. 
 Emma, dau. of Josepli and Mary (Maddocks) Huskins, 1858. Set. at his 
 present home in 1866. Has followed his trade as carpenter and builder or 
 coopering since that time. See Civil War list. Children: I, Charles S., 
 m. Lena Hulseman; set. in Maiden, Mass.; dec. II, Mary, m. Charles J. 
 Marr, q. v. Ill, Vesta M., m. Ralph Hulseman; res. in E. Boston. IV, 
 George L., Jr., dec; unm. V, Fred E., m. Grace A. Greenleaf, South.; 
 res. in Somerville, Mass. 
 
 WOODWARD. 
 
 Samuel Woodward was b. in Brunswick, May 10, 1824, the son of Wash- 
 ington and Susan Woodward. He m. Octavia, dau. of William and Octavia 
 Masters, Brunswick, 1853. She was b. Mar. 27, 1884. He went in 1849 to 
 Calif., later kept store in Brunswick for several years. Late in the fifties he 
 purchased Ragged Island, off Harpswell, where he lived until 1866, then at 
 Orr's Island in trade until 1S11, when he set. in B , purchasing the farm where 
 Col. Edward Emerson formerly lived; also purchasing the Pinkham Mill of 
 the Baker estate and engaging in the feed and grain business, which he con- 
 tinued until his death, Nov. 29, 1875. Mrs. Woodward m. (2) William Ken- 
 niston, 1883. Children: 
 
 1 Frank W., b. Nov. 27, 1854; m. Emma, dau. of Giles Dunton; res. on 
 his father's homestead. Children: Herbert D., Samuel G., Eugene 
 F., John L., dec, Nettie F., Octavia M., George M., Lurena C. 
 
 2 Nettie Florence, b. Feb. 21, 1861; m. Francis B. Greene, Feb. 25, 1885. 
 
 WYLIE. 
 
 1 Robert and Martha Wylie were probably the first settlers at West 
 Harbor. They evidently preceded the Reeds by a few years. It is thought 
 that all their children were b. in Townsend, and if so they were here before 
 1740. Three of the daus. m. three of the sons of Andrew Reed, one m. 
 Joseph Lewis and one Thomas Boyd, which, together with their own descent 
 in name, places them as one of the very largest inter-related families in the 
 three towns. Several of their children had families before our town records 
 began, so that the family of Robert and Martha can only be made up from 
 miscellaneous sources. They had at least twelve chil. His est. was prob. 
 Sept. 26, 1770; Martha, his wid., was admix. It amounted to ;^307 8s. 9d. 
 A division of the est. did not occur until Oct. 21, 1794, and the heirs then 
 named were: " Robert, .son of Neal Wylie; Easter, wife of Abijah Kenney; 
 Jane, wife of Joseph Lewis; Robert Wylie, the heirs of Samuel Wylie, Mary 
 Reed, the children of Joseph Reed; Martha, wife of David Reed; the heirs 
 of William Wylie, Alexander Wylie, John Wylie; Catherine, wife of Thomas 
 Boyd." The place of settlement was undoubtedly where the old stone 
 house stood. He d. Feb. 2, 1770, a. 67; she d. June 15, 1799, a. 92. Chil.: 
 
 2 John, b. 1740; d. Jan. 20, 1826; unm. 
 
 3 Martha, m. David Reed abt. 1757, q. v. 
 
644 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 *4 William, q. v. 
 
 5 Mary, m. Thomas Reed abt. 1762, q. v. 
 
 6 Sarah, m. Joseph Reed abt. 1765, q. v. 
 *7 Robert, Jr., b. 1747, q. v. 
 
 *8 Samuel, q. v. 
 
 9 Catherine, b. Jan. 8, 1753; m. Thomas Boyd, q. v. 
 
 10 Easter, b. 1764; m. Abijah Kenney, q. v. 
 
 *11 Neal, q. v. 
 
 12 Jean, m. Joseph Lewis, Jr., 1777, q. v. 
 
 *13 Alexander, q. v. 
 
 Second Generation. 
 (*4) William'^ Wylik (Robert''). Name of w. unk. No fam. rec. has 
 been found. They are thought to have had three daus. and one son. It is 
 thought that William was in the Rev. service and appears as William Willey, 
 see p. 246. Children: 
 
 14 Susanna, m. Eleazer Sherman, 1790, q. v. 
 
 16 Ellice, m. Robert Reed, 3d, 1794, q. v. 
 
 16 Martha, m. John Bryer, 1796. 
 
 *17 Robert, 3d, q. v. 
 
 (*7) Robert^ Wvlie, Jr., (Robert^) m. Mary Kennedy, 1769; they lived 
 on the father's homestead and the bachelor brother, John, lived with them. 
 Robert d. June 7, 1815; his w. d. Sept. 14, 1833. Children: 
 
 18 Martha, b. Nov. 14, 1770; m. Robert Mitchell, Belfast, 1789. 
 
 19 Anna, b. May 16, 1773; m. Abisha Pray, 1806. 
 
 20 Elizabeth, b. Nov. 1, 1776. 
 
 *21 Robert, 2d, b. Oct. 21, 1778, q. v. 
 
 22 Mary, b. July 30, 1780; m. Walter Corey; d. July 17, 1809, q. v. 
 
 *23 John, Jr., b. Oct. 19, 1782, q. v. 
 
 24 Ruth, b. Oct. 20, 1784; m. Paul Reed, q. v. 
 
 26 Sarah, b. May 25, 1787; m. Joseph Carlisle, Jr., 1827. 
 
 (*8) Samuel^ Wylie (Robert^) m. Margaret Beath, 1772. He was lost 
 at sea, Apr. 2, 1777. Their three chil. were Martha, Alexander and Samuel, 
 Jr. The sons were lost at sea. The wid. m. Hugh Rogers, Georgetown, 
 and the dau. m. Samuel H. Rogers, son of her stepfather. 
 
 (*11) Neal2 Wylie (Robert^) m. Esther Crawford, 1774. They had one 
 son. No fam. record has been found. 
 *26 Robert, 3d, b. June 5, 1774, q. v. 
 
 (*13) Alexander^ Wylie (Robert^) m. Hannah Kennedy, 1781. She 
 d. Jan. 18, 1803. They set. at No. B., in the Dover district, where Forest 
 Wylie lives. Children: 
 
 *27 Alexander, Jr., b. Dec. 22, 1782, q. v. 
 
 28 William, b. Oct. 12, 1784; drowned July 21, 1836, see Cas. 
 
 29 Hannah, b. Apr. 10, 1786; m. Eleazer Sherman, 1830, q. v. 
 *30 Robert, 4th, b. Feb. 2, 1788, q. v. 
 
 81 Anna, b. Aug. 15, 1789; d. 1800. 
 32 Samuel, b. May 7, 1793; d. 1811. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 (*17) Robert^ Wylie, 3d, ( William"' Robert^) m. (1) Nancy Webber, 
 Edge., 1815; (2) Jane Reed, 1828. They lived at No. B., where his Uncle 
 Alexander had. He d. Mar. 23, 1885; Nancy, w., d. Mar. 7, 1827; Jane, w., 
 d. Dec. 21, 1854. Children: 
 
FAMILY HISTORT. 645 
 
 33 Lucy, b. May 25, 1816; d. 1883. 
 
 34 Susan J., b. Nov. 2, 1818. 
 
 85 Elizabeth, b. Nov. 8, 1820; m. George W. Winslow, Brunswick, 1834. 
 *36 Thomas B., b. Apr. 7, 1826, q. v. 
 *87 Samuel, 2d, b. Oct. 17, 1828, q. v. 
 
 (*21) Robert* Wylie, 2d, {Robert, Jr.,^ Robert^) m. Elizabeth, wid. of 
 Robert Wylie, 3d, 1818. They lived at West B. H. He d. Apr. 12, 1830; 
 she d. Oct. 3, 1852, a. 79. Children: 
 
 88 Alice H., b. June 10, 1814. 
 
 39 Mary E., b. Mar. 11, 1816; m. Patrick McKown, 1832, q. v. 
 
 40 Frances Ann, b. Mar. 7, 1818; m. Samuel Murray, 3d, 1842. 
 
 (*23) John' Wylie, Jr., (Robert, Jr.,^ Roberf^) m. (1) Martha Thomp- 
 son, 1807; (2) Mary Babcock, New.; (8) Sarah Dunton. They lived east of 
 Adams Pond, where Alfred Sherman does. He d. Qct. 21, 1853; Martha, 
 wife, d. Feb. 8, 1833. Children: 
 
 41 Joseph, b. Jan. 4, 1811; lost at sea. 
 
 42 George, b. Jan. 4, 1811; lost at sea. 
 *48 Samuel T., b. June 30, 1818, q. v. 
 
 44 Julia, b. June 20, 1816; m. (1) John Hodgdon, 2d, (2) Edward Dodge. 
 
 46 Elizabeth, b. Apr. 18, 1819; m. Jacob Bryer, 1840; they lived where 
 Dennis S. Wylie does; both d., leaving two daus., who also d. young. 
 *46 SewallS., b. June 11, 1828, q. V. 
 *47 John, b. Feb. 12, 1827, q. v. 
 
 By the m. with Sarah Dunton, who was a wid. and mother of Giles Dun- 
 ton, q. v., were two chil. : I, Asumalah, who m. Abijah Boyd; II, James, 
 who d. in the Civil War. 
 
 (*26) Robert' Wylie, 3d, {Neal,^ Roberf^) m. Elizabeth . They 
 
 lived at West B. H. He died July 21, 1811, and his wid. m. (*21) Robert 
 Wylie, 2d, 1818. Children: 
 
 *48 Benjamin R., b. Oct. 21, 1796, q. v. 
 49 Fanny N., b. Apr. 19, 1799; d. 1804. 
 
 60 David R., b. May 1, 1802; set. in W. Bath; had a fam. of five chil., all 
 dec. The late David R. Wylie, W. Bath, for some years a Sagadahoc 
 County Commissioner, was his son. 
 *61 Neal, b. Feb. 12, 1803, q. v. 
 
 52 Eliphalet R., b. Apr. 26, 1804. 
 *53 John, 2d, b. Mar. 20, 1806, q. v. 
 
 54 Amasa P., b. Mar. 21, 1808; d. 1836, see Cas. 
 
 55 Robert T., b. May 11, 1811. 
 
 (*27) Alexander' Wylie, Jr., {Alexander,^ Robert'') m. Elizabeth 
 Lewis. He died Mar. 14, 1861; she died Jan. 27, 1874, a. 76. Children: I, 
 Almira, b. Dec. 26, 1827. II, Alexander, b. Nov. 24, 1832; d. Aug. 23, 1863. 
 Ill, Harriet, b. Apr. 1, 1834; d. Nov. 13, 1896. 
 
 (*30) Robert' Wylie, 4th, (Alexander,^ Robert^) m. Jane Webber, 
 1807. They lived north of John Wylie, Jr., on the east side of Adams Pond. 
 He d. Apr. 7, 1864; she d. Jan. 4, 1847, a. 56-6. Children: 
 
 56 David, b. Jan. 1, 1809; d. 1881, see Cas. 
 
 57 Mary, b. Mar. 1, 1811; m. James T. Beath, 1834, q. v. 
 68 Alice, b. Feb. 26, 1815; m. William Farmer, 1839, q. v. 
 
 59 Charlotte, b. Nov. 8, 1818. 
 
 60 Parker, b. Nov. 28, 1819; m. Elizabeth Clark, 1844. He d. Apr., 1851, 
 see Cas.; see d. May 6, 1892. Chil.: I, Elizabeth E., b. Aug. 7, 1846; 
 II, LydiaJ., b. Feb. 21, 1848. 
 
646 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 61 Isaac, b. Oct. 2, 1822; m. Rosilla E. Kelley, 1854. 
 
 62 Nancy J., b. Nov. 6, 1826; m. (1) Thomas B. Farmer, (2) William K. 
 Kelley. 
 
 63 Charles, b. Sept. 1, 1829; m. (1) Sarah E. Toothacher, 1854, (2) Mar- 
 garet P. Reed; res. in Chelsea, Mass. 
 
 Fourth Generation. 
 (»36) Thomas B.* Wvlie {Robert, 3d,^ William,^ Roberf^) m. Elizabeth 
 A. Blake. They lived at E. B. He d. June 3, 1876; she d. Sept. 27, 1894, a. 
 69. Children: I, Harriet E., b. Oct. 2, 1848; II, Izetta, b. June 8, 1850; III, 
 Almona L., b. Aug. 9, 1852; IV, Nancy J., b. Aug. 10, 1856; V, Lectina, b. 
 Aug. 27, 1868; VI, Annie M., b. Oct. 22, 1861; VII, Edward, b. Mar. 21, 
 1864; VIII, Evart, b. July 3, 1868. 
 
 (*37) Samuel* Wylie, 2d, (Robert, 3d,^ William,'^ Robert^) m. Mary 
 A. Lewis. They lived where their son Forest now lives, at Dover. He d. 
 Dec. 26, 1862. Children: I, Ida J.; II, Forest, m. Annie Boucher; III, 
 Clarence, m. and lives in Mass. 
 
 (*43) Samuel T.* Wylie {Johnjr.,^ Robert, Jr.,'' Robert^) m. Clarissa, 
 dau. of Israel Lewis. They lived first opposite the John Andrews place at 
 the head of the Harbor, which he exchanged with his brother Sewall for the 
 farm, afterward the fam. home, where his son, Dennis S., now lives. He 
 was a sea captain over a long period. He d. Jan. 26, 1894; she d. June 5, 
 1898. Children: 
 
 64 Joseph, b. Jan. 8, 1841; ra. Laura A. Dodge; d. Jan. 1, 1866. 
 
 65 Levi, b. June 9, 1843; d. Oct. 27, 1864. 
 
 66 Dennis S., b. June 22, 1845; m. Albina L., dau. of Hiram Swett; res. 
 on homestead, which is the place where Ephraim McFarland settled. 
 
 67 Clara E., b. May 14, 1848; m. Capt. Oilman A. Low. 
 
 68 Oakes, b. July 4, 1850; d. Jan. 4, 1869. 
 
 69 Abial E., b. Aug. 2, 1862; d. Apr. 13, 1885. 
 
 70 Horace M., b. Sept. 9, 1855; m. Bertha J. Orne; res. at B. H. 
 
 71 Henry O., b. Oct. 21, 1862; m. Lena A. Larrabee; res. at B. H. 
 
 (*46) Sewall S.* Wvlie [John Jr. ,^ Robert, Jr.,^ Roberf^) m. Rebecca 
 Matthews. He was a prominent sea captain, purchasing the John Andrews 
 property at the head of the Harbor and building there. The Wylie Ceme- 
 tery at the Center takes its name from him as owner. They had a fam. of six 
 chil. ; all are now dec. Julia M., who m. Charles H. Fisher, was the only 
 one to marry. Three d. in inf. Rebecca S. and Edmond P. lived to be abt. 
 30 yrs. old, each. Capt. Sewall d. Feb. 28, 1879. 
 
 (*47) John* Wylie {Johnjr.,^ Robert, Jr., ^ Roberf^) m. Abigail, dau. 
 of Charles Giles, 1855. They lived on his father's homestead. He d. Mar. 
 6, 1868, see Cas. Like his brothers, he was a master mariner. His wid. m. 
 Jeremiah P. Baker; she d. July 22, 1885. Chil.: I, Rufus, b. July 26, 1857; 
 d. Dec. 80, 1872. II, Jennie, b. July 14, 1866; m. Horace W. Holton, q. v. 
 
 (*48) Benjamin R.* Wylie {Robert, 3d,^ Neal,^ Robert^) m. (1) Char- 
 lotte, dau. of Solomon Pinkham; (2) Phebe Barter, 1850. They lived at 
 West B. H. He d. Dec. 3, 1869; Charlotte, w., d. May 7, 1848. He was a 
 great violinist in his day, playing for home dances when in town, and always 
 taking his violin with him on his trips to the Banks to entertain the crew, or 
 to afford music for a hop on shore when they touched along the Provincial 
 coasts. Children: 
 
FAMILY HISTORY. 647 
 
 72 Margaret A., b. May 31, 1824; m. Andrew Reed, 4th. 
 
 "73 Fanny, b. Feb. 11, 1827. 
 
 74 Mary A., b. Sept. 23, 1828; m. Eben Lewis, q. v. 
 
 75 Sarah Elizabeth, b. Dec. 25, 1830; m. Ebenezer Philbrick, White., 1855. 
 
 76 Charlotte, b. Dec. 21, 1832. 
 
 77 Benjamin F., b. Dec. 8, 1835. 
 
 78 Florence A., b. Dec. 3, 1837. 
 
 79 Caroline L., b. June 9, 1840. 
 
 80 Lovena L., b. ]une 22, 1843. 
 
 (*51) Neal* Wylie {Robert, 8d? Neal,^ Roberf^) m. Henrietta Thomp- 
 son, 1824. Lived at West B. H. He d. Dec, 1832; she d. July 1, 1884. A 
 son, Eliphalet Neal, b. July 3, 1832, m. Viola Lewis. He d. May 12, 1889; 
 he also lived at West B. H, Children: I, Clarissa A., m. Lyman S. Farmer; 
 II, Warren E.; Ill, Viola, m. Millard F. Dodge; IV, Fannie E.; V, Albert 
 Merritt. 
 
 (*53) John* Wylie, 2d, {Robert, Sd," Neal,'^ Roberf^) m. Adeline Lewis. 
 They lived at West B. H. He d. in 1871; she d. in 1887. Chil.: I, George 
 S., m. Eliza C. Mullins. II, Beaman C, b. Dec. 25, 1837. Ill, Sarah E., b. 
 Apr. 2, 1840; m. Randall McLellan, 1857, q. v. IV, David L., b. Mar. 1, 
 1842; d. July, 1861, see Cas. V, Alonzo P., b. June 25, 1843; m. (1) Mary 
 Baker, (2) Mrs. Mary F. Dolloff; one dau., Alice. VI, Melissa, b. June 25, 
 1845. 
 
 YATES. 
 
 Adelbert B. Yates was born at Round Pond, Feb. 11, 1849, the son of 
 Edmund and Elsje Yates. He m. Emma, dau. of Joseph and Emeline Bond 
 Taylor, who was b. in Jefferson, Mar. 21, 1850. They came to B. H. in May 
 1877. He was salesman for K. H. Richards for several years and then 
 became engineer for the Boothbay Harbor Cold Storage Co. Children: 
 George R., b. July 26, 1873; Joseph T., b. Aug. 13, 1875; Louis B., b. Feb. 
 3, 1884. 
 
SUMMAEY AND DIREOTOET 
 1905. 
 
 As a fitting close to my labors on this volume, and 
 that some future chronicler of events within our borders may 
 have a satisfactory starting point, I present below a summary 
 of conditions and affairs, in the three towns, for the year 
 1905. 
 
 BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Value of Real Estate, resident, $326,485.00 
 
 " " " " non-resident 176,810.00 
 
 " " Personal Estate, resident, 61,761.00 
 
 " " " " non-resident, 832.00 
 
 Total, 
 
 $565,888.00 
 
 Amount of Eeal Estate tax. 
 
 $10,065.90 
 
 " " Personal Estate tax. 
 
 1,251.86 
 
 450 polls at $3.00, 
 
 1,350.00 
 
 Total commitment, 
 
 $12,667.76 
 
 Appropriations : 
 
 
 For support of the poor. 
 
 $ 850,00 
 
 " common schools, 
 
 2,200.00 
 
 " free high schools 
 
 300.00 
 
 " town officers, 
 
 900.00 
 
 " contingent expenses. 
 
 450.00 
 
 " abatements and discounts. 
 
 450.00 
 
 " repairing highways, 
 
 1,700.00 
 
 " sidewalks and bridges. 
 
 700.00 
 
 " free text-books. 
 
 250.00 
 
 " repairs on school buildings. 
 
 340.00 
 
 '< apparatus and appliances, 
 
 100.00 
 
650 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 For interest, $ 60.00 
 
 " observance of Memorial Day, 50.00 
 
 " electric lights, 240.00 
 
 " State Eoad, 200.00 
 
 The above with other special appropriations making a 
 
 total of $10,348.00. 
 
 Rate of taxation $20.00 on $1000.00 
 Standing of Toavn : 
 
 Real Estate, taxes unpaid and extended, dues unpaid 
 from sundry sources, $883.41 
 
 Dr. 
 Bonds outstanding, $600.00 
 
 Net assets exceeding liabilities, 283.41 
 
 883.41 
 
 In the above summary only available property is sched- 
 uled; town house, schoolhouses, etc., are omitted. 
 
 For municipal officers, postmasters, etc., see Chap. XVI. 
 
 Associations and Lodges : See Chap. XX. 
 
 Barber : Leonard Webster, E. B. 
 
 Blacksmithing and Carriage AYork : 
 
 Lester McFarland, E. B. ; W. D. Dodge, W. D. Boston, 
 Henry Elden, B. Ctr. 
 
 Brick: E. C. Dodge, Pleasant Cove. 
 
 Clergymen : 
 
 Rev. A. L. Mayo, Free Bapt., B. Ctr. and Trevett ; 
 Cong, at B. Ctr. vacant; Rev. A. Lockhart, Meth., E. B. 
 
 Constables : 
 
 Edward P. Corey, John E. Kelley, B. Ctr. ; C. Tyler 
 liodgdon, E. B. ; Elton H. Lewis, Trevett. 
 
 Contractors and Cai; tenters : 
 
 Paul Giles, Forest Wylie, Orin L. Dunton, Horace W. 
 Pinkham, Charles G. Pinkham, George W. Giles, 
 William T. Giles, Sumner M. Giles, B. Ctr. and No. B. ; 
 Robert S. Hyson, W. W. Seavey, John Seavey, J. N. 
 Seavey, Dennis M. Hagan, E. B. 
 
summaer and directory. 651 
 
 Dairy Farms : 
 
 Enos Spinney, B. Ctr. ; Benjamin M. Giles, Benj. S. 
 Emerson, Walter S. Carlisle, No. B. 
 
 Dressmaking : 
 
 Miss Mary O. McDougall, Miss Florence Hagan, E. B. ; 
 Mrs E. B. Corey, B. Ctr. ; Miss Delia Lewis, Trevett. 
 
 Halls : 
 
 Town, B. Ctr., John S. Spinney, Agt. ; Citizens' Union, 
 E. B., Allen Murray, Agt. 
 
 Hotels : 
 
 E. B. — Seavey House (s.), Mrs. Granville J. Seavey; 
 
 McDougall House, James McDougall ; Forest House (s.) , 
 
 "Walter S. McDougall; Reed House (s.), Mrs. E. Ella 
 
 Keed. 
 
 Ocean Point. — C. E. Hoxie (s.), F. W. Harlow (s.). 
 
 Mt. Pleasant. — Bay View House (s.) 
 
 Sawyer's Island. — Sawyer Island House (s.), Elton H. 
 
 Lewis. 
 
 Linehin. — Ledge Lawn House (s.), E. H. Linekin. 
 
 Ice : 
 
 Metropolitan Ice Co. (wholesale), Trevett, Alpheus 
 Dodge, Agt.; Frank Blake, E. B., and Samuel Boyd, 
 Bayville (retail). 
 
 Insurance : 
 
 Boothbay Mutual Fire Ins. Co., John K. McDougall, 
 Pres., James A. Eeed, Secy. Assets $6,166.80. 
 
 Justices of the Peace : 
 
 Koyal K. Giles, Alpheus Dodge, B. Ctr. ; John R. 
 McDougall, E. B. ; James A. Reed, No. B. ; Alfred M. 
 Sidelinger, Back- River. 
 
 Lumber : 
 
 C. Hodgdon & Sons, James L. Race, E. B. ; Dodge & 
 Giles, No. B. 
 
 Masons : Alfred D. Sherman, Granville P. Matthews. 
 
652 history of boothbay. 
 
 Merchants : 
 
 Adams, Frank C. — Stationery, E. B. 
 
 Barlow, Mrs. M. E. — Dry and Fancy Goods and Millinery, 
 
 Chapman, Charles — General, E. B. 
 
 Giles, Byron — Groceries and Grain, B. Ctr. 
 
 Hodgdon, S. G. & Son — General, Trevett. 
 
 Holbrook, E. & E. — General, Linekin. 
 
 Lewis, Elton H. — Groceries and Meats, Sawyer's Island. 
 
 Macaulay Bros. — General, Barter's Island. 
 
 McDougall, A. O.— General, E. B. 
 
 McDougall, J. R. Co. — General, E. B. and Ocean Point. 
 
 McDougall, Simon — Boots, Shoes, Clothing, etc., E. B. 
 
 Montgomery, Victor K. — Paints and Oils, E. B. 
 
 Olsen, Oscar — General, Barter's Island. 
 
 Race & Co. — Drugs, Medicines and Toilet Articles, E. B. 
 
 Reed, Levi S. & Co. — Furniture and Undertaking, E. B. 
 
 Seavey, Frank — General, E. B. 
 
 Welsh, J. H. & Sons— General, B. Ctr. 
 
 Mineral Spring : Race & Co., E. B. 
 
 Oiii AND Scrap : Maine Fishery Co., Linekin. 
 
 Notary : W. Irving Adams, E. B. 
 
 Painters : 
 
 Coburn P. Gilman, Back River ; V. K. Montgomery', E. B. 
 
 Physicians : H. E. Fernald, M. D., E. B. 
 
 Riggers : 
 
 Herbert G. Dunton, No. B. ; Elisha Conley, E. B. 
 
 Ship and Yacht Builders : 
 
 W. I. Adams & Son, Hodgdon Bros., Rice Bros. Co., 
 Freeman Murray, E. B. 
 
 Ship Calker : Edward Whitehouse, E. B. 
 
 Shoemaker : E. Farnham, E. B. 
 
 Spar Makers : Farnham & Seavey, E. B. 
 
 Stable (Livery) : 
 
 Charles C. Smithwick, Fred Hodgdon, E. B. 
 
 Stable (Sale) : Horace M. Miller, B. Ctr. 
 
SUMMARY AND DIRECTORY. 653 
 
 Steamboat Agency : James L. Eace, E. B. 
 
 Trial Justice : Lyman M. McDougall, E. B. 
 
 Trucking : 
 
 Charles Smithwick, Franklin Blake, Millard F. felake, 
 
 E. B. 
 
 SOUTHPORT. 
 
 Value of Real Estate, resident, $ 90,231.00 
 
 " " " " non-resident, 221,489.00 
 
 " " Personal Estate, resident, 61,765.00 
 
 " " " " non-resident, 2,647.00 
 
 Total, $376,132.00 
 
 Total property tax, $6,018.11 
 
 126 Polls at $3.00, 378.00 
 
 Total commitment, $6,396.11 
 
 Appropriations : 
 
 For support of poor, $200.00 
 
 common schools, 700.00 
 
 free high schools, 500.00 
 
 town officers, 350.00 
 
 contingent expenses, 125.00 
 
 abatements, interest and discounts, 300.00 
 
 repairing roads and bridges, 600.00 
 
 free text-books, 100.00 
 
 repairs on school buildings, 100.00 
 
 apparatus and appliances, 75.00 
 
 State Road, 100.00 
 
 " improvements on islands, 1,000.00 
 
 The above with other special appropriations making a 
 
 total of $4,855.00. 
 
 Rate of taxation $16.00 on $1,000.00. 
 
 Standing of Town : 
 
 Real Estate, taxes unpaid and extended, deposits, cash 
 on hand, dues unpaid from several sources, $8,613.29 
 
654 history of boothbay. 
 
 Dr. 
 
 Bonds and notes outstanding, unpaid 
 dues, etc., $5,232.90 
 
 Net assets exceeding liabilities, 3,380.39 
 
 $8,613.29 
 
 In the above summary both available and non-available 
 property is scheduled ; schoolhouses, however, are omitted. 
 For municipal ofEcers, postmasters, etc., see Chap. XVI. 
 
 Bait : Austin P. Greenleaf . 
 
 Boat Builders : 
 
 Everett Clifford, E. L. Decker, Charles S. Gray. 
 
 Clergymen: Rev. A. P. Thompson, Meth., West. 
 
 Constables : J. F. Eand, William Cameron, J. T. Decker. 
 
 Contractor and Carpenter : George L. Witham. 
 
 Halls : Casino, Benjamin W. Thomas. 
 
 Hotels (Summer only) : 
 
 Mouse Island, 8amoset House, 3. C. Durrell. 
 Capital Island, Capital Island House. 
 Squirrel Island, Squirrel Inn, K. H. Eichards. 
 Southport (including summer boarding houses), 
 Mrs. Rhoda M. Thompson ; Cove Cottage, Alphonzo 
 Dyer ; The Lawnmere, M. H. & H. L. Thompson ; 
 Gray's, Abial W. Gray ; Point of View House, 
 Charles S. Gray ; Cozy Harbor House, J. Dana Pay- 
 son ; Newagen House, Courtland Wilson ; Bay View 
 House, Daniel B. Strout ; Mrs. W. S. Pierce ; Mrs. 
 Robbins. 
 
 Ice : W. M. Sawyer. 
 
 Insurance : Sumner Orne. 
 
 Lobster Pound : Austin P. Greenleaf. 
 
 Merchants : 
 
 Gray, Ellsworth — Groceries, Newagen. 
 
 Grover, W. N. — Groceries, Capital. 
 
 Pinkham, Everett E. — General, West. 
 
 Richards, K. H. & Co. — Groceries and Meats (summer), 
 
 Squirrel Island. 
 Thomas, Benjamin W. — Groceries, Fruit, etc. (summer). 
 
SUMMARY AND DIRECTORY. 655 
 
 BOOTHBAY HARBOR. 
 
 Value of Real Estate, resident, $661,320.00 
 
 " " " " non-resident, 174,056.00 
 
 " " Personal Estate, resident, 147,939.00 
 
 " " " " non-resident, 20,212.00 
 
 Total, 
 
 Amount of Real Estate tax, 
 
 " " Personal Estate tax, 
 593 Polls at $3.00, 
 
 $1,003,527.00 
 
 $17,542.89 
 3,531.17 
 1,779.00 
 
 Total commitment, $22,821.53 
 
 Appropriations : 
 
 For support of poor, $1,100.00 
 
 " common schools, 4,200.00 
 
 " free high schools, 1,350.00 
 
 " town officers, 800.00 
 
 " contingent expenses, 900.00 
 
 " abatements and discounts, 950.00 
 
 " repairing highways, bridges and walks, 2,500.00 
 " free text-books, 400.00 
 
 " repairs on school buildings, 250.00 
 
 " apparatus and appliances, 200.00 
 
 " interest on bonds, 500.00 
 
 " electric lights, 1,557.50 
 
 " State Road, 200.00 
 
 " Night Watchman, 500.00 
 
 " observance of Memorial Day, 40.00 
 
 The above with other special appropriations making a 
 
 total of $18,511.88. 
 
 Rate of taxation $21.00 on $1,000.00. 
 
 Standing op Town : 
 
 Real estate, taxes unpaid and extended, dues unpaid 
 from sundry sources, $87,427.73 
 
 Dr. 
 Total indebtedness , $52,102.41 
 
 Net assets exceeding liabilities, 35,325.32 
 
 $87,427.73 
 
 43 
 
656 HiSTOBY or boothbay. 
 
 In the above summary, both available and non-available 
 property is scheduled, including school houses and water 
 system. 
 
 For municipal officers, postmasters, etc., see Chap. XVI. 
 
 Associations and Lodges : See Chap. XX. 
 
 American Express Co. : Arthur G. Lewis, Agt. 
 
 Bait : 
 
 F. C. Littlefield & Co., M. D. Sawyer, Boothbay Har- 
 bor Cold Storage Co., B. H. ; Asbury M. Powers, Sum- 
 ner Swett, Byron Swett, West B. H. 
 
 Bakers : J. S. Marson, L. S. Fickett. 
 
 Banks: 
 
 First Nat. Bank, K. H. Kichards, Pres., John A. Mad- 
 docks, Cashier ; Boothbay Savings Bank, K. G. Hodgdon, 
 Pres., B. C. Matthews, Cashier. 
 
 Barbers : 
 
 A. P. Wylie, F. C. Blake, R. A. Schatzer, E. Tibbetts, 
 
 S. L. Buker. 
 Billiard and Pool Rooms : F. C. Blake, S. B. Dolloff. 
 
 Blacksmiths : 
 
 Ingraham & Harris (ship), Charles A. Davis, G. C. 
 Reed, Alden Winslow (ship) . 
 
 Boarding Houses : 
 
 Mrs. Thankful Mclntire, Mrs. Sarah Knight, Mrs. James 
 McCaulay, Mrs. Charles Brewer, B. H. ; Mrs. A. McDon- 
 ald, Bayville. 
 
 Boat Letting : 
 
 Alvah C. McKown, E. Tibbetts, S. B. Dolloff. 
 
 Boat and Yacht Building : 
 
 Reed & Adams, McKown Coal Co., E. Tibbetts. 
 
 Boothbay Harbor Cold Storage Co. : 
 
 James C. Poole, Mgr., general cold storage of fish. 
 
 Boothbay Harbor Elec. L. and P. Co. : 
 
 L. Maddocks, Mgr. ; est. Aug. 1, 1900 : 40 miles of 
 wire, 140 street lights, 145 services, 3,000 lights of 16 
 candle power, capacity 150 H. P. 
 
SUMMARY AND DIRECTORY. 657 
 
 BooTHBAY Harbor Light, Heat and Power Co. : 
 
 K. H. Richards, Mgr. ; three miles of pipe, 1,000 light 
 capacity, 50 services, 600 lights of 24 candle power. 
 
 Civil Engineers : T. "W. Baldwin, J. H. Blair. 
 
 Clergymen : 
 
 Rev. F. B. Hyde, Cong. ; Rev. J. H. Gray, Meth., B. H. 
 and West B. H. 
 
 Constable : Hiram A. Spofford. 
 
 Contractors and Carpenters : 
 
 Samuel Boyd, T. J. Emerson, W. R. Holton, C. E. Car- 
 lisle, C. N. Reed, W. L. Dolloff, George Corey, E. E. 
 Dodge, John E. Knight, Randall McLellan, George Dun- 
 ton, George M. Reed, John Adams, Rufus Auld, Henry 
 Holton, David A. Pinkham. 
 
 Cooperage : John F. Mosher. 
 
 Dairy Farms : Willard H. McCobb, Mrs. L. Chaney. 
 
 Dentists : O. W. Baker, E. A. Sprague. 
 
 Dressmakers : 
 
 Mrs. Clara Low, Mrs. Mary J. "Williams, Miss Martha 
 Swett, Mrs. T. L. Montgomery, Mrs. F. H. Albee, Mrs. 
 
 A. C. White, Mrs. Maud Davis, Mrs. Cyrus Pinkham, 
 
 B. H. ; Mrs. Sarah Farmer, Mrs. C. E. Orne, West B. H. 
 
 Fertilizer : 
 
 Cumberland Superphosphate Works, Spruce Point, B. H., 
 
 Herman Hartung, Supt. 
 Fish Curers : D. A. Greenlaw & Co., smoked fish. 
 
 Fish Markets (Retail) : 
 
 A. C. McKown, D. W. Hodgdon, M. D. Sawyer. 
 
 Fish (Wholesale) : 
 
 Nickerson Bros., Baldwin Fish Co., George Nelson & 
 Co., D. A. Greenlaw & Co. 
 
 Gasoline and Power Boat Supplies: 
 R. H. Fuller & Co., H. T. Thurston. 
 
 Granite and Marble Cutters : Pierce & Watts. 
 
658 history of boothbay. 
 
 Halls : 
 
 Pythian Opera House, C. J. Marr, Agt. ; Gymnasium, 
 H. F. Pinkham, Mgr. ; Kenniston's Hall, G. A. E. Post, 
 
 lessees. 
 
 Hotels : 
 
 Boothhay House, Fred H. Harris ; Weymouth House, H. 
 W. McDougall ; Menawarmet (s.), 0. S. Yates; Spruce 
 Point House (s.), Boston & Boothbay Land Co., B. H. ; 
 Oak Grove House (s.), W. H. Eeed, West B. H. 
 
 Ice : 
 
 W. M. Sawyer, F. C. Littlefield & Co. (wholesale), Clar- 
 ence G. Hodgdon, Merrill Lewis, B. H. ; West Harbor 
 Ice Co., Luther Maddocks, Mgr. (wholesale), West B. H. 
 
 Insurance : 
 
 J. Ed. Knight, George B. Kenniston, Thaddeus W. Orne, 
 W. T. Marr, B. C. Matthews, John A. Maddocks, Sewall 
 T. Maddocks (marine). 
 
 Junk : W. M. Sawyer, T. L. Montgomery. 
 
 Justice (Dedimusj : George B. Kenniston. 
 
 Justices (Peace) : 
 
 William O. McCobb, John H. Lake, J. Ed. Knight, 
 Byron C. Matthews. 
 
 Justices (Trial) : 
 
 Cyrus E. Tupper, George B. Kenniston, Thomas B. 
 Farmer, Charles H. Fisher. 
 
 Land Companies : 
 
 Boothbay Land Co., James F. Bliss, Boston, Pres., 
 George B. Kenniston, Treas. ; Boston & Boothbay Land 
 Co., C. A. Marston, Skowhegan, Pres., S. C. Chase, 
 Skowhegan, Treas. 
 
 Lawyers : 
 
 George B. Kenniston, Charles H. Fisher, Cyrus E. 
 Tupper, John W. Brackett, Weston M. Hilton. 
 
 Library : 
 
 Public, Henry McClearn, Librarian, 800 vols. ; High 
 School Library. 
 
summary and directoer. 659 
 
 Livery Stables : 
 
 Charles E. Sherman, W. C. Clisby, A. E. Clisby, Eobert 
 G. Dewolfe, James B. Kenney, Orlando M. McKown, 
 W. L. Cleaves. 
 
 Lobsters (Wholesale) : Fred R. Higgins. 
 
 LiraiBEE : 
 
 William E. Brown & Co. , Samuel Boyd, Pierce & Hartung. 
 
 Machinists : H. T. Thurston, E. H. Fuller & Co. 
 Masons : Charles Dodge, Henry Dolloff, W. F. Buker. 
 
 Marine Railway : 
 
 Townsend — A. H. Davenport, Boston, Pres., O. Y. Mat- 
 thews, Mgr., B. H. ; Boothbay — W- H. Reed, Prop., 
 West B. H. 
 
 Marine Reporters : W. O. McCobb, N. C. McFarland. 
 
 Merchants : 
 
 Baldwin Fish Co. — Fishermen's Outfitters, Groceries. 
 
 Boyd, Samuel — Builders' Supplies. 
 
 David, Solomon — Clothing, Furnishings, Harnesses and 
 
 Team Supplies. 
 Dearborn, John — Musical Supplies. 
 Dodge, Charles — Lime, Sand, Brick and Cement. 
 Dudley, W. F. — Watches, Jewelry, Crockery, Tableware 
 
 and Fancy Goods. 
 Dunton, M. F. — Groceries, Meats and Fruit. 
 Globe Supply Co. — Dry and Fancy Goods and Millinery. 
 Greene, F. B. (wholesale) — Watches, Clocks, Silverware, 
 
 Optical Goods and Cutlery. ' 
 
 Harris & McClearn — Drugs, Medicines and Toilet Articles. 
 Hodgdon, R. G. — Clothing, Furnishings, Boots, Shoes, 
 
 Paper Hangings and Notions. 
 Hodo'don, Samuel — Groceries, Meats and Provisions, 
 
 West B. H. 
 Hodgdon, W. H. — Groceries, Meats, Provisions and Fruit. 
 Holton, W. T. — Stoves, Tinware, Kitchen Furnishings, etc. 
 Howard, Silas — Confectionery, Fruit, Tobacco and Cigars. 
 Hussey, N. H. — Dry and Fancy Goods, Sewing Machines. 
 
660 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Ingraham & Harris — Marine Hardware, Cordage and Ship 
 
 Supplies. 
 Kenniston, A. H. — Furniture, Carpets and Toys. 
 Kenniston, Charles F. — Stationery and Fancy Goods, 
 
 News Stand. 
 Lake, J. H. — Stoves, Tinware and Kitchen Furnishings. 
 Lewis, E. W. — Groceries, Provisions and Grain. 
 Lewis, R. A. — Coal. 
 
 Lynch, M. J. — Dry and Fancy Goods, Millinery. 
 McCobb, J. L. — Dry and Fancy Goods. 
 McCobb, W. O. — Groceries and Provisions, Paints and 
 
 Oils. 
 McDougall, H. W. — Clothing, Furnishings, Hats, Caps, 
 
 Boots and Shoes. 
 McFarland, N. C. — Groceries, Provisions, Confectionery, 
 
 etc. 
 McKown Coal Co. — Coal and Wood. 
 Marr, C. J. & Co. — Clothing, Furnishings, Boots and 
 
 Shoes, Hats and Caps. 
 Marr, W. T. — Hardware, Crockery, Paints, Oils and 
 
 General Variety. 
 Nickerson, R. H. — Dry and Fancy Goods. 
 Pierce & Brewer — Furniture, Carpets, Hardware and 
 
 Paper Hangings. 
 Pierce & Hartung — Coal and Wood. 
 Pinkham, H. F. — Confectionery, Fruit, etc. 
 Porter, E. L. & Co. — Drugs, Medicines, Stationery and 
 
 Toilet Articles. 
 Orno, Charles T. — General Store, West B. H. 
 Orne, T. W. — Confectionery and Periodicals. 
 Reed, W. H. (wholesale) — Confectionery. 
 Rich, Joseph F. (two stores) — Groceries and Provisions, 
 
 Fancy Goods and Millinery. 
 Richards, K. H. & Co. — Groceries, Provisions, Meats 
 
 and Fruit. 
 Sawyer, W. M. — Ship Chandlery. 
 Simpson & Perkins — Groceries, Meats, Provisions and 
 
 Fruit. 
 
 Trask, Mrs. M. H. — Variety and Dry Goods. 
 
SUMMARY AND DIEEOTORY. 661 
 
 Winslow, W. F. — Boots and Shoes. 
 
 Winslow, W. J. — Harnesses and Stable Supplies. 
 
 Notaries : 
 
 C. R. Tapper, George B. Kenniston, John A. Maddocks, 
 J. W. Brackett, Weston M. Hilton. 
 
 Opticians : W. F. Dudley, Lester E. Hodgdon. 
 Painters : 
 
 Charles E. Clisby, Fred Campbell, Eay Sherman, T. L. 
 
 Montgomery, "W. S. Richards, W. A. Williams. 
 
 Photographer : Frank H. McDougall. 
 
 Physicians : 
 
 George A. Gregory, M. D., Ernest C. Blake, M. D., O. 
 E. Haney, M. D. 
 
 Plumbing and Heating : W. T. Holton, H. T. Thurston. 
 
 Printinq and Publishing : 
 
 Charles E. Kendrick, Job Printing, Publisher of the 
 
 Boothbay Register. 
 Real Estate : 
 
 George B. Kenniston, Cyrus R. Tupper, Samuel Boyd, 
 
 Merrill A. Perkins. 
 
 Restaurants : 
 
 T. W. Orne, J. S. Marson, H. F. Pinkham, W. E. Spof- 
 
 ford, L. S. Fickett. 
 Rigger : Robert Olson. 
 Sailmakees : Lewis A. Dunton, Eben A. Poole. 
 
 Sardine Factories : 
 
 Maddocks Packing Co., L. Maddocks, Mgr. ; L. Pickert 
 Fish Co. ; Boothbay Packing Co., W. F. Bishop, Mgr. ; 
 McNichol Bros. 
 
 Ship Brokers : Simpson & Perkins, W. M. Sawyer. 
 
 Ship Calkers : George Marson, Z. F. Swett. 
 
 Shoemakers : W. J. Winslow, Solomon David. 
 
 Steamboat Agents : 
 
 E. A. Lewis, E. S. B. Co. ; W- T. Marr, P. & B. S. B. 
 Co., P. & R. S. B. Co. 
 
662 histoey of boothbay. 
 
 Telegraph : 
 
 Misses Effie S. Pierce and Winifred Hussey, Operators. 
 
 Telephone : Miss Annie Dunton, Agt. 
 
 Trucking : 
 
 E. L. Giles, A. C. White, A. H. Cutts, W. C. Clisby, 
 Samuel Cronk, J. N. Albee, Eufus Giles, E. F. Brewer. 
 
 Undertakers : A. H. Kenniston, T. L. Montgomery. 
 
 Wreck Commissioners : J. H. McClintock, W. E. Sawyer. 
 
 Yacht Storing : 
 
 T. L. Montgomery, B. H. ; Joseph R. McKown.West B. H. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 Official Positions, Federal, State and Couxty, Held 
 BY Citizens of These Towns. 
 
 For Post Offices see pp. 305-308. 
 
 Collector of Customs, District of Wiscasset : 
 Daniel H. Moody, B. H. 
 
 Commissioner of Maine Sea akd Shore Fisheries : 
 Alonzo E. Nickerson, B. H. 
 
 Coroner : Daniel H. Moody, B. H. 
 
 County Attorney for Lincoln : Weston M. Hilton, B. H. 
 
 Deputy Sheriff of Lincoln County : John S. Spinney, B. 
 
 Fish Wardens : 
 
 Charles E. Sherman, B. H. ; John E. Kelley, B. 
 
 Eepresentativb to the Legislature : 
 Thomas W. Baldwin, B. H. 
 
 Senator for Lincoln County : Cyrus R. Tupper, B. H. 
 
 U. S. Fish Hatchery, completed in 1904, situated on Mc- 
 Kown's Point, West B. H., Capt. Everet E. Hahn, Supt. 
 
 U. S. Life Saving Station. 
 
 U. S. Storm and Danger Signal was established in 1878. 
 The station is on Pisgah ; the signal officer is Charles H. 
 McCobb. 
 
STJMMAEY AND DIRECTORY. 663 
 
 THE BOOTHBAY HARBOR WATER PLANT. 
 
 At the annual town meeting, Mar. 5, 1894, the selectmen 
 were authorized to construct a system of water works, with 
 sufficient pumping station, standpipe, at least 12,500 feet of 
 water mains and 25 hydrants, providing the same could be 
 done at an expense not exceeding $25,000. The board con- 
 sisted of Charles J. Marr, W. H. Reed and T. J. Emerson. 
 All nearer points of possible supply were examined by compe- 
 tent engineers and pronounced inadequate. Adams Pond was 
 settled upon for the supply. Proposals were advertised for, 
 covering the trenching, furnishing and laying the pipe. Six 
 bids were received and the contract was awarded to Moore & 
 Co., Boston. The works were not completed that year, but 
 twelve service pipes being laid and sixteen hydants set within 
 the year. The pipe laid in 1894 reached 19,527 feet, about 
 seven-tenths being eight-inch pipe and the greater part of the 
 rest ten-inch. In the work of that year 2,557.82 cubic yards 
 of rock were taken out. Early in 1895 the plant was com- 
 pleted at a cost of $37,853.99. Labor and material were at 
 such rates at the time the plant was constructed that, at least, 
 $10,000 was saved from what the expense would have been 
 three or four years later. Pipe was purchased at $21.84 per 
 ton (2,240 lbs.). John H. Blair was the first superintendent, 
 followed by George H. Snow. Richard Latter, occupying the 
 position now, commenced his duties in March, 1900. 
 
 Since 1895 some permanent additions have been made each 
 year. Improved pumping facilities have been added and a 
 large amount of summer service has been constructed. There 
 are now about five and one-fourth miles of main pipe laid, 
 properly trenched. The summer service follows : 
 
 To "West Boothbay Harbor, 
 
 6,500 feet 
 
 " Spruce Point, 
 
 
 6,000 " 
 
 " Bayville, 
 
 
 7,000 " 
 
 ' ' Lobster Cove, 
 
 
 2,000 " 
 
 " Squirrel Island, 
 
 
 5,000 " 
 
 On Squirrel Island, 
 
 
 20,000 " 
 
 To Southport, 
 
 
 8,500 " 
 
 The last item by vote 
 
 of the town is to be constructed 
 
664 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 early in 1906. Nearly all this pipe is two inch, except what 
 crosses, submarine, to Squirrel Island, which is three. There 
 are now 37 hydrants. The estimated value of the system now 
 is $60,000. 
 
INDEX OF PLACES AND EVENTS. 
 
 Abenaques, the, 36 
 
 Aboriginal Inhabitants, 35, 43 
 
 Act to Incorporate Boothbay, 136 
 
 Adams Pond, 12 
 
 Anasagunticooks, the, 35 
 Appropriations in Early Meetings, * 144, 151, 152 
 
 Archer, Capture of the, 435 
 Arrowsic, 87, 88, 90 
 
 Back Narrows, 13 
 
 Back River, 13, 129 
 
 Bagaduce Expedition, 230 
 
 Bait and Ice Trade, 375 
 
 Banks, 458 
 
 Baptist Church built, 185 
 
 ' ' Ministers, list of, 196 
 
 " Society, the, 193 
 
 Barter's Island, 13 
 
 Bashaba, the, 36, 37 
 
 Battle at Penobscot, 231 
 
 Bay View Lodge, 354 
 
 Bayville, 13, 417 
 
 Biguyduce, 72 
 
 Boothbay Center, 14 
 Harbor, 14, 439, 416 
 
 House, 351, 417 
 
 Lodge, K. of P., 355 
 
 Boston Island, 13 
 
 Bounty offered in 1778, 146 
 
 Boxer and Enterprise, battle of the, 252 
 
 Bridge at Barter's Island, 158 
 
 Bridge at Campbell's Cove, 159, 161 
 
 Bridge at Sawyer's Island, 155 
 
 Bridge at Southport, 313 
 
 British Annoyances in 1812, 255, 258 
 Buckland's Neck, 14, 22, 100 
 
 Bumham Cove, 15 
 
 Burnt Island, 81 
 
 Cabbage Island, 15 
 
 Campbell's Brook, 16 
 
 Cove, 16, 219 
 
 Ponds, 16 
 
tj(36 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Canibas, the, 
 
 
 35 
 
 Cape Cod, 
 
 
 15 
 
 Cape Harbor, 
 
 
 15 
 
 Cape Island, 
 
 
 15 
 
 Cape Newagen, 
 
 15, 
 
 63, 79, 88, 157 
 
 Capital Island, 
 
 
 16, 414 
 
 Capture of Paul Reed, 
 
 
 233 
 
 Card Cove, 
 
 
 16 
 
 Carlisle Point, 
 
 
 16 
 
 Casualties, 
 
 
 3'78-394 
 
 Cedarbush Island, 
 
 
 17 
 
 Changes of Government, 
 
 
 105 
 
 Charts and Plans, 
 
 
 33 
 
 Christmas Cove, 
 
 
 17 
 
 Church, the first. 
 
 
 179, 186 
 
 Church history, 
 
 / 
 
 175-212 
 
 Church members, Early lists of. 
 
 
 180, 181 
 
 Civil War : Boothbay proceedings, 425; 
 
 Boothbay service list 
 
 427-433 
 
 Southport proceedings, 433; Southport service list. 
 
 434, 435 
 
 Collection districts. 
 
 
 149 
 
 College graduates. 
 
 
 404-410 
 
 Commission of 1811, 
 
 
 172 
 
 Committees of Correspondence, 
 
 
 214, 249 
 
 " " Inspection and Safety, 
 
 
 214, 249 
 
 Common at the Center, 
 
 
 161 
 
 Congregationalism Established, 
 
 
 188 
 
 Congregational ministers at the Harbor, 
 
 
 208 
 
 Congregational Society, Second, 
 
 
 205 
 
 Corbin's Sound, 
 
 
 17, 88 
 
 Cornwall County, 
 
 
 77 
 
 Crescent Chapter, O. E. S., 
 
 
 356 
 
 Cross River, 
 
 
 17 
 
 Cuckolds, 
 
 
 17, 81 
 
 Damariscotta, 
 
 
 17, 66, 88 
 
 Damariscotta River, 
 
 
 10 
 
 Damariscove, 
 
 
 17, 65, 79, 88 
 
 Decker's Cove, 
 
 
 IS 
 
 Deeds, Early, 
 
 
 100-103 
 
 Defense of the Town, 
 
 
 218, 249 
 
 Depositions: John Beath, 119, 441; Samuel McCobb, IIV; 
 
 William 
 
 McCobb, ITS; William Moore, 116 
 
 , 121; William FuUerton, 121 
 
 Description of locality. 
 
 
 9 
 
 Destruction of the settlements, 
 
 
 89 
 
 Devon County established, 
 
 
 80 
 
 Distance Tables, 
 
 
 11, 12 
 
 Division of Boothbay, 
 
 
 316 
 
 Dogfish Head, 
 
 
 19 
 
 Dover, 
 
 
 19 
 
 Duke of York's Charter of Sagadahoc, 
 
 
 77 
 
 East Boothbay, 
 
 
 19, 419, 451 
 
 Eastern Steamboat Co. , 
 
 
 421 
 
INDEX OF PLACES AND EVENTS. 667 
 
 Ebenecook Harbor, 
 
 
 
 
 19 
 
 Echo Lake, 
 
 
 
 
 19 
 
 Embargo, the, 
 
 
 
 
 248 
 
 English explorations, 
 
 
 
 
 47 
 
 English patents, 
 
 
 
 
 51 
 
 Epituse, 
 
 
 
 
 19 
 
 Etechemins, 
 
 
 
 
 86 
 
 Famham's Head, 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 Fisherman's Island, 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 Fish Hatchery established. 
 
 
 
 
 376 
 
 Fisheries, early, 
 
 
 
 
 358 
 
 Fishing : Early customs, 360; varied interests, 370; 
 
 ; list of bank stands. 
 
 
 363-367; vessels. 
 
 
 
 
 868 
 
 Fish law, first prohibitive, 
 
 
 
 
 149 
 
 Fort Charles built, 92; captured. 
 
 
 
 
 95 
 
 Fort William Henry built, 96; description 
 
 , 105; captured, 106; 
 
 rebuilt, 111 
 
 changed to Fort Frederick, 
 
 
 
 
 112 
 
 Fort Island, 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 Fort Point, 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 Free High School, 
 
 
 
 
 400 
 
 French and Indian War, 
 
 
 
 
 126 
 
 French explorations. 
 
 
 
 
 45 
 
 Geological formations. 
 
 
 
 
 32 
 
 Gorgeana chartered. 
 
 
 
 
 67 
 
 Graduating exercises commenced. 
 
 
 
 
 401 
 
 Green Islands, 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 Green Landing, 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 Haley, 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 Harbor Island, 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 Haunted Hill, the. 
 
 
 
 
 452 
 
 Hendrick's Harbor, 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 Hendrick's Head, 
 
 
 
 
 21, 31 
 
 High School gradaates. 
 
 
 
 402-404 
 
 High School houses built at Harbor, East Boothbay and Center, 
 
 
 399 
 
 Hippocras, 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 Hodgdon's Island, 
 
 
 
 
 21 
 
 Hodgdon's Mills, 
 
 
 
 
 21 
 
 Hostility to land claimants, 
 
 
 
 
 170 
 
 Hotels, 
 
 
 
 
 350 
 
 Hypocrites, 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 Ice business, 
 
 
 
 
 461 
 
 Incorporation of Townsend, 
 
 
 
 
 157 
 
 Indians: Population, 36, 85; wars, 37, 85, 
 
 97, 125; 
 
 migration to 
 
 Can- 
 
 
 ada, 38; names of early prominence, 
 
 42; relics found, 40; 
 
 distri- 
 
 
 bution of tribes, 85; kidnapped, 
 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 Independence Island, 
 
 
 
 
 16 
 
 Indiantown, 
 
 
 
 
 21,41 
 
 Ingleside, 
 
 
 
 
 21 
 
 Isle of Springs, 
 
 
 
 
 21, 417 
 
 Jefferson Lake, 
 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 Jerry's Island, 
 
 
 
 
 15 
 
668 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 Joe's Island, 21 
 
 Kennebec purchase, 68 
 
 Kenniston Hill, 22 
 
 King Philips War, 85 
 
 Knickerbocker, 22 
 
 Labrador Meadow, 22 
 
 Land claims, 164, 167 
 
 Latitude and longitude, 11 
 License contest, 
 Lights and signals, 
 
 Linekin Bay, 22 
 
 Linekin Neck, 22 
 
 Little River, 22 
 
 Lewis Cove, 22 
 
 Lobster Cove, 23 
 
 Lobster Hatchery, 23 
 
 Lobster interests, 376 
 
 Long Pond, 13 
 
 Lower Mark Island, 23 
 
 McCobb's Hill, 23 
 
 McFarland's Point, 23 
 
 Mackerel fishing, 369 
 
 McKown's Point, 23 
 
 Maine, Province of, chartered, 73 
 
 Marechites, the, 36 
 
 Marr's Harbor, 23 
 
 Massachusetts Bay Co., chartered, 70; charter vacated, 93 
 
 Meadow Cove, 23 
 Methodist : Church at Southport, 196; ministers at Southport, 200; 
 church at East Boothbay, 201; ministers at East Boothbay, 204; 
 
 church at the Harbor, 209; ministers at the Harbor, 210 
 
 Mill Cove, 23 
 
 Mills, 332 
 
 Ministers, early, 176, 188, 191 
 
 Molly's Head, 24 
 
 Moore's Rock, 24 
 
 Monhegan, 48, 52, 55, 61 
 
 Montgomery's Point, 24 
 
 Mount Pisgah Chapter, O. E. S., 356 
 
 Mouse Island, 24, 414 
 
 Municipal sketch of Boothbay, 132 
 
 Municipal sketch of Southport, 310 
 
 Murder of Paul Chadwick, 171 
 
 Murray Hill, 24, 419 
 
 Muscongus patent, 69 
 
 Muster Equipments, 258 
 
 Muster Rojls, 1812, 259-261 
 
 Names of Settlers in 1672, 79 
 
 Negro Island, 24 
 
 New England named, 55 
 
 Newspapers, 4g6 
 
INDEX OF PLACES AND EVENTS. 669 
 
 Norumbegua, 37 
 North Boothbay, 24 
 Oak Grove, 25 
 Oak Grove House, 411 
 Oak Point, 24 
 Ocean Point, 25, 419 
 Officials and residents of the first settlement, 80, 82 
 Official lists and tables, 279, 309 
 Oil factories, 370-373 
 Openangoes, the, 36 
 Outer Heron Island, 25 
 Oven's Mouth, 25 
 Oyster shell deposits, 39 
 Paradise Point, 25 
 Parish lot, 25 
 Parsonages built : On Pisgah, 186; at the Center, 186; Baptist at the Center, 195 
 Passamaquoddy's, the, 36 
 Patents under James I, 51 
 Pemaquid, 69, 71, 88, 92 
 ' ' patent, 69 
 Penobscot Indians, 38 
 Pentecost Chapter, 354 
 Petitions : To Governor, 78; to incorporate Townsend, 135; to legal- 
 ize town proceedings, 139, 149; to Secretary of War, 252 
 Physicians, 453 
 Pig Cove, 25 
 Pirates' Cove, 26 
 Pisgah, 28 
 Plague among the Indians, 37 
 Pleasant Cove, 25 
 Poor persons, care of, 145, 153 
 Popham's and Gilbert's voyage, 52 
 Popham's settlement, 54 
 Population in 1633, 69 
 Port of delivery established, 159 
 Portland and Boothbay Steamboat Co., 422 
 Portland and Rockland Steamboat Co., 423 
 Postal affairs, 469 
 Post Roads survey, the, 12 
 Powderhorn Island, 26 
 Presbyterianism .established, , 175 
 Price of commodities in 1780, 234 
 Prohibited articles of purchase, 148 
 Publishments of intentions of marriage, 262-278 
 Pumpkin Rock, 26 
 Ram Island, 26, 30 
 Rathbone Sisters, 357 
 Reasons for incorporation, 133 
 Reed's Island, 26 
 Reskeagan, 6® 
 Revival in Lincoln County, 182 
 
670 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Revolutionary documents, 220, 230; measures, 216; service list, 235, 246 
 Roads, 143, 146, 148, 149, 164, 155, 158, 161, 162, 163, 312 
 Road records, early, 452 
 Rolling the G. W. Reed, 444 
 Royal Arcanum, 357 
 Sailing directions, 29, 30 
 Sardine industry, the, 3*74 
 Sawyer's Island, 26 
 Sawyer's Island House, 41'7 
 Seaside Lodge, 353 
 Schools, 142, 150, 395 
 School Agency System, 397 
 School districts in Boothbay, 150, 153, 399 
 School districts in Southport, 311 
 Scotch-Irish, the, 110 
 Settlements : In 1675, 84; in 1690, 96; in 1713, 107; in 1729, 110; com- 
 menced, 57; of Col. David Dunbar, 109 
 Sheepscot, 27, 65, 87, 94 
 Sheepscot River, 9 
 Shipbuilding, 334 
 Soil, 34 
 Sokokis, the, 35 
 Soldiers' monument purchased 160 
 Southport, 27, 310 415 
 Spanish explorations, 44 
 Spectacle Islands, 27 
 Spelling in early records, 103 
 Spruce Point, 27 
 Squirrel Island, 27, 98, 412 
 Stores and trade, 338 
 Stocks built, 148 
 Suits vs. town, 152 
 Summer resorts, 411 
 Surplus distributed, 156 
 Surveys in town, 33, 153 
 Swett's Island, 21, 40 
 Tarratines, the, 36 
 Taxpayers in 1814, 261 
 Tax, first levied, 82 
 Text-books, early, 398 
 Thirty Acre Island, 21, 33 
 Thorpe Island, 28 
 Tibbetts' Island, 28 
 Town agent, first, 150 
 Town debt bonded, 160 
 Town fortifications in 1812, 251 
 Town farm purchased, 168 
 Townhouse, built, 167; moved, 169 
 Town meeting, first, 141; incident, 443; first in Southport, 310 
 Townsend, 28; laid out, 113 
 Townsend Gut, 28 
 
INDEX OF PLACES AND EVENTS. 671 
 
 Town store in 1775, 219 
 
 Trees, 34 
 
 Trevett, 13, 21 
 
 Tumbler Island, 29 
 
 Union Church built, 195 
 
 Union Hall, Southport, 313 
 
 Valuation first taken, 147 
 
 Votes, for first Governor, 146; on State separation, 153, 154 
 
 Voyages, early, 44, 66; of Capt. John Smith, 369 
 
 Wadsworth's Cove, 29 
 
 Wall's Point, 29 
 
 War of 1812, the, 247, 255; service list, 259 
 
 Water powers, 31 
 
 Waterwitch, the story of the, 445 
 
 Wawehocks, 86; their settlements, 38, 41 
 
 West Boothbay Harbor, 29 
 
 West Harbor in 1822, 489 
 
 West Harbor Methodist Society, 211 
 
 Weymouth House, 352, 417 
 
 Weymouth's voyage, 48, 51 
 
 White Islands, 29 
 
 Widgm's, 29, 84 
 
 Wood Island, 29 
 
 Woolwich, 87 
 
 Yorkshire County established, 76 
 
 44 
 
PEE80ML INDEX. 
 
 This index contains all names of persons appearing in the 
 volume except in Chapters XV and XVI, which chapters are 
 simply bodies of names and indexing was found to be imprac- 
 tical. A similar exception occurs in the list of High School 
 Graduates appearing on pp. 402-404. The Family History is 
 arranged alphabetically and, therefore, not indexed. 
 
 Adams, A. & W., 336. 
 
 Andrew, 836, 848, 379. 
 
 Alexander, 427. 
 
 Benjamin P., 881. 
 
 Charles, 383. 
 
 Daniel, 427. 
 
 David B., 441. 
 
 David C, 427. 
 
 David R., 269, 334. 
 
 Frank N., 355. 
 
 George, 28, 427. 
 
 James, 334, 382. 
 
 James, Jr., 380. 
 
 John, 427. 
 
 Miss Annie, 399. 
 
 Rev. Jonathan, 191, 208, 404. 
 
 Rev. Jonathan E., 191, 208. 
 
 Rev. J. P., 204. 
 
 Richard, 260, 881. 
 
 Samuel, 13, 143, 148, 151, 180, 
 214, 236, 338, 334. 
 
 Samuel, Jr., 379. 
 
 Sarah, 180. 
 
 Thomas B., 172. 
 
 Ward, 456. 
 
 W. I. & Son, 887. 
 
 William, 336, 379, 894. 
 
 William & Son, 337, 456. 
 
 W. Irving, 337, 353, 854, 356. 
 Albee, Frank, 161, 347. 
 
 F. H., 355. 
 Aldsworth & Elbridge, 69, 165. 
 Allen & Moody, 345. 
 
 Allen, Mary, 181. 
 
 Prof. Nathaniel G., 371. 
 
 T. W. & Son, 421. 
 Alley, Ephraim, 193, 236. 
 
 Howard M., 393. 
 
 John, Jr., 193, 260. 
 
 Joshua, 236. 
 
 Reuben, 381. 
 
 William, 260, 451. 
 
 William H., 434. 
 Anderson, Andrew, 206. 
 
 Rev. M. T., 201. 
 Andrews, John, 206, 363, 414. 
 
 Martha, 206. 
 
 Rev. Charles, 204. 
 
 Susan F., 207. 
 Andros, Sir Edward, 28, 94. 
 Apps, Harry, 387. 
 Archibald, Capt. I. E., 428. 
 Arnold, Dr. Frederick S., 453. 
 Atlantic Oil Co., 457. 
 Atwell, John, 200. 
 Atwood, Rev. H., 196. 
 Auld, Augustus, 388. 
 
 Daniel, 205. 
 
 Edwin, 205, 207. 
 
 Eliza G., 207. 
 
 Elup Faxon, 383. 
 
 Eunice F., 207. 
 
 Francis M., 207. 
 
 George M., 384. 
 
 Jacob, 205, 250, 259, 335, 340, 
 343, 440. 
 
674 
 
 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY, 
 
 Auld, James, 150, 206, 260. 
 
 John, 205, 207. 
 
 John G., 427. 
 
 Joseph C, 206, 345, 364. 
 
 Mary A., 207. 
 
 Rufus, 427. 
 
 William, 260. 
 Averill, Isaac, 131. 
 
 S., 456. 
 Avery, Enoch, 181. 
 Ayer, Chandler, 427. 
 Bailey, Samuel D., 421. 
 Bahr, William C, 342. 
 Baker, Capt. Llewellyn, 388. 
 
 Dr. O. W., 454, 455. 
 
 Frank A., 324. 
 
 Jeremiah P., 347. 
 
 Miss M. Ella, 399. 
 
 Mrs. M. A., 348. 
 
 Nathan S., 323, 327. 
 
 Rev. Charles, 202. 
 
 Rev. J. R., 200, 204, 210. 
 
 Rev. Samuel, 201. 
 Baldwin, Thomas W., 459. 
 Baldwin Fish Co., 345. 
 Ball, Levi, 412. 
 
 Samuel, 412. 
 
 Thomas, 412. 
 Barker, Ham & Mitchell, 413. 
 Barlow, Harvey R., 364. 
 
 Mrs. Mary E., 349. 
 Barter, Benjamin, 261, 379. 
 
 Edward, 364. 
 
 Elwell H., 427. 
 
 Harry, 349, 384. 
 
 Isaac, 364. 
 
 John, 193, 236. 
 
 John, 4th, 261. 
 
 John, Jr., 193. 
 
 Joseph, 147, 236. 
 
 Keene M., 375. 
 
 Mrs. Clem, 394. 
 
 Nicholas, 236. 
 
 Samuel, 381. 
 
 Samuel, 3d, 261. 
 
 William, 364. 
 Bartlett, Andrew D., 885. 
 
 Joel W., 385. 
 Barton, Dr., 464. 
 Edward, 351. 
 Baxter, Enos, 201. 
 
 Baxter, Rev. Joseph, 176. 
 Beal, Isabel, 210. 
 
 Martin E., 313, 456. 
 Bean, Rev. L. H., 204, 210. 
 Beardsley, Dr. John, 453. 
 Beath, Elizabeth, 180. 
 James E., 325, 427. 
 James T., 205, 207. 
 Jeremiah, 148, 154, 260. 
 Joel T., 381. 
 
 John, 115, 119, 133, 138, 178, 
 179, 180, 189, 235, 236, 332, 
 378, 441. 
 Joseph, 236, 395, 396. 
 Lydia P., 205, 456. 
 Margaret, 180. 
 Mary, 180, 207. 
 Thomas P., 428. 
 Walter, 115. 
 Beaton, William, 384. 
 Beecher, Dr. J. A., 454. 
 Bellowes, Rev. Thomas, 190. 
 Bennett, Daniel, 203. 
 Daniel, Jr., 385. 
 Eben, 388. 
 Jane L., 203. 
 John, 260, 451. 
 William M., 161, 336, 350. 
 Berry, Andrew, 158. 
 Bibber and Titcomb. 437. 
 Bishop, Percy G., 409. 
 
 W. F., 375. 
 Blaine, Hon. James G., 460. 
 Blair, Benjamin, 142, 205, 438. 
 Benjamin F., 428. 
 Frank W., 406. 
 George K., 406. 
 John H., 195, 346, 349, 458. 
 Margaret, 206, 207. 
 Blake, Arthur, 387. 
 Clark, 428. 
 Frank, 461. 
 Franklin H., 428. 
 FredC, 454. 
 Stephen, 384. 
 William, 365. 
 Blanchard, James, 180. 
 Blatchford, Mrs. Mary E., 394. 
 Blish, Isaac N., 428. 
 Blossom, Dr. Alden, 160, 345, 353, 
 428, 454. 
 
PEESONAL INDEX. 
 
 675 
 
 Blythe, Capt. Samuel, 253. 
 Booker, Christopher, 236. 
 
 Eliphalet, 237. 
 
 Jacob, 237. 
 
 John B., 260. 
 
 Joseph, 237. 
 
 Joseph, Jr., 260. 
 
 William, 237. 
 Boothbay Publishing Co. , 457. 
 Borland, John, 148, 169, 214. 
 Bowles, David G., 249, 262. 
 Boyd, Abijah, 428. 
 
 Alexander, 260, 428. 
 
 Andrew, 260. 
 
 Charles H., 428. 
 
 Elizabeth, 180. 
 
 George, 181, 260. 
 
 Margaret, 181. 
 
 Mary, 181. 
 
 Rev. Alexander, 177. 
 
 Rev. James, 196. 
 
 Samuel, 418, 456, 458, 461. 
 
 Sarah, 181. 
 
 Thomas, 13, 148, 181, 214, 218, 
 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 827, 
 340, 379, 418, 427. 
 
 Thomas, 2d, 260, 261. 
 
 Waldo, 408. 
 
 William, 428. 
 Boynton, Freeman, 325, 327, 353, 
 
 356, 356. 
 Bragg, William, 259, 260. 
 Brewer, Alfred, 312. 
 
 Ferdinand, 205. 
 
 George, 2d, 161. 
 
 Isaac, 312. 
 
 James, 260, 441. 
 
 Manley S., 484. 
 
 Martin, 161, 428. 
 
 Mitchell, 428. 
 
 Rufus, 382. 
 
 Samuel, 158, 441. 
 
 William F., 382. 
 Bridgham, Rev. M. F., 211. 
 Brown, Charles, 385. 
 
 Edmund, 115, 139, 142, 186, 
 378, 441, 442. 
 
 Ephraim, 260. 
 
 George W., 428, 434. 
 
 John, 61, 66, 164. 
 
 John, Jr., 164, 166, 194. 
 
 Brown, Rev. P. E., 204, 210. 
 
 Rev. W. E., 204. 
 
 Samuel, 237, 452. 
 
 William, 385. 
 Bryant, David, 115, 351, 378, 442. 
 
 Rev. E., 200. 
 Bryer, Albert W., 428. 
 
 Cushman, 428. 
 
 Elihu, 382. 
 
 Elihu, Jr., 260. 
 
 George R., 428. 
 
 John, 260, 386. 
 
 Joseph, 260. 
 
 Robert, 260. 
 
 Samuel, 150, 214, 218, 237, 260, 
 444. 
 
 Samuel, 2d, 260. 
 Bucknell, George, 15, 77, 351. 
 
 Richard, IJ, 77. 
 Buker, Rev. C. A., 196. 
 
 W. F., 354, 355. 
 Bulfinch, Rev. J., 208. 
 Burgess, Joseph, 457. 
 Burleigh, Governor, 328. 
 Bumham, John, 260. 
 
 Solomon, 214, 237. 
 Burns, Hannah, 181. 
 
 Levi, 162, 456. 
 
 Thomas, 171. 
 
 William, 171, 181, 236. 
 Burr, Miss P. H., 399. 
 Burrows, Lieut. William, 253. 
 Burt, Rev. E., 208. 
 Bush, Dr. Samuel, 453. 
 Bushee, Simon, 385. 
 Byram, Rev. James, 204. 
 Caldwell, Mary, 181. 
 Cameron, Charles, 353, 414. 
 
 Daniel, 311, 363, 365. 
 
 Edward, 313. 
 
 Henry, 353. 
 
 John, 363. 
 
 Robert, 366. 
 Campbell, Esther, 379. 
 
 James, 441. 
 
 Joseph, 351, 382. 
 
 Mary, 207. 
 
 Mrs. Rosanna, 380. 
 
 Rev. Nathan H., 204. 
 Capen, Charles, 419. 
 
 C. E., 375. 
 
676 
 
 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Card, Francis, 88. 
 
 Cargill, Col. James, 220, 223, 227. 
 
 Carlisle, Amos, 379. 
 
 Alva, 428. 
 
 Benjamin, .381. 
 
 Charles E., 346, 377, 425. 
 
 Frank, 428. 
 
 Hermon, 335. 
 
 Jason, 428. 
 
 Joseph, 218, 261. 
 
 Josephus, 16. 
 
 William, 156, 353, 425. 
 Carter, Dr. John A., 210, 464, 465. 
 
 Mary, 181. 
 Carey, Samuel F. , 434. 
 Cash, J. P., 356. 
 Castine, Baron, 94. 
 Caswell, Rufus, 386. 
 Chadwick, Paul, 171. 
 Chambers, John W., 428. 
 Chaples, John, 363. 
 Chapin, Rev. Pelatiah, 188. 
 Chapman, Alonzo, 428. •» 
 
 Rev. Nathaniel, 190. 
 
 WilmotH., 428. 
 Chase, George, 428. 
 
 M. V. B., 412. 
 
 Rev. W. F., 211. 
 Cheney, O. B., 412. 
 
 Rev. E., 204, 210. 
 Chick, Charles B., 418. 
 Church, C. B., 461. 
 Clapp, William M., 428. 
 Clark, Thomas, 181. 
 
 William, 381. 
 
 & Lake, 88. 
 Clifford, A. J., 204. 
 
 Everett, 337. 
 Clisby, W. C, 33, 827, 347, 456. 
 Coan, Rev. L. S., 191, 208. 
 Coats, John, 166. 
 
 Prinsent, 166. 
 Coburn, L. F., 399. 
 Colbath, David, 452. 
 
 Leighton, 148, 237. 
 
 Lemuel, 237. 
 Colson, Eli, 343. 
 Cook, L. M., 459. 
 
 Rev. Charles L., 190. 
 Coolen, James, 434. 
 
 Nancy, 313. 
 
 Corey, Charles A., 428. 
 
 John K., 327, 428, 443. 
 Corlew, Dr. Joseph E., 206, 454. 
 Cox, B. T., 456. 
 Creamer, Dr. Edward, 150, 341, 
 
 351, 444, 453. 
 Crocker, Dr. Frank H., 323, 391, 
 
 455. 
 Crommett, Jeremiah, 237. 
 
 John, 237. 
 Crooker, Francis, 259. 
 
 Dr. L. J., 327, 419. 
 Crossman, Benjamin H., 428. 
 Crowell, Dr. Joseph A., 454. 
 Cumberland Bone Co., 456. 
 Cumner, Rev. John, 200, 204. 
 Cunningham, Ruggles, 193. 
 
 William, 388. 
 Curran, Daniel, 429. 
 Curtis, Dr., 454. 
 
 Henry, 13, 99, 167, 173. 
 Gushing, General, 230. 
 Cushman, Dr. Sidney B., 454. 
 
 Rev. David Q., 187, 191, 454. 
 Damarill, Humphrey, 18, 65. 
 Danforth, Judge, 320. 
 Davenport, A. H., 413, 459. 
 Davidson, Nicholas, 165. 
 Davis, Henry O., 434. 
 
 Israel, 180, 235, 236, 237. 
 
 Israel, Jr., 237. 
 
 Joseph, 380. 
 
 Rhoda, 180. 
 
 Sarah, 180. 
 
 William, 180, 237. 
 Daws, John, 147, 214, 238, 463. 
 Day, Frank, 409. 
 
 Martha, 181. 
 
 Merrill, 384. 
 
 Rev. Rufus, 204. 
 D'Aulney, 72. 
 Decker, Alberts., 429. 
 
 David, 181. 
 
 Ebenezer, 367. 
 
 E. &W., 313. 
 
 E. L., 313, 314, 337. 
 
 Frank, 387. 
 
 Giles, 429. 
 
 John, 238. 
 
 Margaret, 181. 
 
 Robert, 367. 
 
PERSONAL INDEX. 
 
 677 
 
 Decker, Thomas, 238. 
 
 William, 367, 435. 
 Deering, Rev. J. K., 208. 
 Delano, O. M., 83. 
 Denny, Samuel, 101. 
 Dewolfe, Laura, 393. 
 Dingley, Nelson, Jr., 412. 
 
 Parke G., 413. 
 Dixon, Rev. R. S., 200. 
 Dockendorff, Mary, 206. 
 Dodge & Giles, 333. 
 
 Charles, 420. 
 
 Charles F., 344. 
 
 George E., 451. 
 
 Woodbury, 342. 
 DoUoff, Benaiah, 168. 
 
 Benaiah P., 388, 429. 
 
 George W., 339. 
 
 Warren L., 429. 
 Donnell, Samuel, 384, 420. 
 Dongan, Col. Thomas, 93. 
 Dow, J. W., 441. 
 Drowne, Shem, 123, 165. 
 Dubois, Capt. E. T., 371. 
 Dudley, W. F., 347. 
 Dunbar, Bert, 394. 
 
 Col. David, 109, 112, 113, 116, 
 122, 123, 124. 
 Dunlap, Rev. Robert, 176. 
 Dunton, George B., 353, 422. 
 
 Israel, 194. 
 
 James F., 343. 
 
 Jane, 194. 
 
 Lewis A., 354, 357. 
 
 Mabel, 356. 
 
 M. Fred, 355. 
 
 Quincy A., 393. 
 
 Timothy, 193, 194. 
 
 William F., 386. 
 Durant, Ephraim, 380. 
 
 John, 445. 
 
 WiUiam, 380. 
 Dyer, Albert S., 386. 
 
 Alphonzo, 415. 
 Eggleson, Hezekiah, 181. 
 Elder, John, 258. 
 Eldridge, Rev. W. B., 200. 
 Elliott, Dr. William, 453. 
 Elwell, David H., 429. 
 Emerson, Capt. William S., 440. 
 
 Col. Edward, 149, 214, 218, 220, 
 
 221, 227, 234, 236, 238, 361, 
 452, 453. 
 Emerson, Daniel K., 429. 
 
 Elder William, 196. 
 
 George G., 386. 
 
 John B., 207. 
 
 Luther, 429. 
 
 Miss S. J., 456. 
 
 Rev. Ezekiel, 176. 
 
 Thomas J., 160,429. 
 Erwin, Joseph, 143. 
 Evans, Rev. Lewis D., 208, 391. 
 Ewing, J. C, 387. 
 Farmer, Albion, 383. 
 
 Andrew, 383. 
 
 Charles T., 429. 
 
 Samuel, S06. 
 
 Thomas B., 383. 
 
 William, 206. 
 
 William P., 429. 
 Famham, Ambrose G., 383. 
 
 Daniel L., 429. 
 
 Ebenezer, 451. 
 
 George, 260. 
 
 Hansel, 238. 
 
 Harry A., 389. 
 
 John, 194, 238. 
 
 John, Jr., 260. 
 
 Joseph, 260, 336. 
 
 Lulu, 356. 
 
 Simon, 461. 
 
 William G., 383. 
 Fernald, Elmer, 356. 
 Field, Hattie, 388. 
 
 William, 388. 
 Fifield, Miss O. Z., 348. 
 
 Rev. B. S., 196. 
 Fisher, C. & W., 344, 352, 420. 
 
 Charles H., 353. 
 
 Dr. Charles, 252, 463. 
 
 Rev. Jabez P., 189, 254, 441. 
 
 William, 348. 
 
 William H., 344, 362. 
 Flagg, Gershom, 167. 
 Fletcher, Rev. Elliot B., 196, 200. 
 Fling, Hannah, 181. 
 Floyd, John, 261. 
 Fogg, Rev. Caleb, 196, 200. 
 Fogler, George P., 386, 429. 
 Folsom, Dr. David, 454. 
 Ford, Abner, 116, 238. 
 
678 
 
 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Frizzell, William, 393. 
 Frost, General, 230. 
 Frye, Col. Joseph, 236. 
 Fuller, Charles W., 429. 
 
 Chase, 343. 
 
 Jacob G., 336, 348. 
 
 James, 383. 
 
 Jason, 310. 
 
 John, 202. 
 
 Leander, 349. 
 Fullerton, Ebenezer, 190, 288. 
 
 James, 260. 
 
 Jennet, 180, 453. 
 
 John, 260. 
 
 Margaret, 180. 
 
 Marianne, 181. 
 
 William, 115, 121, 142, 151, 171, 
 180. 
 Fultz, Arthur, 45T. 
 Furbush, H. B., 412. 
 
 Isaac, 384. 
 
 Rev. John, 208. 
 Gahan, Rev. E. S., 204. 
 Gallup & Holmes, 372, 373, 457. 
 
 B. F., 373. 
 
 Fred, 372, 373. 
 
 -Morgan Co., 872, 373, 457. 
 Gamage, E. P., 423. 
 Gardiner, Silvester, 167, 173. 
 
 Solomon, 372. 
 Gardner, Henry, 215. 
 
 W. A., 337. 
 
 William, 386. 
 Garnett, Rev. George, 208. 
 Gilbert, George, 259. 
 Giles, Benjamin, 158. 
 
 Byron, 325, 327, 355, 356. 
 
 Charles, 158. 
 
 Charles E., 429. 
 
 Edson, 325. 
 
 Edward H., 389. 
 
 Edwin L., 456. 
 
 Frank, 387. 
 
 Frederick M., 429. 
 
 Harvey H., 429. 
 
 Henry K., 429. 
 
 John, 193. 
 
 John M., 429. 
 
 Joseph, 193. 
 
 Mrs. Clara, 357. 
 
 Paul, 203, 238. 
 
 Giles, Percy C, 407. 
 
 Royal, 357. 
 
 Samuel, 259, 383. 
 
 Truman E., 391. 
 Gillette, Joseph, 260. 
 Gilman, Charles B., 435. 
 Gilmore, Elizabeth, 181. 
 Gilpatrick, John, 429. 
 Given, Rev. L., 196, 343. 
 Goodwin, Major, 173. 
 Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, 55, 73, 75. 
 
 Robert, 62. 
 Goudy, Alden, 348, 352. 
 Gould, John, 451. 
 
 Rev. Jonathan, 188, 191. 
 
 Rev. Samuel L., 191. 
 
 Sander, 164, 166. 
 Gove, John, 381. 
 Grant, Joshua, 88. 
 Gray, Abial, 416. 
 
 Amos, 202, 412. 
 
 Charles H., 381. 
 
 Charles S., 337, 416. 
 
 George William, 429. 
 
 Francis, 261. 
 
 Harrison, 215. 
 
 Henry, 261. 
 
 John, 381, 435. 
 
 Joseph, 429. 
 
 Livingston, 429. 
 
 Rev. J. H., 211. 
 
 Samuel N., 435. 
 
 William, 366. 
 Greene, Francis B., 323, 326, 347, 
 
 390, 393, 401, 457. 
 Greenleaf, Austin P., 314, 376. 
 
 Capt. Sandford, 388. 
 
 Ebenezer, 429. 
 
 Fynette, 386. 
 
 George W., 356, 461. 
 
 Nathaniel, 206. 
 
 William, 156, 206, 310, 412, 415. 
 Gregory, Neva, 356. 
 Griffin & Bourne, 418. 
 Grimes & Wright, 348. 
 
 John, 160, 162. 
 
 Joseph, 251, 260, 348. 
 
 Jotham, 379. 
 Grover, Freeman, 366, 370, 414. 
 
 John, 260. 
 
 Joseph, 379. 
 
PERSONAL INDEX. 
 
 679 
 
 Grover, Wilbur N., 314, 342. 
 Gutch, Robert, 66. 
 Hagan, Cyrus B., 386, 429. 
 
 Dennis M., 363, 354, 429. 
 Hahn, Capt. Everett E., 377. 
 Haley, Eben D., 20, 461. 
 
 Rev. J. P., 210, 211. 
 Hall, John, 170. 
 Hallowell, Benjamin, 167. 
 
 Joseph F., 430. 
 Ham, J. B., 412. 
 Hamilton, Georgfe, 353. 
 Hammond, Richard, 87. 
 Hancox, H. A., 319. 
 Handy, Rev. Frank D., 204. 
 Hanscom, Rev. S. L., 211. 
 
 Rev. Warren A., 201, 211. 
 Hanson, John, 430. 
 Harding, Nelson, 390. 
 Hardinger, Emery, 348. 
 Harlow, J. W., 420. 
 Harmon & Shipman, 418. 
 
 Prof. George M., 418. 
 Harrenden, Martha, 181. 
 
 Nehemiah, 179, 181, 239. 
 Harriman, Rev. James, 200, 204. 
 Harring^ton, Rev. Jesse, 200, 204. 
 Harris & McClearn, 345. 
 
 Bros., 206. 
 
 Fred H., 195, 348, 349, 352. 
 
 James, 441. 
 
 Joseph, 364, 383. 
 
 Marthas., 207. 
 
 Millard F., 394. 
 
 Paul, 209, 345, 364. 
 
 William, 335. 
 Hartung, Hermon, 327. 
 Haskell, Rev. C. L., 204, 210, 211. 
 Hatchard, Henry, 203. 
 Haynes, Rev. G. G., 196. 
 
 R. W., 414. 
 Herron, Daniel, 238. 
 
 Patrick, 238. 
 Hesselton, Edward C, 894. 
 Higgins, Fred B., 376. 
 
 Rev. P., 204, 210. 
 Hill, Hon. John F., 401, 454. 
 Hilton, Charles S. F., 425. 
 
 James, 181. 
 
 John, 385, 430. 
 
 Samuel K., 159, 425. 
 
 Hilton, William, 165. 
 
 Hiscock, , 348. 
 
 ■ Hodgdon & Clisby, 347. 
 
 & Fisher, 344. 
 
 Albion P., 457. 
 
 Alfred, 440. 
 
 Allen, 384. 
 
 Alonzo K., 333. 
 
 Alvah L., 387. 
 
 Benjamin, 165, 261. 
 
 Caleb, 202, 333, 336, 337, 348, 
 353, 451. 
 
 Caleb, Jr., 336. 
 
 C. & J. P., 336. 
 
 C. & Sons, 336. 
 
 C. E. & W. A., 336, 337. 
 
 Capt. John, 363, 364, 367. 
 
 C. Tyler, 354. 
 
 Capt. Tyler, 363. 
 
 Charles A., 383. 
 
 Clarence R., 406. 
 
 Dexter W., 343, 347, 440, 466, 
 461. 
 
 Eliza, 202. 
 
 George, 336, 363. 
 
 Gilman P., 322, 343, 461. 
 
 Granville, 384. 
 
 James D., 385. 
 
 James F., 332. 
 
 John, 336. 
 
 John, 2d, 156. 
 
 John M., 219, 381. 
 
 Joseph, 239. 
 
 Lester, 387. 
 
 Lovell, 380. 
 
 Marston, 382. 
 
 Merrill, 380. 
 
 Miss Georgia E., 399. 
 
 Miss Hattie B., 399. 
 
 Roscoe G., 344, 356, 458. 
 
 Silas Lee, 451. 
 
 Stephen G., 21, 158, 457. 
 
 Thomas, 157, 350, 364. 
 
 Timothy, 261. 
 
 Westbrook, 384. 
 
 W. H., 348. 
 
 William, 158, 860. 
 
 Zina H., 349, 417. 
 Hodges, Miss Lucy, 348. 
 Hodgkins, Ezekiel W., 363. 
 Hogue, Rev. T. R., 201. 
 
680 
 
 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Holbrook, Capt. William, 383. 
 
 E. &E., 349, 865. 
 
 Eliphalet, 349. 
 
 Ezekiel, 260, 451. 
 Holton, Carl R., 410. 
 
 Harry H., 409. 
 
 Harvey, 380. 
 
 Jeremiah, 260. 
 
 Jeremiah C, 430. 
 
 John, 151, 239. 
 
 John E., 405. 
 
 Mary, 207. 
 
 Walter T., 348. 
 
 Willard, 205, 207. 
 
 Willard R., 252. 
 
 William H., 384. 
 Hood, Robin, 13, 66, 99, 173. 
 Horn, John, 261, 380. 
 Howard, Silas, 456. 
 Howell, David, 173. 
 Hoxie, C. W., 420. 
 Huff, Fred P., 348, 355. 
 
 Joseph, 350. 
 Hulse, Rev. W. C, 196. 
 Hunter, Henry, 181. 
 
 Rev. T. W., 204. 
 Huskins, George, 435. 
 Hussey, Norris H., 327, 346, 456. 
 Hatchings, Asa, 194. 
 
 Benjamin, 193. 
 
 Isaac, 162. 
 
 Jonathan, 260. 
 
 Thomas, 382. 
 Ingraham, Hiram L., 346. 
 
 John, 181. 
 
 Roscoe G., 348. 
 Irwine, Joseph, 181. 
 Jack, G.,394. 
 Jackson, Dr. Charles T., 32. 
 
 Dr. George F. , 454. 
 Jeffries, George, 313. 
 Jenkins, Rev. O. F., 204. 
 
 Rev. R. W., 191, 208. 
 Jewell, Rev. William J., 200. 
 Johnson, Alexander, 414. 
 
 Dr. W. R., 454. 
 
 Rev. W. I., 204. 
 
 Thomas, 130. 
 Jones, Charles C, 384. 
 
 Col. William, 224, 236. 
 
 James M., 435. 
 
 Jones, Laura E. , 386. 
 
 Martha E., 386. 
 
 Paul, 384 
 
 Reuben, 386. 
 
 Rev. J. P., 211. 
 Kehail, Stephen, 385. 
 Keller, Benjamin, 430. 
 Kelley, Aaron, 239. 
 
 Benjamin, 32, 194, 383. 
 
 FredR., 460. 
 
 Isaac, 260. 
 
 John, 261. » 
 
 John E., 320, 325, 327, 330, 430, 
 453. 
 
 John K., 380. 
 
 Joseph, 239. 
 
 William K., 239, 436. 
 Kelloch, George, 260, 261, 379. 
 Kendrick, Charles E., 327, 346, 
 
 355, 357, 413, 457. 
 Kennedy, Dr. D. K., 440, 454. 
 
 HenryA,. 346, 456. 
 
 James, 149, 239. 
 
 John, 2d, 382. 
 
 Thomas, 214, 351. 
 
 WiUiam, 239, 430. 
 Kenney, Abijah, 239, 439. 
 
 Benjamin, 193, 239. 
 
 James B., 340. 
 
 Samuel, 147, 239. 
 
 Thomas, 239. 
 Kenniston, Albert H., 344, 348, 391. 
 
 David, 21, 151, 239, 252. 
 
 Cobb & Co., 372, 457. 
 
 George B., 160, 321, 327, 830, 
 354, 390, 398, 405, 480, 458, 
 460. 
 
 George B., Jr., 394. 
 
 Joseph R., 324, 827, 335, 344. 
 
 Miss Mary, 357. 
 
 William, 155, 160, 254, 342, 890, 
 423, 426. 
 
 William B., 405. 
 Kent, Benjamin, 239. 
 
 John, 239. 
 Kimball, Albert, 349. 
 
 Charles, 387. 
 
 Henry, 251. 
 
 Phineas, 380. 
 Kincaid, Mary, 181. 
 
 Patrick, 181. 
 
PERSONAL INDEX. 
 
 681 
 
 Kinchelow, Julius, 386. 
 King, Gen. William, 257. 
 
 Rev. M. E., 200. 
 Knight, Alfred, 380. 
 
 Charles, 207. 
 
 Chester C, 420. 
 
 Daniel, 157, 223, 240. 
 
 Frank, 389. 
 
 James A., 385, 436. 
 
 John, 260, 379, 380. 
 
 John A., 344. 
 
 John Edward, 327, 352. 
 
 John S., 444. 
 
 Mary, 189. 
 
 Michael, 451. 
 
 Nathaniel, 383. 
 
 Nicholas T., 155, 248, 249, 250, 
 261, 380, 453. 
 
 Patishell, 239. 
 
 Richard M., 394. 
 
 Samuel, 260. 
 
 William, 379. 
 Knowlton, Rev. C. E., 204, 210. 
 Knox, David, 387. 
 
 William, 387. 
 Lake, John H., 348, 430. 
 Lamb, Rev. J. C, 201. 
 Lamson, James, 240. 
 
 Samuel, 240. 
 
 William, 240. 
 Lang, John, 430. 
 Langdon, Capt. Timothy, 235. 
 
 Joseph, 147. 
 La Tour, 70. 
 
 Lawson, Dr. R. W., 343, 454. 
 Lawton, William, 388. 
 Leavitt, Rev. William, 208. 
 Leishman, John, 156, 181, 186, 189, 
 
 260, 398. 
 Leman, Elder John, 196. 
 Lermond, Miss Nancy, 348. 
 
 Rev. W., 200. 
 Levett, Capt. Christopher, 15, 62, 64. 
 Lewis, Addison W., 430, 447. 
 
 Allen, 22, 159, 206, 335, 345, 
 
 363, 364, 420, 426, 457, 458. 
 Almond, 388. 
 
 & Baker, 347. 
 & Fossett, 341. 
 Austin, 430. 
 Benjamin, 194, 335, 344. 
 
 Lewis, Benton, 385. 
 
 Capt. Alonzo, 389. 
 
 Capt. Eben T., 251. 
 
 Elton H., 417. 
 
 Ephraim, 194. 
 
 George, 240. 
 
 George B., 430. 
 
 Henry, 389. 
 
 Herbert D., 394. 
 
 Isaac, 193. 
 
 Isabella, 194. 
 
 Isaiah, 323, 327, 335, 458. 
 
 Job, 102. 
 
 John, 193, 194, 261. 
 
 JohnE., 383. 
 
 John, 2d, 260. 
 
 John W., 389. 
 
 Joseph, 158, 194, 218, 452. 
 
 Lemuel, 193, 194. 
 
 Marshall, 383. 
 
 Martin v., 382. 
 
 Mary, 194. 
 
 Merrill, 461. 
 
 RoswellC, 430. 
 
 Samuel, 158. 
 
 Sarah, 194. 
 
 Silas S., 338. 
 
 Stephen, 194. 
 
 Stephen, Jr., 194. 
 
 Thomas, 430. 
 
 Warren, 430. 
 
 Westbrook G., 209, 327, 345, 
 353, 354, 426, 456. 
 
 Willard, 367. 
 
 William, 193, 194, 240, 384. 
 
 William F., 383. 
 
 Woodbury D., 393. 
 Libby, Elder A., 196. 
 
 Hon. Charles F., 328. 
 Linekin, Alexander, 384. 
 
 Ephraim S., 349, 419, 451. 
 
 James, 202, 451. 
 
 James O., 383. 
 
 John, 240. 
 Linscott, Laura, 387. 
 Liscomb, Capt. John, 437. 
 Lithgow, Gen. William, 186. 
 Littlefield, F. C. & Co., 375, 461. 
 
 Hon. Charles E., 376. 
 Long, William J., 401. 
 Loomis, Samuel, 194, 379. 
 
682 
 
 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Loring, Capt. John, 888. 
 
 Joshua, 250. 
 Loudon, Rev. Josiah, 201. 
 Love, Elbridge, 158, 251, 353. 
 
 George, 312. 
 
 James, 883. 
 
 John, 165, 206, 441. 
 
 Susan, 206. 
 Lovell, General, 230, 231. 
 Low, Capt. Gilman A., 420. 
 Lowell, Rev. C. W., 201. 
 Luce, Charles, 345. 
 
 Rev. A. E., 211. 
 Ludgate, John, 167. 
 Lundy, Ebenezer, 884. 
 Lyon, John, 383. 
 
 William J., 386. 
 McAllister, Col. Archibald, 236. 
 McClanethan, Rev. William, 176. 
 McClellan, Randall, 389. 
 
 William H., 421. 
 McClintock, Albert B., 385, 430. 
 
 Benjamin, 385. 
 
 Edgar C, 853. 
 
 Jason, 385, 430. 
 
 J. Howard, 845. 
 
 John, 83, 153, 168, 159, 250, 346, 
 846, 363, 364, 426, 440. 
 
 Leonard S., 835. 
 
 Samuel, 205, 240. 
 
 W. F., 353, 458. 
 
 William, 214. 
 McCobb, Andrew, 260. 
 
 Armitage G., 430. 
 
 & Auld, 340, 341. 
 
 Arthur, 343. 
 
 Arthur L., 409. 
 
 Charles S., 386, 404, 430. 
 
 Ephraim, 858, 369. 
 
 Gen. Samuel, 101, 236. 
 
 George, 382. 
 
 James, 101, 115, 227, 229. 
 
 Jane, 206. 
 
 John, 181, 189, 214, 838, 339, 
 840, 879, 381. 
 
 Joseph, 269, 850, 822, 880, 440. 
 
 Leonard, 205, 343, 425. 
 
 Mary, 180, 189. 
 
 Paul, 206. 
 
 Rachel, 180, 189. 
 
 Samuel, 23, 114, 115, 117, 126, 
 
 183, 180, 218, 227, 240, 361. 
 McCobb, Willard H., 338. 
 
 William, 145, 160, 157, 168, 169, 
 172, 173, 180, 186, 188, 189, 
 194, 205, 214, 227, 229, 235, 
 240, 248, 260, 396, 440. 
 
 William F., 882. 
 
 William O., 259, 344. 
 
 William P., 342, 888. 
 McCormick, Donald E., 408. 
 
 Islay F., 408. 
 
 Rev. Donald, 208. 
 McCulloch, Jane, 180. 
 
 Mary, 180. 
 
 William, 116, 180. 
 McCurdy, Daniel, 115. 
 
 Mary, 181. 
 McDougall & Race, 366. 
 
 & Seavey, 336. 
 
 A. O., 348, 349. 
 
 Frank H., 356. 
 
 Hiram W., 344, 355, 356. 
 
 Lyman M., 349, 355, 356. 
 
 James, 336, 419. 
 
 John, 884, 336. 
 
 John R., 320, 325, 327, 849, 353, 
 355, 420. 
 
 J. R. Co., 349. 
 
 Samuel, 386. 
 
 S. & Son, 348. 
 
 Simon, 203, 349. 
 
 Walter, 419. 
 McFadden, Margaret, 181. 
 
 Orin, 160. 
 McFarland, Andrew, 173, 179, 180, 
 206, 214, 218, 281, 235, 236, 
 240, 261, 388, 340, 351, 440. 
 
 Andrew, Jr., 340. 
 
 Benjamin, 241, 389. 
 
 Elizabeth, 180. 
 
 Ephraim, 173, 180, 260, 338, 351. 
 
 James, 116, 442. 
 
 John, 115, 878. 
 
 John M., 23, 172, 249, 252, 260, 
 261, 340, 341, 868, 367, 430, 
 439. 
 
 Margaret, 180, 206. 
 
 Nathaniel C, 206, 430. 
 
 Thomas, 241. 
 
 William M., 206. 
 McGraw, Rev. W. A., 204. 
 
PERSONAL INDEX. 
 
 683 
 
 McGregor, Rev. James, 176. 
 McGuire, Margaret, 181. 
 
 Patrick, 115. 
 McGunigle, Peter, 203. 
 Mclntire & Miller, 344. 
 
 Eunice L., 388. 
 McKechnie, Dr., 173. 
 
 , 115. 
 
 McKown & Reed, 842. 
 
 Clarence E., 342. 
 
 Coal Co., 337. 
 
 Cyrus, 310, 335, 342, 343, 344, 
 430, 456, 458. 
 
 Freeman H., 445. 
 
 John, 379, 380, 442. 
 
 John P., 408. 
 
 Joseph, 21, 868, 369. 
 
 Major John, 154, 156, 157, 310, 
 341, 342, 366. 
 
 Manson D., 335, 336, 456. 
 
 Mary, 180. 
 
 Patrick, 181, 214, 218, 380. 
 
 Wendell P., 407. 
 
 Willard, 389. 
 
 William, 23. 
 McLane, Gen., 227, 230, 231, 232. 
 McMuUin, Annie, 181. 
 McPhea, Neal, 388. 
 Macaulay Bros., 349. 
 Maddocks, Benjamin, 368. 
 
 J. & J., 313, 336, 342, 867. 
 
 John, 342. 
 
 John A., 358, 407, 459. 
 
 Joseph, 324, 342. 
 
 Luther, 160, 323, 326, 371, 372, 
 373, 375, 441, 456, 458, 461. 
 
 Packing Co., 375. 
 
 Palgrave, 40, 261, 333, 342. 
 
 Robert, 385. 
 
 Royden, 407. 
 
 Ruth, 181. 
 
 Sewall T., 324, 330, 469. 
 
 William T., 312, 313, 342. 
 Mahoney & Otis, 343. 
 
 William, 343. 
 Malcomb, James, 170. 
 Maloney, Edward, 388. 
 Mann, Dr., 453. 
 Manning, John, 102. 
 Marr, Charles J., 324, 344, 356, 469. 
 
 Hiram, 386, 435. 
 
 Marr, Jeruel, 485. 
 
 M. L., 399. 
 
 Thomas, 414. 
 
 T. & N., 313, 342, 415. 
 
 Willard T., 354, 355, 357, 458. 
 Marshall, John T., 435. 
 
 Mrs. Hannah, 180. 
 Marson, Arber, 208. 
 
 Henry, 383. 
 
 Mrs. Maria, 453. 
 
 William, 431. 
 
 Woodbury, 357. 
 Martin, John, 386. 
 Mason, John, 59. 
 Matthews, Albert, 389. 
 
 Albert R., 129. 
 
 Arabella, 384. 
 
 Byron C, 458. 
 
 Edward, 383. 
 
 George P., 431. 
 
 John, 129, 194, 214, 431, 453. 
 
 Joseph, 193. 
 
 Justin, 389. 
 
 Paul H., 431. 
 
 Rev. John H., 208. 
 
 Stillman, 384. 
 
 William, 260. 
 Mayhew, Jonathan, 215. 
 Mayo, Rev. I. V., 196. 
 Merrill, Dr. Thomas W., 440, 464. 
 
 George W., 261, 344, 430, 456, 
 458. 
 
 Rev. David, 204. 
 
 Rev. Henry A., 190. 
 Merry, Charles F., 431. 
 
 David, 458. 
 
 Elizabeth, 181. 
 
 Newell, K., 324, 330, 354, 431. 
 Meserve, A. S., 325. 
 Mildon, W. S., 347. 
 Miller & Smithwick, 346. 
 
 Mrs., 348. 
 Moody, Daniel H., 319, 321, 322, 
 327, 345, 346. 
 
 Edwin G., 389. 
 Moore, Alden B., 435. 
 
 Ja:ne, 180. 
 
 Joseph, 260. 
 
 Thomas, 839. 
 
 William, 24, 115, 116, 121, 179, 
 180, 361. 
 
684 
 
 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 Montgomery & Campbell, 114. 
 
 James, 260, 379, 461, 457. 
 
 Jane, 181. 
 
 John, 160, 214, 218, 241, 431, 453. 
 
 Leonard, 865, 425. 
 
 Lizzie, 356. 
 
 Nathaniel, 202, 251, 260. 
 
 Robert, 115, 159, 195, 208, 260, 
 349, 353, 365, 386, 426, 458. 
 
 Robert, Jr., 379. 
 
 Samuel, 149, 186, 189, 241, 352. 
 
 Stanford J., 388. 
 
 Thaddeus L., 340, 364, 365. 
 
 Victor K., 354. 
 
 Willard, 881. 
 
 William, 260, 343, 431, 440. 
 Morehead, Rev. John, 179, 185. 
 Morrill, Rev. David, 204. 
 Morrison, L. L., 414. 
 
 John M., 260. 
 
 Jonathan, 158. 
 Morse, Newbury, 440. 
 Morton, Perez, 172. 
 Mosher, John F., 340. 
 Mowatt, Captain, 223, 227. 
 Mullins, Bob, 437. 
 Murray, Albert, 387. 
 
 Allen W., 355,461. 
 
 Anne, 180. 
 
 Charles, 336. 
 
 Idella, 356. 
 
 Isaac L., 431, 
 
 James, 260, 833, 362, 451. 
 
 Jean, 178. 
 
 John, 180, 188, 351. 
 
 Lena, 356. 
 
 Rev. John, 26, 141, 148, 178, 
 180, 196, 214, 224, 225, 231, 
 233, 235, 241, 442. 
 
 Robert, 179, 180. 
 
 Samuel, 169, 260, 333, 336, 352, 
 418, 451. 
 Mussenden, Abraham, 38'2. 
 Myrick, Dr. Josiah, 172. 
 Nahanada, BO, ,52, 56, 50. 
 Nason, Freedom, 431. 
 
 Nathan H., 380. 
 Nelson, Chesley W. , 409. 
 
 Edward, 4:i5. 
 
 Eli, ;?42, 863. 
 
 Jerry, 15, 312. 
 
 Nelson, Plummer, 435. 
 
 Thomas L., 379. 
 Newbegin, David, 158, 206, 346, 
 367, 439. 
 
 Mary, 206. 
 Newbert, Rev. M. W., 200. 
 Nickels, Alexander, 180. 
 Nickerson, Alonzo R., 319, 320, 321, 
 822, 823, 327, 880, 341, 373, 
 376, 456. 
 
 Arthur E., 373. 
 
 Carlton B., 409. 
 
 J. & Co., 341. 
 
 Joseph, 323, 348, 468. 
 
 Joshua G., 371, 378. 
 
 S. & Sons, 873. 
 
 Stephen E., 873. 
 
 \\'illiam, 398. 
 Noble, James, 166, 168, 170, 178. 
 
 William, 166. 
 Norris, Rev. Nathaniel, 200. 
 Norwood, Capt. John, 843, 351, 441. 
 Nute, Doctor, 454. 
 O'Brien, John, 457. 
 Odium, Benjamin, 389. 
 
 Truman H., 394. 
 Oliver, Capt. O. C, 423. 
 Orchard, Romanzo, 886. 
 Ome, Benjamin, 435. 
 
 Charles S., 341, 481. 
 
 Elbridge, 435. 
 
 Freeman, 342. 
 
 Jacob, 440. 
 
 James, 312, 866. 
 
 James E., 435, 
 
 Mary, 199. 
 
 Ozias, 199. 
 
 Sidney B., 409. 
 
 Silas, 210. 
 
 Sumner, 314. 
 
 Thaddeus, 355. 
 
 Thomas, 198, 341, 344, 453. 
 
 William, 312. 
 Osborne, Robert, 384. 
 Osgood, Rev. F. H., 211. 
 Otis, James, 215. 
 Owen, Rev. E., 196. 
 Page, Elder E. G., 196. 
 
 George N,, 414. 
 Palmer & West, 93, 100, 103. 
 
 Rev. F. A., 196. 
 
PERSONAL INDEX. 
 
 685 
 
 Palmer, Nathaniel, 241. 
 Parker, John, 66. 
 Parshley, John, 440. 
 Parsons, Henry, 203. 
 
 Mrs. Henry, 203. 
 Patterson, John J., 343, 431. 
 Patton, Rev. Myron O., 208. 
 Payson, Rev. J. D., 201, 342, 416. 
 Peck & Glover, STl. 
 Peckham, Rev. F. H., 196. 
 Penney, Eleazer, 393. 
 Perkins, Andrew E., 420. 
 
 Jacob, 260. 
 
 John P., 431. 
 
 Joseph, 462. 
 
 Merrill A., 354. 
 Perrin, Rev. John, 200. 
 Pettengill, Rev. Arthur G., 208. 
 Phillips & Co., 372. 
 
 Walter, 66, 11, 165, 166. 
 Pickert Fish Co., 375. 
 Pierce, Ammi, 157. 
 
 Charles, 312. 
 
 Charles B., 436. 
 
 Edward, 435. 
 
 Elizabeth, 180. 
 
 George, 389. 
 
 George W., 365. 
 
 Henry, 260. 
 
 Jesse, 435. 
 
 Jonathan, 261, 335, 341, 363, 
 365, 415, 435. 
 
 J. W., 201. 
 
 Loring, 313. 
 
 Miles, 160. 
 
 Moses E., 159, 353, 386, 441, 
 458, 459. 
 
 Newbert, 375. 
 
 Pal G., 375. 
 
 Richard, 164. 
 
 Samuel, 180, 342, 366. 
 
 True?., 325, 327. 
 
 Wilkinson, 312. 
 
 William, 365.. 
 Pike, Rev. E. B., 208. 
 Pillsbury, Evans S., 401. 
 Pingree, Rev. G,, 200. 
 Pinkham, Arthur L., 410. 
 
 Benjamin, 261. 
 
 Benjamin E., 337, 431. 
 
 Calvin, Jr., 193. 
 
 Pinkham, Edward H., 382. 
 
 Everett E., 342. 
 
 Francis C, 431. 
 
 Franklin L., 385. 
 
 Horace W., 162, 431. 
 
 Ichabod, 147, 155, 186, 214, 215, 
 235, 236, 241, 334, 361. 
 
 Isaac, 160, 261, 333, 342, 353. 
 
 James, 241. 
 
 Jason, 161. 
 
 John, 260. 
 
 Joseph, 193. 
 
 Mary J., 204. 
 
 Nathaniel, 157, 206, 241, 260, 
 261, 333. 
 
 Nathaniel, Jr., 260, 261. 
 
 Osborne, 431. 
 
 Osgood, 431. 
 
 Ozro, 343. 
 
 Samuel, 193, 241. 
 
 Sandford L., 431. 
 
 Solomon, 193. 
 
 Solomon, Jr., 193. 
 
 Stephen, 431. 
 
 Stephen H., 409. 
 
 Wesley, 330. 
 Piper, Amasa, 248, 249, 340. 
 
 Artemas, 340. 
 Pitts, James, 167. 
 Plumer, Rev. C. A., 200. 
 Poole, Eben A., 347, 375. 
 
 James C, 327, 347, 374, 375, 456. 
 Poor, John, 451. 
 Potter, Rev. A. W., 211. 
 Powers, Asbury M., 461. 
 
 M. J., 375. 
 Preble, David, 311. 
 
 Ebenezer, 416. 
 
 Frederick, 431. 
 
 George, 431. 
 
 Granville A., 431. 
 
 G. S., 412. 
 
 James, 202. 
 
 Jonathan, 380. 
 
 Joseph, 384. 
 
 William, 381. 
 Price, Dr. Charies W., 355, 454. 
 
 Rev. J. W., 201. 
 Prince, Capt. George, 49. 
 
 Rev. John C, 204. 
 Proctor, Dr., 454. 
 
686 
 
 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 Quimby, Jeremiah, 386. 
 
 Llewellyn, 390. 
 Race, Capt. Alfred, 422. 
 
 D. & E. A., 337. 
 
 Edward E., 320, 326, 327, 330, 
 348. 
 
 George, 241, 260. 
 
 James L., 353. 
 
 John, 202, 203, 461. 
 
 Mrs. John, 203. 
 RacklifE, Benjamin, 461. 
 
 John, 149, 385. 
 
 Samuel, 151. 
 Rand, Mark, 435. 
 Randall, Elder Benjamin, 192. 
 Rawlins, Lydia, 181. 
 
 Nathaniel, 181. 
 Read, Lieut. C. W., 436. 
 Reed, Abigail P., 202. 
 
 Albert N., 338, 340. 
 
 Amos, 382. 
 
 & Adams, 337. 
 
 Andrew, 142, 150, 178, 170, 180, 
 185, 214, 223, 235, 332, 338, 
 339, 351, 352. 
 
 Andrew, Jr., 242. 
 
 Andrew, 2d, 242. 
 
 Austin, 431. 
 
 Benjamin, 203, 336, 342, 348, 
 425, 451, 457. 
 
 Benjamin P., 380. 
 
 Benjamin S., 431. 
 
 Bradford D., 432. 
 
 Capt. Freeman K., 398. 
 
 Capt. Matthew, 440. 
 
 Capt. Joseph, 234, 235, 242, 332. 
 
 Capt. Paul, 148, 179, 214, 226, 
 233, 235, 242, 351. 
 
 Chapman N., 160, 432. 
 
 Charles P., 393. 
 
 Charles W., 387. 
 
 David, 161, 181, 214, 235, 236, 
 242, 325, 332, 334, 338, 839, 
 395. 
 
 Ellen, 348. 
 
 Frederick, 342, 343. 
 
 Gardner D., 351, 355. 
 
 George, 206, 256. 
 
 George B., 219, 864 
 
 George W., 353. 
 
 Henry, 440. 
 
 Reed, Isaac W., 344, 348, 418, 426, 
 432. 
 
 Isabella M., 348. 
 
 Isaiah, 380. 
 
 Jackson, 383. 
 
 Jacob, 380. 
 
 James A., 343, 420. 
 
 James W., 454. 
 
 Jane, 180, 181. 
 
 John, 16, 169, 180, 242. 
 
 John, Jr., 242. 
 
 John, 2d, 159, 343. 
 
 Jonathan, 380. 
 
 Levi, 202, 366. 
 
 Margery, 180. 
 
 Marshall S., 382. 
 
 Martha, 180, 206. 
 
 Mary, 180. 
 
 Melville, 389. 
 
 Mrs. E. Ella, 419. 
 
 Nathaniel C, 32. 
 
 Paul, 380. 
 
 Paul M., 259. 
 
 Robert, 243, 261, 414. 
 
 Samuel M. , 386. 
 
 Sarah, 181, 462. 
 
 Sarah M., 206. 
 
 Thomas M., 381. 
 
 Warren, 336, 364. 
 
 William, 147, 149, 181, 214, 243, 
 349, 856, 379, 432, 452. 
 
 William E., 169, 327, 354. 
 
 William H., 25, 341, 417. 
 
 William Maxwell, 206, 207, 248, 
 249, 256, 259, 261, 340, 344, 
 351, 440. 
 Rice Bros. Co., 337. 
 
 Elizabeth, 837. 
 
 Emerson, 405. 
 
 Frank L., 337. 
 
 George, 337. 
 
 Henry W., 337. 
 
 Otis P., 353. 
 
 William E., 337. 
 Rich, Isaac, 210. 
 Richards, James D., 347, 353. 
 
 Keyes H., 161, 319, 824, 327, 
 886, 847, 354, 418, 457, 458, 
 459. 
 
 K. H. & Co., 347. 
 Riggs, Moses, 198, 414. 
 
PERSONAL INDEX. 
 
 687 
 
 Roberts, Rev. J. P., 200. 
 
 Thomas, 383. 
 Robinson, Elder Nathan J., 196. 
 
 Frank, 394. 
 
 Michael, 260. 
 
 Richard, 394. 
 
 William, 260. 
 Rogers, Patrick, 114. 
 
 Rev. , 200. 
 
 Rollins, Benjamin, 452. 
 Rollings, Benjamin, 243. 
 
 James, 243. 
 
 Nathaniel, 243. 
 
 Samuel, 243. 
 
 Stephen, 243. 
 Rose, Daniel, 384. 
 
 Dr. Daniel, 33, 152, 153, 154, 
 179, 189, 250, 252, 259, 261, 
 340, 453. 
 Rowe, Capt. Moses, STS, 386. 
 
 Seth E., 355. 
 
 William H., 349, 451. 
 Rowell, Rev. P., 200. 
 Rush, Charles, 162. 
 
 George W., 313. 
 
 Simeon, 181. 
 Russell, Rev. A. E., 204. 
 
 Rev. C. F., 196. 
 
 Richard, 166. 
 Rutherford, Rev. Robert, 176. 
 Sally, Thomas, 243. 
 Saltonstall, Commodore, 230, 232. 
 Sanders, Edward F., 394. 
 Sargent, Alvin, 383. 
 
 Caroline F., 206. 
 
 Charles F., 206, 336. 
 
 Edward, 432. 
 
 Edward B., 440. 
 
 Edwin L., 432. 
 
 Eliza, 207. 
 
 Isaac T., 387. 
 
 John F., 353. 
 
 Oscar W., 432. 
 
 Rufus, 382. 
 
 Sarah, 206. 
 
 Stephen, 206, 336, 444. 
 
 Thomas, 260. 
 
 Weld F., 432, 386. 
 Savors, Peter, 260. 
 Sawyer, Aaron, 243. 
 
 Benjamin, 214. 
 
 45 
 
 Sawyer, Daniel W., 204, 206, 323, 
 363, 440, 456, 469. 
 
 Ebenezer, 248. 
 
 Franklin, 432. 
 
 Jacob, 243. 
 
 John M., 886. 
 
 Jonathan, 152, 218. 
 
 Rev. John, 188, 189. 
 
 Samuel J., 383. 
 
 William M., 340, 439, 461. 
 Scott, Frank, 387. 
 
 Robert, 166. 
 Seavey, Catherine D., 202. 
 
 Charles A., 482. 
 
 Charles F., 349, 432. 
 
 Frank, 364, 356. 
 
 Granville J., 162, 203. 
 
 James, 203. 
 
 James A., 432. 
 
 James O., 432, 451. 
 
 John N., 159. 
 
 Josie, 356. 
 
 Mr^. Granville J., 419. 
 
 Orin, 432. 
 
 William, 202, 336, 451. 
 
 W. O., 356. 
 Serote, John, 244. 
 Sessions, Rev. Joseph W., 190. 
 Shaw, Samuel, 432. 
 Sherbrook, Sir John, 287. 
 Sherman, Aaron, 193. 
 
 A. D., 432. 
 
 Eleazer, 193, 202, 260. 
 
 Eleazer, Jr., 193, 461. 
 
 Elisha, 198, 259. 
 
 George K., 432. 
 
 Isaac C, 138, 161, 346, 355, 440. 
 
 Isaac G., 432. 
 
 Nathaniel C, 432. 
 
 Robert, 260. 
 
 Roger, 193. 
 Shipman, Prof. W. R., 418. 
 Shurte, Abraham, 74, 87. 
 Sidney, John, 414. 
 Simpson & Perkins. 341, 347. 
 
 Edgar L., 402. 
 Singer, Faithful, 141, 396. 
 Sinnett, Michael, 128. 
 Skidwares, 40. 
 Smalley, Capt., 451. 
 Smith, A. J., 208. 
 
688 
 
 HISTORY OF BOOTHBAT. 
 
 Smith, Capt. John, 18, 36, 54, 56, 58. 
 George N., 387. 
 Jeremiah, 173. 
 Jonathan, Jr., 172. 
 Marshal, 155, 157, 202, 210, 341, 
 
 344, 364, 440. 
 Parker, 393. 
 Rev. Daniel, 200. 
 Rev. Joseph, 208. 
 Samuel, 88, 194, 261, 379. 
 Seba, 341, 439. 
 Silas, 210, 853, 481. 
 Stevens, 344, 364. 
 William M., 432. 
 Smithwick, Charles C, 852. 
 Snow, George H., 863, 354. 
 Snowman, Capt. Robert, 435. 
 Somerset, Capt. John, 164. 
 Soule, Rev. Joshua, 201. 
 Southard, John, 194. 
 Sarah, 193, 194. 
 Spinney, John G., 196, 348, 432. 
 John S., 186. 
 Robert, 157, 342. 
 Spofford, Amherst, 313, 435. 
 Joseph, 436. 
 Sidney, 432. 
 Sprague, Rev. B. F., 200. 
 Spring, Dr. Samuel, 183. 
 Springer, Abraham, 259. 
 Sproul, Mrs. Mary, 332, 418. 
 Stetson, Mary, 181. 
 Stevens, Elder J., 196. 
 Harry G., 855. 
 N. H., 412. 
 Stewart, Gardner, 482. 
 Stilson, William, 165. 
 Stockbridge, Dr. John, 453. 
 Stover, Dependence, 244. 
 Lois, 194. 
 Joseph, 198. 
 Martin, 388. 
 Timothy, 198. 
 Strout, Daniel B., 416. 
 
 Rev. S. F., 200, 204, 205, 209, 
 210. 
 Sturt, William, 98. 
 Suffolk Oil Co., 456. 
 Swett, Harvey, 417. 
 John, 21, 83, 865. 
 Warren, 880. 
 
 Symonds & Libby, 328. 
 
 J. W., 320. 
 Taggart, Joseph, Jr., 347. 
 Tappan, Rev. Christopher, 165. 
 Taylor, John, 166. 
 William, 167. 
 Tennent, Rev. Gilbert, 179. 
 Thomas, Benjamin, 180. 
 Thompson, Charles C, 313, 423. 
 
 Cyrus A., 314. 
 
 Dr. William S., 401. 
 
 Freeman G., 398. 
 
 General, 230. 
 
 Joel, 260. 
 
 Joseph, 245. 
 
 M. H. & H. L., 416. 
 
 Mrs. Rhoda, 415. 
 
 Nathaniel, 170. 
 
 Rev. D. P., 199, 200, 204, 210, 
 211. 
 
 Samuel, 218, 244, 251, 261. 
 
 Samuel M., 382. 
 Thorpe, Eliphalet, 844. 
 
 John, 404. 
 
 Willard, 156, 157. 
 Tibbetts, Artemas, 881. 
 
 Bros., 348. 
 
 Capt. Gardner G., 393. 
 
 Daniel, 383. 
 
 Eliphalet, 337. 
 
 Emerson P., 389. 
 
 Giles, 193, 194, 244. 
 
 Ichabold, 193, 244, 381. 
 
 James, 129, 193, 244. 
 
 John, 244, 382, 386, 441, 451. 
 
 Joseph M., 389. 
 
 Martha, 194. 
 
 Nathaniel, 193, 214, 244, 261. 
 
 Nathaniel, Jr., 245. 
 
 Payson, 162. 
 
 Thomas Z., 386, 432. 
 
 Samuel, 194, 384. 
 
 Sarah, 181. 
 
 William, 451. 
 
 William B., 385, 432. 
 Timmons, Grossman, 385. 
 Tobey, Rev. William P., 191. 
 Toothacher, Rev. Horace, 191. 
 Toward, A. B., 845. 
 Towle, Franklin, 386. 
 Townshend, Lord Charles, 28. 
 
PERSONAL INDEX. 
 
 689 
 
 Trask, William, 260. 
 True, Rev. D. M., 204, 210. 
 Tucker, Commodore, 170, 266. 
 Tully, John, 258. 
 
 Thomas, 115, 181. 
 Tupper, Cyrus R., 355, 459, 461. 
 
 Mrs. NfeUie, 357. 
 
 Rev. Charles, 204. 
 Turner, Roland L., 409. 
 Twombly, Paul, 144, 245. 
 Unnongoit, 164. 
 Upham, FredE., 393. 
 Vanhorn, Abial, 386. 
 
 Albert, 386. 
 
 George E., 353, 356. 
 
 Nelson, 386. 
 
 Roland, 386. 
 Vaughn, Eliot G., 170. 
 
 William, 114, 166. 
 Vickery, Hon. P. O., 419, 454. 
 Wadsworth, Alfred, 29, 259. 
 Waitt, William G., 401. 
 Wakefield, John, 347. 
 Waldo, Gen. Samuel, 123. 
 Waldron, Major, 86, 89, 96. 
 Wall, Andrew, 29, 245, 260. 
 Walton, S. J., 414. 
 Wannerton, Capt. Thomas, 360. 
 Ward, Rev. Ariel, 200, 202, 204, 348. 
 Wardwell, Rev. Virgil D., 204. 
 Washburn, Rev. W. H., 201. 
 Waterman, Elder Dexter, 196. 
 Webb, Rev. Nathan, 200, 204. 
 Webber, Charles, 432. 
 
 Dr. J. H., 439. 
 
 George, 312. 
 
 John, 193, 261. 
 
 Michael C, 384. 
 
 Richard M., 432. 
 Webster, Leonard, 433. 
 
 Lorenzo, 433. 
 
 Stephen, 384. 
 Weeks, Edward, 343. 
 Welch, Addie, 387. 
 
 John H., 433. 
 
 Robert, 433. 
 
 Stephen E., 343. 
 Weld, Charles, 383. 
 Wells, Dr. Ebenezer, 454. 
 
 W. A. & Co., 371. 
 Welsh, John H., 162. 
 
 Welsh, J. H. & Sons, 343. 
 Wentworth, Rev. B.C., 204, 205,210. 
 
 Rev. Daniel, 200. 
 West, Rev. J. D., 196. 
 Westman, Andrew, 485. 
 
 Hattie, 387. 
 
 Robert, 313. 
 Weston, Charles S., 433. 
 
 Edward P., 404. 
 
 Frank L., 20. 
 
 Rev. Isaac, 186, 189. 
 Weymouth, Capt. George, 48, 51. 
 
 Elizabeth F., 206, 207, 362. 
 
 James R., 383. 
 
 John W., 205, 207, 835, 341, 344, 
 362, 440. 
 
 Mary L., 352. 
 
 William, 385. 
 Wheeler, Albert, 433. 
 
 A. R., 433. 
 
 Benjamin, 269. 
 
 Frank, 394. 
 
 Jerome, 433. 
 
 John, 180, 223, 245. 
 
 Joseph, 260. 
 
 Sewall, 380. 
 
 William, 246. 
 Whitcher, Rev. H., 196. 
 White, Charles A., 414. 
 
 Moses R., 323, 327, 457, 458. 
 
 Paul, 166. 
 Whitefield, George, 177. 
 Whitehouse, Edward, 354, 356. 
 Whittemore, Samuel, 131. 
 Whittier, James, 387. 
 Widger, James, 85. 
 Willey, John C, 433. 
 
 William, 245. 
 Williams, Job, 245. 
 
 John, 245. 
 
 Mary, 356. 
 
 Rev. H. L., 211. 
 Williamson, Rev. John, 200. 
 Wilson, Courtland, 415. 
 
 Edmund, 155, 248, 250, 252, 440. 
 
 John H., 436. 
 
 Mary Y., 206. 
 
 Parker, 168, 208, 346, 440. 
 
 William, 353. 
 Winchenbaugh, E. D., 346, 353, 389. 
 Winslow, Alden, 423. 
 
Bo OTHBAY Division 
 
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 
 
 1. Origin of the Town Name — .The consideration of this has been 
 purposely omitted with the hope that before the volume was completed 
 some information might be obtained that would satisfactorily dispose of the 
 uncertainty surrounding it. It has been said and repeated many times that 
 Boothbay took its name from "Old Boothbay" in England. This was 
 undoubtedly guesswork, suggested by the fact that many early towns took 
 secondhand names. It has been many times copied, for copying is easier 
 than investigating. I have examined all the modern gazetteers and several 
 that were a century or more in age. Two well-known librarians, who pos- 
 sess capacity for such work, have rendered assistance. We are all of the 
 opinion that there is not now, and never has been, a place in England or 
 elsewhere by the name of Boothbay or Old Boothbay, other than that name 
 applied to this locality. The name is undoubtedly original, and facts to sup- 
 port this assumption are consistent. 
 
 On January 31, 1'764, our petition to the General Court bears date, ask- 
 ing that a place called Townsend be incorporated as a town. This was read 
 in the House October 31, 1764, and on November 3d, following, the town of 
 Boothbay was incorporated. A town already existed in Massachusetts by 
 the name of Townsend, which forced our petitioners, or their representatives 
 before the Court, to select a new name. The four days between reading and 
 Incorporation afforded no time to consult the inhabitants. 
 
 In the early part of the last century were old residents who stated that 
 an agent was sent to Boston to look after the petition, and that when he 
 appeared before the legislative committee he was confronted with the fact 
 that Townsend could not be given as a name. Immediate action must be 
 taken. A member of the committee asked the agent if there was any pecul- 
 iarity in geographical formation about the place. The agent replied: "We 
 have a harbor as snug as a booth." "Have you a bay?" was the next 
 query. "Yes, a fine bay." "Well, then," said the committeeman, "why 
 not name it Boothbay ? " 
 
 The Rev. A. G. Vermilye, Newburyport, Mass., in writing of our locality 
 in 1859, and in relation to his work carried on a correspondence with several 
 of our oldest and most representative citizens, gives the substance of this 
 matter in the Maine Hist. Coll., Vol. VI, p. 156. The late R. K. Sewall 
 stated that he heard this version of the origin of our name at an early age 
 from old inhabitants. The late Dr. Alden Blossom, who commenced prac- 
 tice here in 1843, told the author that he had heard it many times in the early 
 years of his practice from the oldest persons in the community. From all 
 the investigations I have made I believe Boothbay to have been an original 
 name and likely to have been attached as an expedient in some such way as 
 these traditions tell us. 
 
692 HISTOET OF BOOTHBAY. 
 
 2. The Townsend Real Estate Co.— This company was organized 
 August 9, 1905, with a capital of $20,000. It is composed of O. S. Yates, 
 Pres., S. T. Maddocks, Treas. and Manager, K. H. Richards, W. M. Simp- 
 son, C. J. Marr, F. H. Harris, C. R. Tupper. Their first purchase was the 
 buildings and lot which included the stores of ]. L. McCobb and the late 
 Leonard McCobb, corner of Oak St. and Townsend Ave. The next pur- 
 chase was the lot on Oak St. opposite the Weymouth House. In the fall of 
 1905 the buildings on the former lot were removed and put in position on 
 the latter one in the form of two stores and a tenement, A large amount of 
 ledge was removed on the corner lot preparatory to building on it, and dur- 
 ing the fall of 1905 a three-story wooden structure was erected on Oak St., 
 with fifty foot frontage and thirty-nine depth. It was divided into two stores 
 and two tenements and during the winter was occupied; the easterly store 
 by J. L. McCobb, the other by Mrs. E. Marcus. During the fall season a 
 brick block of four stories with a fifty-one foot frontage on the Avenue and 
 forty feet on Oak St. was commenced and completed in 1906. The street 
 floor was occupied on September 20th by the two banks, the First National 
 locating in the corner rooms and the Savings Bank in those on the northerly 
 side. The second and third floors are devoted to offices, and they, having 
 been engaged some months previous to completion, were fitted specially for 
 their occupants. Luther Maddocks took quarters in the room over the First 
 National Bank and Cyrus R. Tupper the office on that floor looking upon 
 Oak St. The third floor is divided by the corridor into two oflSce suites, the 
 one occupied by E. C. Blake, M. D. , and the other by O. E. Haney, M. D. 
 The fourth floor is at present leased by K. H. Richards and being used as a 
 hall. The first and second floors have plate glass. The banking and office 
 rooms together with the corridors are finished in hard wood, cherry being 
 used in the First National rooms and oak in the Savings Bank. The corri- 
 dors are laid in mosaic with marble bases, bearing at the entrance to each 
 bank its name inlaid. The vault is in the rear of the National rooms, being 
 nine by eleven feet and eight and one-half feet in height. It has fifty deposit 
 boxes. It is on the plan of Mosler's safe construction, with time lock on the 
 outer door. The iron and steel work aggregates seventeen tons. All doors 
 are glazed with Ondoyant ripple glass. A steam heating system reaches all 
 parts of the block, while the plumbing system is thorough and complete 
 throughout. The lighting is from combination fixtures attached to both gas 
 and electric public plants. The organization of the Townsend Real Estate 
 Co. originated with S. T. Maddocks, who is its manager. A part of the real 
 estate he purchased with the present end in view several months prior to 
 organization. 
 
 3. The Oak Grove House. — In the early part of 1906 a double annex 
 was made to this summer hostelry, the larger of which was four stories, 
 thirty-three by fifty feet, affording thirty-four guests' rooms besides extensive 
 additions to the parlors and other public rooms. 
 
 4. The Lawnmere. — This well»known summer hotel underwent very 
 general changes and enlargements in the early part of 1906 by its proprietors, 
 M. H. & H. L. Thompson. A double annex was made; the one to the north 
 being twenty-six feet, affording fourteen guests' room, and one on the south 
 of eighteen feet, giving increased dining capacity. 
 
 6. Shore Lodge. — This is a new summer hotel on Decker's Cove, 
 
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 Southport, completed ready for occupancy for the season of 1906. It stands 
 on the site of the old homestead of William Decker, and the house he built 
 in 1858 served as a nucleus for this one. It is surrounded by broad verandas, 
 has thirty guests' rooms, with commodious and convenient public ones. 
 Capt. John A. Thompson did the rebuilding and conducts the house, he 
 having purchased the property in 1889. 
 
 6. Family of Jerkmiah Beath. — This family, for one so broadly 
 connected in our town, appears in a very unsatisfactory manner on p. 498. 
 When that sketch was prepared no further facts were at hand. Through 
 Mrs. G. W. Stone, Berkeley, Cal., I have obtained the Worcester, Mass., 
 records which cover his marriage and first five children. This enables me 
 now to give them all in- their proper order, with dates of birth. Nearly all 
 of the Beath descent in town to-day, as well as the Fullerton, comes from 
 this family, while daughters married the founders of .both the Holton and 
 Kenniston families. The family probably came to Boothbay soon after the 
 birth of the daughter Eunice, who is the last recorded in Worcester. The 
 record follows: 
 
 "Jeremiah Beath, of Sutton, Mass., married Elizabeth Cowden, Septem- 
 ber 10, 1747, in Holden. Their children born in Worcester were: 
 Mary, bom Dec. 30, 1753. 
 Priscilla, bom Feb. 29, 1756. 
 Molly, bom April 2, 1758. 
 Experience, bom July 27, 1760. 
 Eunice, born Mar. 20, 1763." 
 
 The other children, bom in Boothbay, were: 
 Margaret, birth unknown. 
 Sarah, bom June 20, 1767. 
 Jeremiah, Jr., bom Jan. 1, 1770. 
 The marriages are as given on p. 498. 
 
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 Pages 48-50. The modem form of the family name, Weymouth, differs 
 from that of the English navigator, Capt. George, who spelled the first sylla- 
 ble of his name with an a instead of an e. Most authors, writing of him, 
 have followed the old spelling. 
 
 Page 150, lines second to fourth from top. This is correct as to town 
 records, but if Dr. McKecknie, referred to in William McCobb's deposition, 
 p. 173, practiced medicine while living here, he probably preceded Creamer. 
 
 Page 195, sixth line from top. John E. Spinney should read John G. 
 Spinney. 
 
 Page 274. The first publishment under 1811 should read Holton instead 
 of Wooten. 
 
 Page 333, fifth line from bottom. Caleb Hodgdon purchased real estate 
 at East Boothbay in 1823 and probably settled there before 1826. 
 
 Page 385, third line from top. Should read "load of rockweed." 
 
 Page 419, third line from bottom. Read Crooker instead of Crocker. 
 
 Page 335, second paragraph. Substitute Edward B. for Stephen in the 
 Sargent name, and farther in the same paragraph omit "Jr." after Stephen 
 Sargent. This appears correctly in the genealogies. 
 
 Page 451, under Monograph VIII. Simeon should read Simon. 
 

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