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V Elizabeth, b. November 26, 1820, d. June, 1822.
vi Samuel, b. April 28, 1823; unmarried. He was drowned from brig Gazelle.
vii Isaac W., b. September 16, 1825. Shot in Bangor, while gunning, in 1839.
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viii Benjamin A., b. September 7, 1828, m. Relief Sherman, Novem- ber, 1850. He died. She m. second William S. Dodge, February 13, 1861.
ix Abigail, b. September 7, 1828, d. January 27, 1847.
David Warren, son of Samuel, Jr., born October 6, 1799. David Warren was an honest man, and an honor to the town. He died June 1, 1879. Married first, Olive, daughter of James Trim, January 31, 1830. She was born February 26, 1808, died October 6, 1842. Married second, Mrs. Wealthy Lawry, February 3, 1844. Married third, Mrs. Lucretia Spinney, of Georgetown, December 29, 1854. She died December 3, 1867. Children :
i David, b. December 17, 1832. Moved away.
ii Olive Relief, b. August 3, 1838, m. Joseph R. Grover.
George Warren, son of Samuel, Jr., born June 12, 1812. Married Sarah Veazie, December 20, 1835. He died Dec. 2, 1890. She died Sept. 6, 1891. Children :
i Sarah J., b. September 11, 1837, m. James Richards.
ii George Alden, b. January 27, 1840, m. Lucinda Parker.
iii Caroline, b. September 15, 1841, m. Philip O. Coombs.
iv Lydia Ellen, b. October 12, 1843, m. Andrew W. Spinney. He was drowned November 19, 1875.
V Ann, b. July 16, 1853, m. Amariah Trim.
vi Ruth E., b. October 14, 1856.
vii Addie E., b. February 14, 1859.
viii Edna, m. James Wargent. He was drowned in Belfast bay.
ix Cyril.
x John, m. . - Parker.
James Warren, was son of Samuel, Jr., b. July 4, 1808. He married first, Sabrina Parker, Oct. 10, 1840. He moved to Brewer, and imarried second, there, Mrs. Laura A. Burr. He was master of brig Annandale, which was wrecked on the coast of New Jersey, in December, 1869, and the master was drowned. Children by first wife :
i Sabrina, m. Marcellus Veazie.
ii David, m. Nettie Wyman, and now resides in Foxborough, Mass.
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Daniel Warren, son of Benjamin, born November 4, 1815, married first, Bathsheba, daughter of Mark Pendle- ton, December 21, 1837. She was born May 16, 1817. He married second, Mrs. Caroline Wood, January 5, 1863. Children, perhaps not in order :
i Lydia Porter, m. Solomon P. Coombs.
ii Nancy J., b. August 30, 1839, m. Moses J. Nelson, June 10, 1858.
iii Adeline V., b. February 16, 1841.
iv Daniel A., b. August 12, 1843.
v Arvilla, m. Zebulon M. Roberts, 1857.
vi Samuel, b. January 2, 1845.
vii Abigail, b. September 18, 1848.
viii Rosanna D., b. September 28, 1850.
ix Mary A., b. December 12, 1852.
x Relief M., b. September 23, 1854.
xi Zebulon R., b. October 30, 1864.
xii Benjamin A., b. September 14, 1866.
xiii Celia F., b. September 14, 1870.
xiv Bertha J., b. September 7, 1875.
Stephen Warren, son of Benjamin, born December II, 18II, died June 7, 1889. Married Lydia Pendleton, daughter of Joseph, February 23, 1832. She died Sept. 10, 1861, aged 62 years, 9 months, 10 days. Children : i William S., b. December 3, 1836, m. Clementina Pendleton, September 15, 1857. One son :
I Albert W., b. July 23, 1858.
ii Sarah J., b. September 19, 1838.
iii Ophelia P., b. May 14, 1842.
iv Stephen H., b. February 25, 1844.
V Benjamin A., b. October 17, 1845.
vi Mary E., b. June 26, 1849.
vii Harriet L., b. June 28, 1854, d. June 20, 1872. .
viii Noyes, (?) d. June 20, 1873.
Timothy Warren, son of Geo. Warren, Sen., born Sept. 7, 1810. Married first, Sarah, daughter of Dodge Pen- dleton ; married second, Mrs. Lydia (Boardman) Stone, Jan. 19, 1835. Children :
i Maria, b. May 17, 1837.
ii Napoleon B., b. September 17, 1838.
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Isaac Warren, son of George Warren, born April 7, 1804. Died March 15, 1858. Married Sally, daughter of Dodge Pendleton. Published April 12, 1826. Children :
i Isaac, b. August 4, 1828, m. Phebe A. Marshall, June, 1850; m. second, Mrs. Mary J., widow of Capt. Jacob W. Wyman.
ii Alfred Porter, b. February 14, 1830, m. Marinda French.
iii Sarah Pendleton, b. April 23, 1834, m. David Philbrook.
Jeremiah Warren, son of George, born August 4, 1806. Married Abigail Thomas, in 1827. She died October 14, 1875, aged 73. Children :
i Jeremiah, b. November 15, 1827, m. first, Caroline H. Dodge. Published December 26, 1851. M. second, Mrs. Marinda C. Warren. Published November 25, 1857.
ii Elizabeth, b. April 12, 1828, m. Eben L. Hopkins, July 6, 1855.
iii Franklin, b. October 3, 1836, died unmarried.
iv Martin V. B., b. November 14, 1838, m. - Staples, of Rock- land. Children :
I Eva B. and Agnes B., b. January 27, 1868. Eva B. d. 1878.
3 Byron S. P., b. March 2, 1871.
4 Nellie W., b. September 22, 1874.
5 -, March 24, 1878.
Daniel A. Warren, Jr., b. Aug. 12, 1843, married Anna Nickerson. Children :
i Kate, b. March 18, 1872.
ii Ethan Alvin, b. November 1, 1875, d. 1889.
iii Lizzie A., b. December 1, 1881.
John S. Warren married Artha M. Parker. Children :
i Arthur Erdine, b. January 4, 1875.
ii Estelle, b. November 27, 1876.
iii Gertrude L., b. October 4, 1878.
iv John Sanborn, b. August 17, 1883.
v Genevieve Leah, b. June 2, 1885.
vi Emeline Parker, b. March 19, 1892. 38
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WELCH FAMILY.
Bartholomew Welch married Polly Woodward. £ Pub- lished March 23, 1819. He probably died in Searsport. Children, born in Islesborough :
i Mary B., b. May 11, 1820.
ii Benjamin, b. July 15, 1821.
iii Betsey, b. October 2, 1823.
iv Adeline, b. March 12, 1827.
v Abbie, b. November 16, 1830.
WHITE FAMILY.
Samuel White married Betsey Howard. Child :
i Mary Augusta, b. April 22, 1877.
WHITMORE FAMILY.
George Whitmore. Child :
i George, Jr., b. August 14, 1855.
WILLIAMS FAMILY.
Shubael Williams, from New London, Conn., born about 1730. He came to Islesborough and settled between Crow Cove and Bounty Cove. He married first, Abigail Turner. She died April 5, 1798, aged 71 or 79. He married second, Mrs. Temperance Easton, of Northport. He died July 17, 1804, aged 74, according to his gravestone. Children, not in order :
i Samuel, d. September 10, 1820, aged 65 years.
ii Amos, b. Marcli 3, 1758.
iii Joseph.
iv Benjamin.
V Abigail, m. Benjamin Coombs, June 16, 1791.
vi Lucy, (?) in. - Marshall.
vii Rebecca. (?)
viii & ix Two oldest sons are said never to have come here-Charles and another.
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Amos Williams, son of Shubael Williams, born March 3, 1758. Married Betsey Burns, of Bristol. He lived on the west side, below Crow Cove. He died March 15, 1840. She died Nov. 16, 1844, aged 80. Children, not in order :
i John, b. December 24, 1785, m. Sally Parker.
ii William, b. February 14, 1789, unmarried, d. February 14, 1861.
iii Thomas Ames, b. October 13, 1792; married.
iv Betsey, b. May 7, 1798, m. Nathaniel Pruden, of Castine. Pub- lished May 8, 1815.
v Judith P., b. February 17, 1800, m. Michael Heal, of Lincolnville, August 26, 1824.
vi Phebe, b. January 25, 1802, m. Elisha R. Trim, January 23, 1834. vii Rebecca, (?) m. Zachariah Marshall.
viii Dorcas, (?) m. James Keller, March 10, 1810.
ix Polly or Dolly, (?) m. Elisha Philbrook, December 25, 1805.
John Williams, son of Amos, born December 24, 1785. Married Sally, daughter of Mighill Parker, Sept. 1, 1814. He died in Belfast, March 1, 1831. His son, Mighill Parker Williams, has been for many years publisher of a newspaper in Hudson, N. Y. Son John, Jr., drowned in Orland.
Benjamin Williams, son of Shubael, married Jenny Burns, from Bristol, December 26, 1791. She died Aug. 4, 1837, aged 70. He died March 4, 1848, aged 81. Children :
i Elizabeth, b. December 19, 1792, m. James Gilpatrick.
ii Abigail, b. December 2, 1794, m. Charles Allen, of Northport. Published July 30, 1820.
iii Jane, b. August 14, 1796, m. Samuel Marshall, 1830.
iv Shubael, b. June 29, 1798, d. 1798.
v Benjamin J., b. October 7, 1799 ; unmarried, d. 186 -.
vi Temperance, b. April 21, 1801, m. Stephen Pruden, September II, 1823 first, and second, Rev. Ephraim Emery. Published March 10, 1832.
vii Fanny Young, b. December 17, 1802, m. Andrew Marshall.
viii James Burns, b. June 18, 1804, n1. Prudence Dodge, Jan. 4, 1849.
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ix William, b. March 16, 1806, unmarried ; d. about 1838.
x Ibri, b. November 5, 1808, d. March 30, 1834.
xi Julia Ann, b. April 2, 1812, d. October 19, 1841.
James B. Williams, son of Benjamin, born June 18, 1804, married Prudence Dodge, January 4, 1849. He died August 22, 1872. Children :
i Zilpha J., b. January 29, 1850.
ii James B., b. October 29, 1852, m. Lavinia Williams.
Joseph Williams, son of Shubael, married Sally, daugh- ter of Cornelius Saunders, March 14, 1804. He lived just below the middle meeting-house. He died April 2, 1842, aged 72. His estate went to his sons, Joseph and Darius, and is now owned by Stephen Babbidge. Children :
i Judith G., b. December 3, 1805, m. Samuel Gilchrist. He was in the ship Ben Rust, and was lost at sea in 1837, in the South Pacific ocean.
· ii Samuel, b. July 22, 1808, d. young.
iii Betsey, b. March 7, 1810, m. William Coombs, September 19, 1833. iv Sally, b. December 2, 1811, m. Robert Penney, of Knox, December II, 1833.
V Robert Trim, b. November 8, 1813 ; unmarried ; d. 1890.
vi Joseph, b. November 5, 1815 ; unmarried ; d. March, 1864. (?) vii Lucy, b. April 14, 1817, m. - Penney.
viii Darius, b. April 2, 1819, m. Lucy A. Richards, of Camden. She died. He d. in 1880.
George W. Williams married Martha G. Brown, of Dracut. Published October 26, 1841.
Thomas Ames Williams, son of Amos, born Oct. 13, 1792. He married Lydia, daughter of Jonathan Sprague. Published Aug. 13, 1817. He died May 13, 1866. Wife died March 10, 1863, aged 70 years 5 months. Children : i George W., b. April 2, 1818, m. Martha G. Brown; removed to Saco.
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ii Thomas R., b. December 7, 1819, m. Sarah K. Hatch, January 9, 1845. His son Winsor, d. November 24, 1892.
iii Lydia S., b. March 23, 1821, m. James L. Hatch, December 29, 1841.
iv Caroline, b. October 25, 1825, unmarried.
V Emery F., b. July 8, 1828 ; married.
vi Charlotte, b. October 26, 1830, d. April 15, 1831.
vii Ellison Newton, b. February 18, 1832, d. October 4, 1833.
viii David, b. July 21, 1835, d. same day.
ix Shubael, drowned in Kenduskeag Stream, 1830-2-3, about 12 or 14 years of age.
Emery F. Williams, son of Thomas A., married Char- lotte A. Pendleton, December 25, 1850. Children :
i Lavinia, b. April 21, 1852, m. James B. Williams.
ii Charles E., b. January 14, 1854, m. Nora Redman.
iii George, m. Nellie Cobb.
David Williams, from Kennebec, of another family than Shubael Williams. Came here when a young man, and built a camp on Lime Island. He lived there, employed in fishing and gunning, until he was passed middle age, when he married Mrs. Orinda P. Haskell, March 27, 1851. She was the widow of Samuel M. Haskell, and daughter of David Philbrook. Soon after marriage he quitclaimed his interest to Lime Island. He then built a house on Warren's Island, where his children were born. He died in Lincolnville, where he had a brother in 1891. Children :
i Morris.
ii Willis.
iii Edward.
iv Lucy, m. -- Drinkwater, of Northport.
V Margaret.
vi Inez.
WOODWARD FAMILY.
Peter Woodward, town officer in 1790. Probably from Brunswick.
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Joseph Woodward, probably brother of Peter. Hog- reeve in 1790. Drowned in Western Bay.
WOODWARD MARRIAGES IN ISLESBOROUGH.
Polly, married B. Welch. Published March 23, 1819.
Eunice, married Enos Burr, of Castine. Published June 24, 1822.
Belona, married Michael Warren. Published Nov. 9, 1828.
WYMAN FAMILY.
William Wyman, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, came to . Belfast about 1829, then to Islesborough, 1829-30. He married first in Nova Scotia. He had five children by first wife, who died there. He married second, as "of Belfast," November 20, 1829, Mrs. Lucy Coombs Hewes. He died November 13, 1842, aged 58. She died March 10, 1878. Children by first wife :
i Joseph, b. in Halifax.
ii John C., b. in Halifax.
iii William, b. in Halifax.
iv Ellen, b. in Halifax.
v Albert B., b. in Halifax. Was in Orrington, and married there Susan B. Brooks, January 6, 1848. She was b. December I, 1823. Moved to Brooklyn, N. Y., where he died, August, 1877, and his wife January, 1882. Children, born in Orrington :
I Ross, b. July 26, 1850, m. and lives in Brooklyn, N. Y ..
2 Brooks, b. April 6, 1853, mn. and lives in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Children, not in order, by second wife, born in Isles- borough :
vi Jacob W., b. about 1830-31. He married Mary J. Coombs, in 1853. He and his brothers, Rufus and Jairus, were lost at sea, bound from Portland to Tortugas, in the brig Winyaw, in 1862. Widow Mary was published to Thomas Williams, May 8, 1866. Mr. Williams died on what was to be his
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wedding-day, and she subsequently married Isaac Warren. Mrs. Wyman's children were :
I William A., b. October, 1853, m. Edith Coburn.
2 Adelma, (?) b. June 29, 1856, m. first, Charles Coombs, and second, W. Haynes.
3 Freddie, b. June 5, 1858.
vii Hosea C., m. Judith Dix. He died. Widow resides in Fox- borough, Mass. Children :
I Sophronia, b. September 22, 1858, m. David Warren, now of Foxborough, Mass.
2 Caro, b. October 26, 1860, d. 1877.
3 Clifford, drowned at sea.
viii Alonzo Everett, b. - , married first, Almeda Coombs, July 29, 1858. She d. December 25, 1881. He m. second, Lizzie Veazie. Children :
I Effie M., b. January 16, 1860, m. Eben L. Coombs.
2 Mary C., b. May 27, 1861, m. David Grover.
3 Hugh M., b. October 19, 1873, d. 1875.
4 Rose M., b. August 21, 187 -.
5 Bessie.
6 Almeda, b. - , d. December 23, 1881.
7 Alberta, b. June 8, 1876, d. 1879.
ix Jairus, b. April 29, 1841. Lost at sea with his brother Jacob, 1862.
x Lucy, b. - , m. John M. Coombs.
xi George T., b. -- , in. Laurinda A. Sprague, February 7, 1859. He died. She m. second.
xii Edward Austin, b. March 23, 1847, m. Rosanna, daughter of Pillsbury Coombs, July 7, 1868.
xiii Rufus, b. November 23, 1843, lost at sea, 1862.
YATES FAMILY.
William S. Yates. Children, born in Islesborough :
i Ruby A., b. February 22, 1857.
ii Lucy B., b. July 24, 1858.
iii Sarah W., b. July 18, 1861.
iv Warren, Thomas, and Alexina, not born in Islesborough.
Thomas W. Yates married Addie Andrews. He died in 1879. Child :
i Reuben E., b. October 29, 1875, d. in 1879.
VIEW SOUTHWARD FROM ISLESBOROUGH INN.
ISLESBOROUGH AS A SUMMER RESORT .*
THE gem of Penobscot Bay, like all of greatest value, best shows its worth in a plain setting; though the ever-changing heavens and their faithful mirror beneath can scarcely be termed a plain, but a perfect setting for the scintillations and the shadows of this treasure. From the bold cliffs on the upper point to the sloping, shelving beach at the southern extremity, each shore is cut and grooved into entrancing irregularity of inlet, bay, beach, bluff, until there are no duplicates of picture the length and breadth of this charming isle. More beautiful in its ever-changing moods than can be reproduced by art.
When it first became known to the outside world, as a pleasure ground, health resort, or blessed retreat from the busy, bustling crowd, there are no exact dates, but a gen- eration ago many names of note are found as habitues of this spot, and doubtless, could we read the soul's record, much of the inspiration which photographs the wild flower or landscape, the summer sea or rolling wave of more than one poet's pictured verse, is due to his love of this spot.
* This chapter was contributed to this history by a lady who has spent twelve summers on the island, and who is abundantly qualified to write.
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On which of the headlands of this island lay our Maine poet * when he sang :
"I lay upon the headland height and listened To the incessant sobbing of the sea In caverns under me,
And watched the waves that tossed and Fled and glistened, Until the rolling meadows of amethyst Melted away in mist."
Those who have feasted their eyes on the beauties of Turtle Head and its surroundings, need only the name to recall the spot, beautiful for situation ; its rounded outline jutting into the upper bay, and so densely covered with the fragrant pine that avenues have been cut through the groves to allow frequent views of the ever-changing waters below and beyond. Across the bay eastward stands the bold promontory of Castine Head, with its "street lamp of the ocean" prominent on the rugged cliff, a grateful point to the eyes of artist as well as mariner. Beyond the water at the north the view is made picturesque by the bold shore of Fort Point, its rounded top crowned with the summer home "Woodcliff," and its horse-shoe beach lined with cottages, owned by devotees at the shrine of beauty spread before them here. . Westward, over the gleaming bay, lie the irregular shores of the pretty city of Belfast, and the curves and beaches of the old towns of Northport and Lincolnville ; while the horizon line discovers ranges of undulating hills and mountains, sloping to the sea in green field or groves of evergreen, or pastures fringed with the cone-shaped cedar.
The rides to Turtle Head, both on the eastern and western shores, are justly designated two of the most
* His brother, A. W. Longfellow, of the U. S. Coast Survey, spent one summer at Sabbath-Day Harbor, and Rev. Samuel Longfellow, another brother, was a visitor often to Penobscot Bay ; and I be- lieve the poet himself was occasionally here, many years ago.
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beautiful on the island. The place is of interest to all. Its natural attractiveness is increased by the artistic taste and hospitality of the dwellers by the sea.
On the east coast of Long Island, "Sabbath-Day Har- bor" has long been a place of resort, and to those who have loitered here the long summer days through, year after year, every spot has its associations and interest, from the beach, dotted with the first summer cottages built on the island, to the Bluff which protects the har- bor, with its bold sides and front. Coombs' Bluff stands boldly out into the bay, raising itself one hundred and forty feet above tide water; the highest land excepting Warren's Mountain, at the south end, on the fourteen miles of undulating surface of the island. This bluff forms a natural breakwater for the harbor, which curves in on the western side of the bluff and up into the land till it forms a firinly-sheltered harbor, for a fleet of small vessels. Here the ancient fishermen came to lie at anchor and keep the quiet rest of the Lord's day, naming it in their quaint style "Sabbath-Day Harbor." Here came the first summer visitors, for a day or a week, to watch the sunrise over the bluff. Wearied with the bus- tle of towns, their first sweet sleep is broken by the very stillness, then a bird's sleepy note recalls a sense of life, next a consciousness of listening for other sounds ; a gleam of twilight through the open window; the dip of an oar at a long distance, but coming nearer with such rhythm that it is just the even pulse of nature, which with each beat brings more of the day ; rosy light breaks the eastern sky and spreads low and high over Cape Rosier's long outline till the heavens are glowing and the water spreads out from the shores of Castine and the cape to the corre- sponding ones of bluff and beach, a mass of moulten color. The stillness; the shadows in the harbor; the gorgeous sunrising above the headland, into the glowing
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day, filled with the life-tonic of salt sea air, no words can picture.
The day is done, the sun has gone down behind the western mountains of Camden, leaving billows of gorgeous crimson and silver and blue above, and a repetition of all this color in the sea. As the "curtain from unseen hands" falls down, all turn to send their eyes across the bay for the beacon light of Eagle Island. The stars come out, one and another, and another, until never were the heavens so luminous ; never the stars so numerous. The moon comes up out of the sea beyond the Cape and sends her beams, a widening way of shimmering light, to shore.
To those who have dwelt here, while the June blossoms faded, and the fragrant wild rose budded, bloomed and brightened every wayside, covered every heap of rocks, or appropriated all neglected field corners and decaying stumps, born to bloom and blush unseen by the thousands and then fall to give place to the golden harvest of Sep- tember; there are no sights more beautiful, no associa- tions more heartful. Here they have truly lived, the fathers and mothers older and happier, with the wax and wane of these summer moons, the children grown to youths, then lovers, and still returning to spend their honeymoons, renewed each year in this dear spot.
Here is the comfortable house named "The Islesbor- ough," built in 1885, as an extension to the original house, which was built in 1868 for a dwelling house, and to accommodate a few lovers of this harbor, who each year returned to refresh themselves with its beautiful views, sailing and healthful breezes. These friends re- turned bringing others so numerous that the proprietor was obliged to build this addition, which grew to be much larger than the original. At the present time it will ac- commodate about one hundred guests, and is a house much frequented by visitors at this charming resort.
VIEW FROM COOMBS' BLUFF, SABBATH-DAY HARBOR.
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SHORE AT COOMBS' BLUFF, SABBATH-DAY HARBOR.
THE ISLESBOROUGH, SABBATH-DAY HARBOR.
VIEW AT BOUNTY COVE.
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Two miles below Sabbath-Day Harbor lies "Bounty Cove." Perhaps the great gift of beauty suggested its name. This harbor, protected by a rugged wooded cliff, which extends far into the bay, forms one of the most placid seas. The sloping fields beyond with their crescent- shaped beach, suggest a paradise for the salt sea bathers.
Hewes' Point, which forms the barrier to the Atlantic waves, was the second spot appropriated by summer cot- tagers. About the shore of this point have clustered a number of picturesque cottages, with a background of groves and hills which charm all eyes. Nowhere on the island are there more lovely bits of landscape than at and from this point with its beautiful groves and bold shore. This land rises one hundred and thirty feet above the water, and on the highest part there is an observatory, than from which no more charming view of Penobscot Bay can be obtained. The wonderfully-diversified outline of the island first attracts, then the sea and land lie before one. Island and bay, mountain and sea, make up such completeness of beauty that one must take them as a whole before a single "bit" can be designated. A clear morning or evening light enjoyed from this spot will mark that day with a white stone. Every season, with the springing grass, comes the householder to his own, to which he adds artistic contributions of shrubs and flowers, to glow and brighten after the wild sweet briars have faded.
The western coast, with its broad bay dotted with islands varying in contour and extent, has its summer dwellers and lovers. On one of its points stands a white lighthouse, which adds interest to the scene from every view. So great a proportion of the inhabitants are those who go down to the sea in ships, all that pertains to their safety must be of special interest. The western bay is seldom without its fleet of sailing craft, than which
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nothing fashioned by man's hand is more beautiful. Through this western bay come the larger steamers to their ports on the opposite shores of Camden and Belfast. These all add much to the panorama of sea and shore. A morning drive down the west coast of the island, when the sun is behind and eyes can stretch over islands and sea to the opposite shores and the long slopes and sharp peaks of Camden mountains, is an event to be remem- bered ; a picture from which no line of beauty can be missed.
If there is one spot more perfect than all others, it is Gilkey's Harbor, from the old farm-house known as the "Ames place." The house stands alone, and elevated about a hundred feet above the water, and a thousand feet from it, with the rolling greensward stretching down to the quiet sea below. The upper part of the harbor is protected by the long arm of Grindle's Point, on which stands the lighthouse, and the lower part by an archi- pelago of islands, thus securing a safe harbor for ships of any size. Across the western bay the Camden mountains, flooded by sunlight, define the horizon line, and hem in this pacific sea and set the perfect picture.
This farm, with much adjoining territory, has been pur- chased by the Islesborough Land and Improvement Com- pany, which has opened new roads for driving to different points of interest and beauty through the southern half of the island. The larger part of the land of this section is high and sightly, with groves of evergreen trees, both along the indented shores and covering a large part of the interior.
From the "Narrows," about midway of the island, where it is nearly bisected at high water, the land is narrower and cut deeply by bays and inlets on either side. The most picturesque of these is Dark Harbor, on the east side. Here the Land and Improvement Company
ISLESBOROUGH INN-EASTERLY VIEW.
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THE ISLESBORO IAN , ISLESBORO ME. Wheelwright & Maven Architects Boston Mass Scale if Feet
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HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
have erected "The Islesborough Inn," on a charming height, which overlooks on the west Gilkey's Harbor, the slumbering islands, and the western bay with its pass- ing fleet of sailing craft and steamers. The views from the east are over the numerous islands of the lower Penobscot Bay, including the justly-famed Isle au Haut,- whose shores are washed by the unbroken waves of the Atlantic-the larger and smaller Deer Isles, and many smaller and more neighborly islands. More easterly, only four miles across the bay, stretches Cape Rosier, and over it the mountains of South-West and Bar Harbors are prominent landmarks.
This fine house, in its situation and appointments, is not surpassed in New England, and its guests only depart with the breath of autumn to return with the summer sun. Already there are fine residences erected in many directions, on most desirable locations, but where all is so complete, it is only the individual taste which de- termines the location. Not only is the scenery beautiful, but by healthful sanitary arrangements made by the Land Company the sewerage and water supply are perfected. It is quite as impossible to represent perfectly this desir- able house, the improvements made on the lands, while nature still is kept in charming simplicity, as it is to faithfully present the whole beauty of Long Island.
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ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS.
Page 114 .- Schooner Sea (or May) Flower sailed on a voyage to the West Indies. She foundered at sea, having on board William Wil- liams, Josiah Farrow, George Warren and James Sherman, who were picked up and carried to the East Indies, and returned home after an absence of twenty-two months.
Page 257-Dodge Pendleton died Feb. 22, 1893.
Page 298-Shubael Williams married second, Mrs. Temperance Eastes.
Page 239-Capt. William Pendleton Jr.'s family corrected. Chil- dren, probably not in order :
i Job, b. 1747, d. in Islesborough, January 25, 1794, aged 47.
ii Lydia, m. Jacob Crandall, January 24, 1768 ; did not come here.
iii John, b. 1751, of Islesborough. He died in Camden, December, 1830.
iv Oliver, of Islesborough, died in Hope, a very old man.
V Jonathan, of Islesborough, d. September 25, 1841, an aged man. vi Henry, of Islesborough, d. in Northport about 1844, aged 84.
vii Mary, b. November 14, 1766, m. Isaiah Wilcox and settled in New York State.
viii Bridget, b. 1769, twin with Dorothy or Judith, m. Robert Farns- worth, of Bristol and Islesborough.
ix Dorothy.
x Judith.
The Belfast, Islesborough and Northport Telegraph and Telephone Company was incorporated in 1891, and organized the same year. Capt. W. S. Pendleton, of Islesborough, was elected President. The Company propose to build their line this year.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 313
Page 6-Chapter 6-Abstract of Contents should be Shubael Wil- liams instead of Shubael Pendleton.
Page 81-Engraving should be Thomas Ames' house instead of Benjamin.
Page 84-For Mrs. Boardman read Miss Boardman.
Page 156-For William F. Gates read William. F. Yates.
Page 178-Elder Ephraim Coombs' portrait.
Page 220-Deacon James Hatch's portrait.
Page 234-John B. Moody's father, Caleb, drowned in Searsmont Pond. John B. Moody's children :
i Ina - died at age of 12 years.
ii Lizzie Jane and Betsey Ana died.
iii Caleb Simmons, married Nora Fairfield.
iv Adin Stanley married Bertha I. Warren.
V Ruth Edna married Walter Decker.
Page 237-For Flora C. read Elma.
Page 244-Second line for three years read three months.
Page 252-For Elisha K. Pendleton read Joseph K. Pendleton.
Page 254-Last two lines for Samuel read Lemuel and for Samuel A. read Lemuel A. Pendleton.
Page 259-Mark Pierce Pendleton appointed Consul to Pictou, N. S., 1893.
Page 216-Priscilla Grinnell m. Appollos Alden of Belfast, November 2, 1807. Mrs. Priscilla Alden m. Captain Joshua Cottrell, July 3, 1836, both of Belfast. Mrs. Priscilla Alden, widow of Appollos Alden, died October 10, 1868, aged 80. I cannot reconcile these. The Alden children were :
i. Darius Alden, b. March 5, 1809, d. in Augusta, November 21, 1889. Man of wealth.
ii William O. Alden, b. April 3, 1810, of Belfast, d. May 1890. Left his mother Priscilla Cottrell $300 a year. She died before him.
iii Sarah Jane Alden.
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A Map of the Island of ISLESBORO
In Penobscot Bay Maine together with the adjacent Islands and shores of the Mainland on either side A.D. 1891
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