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SCHOOLS.
The first school-teacher of Sebago was Miss Rebecca IJale, who taught previous to 1798. On its organization, in 1830, Sebago contained 271 school children, in six dis- tricts, drawing 8176.50 for the support of schools. In 1848 there were ten districts and 344 scholars. There are now nine districts, five having good school-houses, and 263 school children, 239 of whom have attended school during the year. The school property is valued at $1600. There have been $1103 expended for schools in 1878, with an expense of $23 for supervising. There have been $743 voted by the town, and $ 159 received from the State. The
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average wages for teachers has been $13.25 for female and $22.60 for male teachers. School supervisor for 1879, James C. Babb. Dr. Joseph F. Potter, a prominent phy- sician of Cincinnati, Ohio, a native of Sebago, and son of Daniel Potter, who was for years a prominent citizen, fur- nished the Sunday-schools of Sebago with books and papers, and at his death left a bequest of $30,000 to establish a free high school on the death of his wife, the school to be located within one mile of the present Sebago village.
ASSOCIATIONS.
PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.
Maple Grove Grange, No. 148, was organized April 19, 1875. The first officers were Joseph Brown, Master ; Charles Davis, See .; Mary Davis, Ceres. A branch of the State grange store was established at New Limington in 1876, with Charles Davis agent for this grange. Mr. Davis has been Master since 1876. Present membership, 34.
A charitable anti-tobacco and temperance society was organized in 1840, which exercised a commendable influence for some years, until the spirit of reform became general.
PROMINENT MEN.
William Fitch, Esq., who settled at Sebago in 1792, was the first postmaster, town clerk, and first representative of Sebago in the Legislature. Ile was one of the most ener- getic business men, and for many years a leading citizen, serving several terms as magistrate.
Oliver D. Dike, a prominent citizen, represented his dis- trict in the Legislature in 1857.
John D. Martin, for many years selectman, was elected to the Legislature in 1873, and again in 1876.
James C. Babb, the present school commissioner, has been for some years a leading citizen.
The merchants of the town have been James C. Babb,
John E. McDonald, David Brown, William Bickford, pre- vious to 1840. Present, Fitch Brothers, East Sebago; John P'. Fitch, Sebago; Charles Davis, New Limington.
MANUFACTURES.
Fitch Brothers, staves and general wood-working material, established 1829. George C. Dow, smith, established 1877.
E. L. Poor, a young man of energy, resident at Sebago, is the only lawyer of the town.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
WILLIAM FITCHI
was born in Groton, Mass., in 1792. Ilis father, William, a native of the same place, came to the town of Sebago in 1793, purchased and settled the farm now owned and occu- pied by the subject of this narrative, and was appointed the first postmaster in the town. William Fitch, Jr., had limited opportunities for an education, and from early man- hood to the close of his active business life was a farmier and lumberman.
In 1821 he married Betsey S. Usher, of Massachusetts. Their children are William, Lydia, Lizzie, Charles (de- ceased), John, Ellis, Emma (deceased), Mary, and Luther.
Ile now resides in the bouse built by his father in 1811, a view of which, with his portrait, may be seen in this work. He is a member of the Republican party, was the first treasurer of the town, and for many years postmaster. Ile is liberal in the promotion of all worthy enterprises, and especially in contributions to church and school inter- ests. His daughter Lydia resides with him on the old homestead, and cares for him in his declining years. His wife died Oct. 18, 1855.
STANDISH.
INCORPORATION AND BOUNDARIES.
THE town of Standish was incorporated Nov. 30, 1785, and named in honor of Miles Standish. It is indeuted in the north by Sebago Lake; bounded on the east by Wind- ham and Gorham ; on the south by Buxton, in York County; on the west by the Saco River ; and on the north by Bald- win and Sebago. The land is low and sandy in the north- ern part, rocky and more elevated towards the south and east, with a mixture of clay towards the Saco River; the north is timbered plains, and uninhabited. The Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad runs through the town, and the Cumberland and Oxford Canal formerly connected with Sebago Lake at the eastern point. The Portland Water-
Works Company take their water for the city from the lake, at South Bay.
The first election was held at the meeting-house, March 27, 1786. John Deane, Esq, was chosen moderator; be- sides the principal officers, there were elected surveyors of highways, tithing-men, fence-viewers, field-drivers, pound- keeper, an informer of deer, a sealer of leather, cullers of hoops and staves, sealer of weights and measures, wardens, a committee for examining accounts, a minister to preach three months, and an appropriation of £25 voted for his salary.
EARLY SETTLEMENT.
Ebenezer Shaw, the original settler of Standish, cause from Hampton, N. 11., in response to an offer, made him
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TOBIAS LORD.
MRS. TOBIAS LORD.
( PHOTOS BY LAMSON. )
RESIDENCE & MILLS OF TOBIAS LORD, STEEP FALLS, CUMBERLAND CO, ME.
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by Moses Pearson, of 200 acres of land and a saw mill, if he would build the mill, and move to the place with his family. Mr. Shaw came in 1763, and built the mill in nine days' time. A fort, sixty feet square, had previously been erected of heavy, hewn timbers by the proprietors, in the present crossing of the roads, at Standish Corner, and lots laid out. Mr. Shaw was followed, the same year, by Daniel Cram, Daniel Sanborn, John Sauborn, Jonathan Sanborn, Michael Philbrick, Jonathan Philbrick, John Pierce, Moses Lowel, Caleb Rowe, Worthy Moulton, Jon- athan Bean, and Jabez Dow, from New Hampshire, most of them having families. Judith, daughter of Jonathan Philbrick, born Aug. 27, 1763, was the first white child born in Standish. Samuel Warren settled at Bonny Eagle in 1768. The first baptism recorded was that of Mary Freeman, in 1769. Daniel Ilarmon, John Hall, James Moody, Moses Richardson, and Dominicus Mitchell came previous to 1776. Joseph Paine came from Cape Cod, Mass., in 1780. James Moody opened a blacksmith-shop near Standish Corner, in 1775; Josiah Shaw kept a tavern. In 1783, Aaron Parker purchased 200 acres of land on " the Neck," where his grandson Charles Parker now lives, for £150, and occupied it with his family.
In 1782, Thomas Shaw built a windmill to grind corn. This was the first corn-mill in the town, and, with good wind, would grind fifty bushels of corn a day. In 1788 it was turned into an ashery, as the result of public enterprise at town-meeting. At this time there were forty voters in the town. Ashes were collected in a sail-boat, which traversed Sebago Lake, and brought sixpenee a bushel.
Eliakim Wescott settled on the Neck, near Wescott Falls, in 1795.
Sergeant Shaw and Annie Tompson, the first couple joined in marriage, were united by John Deane, Esq., Sept. 14, 1786. The first few years the settlement was sur- rounded with hardships and dangers. When threatened by Indians, the little colony sought refuge in the fort. Be- coming nearly starved on one occasion, two of the bravest ventured forth into the deep woods and shot a moose. Cutting off a quarter, they hastened into the fort, and re- turned with help for the remainder, only to find that the Indians had taken their game. John McGill, a hunter, lived in the fort for some years, until it was torn down to make room for the first church, which was ereeted in its place in 1769, and which was in turn torn down, after re- peated efforts to have it removed. One dark night in 1805, Edward Tompson, Esq., magistrate, who kept a tavern joining the corner, was aroused by the crash of tearing shingles and clapboards. Taking his perforated tin lantern in one hand, and "the riot aet" in the other, he sallied forth and commeneed to read ; before he had proceeded far, the destroyers threw shingles and put out his light ; by this time, Dr. Howe, who kept the tavern where 1. D. Saw- yer's coat-factory stands, had come to his assistance,-but in vain. The morning sun rose only upon rnins, which were afterwards built into a school-house, and the street was clear.
PLACES OF HISTORIC INTEREST.
The old home of Elliot Hammond, built by him in 1778, is the oldest building in the town. It stands overlooking
the lake across the lower bay, a short distance to the cast of the ground where, upon a grassy knoll, sleep the remains of Josiah Moses and the Waterhouse and Harmon fam- ilies.
The large weather-beaten house standing with its eaves to the road, and overlooking the lake from the bluff oppo- site Indian Isle, was built by Wm. Cummings in 1785, John Cummings, grandfather of Hiram T. Cummings, set- tling near by. The great willow in front has grown from a twig planted eight years after, and before breaking down spread over a diameter of 160 feet .. Much of the tim- bered lands surrounding it were the cultivated fields of the pioneers. John Smith bought the old Cummings house of Dr. Howe, in 1825. Indian Isle, a wooded knoll of 100 aeres, was a rendezvous of Indians, and it is here, tra- dition says, white prisoners were secreted in the carly wars. Stone implements are still sometimes found upon the island. A boat capsizing years ago near this island, with five men, who were never found afterwards, attaches a weird interest to the place. It is said this lake never gives up its dead.
On the road leading from Standish Corner to the lake is the home of the poet Shaw, built in 1774, where the first settlement was made by Ebenezer Shaw. The Fallads of Thomas Shaw, the son, were well known along the coast of Maine for many years, and date back to the Revolutionary war. Conspicuous among his productions was the "Ship- wreck of the Schooner Charles," on Richmond's Island, July 12, 1807. The ballad was headed by sixteen black euffins, to represent the number of victims, and surrounded with a heavy border. Thomas Shaw, his son, occupies the old homestead, which contains many relics of early days.
The old church at Standish Corner is pointed out to the stranger as a monument to the religious energy of sires and grandsires, who rest in the cemetery across the street and in various parts of the town.
BURYING-GROUNDS.
In 1772, Moses Pearson deeded to the town one-half acre of land at Standish Corner for a burying-ground. This is the oldest cemetery in the town, and contains the remains of Rev. Jonathan Gould, Isaac Snow Tompson, whose epi- taph is " First Physician of Standish ;" John Deane, Esq., Deacon Jonathan Philbrick, and others equally venerated. There is a fine large cemetery at Steep Falls. inclosed with iron and granite and regularly laid out. The Bonny Eagle, containing the Warren, Davis, and Sturgis pioneers, and Pehiah McDonald, " a soldier of the Revolution ;" the Harding Ground, on the Neck, where rest Rev. Elias F. Blake and Rev. Joseph White, are the principal burying- grounds in Standish, besides which there are thirty private and family burying-places in various parts of the town.
VILLAGES AND HAMLETS.
STANDISH CORNER.
the point of original settlement, was for many years the business centre of Standish and the country to the north- west, which furnished a busy trade for two tanneries, six stores, and three hotels. The opening of the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad transferred the business to Sebago
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Lake Station, which also absorbed that of the old landing where the Portland water-works connect with that lake. The business of the place consists of two coat manufacto- ries, a general merchandise store, ladies' goods, hotel, harness- shop, marble- and blacksmith-shops, law-office, and two physicians. There are three churches, school-house, town farm and buildings,-established 1867,-and sixty dwellings. This is the oldest post-office in the town. Mails twice daily by stage, from Sebago Lake.
. SEBAGO LAKE,
on the lower bay of the lake, contains a depot, twenty-five dwellings, three stores, hotel, grist- and wood-mill, two clothing manufactories, carriage-shop, and the store-rooms of the Sebago Lake Iec Company of Portland. There was but one store on the opening of the railroad. A steam- boat line was opened between Sebago Lake Station, Naples, Bridgton, and Harrison in 1867. Post-office established Jan. 1, 1872; Nathaniel Lane was first postmaster. Bonny Eagle is a post-office hamlet, of which twelve houses, the school-house, and the Methodist Episcopal church extend along the road from Bonny Eagle Island in Saco River to York's Corner, where there is a store and several shops.
STEEP FALLS
is the principal village of Standish ; is a station on the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad, and contains five stores, a post-office, hotel, chureli, saw-mill, and wood-working machinery, and is a shipping-point for lumber. There are thirty-eight residences in Standish, and some on the oppo- site side of the Saco River. The first settlement here was made by Capt. Benjamin Poland, who built a mill a mile below the falls in 1826. James Foss opened the first store in 1829. Tobias Lord erected a grist-mill in 1836. Wil- liam Pierce established the first hotel here in 1826. The place is finely located on high land and surrounded by beautiful groves.
RICHIVILLE
is a flag station near Rich's mill, in the north part of the town.
CIVIL LIST. SELECTMEN.
1786 .- Caleb Rowe, Daniel Hasty, John Deanc. 1787 .- Josiah Shaw, Peter Moulton, Enoch Linnel.
1788 .- Isaac S. Tompson, Josiah Shaw, George Freeman.
1789 .- Peter Moulton, Josiah Shaw, Thomas Shaw. 1790 .- John Deune, Daniel Hasty, Job Eastman. 1791 .- Peter Moulton, Enoch Linnel, George Freeman.
1792 .- Peter Moulton, Theodore Mussey, George Freeman. 1793 .- Joseph C. Rackliff, Dominicus Mitchell, James D. Tneker.
1794. - Peter Moulton, Daniel Lowell, Dominicus Mitchell. 1795 .- James D. Tucker, Dominicus Mitchell, Peter Moulton. 1796 .- James D. Theker, Dominicus Mitchell, George Freeman. 1797 .- Dominicus Mitchell, Enoch Linnel, Peter Moulton. 1798,-Dominicus Mitchell, James D. Tucker, Enoch Linnel. 1799-1800 .- James D. Tucker, Edmond Massey, Joseph Dow. 1801 .- Peter Moulton, John Deane, Josiah Shaw, Daniel Hasty, Levi Cram.
1802. Peter Moulton, Levi ('ram, Joseph Dow.
1803 .- Levi Cram, William Tompson, Jonathan Philbrick.
1804 .- Peter Moulton, James D. Tucker, John Sanborn. IS05 .- Levi Cram, William Tompson, Win. Iliggins. 1806. - William Tompson, John Lowell, William Higgins. 1807 .- William Tompson, William Higgins, James Hasty.
1805,-Peter Moulton, Daniel Hasty, Sargent Shaw. 1809 .- Simeon Moulton, Peter Rowe, James D. Tucker. 1810 .- Simeon Moulton, Daniel Hasty, Jr., Samuel Dennet. 1811 .- Simeon Moulton, Moses Rich, John Sanborn. 1812 .- Simeon Moulton, Moses Rich, William Graffam. 1813 .- Simcon Moulton, Daniel Hnsty, Jr., Wm. IInsty, Jr. 1814 .- Simeon Moulton, William Hasty, Jr., Jonathan Dow. 1815-16 .- Edmund Mussey, Daniel Hasty, Jr., John Spring. 1817-18 .- Simeon Moulton, Mark White, Timothy Higgins, Jr. 1819 .- Simeon Moulton, Daniel Hasty, Knowles lliggins. 1820,-Simcon Moulton. Col. John Spring, Mark White. 1821 .- Mark White, William Tompson, William Hasty, Jr. 1822 .- William Tompson, Benjamin Haskell, Jr., James Hasty, Jr. 1823 .- William Tompson, Knowles Higgins, Jonathan Dow. 1824 .- Isaae S. Spring, Sargent Show, Jonathan Dow. 1825 .- William Tompson, Mark White, John Cummings, Jr. 1826-27 .- Wmn. Tompson, John Cummings, Jr., Enoch F. Higgins. 1828 .- John Cummings, Jr., William Tompson, Enoch F. IFiggins. 1829 .- William Ilasty, Sargent Shaw, Jnbez Dow. 1830-32 .- Benjamin Poland, Benjamin Chadbourne, Jabez Dow. 1833-35 .- Benjaroin Chadbourne, Edmund Mayo, Lemuel Rich. 1836-37 .- Benjamin Chadbourne, Lemuel Rich, Jabez Dow. 1838 .- Benjamin Chadbourne, Daniel Davis, Tobias Lord. 1839 .- Tobias Lord, Daniel Davis, Peter Shaw. 1840 .- Lemuel Rich, Daniel Davis, Peter Shaw.
1841 .- Lemnel Rich, Samuel Phinney, Joseph Sanborn.
1842 .- Samuel Phinney, Joseph Sanborn, Lemuel Rich. 1843 .- Lemuel Rich, Samuel Phinney, John Knapp. 1841-45 .- Joseph Sanborn, Ebenezer Moulton, Elinkim Wescott. 1846-17 .- Joseph Sanborn, Wm. T. Chadbourne, Frederick Lowell. 1818 .- William T. Chadbourne, Frederick Lowell, Joshua Paine, Jr. 1849 .- Joseph Sanborn, Joseph S. Tompson, James Foss. 1851 .- Joseph Sanborn, Joseph S. Tompson, Josiah Moulton. 1852 .- Joseph S. Tompson, Lemuel Riel (3d), Wilson Dow. 1853 .- Joseph S. Tompson, Seth Higgins, Eliakim Wescott. 1854 .- Joseph S. Tompson, Jonathan Moore, Amos Boulter. 1855 .- Joseph S. Tompson, Henry M. Chadbourne, Joseph Sanborn. 1856 .- Henry M. Chadbourne, Seth Higgins, Peter Paine. 1857 .- Joseph Sanborn, Frederick Lowell, Eliakim Wescott. 1858 .- William Paine, Josiah L. Swett, Samuel L. Davis. 1859-60 .- Samnel O. Paine, Lemuel Rich (3d), Arza Mayo. 1861 .- John H. Philbrick, Lemuel Rich (3d), Willinm Wingate. 1862 .- Lemuel Rich (3d), Elisha B. Mitchell, Harvey Wescott. 1863 .- Joseph Sanborn, Ebenezer Moulton, Asa Berry. 1864 .- Joseph S. Tompson, Samuel O. Paine, Amos Boulter. 1865 .- Ebenezer Moulton, Joseph Sauborn, Asa Berry. 1866 .- Ebenezer Moulton, William Freeman, Samuel O. Paine. 1867 .- Samuel O. Painc, James K. Emery, Merritt I. Paine. 1868 .- Merritt I. Paine, Wm. D. Freeman, Daniel S. Davis. 1869 .- Wilson Dow, William Il. Dresser, Eliakim Wescott. 1870-71 .- William 11. Dresser, Eliakim Wescott, Wilson Dow. 1872 .- Wilson Dow, Ambrose Cram, William Rich.
1873 .- Ambrose Cram, Elisha B. Mitchell, Augustus Y. Staples. 1874 .- Henry M. Chadbourne, Oris R. Phinney, A. S. Hutchinsen. 1875 .- John D. Higgins, Samuel Dingley, Augustus S. Iutebinson. 1876 .- Ilenry M. Chadbourne, Wm. H. Libby, Orville S. Sanborn. 1877 .- Henry M. Chadbourne, Seth Higgins, Almon H. Cressey. 1878 .- Orville S. Sanborn, Tobias Lord, Jr., Ichabod Cousins. 1879 .- Almon II. Cressey, Winthrop B. Dresser, John Il. Davis.
TOWN CLERKS.
Theodore Mussey, 1786-89; Dominicus Mitehell, 1790; Theodere Mussey, 1791-95; James D. Tucker, 1796; Theodoro Mussey, 1797-1803; William Tompson, 1804-7; Daniel Hasty, 1808; Daniel HInsty, Jr., 1809-10; Isane S. Spring, 1811-12; Theodore Mussey, 1813-16; James Hasty, Jr., 1817-29; Oliver Frost, 1830-32; Phineas Ingalls, 1833-43 ; Horatio J. Swascy, 1841-48; John 1I. Philbrick, 1819-56; Theodore M. Bradbury, 1857-58; Joseph S. Tompson, 1859-60: Jnmes K. Emery, 1861 ; Joseph S. Tompson, 1862; Theodore M. Bradbury, 1863 ; William B. Cobb, 1864 ; Theodore MI. Bradbury, 1865 ; William II. Dresser, 1866-67 ; William Paine, 1868 ; Joseph S. Thompson, 1869-72 ; to fill va- caney, John D. Higgins, 1872; John D. Iliggins, 1873-74; Wil- liam HI. Libby, 1875 : Orin K. Phinney, 1876-77; William H. Libby, 1878; Isane D. Sawyer, 1879.
WILLIAM RICH.
MRS. WILLIAM RICH .
( PHOTOS BY LAMSON
RESIDENCE OF WILLIAM RICH , STANDISH, ME.
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TREASURERS.
Josiah Shaw, 1786; Jonathan Philbrick, 1768; Theodore Mussey, 1789 ; Dominicus Mitchell, 1790; Theodore Mussey, 1791- 1803; William Tompson, 1804; Theodore Mussey, 1805; Wil- liam Thomson, 1806-7 ; James Philbrick. 1808; Samuel Don- net, 1809-11 ; Isane S. Spring, 1812 ; Theodore Mussry, 1813- 17; James llasty, Jr., ISIS-29; Oliver Frost, 1830-32 ; Phineas Ingalls, 1833-43 ; Horatio J. Swasey, 1844-18; John Philbrick, 1849-56; Theodore M. Bradbury, 1857-58 ; Joseph S. Tompson, 1859-60; James K. Emery, 1861 : Joseph S. Tompson, 1862; Theodore M. Bradbury, 1863; William B. Cobb, 1864 ; Theo- dore M. Bradbury, 1865: William H. Dresser, 1866-67; Wil- liam Pain, ISGS; Joseph S. Tompson, 1869-72 ; to fill vacancy, John D. lliggins, 1872; John D. Higgins, 1873-74; William II. Libby, 1875; Orin K. Phinney, 1876-77 : William ]]. Libby, 1878; Isaac D. Sawyer, 1879.
CONSTABLES AND COLLECTORS.
Sargent Shaw, 1786 ; Dominiens Mitchell, 1787 ; Israel Thorn, 1788 ; Daniel Hiasty, 1789; Josiah Shaw, 1790; Daniel llasty, 1791 ; Simeon Sanborn, 1792; John Peirce, Peter Moulton, 1793; James Moody, 1794; Daniel Lowell, 1795-96; Edward Musscy, 1797; James Moody, 1798; Joseph Dow, 1799-1800; Edward Tompsoo, Joseph Dow, cons., James Harty, col .. 1801; Edward Tompson, 1802; Robert Rowe, 1803; Joseph Dow, 1804-5; Daniel Hasty, 1806; Silas Lowell, col., Bryan Martin. cons., 1807 : Thomas Shaw, 1808: Richard Pierce, 1809-10 ; Joseph C. Rackliff, 1811; Levi Sanborn, cons., Peter Sanborn, col., 1812 ; Jobn Philbrick, 1813; Daniel Freeman, 1814; Caleb P. Phil- brick, 1815-16; William Butler, 1817 ; Caleb P'. Philbriek, ISIS- 21; Joseph Bailey, 1822: Edward Thompson, 1823-26; James Hasty, Jr., cons. and col., Edward Tompson, cons., 1827; Edward Tompson, cons., James Hasty, Jr., col., 1828; Daniel Hasty, 1829-30 ; Samuel Phinney, 1831-35 ; Peter Shaw, 1836-38; William l'aine, cons., 1838; Lemuel Rich, 1839; Charles Tomp- son, 1840 ; Arza Mayo, cons., 1840; Arza Mayo, cons., Charles Thompson, col., 1841; Charles Thompson, 1842-44; Arza Mayo, cons., 1841; Joslyn C. Robinson, 1845-47; Jonathan Moore, 1848-50 ; Lorenzo If. Moore, 1851; Alvah Weeks, 1852-54; Samnel L. Davis, 1855-57; Ebenezer C. Lamblin, 1858; Lyman Sanborn, 1859; Lyman Sanborn, Robert Ridlin, cons .. 1860; Lyman Sanborn, 1861, Alvah Weeks, 1862 : Ebenezer Shaw, Jr., Ebenezer C. Hamlin, cons., 1863 ; Alvab Weeks, William H. Dres- ser, eons., 1864 ; Uriah A. Berry, 1865: Ephraim Higgins, 1866 ; John L. Chase, 1867-69; Merritt I. Paine, 1870 ; Walter Brug- don, Alfred S. Cousins, cons., 1871 : Alfred S. Cousins, 1872-73 ; Daniel A. Paine, 1874-75 ; John E. Tompson, 1876; John P. Moulton, 1877; Alfred S. Cousins, 1878 ; James Moody, 1879.
JUSTICES.
John Deane, 1786-90; Josiah Thateher, 1791; Jobn Peane, 1795 1803; Thomas Mussey, 1804; Jobn Deane, 1808; William Tompson, 1809; Theodore Mussey, 1812 : William Tompson, 1820; B. Chadbourne, 1834 ; James Hasty, Jr., 1835< E. Mayo, 1836; loratio J. Swasey, 1839; James Hasty, 1839-11 ; Benja- min Chadbourne, 1845; Phineas Ingalls, N. J. Swascy, 1815-48; Charles Tompson, 1815; Phineas Ingalls, H. A. Swa-ey, 1816 ; Joseph Sanborn, William C. Lowell, 1817: T. M. Bradbury, 1848; H. J. Swasey, J. Il. Philbrick, Caleb Hodsdon, 1849; John Sawyer, 1849 ; Phineas Ingalls, 1851; Il. J. Swasey, George M. Small, Lemuel Rich (3d), 1852; Joseph Sanborn, 1856; Ebenezer Moulton, 1857; H. J. Swasey, 1858.
CHURCHES.
The " Records of the Church of Christ in Standish" recite that the first religious organization in the town was formed May 11, 1769, under the patronage of the original proprietors of the land, who erected a church on the site of the old fort at Standish Corner in that year, and John Tompson, who was ordained at Portland, Oct. 25, 1768, was settled by them as pastor. The salary was
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payable in " one-third cach, cash, East India goods, and produce." There were seven members, John Tompson, John Pierce, George Freeman, Michael Philbrick, Josiah Shaw, David Sanborn, and Peter Moulton. Mary. wife of Josiah Shaw, Jonathan Philbrick and wife, and Ebenezer Shaw and wife joined the church during that year. Jona- than Philbrick was the first deacon. Rev. Jonathan Gould was ordained Sept 16, 1793, and became pastor at once, retaining charge until his death in 1795. He was succeeded by Rev. Daniel Marrett, who was ordained for that purpose, and also died at Standish, after a pastorate of thirty-three years. The present " Old Church" was erected in 1805, and dedicated by him in 1806. Thomas Church was one of the main contributors. Rev. Thomas Tenny was ordained in 1820, and was pastor until 1829. In 1834 a dissension occurred, taking away many of the members.
After the reorganization of the Evangelical Church, as the new society was named, the Unitarian Church Covenant was drawn up by Rev. Amos D. Wheeler, a young minister just ordained, and was adopted April 14, 1835. lle was pastor until 1846, and was succeeded in turn by A. M. Bridge in 1843; E. J. Gerry, 1846; Geo. Osgood, 1854; Jacob Caldwell, 1855; Rev. Mr. Nickerson, 1862.
THE EVANGELICAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHI
was organized Feb. 5, 1834, by Rev. D. Merritt, with 73 members. The officers were Rev. Thomas Tenny, Pastor and Clerk ; Enoch Moody and Joshua Paine, Deacons. Revs. Clark Perry, Silas Baker, Isaac Weston, William Rand, and D. Harris succeeded as pastors. Mr. Harris died at this charge, June 9, 1850, and was succeeded by Rev. James P. Hladley, who made many converts to the church. Rev. Mark Gould became pastor in 1858; Charles Soule, 1862; Calvin Chapman, 1863; Samuel Hopkins, 1866; Stephen 11. Robinson, 1873; and John P. Trow- bridge, the present pastor, in 1873. A fine building was erceted in 1834 by Josiah Davis, Thomas Tenny, Joshua Paine, Committee. Present membership, 37.
FREE. WILL BAPTIST CHURCH.
Baptist meetings were held as early as 1793. In 1803 there was an effort made to obtain from the town that part of the church fax which came from Baptist citizens, but without success. Meetings were held at the house of John Plaistead, on Standish Neck, until the erection of the church in 1806, through the efforts of Simeon Moulton. Clement Phinney, a young school-teacher, who was converted at this time, became afterwards a prominent minister. Sargeant Shaw was an early minister. In 1816, Miss Ahuira Wes- cott was ordained, and became a leading preacher. Rev. Joseph White died here. Rev. Zachariah Leach, 1816; Clement Phinney, 1816-25; John Buzzell, Christopher Bullock, Jeremiah Bullock, Thomas Strout, and Walker Parker have since supplied them.
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