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THE
HISTORY
OF THE
STATE OF MAINE;
FROM
ITS FIRST DISCOVERY, A. D. 1602,
TO
THE SEPARATION, A. D. 1820, INCLUSIVE.
BY WILLIAM D. WILLIAMSON.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
hallowell: GLAZIER, MASTERS & CO.
1832.
ENTERED according to Act of Congress, in the year 1832, by WILLIAM D. WILLIAMSON, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Maine.
THIS PRINTING IS A FACSIMILE OF THE 1832 EDITION
This edition published by THE CUMBERLAND PRESS, INC. FREEPORT, MAINE 04032 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 66-22134
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY KJ PRINTING, AUGUSTA, MAINE
CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
CHAPTER I. Page 9 to 37.
A. D. 1691. Oct. 7, Provincial Charter of William and Mary granted ; em- bracing Massachusetts, New-Plymouth, Maine and Sagadahock. The first administration.
1692-3.
1694. Feb. Death of Sir William Phips, first Royal Governor.
1696. Nova Scotia conceded by Massachusetts to the British Crown. Distress of Yorkshire.
1698.
1699.
1697. Sept. 11. Treaty of Ryswick. Nova Scotia resigned to France. Villebon, the French Governor, claims westward to Kennebeck. May 26, Lord Bellamont arrives, Provincial Governor. J. Bridges, first surveyor in the King's woods.
1700.
Resettlement of Maine promoted. A Committee of Claims.
1701-2. Deaths of Lord Bellamont, Lieut. Gov. Stoughton, James II. and William III.
1702. Joseph Dudley, Provincial Governor. Population in Maine.
CHAPTER II. p. 38-79.
1703. Queen Anne's war. The French draw the broken tribes to St. Francois. Several eastern towns attacked by the Indians.
1704. Church's 5th eastern expedition. Colonial sufferers in this war. 1706. The Indians consider the war a burthen.
1707. All the remaining eastern settlements assailed.
1709-10. Expeditions against Port-Royal. Nova Scotia subdued by Col. Nicholson ;- an event important to Maine and Sagadahock.
1711-12. The war. Last skirmish at Wells.
1712. Oct. 27, Hostilities cease.
1713. March 30, Treaty of Utrecht ; and July 11, of Portsmouth. No- va Scotia resigned to England and made a British Province. Castine the younger.
1713.
CHAPTER III. p. 80-110. The administration and prudentials of Maine. Three towns sur- vive the war. Ecclesiastical affairs. Order for the resettle- ment of several towns.
1714. Five towns revived. Paper money floods the country. Samuel Shute commissioned Governor.
1715. A road ordered from Berwick to Pejepscot. Three townships projected in the Pejepscot purchase. Georgetown resettled.
1716. Settlement of Kennebeck attempted. Yorkshire extended to St. Croix.
1717. Treaty with the Indians confirmed at Arrowsick. Timber trees protected.
1718. Armstrong's project to settle Sagadahock.
1719. Settlements between Kennebeck and St. Georges revived. Fort Richmond built. The Governor and House differ.
1720. Coram's project to settle Sagadahock. Affairs of Nova Scotia. Rale's character and conduct. Notaries Public.
1721. P. Dudley's case as a Councillor. Mast trees protected. The Indians denounced as rebels. Castine the younger seized. Ralé escapes.
1722. North-Yarmouth resettled.
CHAPTER IV. p. 111-151. Lovewell's war. The first reprizals and attacks by the Indians. Brunswick burnt. July 25, war proclaimed. Events of the war. Part of Georgetown burnt.
1723. 1724. Oldtown destroyed by Col. Westbrook. Attacks of the Indians. Col. Moulton's attempt to take Rale. Successes of the Indians. Norridgewock taken and Rale killed. Lovewell's excursions.
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A. D. 1725. The battle of Pegwacket. The Indian village at Fort Hill de- stroyed. Dummer's treaty, Dec. 15, at Boston. Its ratifica- tion. Sagamores' sentiments.
CHAPTER V. p. 152-178. Dummer's administration. Three trading houses established. A mission sent to recover captives. Earthquake. A back tier of towns proposed.
1727.
1728. July 13, Governor Burnet arrives. Councillors. His disputes with the House. Death.
1729. Political changes in Sagadahock. David Dunbar, surveyor of the woods, takes possession of that Province; rebuilds the fort at Pemaquid and surveys lots.
1730. Gov. Belcher's administration commences. Officers in York- shire. Complaints against Dunbar. He is appointed Lt. Gov. of New-Hampshire.
1732-3. His removal effected.
CHAPTER VI. p. 179-193.
1733. Terms on which new townships were granted. Grants made.
1734. Paper money overflows the country. Salary question put to rest.
1735. Falmouth made half-shire with York. County officers. A new valuation finished. Census. Throat-distemper rages.
1736. Trade extended. Right to the woods discussed. Natives com- plain of encroachments by Mr. Waldo. Dormant claims revived. 1737. Great dearth of provisions.
CHAPTER VII. p. 194-214.
1737-8.
Dispute with New-Hampshire as to dividing lines, referred, dis- cussed, settled.
1739. William Pepperell and Samuel Waldo command the two York- shire regiments.
1740. News of the Spanish war received. Specie scarce. Land-bank formed-dissolved.
1741. Governor Belcher removed from office; and appointment of Governor Shirley. George Whitefield. New tenor bills issued. First instance of impressment.
1742. Ship-building, trade and fisheries flourish. Settlements promoted. New valuation.
1743. Fears of war and measures of defence.
CHAPTER VIII. p. 215-233.
1744. The Spanish war. The French join against England. War de- clared against the Indians, from Passamaquoddy eastward. Eight eastern scouts. Defensible men in Maine, 2,855. Lou- isbourg described. Expedition against it.
1745. The officers, the fleet, and the army. Assistance of a British squadron. The siege. Louisbourg capitulates. Its great strength. Expenses of the expedition repaid by Great Britain. CHAPTER IX. p. 234-259. Fifth Indian war. A defensive force of 450 men raised. Depre- dations by the savages.
1746. A French fleet of 70 sail, under Duke d'Anville, arrives at Hali- fax. Its disasters. A force of 470 mnen from this Province capitulates at Minas.
1747. A naval victory achieved by two English Admirals, Anson and Warren. Defence of the eastern people provided. News of peace arrives.
1748. Oct. Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. In this war, the Province lost 3,000 effective men.
1749. Treaty with the eastern tribes at Falmouth.
CHAPTER X. p. 260-273.
1749-50. Claim of the French westward to Kennebeck. Governor Shir- ley goes a Commissioner to Paris, on the subject of boundaries. Money due received from England, and the paper money all
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redeemed. The French Neutrals join the troops from Canada at the Isthmus of Nova Scotia. Halifax settled.
1750. Cornwallis attacks the French below the Isthmus. The homi- cide of Albee and accomplices, at Wiscasset. The Indians from the north, commit mischief.
1751. August, Treaty with the Natives confirmed.
CHAPTER XI. p. 274-303.
1750-2. The people-conspicuous for their merits, and tolerant in their sentiments. The ministry of the gospel is able and pious. The British American system enforced, by acts of Parliament. Settlement of the eastern country encouraged.
1752. 1753.
New valuation. New Style adopted. Petition for a new County. The Indians disturbed by encroachments, and by fires in the woods. Obstacles to settlement were the fears of savage hos- tilities and the question as to land-titles. Vassal's project. Governor Shirley's return. The claims of the English and French to the eastern country specified. French line of north- ern forts, and aggressions.
1754. Defensive measures enlarged. General Union of the colonies projected. Fort Halifax at Kennebeck erected. Measures of defence. War inevitable.
CHAPTER XII.
p. 304 -. 345 French war and 6th Indian war. The French forts built. The eastern fortifications.
1755. Four expeditions against the French,-three being unsuccessful. The French driven from Nova Scotia, and the French Neu- trals removed. War declared against all the eastern tribes, except the Tarratines. The people jealous. Cargill's affair War upon the Tarratines. An Earthquake.
1756. Four expeditions against the French. Public burthens great. War declared against France. Governor Shirley leaves the Province. The Indians attack the eastern towns and settle- ments. The expeditions all unsuccessful.
1757. The Indian war. Governor Pownal arrives. William Pitt put at the head of the British ministry.
1758. Three expeditions-all crowned with success-Louisbourg and other places taken. The last efforts of the Indians against the English, at St. Georges.
1759. A general attack upon the French. General Wolfe proceeds against Quebec. A fortress built at Penobscot, and named Fort Pownal. Death of General Waldo. Sept. 13, Quebec capitulates. Major Rogers destroys the Indian village of St. Francois. Death of Generals Pepperell and Waldo.
1760. Peace with the eastern tribes. Canada finally conquered.
CHAPTER XIII. p. 346-36S. Limits of the Eastern Patents and great Tracts reviewed. Gov. Pownal leaves the Province. Members of the Council for the last 30 years. Cumberland and Lincoln Counties established. Francis Bernard arrives, Provincial Governor. George III. New valuation completed. Political parties noticed. Disputes between the Governor and House. York bridge erected.
1761.
1762. Twelve townships granted at Union river. Line between Maine and Nova Scotia, considered. Drought, fires and scarcity. Three new towns established.
1763. Feb. 10, Treaty of Paris,-Canada, resigned to Great Britain. Quebec Province established.
CHAPTER XIV. p: 369-407.
1763. Measures to raise a revenue in America.
1764. Governor's view of the eastern tribes. Census of Maine.
1766.
1765. Jan. 10, Stamp-act passed. The first Continental Congress, Stamp-act repealed. Crown lands and timber, considered.
1767. A Hurricane. Parliament lay duties on tea, glass, paper, &c. and regulate salaries.
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A. D. 1768. Colonial circulars offend the British ministry. A Provincial Convention. British troops stationed in Boston.
1769. Gov. Bernard leaves the Province. Duties repealed, except on teas. 1770. Boston Massacre. Public lands and mechanical arts, in great repute.
1771. Thomas Hutchinson commissioned Governor. He opposes the settlements in Sagadahock. They increase on the Kennebeck. Governor disputes with the House. Judges' salaries.
1773.
About 300 families leave Waldoborough. Symptoms of revolution noticed. Ministers and lawyers opposed to British taxation. The dispute well understood by the parties.
1774. Dec. 16, Teas destroyed in Boston.
1774.
CHAPTER XV. p. 408-420. Acts passed by Parliament, to close the port of Boston, alter the charter of Massachusetts, and make other changes. Gen. Gage appointed Governor. He dissolves the General Court. A Pro- vincial Congress meets. Second Continental Congress convenes. County Conventions. Committees of Safety and Supplies. Af- fairs of Coulson and Mowett.
1775. April 19. Battle of Lexington. Gen. Gage denounced.
CHAPTER XVI. p. 421-448. The war of the Revolution commenced. Capt. Mowett seized at Falmouth. First Bills of Continental money issued. George Washington commands the American Army. June 17th, Bunk- er Hill battle. Eastern affairs. Provincial charter resumed. Members of the Assemblies. Massachusetts issues paper-money. Falmouth burnt by Mowett. Arnold's expedition through Kennebeck to Quebec. Repulse. General Post-office estab- lished. New appointment of Civil officers. Militia reorganized. Defence of Maine. Declaration of Independence.
1776.
CHAPTER XVII. p. 449-485. The amity of the eastern Indians confirmed. Measures of de- fence. Eddy's retreat to Machias. A Continental Army raised. Firearms arrive from France. Battle of Trenton.
1777. A garrison established at Machias. The enemy there repulsed. Capture of Gen. Burgoyne's army.
1778. New Constitution rejected. Estates of Absentees confiscated. Paper-money depreciated, 30 to one. Arrival of a French fleet. Maine and Sagadahock formed into a DISTRICT.
1779. The British seize upon Penobscot and occupy 'Biguyduce. The American fleet and troops sent to remove the enemy-defeated. The losses. Saltonstall cashiered.
1780. Troubles in Maine :- 600 men raised for the eastern service. Gen. Wadsworth commands the Eastern Department. Arnold's treason. Constitution of the Commonwealth adopted. Mem- bers of the Council for the past 20 years.
CHAPTER XVIII. p. 486 -- 505.
1781. Administration under the State-constitution. Gen. Wadsworth carried a prisoner to 'Biguyduce. Maj. Barton made prisoner also. They escape. Defence of the eastern inhabitants. Gen. McCobb succeeds to the command of Gen. Wadsworth. Pub- lic credit low, and public burdens great. First Commissioners of Eastern Lands. October 27, surrender of Cornwallis and his army.
1782. Cessation of hostilities. Judicial and militia systems new modelled. 1783. Sept. 3. Definitive treaty of Paris. The American army dis- banded. Losses.
CHAPTER XIX. p. 506-520.
1784. Great and immediate increase of settlements and population in Maine. Committees of Eastern Lands appointed. Lumber and other articles of export. Disputes between the borderers on the river St. Croix.
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A. D. 1785. Body of Statute-law revised. Expenses of the Penobscot expe- dition considered. Governor Hancock resigns, and J. Bowdoin elected Governor. Demand for eastern lands. Twelve town- ships confirmed. Provision made for quieting the Islanders. Treaty with the Tarratines. Towns and plantations revived. Great freshet.
CHAPTER XX. p. 521-547. 1785-6. Separation of Maine, from Massachusetts, discussed. Falmouth Gazette, first published. Address to the people. Result of measures taken for Separation. Three new towns. Shay's in- surrection. Land lottery instituted.
1787. Hancock re-elected Gov. Economy and industry encouraged.
1788. Federal Constitution adopted. First Representatives to Congress, and Electors. Slavery abolished. A College in Maine project- ed. Twenty new towns.
1789. George Washington, first President of the U. States, inaugurated. CHAPTER XXI. p. 548-557.
1790. Counties of Hancock and Washington established. Maine a Dis- trict. A Census taken. Officers of the District Court. Dis- putes between the eastern borderers and British provincials qui- eted. A law to preserve game.
1791-2. Nine new towns. Objects of eastern enterprize.
1793. Death of Governor Hancock. Two new towns incorporated.
CHAPTER XXII. p. 558-586.
1794. Political parties-Federalists and Anti-federalists. The French revolution. The Americans take sides. Mr. Jay's treaty. Samuel Adams elected Governor. Three Representatives to Congress elected. Bowdoin College established.
1794-5. Nineteen new towns incorporated. 3,500,000 acres of eastern lands sold since the peace.
1795. Emigrant Society formed. Metalic coins regulated-eagles, dol- lars and cents, adopted in computation.
1796. A 3d Militia Division formed. Law as to Shell-fish. By a treaty with the Tarratines, 9 townships relinquished by them. Seven new towns. Academies endowed.
1797. Records of Supreme Judicial Court removed from Boston to their respective counties. I. Sumner elected Governor. Parties. Federalist and Democrat. J. Adams and T. Jefferson, President and Vice-President. French aggression. Five new towns.
1798. The true St. Croix determined. Eight new towns. War meas- 1799. ures-Land-tax, sedition law and alien bill. Envoys to France, Truxton's victory. Kennebeck County established. The Ply- mouth, Waldo and Pejepscot patents limited. Deaths of Gov. Sumner and Gen. Washington.
1800.
CHAPTER XXIII. p. 587-604. The Supreme Judiciary revised. Caleb Strong elected Gov- ernor. Electors of President and Vice-President chosen. Opposition of the Democrats to the measures of the National administration. Treaty negociated with France. The Fed- eral Eagle-a badge. C. Bench of 16 Judges established. T. Jefferson and A. Burr, President and Vice-President. A 2d census. A new valuation. Six new towns.
1801. J. Read and P. Coffin, Land-agents. Sales of the eastern lands considered. The Federalists oppose the new administration.
1802. Repeals of Congressional Acts-Other measures adopted. Me- rino sheep imported. New towns.
1803. Banks increased, and the banking system revised. Law against counterfeiting.
1804-5. Judiciary improved-and a Nisi-prius system adopted. Fisheries. 1805. Oxford County established. The era of incorporations.
1806. Though Governor Strong was re-elected, each legislative branch
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A. D. was democratical. The British insult our flag. Non-importa- tion Act passed. Berlin and Milan decrees.
1807. British impressments. Embargo laid. Twenty-four new towns incorporated.
CHAPTER XXIV. p. 605-627.
1807. J. Sullivan elected Governor. His administration-County-At- torneys, Courts of Sessions and Jury act.
1808. Betterment Law. A 4th militia division. Sullivan's death. Six- teen new towns.
1809. C. Gore elected Governor. Somerset County established. Mr. Gore's administration. J. Madison, President of the United States. Erskine's arrangement. Rambouillet Decree. The affair of Chadwick. Vaccination recommended. Maine Bible Society established.
1810. E. Gerry elected Governor. The 3d Census. Exports, tonnage, valuation, and fishery.
1811. Religious freedom-bill. Measures of Mr. Gerry's administra- tion. Skirmish between the Little Belt and the President. Two new militia divisions established.
1812. Mr. Strong re-elected Governor. Tax on banks. Corporeal punishment abolished. Land controversies in Lincoln settled.
CHAPTER XXV. p. 628-638.
1813.
1812. The European belligerents. Embargo, and measures of defence. June 18, war declared against G. Britain. Events of the war. Politics. New towns and Banks. Washington Benevolent Socie- ties. Direct tax imposed.
1814. March, all restrictive laws repealed. Factories established. American successes in the war.
1814.
CHAPTER XXVI. p. 639-657. The war in Maine. The enemy seize upon Eastport, Castine, and Machias. The government instituted there by the British. Their other measures. Trade at Castine and Hampden. Clos- ing events and incidents of the war. Battle of N. Orleans. Measures of the Hartford Convention. Castine and the eastern coast evacuated by the British, as far eastwardly as Eastport.
CHAPTER XXVII. p. 658-679.
1815. Feb. 11, news of peace arrives. Trade and Commerce. The condition of the cod-fishery. Public morals.
1816. New towns. County of Penobscot incorporated. A land office established. J. Brooks elected Governor. Measures resumed to separate Maine from Massachusetts. Brunswick Conven- tion. Parties. Emigration westward.
1817. Cold Seasons. Emigrations partially checked. Moose Island decided to belong to Maine. Our northern boundary discussed.
1818. Treaty with the Tarratines. Probate Code revised. Sea-Serpent. 1819-20. Maine separated from Massachusetts. Its Constitution framed and adopted. It is admitted into the Union. Its political ad- ministration.
SUPPLEMENTAL .- CHAPTER XXVIII. p. 680-705.
1623 to The periods of our history. The Militia. Expenditure and 1820. revenue. Taxation. Coins. Education, arts, studies and pro- fessions. The religious denominations and their ecclesiastical polity. Industry, trade and manufactures. The various insti- tutions, established. Domestic life reviewed.
APPENDIX.
No. 1 .- List of Councillors under the Provincial Charter. Page 707.
2 .- List of Councillors and Senators, under the Constitution. 708.
3 .- List of Members of Congress from Maine. 709.
4 .- The Rulers and Governors of Maine from its first settlement. 710.
5 .- List of Counties and corporate towns. 712.
HISTORY OF MAINE.
CHAPTER I.
Provincial Charter-Governor and other Public Officers-Legisla- ture -- Council -- House of Representatives-Voters --- Statute enact- ments-Judicial Courts-Justices of the Peace-Appcals to the Crown-Militia-Ecclesiastical affairs-Education-Land-titles -Rights -- Laws -- Crimes and Punishments-Witchcraft-Death of Gov. Phips-Nelson, Governor of Nova Scotia, seized by Vil- lebon, the French Governor-Massachusetts resigns the Govern- ment of that Province to the Crown of England-Her measures protective of Maine-Restrictive acts of Parliament-Board of Trade and Plantations-Treaty of Ryswick-Nova Scotia re- signed to the French-They and Massachusetts both c'aim Saga- dahock-Conduct of Villebon, the French Governor-Dispute about the jurisdiction of Sagadahock-Lord Bellamont succeeds Governor Phips-His Speech-John Bridges, Surveyor-Guteral of the woods-The eastern towns revived-Rumors of war and measures of defence-Great Island to be fortified-Committee of Claims-Fears of war-Deaths of Lord Bellamont, William Stoughton, James II. and William III .- Measures of the French -Governor Dudley succeeds Lord Bellamont-Meets the Indians at Casco-The conference and its incidents.
THE celebrated Charter of William and Mary, dated Octo- A. D. 1692. ber 7th, 1691, was brought hither from England by Sir WIL- May. Charter of Mary. William & LIAM PHIPS, the first royal Governor, and went into operation on the 14th of May, 1692. It embraced the whole territory of this State, in two great divisions ;- one, extending from Piscata- qua to Kennebeck, was called the Province of Maine; the other, Maine and including all between Kennebeck and the St. Croix, was usually Sagada- denominated Sagadahock .*- As the political connexion between hock.
* See 1st vol. chap. xxii. A. D. 1691 .- Though Nova Scotia was embraced; Massachusetts resigned the government of it to the crown, A. D. 1696, about a year before the peace; and it became a British Province .- The VOL. II. 2
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[VOL. II.
A. D. 1692. Massachusetts proper and the present State of Maine continued about 130 years ; it becomes important to give a general outline of the Province government under the new Charter.
The Execu- tive.
Its features bore a resemblance to the government of England, and its departments were nearly as distinct. The Governor, Lieutenant-Governor and Secretary of State were appointed and commissioned by the crown,-to hold their respective offices dur- ing their sovereign's pleasure. The two first officers primarily took their oaths before each other ;- afterwards, they and the Secretary, also other officers, were severally sworn by two of the Council.
'The Gov- егог.
The Governor was chief magistrate, and invested with supreme executive authority. He had power to convene, adjourn, and even dissolve the Legislature, and to nominate, and with advice of Council, appoint all judges, sheriffs, justices of the peace, and other civil officers ;- their names being first placed seven days upon a nomination-book. To him and the Council, was given jurisdiction of all probate matters, and the right of drawing by warrant from the Provincial treasury, all appropriated public monies. As Captain-General, he was empowered to organize the militia, and appoint and commission all military officers ; also to erect and demolish fortifications ;- but he could not march any inhabitant out of the Province without his own consent, or that of the Legislature previously obtained. He could negative as many as thirteen of the Councillors chosen, and also the Speaker of the House, if they were displeasing to him ;- a prerogative often exercised by him in high party-times. The two Legislative branches, after organizing themselves in the spring, were usually addressed by him in a speech ; at other sessions, his communica- tions were by written message. He presided at the Council- board,* and no law or order passed by the two houses, or by either, was valid till approved by him.
Lieut. Gov- ernor.
The Lieutenant-Governor always filled the executive chair, when the chief magistrate was absent ; but at other times, during a series of years, he sat and voted with the Council.
charter also included the five northerly Isles of Shoals, as embraced in Gorges' charter : viz. Hog Island -- Hayley's, or Smutty-nose Island-Duck, Cedar, and Malaga Islands .- See Ist vol. chap. vi. A. D. 1639.
* He presided during executive, not legislative debates ;- though Lord Bellamont did in both .- 2 Hutchinson's History. p. 107 .- The places of Councillors negatived, were not filled that year.
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The Legislative power was vested in two distinct branches- A. D. 1692 each having a negative upon the other. The upper House was 'The Legis- 10 1693. called the Council, or Board of Assistants, consisting of 28 lature. members ;- the other was the House of Representatives.
The Coun.
By the charter, three of the Council were always to be taken from the Province of Maine, and one from Sagadahock ;- who cil. must at the time, " be inhabitants or proprietors of land within "the territory," which they were chosen to represent. The whole number of Councillors were, at first, by name inserted in the charter, who were to hold their places till the election in May, 1693. Those in Maine were Job Alcot,* Samuel Donnell, and Samuel Heyman ; and for Sagadahock, Sylvanus Davis.
Mr. Alcot and Mr. Donnell both resided at York, and both of them were afterwards sometime Justices of the Inferior Court or Common Pleas .- Mr. Alcot was one of the ancient, most Alcot. substantial and wealthy inhabitants of his town, and had been commander of the militia company twenty years before ; never- theless, being somewhat advanced in years he was never rechosen into the Council. But Mr. Donnell was elected the next year and once subsequently. He also represented his town two years Dounell. in the House. Mr. Heyman, having an oversight and interest in Heyman. the public affairs, at Berwick, received this mark of distinguish- ed respect on account of his personal worth ; yet, owing proba- bly to his short life, or to his short residence in Maine, he is not known to have been a member of the Board after his charter- term expired, nor to have filled any other public office in Maine. Mr. Davis was a gentleman of good capacity and great fidelity. Davis. He had been an inhabitant of Arrowsick : and in superintending the interests and affairs of Clark and Lake upon that Island and in the vicinity, he acquired an eminent character for integrity, business, and prudence. When that Island was laid waste, he removed to Falmouth. No other man was more thoroughly ac- quainted with this eastern country, ; or with the Indians, and while a prisoner at Quebec, his reputation commanded particular re- spect. He was a worthy magistrate, and the next year, was elect- ed a member of the Council.
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