USA > Maine > Oxford County > Paris > History of Paris, Maine, from its settlement to 1880, with a history of the grants of 1736 & 1771, together with personal sketches, a copious genealogical register and an appendix > Part 70
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73
Sunday, 4. Set off before sunrise ; travel as far as Exeter; breakfast at Folsom's near the bridge; travel to King's just as service was over for the forenoon. Called at Abbott, from thence to Haverhill, pass the ferry a little before sunset ; to Bradford ; lodged at Chandler's by the river side.
ACCOUNTS.
The com. Fuller, Coolidge, Whitney and Bisco, employed assistants, and their time as follows : Capt. Coolidge, 19 days; Capt. Fuller, 36: Whitney, 36; Bisco, 37 : Shepard, 34; Barnard, 37; James Stenchfield, 35; Kimball, 3; Eaton, 3; Kneeland, 6; Clark, 3; Lovejoy, 3; Johnson, 17=279 days. Arrived at Casco Bay, Aug. 24th, 1872. Paid freight of eight bbls, at 7s, 6p per bbl, and for other things, 4s, 6p ; amt. to 3€, 4s, 6 pence. Paid for storage at Preble's, 15s, 6p. Paid for transporting stores from Falmouth to Sebago Pond, 6£, Gs.
782
HISTORY OF PARIS.
PARIS TOWN OFFICERS, 1793 TO 1884.
SELECTMEN.
1793. Isaac Bolster, Lemuel Jackson, Nathan Nelson. 1794. Daniel Staples, Jonathan Hall.
SELECTMEN AND ASSESSORS.
1795. Lemuel Jackson, Levi Hubbard, Nicholas Chesley.
1796. Isaac Bolster, Levi Hubbard, Nathan Nelson.
1797. Lemuel Jackson, Isaac Bolster, Levi Hubbard.
1798. Isaac Bolster, Levi Hubbard, Jonathan Bemis.
1799. Seth Morse, Levi Hubbard, Ebenezer Rawson. 1800. Levi Hubbard, Seth Morse, Ebenezer Rawson. 1801. Isaac Bolster, Thomas Stevens, Ebenezer Rawson. 66 Ebenezer Rawson, Thomas Stevens.
1802.
1803. Josiah Biscoe, Ebenezer Rawson, Levi Hubbard.
1804.
Ebenezer Rawson, Stephen Robinson, Jairus Shaw.
1805. Josiah Biscoe, Ebenezer Rawson, Seth Morse. 1806. Samuel Stephens, Ebenezer Rawson.
1807. Ebenezer Rawson, Elias Stowell.
1808-9. Josiah Biscoe, Elias Stowell, Seth Carpenter. 1810. Elias Stowell, Samuel Stephens, Gustavus A. Goss.
1811-13. Elias Stowell, Seth Carpenter, Alfred Gates.
1814. Seth Carpenter, Alfred Gates, William Stowell. 1815. Samuel Stephens, Elias Stowell, William Stowell.
1816.
Elias Stowell, William Stowell, Alanson Mellen.
1817-18. Elias Stowell, Alanson Mellen, Benjamin Chesley. 1819. Elias Stowell, Samuel King, Benjamin Chesley.
1820. 1821.
Samuel King, Benjamin Chesley, Thomas IIill.
Benjamin Chesley, Samuel King,
1822.
Thomas Clark, Elias Stowell, Micah Walker. Benjamin Chesley.
1823. 1824. Elias Stowell, Thomas Clark, John Deering
1825. John Deering, Thomas Hill, Jr., William Walker.
1826. Thomas Hill, Jr., William Walker, Thomas Clark.
1827. Stephen Emery, Thomas Hill, Jr., Elias Stowell.
1828. Asaph Kittredge, Thomas Hill, Jr., Micah Walker.
1829. Rufus K. Goodenow, Micah Walker, Thomas N. Stowell.
1830. Micah Walker, Alfred Andrews, Rufus Stowell. 1831-3. Luke Chase, Moses Hammond, America Thayer. 1834. Cyprian Stevens.
1835. Alfred Andrews, Moses Hammond, Cyprian Stevens.
1836. Moses Hammond, Benjamin F. Crawford, Rufus Stowell. 66 Rufus Stowell, Benjamin F. Crawford.
1837.
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
1838. Asaph Kittredge, Josiah Dudley, Cyprian Stevens.
1839. Josiah Dudley, Ebenezer Thayer,
1840. Asaph Kittredge, Phineas Stearns, Joseph H. King.
1841-2. Moses Hammond, America Thayer, Ebenezer Thayer.
1843.
66
Galen Field, John Porter.
1844. America Thayer, Galen Field, Isaac Harlow. Joseph HI. King. 1845. 1846. Isaac Harlow, Levi Thayer, America Bisbee.
1847. America Thayer, Levi Thayer, Thomas Stevens.
783
HISTORY OF PARIS.
1848. Joseph H. King, Thomas Stevens, Jairus H. Jackson. 1849. Elisha Morse, Austin Partridge.
1850-1. Elisha Morse, Simon H. Cummings, Richard T. Lurvey.
1852. 1853. 1854. 1855. 1856. 1857. 1858. 1859. 1860.
Richard T. Lurvey, Jairus K. Hammond, Robert Skillings. Jairus K. Hammond, Robert Skillings, Eleazer Dunham. Eleazer Dunham, Tristram Hersey. America Thayer, Simeon Farnum.
Elisha Morse, A. S. Thayer, Eleazer Dunham. 66 Solon G. Walker.
Joel B. Thayer, Solomon Chase.
Joel B. Thayer, Solomon Chase, George W. Cushman. Richard T. Lurvey, Charles W. Bemis.
1861-2. Charles W. Bemis, George F. Hammond, Herrick O. Tuell.
1863. Otis C. Bolster, Herrick O. Tuell, Silas P. Maxim.
1864-5. Otis C. Bolster, Silas P. Maxim, Thomas C. Cushman.
1868. 1869.
1866-7. Silas P. Maxim, Thomas C. Cushman, Horace N. Bolster. Silas P. Maxim, James Curtis, Jonas Bisbee. Jonas Bisbee, Andrew Bennett.
1870. Jonas Bisbee, Henry E. Hammond, Wm. A. Frothingham. Henry E. Hammond, Wm. A. Frothingham, Seth Benson.
1871. 1872. 1874.
Wm. A. Frothingham, A. S. Thayer, Seth Benson. George F. Hammond, Ethan Willis.
1875. George F. Hammond, Ethan Willis, N. Mason.
1876-7. George F. Hammond, George H. Briggs, Win. E. Cushman. George H. Briggs, Wm. E. Cushman, Benjamin S. Doe. 66 Benjamin S. Doe, David N. True.
1878. 1879. 1880. Benjamin S. Doe, Gustavus C. Pratt, Wm. Parlin.
1881. Gustavus C. Pratt, William E. Curtis, S. P. Stearns.
1882. Wm. E. Cushman,
1883. Wm. E. Curtis, A. S. Thayer, N. Mason.
1884. A. S. Thayer, N. Mason, George H. Briggs.
CLERKS AND TREASURERS.
CLERKS.
TREASURERS.
1793. Josiah Bisco.
1793. Daniel Stowell.
1794. Daniel Stowell.
1794. Win. Stowell.
1795-6. Josiah Bisco. 1795-7. John Willis.
1797-1800. Abijah Hall.
1798-1802. Wm. Stowell.
1801-1. Abner Rawson. 1803-4. Samuel Stephens.
1805-6. Samuel P. Croswell.
1805-7. Wm. Stowell.
1807-12. Alanson Mellen.
1808-9. Seth Morse.
1813-25. Benjamin Chandler. 1811-12. Gustavus A. Goss.
1826-29. Thomas Webster.
1813-19. Alanson Mellen.
1830. Alanson Mellen. 1820. Cyrus Hamlin.
1831-2. Job Holmes.
1821. Daniel Stowell.
1833-6. Simeon Walton.
1822-6. Cyrus Hamlin.
1837-8. Isaac Harlow.
1827-44. Alanson Mellen.
1839-45. Eleazer C. Shaw.
1845. Henry Howe.
1846-51. Hiram Hubbard.
1846-48. Joseph G. Cole.
1852-3. Geo. L. Mellen.
1849-56. Alvah Shurtleff.
1854-5. Charles T. Mellen.
1857-66. Samuel M. Newhall.
1856-70. Henry E. Hammond.
1867-9. Albert M. Hammond.
1871. Samuel R. Carter.
1870-75. Alvah Shurtleff.
1872-84. Geo. E. Wilson.
1876-84. N. D. Bolster.
SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1820 TO 1884.
1820. Stephen Emery, Jairus S. Keith, Henry Prentiss.
1821. None chosen.
1822. Enoch Lincoln, Stephen Emery, Elijah L. Hamlin.
784
HISTORY OF PARIS.
1823. Stephen Emery, Benjamin Chandler, Cyrus Hamlin.
1824-5. Stephen Emery, Levi Stowell, Cyrus Hamlin.
1826. Stephen Emery, Levi Stowell, Joseph G. Cole.
1827. Joseph G. Cole, Cyrus Hamlin, Jr.
Rev. Joseph Walker, Stephen Emery, R. K. Goodenow.
1828. 1829. Stephen Emery, R. K. Goodenow, Joseph G. Cole.
Rev. Joseph Walker, Stephen Emery, Joseph G. Cole.
1830. 1831. 1832.
Stephen Emery, Rev. Joseph Walker, 66
'Rev. Joseph Walker, Stephen Emery,
R. K. Goodenow, Luke Chase, Joseph G. Cole.
Joseph G. Cole, Ezra Tubbs, Joel B. Thayer.
Rev. Joseph Walber, James M. Buck, Ezra Tubbs.
Robinson Parlin, Joseph Walker, Ezra Tubbs
Ezra Tubbs, Joel B. Thayer, Rev. Joseph Walker.
Joel B. Thayer, Rev. Caleb B. Davis, Rev. Joseph Walker. Rev. Caleb B. Davis, Joseph G. Cole, James Russ.
James Russ, Joseph G. Cole.
66 Rev. Joseph Walker, James Russ.
George F. Emery, James Russ, Rev. Joseph Walker.
Rev. Joseph Walker, Rev. Caleb B. Davis, James Russ. Thomas 11. Brown, William Russ.
Thomas H. Brown, Stephen Emery, Joseph G. Cole.
Stephen Emery, Rev. Addison Abbott, Rev. Joseph Walker.
Joseph G. Cole, Steplien Emery, William Russ.
Rev. George K. Shaw, William A. Rust, William Russ. 66 Thomas H. Brows.
Rev. Addison Abbott.
1852-3. Rev. George K. Shaw, William A. Rust, Charles Russell.
1854. Charles Russell, William A. Rust, Darius Fobes.
1855. William A. Rust, Darius Fobes, Charles Russell.
1856. Darius Fobes, Charles Russell, E. P. Hinds.
1857. Charles Russell, E. P. Hinds, Silas P. Maxim.
1858-9. Silas P. Maxim, Supervisor.
1860-1-2. George W. Hammond.
1863-4. Silas P. Maxim, Tristram Hersey, Charles Russell.
1865. Tristram Hersey, Seth Benson, Josiah S. Hobbs.
1866-7. Seth Benson, Josiah S. Hobbs, George A. Wilson.
1868. George A. Wilson, Seth Benson, George L. Vose.
1869. Seth Benson, S. C. Hutchins, Otis B. Rawsen.
S. C. Hutchins, Rev. Otis B. Rawson, Rev. Alexander Hill.
1870. 1871. Seth Benson, S C. Hutchins, H. E. Swasey.
1872. H. E. Swasey, Supervisor.
1873. Charles R. Elder, Rev. Alexander Hill, George B. Crockett.
1874. Rev. Alexander Hill, George B. Crockett, HI. E. Swasey.
1×75. George B. Crockett, H. E. Swasey, Dr. Isaac Rounds.
1876. H. E. Swasey, Dr. Isaac Rounds, James S. Wright.
1877. Dr. Isaac Rounds, James S. Wright.
1878. James S. Wright, Freeman T. Crommett, II. A. Fuller.
1879 Freeman T. Crommett, JJames S. Wright, Seth Benson,
1880. James S. Wright, Seth Benson, H. A. Fuller.
1881. Seth Benson, HI. A. Fuber, S. B. Morse.
1882. II. A. Fuller, S. B. Morse, A. J. Curtis.
1883-4. S. B. Morse, A. J. Curtis, H. A. Fuller.
VOTES FOR GOVERNOR AND REPRESENTATIVE, 1794 TO 1881.
The left hand column gives the votes thrown for Governor, and the right hand, for members of the Legislature. Until the time of the separation from Massachusetts in 1820, there was a property qualification to the enjoy-
1833. 1834. 1835. 1836. 1837. 1838. 1839. 1840. 1841. 1842. 1843. 1844. 1846. 1847. 1848. 1849. 1850. 1851.
785
HISTORY OF PARIS.
ment of the right of suffrage, which debarred many from going to the polls. For the years 1812, 13, 14 and 19, Paris sent two Representatives.
1794. Samuel Adams, 32
1795.
56
1796.
66
54
1797.
Moses Gill.
35
1798.
James Sullivan,
1
1799.
Increase Sumner,
7
Wm. Wedgery,
1
1800.
Elbridge Gerry,
22
Caleb Strong,
15
Moses Gill,
9
1801.
Elbridge Gerry,
57
Caleb Strong,
34
1802.
Elbridge Gerry,
36
1803.
Caleb Strong,
49
Josiah Bisco, 54
Levi Hubbard,
43
Josiah Bisco,
10
1805. James Sullivan, Caleb Strong,
20
Levi Hubbard.
1806.
James Sullivan, Caleb Strong,
34
Jonathan Bemis,
15
1807.
James Sullivan,
119
Levi Hubbard, 92
1808.
James Sullivan,
114
Elias Stowell, unanimous,
73
1809.
Levi Lincoln,
123
Elias Stowell, unanimous.
1810.
Elbridge Gerry,
124
Elias Stowell, unanimous.
Christopher Gore,
57
1811.
Elbridge Gerry,
119
Elias Stowell.
1812.
Elbridge Gerry,
159
Levi Hubbard.
1813.
Joseph P. Varnum, Caleb Strong,
66
Seth Morse.
1814.
Samuel Dexter,
190
Alanson Mellen.
86
1816.
Samuel Dexter,
189
Benjamin Chandler.
John Brooks,
70
Seth Morse.
1817.
Henry Dearborn,
154
Voted not to send.
John Brooks.
75
1818.
Benj. Crowningshield,
145
Benjamin Chandler, 64
John Brooks,
52
Russell Hubbard, 19
1819.
Benj. Crowningshield,
116
Benjamin Chandler.
John Brooks, 39
1820.
William King,
180
Rev. James Hooper,
124
1821.
Albion K. Parris,
155
Henry Prentiss, 140
Ezekiel Whitman,
56
Joshua Wingate,
38
1822.
Albion K. Parris,
138
Henry Prentiss,
112
Ezekiel Whitman,
48
Elias Stowell,
36
Joshua Wingate,
8
Albion K. Parris.
Caleb Strong,
76
1815.
Samuel Dexter,
172
Caleb Strong,
76
Elias Stowell,
36
Caleb Strong, 57
Jonathan Bemis, 15
Christopher Gore,
67
Christopher Gore,
63
51
Caleb Strong,
60
Elias Stowell.
1804. James Sullivan,
Caleb Strong,
20
96
None chosen.
Elbridge Gerry,
16
77
119
Elias Stowell, 81
Christopher Gore,
157
Rev. James Hooper.
Elias Stowell, 52
Seth Morse, 98
50
47
Increase Sumner, 66
27
786
HISTORY OF PARIS.
1823. Albion K. Parris,
101
Simeon Cummings,
91
Levi Hubbard,
17
Henry Prentiss,
16
1824. Albion K. Parris,
134 Simeon ( ummmings,
102
Levi Hubbard,
45
1825. Albion K. Parris,
149
Simeon Cummings, James Hooper,
98
1826. Enoch Lincoln,
155
Simeon Cummings,
116
Henry Prentiss,
70
1827. Enoch Lincoln,
123 Simeon Cummings,
98
1828.
Enoch Lincoln,
113
Simeon Cummings,
134
John Deering,
117
1829. Samuel E. Smith,
194
Joseph G. Cole,
192
Jonathan G. Hunton,
120
Asaph Kittredge,
124
1830. Samuel E. Smith, 214
Joseph G. Cole,
222
Jonathan G. Hunton,
131
Thomas Hill,
85
Alfred Andrews,
171
Joseph G. Cole,
125
1832.
Samuel E. Smith,
227
187
Francis Bemis,
108
Timothy J. Carter,
41
1833.
Robert P. Dunlap,
129
America Thayer,
158
Samuel E. Smith,
83
Asaph Kittredge.
122
Daniel Goodenow,
81
Lazarus Hathaway,
192
Alfred Andrews,
108
America Thayer,
154
Lazarus Hathaway,
114
1836.
Robert P. Dunlap,
266
Rufus K. Goodenow,
172
Edward Kent,
63
Lazarus Hathaway,
127
Moses Hammond,
17
1837.
Gorham Parks,
276
Rufus K. Goodenow,
185
Edward Kent,
93
Lazarus Hathaway,
177
1838. John Fairfield,
367
Josephi G. Cole,
364
Edward Kent,
132
Francis Beniis,
130
1839. Jolın Fairfield, Edward Kent,
101
Joel B. Thayer,
98
1840. John Fairfield, Edward Kent,
378
Ebenezer Drake,
375
136
Joel B. Thayer,
134
1841. John Fairfield, Edward Kent,
98
James Deering,
94
1842.
John Fairfield, Edward Robinson, James Appleton,
50
Elisha Morse,
13
14
Hiram Hubbard,
273
Alvahı Hersey,
15
Francis Bemis,
7
Edmund Chase,
334
1344. Ilugh J. Anderson, Edward Robinson, James Appleton,
91
Thomas Hill,
90
Ransom Dunham,
20
1845. Hughı J. Anderson,
277
Horatio G. Russ,
194
Levi Thayer,
167.
1846.
Horatio G. Russ,
246
Edward P. Chase,
106
Samuel Fessenden,
23
1847. John W. Dana,
297
Ziba Thayer,
230
David Bronson,
54
Benjamin C. Cummings, 161
Samuel Fessenden.
65
1848. John W. Dana.
304
Ziba Thayer, 265
-
1835. Robert P. Dunlap,
218
William King,
71
350
Lazarus Hathaway,
342
370
Ebenezer Drake,
364
309
Hiram Hubbard,
285
1843. Hugh J. Anderson, Edward Robinson, James Appleton,
48
30
352
Freeman H. Morse, Samuel Fessenden, John W. Dana, David Bronson,
80
13
265
84
Elias Stowell,
57
1831. Samuel E. Smith,
223
Daniel Goodenow,
87
Alfred Andrews,
Daniel Goodenow,
123
1834. Robert P. Dunlap, Peleg Sprague,
248
113
376
21
122
787
HISTORY OF PARIS.
Elijah L. Hamlin, 62 Samnel Fessenden, 67 John Hubbard, 336
1849.
Elijah L. Hamlin, George F. Talbot,
67
Joseph H. King, 163
43
Alden Chase, 311
Sidney Perham,
50
William G. Crosby, George F. Talbot,
50
John Dennett, 68
1851. 1852. John Hubbard, 303
Hiram Hubbard, 300
William G. Crosby,
26
Calvin Bueknam,
239
Anson G. Chandler,
220
1853. Albert Pilsbury,
202
Mark H. Dunnell,
297
Anson P. Morrill,
195
George P. Hooper,
197
William G. Crosby, Ezekiel Holmes,
52
1854. Anson P. Morrill, Albion K. Parris,
280
Rufus S. Stevens,
273
Charles Woodbury, 230
Isaac Reed, 36
337
Columbus C. Cushman, 346
Samuel Wells,
261
Fenning Willis, 261
Isaac Reed, 9
394
Elisha Morse,
393
Sullivan Andrews,
230
1857.
Lot M. Morrill,
368
Charles Dunn,
372
Mennassah H. Smith,
220
Nathaniel Jackson,
220
1858. Lot M. Morrill, 389
Elisha Morse,
367
Mennassah H. Smith,
211
America Thayer, 241
392
R S. Stevens,
227
1860. Israel Washburn,
410
Jarvis C. Marble,
375
Ephraim K. Smart,
252
Benjamin F. Bates,
256
1861. Israel Washburn, Charles D. Jameson,
383
Jarvis C. Marble, 371
Benjamin F. Bates,
201
Jolin W. Dana,
68
1862. Abner Coburn,
358
George W. Hammond, Hiram Jackson,
213
Charles D. JJameson,
18
1863. Samuel Cony,
421
Albert Cushman,
417
Bion Bradbury,
242
Richard Young,
241
1864. Samuel Cony,
411
George W. Hammond,
407
Joseph Howard,
215
A. H. Thayer,
215
1865. Samuel Cony,
352
Samuel M. Newhall,
351
Joseph Howard, 172
Asa Woodbury,
171
Cyrus Bishop,
448
Asa Woodbury,
205
1867. Joshua L. Chamberlain, 363 Eben F. Pillsbury, 202
Richard Young,
207
1868. Joshua L. Chamberlain, 445
Samuel M. Newhall,
405
Eben F. Pillsbury, 237
Alfred P. Andrews,
239
1869. Joshua L. Chamberlain, 307 Franklin Smith, 159
Wm. A. Frothingham,
159
Nathan G. Hichborn, 23
A. S. Thayer,
17
1870.
Sidney Perham,
347
Henry E. Hammond,
346
Charles W. Roberts,
254
Jefferson Jackson,
241
1871. Sidney Perham, 389
Reuben T. Allen,
373
Charles P. Kimball,
230
Wm. A. Frothingham,
217
1872. Sidney Perham,
416
Edwin E. Rand,
421
Charles P. Kimball,
259 Jairus K. Hammond,
259
1873. Nelson Dingley, 327
Jonas Bisbee,
257
1859. Lot M. Morrill, Mennassah H. Smith, 240
399
Alvah Black,
352
Bion Bradbury,
204
1866. Joshua L. Chamberlain, 449 208 Eben F. Pillsbury,
Alanson C. Herrick,
361
Henry E. Hammond,
292
Simeon Cummings, 131
George W. Millett, 216
1850. John Hubbard, 348
97
62
220
1855. Anson P. Morrill,
1856. Hannibal Hamlin, Samuel Wells, George P. Patten, 6
227
151
1
788
HISTORY OF PARIS.
1874. Joseph Titcomb,
217
Wm. A. Frothingham, 296
Nelson Dingley,
355
Samuel B. Locke,
332
Joseph Titcomb,
207
Wm. A. Frothingham, . 235
1875. Selden Connor,
383
Samuel B. Locke,
348
1876.
Selden Connor,
147
Eben E. Rand,
434
John C. Talbot,
237
Alfred P. Andrews,
240
1877.
Selden Connor,
356
David N. True,
377
Joseph H. Williams, H. C. Munson,
164
N. Mason,
163
John C. Talbot,
21
1878.
Selden Connor,
408
David N. True,
450
Alonzo Garcelon,
134
Franklin Porter,
225
Joseph Smith,
145
Jarvis C. Marble,
482
Joseph Smith,
171
George W. Hammond,
267
Alonzo Garcelon,
126
1880.
Daniel F. Davis,
503
Jarvis C. Marble,
. 501
Harris M. Plaisted,
294
Jesse F. Libbey,
292
1882.
Frederic Robie,
506
George A. Wilson, 515
Harris M. Plaisted,
206
Harrison Farrar, 256
1884.
Frederic Robie,
559
George E. Brown,
449
John B. Redman,
215
Wm. A. Frothingham,
251
Hosea B. Eaton,
34
Willianı T. Eustis.
4
Charles W. Roberts,
218
N. Mason,
242
47
1879. Daniel F. Davis,
468
Joshua Nye, 1
Warren H. Vinton,
2
LOCATION OF ROADS.
Among the first things to be provided in the settlement of a new township are roads. Roads must be constructed to connect the township with places already settled and also to enable the settlers to go from one part of the town to another. The proprietors of No. 4 cut out a road from New Gloucester to lot number seven, known as the mill lot, in 1774, and reopened it in 1779. Roads were also built in town at the expense of the Proprietary before the town was incorporated, and after the settlement in 1782, to the date of incorporation in 1793, more or less amounts were raised every year for cutting out new roads and keeping others in repair. The building and repair of roads in an uneven town like Paris, absorb no small part of its revennes, and the records show that notwithstanding the large sums annually collected and expended for road purposes, the town was not unfrequently indicted on account of bad roads. In the absence of the minutes of the surveys, it is not easy at this distant day to trace the roads laid out by the Pro- prietary, thongh a general idea of the principal thoroughfares may be gathered from references made to them in the location of the town and county roads. As most of them were either early discon- tinned or became absorbed in the town or county roads, no further mention of them will be made except as reference is made to them in the surveys.
789
HISTORY OF PARIS.
COURT OF SESSIONS' ROADS.
The first road located by order of the Court of Sessions was on the petition of Isaac Bolster and others, at a session held on the last Tuesday of May, 1793, to accommodate the settlers of Range Ponds, Bakerstown, Hebron and No. 4. The Court appointed as a. committee to look out and locate the road, Isaac Parsons, Enoch Fogg, Nathaniel Coit Allen, Jedediah Cobb and Asa Lewis. This committee submitted their report to the Court in December of that year, and the proposed location through No. 4 was as follows :
"From No. 4, at the first lot in the 4th range where the old road now is, north 15° west, 96 rods ; thence north 2º west, 66 rods ; thence north 172° west, 17 rods, to two rods and 19 links from the southerly corner of Captain Bolster's house, on a line straight with the front ; thence north 41° west, 101 rods and 10 links ; thence north 532° west, 44 rods and 10 links ; thence north 38 2-3º west, 27} rods ; thence north 60° west, 31 rods ; thence north 75°, west 30 rods ; thence north 482°, west rods ; thence north 25° west, 35 rods to a beech tree; thence north 28° west, 38 rods to a beech tree ; thence north 19° west, 170 rods to opposite the middle of Daniel Stowell's barn, 3 rods and 18 links therefrom ; thence north. 9º east, 66} rods ; thence north 16° east, 20 rods ; thence north 242° east, 44 rods ; thence north 6 2-3º east, 21 rods ; thence north 11 2-3° west, 16 rods ; thence north 45° west, 22} rods ; thence north 372° west, 31 rods, 5 links ; thence north 532° west, 172 rods ; thence north 352° west, 46 rods, 20 links, crossing Stony brook below Jackson's saw mill ; thence north 72° west 86, rods to a white pine tree ; thence north 32° west, 24 rods ; thence north 7º west. 20 rods ; thence north 152° west, 214 rods ; thence north 92º west 37 rods and 15 links ; thence north 9º east, 28 rods ; thence north 5° west, 18 rods and 17 links ; thence north 19º east, 56 rods and 8 links ; thence north 35° east. 28 rods ; thence north 242º east, 11} rods ; thence north 48° east. 95 rods and 8 links to oppo- site the northerly corner of old Mr. Jackson's house, 2 rods and 4 links therefrom and one rod beyond 30 miles from the beginning of this road ; thence north 20° east. 34 rods ; thence north 2° east, 68 rods, 20 links ; to against about the middle of the barn of Lemuel Jackson, Jr. ; thence north 92° west, 156 rods to a stake and pile of stones in lot number 15 of the 5th range, and about the center of No. 4, now Paris."
On the first day of January, 1793, John Greenwood and others of Shepardsfield, (Hebron) petitioned for a road from Emery's Bridge in Bakerstown (Poland), through Bakerstown and Shep- ardsfield, to the south-east corner of No. 4, thence diagonally through No. 4 to the northwest corner of same, and from thence through No. 3 (Woodstock), and Sudbury, Canada . Bethel), to New Pennacook (Rumford). The petition was favorably received, and a location of the road ordered. Asa Lewis, John Woodman, Nathaniel C. Allen, Enoch Fogg and John Merrill were appointed for a locating committee. This road was only located to No. 4
790
HISTORY OF PARIS.
line. At a court holden at Portland, in October of 1795, on the petition of citizens of New Pennacook, the balance of the above named road, that is, from the southeast corner of Paris to New Pennacook, was ordered located. and for locating committee, the court appointed John Greenwood, Nathaniel C. Allen, Isaac Parsons, Ichabod Bonney and Peleg Chandler. The location through Paris is given in order to show the natural difficulties in the way of road building in this town, as indicated by the frequent changes of direc- tion made necessary by obstructions which could not be easily overcome. The location was made in the autumn of 1795.
"Beginning at a hemlock tree in the easterly line of Paris, and in the center of the road to be located, and laying two rods each side of the following course : North 82° west, 22 rods; thence north 80° west, 210 rods ; thence north 24° west, 32 rods ; thence north 52° west, 122 rods to a stake ; from this stake the road is 8 rods wide for 20 rods ; thence continuing the before mentioned course 170 rods to a stake opposite Solomon Shaw's house ; thence north 41° west, 84 rods to a stake opposite Abner Shaw's barn ; thence north 35° west, 142 rods to a hemlock tree; thence north 61° west, 136 rods to a birch tree near the bank of Stony brook ; thence north 74° west, 26 rods; thence north 86° west, 38 rods ; thence north 52° west, 12 rods ; thence north 30° west, 25 rods ; thence north 73º west, 30 rods ; thence north 24° west, 141 rods to a stake and stones near the south corner of John Daniel's house ; thence north 41° west, 62 rods ; thence north 24° east. 38 rods ; thence north 12º west, 24 rods ; thence north 221° west. 96 rods, opposite Benjamin Hammond's barn ; thence north 40° west, 249 rods to a rockmaple tree .; thence south 89° west, 63 rods to the center of a county road formerly laid out to the center lot in Paris ; thence running in said road 155 rods, to the end thereof ; thence south 20° west, 112 rods ; thence north 25° west, 22 rods ; thence north 40° west, 13 rods ; thence north 87º west, 8 rods ; thence north 71° west, 20 rods to the bridge over Swift brook; thence north 84° west, 15 rods ; thence north 80° west, 17 rods to the north end of a bridge over Fall brook ; thence north 89º west, 12 rods ; thence north 71° west, 24 rods ; thence north 50° west, 18 rods ; thence north 57º west, 18 rods ; thence north 59º west, 18 rods ; thence north 55° west, 20 rods; thence north 40° west, 37 rods ; thence northi 50° west, 14 rods ; thence north 49° west, 14 rods ; thence north 85° west, 20 rods ; thence northi 75° west, 16 rods ; thence north 85° west, 14 rods; thence south 86° west, 10 rods ; thence north 77º west, 14 rods; thence north 67º west, 18 rods ; thence north 87º west, 10 rods ; south 68° west, 14 rods, to : stake and stones on the easterly bank of Little Androscoggin river at Bisco's Falls ; thence continuing said course 9 rods, crossing said river to a stake and stones ; thence north 55° west, 24 rods ; thence north 35° west, 43 rods; thence north 17º west 14, rods ; thence north 28° west, 50 rods; thence north 46° west, 14 rods ; thence north 16° west, 12 rods ; thence north 67º west, 16 rods ; thence north 87° west, 12 rods ; thence north 28° west, 10 rods ; thence
791
HISTORY OF PARIS.
north 74° west, 12 rods ; thence north 71° west 20, rods; thence north 82° west , 16 rods ; thence northi 69° west, 20 rods ; thence north 57º west, 15 rods ; thence north 66° west, 18 rods ; thence north 40° west, 13 rods ; thence north 55° west, 18 rods ; thence north 73º west, 28 rods ; thence north 43º west, 22 rods, to the third range line in Paris ; thence on said line north 14° west, 357 rods ; thence north 56° west, 14 rods ; thence north 50° west. 14 rods ; thence north 43° west, 69 rods ; thence north 52° west, 32 rods ; thence north 65° west, 15 rods ; thence north 69º west, 11 rods ; thence north 48° west, 9 rods ; thence north 32º - west, 3 rods ; thence north 45° west, 44 rods ; thence north 70° west, 15 rods ; thence north 50° west, 18 rods ; thence north 39º west, 14 rods ; thence north 47º west, 36 rods ; thence north 40° west, 20 rods ; thence north 11° west, 38 rods ; thence north 20° west, 12 rods ; thence north 15° west, 22 rods ; thence north 35° west, 16 rods ; thence nortli 27° west, 12 rods; thence north 10° west, 8 rods ; thence north 25° west, 27 rods ; thence north 45° west, 17 rods ; thence north 57º west, 114 rods ; thence northi 33° west, 44 rods ; thence north 66° west. 29 rods; thence south 86° west, 8 rods ; thence south 76° west, 12 rods, to a spruce tree on the easterly bank of Little Androscoggin river ; thence across said river, &c. Near this point, the road passed into No. 3, and so on to the Great Androscoggin in Rumford.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.