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Edward Little to Jacob Tubbs of Norway by w'y. deed dated May 21, 1813 - consideration $66.
a parcel of land situated in " Lee's Grant" containing II acres more or less adjoining said Tubbs land -
Edward Little to Josiah Hill Jr. & Ephraim Crockett, Jr. of Norway by wy. deed dated Dec. 26, 1812, amount, $663.
Lot No. 45 in Lee's Grant containing 110 acres, &c.
Edward Little to Nathaniel Bennett of Norway by w'y. deed dated Dec. 20, 1813, amount $320.
about 60 acres in Lee's Grant, and called - Island lot No. I.
Edward Little to Stephen P. Watson of Waterford by w'y. deed dated Oct. 13, 1812, amt. $300.
50 acres of land on the west side of Long Pond in Lee's Grant.
Edward Little of Portland Cumberland County, and Commonwealth of Mass. to John Millett Jr. of Norway by w'y. deed dated Oct. 9, 1814.
Lot No. 11, in Lee's Grant, containing 102 acres & 144 rods.
Edward Little, of Portland, to Experience Safford of Turner by w'y. deed dated April 14, 1814, amt. $493 .- Lot No. 29, in Lee's Grant.
Edward Little, to Nathaniel Young Jr. of Norway by deed dated May 3, 1814.
The southerly half part of lot No. 44 in Lee's Grant.
Edward Little to Samuel Davis of Norway by deed dated Nov. 16, 1814 consideration $1250.
Being a farm or lot of land in Lee's Grant and is all of lot No. 27.
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Edward Little to John Witt of Norway by deed dated March 3, 1815, amt $545.
Lot No. 14, in Lee's Grant.
Edward Little to Isaac Bennett of Norway by deed dated May 23, 1814, amount, $318. The northerly half part of lot No. 44 in Lee's Grant.
Edward Little to Wm Foy of Norway by deed dated May 21, 1815, consideration $538. 62} acres of land of the easterly end of lot No. 41 in Lees Grant.
Edward Little to Jacob Pike of Norway by deed dated May 24, 1816 amount $575. Lot No. 67 in Lees Grant, containing 66 acres & 18 rods.
Edward Little to Silvanus Bartlett of Norway by deed dated Dec. 16, 1815, amt. $550. lot No. 13, in Lees Grant, containing 94} acres more or less.
Edward Little to Abigail Little of Newbury, Mass. by deed dated Aug. 1, 1817, amont, $800.
Lots No. 24 & 25 in Lees Grant, containing about 80 acres.
Edward Little to Abigail Little by deed dated July 28, 1817, amount, $2500.00.
Certain tracts of land in Lees Grant, being the southerly side of lot no. 8 and the north- erly side of lot no. 7, being one half of each of the above lots, also the southerly side & half part of lot no. 19, and northerly side & half part of lot no. 32, with building thereon.
Edward Little to Ephraim Crockett & Nathan Morse Norway by deed dated Sept. 7th 1814, am't $660.
Lot No. 45 in Lees Grant, containing 110 acres.
Edward Little to Abraham Bryant, of Cape Elizabeth, by deed dated Feb'y 22, 1816, amt. $618.
Lot No. 9, in Lees Grant, containing 102 acres.
Edward Little to David Morse of Norway, by deed dated July 22, 1817, amount, $600. Lot No. 10 in Lees Grant, - 105 acres.
Edward Little to Wm. Churchill of Paris by deed dated April 2d 1818, consideration $360. 60 acres of lot No. 3 in Lees Grant.
Edward Lee to Geo. Wm. Cummings of Norway by deed dated Aug. 15, 1816, amt. $196. part of lot No. 19 in Lees Grant, containing 28 acres.
Edward Little to Samuel Martin of Poland, by deed dated April 4, 1818, amt. $450. Lot No. 46 in Lee's Grant, containing 70 acres.
Edward Little to Nathan Foster of Norway by deed dated May 1, 1818. amt. $400. all the southerly side of lot No. 52 in Lees Grant containing 62 acres more or less.
Edward Little to Adam Bradbury of Norway by deed dated April 12, 1814, amt. $327. Northerly side of lot No. 52 in Lees Grant, containin 50 acres.
Edward Little to David Noyes of Norway by deed dated July 31, 1817, amt. $300. Lot No. 66 in Lee's Grant.
Edward Little to John Hor of Norway by deed dated July Ist 1818, amount $275. Lot No. 47 in Lees Grant, 51 acres & 91 rods.
Edward Little to Jared M. Buck of Norway, by deed dated Nov. 9, 1817, amt. $125. 25 acres of the southerly side of lot No. 17, in Lees Grant.
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Edward Little to Josiah Little of Newbury, Mass., by w'y. deed dated July 23, 1817, amt. $7000.
all my lands situate in the Lee's Grant & in Woodstock in the County of Oxford.
Edward Little to Thomas Pool of Norway by deed dated April 1, 1817, amount $400. 40 acres of the westerly end of the northerly side of lot No. 28 in Lee's Grant.
Edward Little to John Bird of Norway by deed dated Oct. 26, 1812, amt. $275. 50 acres of land in Lees Grant. (Does not give the lot & Range.)
Josiah Little, of Newbury, Mass. to Benjamin Witt, of Norway - by deed dated Nov. 15, 1821. The eastern end of lot No. 3, being all the residue of said lot not heretofore sold to Levi Frank and Wm. Churchill.
30 acres more or less, " Lees Grant "
To Joseph York of Gray by deed dated Nov. 4, 1820. Consideration $575. Lot No. 24 in Lee's Grant, 80 acres & 64 rods.
To Benj. Witt Norway by deed dated June 10th 1822, consideration $180. all of the east- erly end of lot No. 2 in Lee's Grant, being about 42 acres.
To David Noble Norway by deed dated Sept. 19, 1822 - amt. $300.
50 acres of lot No. 51 in Lee's Grant to be laid off from the Northerly side of said lot.
To Levi Noyes by deed dated July 15, 1822, amt. $262.
The southerly part of lot No. 58-in Lee's Grant.
45 acres more or less.
To Nathan Millett of Norway by deed dated June 13, 1824 amt. $400. - 50 acres of the northerly side of lot No. 8, and 50 acres of lot No. 17, - all in Lee's Grant.
To Levi Millett of Norway, by deed dated June 30, 1824 amt. $550, lot No. 9 in Lees Grant. - 100 acres.
To John Millett Jr. Norway by deed dated Jan'y 17, 1823 amt. $500, lot No. 12, in Lee's Grant, - 105 acres.
To Daniel Cummings of Norway by deed dated May 17, 1820, $300. 50 acres of the west end of lot No. 4, in Lee's Grant.
To David Noyes of Norway by deed dated Nov. 1, 1828, - $83.
10 acres of the southerly side of lot No. 65 in Lees Grant.
To Bela Noyes Jr. of Norway by deed dated Oct. 12, 1825 $235, being all the remainder of lot No. 51 on the southerly side, not heretofore sold. Lees Grant.
Josiah Little to Asa Noyes of Norway deed dated April 21, 1826-$100.
part of lot No. 54 in Lees Grant, in the north-west corner of said Grant, containing 15 acres more or less.
EDWARD LITTLE.
Edward Little, who became the owner, by purchase, of Lee's Grant, and from whom the early settlers in that part of the town received their titles, was the son of Josiah and Sarah (Bailey) Little, of Newbury,
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Massachusetts, and was born in that town March 12th, 1773. His oldest brother, Michael, was an early settler in Lewiston, and a large owner in Woodstock, and other wild lands. Indeed, the Little family, of Newbury, became the owners of extensive tracts of Maine lands, and some of them became very wealthy. Edward Little was fitted for col- lege at Exeter Academy, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1797. He studied law with Chief Justice Parsons, of Newburyport, practiced his profession there for several years, and, in 1811, moved to Portland, where he was engaged in the book trade. In 1826, he moved to Auburn, where he died, September 21st, 1849. He married first, Hannah, daughter of Captain Thomas Brown, of Newbury, and second, Hannah, widow of Tappan Chase, of Portland, and daughter of Samuel Andrews. He was the founder of an academy in Lewiston, which con- tinued in successful operation for forty years, when the funds were transferred to the town for the purpose of maintaining the Edward Little High School. He had eleven children, six sons and five daugh- ters, born between 1799 and 1813, and only one, Sarah, wife of Charles Clark, is now (1885), living.
DEED.
MASSACHUSETTS COMMITTEE TO HENRY RUST.
Know all men by these presents that the undersigned, a committee of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and by them authorized and empowered to sell and dispose of the unap- propriated lands of the Commonwealth lying in the counties of York, Cumberland and Lin- coln, for and in consideration four hundred and fifty ( £450) pounds in the securities of said Commonwealth paid us by Henry Rust of Salem, in the county of Essex and Commonwealth aforesaid, merchant, the receipt whereof we hereby acknowledge, have given, granted, bar- gained and sold, and by these presents do give, grant, bargain, sell and convey in behalf of said Commonwealth, unto him the said Henry Rust, a certain tract of land lying in the county of Cumberland, bounded on the south by Shepardsfield, on the east by Number Four ( No. 4), a township so called; on the north by a tract of land called Lee's Grant, and on the west by Waterford and Otisfield, containing by estimation six thousand acres, more or less.
To have and to hold the before granted premises to him the said Henry Rust, his heirs and assigns forever. And we the subscribers in behalf of the Commonwealth aforesaid, do cove- nant and agree that the said Commonwealth shall warrant and defend the said granted premises to him the said Henry Rust, his heirs and assigns against the lawful claims of all persons whatever.
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In witness whereof we, the said Committee, have hereunto set our hands and seals this seventh day of February, 1787.
SAMUEL PHILLIPS ( L S)
J. BROWN (LS)
LEO: JARVIS
(LS)
Signed sealed and delivered in presence of M. Lane, C. Gore.
Suffolk ss Feb 7 - 1737. Personally appeared the abovenamed Samuel Phillips Jr. J. Brown and Leonard Jarvis and acknowledged the above instrument to be their free act and deed, before me
C. GORE Justice of the Peace
HENRY RUST, ESQUIRE.
Henry Rust, Esq., of Salem, Massachusetts, the proprietor of Rust- field, belonged to one of the old and respectable families of Essex County, Massachusetts. His first American ancestor was Nathaniel Rust, who on the ancient records is frequently called "Glover," and who was for many years a resident of Ipswich, Massachusetts. That he was a prominent citizen is shown in the fact that, between 1683 and 1696, he settled the estates of about twenty-five persons in Ipswich. He died intestate in the year 1713, on December 23d. His sons-in-law, Thomas Norton and Captain Daniel Ringe, of Ipswich, were appointed administrators of the estate. His personal estate amounted to one hundred pounds, nineteen shillings and two pence. Subsequently a balance of ten pounds was paid to the widow. For a more extended account of the ancestors of Henry Rust, the reader is referred to the Family Registers in the last part of this volume.
John Rust Jr., of Ipswich, the third in descent from Nathaniel, died in Ipswich in 1752, and his wife Sarah was appointed administrator. His son Henry being over fourteen years of age, January 13th, 1752, Benja- min Kinsman * was appointed his guardian. This Henry Rust was the proprietor of Rustfield, and was born in Ipswich, August 23d, 1737. In early manhood he moved to Salem, and was prominent in business there
· Benjamin Kinsman was born in Ipswich, April 26th, 1719, married Elizabeth, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Donton) Perkins, and in 1760, moved to Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, where he died in 1734, and his widow in 1506.
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for many years. He was a merchant engaged in shipping and also in manufactures. He was a member of the Great and General Court in 1792 and 1793, and held other positions of responsibility and trust. His children were all born in Salem. Mr. Rust often visited the town in the early times, coming through from Salem with his own horse and chaise. He built a summer residence on Pike's Hill. The door-step was cut in the solid rock, and still marks the site of the house. He was very kind to the early settlers, selling them land and taking his pay in labor, at the rate of a day's labor for an acre of land, until each had a home- stead of his own. He early erected a saw and grist mill, and also a tannery and store, and laid out a large sum of money in developing the resources of his purchase, in order to facilitate its settlement. He died in Salem, September 28th, 1812.
DEED.
MASSACHUSETTS COMMITTEE TO JONATHAN CUMMINGS.
Know all men by these presents that the undersigned, a committee of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and by them authorized and empowered to sell and dispose of the unappro- priated lands of the commonwealth lying in the counties of York, Cumberland and Lincoln, for and in consideration of six hundred and four pounds in the securities of that common- wealth to us paid by Jonathan Cummings of Andover, in the county of Essex and Common- wealth aforesaid, blacksmith, the receipt whereof we hereby acknowledge, have given, granted, bargained and sold, and by these presents do give, grant, bargain, sell and convey, in behalf of the Commonwealth, unto him the said Jonathan Cummings, a certain tract of land in the County of Cumberland, bour.ded as follows: beginning at a beech tree marked E T and | B, standing on the north line of Rust and Stinchfield's grants, so called, and marking the south west corner of Lee's Grant, so called, thence running on said Lee's Grant, three miles to another beech tree marked E T and | B ; thence on a course west 25° south to Waterford east line; thence by the easterly line of said Waterford to the northerly line of Rust and Stinchfield's Grants; thence by said line to the place begun at, containing by esti- mation 2880 acres, more or less.
To have and to hold the before granted premises to him the said Jonathan Cummings, his heirs and assigns forever.
And we the subscribers in behalf of the Commonwealth aforesaid, do covenant and agree that the said Commonwealth shall warrant and defend the said granted premises to him the said Jonathan Cummings, his heirs and assigns against the lawful claims of all persons what- ever.
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In witness whereof we, the said Committee have hereunto set our hands and seals this seventh day of August, 1788.
SAMUEL PHILLIPS Jr. (LS)
LEO: JARVIS (LS)
JOHN REED (LS)
Signed sealed and delivered in presence of Samuel Cooper, Thomas Read.
Suffolk ss Aug. 7- 1788. Personally appeared Samuel Phillips Jr, Leonard Jarvis and John Reed, and acknowledged the above instrument to be their free act and deed, before me
SAMUEL COOPER Justice of the Peace.
DEED.
SAME TO SAME.
Beginning at a beech tree standing on the westerly line of Lee's Grant marked E T and I B; thence running south 25° east, and bounded by said Lee's Grant about 275 rods, or until it comes to a pine tree marking the south easterly corner of said Lee's Grant, standing in the line of Rust's Grant; thence running south 76° west on the same course with the south line of Lee's Grant and bounded by lands granted to Francis Rust, about 504 rods, or untill it comes to Waterford east line; thence running by said line about 168 rods until it meets with the south line of lands granted to the said Jonathan Cummings; thence by said Cum- mings lands to the bounds first named.
Contents 680 acres. Considerations £119. Date April 10- 1790.
JONATHAN CUMMINGS.
Jonathan Cummings, who purchased of Massachusetts two tracts or parcels of land in what is now Norway, as described in the preceding conveyances, was of Andover, Massachusetts, and by occupation a blacksmith. The Cummings family was not early in Andover, Jon- athan having moved there subsequent to 1767, perhaps from the vicinity of Dunstable, Massachusetts. His wife was Mary, daughter of Job East- man, and a sister of our early settler and former town clerk. Jonathan Cummings and his wife Mary were members of the South Church in Andover, she joining by letter from Pembroke, New Hampshire, in 1774. They had ten children, seven of them at least born in Andover. Two of
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his sons, Jonathan Jr., born in Andover, February 5th, 1771, and Amos, born July 2d, 1781, came to Norway. An account of their families will be found in another place. Jonathan Cummings, the blacksmith, appears to have been an active and energetic man, and a man of property. After having made his first purchase, he displayed great energy in bringing in new settlers, and his territory was soon dotted with clear- ings. He died in Andover in May, 1805, aged sixty-seven, and his wife died, July, 1801, aged fifty-nine. Dr. Stephen Cummings, a cele- brated physician in Portland, was another of his sons.
RUST'S GORE.
When the town of Norway was incorporated, there was a small gore of land lying at the south of the Waterford three tiers which was not included, and this remained as a gore until it was annexed to Norway by an act passed in 1821. Five families were then residing upon this gore, and by the annexation became citizens of Norway, namely, John Pike Jr., Benjamin Jordan, William Frost, Robert Frost, and Zachariah Wes- ton. The act of annexation was as follows : -
An Act
To annex an unincorporated gore of land to the town of Norway, and establish a part of the dividing line between the counties of Cumberland and Oxford.
Sec. I Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assem- bled, That the tract or gore of land lying between the towns of Norway, Otisfield, Harrison and Waterford, with the inhabitants thereon be and the same is hereby annexed and incorporated with the town of Norway, and vested with all the privileges, and subject to all the duties and requisitions of other inhabitants of said town of Norway.
Section 2 Be it further enacted, That the dividing line between the said gore, and the town of Otisfield, and between the said gore and the town of Harrison, be, and the same is hereby established, as a part of the dividing line between the counties of Cumberland and Oxford.
Approved Feb 5 - 1821.
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CHAPTER IV.
PHYSICAL FEATURES OF NORWAY.
THE town of Norway is quite irregular in its outline, due to the fact that it is made up of several original purchases and grants. It is bounded on the north by Greenwood and Albany, on the west by Waterford and Harrison, on the south by Oxford and Otisfield, and on the east by Paris. The easterly line would have been straight but for the tract of land set on from Paris, near the southeast corner of the town. The north line has two jogs or set-offs. The line has the same general direction from east to west, but there is a set-off after crossing the Lee Grant, and another after crossing the first Cummings' Purchase. On the westerly or Waterford side, the line is straight until it reaches Rust's Gore, which was annexed to Norway in 1821, where there is a set-off in order to embrace the gore which extended to the line of Har- rison. On the south the line is straight from Paris to the gore just mentioned, when there are four courses or directions to run, to reach the southwest corner of the gore. As a whole, the town is somewhat wedge-shaped, the north line being considerably longer than the south. A line from the northeast to the northwest corner is about twenty- four hundred rods long, and from the southeast to the southwest eight- een hundred and fifty rods. The east line, on Paris, is twenty-four hundred and seventy-five rods, and the westerly line, on Waterford and Harrison, is three thousand rods.
While there are numerous high hills in this town, it is quite remarka- ble that there is no mountain; remarkable, because Waterford on the west, Greenwood on the north, and Paris on the east, have each several quite high mountain peaks, and Greenwood is noted for its grand moun- tain scenery. Like most of our Maine towns, the water-shed inclines in a southerly direction, and the streams flow southerly, discharging either through the Little Androscoggin River into the Great Andro- scoggin, or through the Crooked River into Sebago Lake. The general surface of the town is uneven. There are more than twenty consider-
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able hills within its limits, and, of course, there must be corresponding valleys. North of Norway, through Greenwood, Bethel, Newry, Grafton, to the lake region, are high mountains with bold, rugged sides and sum- mits, devoid of vegetation ; but the forces of nature, whatever they were, which threw up these mountain peaks, appear to have spent themselves before reaching Norway, and, in place of steep precipices and barren rocks, we have wood-crowned hills which can be cleared and cultivated to their very summits. These hills are mostly in the north- erly and westerly portions of the town, and take the names of persons who settled upon or near them. Holt Hill, Pike Hill, and Frost Hill, are examples of the names of settlers applied to hills. The latter two, with the one between them, which form a chain across the southerly part of the town, stand as outposts, though Horse Hill is not far over the line in the town of Oxford. The views from some of these eleva- tions, more especially from Pike's Hill, are varied and beautiful. It was upon this hill, where he could overlook a large part of his purchase, that the proprietor of Rustfield erected a house where he spent several summers, though he never became a permanent resident of the town.
There are several ponds in Norway, the largest of which is the great Pennesseewassee, which should be called a lake. This pond extends from a mile south of Noble's Corner to within less than half a mile of Norway Village, and is nearly five miles in length, by from half to three_ fourths of mile in width. It receives the water from several streams that come down from Greenwood, the overflow of North Pond which is situated about a mile east of the head of the Great Pond, and that from the Little Pennesseewassee which is situated something more than a mile west of the center of the Great Pond. Furlong's Pond is situated partly in Norway, Greenwood, and Albany, the northeast corner of the Waterford three tiers being within this pond. Its outlet flows diag- onally across the Waterford three tiers, and discharges into Crooked River. The brook that forms the water power near Swift's Corner comes from the southwesterly corner of Greenwood, flows down length- wise of the first Cummings' Purchase, forming a small pond near Swift's Corner, and then southwesterly, discharging into that part of Crooked River which forms the boundary line of the town, little more than half a mile south of the Waterford Road. Mud, Round, and Sand Ponds are
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situated in the southerly part of the Waterford three tiers. Round Pond discharges into Mud Pond, and the latter into Sand Pond, the outlet of which forms Everett Brook and runs southerly through Rust's Gore into Otisfield. It finally discharges into Thompson Pond in the town of Oxford. The above are all the bodies and important streams of water in Norway, and with Crooked River, which runs along the west- erly border, a short distance in Norway, and for quite a distance consti- tuting the line between Norway and Waterford and Harrison, form the water power of the town. The flow of water in nearly all the smaller streams is much less than it was before the land was cleared up, and some, which once were considerable streams, have become mere threads, and in times of severe drouth are completely dry. The outlet of the Great Pond and Crooked River keep up a fair flow of water throughout the season, and are of great value to the town from an industrial or manufacturing stand-point.
The signs of glacial action are everywhere manifest throughout the town of Norway, as in other towns in Oxford County. There are no diluvial markings because there are no mountains or ledges, but the dis- tribution of boulders and of other drift material plainly indicate the existence, at some remote period, of oceanic currents and the passage of icebergs from the arctic regions toward the tropics. The numerous ridges also indicate the existence of several ancient moraines, which terminated in the sandy plains of Oxford. The boulders distributed through the town are not "in place," to use a geological expression, but were brought here from the far north, having been frozen into the ice- bergs, or dragged from the mountain /summits by those stupendous crystalline islands which, in solemn procession, annually passed out from the frigid north many centuries ago. The rounded pebbles and cobbles, which are mixed with the drift and which are often so trouble- some to the farmers, were once angular fragments detached from moun- tain masses by the action of cold and frost, but have been ground smooth and rounded off by trituration, a process which is still going on in our rivers, especially in the ice and spring freshets.
The soil of Norway, though in many places rocky and hard to work, is strong, and when once subdued, is exceedingly productive. Farming has been the chief employment of the inhabitants, and will continue to
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be, and there are few towns in the State, and none in the county, that have more thrifty and well-to-do farmers than Norway. As a rule, those who have given their undivided attention to the tilling of the soil, have never failed of accumulating a competency, while there have been many failures to accomplish this by those who have, in whole or in a large part, engaged in other pursuits. The cereal grains do well in Norway, and there is no good reason why the farmers should not raise corn, wheat, rye, oats, and barley, sufficient to supply their own wants, and some to spare. Potatoes and other root crops flourish here, and also all the choice fodder grasses. It is, therefore, an excellent town for stock rais- ing, the hills being especially adapted to sheep husbandry. There is considerable water surface, but, aside from this, there is no waste surface in town. The hills can be cultivated to their very summits, and some of the best farms in town are upon its highest hills. No doubt, at some future time, these elevated situations, with their commanding outlook and fine bracing air, will become valuable as sites for summer cottages.
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