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VILLAGES AND HAMLETS. POWNAL CENTRE.
The principal village, because the oldest, and the centre of town business, is Pownal Centre. There are here 6 dwellings, the old church, a school-house, the town-house, ereeted in 1827 ; Lyman C. True's blacksmith-shop, opened in 1849 ; and the store kept by Capt. Isaac S. Brown, since 1867, opened in 1832, by Hosea Newell. As late as 1809 this place was included in the farms of Jabez True and Thomas Noyes, and the beautiful farms surrounding were an unbroken forest, traversed by roads, which crossing here made the corner. The road to the south led to the grist- and saw-mill of Thomas Haskell, erected at the crossing of Royal River, in 1796. The westward road led to the prosperous settlement known as Little Yarmouth. Mails are daily by North Yarmouth and Durham stage; L. C. True, postmaster.
NORTH POWNAL
also possessed a saw and grist-mill, erected about the year 1800, by Jacob Randall, near the present mills of Enoch Shaw, half a mile south of that hamlet. Jonathan New- begin had a blacksmith-shop near the will. Joseph Lufkin opened the first store on his place in North Pownal, and afterwards Mr. Randall sold goods at his mills. The main stock in those days consisted of West India goods and rum. The place now contains thirteen dwellings, the store of James Rice, blacksmith-shop, harness-shop, the Metho- dist Episcopal church, and a school-house. Mails are daily. James Rice, postmaster.
WEST POWNAL,
in the extreme corner of the town, on the Grand Trunk Railway, is a lively business place and shipping-point for milk, which is an important article of export along the line of the railway. The place contains the depot, dwellings, and store of Tuttle & Lawrence, operated by George A. Miller since 1878, and the fine residence of Moses Plun- mer, Esq., one of the leading citizens of the town. The place is finely situated, and much frequented during the summer. Mails daily by railroad, and to North Pownal. David J. Lawrence, postmaster.
FIRST TOWN-MEETING.
The first town election was held in the school-house near Reuben Ilaskell's, April 15, 1808, under a call issued by Ammi R. Mitchell, Esq., to William Blackstone, one of the principal inhabitants of Pownal. Josiah Lovell was chosen Moderator of the meeting; Thomas Worthy, Town Clerk ; Jedediah Austin, Treasurer ; Jedediah Austin, Benjamin Soule, Josiah Lovell, Seleetmen and Assessors; Reuben Haskell, Collector ; James Turner, John Lawrence, Simeon Stubbs, Israel Noyes, Timothy Pratt, Simeon Estes, Benja- min Soule, Thomas Noyes. Seth Sweetser, David Loring, Ephraim Fogg, Daniel Warren, Jacob Randal, Simson Thoits, Job Allen, Ebenezer True, Surveyors, Field-Drivers,
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and log-Reeves ; James Turner, William Cotton, Tithing- Men ; William Barbour, Robert Royal, Eleazer Lake, Sur- veyors of Lumber ; Lebbeus Tuttle, Thomas Haskell, Joseph Libby, Fence-Viewers. In May, 8250 were voted for schools, $100 for preaching. Edmund Cleaves and Thomas Worthy were made a committee to employ a preacher, and the se- lectmen were authorized to settle with Freeport. And 50 cents fine was voted for any person "twitching lumber across a bridge."
CIVIL LIST. SELECTMEN.
ISOS .- Jedediah Austin, Benjamin Saul, Josiah Lovell. 1809 .- Josiah Lovell, Benjamin Saul, Thomas Worthy.
1810 .- Benjamin Soule, Edward Tompson, William Blackstone.
1811 .- Benjamio Sonle, William Blackstone, Ebenezer Fickett. 1812 .- Benjamin Soule, William Blackstone, Ellison Libby.
1813 .- Benjamin Soule, John Dam, Ellison Libby. 1814 .- Benjamin Soule, George Warren, Ephraim Fogg. 1815 .- Benjamin Soule, William Blackstone, Ebenezer True. 1816 .- Benjamin Soule, Willinm Blnekstone, Michael Dyer. 1817 .- Benjamin Soule, Michael Dyer, Benjamin Mitchell. 1818,-Benjamin Soule, Benjamin Mitchell, Thomas Noyes. 1819 .- Isaac Cushman, Michael Dyer, John Tyler. 1820 .- William Cleaves, Joseph York, William Barbour. 1821 .- William Cleaves, Joseph Lufkin, Joseph York.
1822 .- Benjamin Soule, Benjamin Mitchell, Ebenezer True.
1823 .- Benjamin Soule, Ebenezer True, William Barhour. 1824 .- William Cleaves, Benjamin Sonle, Ebenezer True. 1825 .- William Cleaves, Joseph Brown, Jr., Joseph Paine. 1826-27 .- Benjamin Seule, Joseph Brown, Jr., William ('leaves. 1828 .- William Cleaves, Isaac Cusbman, Joseph Brown, Jr. 1829 .- Joseph Brown, Jr., Michael Dyer, Joseph Tuttle. 1830 .- William Cleaves, Michael Dyer, Joseph York. 1831 .- Michael Dyer, William Cleaves, Adams True. 1832 .- Michael Dyer, Adams True, Joseph Brown, Jr. 1833 .- Joseph Brown, Jr., Henry Warren, Joseph Blackstone. 1834 .- Henry Warren, William Barbour, Joseph Brown, Jr. 1835,-Joseph Brown, Jr., Henry Warren, Elbridge York. 1836 .- Ilenry Warren, Michael Dyer, Benjamin Mitchell. 1837 .- Joseph Brown, Heary Warren, Edward Tompson, Jr. 1838 .- Joseph Brown, Jacob Bemis, Dennis Soule. 1839 .- Henry Warren, Dennis Soule, Benjamin Small. 1840,-Henry Warren, Isaac Cushman, Joseph Brown. 1841 .- Jacob Bemis, Elbridge Work, Daniel Paine. 1842 .- Henry Warren, Elbridge Work, Daniel Paine. 1843 .- Ilenry Warren, Benjamin Small, Enos Small. 1844 .- Henry Warren, Benjamin Small, William Barbour. 1845 .- Henry Warren, Joseph Brown, William Barbonr. 1846 .- Joseph Brown, Henry Warren, William True. 1847 .-- Benjamin Small, Joha Gooding, William Barbonr. 18.18 .- Benjamin Small, John Gooding, lleory Warren. 1849 .- Richard Dresser, Israel Jones, Anthony M. Frost. 1850 .- Benjamin Small, Joseph Brown, Henry Warren. 1851 .- Benjamin Small, Daniel Merrill, John Gooding. 1852 .- Benjamin Small, Jacob Bemis, True Tuttle. 1853 .- Benjamin Small, Jacob Bemis, George Watts. 1851 .- Henry Warren, Benjamin Small, True Tuttle. 1855 .- Ilenry Warren, George Leighton, David T. Libby. 1856 .- Benjamin Small, John Newbegin, Samuel S. Latham. 1857 .- Henry Warren, George Leighton, Isaac Lohdell. 1858 .- John Newbegin, Benjamin Small, Samnel S. Latham. 1859 .- Benjamin Small, Timothy Keith, Tristram G. Hutchins. 1860 .- Benjamin Small, Cyrus Libby, Seth D. Stetson. 1861 .- John Newhegin, Cyrus Libby, Nathaniel Dyer. 1862 .-- Seth D. Stetsan, Cyrus Libby, Moses Plummer. 1863 .- John Newbegin, Isnac S. Brown, Samuel S. Latham. 1861 .- Benjamin Small, Isaac S. Brown, Samuel S. Latham. 1865. Moses Plummer, Samuel S. Latham, Elijah II. Bennett. 1866 .- John II. Noyes, Samuel J. Tuttle, George W. Toothaker. 1867-68 .- John 11. Noyes, Samuel J. Tuttle, Benjamin I. Small. 1869 .- Sammel J. Tuttle, Nathaniel S. Lawrence, Benjamin True. 1870 .- John T. Lawrence, Israel T. MeIntyre, Leander F. Wood.
1871 .- Elbridge York, Elijah II. Bennett, Nathaniel B. Jordan. 1872 .- Samuel J. Tuttle, Nathaniel Dyer, Asa L. Ilaskell. 1873 .- Isaac S. Brown, Benjamin Small, Jeremiah K. Morse. 1874 .- John T. Lawrence, Benjamin True, Israel T. MeIntyre. 1875 .- John T. Lawrence, Israel T. MeIntyre, Harlan B. Trne. 1876 .- John T. Lawrence, Harlan B. True, Charles H. llodsdon. 1877 .- llarlan B. True, Charles Il. Hodsdon, Nathaniel Fickett, 1878 .- Ilarlan B. True, Charles II. Hodsdon, Alrey Noyes. 1879 .- Seth D. Stetson, John T. Lawrence, Conrad D. Snow.
TOWN CLERKS.
Thomas Worthy, 1808-10: Edward Tompson, 1811; Benjamin Soule, 1812-15; William Blackstone, 1816 ; Benjamin Soule, 1817- 18; William Cleaves, 1819-21 ; Ebenezer True, 1822-23; William Cleaves, 1824-25 ; Benjamin Sonle, 1826-27; William Cleaves, 1828 ; Benjamin Soule, 1829; William Cleaves, 1830-31; Joseph Brown, Jr., 1832-34; Elbridge York, 1835; Ilenry Warren, 1836 ; Joseph Brown, 1837; Jacob Bemis, 1838; Dennis Soule, 1839; Ilenry Warren, 1840; Jacob Bemis, Jr., 1841 ; llenry Warren, 1842-13; Moses Richards, 1844; Joseph Brown, 1845-46; Benjamin Small, 1847-48; Richard Dresser. 1849; Benjamin Small, 1850-53; Ilenry Warren, 1854-55; Benjamin Small, 1856; Ilenry Warren, 1857; John Newbegin, 1858: Ben- jamin Small, 1859 : John Newbegin, 1860-61; Seth D. Stetson, 1862; Jeho Newbegin, 1863: Benjamia Small, 1864; Moses Plnmmer, 1865; John H. Noyes, 1866-68; Samuel J. Tuttle, 1869 ; John T. Lawrence, 1870; Elbridge York, 1871 ; Samuel J. Tuttle, 1872; Isaac S. Brown, 1873; Jeho T. Lawrence, 1874-76; Harlan B. True, 1877-78; Seth D. Stetsoo, 1879.
TREASURERS.
Jedediah Austin, 1808: Josiah Lovell, 1809-15; Lebbeus Tuttle, 1816; Josiah Lovell, 1817-18; Lebbens Tuttle, 1819-20; Ben- jamin Mitchell, 1821 ; Joseph Lufkin, 1822-28; William Cleaves, 1829; Joseph Brown, 1830; John Tyler, 1831-32; Jobn Jones, 1833; William Tuttle, 1834; William Marston, 1835-40; Jeho Skillio (vacancy), 1840; Simon Estes, 1841 : Joho Skillin, 1842-43; William Tuttle, 1844; Lebbens Tuttle, 1845-47 ; Tris- tram G. Hutchins, 1848 ; John G. Merrill, 1849; Tristram G. Hutchins, 1850; John G. Merrill, 1851; Owen Thoits, 1852-53; David T. Libby, 1854-55; Elijah H. Bennett, 1856; Seth D. Stetson, 1857; George W. Pillsbury, 1858; Dennis Libby, 1859; Elias Tuttle, Jr., 1860-6] ; Joseph Knight, 1862; Benjamin Small, 1863; Joseph Small, 1864-65; John T. Lawrence, 1866-68; Tristram G. Hutchins, 1869-70 ; Isaac S. Brown, 1871; Joha T. Lawrence, 1872 ; Joseph Small, 1873-74; Perez Chapin, 1875-79.
COLLECTORS AND CONSTABLES.
Reuben Haskell, Lebbeus Tuttle, 1808; Lebbeus Tuttle, Joseph Hutch- ins, 1809 : Benjamin Sawyer, Joseph Ilutchins, 1810; William Cleaves, Renben Haskell, 1811 : Benjamin Sawyer, Thomas Noyes, John Williams, 1812 ; Lebbeus Tuttle, 1813-14; Ellison Libby, 1815-16 ; William Cleaves, Ellison Libby, 1817; William Cleaves, 1818 : John Tyler, Joel Kelsey, 1819; Joab Libby, John Tyler, 1820; Joab Libby, 1821-22; Joseph Brown, Jr., 1823; William Tuttle, 1824; Enos Sawyer, 1825 ; John Tyler, Enos Sawyer, 1826; William Cleaves, Noah Bennett, Enos Saw- yer, 1827; Eaos Sawyer, Noah Bennett, Russell Brown, 1828 ; Noah Bennett, Joseph Brown, Jr., 1829; John Tyler, Russell Brown, Elias Tuttle, 1830; John Tyler, John Cushing, Joseph T. Sawyer, 1831; Joseph T. Sawyer, Elias Tuttle, 1832; John Jones, John Cushing, 1833; William Tuttle, John Cushing, Joseph T. Sawyer, 1834; William Marston, John Cushing, Joseph T. Sawyer, 1835 ; William Marston, John Cushing, 1836; William Marston, David Paine, George Watts, 1837; Wil- liam Marston, 1838-39; William Marston, John Noyes, 1810; John Skillin, 1840 ; Simen Estes, John Noyes, 1841; John Skillin, Cyrus Jones, 1842; John Skillin, Cyrus Jones, Elias Tuttle, 1843; William Tuttle, lohn Skillin, 1844; Lebbeus Tuttle, Cyrus Jones, John Skillin, 1815; Lebbeus Tuttle, Cyrus Jones, 1846; Lebbeus Tuttle, Ilenry I. Warren, Isaac Cushman, 1847: Tristram G. Hutchins, Webster Moses, 1848; John G.
To fill vacancy caused by the death of William Marston.
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Merrill, Webster Moses, 1849; Tristram G. Hutchins, Webster Moses, 1850; John G. Merrill, William P. Allen, 1851; Owen Thoits, Aaron Libby, 1852; Owen Thoits, True Tuttle, 1853; David T. Libby, William P. Alleu, 1854; David T. Libby, George M. Libby, 1855 ; Elijah HI. Bennett, Seward P. Barbour, 1856; Seth D. Stetson, Seward P. Barbour, 1857 ; George W. Pillsbury, 1858; Dennis Libby, 1859; Elias Tuttle, Jr., David T. Libby, 1860-61; Joseph Knight, Samuel Latham, 1862 Elijab II. Bennett, Seward P. Barbour, 1863; Elijab II. Bennett, Nathaniel Wilbur, 1864; Otis Allen, Tristram G. Hutchins, Jobn T. Lawrence, 1865; Benjamin True, Samuel S. Latham, D. II. Bennett, 1866; Benjamin True, Benjamin I. Small, 1867; Elias Tuttle, Jr., William P. Allen, 1868; John T. Lawrence, I. S. Brown, 1869; Benjamin True, David T. Libby, 1870; Benjamin True, Elias Tuttle, Jr., 1871; Benjamin True, Alonzo Loring, Thomas Noyes, 1872 ; Benjamin True, John T. Lawrence, 1873 ; Tristram G. Hutchins, Benjamin True, 1874; Benjamin True, Isaac S. Brown, 1875-77; Benjamin True, Samuel S. Latham, Elias Tuttle, 1878; Benjamin True, Isaac S. Brown, 1879.
RELIGIOUS.
CONGREGATIONALIST CHIURCII.
Rev. Alfred Johnson, settled pastor of Freeport, was sent to preach four Sabbaths at Bradbury Mountain, as a part of his ministerial duties in 1798, and five in 1799. In 1807, Jabez True, Elias Lake, and Job Allen were made a committee to engage a minister, and in 1808. at the town election, it was voted to call Rev. Samuel Sewell at a salary of $300. A church was organized at the house of Thomas Haskell, March 20, 1811. Among the first men- bers were Josiah Lovell, who was made deacon, Thomas Worthy, Josiah Merrill and wife, Mary True, Lucretia Haskell, Simeon Jones and wife, Edward Tompson, Ed- mond Cleaves. A large house of worship was erected in 1809 at Pownal Centre. This house is still ocenpied by the society, its lower rooms being used by the temperance organizations of the town for session-rooms and library. Revs. Samuel Sewell and Jacob Farwick supplied this people in 1808 and 1809. Rev. Perez Chapin became the first set- tled pastor in 1811, and remained until his death, Jau. 27, 1839. During his pastorate his pulpit was supplied by Rev. Oliver Beal, in 1813; Rev. Cyrus Cummings, in 1817; Rev. Allen W. Cobb, in 1819; and Rev. J. J. Carruthers, in 1828. Ile was succeeded at his death by Rev. A. P. Chute, who was discharged in November, 1841. The subsequent pastors have been Rev. William V. Jor- dan, settled September, 1843, dismissed May, 1852, and Revs. Edwin A. Buck, 1852-53; Joseph Loring, in- stalled February, 1855, dismissed January, 1859; Sammuel Bowker, 1860; Joseph Boardman, 1861-65 ; Charles L. Nichols, installed 1866, dismissed 1871 ; Abram Maxwell, 1871 ; George A. Perkins, 1872-75; Rev. Mr. Wilder, 1876; Prof. R. C. Stanley and students from Bates Col- lege, 1876-78 ; Rev. Richard Wiekett, 1879.
The deacons have been Josiah Lovell, appointed 1811 ; Simeon Jones, 1817; Benjamin Mitchell, 1829; Daniel Sweetser, 1844; Moses Merrill, 1856; Benjamin L. Mitchell, 1861; Asa L. Haskell, 1866; and Nathaniel True, present deacon, appointed 1873.
Present membership, 61. Clerk, A. Mitchell ; Parish Clerk, Perez Chapin, son of the first pastor.
SOCIETY OF FRIENDS.
A small meeting house was erected on the opposite side of the road from the dwelling of Simeon Estes, two miles
east of Pownal Centre, now occupied by Capt. Joseph Brown, about the year 1800. This road was known as the " Quaker road" previous to that date. Among the members of this society were Simeon and Elisha Estes, and the Austin, Pote, and Goddard families. This continued to be a place of worship until 1850. The society ceased to exist in the town as an organization soon after.
A meeting-house was erected in the western part of the town, two miles from Pownal Centre, by four men, in 1844, and occupied by the Free-Will Baptist Society, who formed during that year, and gained some strength, but were dis- persed by dissension and removal after a few years. The remaining first members are Anson Libby, llenry Merritt, Amos Sawyer, and William Loring.
A small church was ereeted by the Methodist Episcopal Society at North Pownal in 1844, and dedicated in October of that year by Rev. George Webber. There is no reg- ular organization, and no records have been kept. The building is still occupied by semi-monthly services. Class- Leader, Mr. A. I. Carsley.
SCHOOLS.
On the organization of the town the schools received immediate attention. Schools were established in the north, the centre, and the western parts of the town, and $250 voted for their support. Six districts were soon formed, and these were increased to twelve by 1830. The town now includes ten districts, with nine school-houses, valued at $4000. Of the 274 inhabitants of legal school age, 256 are registered as having attended school some time during the year. Present school committee: Messrs. Conrad S. Snow, John T. Lawrence, and Alroy Noyes.
SOCIETIES.
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS.
Triumph Lodge, No. 50, organized Dec. 20, 1865. First officers, Iliram S. Tuttle, W. C. T .; Partbenia F. Libby, W. V. T .; David J. Lawrence, W. S .; Nathaniel Dyer, W. F. S .; Lyman C. True, W. Treas .; D. T. Libby, W. M .; C. L. Nichols, Chaplain. Present membership, 83. Con- rad S. Snow, W. C. T .; Nettie M. True, W. V. T .; George Gore, W. Sec .; D. S. Toothaker, W. F. S .; Charles Crockett, Treas. The lodge has a fine library, opened in 1878.
The old physicians of the town have been Dr. Joseph Cushman, to 1845 ; Dr. David Y. Pierce, 1851 ; Dr. Green- field Tompson, Dr. J. P. Ilaskell, 1838.
MILITARY.
SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION.
Those who have lived and died here are Jacob Bemis, who died in 1814, aged eighty-four; Lieut. Peter Brown, who was in the battle of Bunker Hill; JJosiah Walker, and A. Jobllen.
WAR OF 1812.
Paul Allen, who is still living, at the age of ninety years ; Isaac Stetson, Reuben Hodyden, Zebulon Berry, John Noyes.
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The prominent men of the town, not elsewhere mentioned, have been : to 1825, Major Benjamin Soule, George War- ren, Esq., Thomas Worthly, William Blackstone, Lebbeus Tuttle, Lieut. Peter W. Brown; 1825-50, Capt. Joseph Brown, Michael Dyer, Reuben Haskell, Capt. Benj. Small, Josiah Walker, Isaac Cushman, Esq .; since 1850, Benjamin True, Perez Chapin, George Noyes, Capt. Isaac Brown,
Capt. Joseph Small, Moses Plummer, Esq., Iliram S. Tut- tle, Conrad S. Snow, Seth D. Stetson.
OFFICERS OF THE MILITIA.
Colonels, John Lawrence, G. Warren ; major, Benjamin Soule ; captains, Jabez True, Edw. Tompson, John Skillin, Henry J. Warren, Joseph Brown, Jacob Cotton, Eben True. 1
RAYMOND.
LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES.
IN lieu of a grant made Capt. William Raymond, and 60 other inhabitants of Beverly, Mass., in 1735, for services against the French and Indians in 1690, and found to be in New Hampshire,* a new grant was made their heirs in June, 1765, and confirmed by the General Court, Jan. 30, 1767.
April 30th, a meeting of the proprietors was held at Beverly, Mass., and it was voted that the township be named Raymond. Capt. George Raymond was made Treasurer ; Thomas Porter, Clerk; and other officers elected to forward the settlement.
The town of Raymond, lying to the east of Sebago Lake, extends in a northeasterly direction twelve and a quarter miles from the point of Raymond Cape, and is four and three-quarters miles in width. The south part is in- dented by Jordan Bay. It is bonnded on the north by Androscoggin County, on the east by New Gloucester and Gray, on the south by Sebago Lake, and on the west by Casco. The original town comprised 37,750 aeres, of which 428 acres were excluded for Rattlesnake Mountain, and 5945 acres for ponds. It was seven and one-half miles square, the base line running due northwest on the western line of New Boston (now Gray) and Windham. The part west of Crooked River was taken to form Naples in 1829, the western half incorporated as Casco in 1841, and Ray- mond Cape annexed from Standish in 1871. The surface is diversified by lowlands in the south, rising to the north- ward into broad uplands and peaks, the highest of which is Rattlesnake Mountain. On the west, Panther, Great and Little Rattlesnake Ponds extend through the town, and are navigable by sloops a portion of the year.
Indications of mineral wealth are found ; sulphurets from near the centre of the town have been assayed, show- ing both silver and gold in paying quantities.
EARLY SETTLEMENT.
Raymond has had no Indian wars. John Davis, Jr., a trapper, the first white occupant, was troubled by Indians
stealing his game, and told his comrade on leaving his camp that he was about done submitting. Soon after a shot was heard. When Davis returned he had his traps with him, and he told his comrade that they " must leave that ground mighty quick !" Ilis sons, John and Gideon Davis, chose lots east of the present village, in 1770; D. Nathaniel Jones, of Cape Elizabeth, Thomas Lewis, and William Dingley also choosing lots the same year.
In 1768 a tax of £90 was assessed on the sixty shares, to pay the expense of survey ; four lots were given to Capt. Samuel Skilling, for services in locating. In 1769 a choice of fifteen 100-aere lots was offered to either proprietor who could move to the town, build a house, and clear four acres of land within fifteen months. In April, 1770, this offer was made to include " any person" who should choose before December 1st of that year. June 18, 1770, Capt. Nathaniel Jordan had recorded the choice of lot 3, range 2, embrac- ing the outlet of Panther Pond ; and September 24th, Capt. Joseph Dingley recorded lot 9, range 2, including the outlet of Thomas Pond.
The first settler was to have a lot of 100 acres. Samuel Jordan and Capt. Dingley started from Massachusetts about the same time, Mr. Jordan in advance. Both stopped for the night at the old " carrying-place," on the south shore of Sebago Lake. While Mr. Jordan was sleeping Capt. Dingley rose quietly, and procuring a boat paddled across the lake to his location above the cape. Mr. Jordan awoke to find himself alone, and started to walk around the lake, that he might be the first settler, arriving at the mouth of Panther Run, where he settled late in the afternoon. By the division of the town to form Casco, which included Capt. Dingley's place, Samnel Jordan became the first settler of Raymond. George Peirce, Esq., was authorized to lay out the town in fourteen ranges, commencing in the south corner and running northwest, cach containing twenty- four lots or less of 100 acres each. Ile was removed in 1789, and Nathaniel Winslow, surveyor, employed to com- plete the survey and present a map to the proprietors, which was accepted March 17, 1791, and a new drawing for " rights" was made the same day.
Capt. Nathaniel Jordan cleared the first road, in 1771.
# Called originally Waretown.
LITTLE
GIDEON PLUMMER.
HENRY JORDAN.
LITTLE
MOSES PLUMMER.
HENRY JORDAN (deceased ).
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TOWN OF RAYMOND.
Of the first 30 settlers in Raymond who received deeds for their lands March 29, 1794, Dominicus Jordan settled on the bay bearing his name, where his son Samuel located the first farm in present Raymond, and his grandson, Samuel Jordan, Jr., the first child born in the town, was born Sept. 21, 1775. Joseph Brown settled next towards the village, Mark Leach and James Jordan north of the village, John Davis east on Panther Run, Samuel Jordan a mile west near Pulpit Rock, and Capt. Dingley just over the line in Casco, with his mills on both sides of the stream.
The site of the village was reserved as a " mill lot," but afterwards sold to James Leach, Eli Longley, J. Plummer, and E. II. Scribner, who held it in 1828. Raymond Hill, in the centre of the town, contained the families of Roger Jordan, of East Raymond hamlet; Gideon Davis, at the south end of Panther Pond; John Davis, west, including the burying-ground ; and Thomas Crisp, northwest, while farther to the north were John Cash, the snake-charmer, Francis Symonds, Jonathan Simonton, James Finney, and north of the Raymond Hill burying-ground, Benjamin Smith. Moses Starbird settled west, towards Rattlesnake Pond. Iu the north corner of the town Widow Experi- ence Willson lived, and at the foot of Panther Pond, east side, Widow Catharine Welch, whose husband was killed in the Revolutionary war. John Nash and his son Elijah Nash came as early as 1812.
Samuel Strout and George Small came in 1816. John Nash settled near the centre of the town in 1817, Henry Merrill a mile east in 1824, Jacob Gray at the north end of Panther Pond in 1822, and John Spiller on the north of Little Rattlesnake Pond in 1816.
Pulpit Rock, a huge granite pile near Raymond Cape, now overgrown with trees and bushes, rises to a height of sixty feet, and is capped with three large rocks rising above the surrounding tree-tops. It is said to have been the former council-ground of the Indians.
The first settlers in Raymond Cape were Daniel Mason, who came by boat from Standish, and built his house on the north shore near The Images in 1818, and Samuel Tarbox, his brother-in-law, who was frozen to death while returning from mill on foot with a bag of meal. His wife, who had gone forth to meet him and wrapped him in her own clothing, was found dead near by. The children remained two days alone during a terrific snow-storm, blowing a horn for help. Surrounded by wild animals, Mr. Mason lived alone on the cape for many years. Ilis wife is still living, a person of vigorous mind, at the age of ninety-six. The cape contains a dozen farm-houses, scattered along its single road. Fry's Island, a quarter of a mile distant, takes its name from Mr. Fry, of Searboro', a hunter of great powers, who ran down the cape to The Images when pursued by Indians, letting himself drop from the top of a jagged rock into the snow which covered the frozen lake, whence he crossed to the island beyond. The Indians, astonished at the daring leap, when they saw him crossing the ice abandoned the pursuit. This eape was much frequented in early years for fish and game. A fissure in the granite ledge forming The Images, some eight feet wide, extends inward from their face, and is covered with rocks and earth which have fallen from the
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