A\ X mnw^Ul^n ®&6f t OF EDDING'L-ON, MAINE. MEMOIR COL. JONATHAN EDDY, EDDIKGTOlSr, ME. WITH SOME ACCOUNT OP THE EDDY FAMILY, The Eaely Settlers on Penobscot River. BY JOSEPH W. PORTER, BURLINGTON, ME. AUGUSTA: SPRAGUE, OWEN & NASH, PRINTERS, isn. MEMOIK. Jonathan Eddy, born in 1726, was the son of Eleazer and Elizabeth (Cobb) Eddy of that part of the t(5wn of Norton, now Mansfield, Mass. His father dying while he was under twenty-one years of age, Jonathan Lincoln and John An- drews were appointed Nov. 7, 1739, guardians of Jonathan and of Obadiah and Oliver, his brothers, JTnd to "bind them out as apprentices until they come of age." June 11, 1748, the guardians' account was rendered, and the estate of their father was settled. From this time to 1755 Jonathan appears to have been in Norton. At that time he was an officer in Col. Wiuslow's Regiment at Nova Scotia. I have a fragment of an order book in his own hand-writing, the first date in which is June 22, 1755, and then to July 12, 1755, Camp at Fort Cumberland, N. S. I have, thus far, searched in vain in the Mass. Archives for muster rolls of his company. In 1758, he enlisted a company of troops for the War in Canada, under the following commission : " Province of the Massachusetts Bay. By His Excellency the Governor : I do hereby authorize and empower Captain Jonathan Eddy to beat his Drums any where within this Province, for inlisting volunteers for His Majesty's service, in a Regiment of Foot, to be forthwith raised and put under the command of Officers belonging to this Province for a General Invasion of Canada in conjunction with the King's British Troops and under the supreme command of His Majesty's Commander in Chief in America. And the Colonels, with the other officers of Regiments, within this Province, are hereby commanded not to give the said Jonathan Eddy any Obstruction or Molestation herein : but on the contrary to afibrd him all necessary Encourage- ment and Assistance : for which this is a sufficient Warrant. And the said Jonathan Eddy is hereby enjoined on Pain of my highest Displeasure, to return the names of the Men he shall inlist, and out of what particular Companies and Regi- ments they are inlisted, to Col. William Brattle, Adjutant General, on or before the 17th day of April next, that he may lay the same before Me. Given under My Hand at Boston, the 27th Day of March, 1758, in the Thirty First year of His Majesty's Reign. Th: Pownal." In 1758 he raised a company for the Reduction of Canada, in a Regiment under the command of Thomas Doty, Esquire. "A Muster Roll of a company of foot in his Majesty's ser- vice, under the command of Captain Jonathan Eddy, in a Regiment raised by the Province of the Massachusetts Bay for the Reduction of Canada, whereof Thomas Doty, Esquire, is Colonel." Time of service from Mar. 13th to Dec. 10, 1758: Jonathan Eddy, Esq., Capt., Norton. Bartholomew Burte, Private, Norton. Timothy Standley, Lieut., Attleboro. John Buck, Private, Gloucester. Noah Roberson, do Ebenezer Grover, Ensign. John King, James Gilbert, Ebenezer Swan, John Penney, John White, Amos Sweet, Elisha May, Jolni Briggs, Amos Newland, Elisha Briggs, Norton. Elijah Barney, do Samuel Bishop, Sargent, do Thomas Burton, do do Joseph Balcom, do Attleboro. Jeremiah Bisliop, do Norton. Solomon Briggs, Corporal, do Seth Cook, do Attleboro. Silas Cook, do do Jonatlian Cattell. do Norton. Stephen Carpenter, do do do Hezekiah Capron, Drummer, do Joseph Cummings, do Uriah Atherton, Private, Stoughton. Benjamin Cole, John Allen, Private, Easton. Abial Dunham, Dai'iet Austin, do Norton. Ichabod Dogget, Edward Babbit, do do M. Dogget, Neliemiali Briggs, do do A part of the Muster Roll is missing from tlie Massachusetts Archives — from D down. do Norton. do Attleboro. do do do do do do do Norton. do do do do do Attleboro. do do do do do Taunton. do Norton. do Attleboro. do do In the early part of 1759 he raised a company in Mansfield, Mass., and vicinity, for Col. Joseph Frye's Regiment, in which he served as Captain from April 2, 1759, to Sept. 30, 1760. His Order Book from April 23d, 1759, to Dec. 31st, 1759, I have, and from it, on the cover, I take the follmving : "April 11th, marched from home — (Mansfield) to Landlord Robson's, Stonghton ; 12th day, to Lieut. Bents, Milton; 13tli day, to Castle William, and received our provision for 70 men, it being the * * * marched on. We went on board the 21st day of April, and drew allowance the 23d day Deto." The Regular Order Book begins April 21st, 1759, "This dav Captains Eddy, Slocomb, Angier and Cheever, embarked on Board sundry Transports for Fort Cumberland." " April 22d. Capt. Eddy having a 3d time furnished his company Billeting Roll, went on shore to the Castle to receive the Billeting money ; (befoTe we departed from the Castle we were sundry times mustered by the Governor and Col. Bur- ton, attended with divers other regular officers, who not only reviewed us but also saAV that every man was properly accou- terred) in about two hours the Captain returned from the Castle, and brought word that the Billeting would be brought on board some time this Day." Ap. 24. "This morning about 9 o'clock, we and the whole fleet made sail after the signal made from the Commodore, Capt. Cobb, a Sloop of 8 guns. Wind S., the people in general sea-sick, and made very Dirty AYork." Ap. 25. "Came to anchor in Casco Bay." Ap. 28. "Pemaquidin sight. Served back allowance of Rum to the people." Ap. 29. "Monhagin on our Starboard side." May 1. "This day at noon, observed and found ourselves in Lattitude 43 — 47, one degree to the northward of Boston, the Commodore and 8 more of our Fleet astern of us, the rest of our Fleet we imagine to have put into Pemaquid." May 2. "The people down with the Measles." 6 May 3. " Came to an anchor at 6 o'clock in Bay, almost between the point and Isle of Holt." May 5. " At 6 this morning came too at Fort Cumberland, went ashore and lodged in Barns, the Regulars being in pos- session of the Barracks." May 9. " 7th Regulars left the Barracks abominable Dirty." May 23. "Whereas the Itch increases among the soldiers of this garrison, the officers are earnestly recommended to procure Brimstone, and what else may be necessary to cure and put a stop to it." June 17. "Last night arrived here. Sloop Sea Flower, with Government stores from Boston. Mr. Livermore the Suttler, Rev. Mr. Fage, Adjutant Mr. Wetherhead, were on board." June 22. "This evening Eleazer Everett of my company died after a long indisposition." June 30. "Divine Service to be attended once every Sunday by all in Garrison not on Duty." July 1 . " This day entertained with a discourse by Rev. Mr. Fage, from 5th chap. St. Luke's Gospel and 32d verse. This day week entertained by same Mr. Fage in a Discourse from Job, 30th chap, and 23d verse." July 3. "Rum is to be issued to the troops belonging to the province of Mass. Bay, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon." July 7. Order from Col. Frye : "Rum will not defend the Soldiers from the inclemency of ye weather nor the attacks of Stinging insects, with which this country very plentifully abounds, as clothes would, and besides too much strong water intoxicates the Brain." July 9. "This morning about 9 o'clock Captain Fhips arrived here from Halifax, and brought news that the Fleet sailed from Lewisburgh June 12th, with Mr. Allen and sun- dry other passengers." July 21. " Orders : Men shall not eat their molasses with their victuals but brew it into Beer." July 29. "Entertained to-day by Mr. Page with a Dis- course from Exodus, chap. 20 and 7th verse : Thou shall not take ye name of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in Vain." Sept. 20. Orders : " All non Commissioned Officers and private soldiers that go out shooting by vertue of the Tickets dated the 19th instant, are Daily to bring all the Game they kill in the Fort Parade, and what of it they dont want to eat themselves shall be exposed to sale in ye following manner : 1st day the Commanding Officers and Captains shall be first in purchasing ; 2d day the Subb's shall be first, and so on from day to day, changing the preference as aforesaid." Sept. 30. " Officers and private soldiers having been ac- customed to gameing at cards in the Barracks, such gameing is forbidden and to be suppressed." Oct. 21. "Yesterday in the afternoon arrived sloops from Eastward, and brought the agreeable news of Canady's De- struction." Oct. 22. Orders : "All Sutlers are forbidden to sell any Spirituous Liquors to any of the Garrison this Day. At 12 o'clock to-day 76 great guns were fired, as well for the King's Coronation day as the joyful news of our success at Canady, at which time every officer on the beat of the General met upon the Fort parade and Drank his Majesty's good health, &c., dureing the fireing, after which they sang God save the King; and they, with the whole Garrison who were all assembled, save those on duty and sick, gave three cheers, at which time 20 Gallons of Rum was made in good Toddy and given to the Soldiery. At night about 6 o'clock, from the alarm posts, every man discharged his Firelock three times, except some that did not go off, and then gave three cheers, which with illuminatino; all the windows in the Garrison belonging to the officers, concluded the Day." Oct. 31. "This morning Mr. Page and Mr. Livermore sailed for Boston with Capt. Innis." Dec. 31. "Future orders Continued and Carryed into a new Book begun January 1st, 1760." 8 Muster Koll of Captain Jonathan Eddy's Company in Colonel Joseph Frye's Regiment from April 2, 1759, to Sept. 30, 1760, at Fort Cumberland: Josiali King, Sergeant. John Knapp, Josiah Perry, Corporal. Moses Knapp, Ichabod Doggett, " Zephaniah Lane, Alexander Foster, " Nehemiah Lincoln, Eliphalet Briggs, Drummer. Benjamin Lewis, Peter Hopkins, Benoni Morse, David Austin, Zephaniali Morse, Joshua Austin, Jacob Newland, Elijah Barrows, Joseph Newland, John Bates, Thomas Nason, Geo. Brintal, Nathaniel Nason, Samuel Cobb, John Robinson, Samuel Day, David Eobinson, John Eddy, A. Robinson, Isaac Fisher, Robert Randall, Jona. Tolcott, Thos. Sweetland, Z. Franklin, . Penticost Stanley, John Folett, Amos Skinner, Josiah Gilbert, John Salmon, Job Gilbert, Daniel Torrey, Stephen Geary, Benjamin Tingley, John Gould, Eliphalet Thorpe, .Jacob Gould, William Wetherell, Peter Hopkins, Elijah Wetherell. William Hart, Silas Welman, (?) Samuel Hunt, Moses Ware, Eleazer Faxon, Z. Watkins. Abiel Knapp, Province of the Massachusetts Bay, 1761. To Jonathan Eddy, Dr. £ s. d. To 20 days' expense allowed to make up this Roll, 1-6 1 10 " 3 days' travel from Norton to Boston and back again at 4s 12 *' 20 days' his not charged in Roll when making it up 6 8 7 £8 10 07 Boston, Feb. 3, 1761. Errors Excepted. Jona Eddy. 9 The Lieutenants in the Company were probably Macom- ber, Boyclen and Leonard. Above is the Muster Roll of those who served up to the time of final discharge — 30 Sept. 1760. I find in Capt. Eddy's Order Book the names of others who were of his Company, viz : John Horn drowned April 30, 1759, on the way out. Eleazer Everett died. "John Bragg of my Co. went home Nov. 3d." " Serg. Witherell, Abiel Drake, Jonah Gay, Edward Fisher, went home Kov. 12, 1759." "Sergeant Gilbert, Edward Blanchard, Stephen Franklin, Frd. Richardson and Benjamin Hall, went home Dec. 11th, 1759. 1759, Nov. 12, says "David Robinson went home without leave," but he appears to have returned, as his name was on Muster Roll when the Company was paid off. After his discharge in 1760, he remained at Norton until 1763, when he was in Norton, calling himself of Cumberland, N. S., in a deed, — having emigrated with his family about that time. He bought lands at Fort Cumberland, some of which are now in possession of his descendants, (1876.) He was Deputy Provost Marshal and held other offices there, remaining until the breaking out of the Revolutionary War — when he fled to the United States, leaving his family behind — and March 27, 1776, he was at Gen. Washington's Head Quarters at Cambridge. See Washington's letter to Con- gress, dated March 27, 1776. Extract : " I beg leave to transmit to you the copy of a petition from the Inhabitants of Nova Scotia, brought to me by Jonathan Eddy, mentioned therein, who is now here with an Acadian ; from which it appears that they are in a distressed situation, and from Mr. Eddy's account they are exceedingly apprehen- sive that they will be reduced to the disagreeal)le alternative of taking up arms and joining our enemies or of fleeing their country, unless they can be protected ' against their insults and oppressions. He says that their committees think many salutary and valuable consequences would be derived from 10 five or six hundred men being sent there, as it would not only quiet the minds of the people from the anxiety and uneasiness they are now filled with, and enable them to take a part in behalf of the colonies, but be the means of preventing the Indians, of which there are a good many, from taking the side of the Government, and the ministerial troops from getting such supplies of provisions from them as they have done. How far these good purposes would be answered if such a force were sent as they ask for, it is impossible to de- .termine in the present uncertain state of things, for if the army from Boston is going to Halifax as reported by them before their departure, that or a much more considerable force would be of no avail ; if not, and they possess the friendly disposition to our cause suggested in the petition and declared by Mr. Eddy, it might be of great service unless another body of troops should be sent thither by administration too powerful for them to oppose, &c., &c. I have the Honor to be, &c." Capt. Eddy went to Philadelphia ; but Congress having more on its hands than it well knew how to attend to, declined to give him any assistance. Upon his return he called on his cousin, John Eddy, then living at Chatham, Conn. William- son's History of Maine, vol. 2, page 451, says : "But Jona- than Eddy, a native of Norton, Mass., who had resided ten years in the vicinity of Cumberland at the head of Chigneald Bay and was Sherifl* of the county, represented to the General Court that the garrison had been lessened from time to time, till the number remaining was only sufiicient to take care of the artillery and military stores ; and that in his opinion it might be easily taken by a small force. Though he in fact received no aid nor direct encouragement, yet he returned and projected a plan for taking the fort. To ascertain its true condition, he sent Capt. Zebulon Eowe, who visited and thoroughly examined it without exciting suspicion. Eddy next had the address by persuasive threats and promises of rewards to raise about one hundred and fifty men." 11 Williamson is in error in relation to the aid from Massachu- setts, as Col. Eddy^ by order of the General Court, Sept. 5, 1776, then sitting at Watertown, received from the Commis- sary General of Massachusetts supplies of ammunition and provisions. [See Appendix A.] Col. John Allan, a refugee from Nova Scotia, and after- wards Superintendent of the Eastern Indians, on his way from Cumberland to Machias, met Col. Eddy on board a schooner with twenty-eight men, Aug. 13, in Machias Bay, and " endeavored to induce Col. Eddy to abandon his design, but without effect." Kidder His. of Rev. War in Eastern Maine, page 12, says that Col. Eddy was impressed with the belief that he should and must be successful, and proceeded on his way and made the attack. His offlcial report and also his letter to Col. Gorham, I give, copied from Kidder His., pp. 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74. Col. Eddy's Letter of January, 5, 1777. To the Hon. Council & House of Representatives of the State of Massachusetts Bay : I have endeavored to inform your Honors of some part of my Proceedings since my Departure from Boston. I left the long wharf in Boston together with Mr. Row and Mr. How, and arrived at NeAvbury the second Day, where we Chartered a small Vessel to carry us to Machias, at which Place we arrived (after Many Unfortunate Accidents) in about three weeks from the time of our setting out. During my Stay at Machias I met with Col. Shaw, by whose Favor I obtained Capt. West and several other good Men, to the amount of about Twenty, to join me in the Expedition against Fort Cumberland. Then Proceeded to Passamaquoddy where I was joined by a few more ; from thence to the River St. John's, and went up the same about sixty Miles to the Inhab- itants, whom I found almost universally to be hearty in the Cause, — and joined us with 1 Capt., 1 Lieut, and Twenty-five Men, as also 16 Indians ; so that our whole Force now, 12 amounted to Seventy two Men, and with this Party I set off for Cumberland in Whale Boats and Canoes, and standing up the Bay arrived in a few Days at Shepody in the sd County. At Shepody we found and took Capt. Wallser and a Party of thirteen Men, who had been stationed there hy Col. Gorham, Commander of the Garrison at Cumberland, for the Purpose of getting Intelligence, &c. Thence we Proceeded to Mem- rancook, and there had a Conference with the French, who Readily joined us, although they saw the weakness of our Party. We then marched 12 jNIiles through the woods to Sackville, and there were met by the Committee, who Ex- pressed their Uneasiness at seeing so few of us, and those unprovided with Artillery. Nevertheless, hoping that Col. Shaw would soon come to our Assistance with a Reinforce- ment, they unaniniously joined us. The same Xight I sent off a small Detachment who marched about 12 Miles through very bad Roads to Westcock, and there took a Schooner in Aulack River, loaded with Apples, Cyder, English Goods, &c., to the Amount of about £300, but finding afterwards that she was the Property of Mr. Hall of Annapolis, who is a good Friend to the Cause of Liberty, I discharged her. I afterwards sent another Boat Load of Men, as a Reinforce- ment to the first Party, making together about 30 JNIen, in Order to take a Sloop which lay on the Flats below the Fort, loaden with Provisions and other Necessaries for the Garri- son. After a Difficult March, thc}^ arrived opposite the Sloop, on board of which was a Guard of 1 Sergt, and 12 men, who had they fir'd at our People, must have alarmed the Garrison in such a manner as to have brought them on their Backs. However our men rushed Resolutely towards the Sloop up to their knees in mud, which made such a noise as to alarm the Gentry, who hailed them and immediately called the Serg't of the Guard : The Serg't on coming up, Ordered his Men to fire, but was immediately told by Mr. Row that if they fired one Gun, Every Man of them should be put to Death, which so frightened the poor Devils that they surrendered without firing a Shot, although our People 13 Could not board her without the Assistance of the Conqiiered, who let down Ropes to our Men to get up by. By this Time the Day broke and the Rest of our party made to their Assistance in the Schooner aforementioned and some Boats. In the mean Time Came down several Parties of Soldiers from the Fort, not knowing the sloop was taken, as fiist as they came were made Prisoners by our Men, and order'd on board ; Among the Rest, Capt. Barron, Engineer of the Garrison, and Mr. Eagleson, who may be truly Called the Pest of Society, and by his unseasonable Drunkenness the evening before, prevented his own Escape, and occasioned his being taken in Arms. The Sloop now beginning to float and the Fog breaking away, we were discovered by the Gar- rison, who observing our Sails loose, thought at first it was done only with an Intent to dry them, but soon Perceiving that we were under way, fired several Cannon shot at us, and marched down a Party of 60 Men to attack us, but we were at such distance that all their Shot was of no Consequence. We then sailed to Fort Lawrence, another Part of the Township, and there landed Part of the Stores on board the Sloop to Enable us to attack the Garrison. Having left a small Guard on board the Sloop to secure the Prisoners, I marched the Remainder to Cumberland side of the River and Encamped within about one mile of the Fort, and was there joined by a Number of the Inhabitants, so that our whole force was now aljout 180 Men, but having several outposts to guard, and many Prisoners to take Care of, the Number that Remained in the Camp did not Exceed 80 men ; I now thought Proper to invest the Fort, and for this Purpose sent a summons to the Commanding Ofiicer to surrender, (a Copy of which, together with his Answer, I have Enclosed.) Upon Col. Gorham's Refusal to surrender we attempted to storm the Fort in the Night of the 12th Nov'r with our scal- ing Ladders and other Accoutrements, but finding the Fort to be stronger than we imagined, (occasioned by late Repairs) we thought fit to Relinquish our Design after a heavy firing from their Great Guns and small Arms, with Intermission for 14 2 hours, which we Sustained without any Loss, (Except one Indian being wounded) who behaved very gallantly, and Re- treated in good Order to our Camp. Our whole Force in this Attack Consisted of about 80 Men, while the Enemy were 100 strong in the Fort, as I learned since from some deserters who came over to us ; a greater number than we imagined. I must needs acquaint your Honors that Never Men behaved better than ours during the engagement — never flinching in the midst of a furious Can- nonade from the Enemy. In this Posture we Continued a Number of Days, and totally cut off their Communications with the Country, Keep- ing them closely block'd up within the Fort, which we Ex- pected to take in a little Time by the Assistance of a Rein- forcement from Westward. In the mean Time, on the 27th Nov'r, arrived in the Bay a Man of War, from Halifax, with a Reinforcement for the Garrison, consisting of near 400 Men, and landed on that and the day following. Nov. 30. The Enemy to the Number of 200 Came out in the Night by a round about March, got partly within our Guards, notwithstanding we had Scouts out all Night, and about Sunrise furiously Rushed upon the Barracks where our Men were quartered, who had but just Time Enough to Escape out of the Houses and run into the Bushes where, (notwithstanding the Surprise in which we were) our Men Killed and wounded 15 of the Enemy while we lost only one man, who was Killed in the Camp. In the midst of such a Tumult they at length proceeded about 6 Miles into the Country to the Place where they imagined our stores, &c., to be, and in the Course of their March burnt 12 Houses and 12 Barns, in some of which the greater Part of our Stores were deposited. In this Dilemma, My Party being greatly weakened by sending off many for Guards with the Prisoners, &c., and our Stores being Con- sumed, it was thought Proper by the Committee that we should Retreat to St. Johns River, and there make a stand till we could have some certain Intelligence from the West- 15 ward, which we hope we shall have in a short time by the Favor of the Committee, who are gone forwards. And as it appears to be the opinion of the Committee ot Cumberland and St. Johns Eiver that I should Remain here, I am deter- mined to make a Stand at this Place till I am drove off, which I believe will not be Easily done, unless the Enemy should send a Force from Halifax by Water on Purpose to subdue this Settlement, as I am continually Reinforced by People from Cumberland and the Neighboring Counties, so that I believe we shall be able to Repulse any Party that may be sent from the Garrison at Cumberland, though I imagine we shall not be troubled by any Irruption from them this Winter, as the Reinforcement is chiefly gone, having left only about 200 Men in the Fort, and those in a bad Condition for the want of Clothing ; and if 200 men could be sent us by Land this winter we could Reduce the Garrison by cutting off their Supplies of wood, which they are obliged to go 8 or 9 Miles for through a Country full of small Spruce, Fir and such like Wood, Consequently very Convenient for us to lay an Am- bush, as we are perfectly acquainted and the Enemy Strangers thereto ; and this your Honors may easily Conceive, as we Destroyed a Number of Houses, the Property of Friends to each Side, which lay adjacent to the Fort, and the Command- ing Officer having given orders to pull them down and carry the Timber into the Fort for Firing, the Committee ordered me to Prevent it by firing them, which I did accordingly, and left them destitute of anything to burn within some Miles. On this River are a considerable Number of Indians, who are universally hearty in the Cause, 16 of whom, together with the Governor Ambrose, accompanied me in the Expedition and behaved most gallantly, but are a little uneasy that no Goods are yet arrived for them from Boston, agreeable to the late Treaty with them, which was Ratified by Coll. Shaw in Behalf of the States, and I should be very glad if your Honors would Satisfy them in this Point as soon as possible, as they have been Extremely faithful during this Contest ; and if this is done I am confident I can have near 200 of them 16 to join me in any Expedition against the Enemy. All my Transactions in this Affair have been done by the Authority of a Committee of Safety for the County of Cumberland, and many Diificulties having arisen for want of Commissions, I hope your Honors will send some blank ones for the raising of a Eegiment in this Province, if the Hon. Continental Con- gress should think fit to Carry on the War further in this Quarter, so that Proper Eegulations may be made and many disorderly actions prevented. I am, &c., Jonathan Eddy. Mangerville on the E. St. John, Jany. 5th, 1777. [See Appendix A.] To Joseph Gorham, Esq., Lieut. Colonel Commandt of the Eoyal Fencibles Americans, Commanding Fort Cumber- land : The already too plentifull Effusion of Human Blood in the UnhapiDy Contest between Great Britain and the Colonies, calls on every one engag'd on either side, to use their utmost efforts to prevent the Unnatural Carnage, but the Importance of the Cause on the side of America has made War necessary, and its Consequences, though in some Cases shocking, are yet unavoidable. But to Evidence that the virtues of human- ity are carefully attended to, to temper the Fortitude of a Soldier, I have to summon you in the Name of the United Colonies to surrender the Fort now under your Command, to the Army sent under me by the States of America. I do promise that if you Surrender Yourselves as Prisoners of War you may depend upon being treated with the utmost Civilit}^ and kind Treatment ; if you refuse, I am determined to storme the Fort, and you must abide the consequences. Youi; answer is expected in four Hours after you receive this and the Flag to Eeturn safe. I am Sir Your most obedt Hble Servt Jona.Eddy Commanding Officer of the United Forces. Nov. 10, 1776. 17 "Ft Cumberland 10th Novr 1776. Sir — I acknowledge the receipt of a Letter (under coular of a Flagg of Truce) Signed by one Jona'n Eddy, Command- ing officer, expressing a concern at the unhappy Contest at present Subsisting between great Britain and the Colonys, and recommending those engaged on either side to use their Endeavors to prevent the too Plentifull eflusion of human Blood, and further summoning the Commanding officer to surrender this Garrison. From the Commencement of these Contest I have felt for my deluded Brother Subjects and Countrymen of America and for the many Innocent people they have wantonly Involved in the Horrors of an Unnatural Rebellion, and entertain every humane principle as well as an utter aversion to the unnecessary effusion of Christian Blood. Therefore command you in his Majesty's name to disarm yourself and party Immediately and Surrender to the King's mercy, and further desire you would communicate the In- closed Manifests to as many of the Inhabitants you can and as speedily as possible, to prevent their being involved in the Same dangerous and Unhappy dilema. Be assured Sir I shall never dishonour the Character of a Soldier by Surrendering my command to any Power except to that of my Sovereign from whence it orignated. I am Sir Your most hble servt Jos. GoRHAM Lt Col. Com'at R. F. A. Commanding Officer at Fort Cumberland." I here give a copy of a Memorial he addressed to the Gen- eral Court in 1783, which gives his views of his success : " Commonwealth of Massachusetts — ^to the Honourable the Senate and House of Representatives assembled, the Petition of Jonathan Eddy Humbly sheweth that your Petitioner in the year 1776, September the 5th, did by order of the Hon- ored Court then sitting at Watertown, Receive from the Comissary General supplies of Provision and ammunition, in 2 18 order to ena]>le hiui with a Party to annoy the Enemies of the United States, for which your Petitioner with otl^ers gave tlieir security to account for when called upon ; and as your Petitioner conceaves the intent and meaning of the Resolve was that he should expend it that way, therefore after the above supply, did proceed to the Eastward Shore and did capture fifty six British soldiers, including two captains, one surgeon, one church minister — besides thirteen killed, and brot of seven that Deserted to us ; all of which, excepting the Dead, were brot into this State, and many of the Privates enlisted into the service of the United States, the two Cap- tains and several of the others were Exchanged for Prisoners captured from the United States and carryed into Halifax. Besides that morover was the means of keeping near two thousand of the Enemy at Halifax for a considerable space, after so that that the States had not so many to incounter with at New York ; and as your Petitioner is Confident the Provision and ammunition was Expended for the (purpose) it was designed for ; and as your Petitioner does not Request any thing for his own time and expences at Present, yet Huml)ly requests this Honorable Plouse would order that the above ol)ligations may be (cancelled) or such other ways made void as you in your wisdom shall think best. (1783) JoNA. Eddy." The Government of Nova Scotia had learned his boldness and perseverance, and endeavored to capture him by offer of large rewards. "At a Council holden at Halifax on the 17th Nov., 1776. Present the Honoral)le the Lieut. Governor, the Hon. Charles Morris, Richard Bulkly, Henry Morton, Jonathan Binney, Arthur Goold, John Butler. " On certain Intelligence having been received that Jona- than Eddy, William Howe and Samuel Rogers have l)een to the utmost of their power exciting and stirring up disaffection and rebellion among the people of the county of Cumber- land, and are actually before the fort at Cumberland with a 19 considerable numl^er of rebels from New England, together with some Acadians and Indians. It was therefore resolved to offer £200 for apprehending Jonathan Eddy and £100 for each of the others, so that they be brought to justice. Also £100 for apprehending of John Allan, who has been deeply concerned in exciting the said rebellion." "In June, 1777 an expedition was undertaken for the relief of the people upon the River St. John and upon the borders of the Bay of Fundy, who were friendly to the United States, and who were reported to be harrassed or oppressed by British emissaries. It was prol^ably projected through the importunity of .Tonathan Eddy and his lu*ave fugitive com- panions, who still believed Fort Cumberland could be easily taken. ThoaG:h the consent of Confess was obtained, the plan, the outfit, and the expense all attached to Massachu- setts. * * * * j^Yii there arose unexpected difficulties in the prosecution of the plan, which occasioned delays and finally an entire abandonment of the enterprise in its original form." (Williamson His. of Maine, Vol. 2, p. 458.) The Council of Massachusetts Bay seemed to have undi- minished confidence in the ability of Col. Eddy, for I can find no other person named who w^as to command the expedi- tion excejit him. He was at Machias, Aug. 12, with a Regimental organization, supplies, &c. He was also present at Machias when that place was attacked by the British Fleet Aug. 13, 14, 15, 1777, and appears to have been in cofjimand. Reports concerning the Battle were made by Col. John Allan, Col. Benjamin Foster, Maj. George Stillman, and by Col. Edd}^ to the Council of the State of Massachusetts Bay. In the reports of Allan, Foster and Stillman, no authority was claimed by them, while that of Col. Eddy's seems to T)e the Report of the Officer in command at the Battle. It is passing strange that in all the published accounts of it, and in the centennial celebration at Machias, May 20, 1863, no mention was made of the name of the officer probably in command at at that most important affair. 20 I give a copy of Col. Eddy's official report copied from the original in the Massachusetts Archives, and which is in some resjjects the most full and comj)lete account written ; "Machias, Aug. 17, 1777. To the Hon. Councel of the State of Massachusetts Bay : Since my last acquainting your Honors with the Intelligence 1 had rec'd concerning the Enemy's Design of invading this place we have found the realities of it. Last Wednesday the 13th inst appeared in sight three ships a Brig and small Schooner coming from the Westward and standing in for the Harbor and soon after came to Anchor. One of them was a large Ship supposed to be the Rainbow of 44 guns the Mil- ford 28 the Vulture 14 and the armed Brig Hope G. Con- ceiving great Hopes of taking us by surprise the Hope stood immediately up the River attended by a Sloop and twelve boats till they came opposite to a small Battery we had about 2 miles below the fVills manned with about twenty men with small arms and one 2 pounder. The Enemy attempted to land there with 6 boats and about 2 or 300 men, but failed, for our men repulsed them with some loss. Early on Thurs- day morning it being thick foggy weather they landed a little below the Battery on a neck of clear land in hopes of cutting oiF the retreat of our small Party but Col. Foster there took such Precautions in that point as rendered their hopes abor- tive and secured his return. The Enemy then took Posses- sion of Ihe Battery and burnt 2 houses and barns thereabouts, and soon after the Brig stood up the river together with the Sloop and Boats above mentioned till they came fairly in sight and within good shot of the Falls not expecting to meet with any resistance but seeing Continental Colors flying and two Breast Works fill'd with men' one of them having 2 2 pounders, the other one 2 pounder and 6 swivels they began to think of retreating and accordingly got the Boats ahead to tow the Brig down. This was about sunset. I instantly detached Maj. Stillman with 30 men to attack the Boats and harass the Enemy on their retreat. The Major proceeded by Land till he got abreast of the Brig and Boats about a mile 21 and a half below the Falls and began a heavy fire which was warmly returned for some time from the Brig with Cannon and small arms. The affair continued in this Posture till they came opposite the Battery which they had taken at first, where the Brig came to an anchor the Boats not being able any longer to keep ahead because of the incessant fire of our people which as the Kiver is pretty narrow must do consid- erable Execution among the Boats. Next morning she got under way again with the Boats ahead and were again attacked by our men on both sides of the River but finally got down out of reach of small arms (but soon) ran aground so that she was left dry at Low water our people got one of the 2 pounders down and began to play upon her in this Position and hulled her several times. It is very unfortunate that we had not 1 or 2 good pieces of Cannon as hy that means the Brig must have struck to us. However, having lightened her with the help of the Sloop, she got ofi" the next high water and dropped down to the other ships, and this morning the whole came. to sail and went out except the Milford. Their destination is unknown to us as yet but I shall take care to inform your honors as soon as I can procure any intelligence thereof. I must beg leave to Request an immediate supply of amunition and provisions as what I brought with me will last but a little while having been obliged to expend a good deal in this three days siege. In all these attacks our loss is only 1 man killed and Capt. Farnsworth of my Regiment wounded but hope he will do well. Great praise is due Col. Foster and the militia under his command who grave me all the assistance I could desire and behaved extremely well, as also to Maj. Stillman and the rest of the ofiicers and men belonging to the 2 Regiments now raising. It happened ex- tremely well for us that Mr. Allen and Mr. Preble had arrived with about 40 Indians who were of great service to us and assisted us greatly. The Enemy's loss in all these attacks must have been pretty considerable though we cannot at present come to any certainty of it. For further particulars 22 I refer you to Lieut. Col. Campl^ell who has been very alert on this occasion and given us all the assistance in his power from the western settlements. I am with Respect your Honors Most Obedient Huml>le Servant. JoisA. Eddy." A Committee of the Town of Machias, Aug. 25, 1777, addressed Col. Eddy the following letter : " Sir : The Inhabitants of Machias in town meeting assembled, are informed that the expedition to St. Johns in Nova Scotia is laid aside and that you have orders (to dis- charge) all the men belonging to your Regiment. We sup- posed when the Court pass'd that resolve they had no appre- hension of our being attacked hy our Enemies, but you are an eye witness to the late attack made upon us, and of their defeat and are also sensible that by all the information we can obtain that they are retired to collect a Superior force with a determination to destroy this place ; We the Subscribers are by the Inhabitants of Machias in their said meeting chosen as a Committee to wait upon you and request of you not to dis- charge any one of the enlisted men belonging to yoUr Regi- ment but to consign them over to ]\Iajor Stillman and to assure you that the Inhabitants of this place will be answerable for their pay and support. We are sir with Esteem your most Obed't Humble Servants. Stephen Jones, Benj. Foster, Geo. Stillman, Jonas Farnswortii, Stephen Smith. To Col. Jona. Eddy, Commanding." "The Deposition of Colonel Jonathan Eddy who testifieth and saith that on the 14th day of August 1777 he being at Machias and being commanding officer there and at the same 23 time the place was beset by the enemy the said Deponent asked Mr. Allan Superintendent of the Eastern Indians to take his arms and head the Indians he immediately Replyed that he had not taken up arms as yet and did not Desire to and further saith not. Jonathan Eddy." "Suffolk, ss. July 7, 1779. Then Jonathan Eddy person- ally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above declara- tion before me. Joseph Greenleaf, Justice peace." As there has been some controversy as to who was in com- mand at Machias, I here insert a communication printed in the Machias (Me.) Republican, April 7, 1877, which covers the whole ground : Col. Jonathan Eddy. To the Editor of the Republican: I have 3^our paper of Jan. 6, 1877, containing an interest- ing reply to my article of Nov. 25th, .1876, by George H. Allan, Esq., of Boston. I have delayed an answer in the hope that I might be able to examine some papers in the Archives of Massachusetts, which bear materially on the case, but that at present I cannot do. I honor my friend Allan for the jealous care with which he guards the reputation of his noble and patriotic ancestor, Col. John Allan, who was, up to the period we write of, Superintendent of the Eastern Indians. I have no controversy with him — I only wish to bring out the facts. One good will come out of this, and that is, that the old town of Machias will stand some chance to get its due in the history of the country. Was Col. Jonathan Eddy in command at the battle of Machias in August, 1777? I affirm that he was, for the fol- lowing reasons, and I will re-state them as briefly as I can, with such additions as I may have at hand. Col. Eddy was at Machias at the time with a Regimental organization, offi- cers, soldiers and supplies, on his way to St. John's river and Nova Scotia with another expedition. I know not how 24 many men he had ; he was at the time recruiting men to fill up his regiment. I copy from original papers now before me : "Boston, Sept. 18, 1777. We the subscribers do acknowl- edge to have Rec'd of Col. Jona. Eddy in behalf of the Pay- master of the Reo^iment the several sums set ao-ainst our names in full, for our and our companies for services done in the Regiment under the command of the said Jonathan Eddy Esquire. Witness our hands. Capt. Nath. Reynolds, £78 2 8 Zebulon Row, 49 6 7 Anthony Burk, 55 8 8 Bartholomew York, 75 19 6 Jonas Farnsworth, (not in full) 19 4 5 . "Boston, Feb. 10, 1778. Rec. of Col. Jona. Eddy, Ten pounds, six shillings & sixpence ; and also rec'd of Col. Alex. Campbell, Twenty-one pounds, twelve shillings, it being in full of the wages Due me for being in the State Service in said Eddy's Regiment the summer past. Jonas Farnsworth." It was a respectable organization. Lieut. Col. Nevers was his officer ; Elijah Ayer was his Quarter Master. I copy from original papers : "Machias, Aug. 14, 1777. Then rec'd of Elijah Ayer, Quarter Master of the Troops in Machias, four stands of arms for to be made use in my Militia for the Defence of the American States. Benj. Foster." "Return of Provisions for James Avery for his Ration from 20th July to the 18th Day of August is four weeks. Machias, Aug. 11, 1777. Jas. Avery. Jas. Avery begs Col. Eddy will give order that he might draw his Provision, the 20th July was the day he arrived at Machias." Five Captains and Companies and a pay roll of over three hundred pounds ; a large sum for those days. Mr. Allan says: "As Col. Eddy's Regiment formed a portion of the St. John's expedition and was disbanded when that enter- prise was given up. Col. Allen, the commander of that expe- dition, must have been the first in command at the battle of Machias." I put Allan in 1777 against Allen in 1877. In 25 e Col. Allan's letter dated Machias Sept. 22, 1777, in Kidder's most valuable history, page 229, he says : * * * "The Letter which came to Col. Eddy, (after Col. Eddy had left, J. w. p.) it being on public service, I recommended Maj. Stillman to open, when we found some Blank Commissions ; had our situation been more peaceable I would have advised them to be immediately filled up. But the appointing such officers as might be thought necessary would give umbrage to others who might so influence the men as to occasion distur- bance which at present appears our business to prevent — Besides it is thought requisite to delay filling them up at present as our orders comes so immediately to Col. Eddy who was offered the command.'''' What Command ? Where ? Also see Col. Allan's Letter Machias Aug. 17, 1777, (Kidder, page 211)"* * *I have apply 'd to Col. Eddy to call a Court Martial to inquire in the conduct of officers and others in the expedition to St. John &c." See Col. Allan's letter Aug. 27, (Kidder, page 214) " * * * I waited upon Col. Eddy and prayed him not to be so sudden in discharging his men * * * * but he appeared inflexible and was resolved to follow the orders and instruc- tions of the Brigadier &c." This is not the language of a commanding officer ! See Col. Allan's letter Aug. 27, 1777 (Kidder, page 213) "* * * On the 22nd inst. a boy lately belonging to the Hancock was sent on shore with a letter for exchange of prisoners. Col. Eddy (no doubt for wise reasons) thought best not to answer it." If Col. Eddy was not in command why were these proposals for an exchange of prisoners referred to him? Do these extracts show Mr. Allan to have been first in Command ? Do they not show the con- trary ? The inhabitants of Machias had a town meeting Aug. 25, 1777, and chose a Committee of five of their first men, and instructed them to request Col. "Jonathan Eddy com- manding " not to discharge his men. Col. Eddy in his official Report of Aug. 17, 1777, claims the command, and the Report sounds very much like the report of a commanding officer. 26 He was also recognized by the Government after the expedi- tion to St. John was abandoned, by its sending him bhmk Commissions for some purpose. In no other report or letter written at that time was it claimed that any other officer had the command. In Col. Eddy's deposition July 7, 1779, he testifies that he was "commanding officer" there. As to the criticisms upon Col. Eddy relating to any former period, I have only to say that he appears to have had the continued confidence of the Government, which gave him, if not the command of the expedition, the command of a Regiment therein ! Mr. Allan comes down upon me with the crushing statement that " except what appears in his own letter I do not find that Col. Eddy was really in the Battle." I submit that what I have written "goes to show that Col. Eddy was in the Battle and was " commanding officer." But to turn the tables, was Col. Allan in the Battle? If so, where is the proof? Where is the proof that he had any military command recognized there at that time, or a soldier under his orders? In what is called Col. Allan's Diary, writ- ten by Lieut. Fred Delesdernier, under date of Machias, Oct. 11, 1777, (See Kidder, page 142) is written, " yesterda}^ Mr. Allan took command of the military, having received a colonel's commission for that purpose." And in a note at the bottom of same page Mr. Kidder adds " previous to this it is probable he had l^een mainly acting as Superintendent of the Indians, although he was appointed a Colonel by the j\Iass. government six months previous." There is no proof that at that time he was acting in any other capacity than Superin- tendent of the Eastern Indians. Snme of those Indians took part in the Battle. In his letter of Aug. 17, 1777, (Kidder, page 204) he says " * * * I embody 'd the Indians between Forty and Fifty. After I had spoken to them upon the mat- ter they very cheerfully ^vent on Service down the River." In same letter (page 206) " * * * At 10 o'clock Captain Smith with a number of white men and all the Indians set off &c." Col. Eddy says in his official report : " It happened 27 extremely well for us that Mr, Allan and Mr. Preble had arrived with about 40 Indians who were of great service &c." Col. Eddy in his Deposition before Justice Greenleaf, July 7, 1779, says he asked Mr. Allan, Siqjerintendent of the East- ern Indians, "to take his arms and head his Indians, which he refused to do." Rev. Seth Noble, minister and soldier at the Battle of Machias, afterwards first settled minister of Bangor, testified under oath, also before Justice Greenleaf at Boston July 7, 1779, that at the Battle of Machias, Aug. 14,. 1777, "Mr. John Allan, Superintendent of the Eastern Indians, appeared without arms. Col, Eddy desired him to take his arms and head his Indians which he refused to do." The italics in this article are mine. In view of what I have written it seems to me that there can be but one opinion , as to ivho was the "oflicer commanding " at the Battle of Machias, Aug. 1777. \ J. W. Porter. Burlington, March 20th, 1877. After the attack on Machias, Col. Eddy returned to Mans- field, Mass., where he resided until 1781, when he removed to Sharon, Mass. 1781, Nov. 5. The town of Sharon "Voted not to receive as an inhabitant any of the persons hereafter mentioned who have come into the town to reside — Col. Jonathan Eddy and family from Nova Scotia and others." It was then the cus- tom to pass such a vote to prevent the town being liable for support of persons coming in. In this case, the people of Sharon soon recovered from any fear upon that point, for May 16, 1782, "At a meeting of the Freeholders, Col. Jona. Eddy was chosen to represent them at the Great and General Court of Commonwealth of Mass. for the ensuing year." Aug. 9, 1782. "Voted that Col. Jonathan Eddy be ap- pointed to join the other towns in advising and making a passage for ye fish called ale wives, shad and other fish passing up Neponset Eiver." 28 1783, May 12. "Colonel Jonathan Eddy was chosen to represent them at the Great and General Court." He was taxed m Sharon 1781, 1782, 1783, 1784. In 1784, he resolved to emigrate to Mahie, and wrote the following letter to the inhabitants of Sharon : " To the Inhabitants of the town of Sharon — Gent the many singular favours bestowed on me since I had my Residence in this town — Demand my warmest acknowledgement and was I to be silent on the matter it would be a piece of ingratitude and shew that I was Destitute of humanity, but with the sincerest pleasure I return you my hearty thanks : Ever wishing that the most permanent Blessings without which no people can be happy may ever Rest on the inhabitants of the town of Sharon, but as the unnatural war which we have had have Deprived me of almost all my living, yet since the Blessings of peace has been Restored to this Coimtry, I am now inclined to Retire to some of the uncultivated parts of the Commonwealth, where with economy, industry and frugality, with a Blessing attend- ing my Endeavors I may still hope for a Comfortable Support for my self and family, wherefore I must now take my leave of the town well assuring them that I shall Ever Rest their assured friend and well wisher. Subscribing myself at the same time Gent your most obedient and very humble servant May 12, 1784. Jona Eddy." In August of 1784, Col. Eddy with his family removed to Township No. Ten, east side of Penobscot river, at the head of the tide. This township was afterwards known as Eddy- town Plantation and incorporated into the town of Eddington 1811 — named in compliment to Col. Eddy. [See Appexdix A.] Williamson's History of Maine, vol. 2, page 515, saj^s "Jonathan Eddy and his companions had during the war manifested so ardent and laudable an attachment to the Amer- 29 ican cause that Congress (1785) moved by their merits and sufferings particularly recommended their condition to the attention and humanity of Massachusetts. Hence the govern- ment granted to twenty of them several lots of land of differ- ent sizes, making an aggregate of nine thousand acres to be located in one body. In 1758 Governor Pownal came to Penobscot river to locate Forts, &c. He came up the river to a point supposed to be near the mouth of the Kenduskeag,. and as he relates in his diary : "Landed on the East Side the River with 136 men and proceeded to the head of the first Falls about four and a quarter from the first Ledge. Clear Land on the left for near four miles. * * * At the Head of the Falls — Buried a Leaden Plate with the following inscription: "May 23, 1758. Province of Massachusetts Bay — Dominions of Great Britain, — ^Possession confirmed by T. Pownal, Govr. Erected a Flag Staff, — Hoisted the King's Colors and Saluted them." (See Me. His. Soc. Coll. VI, page 335.) In consequence of this act of Gov. Pownal, the territory between Penobscot and St. Croix was saved to the United States by the Treaty of 1783. The precise spot where Gov. Pownal buried his plate and took possession, was without doubt upon the land of Col. Eddy which he received under this grant, and where he after- wards lived and died. In 1785 he bought the first vessel ever owned on "Penobscot River," the Schooner Blackbird. Her Register signed by John Avery, Jr., Secretary, and Countersigned by John cock, Governor of Mass., says she was built at Beverly, 1780, and sold by Peter Coffin, Jr., of Gloucester, May 16, 1785, to Messrs. Stephen & Ralph Cross of Newburyport, and by them sold about first of November, 1785, to Col. Eddy. She was probably a fisherman, and made several voyages to Grand Manan after Col. Eddy owned her. 30 He was chairman of the committee appointed to employ the first minister settled on Penobscot River, Rev. Seth Noble, June 7, 1786. [See Appendix C] He was the first Magistrate on "Penobscot River." June 19, 1790. He was appointed by Governor John Hancock "A Special Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, a Register of Probate and Wills and a Justice of the Peace and Quorum for the County of Penobscot," and qualified for all those ofiices by Col. Paul Dudley Sargent and Judge William Vinal. 1792, Feb. 25. He issued his warrant to Capt. James DM Cis>U FfMgn, calling a Meeting of Inhabitants to organize the Town of Bangor. [See Appendix D.] 1796, Aug. Took Acknowledgement of Treaty between Mass. Commissioners and the seven chiefs of the Penobscot Tribe of Indians. 1800. He was appointed Postmaster at Eddyton PL, a Post route having been established there. [See Appendix E.] In 1801 Cons^ress granted land to the Refugees from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Col. Eddy receiving as his share 1,280 acres, receiving four warrants therefor, signed by Thomas JeiFerson, President, James Madison, Sec. of State, dated May 7, 1^02. These lands were in the Chillicotha District, Ohio. [See Appendix R and P.] His business as elustiee was large. The numl^er of mar- riages solemnized by him were numerous. [See Appendix G.] Col. Eddy after a long, useful and eventful life, died in August, 1804, aged 78 years. EDDY GENEALOGY. mumn (^Mij(, liar.* Rev. William Eddy, A. M,, >vas Vicar of Craiibrook County of Kent in England, of Saint Dunston's cliurcli, from 15ell, Maj. Robert Treat, Capt. James Buclge, William Plympton, Robert Hichborn, Andrew Webster, Capt. John Rider, John Smart, William Hasey, Elijah Smith, Nathaniel Harlow and Al)raham Allen, and were paid six shillings each. The Jury found probable cause "that one Louis Paronneau, a nephew to the deceased, is the Person that hath committed this murder." Whereupon Jonathan Eddy and Simeon Fowler, Esquires, issued their warrant Oct. 23, for the arrest of Paronneau. He was arrested by Joshua Woodman, Deputy Sherilf. I give a copy of a letter now before me : "His Excellency the Governor the Hon. Council of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. May it please your Excel- lency and Honours, Inclosed is an Inquisition taken at Con- 60 deskeag Pbintation, In the County of Hancock, on the 19th day of Feb., in the year of our LORD, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, on the Body of a French Gentleman, known by the name of Joseph Junin, who was found inhu- manly murdered in his Bed in his store, in night of the eigh- teenth of February, by some Person or Persons unknown, by the Discharge of a Gun which forced two Balls through his brains as he lay sleeping on his Bed ; and Having Probable Cause b}^ the Oaths of the Jury of Inquest that one Louis Paronneau, a nephew of the Deceased, is the Person that hath perpetrated this murder. Have Issued a Warrant and appre- hended the said Louis, And had him under examination, and liave sent him by jMittimus to Gaol, and as the property of these two Persons might not be lost I have taken, with the assistance of six men Under Oath, (viz.) Maj. Robert Treat, Mr. Robert Hichborn, Mr. William Plympton, Capt. James Budge, Mr. Jacol) Dennet and John Smart (an account) of all their Effects which could be found here at his store that the Consul of France or who ever may have a Right to said things may be acquainted therewith and as there is more effects lodged in other Places on this River which is not taken account of yet but shall as soon as Possible. Therefore some further directions from your Excellency and Honours will be most gratefully acknowledged and am with sincerity your most obedient Humble Servant, Jona. Eddy. Condeskeag Plantation, 23 Feb. 1791." Paronneau asserted that his Uncle was killed by three Indians, and John Emery, Jr., Elisha Mayhew, John Dennet, John Emery, Jacob Dennet, J^nd others were employed to search the woods for the Indians, but none were found. In the speech of Rev. Mark Trafton, at the Bangor Centennial Celebration, 1870, see printed Report, page 91, says : "The first murder committed in this town was of an old Frenchman by the name of Junion, who was a trader from Castiue and had a log house and store where the steam mill now stands, near the depot. A nephew of his came into my grandfather's (Jacob Dennet) one evening, wild and excited, saying the Indians were ai'ound, and he feared they would kill his uncle. He soon left, and the report of a gun was heard, and on going to the store the old man was found dead, but no doubt existed that the nephew was the murderer ; he was sent to France for trial." 61 This must be an error. At this time Hancock County was a new County, probably without a Jail, so that the prisoner was sent to Pownalboro Jail. I find in Maine Historical Society's Collections, Vol. 6, pp. 49, 50, the following : "Lewis Parouneau was indicted on a charge of murder of his Uncle, on the Penobscot River, what is now Bangor. The motive assigned was to gain possession of the money of his uncle. He was tried at Pownalboro, in Lincoln County. His counsel were John Gardiner, a distinguished lawyer on the Kennebec, and Gen. William Lithgow, Jr. The defence was managed with much skill by his counsel. The French Consul, then resident at Boston, came down to attend the trial and exerted all the influence he could command in tavor of his countryman. The Jur^'' returned a verdict of acquittal, although there was strong circumstantial evidence of his guilt. The trial was in the old Court House, on the banks of the Kennebec River, in what is now Dresden." I have a "true copy of the Inventory of his goods, Feb. 23, 1791, Attest: Robert Hichborn, Jr.," with a receipt at- tached, given to Jona. Eddy, Esquire, by Thomas Phillips, as Attorney of "Monsieur De'Latombe, Consul General of France." The goods, consisted of a complete stock of just such goods as an Indian trader of that day would want, with not many changes to suit nowadays : Green and red baize, wide ribbons of all colors, yellow hat bands, 27 plumes, black feathers, blue broadcloth, blankets, Indian guns with large quantities of ammunition, furs of all kinds, and rum sand- wiched in between everything else. The Jury of Inquest, the men who went into the woods to search for the Indians, officers' fees for taking care of prisoner, Jacob Dennet for his trouble, and "Owen Madden for three days' writing, 18 shillings," were all paid out of the estate of the murdered man. Feb. 19, 1791, "John Holyoke, Bryant Bradley, Solomon Hathorn, John Thoms, and John Emery certify that they have 'Decently laid out the body of Joseph Junin for Interment.' " Junin was an Indian trader and 62 "without cloulit the same man ^vho acted as British Ageut on Penobscot River durino- the Revohitionarv War. I. Eastport, Passamaquoddy, April 30, 1802. Dear Sir : I just saw Xick Simmons from Cumberland, he Informed me that about a fortnight since he- was in com- pany with your son Jonathan, who was then in Good Health ; this is what I anticipated in my last, and I accordingly Con- gratulate you on the Circumstance. Excuse much haste. I am your Obet Serv Lewis Delesderxlee. Colonel and Dr. Phixeas Xevers, The first physician of Bangor, was a resident of Manger^^lle, Sunbury County, now Xew Brunswick, on the St. John river. He was one of a Committee chosen by the inhabitants '* to make Immediate application to the Congress or General Assembly of the Massachusetts Bay for reUef under their present Distressed Circumstances." (See Kidder's History of Revolutionary "NA'ar in Eastern Maine and Xova Scotia, j)age 63.) Aid was granted to the Patriots on the St. John's River by the General Court, June 26, 1776. At this time he was called Dr. Xevers, and was at various places between Man- gerville and Machias from May 21, 1777, to June 18, 1777, when Col. John Allan. Superintendent of the Eastern In- dians, in a letter of that date to the Council of ^Massachusetts Bay, (Kidder, page 195.) says: - * * * Xhe bearer, Doct. Xevers. who is a Person who has Suflered the greatest hardships, the most part of his Interest carried oil* by Mr. Gould and himself Lyal>le every day to be made a Prisoner, his Character in Private Life as well as his zeal for his Coun- try, Being a Great Instrunieut iu Keeping the Indians Quiet 63 in Furnishiag them with Provisions, &c., merits the friend- ship of every person concerned, must therefore recommend him to your Honours favors." At the attack of the British fleet upon Machias, August, 1777, he was present and acting as Lieut. Cohinel in Col. Jonathan Eddy's Regiment. I copy a letter which I found in Massachusetts Archives : "Boston, Sept. 18, 1777. Hon. Gentlemen : I take this Earliest opportunity to Return a'ou my hearty thanks for the Honor you did me in appointing me Lieut. Col. of the Battalion intended to be raised under the command of Col. Eddy, and more especially for j'our late appointment as Lieut. Col. over the Troops ordered to be raised for the defence of Machias. I hope I shall be able to conduct my self in such a manner as will give satistiiction to your Honours and the Publick. Being obliged by the tools of Tyranny either to acknowledge George the third of Grate Briton my Rightful Lord and Sovereign and bear arms against my brethren of the United States when they pleased, or leave my family and interest at their tender mercies, (which is cruelty) I chose the latter, and have been several months spending the little cash I brought of with me. I am now rather short of that article, and am to beg that 3'our Honours would be pleased to lend me such small sum as may be neccssar}' in accomplishing the business your honours have been or may be pleased to appoint me to do, and you will again much oblige Your Honours most Humble Servant Phes^eas Xevees." To the Hon. Council and the House of Representatives of the State of the Massachusetts Bay. In Col. John Allan's letter, Machias, Oct. 12, 1777, (Kid- der, page 238,) he says: "* * * Lieut. Col. Xevers has not yet arrived, nor have I received any Intelligence from him. I doubt whether he will raise his men before the time is out." 64 I have no further account of his military services. Some- time after this he removed his family to Penobscot river, to what is now Bangor, where he practised his profession. I have an old writ wherein John Nevers, for estate of Phineas Nevers, sued Thomas Low of Bangor, for medical services rendered in 1785. As one of the Refugees from Nova Scotia during the Revolutionary War, he was a grantee of lands in what is now Eddington. I find those lands taxed in Eddy- town Plantation to estate of Phineas Nevers, deceased, from 1791 to 1795. He lived near where Coombs' wharf was. The Rev. Mr. Noble held his first meeting in 1786 in the Dr. Nevers' house. He probably died in October, 1785. Rev. Mr. Noble, in a letter to his wife at New Market, N. H., from Kennebec river, dated Feb. G, 1786, informs her that "I hear and believe it is true, Col, Nevers died in October last." Mr. Noble in his Diary, July 25, 1787, recorded the fact, "Removed my family to the widow Nevers' House." K. Major Robert* Treat, son of Joseph* and Mary Treat of Boston, born there July 14, 1752. His first wife was Mary Partridge, to whom he was married Nov. 28, 1774; she was born in Haverhill, Mass., May 5, 1757, and died in Bangor June 10, 1800. He married second, Mary, daughter of Nath. Gale, Feb. 28, 1804. His children, all born in Bangor, were : i Josepli, b. Dec. 18, 1775; unmarried. Died 1853. ii John, Feb. 1, 1777. Died 1777. iii Robert, Aug. 1, 1779. Drowned on liis way to Boston in a vessel October 19, 1798. iv John Partridge, July 21, 1783; m. Rosanna Duggins 1813. Lived and died in Enfield 1857. V Polly, Oct. 1, 1785. Died 1792. vi Joshua, August 6, 1787 ; unmarried. Died Sept. 1, 1821. vii Betsey, June 24, 1791. Died same year, viii Samuel, June 28, 1795. Died same year, ix Robert Henry, May 18, 1798 ; unmarried. Died Enfield 1843. X Nath. Gale, March 13, 1807. xi Mary H., April 23. 1809. xii Elizabeth Holyoke, January 19, 1802. 65 Joseph Treat* was son of Rev. SamueP Treat of Eastham, on Cape Cod, who was son of Governor Robert' Treat of Connecticut, who was son of Richard Treat the original settler in Massachusetts, and afterward at Weathersfield, Conn. Major Treat came to Bangor about 1773 ; lived at Treat's Falls in a house built by Jedediah Preble. Said by some to have kei3t first store in Bangor, but probably was the second merchant in Bangor. Built the first vessel at Bangor, just below the Penjejawock stream, which was then the court end of the town. He died May 27, 1824. L. The Family of Amos Bailey of Milford. Amos Bailey, born Sept. 26th, 1785, Massachusetts; mar- ried Sally Ballard; she born Oct. 14, 1788, at Bucksport, Me. (?) Children: Anna, b. May 17, 1810; m. Alfred O. Ingersoll, Lincoln, Me. They have the family bible ; address him for further particulars. Polly; March 31, 1812. Died young in Milford. Amos, Jan. 31, 1814. Bay City, Mich., at present time. Sally, Nov. 23, 1815. Died in Milford when young. Jeremiah J., August 29,1817. Died in Bangor. Married and family ; 4 children, 2 alive. Caroline, July 9, 1819 ; m. Jonathan Eddy. Seven children. Mark Trafton, May 2, 1821. Detroit, Mich., family there. Eleanor Bird, Oct. 28, 1823; m. George W. H. Brown of Lincoln. Family in Mich. Died. Joanna Bass, Oct. 9, 1825. Died in Milford or Sunkhaze. Mary H., March 31, 1828 ; m. Joseph Heald. 3 children, 2 now alive. Sarah Ann, Feb. 18, 1830. Died in Port Huron, Mich. Samuel, April 23, 1832. Died in Michigan. Adaline. Jan. 3, 1834; m. A. L. Stebbins of Port Huron, Mich., where they now live. They have 2 children, a sou and daughter. M. Col. Gabriel Johonnot was son of Zechary and Elizabeth (Quincy) Johonnot of Boston, where he was born in 1748. He married first, Martha, daughter of Rev. Samuel Cooper of Boston, 1766, and second, Sarah Bradstreet, 1774. He 66 had one son, Samuel Cooper, by his first wife, who graduated at Harvard College in 1783 ; settled in Portland, where he practised law, and died in Demarara, 1806. Col. Johonnot was a merchant in Boston. In 1773 he was one of a committee to wait on consignees of several cargoes of Tea, shijjped to Boston by the East India Company, and request of them not to land or pay duties on the Tea. He was Lieut. Colonel 14th Regiment of Massachusetts, in Con- tinental Army, known as Col. Glover's. August 15, 1774, he was chairman of a Committee appointed by the Cadets " to proceed to Salem and return to Governor Gage the Standard he had presented them." In the Massachusetts Archives is an Order of Council during the Revolutionary war, "that Col. Johonnot is ordered to report what progress he made relating to exchange of prisoners with Lord Howe." In 1784 he was living in the town of Penobscot, (now Castine) where he was prominent in town affiiirs, and was the second Representative of the town to the General Court of Massachusetts. He was a prominent Free Mason at Penob- scot, having been one of the charter members of Hancock Lodge at its formation, and its first Senior Warden. (See Wheeler's History of Castine, page 225.) He removed to Hampden before 1799, where he was Secre- tary of Rising Virtue Lodge of Masons in 1802, and for some - years after. In 1799 he had a controversy with Eliphalet Perkins of Orriugton, and struck him. A few days after Perkins had him arrested and carried before Col. Jona. Eddy on a charge of assault, &c., when Col. Johonnot produced a document, of which I give a copy, and which stopped further proceedings : "Hancock ss : Orriugton, August 5, 1799. Personally appeared Gabriel Johonnot, Esquire, and complained of him- self for a breach of the peace in having struck Eliphalet Per- kins, on Thursday evening, the first day of August instant, and paid a fine of twelve shillings, or two dollars, as a satis- faction to the government of Massachusetts for said breach of the peace. Simeon Fowler, Justice of the Peace." 67 I give a copy of a letter now before me : "Hampden, Dec. 2cl, 1796. Sir : Yours of the 30th ultimo was delivered to me hy Mr. David Read ; in ansA\^er to the contents would observe, that my letter to Capt. Read was founded on the direct and full assertion of Joshua Eayres, the father, and corroborated by his son, and coloring of support from another person. Mr. Eayres asserted positively that when he settled and paid for the cattle it was done by Mr. Read's giving the fullest encouragement that the warrant would be quashed and all further proceedings therein stopped, asserting that he was the prosecutor, but should not nor would not appear to support the complaint ; and that you said if they settled it and paid for the hay you would warrant nothing more would be done about the warrant. If this had been a true state of the case, I conceive it would have been extorting money in the fullest degree with agravated circumstances — as I have been misin- formed nothing further need be added on that head. Eayres pressed to know if nothing could be done to save his children from punishment. I told him no, the only thing to be done was for them to come forward and give security for their ap- pearance at S. J. Ct ; when there throw themselves on the mercy of the Court, and (as you observe) the having made satisfaction for the injury, would no doul)t go in mitigation of the punishment. There requires examples of rigor, that the people in that quarter may see that the laws must be observed, and that if they will not quietly submit to them they must do it by compulsion, and with the addition of fines, imprison- ment, whipping, &c., &c. 1 am Sir, your Humble Servant, G. Johonnot. Timo. Langdon, Esq." This letter is written in a fair, even hand, and directed to "Timothy Langdon, Esquire, Stillwater." Col. Johonnot died in Hampden, Oct. 20, 1820—72. His will Oct. 5, 1820, proved March 6, 1821, was witnessed by John Abbot, John Godfrey and Sarah Crosby. 68 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Penobscot, April 23, 1787. The Deposition of Jeremiah Colburn of Penobscot River in the County of Lincoln, Gentleman, on oath testifieth and saith, that on or about the 28th Day of November, 1777, John Marsh of Penobscot, in the County aforesaid. Entered on an Island called and known here by the name of Marshe's Island and took up and settled on a Certain Lot of Land for A Farm for himself; which lot includes a mill Privelege. That on or about the Last of May, 1784, Messi's. Levy Brad- ley, Joseph More and Daniel Jemison, all of Penobscot in said County, Did then and there agree with the said John Marsh to Build a Saw mill upon the s^l Privelidge included in within the Lot which the stl John had Settle as aforesaid. And the s^ Levy, Joseph and Daniel, Did also agree with the sd Marsh to Relinquish to him one Quarter Part of one saw immiediately after finished in the mill which they so built, upon Conditions that the said Marsh should Relinquish 10 Acres of Land included within said Lot so as to include sd mill Previledge and upon the former conditions being fulfilled upon the sd Levy, Joseph and Daniel's Part. Then the sd Marsh was to give A Deed of sd 10 acres as soon as he. ob- tained a Deed from Government. Jere^h Colburn. Lincoln, ss. — Penobscot, April 23, 1787. Then Jeremiah Colburn Personally Appeared and made oath to the above Deposition. Before me, Jonathan Eddy, Justice of the Peace. o. Boston, 3 Feb. 1801. Dear Sir : I shall in the first place inform jou that I am well and also my Family. As to the Petition of the Inhabi- tants of Eddington plantation it has been taken up and Com- mitted and they have put it over, but I shall endeavor to have it called up again and get the Business so forwarded as 69 to have an order of Notice if it is Possible. I wish you to wrig'ht to me as soon as you can make it convenient and in- form me whether the House of Mr. (or Mrs.) Clapp is sold or like to be and whether it is probable that I can have a shelter in it next Spring, and if I can not, whether there is any other House that it is likely I can get for a short time, till I Build. If not, I must take up my Quarters at Kendus- keag. My Compliments to all Friends. A Letter directed to me at Belcher's will reach me in season. I am Dear Sir yours, Pakk Holland. Jona. Eddy Esq. P. "To all persons To whom this Protest shall Come, Know ye that I, Will"^ Boyd of Bangor, in County of Hancock, Shipwright, on the 23d of April, 1792, Did enter into Con- tract with Doctor Oliver Mann and Hudson Bishop, Both of Penobscot, (Castine) in Said County, to Build for them A vessel of one Hundred tuns or thereabouts, as will appear by an Instrument By them Subscribed, Baring Date as Specified above, in which Instrument the Said Oliver Mann and Hudson Bishop engage on their part to furnish me with every Material to enable me to Carry on said vessel in three weeks from the date of the above said Instrument. But to my great Damage they have not furnished me with Sufiicient Timl^er and other necessaries according to said Contract to Carry on said work. Wherefore I, the Said Boyd, hereby protest against the pro- ceedings of said Mann and Bishop, and against all Costs, Delays, Detentions, or any Damage of any name or nater that I may Receive or Sustain thereby. Whereunto I have Set my hand this 25th day of June, 1792. Willm Boyd, and carpenters that wrought on said vessel, James Boyd, William Patten, Egbert Cajvipbell." 70 Q. Dr. William Ware was son of John" and Mehetable (Chapin) Ware of Wrentham, Mass., born July, 4, 1697. First wife was Zebiah Sweeting, daughter of Lewis and Zebiah Sweeting, married Oct., 30, 1728; She died Nov. 1, 1732. Second wife, Anna Hodges, Sept. 27, 1733 ; she died June 35, 1755, aged 51. Third wife, Lydia . 1729, Feb. 19, he bought a farm of John Finney, in Norton. 1734, he was admitted to church in Norton from Wrentham. 1742, wife Anna admitted to church in Norton. He was a "Practioner of Physic" for several years, and kept a public house from 1728 to 1740. In 1750, Nov. 24, he sold out and moved to Dighton, where he died. His grave stone says, "Dr. William Ware, died June 11, 1764, aged 67 years lacking 22 days." Second wife's grave stone says, "Anna, wife of Dr. William Ware, departed this life June 25, 1755, aged 50 years, 4 months and 21 days." 1764, his will in Bristol County Records, names wife Lydia ; Children — William, George, Benjamin, Mary Eddy, Lucy Talbot, Abigail, Lydia. His children were : Mary, b. Oct. IG, 1729; m. Capt. Jonathan Eddy. Lucy ; m. Nathaniel Talbot, Jr. William, April 27, 1731. John, Oct. 23, 1732; died 27 Oct., 1732. George, August 26, 1734, "a Munday about sunrise." Benjamin, March 20, 173G-7, "a Sabbath day evening.'' Anna, July 10, 1741, "being a Friday about sunsetting;" died 25 Sept., 1741. Joseph, 1756. Lydia, 1758. Abigail, 1760. K. [Copy.] "A Return of the Refugees of Nova Scotia, who left that Province in the year 1776, with their former and present places of Residence in the United States or Else- where, June, 1785 : Names. Former Residence. Now Resident. 1 Jonathan Eddy, Massachusetts, Mass. 2 Capt. Zebulon Rowe, do do 3 Colo. Plaineas Nevers, do do 4 Mr. Ebene^er Garner, (Gardner) do do 71 Names. Former Residence. Now Resident. 5 Mr. William Maxwell, Massachusetts, Mass. 6 Autliouy Burk, do do 7 Thomas Falkiier, do do 8 Mr. Robert Foster, do do 9 Mr. William Howe, do do 10 Capt. ]Srath. Reynolds, do do 11 Lieut. Bradford Carpenter, (or Car- do do 12 Rev. Mr. Noble, penter Bradford) do do 13 Jonathan Eddy, (Jr.) do do 14 Jonathan Severs, do do dead. 15 William Eddy, do do dead. 16 Ibrook Eddy, do do 17 Elias Eddy, do do IS Jolui Day, do do 19 Edward Cole, do do dead. 20 Dr. Parker Clark, do do 21 Ambrose Cole, do do 22 Daniel Thorrington, (Thornton) do do dead. 23 Edward Falkner, do Nova Scotia. dead. 24 Zebulon Rowe, Jr., Nova Scotia, Mass. 25 John Eckley, Pennsylvania, do 26 Samuel Sliarii, do dead. 27 Matthew Sharp, do dead. 28 Joseph Sharp, do Penn. 29 Robert Sharp. do Nova Scotia. 30 Josiah Throop, New York, New York. 31 Jonas Earle, do do 32 Jonas Earle, Jr., do do 33 Mr. Daniel Earle, do do 34 Robert Earle, do do 35 ISTath. Earle, do do 36 Mr. Atwood Fails, (Fales) Conn. Mass. 37 Obadiah Ayer, do dead. 38 Capt. John Starr, do Conn. 39 Mr. Elijah Ayres, do do 40 Elijah Ayer, Jr., do Mass. 41 Deacon Simeon Chester, do Conn. 42 Samuel Connor, (Connover) do dead. 43 Samuel Fales, do Mass. 44 Capt. Samuel Rogers, Rhode Island, do 45 George Rogers, do dead. 40 Capt. Mr. Kellhem, (Amasa) do dead. 47 John Kellliem, do dead. 48 David Jenks, do Mass. 49 Christopher Pain, do dead. 50 Lieut. James Avery, Conn. Mass. 72 Names. Former Residence. Now Resident. 51 John Allan, Nova Scotia. 52 Edward Handsom, (Hampsou) do 53 John Fulton, do Nova Scotia. 54 John McGown, do Mass. 55 Nath. Crawford, do Nova Scotia. 56 John Sibley, do Conn. 57 Mr. Creeth, do Nova Scotia. 58 John Steward, do do 59 Lewis LeDernier, do Mass. 60 David Treferil, (Terrill) do do 61 Thos. Tumbull, do On-known. dead. The within are those who left the Province of Nova Scotia in 1776 ; the remaining part of the sixty-three persons I can- not ascertain, either their Names or places of Abode. Jon A. Eddy." Col. Eddy was indefatigable in his efibrts to obtain grants of land from Congress and Massachusetts for the refugees from Nova Scotia. He made many journeys and looked at several tracts of land before settling down at what is now Eddington, Me. I give a copy of his account, &c. : "An account of cash layd out and other supplies for the proprietors since the year and in that year 1784. To one petition for (the next word is obscure but I call it. J. w. P.) Grand Manan and journey to look at it, My time in that journey, 37 days, £11 18 To one other journey to Congress, expenses of that journey in cash, 12 15 7 My time and horse, 31 days, 9 6 To one petition for land at Penobscot and journey to look it out, my time, 13 10 To 7 journeys from Penobscot to Boston in order to get it laid out, 40 12 1787. Laid out by Mr. Titcomb, (Samuel*) his bill was, 20 11 2 chain men, 2 14 2 more men as waiters, 2 14 to snow shoes and mogasins, 3 to provisions for said men, 6 10 petition to Congress, 18 My expense at Boston and waiting at Boston on the Governor, * * * letters to Congress, 1 10 1790. £105 1 7 Literest on the aTjove, 37 16 6 " * Mr. Samuel Titcomb was first Surveyor of Eddington, 1794. \/ Page 30. " 33. " 39. " 42. « 46. " 55. K I J E A r A . For .James Budge read James Bridge. Caleb Eddy was a Deacon — not married, Ac. Read Charles G. Richardson, wit Charles S. Widow Sylvester Eddy married Ezra Richardson April 11, 1831, not April 30, 18G0. Read Charles G. Richardson instead of Charles S. To "This bill was negatived," add "in the Senate." 57. Two lives from bottom, read Wm. Costigan to Rebecca Eayres. 58. Read Jeremiah Colburn was Clerk, Ac. AUG -0 isy