History of Cumberland Co., Maine, Part 74

Author: Clayton, W. W. (W. Woodford)
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 780

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This town originally extended to the New Gloucester line. That part north of lots 13, 12, 22, 23, 20, 21, 18, 19, 16, and 17, in ranges A, B, C, D, and E, was taken off to form Pownal in 1808. Prout's Gore, on the northeast, lying between the towns of North Yarmouth and Bruns- wick, was joined to the town by the aet of incorporation. Otherwise, the town retains its original lines, and is bounded on the east by Brunswick ; on the south, by Casco Bay ; on the west, by Cousin River and Yarmouth, following the line between the 100 and 120-acre divisions; and on the north, by Pownal and Durham. It ineluded all the islands intersected by an east-southeasterly line from Lane's Point, and belonging to North Yarmouth at that date. The town was to pay its share of the Revolutionary war debt, pay two-fifths of all assessed taxes, and receive its share of the town military stores on hand.

FIRST TOWN-MEETING.

Under a warrant issued by Samuel Merrill, Esq., an election was held March 23, 1789, at the meeting-house in the old burying-ground. Samuel Merrill was elected mod- erator, and Nathan Wesson, town clerk, when it was pro- posed and voted that Rev. Abraham Cummings open the meeting by prayer. John Mann was elected Treasurer; Joseph Staple, James Curtis, Col. George Rogers, Selectmen and Assessors ; Cornelius Soule, George Bartoll, Collectors and Constables ; William Todd, Constable; Bartholomew Reed, John Dunning, Wardens; Jeremiah Nason, Samuel Winslow, Josiah Cummings, William Brown, Samuel Griffin, Abner Sylvester, Mark Rogers, Daniel Curtis, Robert An- derson, Surveyors of Ilighways; Ezra Curtis, Ambrose Tal- > bot, Tithing-men ; James Buxton, Culler of Hoops and Staves; Seward Porter, Thomas Mains, Surveyors of Boards; James Crocker, Ambrose Talbot, Joseph Mitchell, Fence- Viewers; Abraham Reed, Calvin Carver, Benjamin Parker, Jr., James Soule, Silas Wentworth, Noah Pratt, Hog-Reeves and Field-Drivers ; Thomas Bicknell, Sealer of Leather.

RESIDENCE OF CAP! A.S. TIBBETTS , WEST FALMOUTH, ME.

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TOWN OF FREEPORT.

EARLY SETTLEMENT.

The early voyagers reported fish, game, and wild fruits in great abundance within the waters and upon the hill- sides bordering the coast of the Ilarraseeket, but the diffi- culty of escape from Indian incursions prevented any per- manent settlement on the mainland for many years. In 1658, James Lane ventured a short distance up Cousin River, on its east bank, in what has since become South- west Freeport, where he soon after received a grant of land, and also of the island which bears his name, at the mouth of the river. About 1660, John Mosier* settled on Mo- sier's, since changed to Moge's Island. Richard Dummer occupied Pine, since changed to Flying Point, until his death in 1666. Richard Bray settled a short distance south of Mr. Lane. Nathaniel Wallis bonght his improve- ment and claim to 55 acres of land in 1672. Mr. Lane's land was deeded in 1673. Wolfe's Neck was held and occupied by John Shephard in 1666. Amos Stevens, son-in-law of William Royall, joined him in 1674. Bus- tin's Island was occupied by William llaynes previous to the Indian war of 1676. At the commencement of hos- tilities James Lane was killed. His four sons, John, Henry, Samuel, and Job, fled with the alarmed settlers, who escaped with their lives, but lost their homes.

Thomas Blashfell settled on the west shore of Harra- seeket River in 1681, John Harris in 1682, Vines Elliott and John York in 1682-84. William Larrabee, east of Cousin River, in 1685. The " waste land" between Mr. Wharton, who claimed three miles to the westward of Burgomungoming River, and B. Gedney, who claimed two miles eastward from Cousin River, was granted to J. Dummer, Simeon Stoddard, John Foster, and Walter Gen- dall in 1686. Pine Point was granted to Jeremiah Dum- mer, one of the proprietors' committee, in 1684.

Thomas Bailey, one of the proprietors' trustees in 1685, was a son of John Bailey, who came in the " Mayflower," and ancestor of four John Baileys in a direct line, the last of whom was father of Seth Bailey, Sr., of Freeport, and grandfather of Amos J., Asa, and Seth Bailey, Esq., of Freeport village.

Josiah Atwood settled near Cousin River, and sold his place to Thomas Reding in 1690.

July 27, 1688, an Indian and his squaw came to the house of Samuel and Henry Lane, and were permitted to stay all night. The next morning they went to the water- side and called five other Indians. They asked for coals, with which they began building a fire near the house. Telling them of the danger of setting fire to the house, the Lanes carried the fire to the water-side for them, whereupon they fell upon Samuel Lane, who defended him-

self so valiantly that they left him and began chasing his hogs with their hatchets. Soon after there was a general outbreak, and the settlement was abandoned until 1722. John Shephard was killed. Henry Wolfe married his daughter in England, came to America, and settled upon his claim in 1717. lle received a grant of 67 acres of land upon Wolfe's Neck and Wolfe's Island in 1733, and in 1735 was one of the fifteen voters at the town election of North Yarmouth. Ilis daughter, Mary, was the ma- ternal ancestor of Nathaniel Aldrich, grandfather of Hon. George Aldrich, the present occupant.

Mr. Wolfe planted the first orchard in the town, but finding it attractive to the Indians, who came for the apples, he cut all down but a single extremely sour tree, which is still standing.

James Anderson settled on Flying (formerly Pine) Point. Greenfield Pote, Gideon Mann, and Abner Den- nison settled near the Cove burying-ground and east of Ilarriseeket River.

Mr. Boardman came previous to the survey of 1726. Other settlers joined them, and a block-house of hewn logs was built for their mutual protection. Joseph Anderson, grandfather of Mrs. T. A. Wilber, was born here in 1742. Mr. Babble lived on Pine Point in 1746.

May 5, 1756, Thomas Means, grandfather of Deacon H. B. Means, of Freeport village, was shot by Indians while defending his family. Mrs. Means, who was captured, escaped to the house with her infant child, but was after- wards shot, the ball passing through the child, killing it instantly and dangerously wounding the mother. Her sister, a Miss Skinner, was captured at the same time. Mr. Martin, who had secreted himself in the chamber, shot one of the Indians through a crack in the floor. Mr. Bryant was killed near Cousin River. Two others were killed near by. Edward Brewer, a Connecticut sailor, was one of this early settlement on Wolfe's Neck. Ambrose Talbot came up the river in a canoe and made a settlement at South Freeport, just west of the village, and was joined by Ilenry Parker next to the creek westward. Stephen Weston settled near. Indians drove them out, and three times the woods were fired, forcing them to begin anew. The Lanes returned to their father's place. Jonathan Rice and Phinehas Stevens, who came as ehainmen, settled in the town. James Jameson came in 1758.

Amos Sylvester settled on Prout's Gore in 1759, where his son, Thomas Sylvester, was born in 1760. James Sawyer, Scabury Winslow, Melzor Byrom, and Jonathan Woodbury also came in 1759, and settled east of the land- ing. Caleb Sylvester came in 1763; Joshua and Abraham Mitchell in 1768. William Todd settled near "Todd's Bridge" in 1771. Moses Cobb, Ezra Curtis, Capt. Thos. Curtis, Thomas Coffin, Job Douglass, Samuel Griffin, Rich- ard Grant, Richard Kilby, Asa Miller, Daniel Pratt, and Josiah Stockbridge were all residents of Freeport previous to 1774. Nathaniel Josselyn, a soldier of the Revolution, settled in Freeport, with his brother Abner, at the close of the war. William, Joseph, and Nehemiah Ward were early settlers; many of their descendants are prominent in the north of the town. Nehemiah Ward was a tithing- man of North Yarmouth in 1753.

# Mosier was the son of Ilugh Mosier, an early settler in Falmouth, but who afterwards moved farther up the hay. At the court in July, 1666, James Mosier, eldest son of Hugh, was appointed administrator of his father's estate, and Jobn Mosier and James Lane were his sureties. In court, July, 1666, the following judgment was rendered : "John Mosier fined for his offenee 58. and officers' fees 5x. ; this 10R. to be forthwith paid ; and if afterwards by two evidences he can make it out that upon the Sabbath he traveled purposely, as he pretends, to look after Mr. Lane, who that day, as the said Mosier pretended, was in danger of being drowned, then the said Mosier is to have his 10s. returned te him again."

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HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, MAINE.

In 1789 a committee was appointed to take charge of the various funds. A heavy pound of timbers, 40 feet square and 7 feet high, was erected on the ministerial land, and the town-clerk was empowered to hire money to purchase a town-book ! Eleven marriages were consummated between residents of the town and their ladies .*

In 1792 smallpox made its appearance, and, although subjected to rigid quarantine in pest-houses, caused many deaths.

Twelve eents bounty was paid for killing crows.

William Mitchell, being burned out in 1807, was relieved from tax and voted $100 from the public fund.

In 1829 it was voted that " surveyors of highways are prohibited from furnishing ardent spirits on the road from the road-tax."

A town-hall was erected, over the store of Mr. Samuel Holbrook, in 1831-33. This was burned in 1845.

Among the places of historic interest are the old Wolfe's Point apple-tree and the cellar of the first house, a camping- place now for summer visitors, on the extreme point, and on Flying Point the site of the block-house where the pio- neers sought refuge from the Indians.

The burying-ground near by contains the remains of Joseph Anderson, born here in 1743, and died in 1811.

A family ground marks the resting-place of Joseph Mann. " G. M.," on a rough granite stone, means Gideon Mann, who was a resident here in 1746.

On Wolfe Neck, Greenfield Pote, who died 1797, aged sixty-one; Nathaniel Aldrich, died 1834, aged eighty-two; and George Lincoln, died 1818, aged fifty-four, were most prominent.

The largest old ground at Mast Landing contains Nehe- miah Randall, died 1790, aged forty-three; Abner Denni- son, died 1786, aged sixty-seven, and many other early settlers.

At Freeport village a large cemetery, containing 9 acres, one half woodland, was laid out in 1859, and is held by a corporation. Among its occupants are Samuel Litchfield, a soldier of the Revolution ; and the remains from the old burying-ground, near the town-house, removed under the supervision of John C. Kendall, seleetman, in 1878, and buried in a trench, some 3 rods long and 5 feet wide, close to the northern wall.

A short distance south is the old burying-ground in which stood the first church. Capts. Joseph Potter, David Staples, Daniel Grant, and Samuel Jameson, Hon. Rufus Soule, Samuel Ilolbrook, Leonard Morse, Esq., and Lieut. John II. Andrews, of the 9th Maine Volunteers, who died at Savannah, Ga., 1862, are among its honored occupants.

In the north, beside the old Bailey water-mill, on Royal River, are the first of the Iloyt, Jordan, and Plummer families ; farther south the Ward family, Capt. Charles Lambert, who died in 1872, aged ninety-seven; and the Cushing family ground, where rest Capt. David Hooper and wife, who were aged respectively ninety and ninety-one years.

* Josiah Reed, Samuel Worthly, Benj. Porter, Robert Townsend, Joseph Sylvester, Seth Carver, Samuel Mitchell, Joshua Gardner, Seth Bailey, Robert Moore, Joseph Potter.

In South Freeport Cemetery, Ambrose Talbot, who died in 1838, aged ninety-two; Stephen Weston, who died 1820, aged sixty-eight ; and Benjamin Waite, died 1837, aged eighty-one, are earliest settlers.

Westward, in the Webster ground, are John M. Loring, died 1839, aged seventy ; Richard Fitts, died 1817, aged seventy-one ; Samuel Soule, died 1835, aged seventy-three ; John Webster, died 1802, aged fifty-two; Joseph Staples, died 1807, aged seventy ; and Samuel Mitchell, died 1838, aged eighty.

There is another burial-ground in the west.

VILLAGES.

FREEPORT,

the chief village, is located near the centre, three miles from South Freeport, the chief landing, and is the only railroad station in the town. A portion of its lands were first deeded by Gen. Jeremiah Powell to Ammi R. Cutter in 1768, and to Joseph Mitchell in 1772, including the business part north of Main Street. In 1824, when Samuel Bliss opened the old tavern, it was a lively lumber- ing centre, surrounded by woods, from which busy lumber- men were fast stripping the valuable timber. Stages passing eastward from Portland stopped here, and the fisheries con- tributed to its general prosperity. The advent of railroads and a settled population have given it a local importance, and increased the village to its present dimensions. Scat- tered along its main street for nearly a mile 90 fine dwel- lings are half hidden by ancient elius. There are here a new and commodious town-house, three churches, a high- school building, a Masonic hall, and the following trades and manufactures :

Machinery : J. P. Merrill, shoe-tools and general repair- ing; established 1870.

Clothing : E. P. Oxnard, established 1876; furnishes employment to 12 shop and 80 outside operatives.

Shoes : Davis & Cushing, established 1872; employs 20 operatives in shop and 30 outside,-mostly farmers, who have small shops near their dwellings. Ilarlan P. Den- nison, established 1878; 10 shop and 20 outside opera- tives. L. M. Bailey, established 1877 ; employs about 12 operatives in all.

Inks: II. M. Soule, established 1878.

General Merchandise: Gore & Davis, established by William Gore and Samuel Holbrook in 1831, succeeded by his son. E. P. Oxnard, established 1874. Rufus M. Dill, established 1865. Ellis & Kilby, established 1879. Soule Brothers, established, 1862, by Edward S. Soule.

IFardware: C. M. Ballard, since 1877, established by James P. Weeman, 1849.

Drugs : O. II. Briggs & Co., established 1877.

Jewelry : G. E. Weston, established 1878.

Millinery and Ladies' Goods : Mary Dillingham, estab- lished 1875. Ida J. Noyes, established 1879.

Markets : I. M. Fields & Co., established 1878. Rufus M. Dill, established 1878.

Custom Shoe-Shops : Joseph Farwell, established 1840. S. E. Cushing, established 1877.

Ilarness : Henry Green, established 1847.

Photo, by Conant, Portland

Nathan My.

NATHAN NYE, born in Sandwich, Mass., Feb. 15, 1780, was the fourth of eight children of Wil- liam Nye and Eunice Handy, of Rochester. Ile, at the age of twelve, commenced clerking in the store of Lazelle, Perkins & Co., of Bridgewater, Mass., where he remained five years, when he was engaged as clerk in the store of John Fox, Corn- hill, Boston. In 1803 he went to Freeport, Me., and engaged in the mercantile business. In 1825 he took his elerk, Enoch Harrington, in company with him, under the firm-name of Nye & Har- rington, who were successful and well known in all Cumberland County. After the death of Mr. Harrington, James A. Nye, a nephew, was taken in partnership, which business continued till 1848, under the firm-name of N. & J. A. Nye.

He married, Oct. 15, 1806, Susan Lazelle, of Bridgewater. Their children were Susan La- zelle, who died March 9, 1824; Eliza Frances, married Enoch Harrington ; Helen Louisa, mar- ried William Gore; and D. Lazelle, married E. P. Cutter, of Boston. Susan, wife of Nathan Nye, died Oct. 29, 1817.

In 1818 he married, for his second wife, Hannah B., sister of his first wife. Their children were Caroline M., married Rev. E. G. Paison ; and Na- than, who died May 17, 1833.

Mr. Nye was a Federalist of the old school. He served his town as treasurer for a number of years, and also represented it in the State Legisla- ture. In religious faith he was a Unitarian. He died March 2, 1870, and his wife died July 29, 1866.

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TOWN OF FREEPORT.

Carriages : L. T. Coffin, established 1874. Johnson Williams, established 1864.

Coffins and Caskets : L. T. Coffin, established 1874.

Blaeksmiths : Hiram B. Tuttle, II. W. Noyes, John M. Loeke.

Painter: F. M. Curtis, established 1855.

Livery Stables : W. A. Mitchell, A. II. Kilby.

Hotel : Freeport Ilouse, George F. Parker, established in Oxnard Block, 1875.

Conveyancer and Justice of the Peace : Seth Bailey.

Lawyers : E. W. Mitchell, Samuel Clark, H. G. Sleeper.

Physicians : Ebenezer Wells, D. D. Spear, John G. Pierce, O. W. Norton.

Postmaster : J. II. Banks ; mails daily.

MAST LANDING,

at the head of tide on Harraseeket River, was so named from being the landing where masts were delivered from the surrounding forests for the British navy. Abner Dennison settled here as early as 1656. Joseph Lufkin, from Cape Ann, Mass., built his cabin near the bridge about 1778, and Aaron Lufkin, a fisherman, who brought with him, as an apprentice to that trade, John Griffin, father of Tristram R. and Ambrose Griffin, and Martin Anderson were also early settlers at this place. Zebulon Lufkin joined the others at the close of the war. The place had for more than thirty years previous been a mast landing under protection of British troops, who conveyed the woodsmen to and from their work. Above the settle- ment, now comprising fourteen dwellings, is an abandoned store and a school-house. Dennison's mill was here in 1804, and afterwards a large flouring-, saw-, shingle-, and general wood-working mill. This was burned in 1861, and the site abandoned. On the west branch was an early tide-mill.

PORTER'S LANDING,

at the head of the west branch, the home of Benjamin and Capt. Joseph Porter,-formerly Mitchell's Landing,-was the landing for Freeport, a mile and a half distant, and a place of activity. It was at this place Mr. Porter's salt- works were in operation, in 1793, for the evaporation of salt water. A hundred yards above the wharf, near the bridge, there was a tide-mill for many years previous to 1820. There are 20 d'wellings, occupied by seafaring men and ship-builders, upon the hills around the landing. A road 12 rods wide was laid out through this place, and passing Freeport village, in 1770.

SOUTHI FREEPORT

is directly opposite the entrance to the free-port from which the town takes its name. From the earliest settle- ment of the town it was made the centre of a fishing trade, which assumed its greatest importance when. from 1825 to 1830, as many as 12,000 barrels of mackerel were packed upon its wharf in a single year. Attention was turned to ship-building, which became a leading industry until 1845, when the fisheries were again revived by Alfred Soule and Samuel Bliss, who opened a store at South Freeport and packed largely. At that date there were only Capt. Jacob Lincoln, Joseph and Jonathan Stockbridge, Washington

and Clement Soule, Capt. Ambrose and Floyd Talbot, Alfred Waite, and C. Paine at that place, which has since grown to comprise a fine church, 60 dwellings, store now kept by J. E. Davis, shoe-shop, school-house for graded school, erected 1867, and three ship-yards. Postmaster, J. E. Davis ; mails daily by stage. It has a fine harbor and safe anchorage for 50 vessels inside. Win. K. Lewis & Bro., of Boston, Mass., erected a general packing establishment at this place in 1876. Under the present law, restricting the catch of lobsters to the months of April, May, and June, from 4000 to 5000 dozen cans are packed. This is succeeded by fish and berries until the corn season. The shops have a capacity of 12,000 cans of corn per day, packing 30,000 dozen during the season. There are, besides, a large shoe- manufactory in the north part of the town, established by J. M. V. Jordan in 1874, and a store opened by J. S. Ward in 1864, and now conducted by E. E. Morton.

Ship-building has been one of the leading industries of the town for the last century. The two ship-yards at South Freeport have been operated by Enos Soule, Soule & Bliss, and since 1877 by Soule Bros. The yard half a mile above, operated by Briggs & Cashing, was established in 1853. Edwin Merrill formerly built ships at Porter's Landing. Mr. Soule alone has built 87 vessels. Nine were launched upon the IFarraseeket River in 1854.

CIVIL LIST.

SELECTMEN.

1789 .- Joseph Staple, James Curtis, Col. George Rogers.

1790 .- Joseph Staple, James Curtis, Thomas Meaus.

1791 .- Joseph Staple, John Cushing, David Dennison.

1792 .- Jobn Cushing, Joseph Staple, Capt. Greenfield Poto, 1793-94 .- John Cushing, James Curtis, John Stockbridge. 1795 .- Joseph Staple, John Cushing, Col. George Rogers. 1796 .- John Cushing, James Curtis, John Stockbridge. 1797 .- James Curtis, Nath. Burrell, James Rogers. 1798 .- Jaques Curtis, Noah Burrell, Barton Sylvester. 1799 .- John Cushing, Joseph Staple, William Poto. 1800 .- John Cushing, William Pote, James Curtis. 1801 .- John Cushing, Joseph Staple, James Curtis. 1802-3 .-- John Cushing, Jaques Curtis, William Pote. 1804 .- John Cushing, John A. Ilyde, Joseph Staple. 1805 .- Johu Cushing, Joseph Staple, William Pote.

1806 .- John Cushing, Cornelius Dillingham, Edmond Pratt.

1807 .- John Cushing, Cornelius Dillingham, Thomas Bieknell.

1808 .- John Cushing, Edmund Pratt, Moses Soule, Jr. 1809 .- Barton Sylvester. Moses Soule, Jr., Nathan Wesson. 1810,-Nathan Wesson, Ilunchman Sylvester, Micah Stockbridge.

IS11,-Nathan Wesson, Thomas Bicknell, Thomas R. White.

1812 .- Nathan Wesson, Burton Sylvester, Joseph Lufkiu.

1813 .- Nathan Wesson, Barton Sylvester, Samuel Hyde. 1814,-Barton Sylvester, Moses Soule, John Webster. 1815 .- Barton Sylvester, William Pote, John Webster. 1816 .- Capt. William Pote, Cornelius Dillingham, Ed. Pratt. 1817 .- William Pote, Cornelius Dillingham, Moses Soule, Jr. 1818 .- Edmond Pratt, Cornelius Dillingham, William Pote. 1819,-Cornelius Dillingham, William True, Josiah W. Mitchell. 1820,-Cornelius Dillingham, Ansyl Clark, Daniel Brewer, Jr. I821 .- Edmond Pratt, Daniel Brewer, Jr., Joseph Dennison. 1822 .- William True, Daniel Brewer, Jr., John Townsend. 1823 .- Ansyl Clark, Samuel Porter, Josiah W. Mitchell. 1824 .- Samuel Porter, Cornelius Dillingham, Simcon Pratt. 1825,-Edmond Pratt, Ammi Dennison, Simeon Pratt. 1826 .- Simeon Pratt, Edmond Pratt, Ammi Dennison.

1827 .- Simeon Pratt, Edmond Pratt, Seth Bailey, Jr.

1828,-Simeon Pratt, Seth Bailey, Jr., Joseph Mitchell,

1829 .- Simeon Pratt, Edmond Pratt, Thomas Means.

1830 .- Simeon Pratt, Rufus Soule, Seth Bailey.

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HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, MAINE.

1831 .- Edmond Pratt, Simeon Pratt, Thomas Menns. 1832 .- Simeon Pratt, Thomas Means, Seth Bailey, Jr. 1833 .- Simeon Pratt, Soth Bailey, Jr., Joseph Dennison. 1834 .- Josiah W. Mitchell, Simeon Pratt, Joel Kelsey. 1835-36 .- Simeon Pratt, Seth Bailey, Jr., Thomas Means. 1837 .- Scth Bailey, Jr., Simcoe Pratt, Joseph Dennis. 1838 .- Ebenezer Wells, Thomas Means, Enoch Pratt. 1839 .- Ebenezer Wells, Enoch Pratt, Theodare Curtis. 1840 .- Enoch Pratt, Simeon Pratt, Solomon True. 1841 .- Ebenezer Wells, Simcon Pratt, Seth Bailey. 1842 .- Josiah W. Mitchell, Seth Bailey, Jr., Thomas R. Dillingham. 1843-44 .- Enoch Pratt, Theodore Curtis, Nathaniel Josselyn. 1845-47 .- Theodore Curtis, Nathaniel Josselyn, Simeon Pratt. 1848 .- Simeon Pratt, Nathaniel Josselyn, Richard Merrill. 1849 .- Theodore Cortis, Abner 11. Wade, Simeon Pratt. 1850 .- Abner JI. Wade, Simeon Pratt, Ammi R. Mitchell. 1851 .- Ammi R. Mitchell, Nathaniel Josselyn, Micah Stockbridge. 1852 .- Ammi R. Mitchell, Ephraim A. Ilyde, William Gregg. 1853 .- Simeon Pratt, Nathaniel Josselyn, Ambrose Pratt. 1834 .- Micah Stockbridge, Charles Waite, Nathan O. True. 1855 .- William Gregg, Nathan O. True, Ambrose P'ratt. 1856-57 .- Micah Stockbridge, Nathan O. True, Joshua Soule. 1858 .- Micah Stockbridge, Nathaniel Josselyn, Daniel Grant (3d). 1859 .- Micah Stockbridge, Nathae O. True, Henry C. Brewer. 1860 .- Simeon Pratt, Nathaniel Josselyn, George W. Randall. 1861 .- Simeon Pratt, George W. Randall, Henry C. Brewer. 1862 .- Nathaniel Josselyn, Theodore Curtis, Daniel Brewer. 1863-65 .- Micah Stockbridge, Nathan O. True, Edmond Pratt, Jr. 1866 .- Micah Stockbridge, Nathan O. True, George Brewer, Jr. 1867 .- Cushing Mitchell, David R. Hawkes, Isane Mano. 1868,-Cushing Mitchell, David R. llawkes, Charles II. Pettengill, 1869 .- Micah Stockbridge, David R. Hawkes, Isaac Man. 1870 .- Micah Stockbridge, Edwin H. Townsend. 1871 .- Micah Stockbridge, David R. Hawkes, John Burr. 1872 .- Mieah Stockbridge, R. B. Rogers, John Burr. 1873 .- Micah Slockbridge, John Burr, George Aldrieh. 1874 .- John Burr, George Aldrich, Thomas Ward. 1875 .- Micah Stockbridge, Thomas Ward, Horace Rogers. 1876 .- John Burr, Edward S. Soule, George W. Soule. 1877 .- John Burr, Horace Rogers, John C. Kendall. 1878 .- John C. Kendall, Thomas J. Curtis, Isaac D. Bryan. 1879 .- John C. Kendall, Isaac D. Bryan, Benjamin P. Soulc.

TOWN CLERKS.

Nathan Wessen, 1789-1807; John Cushing, 1808-9; Samuel Hyde, 1810-13; Nathan Nye, 1814-24; Simeon Pratt, 1825-35 ; Eben- ezer Wells, 1836-41 ; Samuel King, 1842; Samuel Thing, 1843; Nehemiah Thomas, 1844-49 ; Richard Beleher, 1850-52; Ambrose l'ratt, 1853-55; William Il. Sonle, 1856; Nehemiah Thomas, 1857-61; Edward S. Soule, 1862; Edwin C. Townsend, 1863; Nehemiah Thomas, 1864-72 ; John C. Kendall, 1873-79.

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History of Cumberland Co., Maine, Part 74

Author: Clayton, W. W. (W. Woodford) Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck Number of Pages: 780

Author: Clayton, W. W. (W. Woodford)
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 780