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Rufus, 382. Sarah, 206. Stephen, 206, 335, 444. Thomas, 260. Weld F., 432, 386. Savors, Peter, 260. Sawyer, Aaron, 243. Benjamin, 214.
Sawyer, Daniel W., 204, 205, 323, 353, 440, 456, 459. Ebenezer, 243.
Franklin, 432. Jacob, 243.
John M., 386.
Jonathan, 152, 218. Rev. John, 188, 189.
Samuel J., 383. William M., 340, 439, 461.
Scott, Frank, 387. Robert, 166.
Seavey, Catherine D., 202. Charles A., 432. Charles F., 349, 432.
Frank, 354, 356.
Granville J., 162, 203.
James, 203. James A., 432.
James O., 432, 451.
John N., 159.
Josie, 356. Mrs. Granville J., 419.
Orin, 432. William, 202, 336, 451. W. O., 355.
Serote, John, 244. Sessions, Rev. Joseph W., 190.
Shaw, Samuel, 432. Sherbrook, Sir John, 257.
Sherman, Aaron, 193. A. D., 432. Eleazer, 193, 202, 260. Eleazer, Jr., 193, 451.
Elisha, 193, 259.
George K., 432. Isaac C., 138, 161, 346, 355, 440.
Isaac G., 432.
Nathaniel C., 432.
Robert, 260. Roger, 193. Shipman, Prof. W. R., 418. Shurte, Abraham, 74, 87. Sidney, John, 414. Simpson & Perkins. 341, 347. Edgar L., 402. Singer, Faithful, 141, 395. Sinnett, Michael, 128. Skidwares, 40. Smalley, Capt., 451. Smith, A. J., 208.
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HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY.
Smith, Capt. John, 18, 36, 54, 56, 58. George N., 387. Jeremiah, 173. Jonathan, Jr., 172. Marshal, 155, 157, 202, 210, 341, 344, 364, 440.
Parker, 393.
Rev. Daniel, 200.
Rev. Joseph, 208. Samuel, 88, 194, 261, 379.
Seba, 341, 439.
Silas, 210, 353, 431.
Stevens, 344, 364. William M., 432.
Smithwick, Charles C., 352.
Snow, George H., 353, 354.
Snowman, Capt. Robert, 435.
Somerset, Capt. John, 164.
Soule, Rev. Joshua, 201.
Southard, John, 194. Sarah, 193, 194.
Spinney, John G., 195, 343, 432. John S., 186. Robert, 157, 342.
Spofford, Amherst, 313, 435. Joseph, 435. Sidney, 432.
Sprague, Rev. B. F., 200.
Spring, Dr. Samuel, 183.
Springer, Abraham, 259. Sproul, Mrs. Mary, 332, 418.
Stetson, Mary, 181.
Stevens, Elder J., 196. Harry G., 355. N. H., 412.
Stewart, Gardner, 482.
Stilson, William, 165.
Stockbridge, Dr. John, 453. Stover, Dependence, 244. Lois, 194. Joseph, 193. Martin, 388. Timothy, 193.
Strout, Daniel B., 416.
Rev. S. F., 200, 204, 205, 209, 210. Sturt, William, 98. Suffolk Oil Co., 456. Swett, Harvey, 417. John, 21, 33, 365. Warren, 380.
Symonds & Libby, 328. J. W., 320.
Taggart, Joseph, Jr., 347.
Tappan, Rev. Christopher, 165. Taylor, John, 166. William, 167. Tennent, Rev. Gilbert, 179. Thomas, Benjamin, 180. Thompson, Charles C., 313, 423.
Cyrus A., 314.
Dr. William S., 401.
Freeman G., 393.
General, 230.
Joel, 260. Joseph, 245.
M. H. & H. L., 415.
Mrs. Rhoda, 415.
Nathaniel, 170.
Rev. D. P., 199, 200, 204, 210, 211. Samuel, 218, 244, 251, 261. Samuel M., 382.
Thorpe, Eliphalet, 344. John, 404. Willard, 155, 157.
Tibbetts, Artemas, 381. Bros., 348.
Capt. Gardner G., 393.
Daniel, 383.
Eliphalet, 337.
Emerson P., 389.
Giles, 193, 194, 244.
Ichabold, 193, 244, 381.
James, 129, 193, 244.
John, 244, 382, 386, 441, 451.
Joseph M., 389.
Martha, 194.
Nathaniel, 193, 214, 244, 261.
Nathaniel, Jr., 245. Payson, 162.
Thomas Z., 386, 432.
Samuel, 194, 384. Sarah, 181. William, 451. William B., 385, 432.
Timmons, Crossman, 385. Tobey, Rev. William P., 191.
Toothacher, Rev. Horace, 191. Toward, A. B., 345. Towle, Franklin, 386.
Townshend, Lord Charles, 28.
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PERSONAL INDEX.
Trask, William, 260. True, Rev. D. M., 204, 210. Tucker, Commodore, 170, 256. Tully, John, 258. Thomas, 115, 181. Tupper, Cyrus R., 355, 459, 461. Mrs. Nellie, 357. Rev. Charles, 204. Turner, Roland L., 409. Twombly, Paul, 144, 245. Unnongoit, 164. Upham, Fred E., 393. Vanhorn, Abial, 386. Albert, 386. George E., 353, 355. Nelson, 386. Roland, 386.
Vaughn, Eliot G., 170. William, 114, 166. Vickery, Hon. P. O., 419, 454.
Wadsworth, Alfred, 29, 259. Waitt, William G., 401. Wakefield, John, 347. Waldo, Gen. Samuel, 123. Waldron, Major, 86, 89, 95.
Wall, Andrew, 29, 245, 260. Walton, S. J., 414. Wannerton, Capt. Thomas, 360. Ward, Rev. Ariel, 200, 202, 204, 348. Wardwell, Rev. Virgil D., 204. Washburn, Rev. W. H., 201. Waterman, Elder Dexter, 196. Webb, Rev. Nathan, 200, 204. Webber, Charles, 432. Dr. J. H., 439. George, 312. John, 193, 261. Michael C., 384. Richard M., 432. Webster, Leonard, 433. Lorenzo, 433. Stephen, 384. Weeks, Edward, 343. Welch, Addie, 387. John H., 433. Robert, 433. Stephen E., 343. Weld, Charles, 383. Wells, Dr. Ebenezer, 454. W. A. & Co., 371. Welsh, John H., 162.
Welsh, J. H. & Sons, 343. Wentworth, Rev. B.C., 204, 205,210. Rev. Daniel, 200. West, Rev. J. D., 196. Westman, Andrew, 435. Hattie, 387. Robert, 313. Weston, Charles S., 433. Edward P., 404. Frank L., 20. Rev. Isaac, 186, 189.
Weymouth, Capt. George, 48, 51. Elizabeth F., 206, 207, 352. James R., 383. John W., 205, 207, 335, 341, 344, 352, 440. Mary L., 352. William, 385. Wheeler, Albert, 433. A. R., 433. Benjamin, 259.
Frank, 394.
Jerome, 433.
John, 180, 223, 245.
Joseph, 260.
Sewall, 380. William, 245. Whitcher, Rev. H., 196. White, Charles A., 414. Moses R., 323, 327. 457, 458. Paul, 165. Whitefield, George, 177.
Whitehouse, Edward, 354, 356.
Whittemore, Samuel, 131.
Whittier, James, 387.
Widger, James, 85.
Willey, John C., 433. William, 245. Williams, Job, 245. John, 245. Mary, 356. Rev. H. L., 211.
Williamson, Rev. John, 200.
Wilson, Courtland, 415. Edmund, 155, 248, 250, 252, 440. John H., 435. Mary Y., 206. Parker, 158, 206, 345, 440. William, 353. Winchenbangh, E. D., 346, 353, 389. Winslow, Alden, 423.
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HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY.
Winslow, Mary, 181. Rev. G. G., 200. William J., 345, 355. Witham, George L., 312, 435. Wood, Rev. William, Woodward, John L., 394. Samuel, 333. William H., 173. Wriford John, 351. Wright, Henry, 348. Wylie, Abial, 389. Alexander, 246, 433. Alice, 181. Alonzo P., 345, 355, 356. Catherine, 340. Charles, 433.
David, 380. David, 3d, 385.
Wylie, Dennis S., 339, 354. James A., 433. John, 246, 260, 386. Levi, 386, 433. Martha, 180, 351. Neal, 251. Parker, 383.
Robert, 246, 351, 439.
Robert, 3d, 260.
Samuel, 246, 379.
Samuel D., 390.
Samuel, 2d, 433.
Sewall S., 353, 364, 426, 427, 440. Wyman, Samuel D., 390. Yates, Oscar S., 357, 416, 459. Young, John, 246. Sherburne, 347.
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HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY.
Winslow, Mary, 181. Rev. G. G., 200. William J., 345, 355. Witham, George L., 312, 435.
Wood, Rev. William, Woodward, John L., 394. Samuel, 333. William H., 173. Wriford John, 351. Wright, Henry, 348. Wylie, Abial, 389. Alexander, 246, 433. Alice, 181. Alonzo P., 345, 355, 356. Catherine, 340. Charles, 433.
David, 380.
David, 3d, 385.
Wylie, Dennis S., 339, 354. James A., 433. John, 246, 260, 386. Levi, 386, 433. Martha, 180, 351.
Neal, 251. Parker, 383.
Robert, 246, 351, 439.
Robert, 3d, 260.
Samuel, 246, 379.
Samuel D., 390.
Samuel, 2d, 433.
Sewall S., 353, 364, 426, 427, 440. Wyman, Samnel D., 390. Yates, Oscar S., 357, 416, 459. Young, John, 246. Sherburne, 347.
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BARTERS I.
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS.
I.
1. ORIGIN OF THE TOWN NAME -. The consideration of this has been purposely omitted with the hope that before the volume was completed some information might be obtained that would satisfactorily dispose of the uncertainty surrounding it. It has been said and repeated many times that Boothbay took its name from "Old Boothbay" in England. This was undoubtedly guesswork, suggested by the fact that many early towns took secondhand names. It has been many times copied, for copying is easier than investigating. I have examined all the modern gazetteers and several that were a century or more in age. Two well-known librarians, who pos- sess capacity for such work, have rendered assistance. We are all of the opinion that there is not now, and never has been, a place in England or elsewhere by the name of Boothbay or Old Boothbay, other than that name applied to this locality. The name is undoubtedly original, and facts to sup- port this assumption are consistent.
On January 31, 1764, our petition to the General Court bears date, ask- ing that a place called Townsend be incorporated as a town. This was read in the House October 31, 1764, and on November 3d, following, the town of Boothbay was incorporated. A town already existed in Massachusetts by the name of Townsend, which forced our petitioners, or their representatives before the Court, to select a new name. The four days between reading and incorporation afforded no time to consult the inhabitants.
In the early part of the last century were old residents who stated that an agent was sent to Boston to look after the petition, and that when he appeared before the legislative committee he was confronted with the fact that Townsend could not be given as a name. Immediate action must be taken. A member of the committee asked the agent if there was any pecul- iarity in geographical formation about the place. The agent replied: "We have a harbor as snug as a booth." "Have you a bay?" was the next query. "Yes, a fine bay." "Well, then," said the committeeman, "why not name it Boothbay ?"
The Rev. A. G. Vermilye, Newburyport, Mass., in writing of our locality in 1859, and in relation to his work carried on a correspondence with several of our oldest and most representative citizens, gives the substance of this matter in the Maine Hist. Coll., Vol. VI, p. 156. The late R. K. Sewall stated that he heard this version of the origin of our name at an early age from old inhabitants. The late Dr. Alden Blossom, who commenced prac- tice here in 1843, told the author that he had heard it many times in the early years of his practice from the oldest persons in the community. From all the investigations I have made I believe Boothbay to have been an original name and likely to have been attached as an expedient in some such way as these traditions tell us.
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HISTORY OF BOOTHBAY.
2. THE TOWNSEND REAL ESTATE CO .- This company was organized August 9, 1905, with a capital of $20,000. It is composed of O. S. Yates, Pres., S. T. Maddocks, Treas, and Manager, K. H. Richards, W. M. Simp- son, C. J. Marr, F. H. Harris, C. R. Tupper. Their first purchase was the buildings and lot which included the stores of J. L. McCobb and the late Leonard McCobb, corner of Oak St. and Townsend Ave. The next pur- chase was the lot on Oak St. opposite the Weymouth House. In the fall of 1905 the buildings on the former lot were removed and put in position on the latter one in the form of two stores and a tenement. A large amount of ledge was removed on the corner lot preparatory to building on it, and dur- ing the fall of 1905 a three-story wooden structure was erected on Oak St., with fifty foot frontage and thirty-nine depth. It was divided into two stores and two tenements and during the winter was occupied; the easterly store by J. L. McCobb, the other by Mrs. E. Marcus. During the fall season a brick block of four stories with a fifty-one foot frontage on the Avenue and forty feet on Oak St. was commenced and completed in 1906. The street floor was occupied on September 20th by the two banks, the First National locating in the corner rooms and the Savings Bank in those on the northerly side. The second and third floors are devoted to offices, and they, having been engaged some months previous to completion, were fitted specially for their occupants. Luther Maddocks took quarters in the room over the First National Bank and Cyrus R. Tupper the office on that floor looking upon Oak St. The third floor is divided by the corridor into two office suites, the one occupied by E. C. Blake, M. D., and the other by O. E. Haney, M. D. The fourth floor is at present leased by K. H. Richards and being used as a hall. The first and second floors have plate glass. The banking and office rooms together with the corridors are finished in hard wood, cherry being used in the First National rooms and oak in the Savings Bank. The corri- dors are laid in mosaic with marble bases, bearing at the entrance to each bank its name inlaid. The vault is in the rear of the National rooms, being nine by eleven feet and eight and one-half feet in height. It has fifty deposit boxes. It is on the plan of Mosler's safe construction, with time lock on the outer door. The iron and steel work aggregates seventeen tons. All doors are glazed with Ondoyant ripple glass. A steam heating system reaches all parts of the block, while the plumbing system is thorough and complete throughout. The lighting is from combination fixtures attached to both gas and electric public plants. The organization of the Townsend Real Estate Co. originated with S. T. Maddocks, who is its manager. A part of the real estate he purchased with the present end in view several months prior to organization.
3. THE OAK GROVE HOUSE .- In the early part of 1906 a double annex was made to this summer hostelry, the larger of which was four stories, thirty-three by fifty feet, affording thirty-four guests' rooms besides extensive additions to the parlors and other public rooms.
4. THE LAWNMERE .- This well-known summer hotel underwent very general changes and enlargements in the early part of 1906 by its proprietors, M. H. & H. L. Thompson. A double annex was made; the one to the north being twenty-six feet, affording fourteen guests' room, and one on the south of eighteen feet, giving increased dining capacity.
5. SHORE LODGE .- This is a new summer hotel on Decker's Cove,
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Southport, completed ready for occupancy for the season of 1906. It stands on the site of the old homestead of William Decker, and the house he built in 1858 served as a nucleus for this one. It is surrounded by broad verandas, has thirty guests' rooms, with commodious and convenient public ones. Capt. John A. Thompson did the rebuilding and conducts the house, he having purchased the property in 1889.
6. FAMILY OF JEREMIAH BEATH. - This family, for one so broadly connected in our town, appears in a very unsatisfactory manner on p. 498. When that sketch was prepared no further facts were at hand. Through Mrs. G. W. Stone, Berkeley, Cal., I have obtained the Worcester, Mass., records which cover his marriage and first five children. This enables me now to give them all in their proper order, with dates of birth. Nearly all of the Beath descent in town to-day, as well as the Fullerton, comes from this family, while daughters married the founders of both the Holton and Kenniston families. The family probably came to Boothbay soon after the birth of the daughter Eunice, who is the last recorded in Worcester. The record follows:
"Jeremiah Beath, of Sutton, Mass., married Elizabeth Cowden, Septem- ber 10, 1747, in Holden. Their children born in Worcester were: Mary, born Dec. 30, 1753.
Priscilla, born Feb. 29, 1756.
Molly, born April 2, 1758.
Experience, born July 27, 1760.
Eunice, born Mar. 20, 1763."
The other children, born in Boothbay, were:
Margaret, birth unknown.
Sarah, born June 20, 1767.
Jeremiah, Jr., born Jan. 1, 1770.
The marriages are as given on p. 498.
II.
Pages 48-50. The modern form of the family name, Weymouth, differs from that of the English navigator, Capt. George, who spelled the first sylla- ble of his name with an a instead of an e. Most authors, writing of him, have followed the old spelling.
Page 150, lines second to fourth from top. This is correct as to town records, but if Dr. McKecknie, referred to in William McCobb's deposition, p. 173, practiced medicine while living here, he probably preceded Creamer.
Page 195, sixth line from top. John E. Spinney should read John G. Spinney.
Page 274. The first publishment under 1811 should read Holton instead of Wooten.
Page 333, fifth line from bottom. Caleb Hodgdon purchased real estate at East Boothbay in 1823 and probably settled there before 1826.
Page 385, third line from top. Should read "load of rockweed."
Page 419, third line from bottom. Read Crooker instead of Crocker.
Page 335, second paragraph. Substitute Edward B. for Stephen in the Sargent name, and farther in the same paragraph omit "Jr." after Stephen Sargent. This appears correctly in the genealogies.
Page 451, under Monograph VIII. Simeon should read Simon.
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