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GENEALOGY COLLECTION
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John f. Farrow
HISTORY
OF
ISLESBOROUGH,
MAINE.
Copyright, 1803.
BY
JOHN PENDLETON FARROW, MASTER MARINER.
BANGOR: THOMAS W. BURR, PRINTER. 1893.
FROM THE PRESS OF THOMAS W. BURR, BANGOR, ME.
Southern - $22.50
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PREFACE.
In the performance of this work I have availed myself of the records of the Massachusetts archives, and by the kindness of the town clerk I have had the records of the town, many books, magazines, and papers of early settlers, and the traditionary information from aged persons that have passed away, and from many still living. It affords me great pleasure to acknowledge the generous aid received from kind friends, and to them I tender my sincere thanks.
I have tried to avoid the error of conflicting statements. If mistakes are detected, they are such as would naturally occur in a cento of so many authors. The genealogies of the families are not complete, as they do not extend in the records in full up to this date. The family records that are complete have been obtained, for the last ten years, by per- sonal knowledge, and prior to this by the town records, and in other ways to which I have made reference. I hope the perusal of its pages may be of interest to the native born, and also to the stranger who may spend his summers on this beautiful island.
In writing this History I have received great assistance from Hon. Joseph Williamson, of Belfast, and Hon. Joseph W. Porter, of Bangor, members of the Maine Historical Society, and of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society. These gentlemen are acknowledged authorities in all matters relating to the early settlers of this town and their descendants. Without their assistance I should not have been able to put this in print. I feel old age coming on, and if in after years any historical value is gathered
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from the annals of Islesborough, I shall be amply rewarded for my labor.
I am also under great obligations to Mr. L. H. Murch, of Belfast, for valuable assistance, and to Messrs. Winsor and Dixon, of the Islesborough Land and Improvement Com- pany, for favors. It has required a great deal more time and labor to perform this work than was first anticipated. The information could not be obtained without expense and trouble. It was not done for a mercenary motive, and I do not expect to realize any pecuniary benefit. After the mate- rials were accumulated I was undecided whether to put this in print, but by the advice of friends I have concluded to do so, for the benefit of the inhabitants and their descendants. The manuscript has been read by competent authority, and the work must stand or fall on its own merits.
I now submit the History of Islesborough to my fellow townsmen, with its errors, hoping it may be accepted, in: lieu of a better one that may be written in after years.
JOHN P. FARROW.
ISLESBOROUGH, April, 1893.
ABSTRACT OF CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
Description of Islesborough-The Waldo Patent-Statement from the Knox Papers-Agreement between Knox and the Settlers-Long Island and Seven-Hundred-Acre Island Described-The First Settlers. I-15.
CHAPTER II.
General Knox and the Settlers, with Descriptions of their Lots. 15-35.
CHAPTER III.
The Incorporation of the Town-First Town Meeting-Town Officers-Other Records-Town Clerks-The Finances of the Town. 36-58.
CHAPTER IV.
Schools and School-Houses-New Town House-Represent- atives-Justices of the Peace-Physicians-Churches and Meeting-Houses-Ministers-Fragmentary History and In- cidents-Descriptive-Temperature-Old Houses-Names and Description of Localities-The Eclipse of 1780.
59-92.
CHAPTER V.
Documentary-Letter from Winslow to Pendleton, 1771- Law Relating to Gates-Letter of Job Pendleton, 1789- Copies of Old Deeds-Grindle Point Light-House-Island Lodge F. and A. M. and its Officers-The Town in the War of the Rebellion, with the Names of those Engaged therein -- List of Vessels Built in Islesborough, 1792-1837-
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HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
Islesborough Captains and their Vessels Fifty Years Ago- Disasters-Fires in Islesborough-The Murder of Ann Brown, 1856. 93-119.
CHAPTER VI.
Notable Persons-Josiah Farrow-Gamaliel Pendleton --- Ste- phen Pendleton --- Shubael Pendleton --- William Pendleton -- Elder Thomas Ames --- Samuel Warren --- Mrs. Catherine Sherman --- Benjamin Thomas --- Isaac W. Sherman --- Walter F. Dodge --- Capt. Joseph W. Collins. 120-130.
CHAPTER VII.
Packets and Boats --- Steamboats --- Bangor and Bar Harbor Steamship Company. 131-133.
CHAPTER VIII.
Population of Islesborough --- Directory --- Islesborough Inn. 134-136.
CHAPTER IX.
Inscriptions from Gravestones in the Cemeteries and Bury- ing Grounds. 137-163.
CHAPTER X.
Some Account of all the Families in the Town. 164-303.
CHAPTER XI.
Islesborough as a Summer Resort. 304-3II.
INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PORTRAITS.
Page.
Page.
John P. Farrow,
I
Silas Bunker,
I74
Josiah Farrow, I20
Nelson Gilkey, 213
Otis F. Coombs, I84
Mark Pendleton, .
258
Thomas H. Parker,
237
Mrs. Eliza J. Pendleton, . 259
David H. Rose,
273
Mrs. Catherine Sherman,
279
Benjamin Ryder,
274
Rathburn D. Sprague,
282
Mrs. Nancy Ryder, 274
BUILDINGS.
New Town-House,
67
. Thomas Ames House, .
.
81
Meeting-Houses, 67-68
"The Islesborough," 308
"Islesborough Inn" and
Plans,
136-300
PLANS.
Islesborough Plan (large Frontispiece).
Islesborough Plan (small), . 93
Plans of Lots, 19 to 35
Plans of Meeting-Houses,
64 to 69
VIEWS.
Gilkey's Harbor and Camden Mountains, II
Shore Sketches, 15 and 18
South-East Islesborough Sketch, I6
Lily Pond, Sprague's Cove, 36
Head Seal Harbor,
87
Seal Harbor Point, 87
Islesborough Sketch, 77
Shore Ravine, North Islesborough,
77 98
South-West Islesborough Sketch,
Inlet, Sprague's Cove,
124
Log House,
123
Shore Sketch, I33
Western Bay, I36
Gilkey's Harbor and Mountains, from the Islesborough Inn, I40
Gull Point, from the Islesborough Inn, 165 .
Guide-Boards, 163 and 172 Shore and Farm-House, 229 ·
View Southward from the Islesborough Inn, 305
View from Coombs' Bluff, Sabbath-Day Harbor, 308 Shore at Coombs's Bluff, Sabbath-Day Harbor, 308
INDEX OF NAMES.
A
Abbott
118, 177
Ackley
. 24I
Adams
68, 166, 242, 244
Alden
216, 240
Allen ·
231, 298
Avery
. 70
Ames, 10, 39, 65, 81, 124, 138, 166
Ayers
174, 246
B
Babbidge.
68, 100, 145, 168
Bagley
116, 177
Baker
. 246
Ball
207, 254
Balch
167
Barker
189
Barbour
I32
Basford
183
Bates
168, 18I
Batchelder
156, 169
Buckmore
184
Bullock .
294
Bunker
. 52, 174, 264
Burr
295
Burgess
. 153, 154, 174, 18I
Burke
I80
Burns
13, 18, 174, 299
Boardman
6, 40, 138, 170
Buzzell
64, 175
Boyd .
. 278
C
Carlton
227
Carr
239
Carter
215
Carver
183, 2II
Chassa
158
Case
.64
Cheesborough
239
Cates
24I
Chadwick
I24
Boynton
I34
Bracey
254
Brackett
82, 123
Bradshaw
230
Bragg·
. 58, 102, 217, 135
Brazier
. 25I
Brooks
302
Brown . . 116, 145, 171, 173, 193, 199
Buchanan
243
Bean
294
Benton
217
Berry
272
Bird
199, 234
Blake
. 206
Blanchard
. 212
Chapin
244
Chaples
. 230
Chase
276
Cheesbrook
.6
Clark · ·· 70, 183, 188, 200, 261, 277
Andrews
. 303
Annis
. 246, 257
Atchley
. 70
Atwood .
· 196, 205, 292
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Clary
188, 239
Clough
195
Cobb
186,188
Coburn .
158, 189, 223, 277, 303
Collamore
. 215, 278
Collins 127, 171, 180, 189, 214, 235,
254, 256, 277, 261
Cookson
. 140, 189, 207
Condon
.226
Coombs, 6, 11, 17, 28, 31, 38, 139,
175
Cottrel
·7, 190, 193, 224
Cox
. 268
Crandall
240
Crockett
184
Cyphers
. 178, 192, 195
D
Dakin.
64
Davis 6, 12, 22, 39, 97, 126, 137, 192
Dean ·
183
Dow
· 200
Dunton
70
Decrow
. 170, 190
DeLaski
64
Dennis
179
Dexter ·
.I
Dyer
170, 200
Dickey
225
E
Eames
.47, 124, 140, 147, 20I
Eastes
298
Eaton .
.4, 243
Elwell
6, 15, 40, 203, 212, 250
Emery.
.60, 65, 70, 202, 269, 299
F
Fairfield 64, 146, 244
Farnsworth
. 143, 204, 244
Farrow.
6, 14, 167, 205
Farren
176, 209
Fearing
2II
Felker
293
Fields
144,210
Fuller
293
Fish 262
G
Garland 258
Garner 210
George
250
Getchell
Gilkey 6, 11, 14, 33, 37, 39, 141, 210.
Gilchrist
300
Gilpatrick
299
Gleason . 216
Gould 214, 242, 262, 290
Grant
187, 264, 266
. 44
Grinnell
14, 192, 215
Gilman
:79
Griffin ·
· 7, 262
Grindle. . . 62, 82, 142, 215, 246, 264
Grover.
.69, 163, 256, 274, 277
Emerson
. 159, 197, 203
Engstram
· 204
Estabrook
63
Everett
70
Flanders .
· 148, 209, 247, 294
Fletcher .
. . 104, 174, 203, 209, 22I
Forbes
. 228
Fowler
255
Freeman
I86
Frye.
225
Dix . .56, 142, 158, 190, 215 Dodge 6, 12, 22, 39, 97, 126, 137, 192
Decker
. 132, 157, 179, 190
Durgin . .
. . 65, 140, 200, 259, 279
Drinkwater 183, 200, 236, 247, 251,
265, 301, 290
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HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
H
Haggett
187
Hall.
.206, 241, 243
Hammons
64
Hammond
. 168, 257
Harlow
119, 202, 214, 215, 246
Hardy
. 46, 212, 275, 290
Harnie
I66
Harriman
237
Harkness
5
Harvey
275
Hastings
276
Haskell
.30I
Hatch
. 15, 34, 140, 173, 217
Haynes . . 56, 180, 189, 205, 223, 257
Heal
.57, 224, 234
Hemmenway
. 224
Henderson
. 242, 276
Herrick, 174, 207, 224, 247, 255,
294
Hewes 7, 43, 153, 173, 190, 224, 302
Higgins
227
Hill
I57
Hinds
200
Hinckley
265
Hitchborn
206
Hobbs
204
Holbrook
14, 27, 225, 237, 290
Hooker
81
Hopkins
226, 243
Horn
238
Hawes
238
Howe
. 13
Howard
. 241, 298
Hoxie
248
Hunt
. 195, 226
Hutchins
. 166, 226, 266
J
Jackson 265
Jones
. 15, 145, 226, 236
Johnson 187, 237, 243
Jordan
126, 167
Johonnot
. 38, 210
K
Keller .53, 161, 227
Knowles
228, 249, 267
Kidder
.
278
Knowlton 69, 155, 247, 273
Kimball . 205, 2, 257
Knox
·2, 17, 124, 20I
Knights
158, 228
L
Ladd . 156, 227, 228
Lear 245
Lane. 187, 292
Lewis
273
Lancaster 195
Laselle.
6, 13, 25, 155, 229, 268
Lawry
. 229, 236, 295
Lawrence
258
Longfellow
306
Leadbetter.
266
M
Macomber 60, 70, 177
Malcom ..
5
Maddocks
290
Mann
202
Magee
195
Martin 180
Maker 148
Marshall
12, 97, 230
Libby 178, 229
Lindsey 253
Lord ..
200
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Matthews 96, 205
Maxey 180
McFarland .... 69, 107, 197, 232, 274
McKenney
265
McCobb
279
McGlathery
244
McIntire
24I
McMaster
70
Merrithew, 152, 176, 223, 226, 232, 274
Merrill 22I
Merritt
233
Michaels
118, 209, 232, 247, 255
Miller
I23
Miner 97
Moody
14, 83, 186, 234
Moor
204, 234
Morse
6
Morton
2II
Murch
176, Preface
N
Nash 15, 51, 140, 235, 253
Nelson 296
Norton 293
Newell
I3
Noyes
202
C
Ogier
Otis 291
Orne
277
P
Packard
202
Page 178, 184, 226
Palmer
118, 242
Porter 12, 177, 218, 261, Preface 293
Philbrook
40, 139, 208, 229, 263
Preble
116, 293
Prescott
233, 234, 269
Payne 62, 64, 236
Pruden
65, 269, 299 .
Powers
229
R
Rackliff 266
Randall 254
Ranlett 114, 152, 153, 269
Ray .. 209, 277
Robinson
182, 198, 235, 27I
Rogers
195, 216, 242, 300
Rooks
.271, 292
Ross 70, 212
Rose
43, 153, 264
Rhodes 70, 230
Rollerson 148, 190, 27I
Ryder
11, 53, 79
S
Sargent . 177, 192, 222, 276
Scott
179, 279
Saunders . 276, 300
Sears
255
Sawyer 157, 158, 189, 260, 261, 277 Sewell . I35
Richardson
74,270
Rich
60, 21I, 270
Roberts
147, 271, 293, 296
Rea 176
Redman 105, 179, 182, 213, 232, 301, 269
· Reynolds
23I
Richards 205, 270, 276
Peters 5
Perry
264, 268
Patten
199
Park 26I
Parker 6, 9, 14, 21, 28, 162, 236
Pendleton, 6, 10, 39, 127, 137, 141, 238
Nichols 235, 255
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Seward
243
Smith
186, 196, 228, 266
Seely
161, 259, 277
Snare
23I
Sewall
90
Spear
206
Seavey .
256
Spinney
163, 182, 295
Shailer
270
Sprague
· 15, 137
Sherman, 6, 1I, 34, 125, 126, 278
Shibles
123
Simmons
. 243
Still
46, 70
Skinner 51, 160, 236, 280
Stone
36, 139, 169, 296
Small
70, 149, 179, 196
T
Tarbell
167
Townsend
220
Thatcher
39
Tracey
256
Thayer
178, 265
Trim
6, 14, 26, 149, 275
Thomas
. 6, 14, 65, 126, 210
Tripp 258
Thompson
294
Trufant
265
Tibbetts
206
Tucker
196, 289
Tobey
244
Tolman
. 242, 266
Toothaker
23
Tyler
267
Townley
I22
U
Ulmer
25I
V
Valleau
22]
Varney
280
Vallais
255
Veazie
·
6, 13
Van Amburg
180, 223
W
Wade
2II
White
. 298
Waldo
2
Withee
213, 291
Wales
218
Witherly 241
Watson
245, 247
Warren
13, 40, 125
Webster
44
Williamson, Preface, 88, 89, 122 Winslow 4,93
Welch
297
Winthrop 90
Winsor, Preface, 20I
Whalen
257
Wood 193, 204, 243, 271, 296
Wheeler .
I22
Woodbury .
. 269 .
Whitman
187
Woodward, II, 124, 125, 298, 30I 230 Wright · .
Whitcomb
IOI, 26I
Whitmore
298
Wyman, 69, 159, 182, 225, 297, 30I
Y
Yates
303
Young
212, 242
Yeaton
303
.
Turner 7, 14, 70, 123, 148, 278, 298, 290, 289
.
Williams 6, 9, 20, 24, 37, 41, 89, 152, 122, 298
Weed
253
West
70, 250
Stedman 70
Stevens 63
History of Islesborough.
CHAPTER I.
DESCRIPTION OF ISLESBOROUGH.
YTTHE town of Islesborough is beautifully situated on Penobscot Bay. Its extreme length is nearly thirteen miles, and it varies in width from three rods to two miles, without any very high hills or deep valleys. Its area is six thousand acres. It was formerly named Longue Island, being so designated on the map of Eman Bowen, geographer to King William III of England, 1747.
Capt. Benjamin Church* made his third expedition to Maine in 1692, and arrived in Penobscot Bay in August. He landed on Seven - Hundred-Acre Island, where he found a few French and Indians. They fled over to Long Island in fair sight of Church, and got away from him, as he had no boats suitable for the chase. He followed over to Long Island, where he found more French and Indians, who also fled. His boats were no match for their canoes. He seized considerable plunder here, mostly beaver and moose skins. He soon after sailed away for the westward.
THE WALDO PATENT.
As this patent is the foundation for all the land titles in Islesborough, a brief description of it is here given.
* Church's Narratives, by Rev. Henry M. Dexter, D. D., LL.D., edi- tion of 1867, and Bangor Historical Magazine, vol. VI, page 252.
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HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
In 1620 King James I of England* granted about all of the continent of North America to forty noblemen, knights and gentlemen, who were styled "The Council of Plymouth, in Devon, England." This Council surren- dered its charter in 1635, (having been outgeneraled by the Massachusetts settlers). Before surrendering it they made several grants of land within the State of Maine, which held good. One of these grants was known as the Muscongus Patent, now known as the Waldo Patent, which had in it, by estimation, nearly one thousand square miles. It included the whole of Knox County except Fox Islands, and of Waldo County except some towns in the western part, Long Island, now Islesborough, which, being within three miles of the main land, was claimed and held as in the grant, and a part of Penobscot County. In the course of time the grant came into the hands of General Samuel Waldo, who died near Bangor, on the east side of Penobscot river, May 23, 1759, aged 63 years. From General Waldo the grant descended to his heirs.
In the year 1789, George Washington, President of the United States, appointed Henry Knox, Esq., Secretary for the Department of War, which office he filled for over five years. He then obtained the reluctant consent of Washington to retire. In consequence of his marriage with Lucy Flucker, she having her inheritance of a por- tion of the Waldo Patent, Brigadier Waldo's estate was divided in five portions ; and, his son Ralplı having pre- viously deceased without issue, it was shared as follows : viz., Col. Samuel Waldo (2), by right of primogeniture, two shares; Francis Waldo, Mrs. Hannah Flucker, and Mrs. Lucy Winslow, one sliare each. Thomas Flucker, the husband of Hannah Waldo, having in 1765 purchased of her brother Samtiel his two shares of said estate, and
* Joseph Williamson's History of Belfast, page 36.
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HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
having since, in consequence of his having joined the British, been declared an outlaw, and his estate confis- cated, Mrs. Knox, the only loyal member of his family, be- came seized in right of her mother of one-fifth part of the Waldo Patent ; and the two other fifths belonging to her father remained to be disposed of by an agent or admin- istrator appointed by the Judge of Probate for the County of Suffolk, the late residence of said Flucker. Joseph Pierce, the agent first appointed, seems to have confined his doings to the property in Boston, or other parts of Massachusetts proper, and, having resigned his office, was succeeded by Gen. Knox, in accordance with a re- solve of the General Court of June 28, 1784. His bond was given to Oliver Wendell, Judge of Probate for Suffolk county, for 20,000 pounds, with Benjamin Hitchborn and Henry Jackson, Esqs., as sureties ; at which time Flucker was styled an absentee, lately deceased. In October, 1790, Knox obtained license of the Supreme Judicial Court to sell all the real estate of Thomas Flucker, and, May 27, 1791, gave bonds faithfully to account for the same to the State treasurer. Having been duly sworn before Judge Iredell, of Philadelphia, and having caused adver- tisements, dated March 21, 1791, to be posted up in Boston, Charlestown, and Roxbury, as also at Pownal- borough, Newcastle, Nobleborough, Waldoborough, War- ren, Cushing, Megunticook, Thomaston, Camden, Medun- cook, Ducktrap, Frankfort, Belfast, Penobscot, Union, and Hope, he made sale, at the Bunch of Grapes tavern, in State street, Boston, July 2, 1791, to Oliver Smith, of Boston, of the two-fifths of the Waldo Patent belonging to said Flucker's estate, estimated at sixty-five thousand or seventy thousand acres, with the exception of what had been sold prior to April 19, 1775, and subject to the con- ditions of the resolves of 1785 and 1788. This purchase Smith conveyed to Henry Jackson, of Boston, who, Octo-
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HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
ber 1, 1792, transferred it to Gen. Knox, still of Philadel- phia, for the sum of $5,200. In the following year, 1793, Knox purchased of Samuel Waldo (3d) and others, the two remaining fifths; and thus, in his own right and that inherited by his wife, became sole proprietor of the Waldo estate, with the exception of what had been previously alienated.
Knox having now become the owner of the extensive domain, lost no time in taking possession, occupying, and improving the same. As the quitclaim deed from the heirs of Francis Waldo and Lucy Winslow could legally transfer only such estate as they were in actual possession of, and as large portions of it had been taken up and were in the actual possession of those who had set- tled upon it during and since the war of the Revolution, it was necessary to put the grantee in possession by actual entry on these lots, and by "livery and seizin made by sod and twig." This legal ceremony was gone through with by Ebenezer Vesey, attorney to the said heirs, and John S. Tyler, attorney to Gen. Knox, in the autumn of 1793, upon the lots of eighty-seven settlers in Thomaston, eighteen of Thomaston Marsh, sixty-one in Warren, seventy-five in Cushing, twelve in Camden, five in Canaan, seventy-two in Ducktrap, ten in Meduncook, one hun- dred and one in Waldoborough, one on Brigadier Island, eighteen in Islesborough, eight on the pond back of Ducktrap, and forty-seven in Frankfort .- [Eaton's His- tory of Thomaston and Rockland, page 207.
STATEMENT FROM THE KNOX PAPERS.
An estimate of land within the Waldo Patent belonging to the Winslow family, which they derive title to from a deed of division made by Brigadier Waldo's heirs, March 19th, 1768, and from a deed of Belcher Noyes, viz .:
First pr. divisional deed is assigned to I. Winslow, Esq.,
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HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
and Lucy his wife in her right, four islands. Contents : Long Island, No. 92, 5,883 acres ; No. 80, 655 acres ; No. 81, 77 acres ; No. 42, 6,657 acres.
AGREEMENT BETWEEN HENRY KNOX AND LONG ISLAND SETTLERS, 3D AUG., 1799.
Memorandum of an agreement made at the house of Major Philip Ulmer, in Ducktrap, this 3d day of August, 1799, between Henry Knox on the one part, and the following settlers on Long Island on the other.
I. That the following surveyors are hereby appointed to make a survey, so far as to ascertain the distance from the nearest part of the main to the centre of Long Island, and that the said surveyors shall ascertain the centre of said island : To wit, John Peters, of Bluehill Bay, to be notified by the inhabitants of Long Island; John Harkness, of Cambden, to be notified by Henry Knox; James Malcom, Esq., of Cushing ; and if by any circumstances that one of the said persons shall not accept the appointment, the other two of said surveyors shall appoint a third.
The said surveyors shall be notified of this appointment as soon as possible, and be desired to meet together for this business on or before the tenth of September next ensuing, and they shall as soon after proceed to the execution of the trust reposed as they shall find it practicable.
2. The said surveyors and chainmen are to be sworn to the faithful discharge of their duties; and it is further agreed that if the centre of said island shall be determined to be less than three miles off the main, that Henry Knox shall pay the entire expenses of said survey; but if the centre of said island shall be further than three miles, the inhabitants of said island shall pay the expenses of the survey.
3. And it is further agreed that if the centre of said island shall be found within three miles of the main, that John Harkness shall immediately proceed to the running out
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HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
of the lots referred to the commissioners, appointed by the Legislature of the Commonwealth.
Witness to all the signers :
PHILIP ULMER, CHARLES ULMER.
H. KNOX, first part, MIGHILL PARKER, PRINCE HOLBROOK,
HOSEA COOMBS,
ELLISON LASSELLE,
NOAH DODGE,
NEHEMIAH (?) COOMBS,
THOMAS GILKEY,
JOHN GILKEY,
JOSEPH WILLIAMS,
GODFREY TRIM,
SAMUEL WILLIAMS,
SAMUEL VEAZIE,
FIELDS COOMBS,
JOSIAH FARROW,
JEREMIAH HATCH,
ROBERT SHERMAN,
JONATHAN PARKER.
I. Capt. William Pendleton, 100 acres.
2. Jonathan Pendleton, 100 acres.
3. John Pendleton, 300 acres.
4. Oliver Pendleton, 100 acres.
5. Henry Pendleton, 100 acres.
6. Capt. Shubael Williams, about 200 or 300 acres.
7. Capt. John Gilkey, 100 acres.
8. Thomas Gilkey derived his title from the heirs of Joshua Cheesbrook, who died about 1794. Admitted by Capt. William Pendleton in the year 1774, in May. 100 acres.
9. William Elwell derived his title from Benj. Thomas originally, who conveyed to Nathaniel Pendleton, who con- veyed it to Samuel Morse, who conveyed it to said Elwell. About 100 acres.
IO. Joseph Boardman, 1775. Taken up by himself. About 100 acres.
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II. Joseph Pendleton derived his title from Thomas Pen- dleton, who took it up in the year 1769-an acknowledg- ment. About 100 acres. (Thomas Pendleton, Junior, was probably a minor before the war. Moved to an island in Passamaquoddy.)
12. Josiah Farrow derived from Nathaniel Pendleton, who conveyed to John Gilkey, who conveyed it to the pres- ent possessor. This lot was taken up in 1774. 100 acres.
13. Paoli Hewes, William Griffin, originally, who convey it to Silvester Cottrell in 1772, who conveyed it to Paoli Hewes, present possessor.
I. On Seven- Hundred - Acre Island. William Griffin. Taken up by Poll in 1774, and conveyed to said Griffin 118 acres.
2. David Thomas. Taken up by Samuel Turner and conveyed to said Thomas. Said lot was taken up in 1772. Io acres.
3. Joseph Phillbrook, who derived his title from Elihu Cheesbrook, who took up said lot in 1774. 100 acres.
LONG ISLAND DESCRIBED, ALSO AN ISLAND NEAR, OF SEVEN HUNDRED ACRES.
Long Island, in Penobscot Bay, is a superb island of about six thousand acres of excellent land. Said island is about twelve miles in length, possessing excellent harbours, and about two miles from the western shore of the bay. Excellent fisheries of cod, halibut and salmon are in its wa- ters. It is all high land, that is favors (?) are on the main from, has upwards of sixty families thereon, all without title excepting agreements for about two thousand acres. This island is an incorporated township by the name of Islesborough.
The title perfect ; Isaac Winslow, Esq., in the right of his wife, having had this as a divided portion in the year 1768, and was then and afterwards in the undisputed possession thereof. At the latter end of the war the settlers or usurp- ers went on the island. Before the war there were several tenants on lease, all of whom have expired. The heirs of
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Isaac Winslow and wife conveyed to the subscriber in the year 1793. References to a committee of the General Court for the price which should be given. A bond given by the settlers and the subscriber; but when the surveyors went upon the business of the surveyors, some of the settlers de- clined having their lands surveyed. This can only occasion an enhancement of price. The agreements which have been made were at two hundred and twenty-five cents per acre in the year 1797, with interest from the date. If the references shall not be carried into effect, it is probable that the release form of compromise sale of three dollars would leave the island without inhabitants, under state of nature. The sub- scriber has solid reasons to believe that he could obtain at the rate from ten to twelve dollars per acre. At present it abounds with excellent farms and many good houses, and some with no buildings thereon, may be averaged at an higher rate than twelve dollars. There are many vessels belonging to the inhabitants, used on the coast, and every flat of wood is so circumstanced that it may command ready market at one dollar per cord.
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