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Huic tumulo mandantur reliquia
REV. JESSE APPLETON, S. T. D. MARITI DESIDERATISSIMI. PATRIS OPTIMI. ALMEQUE NOSTRE ACADEMIE SECUNDI PRESIDIS. Vir fuit ingenii acumine insignis, moribus compositis, ac aspectu benigno, majestatem quondam præ se ferente ; sed morti inexorabili nihil est sanctum. Eruditione magna, inter literatorum principes justissime collocandus ; at theologica scientia lauream præcipue meritus : hac enim, quo homines audeant, cognovit et tentavit. Integra fide, disciplinaque salutari, duodecim annos, res Academicas administravit. Nimiis tandem vigiliis laboribusque consumptus, sublimii ejus animo supernis intento, ad quietem se contulit. Ita vixit, ut omnes moribundi, sic se vixisse, velint ; ita mortuus est, ut omnes, sic se mnorituros esse, optarent :
tamen voluit inscribi, se salutem sperasse in Jesu. Natus est Novem is die 17mo Anno Domini MDCCLXXII. Obiit Novem is die 12mº Anno Domini MDCCCXIX.1
On the south end of the tomb is inscribed : - -
Senatus Academia Bowdoinensis, summa reverentia, hoc monumentum posuerunt. 2
1 To this tomb are committed the remains of Reverend Jesse Appleton, S. T. D. The most regretted husband, the best father, and the revered second president of our college. He was a man distinguished by acuteness of mind, composed manners, and benign aspect, occasionally manifesting dignity : but nothing is sacred to inexorable death. Of great erudition, most justly placed amongst the first of teachers, but especially deserving the laurel in theological knowledge : for this, where men may presume, he examined and tested. Hle administered the affairs of the college with incorruptible fidelity and with salutary discipline for twelve years. At length, worn out by excessive vigils and labors, his exalted mind fixed upon celestial things, he betook himself to rest. He so lived as all who are at the point of death may wish themselves to have lived : thus he died, as all themselves about to die might desire. Yet he wished it to be inscribed that he hoped for salration in Jesus. He was born November 17, 1772. He died November 12, 1819.
2 The trustees and overseers of Bowdoin College, with the greatest reverence, have erected this monument.
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In the third lot south of President Appleton's is the monument of Professor Smyth. It is a heavy, rectangular pillar of granite, about ten feet in height. The pedestal bears the family name, while on the northern side of the shaft is the following inscription : -
WILLIAM SMYTH
born Feb. 2d 1797, died April 4th 1868.
Below this is the name of his wife, with the date of her birth and · death, and on the eastern side is a record of the names and dates of birth and death of several children.
The second lot south of Professor Smyth's contains the monument of Professor Cleaveland, a plain yet elegant granite sarcophagus. On the eastern side it bears the words " Parker Cleaveland" ; on the south end is the date of his birth, 1780, while on the north is that of his death, 1852. Two headstones of white marble, one upon the east and one upon the west, mark the resting-places of wife and daughter.
The monument of Professor Upham stands in the next lot south- ward of Professor Cleaveland's. This also, like the two last, is of plain granite, and is in form an obelisk. The pedestal is propor- tionately large, and bears on the western side the initials T. C. U. ; while on the south side is the date of birth, 1799, and on the north are the figures 1872, the date of his death. The plinth bears the fam- ily name in distinet raised letters.
The Dunlap monument is situated near the principal entrance to the cemetery. It consists of a base, sub-base, plinth, die, - with three marble tablets inserted, -cap, and bust of Dunlap. It is, without the bust, ten feet, four inches high, and of granite, though the bust is of marble. It was made by Simmons. Upon the north tablet is the following inscription : -
To the Memory of ROBERT PINCKNEY DUNLAP, who was three times GRAND MASTER of the GRAND LODGE OF MAINE, and filled the highest places in the Masonic Fraternity of the State and the UNITED STATES,
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This monument is erected by the FREE MASONS of the STATE OF MAINE. They knew his virtues ; They honor his memory.
On the west side : -
ROBERT P. DUNLAP was GOVERNOR OF MAINE from 1834 to 1838. He had been Representative, Senator, and twice President of the Senate, in the State Legislature ; and Executive Councillor; and was afterwards representative in Congress and Collector of the Port of Portland. He honored every position he was called to fill by an able and faithful discharge of its duties. THE STATE gives to his memory the tribute of its respect by inscribing upon this tablet its grateful recollection of his many virtues and its high appreciation of his public services.
On the east side is the following : -
DEAREST TO THE NEAREST : BEST TO THEM WHO KNEW HIM BEST. In Christ here : With Christ forever. Died Oct. 20, 1859. Æt. 65. Inscribed by wife and children in loving and reverent remembrance.
One of the oldest graveyards in town is that at New Meadows in the woods near Bartlett Adams's, where rest the remains of several
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members of the Thompson family. There are other burying grounds in Brunswick, some of which are of recent dates and require no particular mention in these pages.
The oldest burying-ground in Topsham of which there are now any traces was in the vicinity of James Mustard's residence, about two miles from the village on the road to Merrymeeting Bay. There are but three or four stones remaining. They are of slate, and are in a good state of preservation. They are in the woods about a third of a mile from the road. The earliest date given upon these stones is 1752. and the latest 1771.
The burying-ground near the old First Parish Meeting-House is the oldest in this town of which there is any record.
In 1769 the town purchased of James Hunter " the land on the south side of the county road where the graveyard is," paying therefor three pounds ; and the same year the town appropriated ££5 6s. 8d. ' for fencing the graveyard, nine rods square, with white oak or cedar posts and good boards, with a good gate, with a lock and key, the fence to be five feet high." There are a few stones, the inscriptions upon which are illegible, whether from greater age or poorer slate can- not be determined. The earliest date to be found upon any stone is 1769. The following are a few of the more interesting inscriptions to be found in this burying ground : -
HIC JACENT SEPULTA the Remains of PHILIP G. HOYT PHYSICIAN who died June 24th 1790 ÆTATIS 36.
I'm to this silent Grave retired, Though once esteemed and desired ;
All human ills had once a place, And weighed justly in this breast, All mortal griefs are now past o'er, A broken heart can bleed no more.
PHILIP G. HOYT'S EPITAPH ON HIMSELF NOV ye 2 3d 1789.
acred to the memory of JOHN REED ESQUIRE,
A Capt in the late American War where he served with reputation till obliged to retire in consequence of a wound received in an action a little preceding the capture of Genl Burgoine and army. He so far recovered his health and activity that he was elected to and sustained the office of Lt. Col. till his death.
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He was an affectionate Husband and Parent and his hos- pitality endeared him to many who mourned his departure which was suddenly, in a paroxism of the cholic on the 20th day of Oct. A. D. 1797. Aged 50 years.
LIEUT JAMES PURINTON Dec 7th 1832 Aged 90 years. One of the revolutionary officers and Staunch supporters of the Republican Constitution.
Several stones bear the following inscription : -
Behold and see as you pass by, As you are now so once was I, As I am now so you must be, Prepare for death and follow me.
The third burying-ground in Topsham, in point of age, is the one about a mile west of the village, where the first Baptist or "old yellow " meeting-house used to stand. In this ground are the remains of John Merrill, Esquire, Captain Peletiah Haley, and others of the early set- tlers who lived in that portion of the town.
There was formerly a private burying-ground on what was known as " Ferry Point " (the point of land at the Topsham end of the iron railroad bridge). Here were buried the remains of Brigadier-General Thompson and others of the family. When the railroad was laid out, the remains were removed to the village graveyard, those of Brigadier Thompson being placed in the grave with his son, Humphrey Thomp- son.
The village burying-ground in Topsham was laid out in 1825. It · is owned by the proprietors of the lots. The unoccupied land is owned by Mrs. Susan T. Purinton. Among the inscriptions of par- ticular interest in this ground are the following : -
ERECTED by the Baptist Church in Topsham Un Telemory of REV. CHARLES JOHNSON their Pastor, who died Feb. 29, 1836 in the 30th year of his age.
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Behold a Christian's grave - He walked with God In the same path the dear Redeemer trod ; He loved the Church and prayed for its increase Lived much belov'd & died in perfect peace.
Sacred to
THE MEMORY OF REV. OLIVER H. QUINBY
who, having zealously proclaimed a full and free Salvation for all mankind through Christ, for nearly two years, fell gently asleep in the arms of Jesus, at his residence in Lisbon, Jany. 23d 1842 Aged 23 years.
" Glory to God " he cried, Then bowed his head and died, His soul was borne on angels wings To blissful rest, where seraphs sing.
There are four graveyards in Harpswell, one upon the Neck, one on Great Island, one upon Orr's, and one upon Bailey's Island, the . oldest of which is the one adjoining the old First Parish Meeting- House. The oldest stone in this yard is undecipherable. It was probably placed there about 1758. There are several interesting gravestones in this yard, which the space at our disposal prevents us from giving. We insert here, however, the inscriptions upon the tombstones of the first pastor of that church, and of his wife, and also of William McNess, of the second pastor of the church, and of Deacon Andrew and Benjamin Dunning. The inscription upon Elisha Eaton's stone is as follows : -
HERE LYES INTERRED THE BODY OF THE REVD MR. ELISHA EATON, first Pastor of the Church in Harpswell who triumphantly Departed this Life on the 22d of April, A. D. 1764. In the 62d Year of his Age. Est Commune mori, Mors nulli Parcit Honori, Neque ulli ÆEtati Ergo. MEMENTO MORI.1
1 To die is common, death spares no nobility nor any age. Therefore remember death.
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The inscription on his wife's tombstone is : -
To the memory of MRS KATHARINE EATON, THE VIRTUOUS RELICT OF THE REV. M! ELISHA EATON, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE APRIL 12, 1767, ÆE. 61. Here, Passenger, confin'd reduc'd to Dust, Lies what was once religious, wise & just, Fixt, in deep Slumbers here the Dust is giv'n. Til the last Trumpet shakes the Frame of Heav'n, Then fresh to Life the Waking Saint shall rise, And in new Triumphs glitter up the skies, Like her be virtuous, you like her shall shine, In Bliss above, immortal & divine.
The inscriptions upon the other stones are as follows : -
HERE LIES BURIED the Body of MR WILLIAM MACKNES, who DeParted this Life May ye 12th 1782 Age 103 years Old.
THE REV. SAMUEL EATON, 2ª MINISTER OF HARPSWELL, born April 3 1737 graduated at Harvard College 1763 Ordained Oct 24, 1764, & died Nov. 5, 1822. in the 86 year of his age & 59th of his Ministry. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.
Sutred to the memory of DEAC. ANDREW DUNNING,
who was chosen Deac. of the Church in this town, June 17, 1767 ; which office he filled till his decease, March 27, 1808. ÆE. 81. His life was useful his death peaceful.
Sleep sweetly in the grave of rest, Which Christ perfumed and also blest Till he shall call thee to the skies, Shall bid thy sacred dust arise !
Survivors walk Christ's path as straight And enter in the heavenly gate.
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To the memory of BENJ'A DUNNING ESQ. who with the utmost composure breathed his last Jan. 8, 1808 Æt 71. As a Husband, Parent, Christian, and civil Mag- istrate he was conspicuous. The Town, which for many years he represented, The Board of Overseers of Bowdoin College, and in fine, civil society, are deprived of a useful, wise and peaceful member. But tho' his loss fills us with grief and pain Our loss is his inestimable gain - For Thro' the ethereal blue, his soul immortal, Borne on angelic wings, at the third Heaven Arriv'd the spirits of just men made perfect, Joined in lofty hallelujahs to the sacred Time, eternity throughout.
In this connection it is proper to mention the discovery, in 1861, of an undoubted Indian burying-ground in Harpswell. It is on the farm of Henry Barnes, on the eastern side of Middle Bay, near the shore. Fourteen skeletons have been disinterred. Though of course there are no headstones, it is known to have been an Indian burying-place by the appearance of the skeletons, the ornaments found on or near them, its vicinity to the " carrying-place," a tradition to that effect, and lastly by the testimony of a party of seven Penobscot Indians who once stopped there on their way to Portland, and who pointed out the spot as an Indian burying-place and stated that there was once an Indian village near by.
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CHAPTER XII.
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF BRUNSWICK.
EARLY PROVISIONS FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP.
THE Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by its incorporation of the town of Lebanon in 1733, established the precedent, which it has gen- erally followed since, of requiring towns, when incorporated, to set apart three lots, one for the ministry, one for schools, and one for the first settled minister.1
The Pejepscot proprietors did not, however, wait for any legal enactment of this kind, but very early set apart the required . amount of land both in Brunswick and in Topsham, and also assisted in the erection of a meeting-house in each town.
In 1715 they voted that the meeting-house should be located mid- way between the fort and Maquoit, and that the lots for the ministry, the first minister, and the school be the centre lots.
In 1717 the General Court voted to pay seven hundred and fifty dollars annually for missions to the Indians, with board and lodging for the missionaries. The latter were accordingly sent to Brunswick as well as to other places .? It was probably in conse- quence of the above-mentioned vote that on October 3, 1717, several of the "praying " Indians sent a petition to the General Court, .. That ye Great Governor and Councill would order a small Praying- house to be built near the ffort the English and VS to meet in on Sabbath days.
" SABATIS [Mark] WARENOWBE [Mark]
· HENEQUE [Mark]8
"FORT GEORGE AT BRUNSWICK
Oct ye 3 1717.
JOHN GYLES, Interpreter."
The missionary to Maine was Reverend Joseph Baxter, of Med- field, Massachusetts, and "he was particularly urged to use his best endeavors to bring over the Indians to the Christian Faith." 4
1 Williamson, History of Maine, 2, p. 180.
3 Mass. Archives 31, p. 94.
2 Varney's History of Maine, p. 123.
4 McKeen, MS. Lecture.
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The following extracts from Mr. Baxter's diary are of interest : -
" On Saturday, August 24th, [1717] I went up to Brunswick,1 and the next day preached in ye fort, and 3 of ye Indians came to meeting in ye afternoon, when sermon was ended I repeated the heads of it, and Capt : Giles interpreted y-m to ye Indians, & they seemed to be well pleased therewithal.
" On Monday I had some discourse with ye Indians to shew them ye necessity of sanctifying ye sabbath which was occasioned by their shooting a gun on ye Sabbath day.
". On Saturday, Aug. 31st, I discoursed with several Indians at Brunswick about Religion, and they seemed to be very well pleased with my discourse.
.. September ye 1st I preached at Brunswick, and several Indians came to hear me. Capt Giles interpreted to them ye heads of ye ser- mons, and they seemed well pleased therewith.
.' Octob; 6th I preached at Brunswick and staid there ye ensuing week & preached there on Octob. 13th."
" While I was at Brunswick I was informed by Capt" Giles yt the Amberoscoggin Indians had sent a Petition to ye General Court to have a Praying-house built for them at Brunswick to meet with ye English."
[1718.] " January 19th I preached at Brunswick, and there came 3 Indians to meeting, the most of ye Indians being gone from thence before I came thither.
"January 26th I preached at Brunswick."
" April 20th I preached at Brunswick.
" April 23ª. I discoursed with Three Indians, one of them was inquisitive about things in Religion, and I had a great deal of dis- course with him."
" April ye 26th an Indian came to desire me to go to his squaw who was very sick & like to die, accordingly I went to her with Cap" Giles, and discoursed with her about ye state of her soul, & directed her how to get prepared for death, and she seemed to be very well pleased with what was said to her.
" April ye 27th I preached at Brunswick." ?
From the journal above referred to it would appear that Mr. Baxter did not remove to Brunswick with his family, but that he came here upon several occasions to preach, and that he was at Georgetown
1 From Georgetown.
2 Baxter's Journal in MS. in Library of Maine Historical Society.
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during the greater portion of his stay in Maine. The proprietors, however, deeded him " the second Island in Pejepscot River, coming out of Merrymeeting bay," and he took up lots numbers 14 and 15 in Topsham, which were afterwards sold for non-fulfilment of conditions. It will also be seen a little farther on that there was a house on lot number 6 in Brunswick called " Mr. Baxter's house." In the absence of positive information, it is to be presumed that the propri- etors built a house for him, in the hopes or expectation that he would settle there.
FIRST PARISH.
The first action in religious matters taken by the people was while Brunswick was a parish or plantation, under the Pejepscot proprietors. It appears by the records that : -
"Att a Leagual Town meeting in Brunswick Novmber 3d 1718, It was Voted That whereas the Proprietors of Sd Township in their paternal Care for our Spiritual Good, have by there Joynt- Letter Sought to ye Reverend M' James Woodside to be our Minister & in order there to proposed Conditions for his Settlement on their part, Wee the Inhabitance of Brunswick will Give Fourty pounds pr annum toward ye support of ye Sª Mr. Woodside & a Sum in proportion there to from this time untill May next (if he Come to us) & God in his providence Should Then part us.
" It was also at this meeting Voted That M' Baxters house on ye 6th Lott in Brunswick Be forthwith made habitable for ye sd Mr. Woodside. That ye Charges there of ye Transporting him & his fam- oly from Falmouth to Brunswick be paid Equally by us ye inhabitance of sd Brunswick & ye Capt Gyles is here by impowered to se je Buis- ness effected.
" JOSEPH HEATH Town CIk "
The first meeting-house of the First Parish was probably com- menced mn 1719. It stood about a mile south of the colleges, where the old burying-ground is. It was not, however, finished for several years, and it is probable that Mr. Woodside preached in the fort.
On May 8, 1719, it was voted, that : -
" Whereas the Reverend M' James Woodside for Some time past, has preached to us in order to his Settlement, some of us not being well Sattisfied with his Conversation,1 And thinking It most reason- able ye M' Woodside as well as our Selves should have further time
1 Used in the now obsolete sense of character.
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for consideration in so weighty an affair, Theirfore it is voted that if M' Woodside please to Continue preaching to us Six Moneths Longer he Shall receive of ye town after ye rate of £40 per annum provided those of us who are Dissatisfied with his Conversation (as afore Said) Can by Treating with him as becomes Christians receive Such Sattis- faction from him as that they will heare him preach for ye Time afore sd."
He did not give sufficient satisfaction, for " Att a Leagual Town Meeting in Brunswick Sept 10th 1719 it was voted that whereas the conversation of the Reverend Mr James woodside is Displeasing to ye most of us, which renders us unable to reverence him as our Minis- ter. therefore wee will not heare him any Longer as such. And the Select men are Impowered & Desired to grant a rate & Commit it to Je Constable to Collect So yt ye Sª Mr. Woodside may be paid accord- ing to our agreement with him viz. after ye rate of £40 pounds per annum his Time to begin ye 2ª Day of Novem' & Continue to ye Date of this vote except ye several weeks he was absent on his own buis- ness at Boston & elsewhere."
[1721.] At a meeting of the settlers held May 6, 1721, twelve pounds was assessed upon the inhabitants for the support of the Reverend Isaac Taylor, who agreed with the proprietors to preach alternately in Brunswick and, Topsham for one year.
[1730.] In 1730 a chaplain was allowed at Fort George.
The first minister who preached here after the incorporation of the town was Reverend Robert Rutherford. In the petition for an Act of Incorporation it was stated that the people had obtained "a pious and orthodox minister " to settle with them, and he was doubtless the one to whom reference was made, as he commenced his labors here about 1735. He does not seem to have had a formal call, however, for several years, and was never actually settled.
[1739.] At the annual town meeting, held April 16, 1739, a com- mittee was chosen to make an arrangement with Mr. Rutherford, or if he should decline his services, to agree with some other minister.
At a meeting held the following July it was voted, "That the minister should preach at the southeast end of the town [New Mead- ows] according to what rates and taxes the residents of that part of the town should pay towards the support of the Ministry." At another meeting held in September, it was voted " That the Reverend Mr. Rutherford should preach at the east part of the town as often as
1 Several or seren; the writing is illegible.
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he pleases." A vote was also passed " That James Hue should have the one half of the two hind seats to make a Pew of on the southeast end of the meeting-house."
[1740.] In the year 1740 the town appropriated £150 for Mr. Rutherford's salary, and also voted to raise £200 as a settlement, "if he lives and dies minister of Brunswick," and to raise £66 13s. 4d. that year.
[1741.] The town appropriated, in the year 1741, £150 for support of the minister and £66 towards his settlement. The proprietors also this year voted to lay out a " ministry lot " of one hundred acres, near the meeting-house, on the south side of the road. To judge from the record, the settlers must have been accompanied at church very fre- quently by their canine companions, as the town voted, " That each person that suffers his Dog to com to the meeten-hose one the Lords Day shall forfet the sum of twelve pence."
[1742.] Reverend Mr. Rutherford closed his labors here carly in the year 1742, having preached in town for about seven years. In February of this year a committee was appointed by the town to obtain a minister to preach, on probation, with a view to settlement. This committee does not seem to have accomplished much, however, for in June following another committee was chosen "to agree with the Reverend Mr. Jonathan Pierpont, or some other minister, to preach to us for two or three months."
In September, the town voted " that ye Revd Mr. Sam" Orseborne and ye Revd Mr. James Morton be neither of them imployed in the publick woorke of the Ministrey in this town for the fughter." And a new committee was appointed to secure the services of some suitable " orthodox " minister to preach on probation during the winter, and to be permanently settled if an agreement could be had between him and the town. The committee were authorized to advance £3 a week to the minister who might be employed. This action was owing to the fact that there was a conflict between the eastern and western portions of the town arising from differences in religious views, and the town at this time having two ministers on its hands, in order to harmonize mat- ters, voted that neither of them should be employed.
The people in the eastern part of the town were principally descend- ants of the first settlers of New England. Those who resided in the west part of the town were for the most part Scotch-Irish Presbyte- rians. The latter formed at this time the most numerous portion. The people of New Meadows wished to have the platform of the churches at- York, Berwick, Kittery. etc., and " a Mr. Lumbers [or
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