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1817 .- Daniel Smith (2d), Samuel Hill, Gamaliel E. Smith. 1818 .- David Moulton, Samuel Hill, Ephraim Wentworth.
1819 .- David Moulton, Samuel Hill, Gamaliel E. Smith. 1820 .- David Moulton, Samuel Hill, John Garland.
1821 .- Elder Samuel Burbank, Daniel Smith, Moses C. Dunnels.
1822 .- Daniel Smith, Samuel Hill, Gamaliel E. Smith. 1823 .- Samuel Hill, Daniel Smith, Moses C. Dunnels. 1824 .- Daniel Smith, Samuel Hill, Gamaliel E. Smith.
1825 .- Samuel Ilill, Daniel Smith, Jr., Moses C. Dunnels.
1826 .- Daniel Smith, Jr., Samuel Ilill, Gamaliel E. Smith. 1827 .- Joseph Dam, Daniel Smith, Jr., Asa Piper.
1828 .- Daniel Smith, Samuel Hill, Joseph Dam, Jr. 1829 .- Samuel Hill, Daniel Smith, Jr., Asa Piper. 1830 .- Asa Piper, Joseph Dam, Joseph Town.
1831 .- Joseph Dam, Jr., Asa Piper, Daniel Moulton.
1832 .- Moses Ayer, Joseph Dam, Jr., Daniel Gile. 1833 .- Joseph Dam, Jr., Moses Ayer, Asa Piper.
1834 .- Moses Ayer, Daniel Dam, John Adams.
1835 .- Daniel Damu, James McLellan, Elisha Ayer.
1836 .- James McLellan, Samuel Dam, John Mitchell. 1837 .- Samuel Dam, James McLellan, Daniel Challis.
1838 .- James McLellan, Jr., Joseph Drew (3d), George Ham.
1839 .- Joseph Drew (3d), James Ayer, Peter W. Bragg. 1840 .- James Ayer, Daniel Dam, Audrew Drew, Jr. 1841 .- Daniel Dam, Isaac Staples, Joseph Moore.
1842 .- James Mclellan, Jr., Nathau N. Loud, Daniel Dam.
1843 .- Nathan N. Loud, Joseph Moore, Ebenezer Symmes.
1844 .- James McLellan, Jr., Daniel Dam, David S. Ham. 1845 .- Nathan N. Loud, Charles Libby, Sherburn Clifford. 1846 .- Sherburn Clifford, Nathan N. Loud, Andrew Drew. 1847 .- Addison R. Stevens, Sherburn Clifford, Oliver Moulton. 1848 .- Mark Wood, Addison R. Stevens, William T. Langley. 1849 .- Addison R. Stevens, Mark Wood, Wentworth C. Davis. 1850 .- James McLellan, Nathan N. Loud, Samuel H. Smith. 1851 .- Nathan N. Loud. Wentworth C. Davis, Hannibal Smith. 1852 .- Wentworth C. Davis, Daniel Dam, Joseph B. Davis. 1853 .- Joseph B. Davis, Wentworth C. Davis, Amos Straw.
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1854 .- James Thompson, Jr., Samuel C. Adams, Jobn Towne, Jr. 1855 .- James Thompson, Jr., Charles D. Staples, Samuel C. Adams. 1856 .- Charles D. Staples, Samuel C. Adams, Jonathan A. Garland. 1857 .- Samuel C. Adams, Joseph Moore, Horace Piper. IS58 .- Mark Wood, Josiah J. Hill, Durkins Davis. 1859 .- Daniel W. Mitchell, Horace Piper, Joseph Moore, 1860 .- James McLellan, Jonathan A. Garland, John A. Rogers. 1861 .- Micajah S. Hauscomb, Darling Ham, Daniel Wormwood. 1862 .- Darling Ham, Micajab S. Hanscomb, Chris. C. Whitehouse. 1863 .- Charles S. Wentworth, Luther Ayer, Jonathan Woodman. 1864 .- Jonathan Woodman, Nathan N. Loud, Albion K. Davis. 1865 .- Thomas Mitchell, Mark Wood, William A. Thompson. 1866 .- William A. Thompson, Thomas Mitchell, Nathan N. Loud. 1867 .- Thomas Mitchell, David Moulton, Jr., Charles R. Morris. 1868 .- Charles R. Morris, Nathan N. Loud, Charles A. Goodwin. 1869 .- Darius Davis, William A. Thompson, Charles R. Morris. 1870 .- Charles M. Symmes, Benj. F. Whitehouse, David M. Libby. 1871 .- Benj. F. Whitehouse, Charles M. Symmes, Thomas B. Stone. 1872 .- Jonathan Woodman, Nathan N. Loud, William N. Chase. 1873 .- Samuel C. Adams, Jonathan Woodman, Wm. A. Thompson. 1874 .- Charles R. Morris, Samuel C. Adams, Benjamin Carlton. 1875 .- Samuel C. Adams, Jonathan Woodman, Eben H. Symes.# 1876 .- Nathan N. Loud, Charles E. Pinkham, Benj. F. Goodwin. 1877 .- Nathan N. Loud, Charles E. Pinkham, Elbridge G. Berry. 1878 .- James M. Moulton, Elbridge G. Berry, Charles E. Pinkham. 1879 .- James M. Moulton, Elbridge G. Berry, D. Fuller Merrow.
MANUFACTURES AND WATER-POWER.
The town is endowed by nature with splendid water- powers. The Little Ossipee, running the entire length of the town, furnishes a series of waterfalls of a kind easy to build upon, and in number much greater than have been called into use. At Balch's Mills, at the head of the stream, the waters of the lake are made use of as a reser- voir to supply the mills at North Shapleigh. This site was formerly occupied by the furnace of the iron-mining com- pany established in 1792, and later by woolen, paper, and other manufactories on the Shapleigh side. At the village of Newfield the chief water-powers are strictly within the town. The river, enlarged by several tributaries, furnishes water sufficient for all the manufactories at the driest sea- son of the year. There are ample water-powers on all the principal streams.
MINERALS.
The mineral resources of the town early attracted the at- tention of capitalists. Aug. 17, 1792, a company was formed under the name of the Washington Mining Company, to develop the various deposits. The company consisted of Bradstreet Doe, Andrew Doe, Leader Nelson, Elijah Drew, Eben Hill, Theophilus Doe, Nathaniel B. Doe, and Thomas Davis, of Washington Plantation, and nine members from other towns in Maine and New Hampshire. Officers were appointed to transact business and superintend operations, and nine 100-acre lots were set aside for the purpose of mining. An iron-furnace was erected at the outlet of Balch l'ond. Silver was mined, but not in sufficiently paying quantities, in connection with their available means, and the crude machinery and methods of their day. The company ceased operations in a time when science was unable to master the richest mines since developed. Prospect mining has been vigorously conducted in search of silver since 1876.
VILLAGES AND HAMLETS.
NEWFIELD.
The first improvements upon the site of the present vil- lage were made by Samuel Dam, who came from Durham, N. H., and settled about a mile south of Waterborough, old corner, in 1780. He built a saw- and grist-mill upon the south side of the river, between that date and 1784, and two dwellings on the north side of the river ; one at the corner of the block, opposite the Ossipee River House, and another, for a boarding-house for his workmen, some fifteen rods east, on the same block. His son, Joseph Dam, lived there, and had charge of the mills. Mr. Bennett afterwards erected a fulling-mill south of the bridge, near the dam. The first post-office was established here in 1804, under the name of Dam's Mills, but the name was afterwards changed to Newfield.
Josiah Towle ran away from his home in Epping, N. H., when a boy, and hired to work for a Mr. Wadsworth in the town of Hiram, Me. While yet a young man, he en- gaged in the mercantile business with Capt. Baker, at Limerick. Soon after, in 1790, he came to Newfield, bought 20 acres of land of Mr. Dam, and opened the first store in the place. He married Hannah, daughter of Elisha Ayer, and died in January, 1838.
William Durgin, who came from Limerick with his father and brother about 1798, built a saw- and grist-mill at the upper village, half a mile from Dam's Mills ; in 1801, a store just south of the pond ; and a few years later, a larger store where he engaged largely in the manufacture of lumber, and general trade.
The village is built upon the rising ground on each side of the Little Ossipee River, and is surrounded by high, broad ridges of farming-land. There are here sixty-six dwellings, two churches, and the following business houses :
General merchandise stores: James M. Moulton, estab- lished in 1854; J. C. Adams; J. W. Nutten, established in 1869.
Notions and ladies' goods : Bela Townsend.
Foundry : Jeremiah W. Emery, manufacturer of plows, stoves, etc.
Machine-shop : J. H. Stanley, general work.
Gunsmith : J. D. Pillsbury, established in 1876.
Coffins and carriages : A. K. P. Davis, established in 1849.
Carriages and sleighs : W. M. Tibbetts, established in 1854; Hugh Scott, established in 1874; J. W. Murphy, established in 1874.
Axes : C. R. Morris, established in 1867.
Blacksmithing and carriage-ironing : Frank Chellis; J. W. Murphy, established in 1854; George W. Boothby ; Charles and William Clifford.
Light wood-work : J. H. Smith, established by Smith & Wormwood ; A. B. Chellis, established in 1873 ; Charles E. Chellis ; J. A. Maddox.
Wool-carding mill : Charles R. Morris, since 1867.
Marble-works : George H. Straw.
Paint-shop : W. O. Smith, established in 1860; J. & S. Whitcher.
Fruit evaporator : George Andrews & Co., established in
. Eben H. Symmes bas dropped the second "m" from bis name, and spells it with but one, in accordance with the more ancient usage.
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1879; runs night and day, giving employment to 26 opera- tives, and dries 120 bushels of green apples daily.
Cigar-manufactory : William M. Hazleton, established in 1874.
Grist-, flour-, and feed-mill : Daniel Wood, established in 1780.
Saw-, planing-, stave-, and feed-mills: J. H. Stanley, since 1873, on the site of the old Dam Mills.
Hotel, Grape-Hill Cottage: J. H. Murphy, established in 1877.
Physician : Isaac M. Trafton, M.D.
Lawyer : Henry C. Hixon, since 1878.
Mails daily by South Waterborough and Adams' Corner, stage; Bela Townsend, postmaster.
WEST NEWFIELD.
West Newfield contains thirty-two dwellings and business houses, the town-house, and two churches. The business interests are as follows :
General stores : J. Durgin, established in 1872; J. L. Carlton, established in 1878; John Adams opened a store here and did a large business from 1826 to 1840.
Clothing manufactories : J. Durgin, established in 1872, two to five operatives ; J. S. Carlton, established in 1878, three to five operatives in shop.
Hotel : R. G. Holmes, West Newfield House, since 1872; established by Capt. George Thompson.
Saw-, grist-, and stave-mills, one-half mile east : Charles Moulton, built by Nath. Drew, and rebuilt by John Adams in 1830.
Blacksmithing : A. Goodridge, established in 1855.
Postmaster : J. Durgin ; mails daily.
Silver has been mined in small quantities since 1877 from the hill eastward, the ores of which assayed about $80 to the ton. John W. Frost has been the chief mover in the development of this mine.
North Newfield is finely situated in a broad open valley at the north line of the town. The business is chiefly the manufacture of Tripoli. A fine article of fuller's earth found here was wrought by the Washington Mining Com- pany as early as 1792. The Mount Eagle Manufacturing Company began putting up their various brands of Tripoli for cleansing and burnishing metals and glass in 1848, with the principal depot of the company in Boston, Mass. Charles F. Sanborn is agent and manager at the works. There is here a general store established by L. C. Moore, the present postmaster, in 1873. Mails are received daily by stage from East Wakefield, N. H. There are here fifteen dwellings of superior appearance.
BURYING-GROUNDS.
A well-filled burying-ground beside the old church at Newfield village contains many names intimately connected with the town from its earliest settlement to the present time. Among them are Elisha Ayer, who died in 1807, aged fifty-three; Capt. David Challis, died 1819, aged fifty ; William Durgin, died 1845; James Ayer, died 1834; Simeon Towle, died 1832, aged eighty-seven ; Jo- siah Towle, died 1838 ; Henry Dunnels, died 1846 ; James Mclellan, died 1846, aged ninety ; and Darling Ham, who
died in 1868. There are other principal burying-grounds in the northern, eastern, western, and southern parts of the town, but most of the leading men of early times were buried on their own grounds, which are generally well kept, and look neat and attractive. The grave of Paul McDon- ald, one of the first three settlers, is upon the farm of Ben- jamin Piper. His house, long since gone, was in the present orchard of John Staples, a mile north of Newfield village. Half a mile to the northeast is the birthplace of the first child, now the farm of J. M. Thompson, Esq.
CHURCHES.
CONGREGATIONALIST.
Rev. John Adams, of Durham, N. H., was engaged by the proprietors as the first settled minister, in 1778, and received of them a grant of 400 acres of land. He came immediately and commenced his labors, and in the spring of 1781 moved his family into the town. He preached constantly until his death, which occurred June 4, 1792, without organizing a church.
The first meeting-house was built by David Staples, in 1798, on the farm now owned by Eben H. Symmes. At that time Simeon Moulton and William Symmes gave each one and a half acres of land for a church lot. The size of the foundation was 40 by 50 feet ; it had galleries on three sides ; 20 floor and 30 side pews.
The next pastor, Rev. John Stoddard, son of a clergy- man settled in Western New Hampshire, came in 1800, and received an invitation to settle, but was not ordained.
He formed a society of seven members, July 1, 1801. These were William Symmes and wife, Stephen Moulton and wife, Simeon Moulton and wife, and their pastor. William Symmes was made deacon. In February, 1803, Mr. John Dame was ordained, and remained until January, 1804, when he was tried before a council for gross immor- alities, and dismissed in disgrace by a vote of ten to one, with one year's salary. His place was not supplied by a settled minister until April, 1825, when Rev. Henry T. Kelly became pastor of both Newfield and Parsonsfield charges. Rev. Charles S. Adams was ordained Nov. 11, 1828, and remained until December, 1831 ; Rev. David P. Smith was installed July 10, 1832, resigned Aug. 19, 1839 ; Rev. S. B. Gilbert, installed Jan. 3, 1840, resigned Oct. 2, 1842; Rev. Elias Chapman, ordained Nov. 25, 1845, dismissed Jan. 29, 1849 ; Rev. Edmund Burt was pastor from September, 1849, to March, 1853. During his ministry the meeting-house and parsonage were removed to their present sites in West Newfield village. Rev. Wil- liam Pierce was supplying pastor from 1853 to May, 1856; Rev. Jonas Fisk, 1858 to 1862; Rev. George S. Kemp, 1863 to 1877 ; and Rev. David L. Jones in 1878. Present pastor, Rev. Jonathan Edwards, since May, 1879.
Deacons .- William Symmes, died Dec. 16, 1825; Tim- othy Symmes, appointed July, 1825, died. July 28, 1865 ; John Garland, appointed January, 1829, died Feb. 11, 1870. Present, Eben H. Symmes, son of Deacon Timothy and grandson of Deacon William Symmes, appointed May, 1866; Jonathan A. Garland, son of Deacon John Garland, appointed May, 1872. The deacons have acted as clerks.
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Present clerk, Deacon Eben H. Symmes. Present member- ship, 34.
The old meeting-house is described by the oldest men- ber as a large two-story building, with galleries on three sides, and a porch over the main entrance, from which two pairs of stairs ascended to the galleries. The high pulpit was boxed in with tight doors on either side, and fitted with deacons' seats, and a hinged communion-table attached to the front. The house was occupied without fires for many years. Deacon William Symmes finally sent to Portland and procured a stove at his own expense. This was heated for the first time at the occasion of his funeral, in Decem- ber, 1825. The house was sound when torn down, but large and old-fashioned, and not in accord with the modern notions of the people.
A FREE-WILL BAPTIST CHURCH
was formed in West Newfield previous to 1803, but not regularly organized under the State law until April 5, 1817. Rev. John Buzzell preached in 1803, and Nathaniel Jordan, Tristram Hurd, and James Marsten were members. Rev. Samuel Burbank, son of Samuel Burbank, and a native of the town, was the first settled minister. Their meeting- house was sold to the town for a town-house in 1876.
The second society was organized at West Newfield, Oct. 25, 1851, with 22 members, under the ministry of Rev. Benjamin S. Manson, of Limington, who was followed by Rev. Aaron Ayer, Oct. 15, 1851, and afterwards by Revs. James Marston, Walter Clark, Plummer Chesley, Rev. Mr. Townsend, Levi Brackett, Plummer Chesley, I. B. Merrill, A. E. Boynton, 1876-78, and C. B. Peckham, present pastor. Among the first members were Asa Wood, M. and HI. Piper, George -Chase, C. R. Morris, I. Newbegin, E. Towne, S. Tibbetts, S. Pike, S. D. Chase, and I. A. Hale.
The house was built in 1872, and dedicated December 6th of that year. Membership, 43. The present officers are A. V. P. Davis and H. Piper, deacons ; H. Piper, clerk.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
A Baptist society of 15 members was formed in 1806. For many years they held meetings in dwellings and barns, at the cast and west side of the town alternately. The first settled minister was Rev. William Goodwin. He was ordained at West Newfield, in 1810, remained six years, and afterwards became a Free-Will Baptist, and removed to Milton, N. H. Rev. Shubael Tripp, from Hebron, fol- lowed Mr. Goodwin. He remained four or five years. He occupied the house at Newfield village owned by I. Challis, and opened the first school in town there. In 1833 the society united with the Congregationalists and Free-Will Baptists, and built the meeting-house at Newfield village. The building committee were Nathan Clifford, Thomas Smith, and Jonathan Durgin. Rev. Mr. Roberts was the minister at that time. At one period the society numbered 60 members, but at the present is nearly extinct.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
The first Methodist preaching in the town was by Rev. Eben Triekey, of Rochester, N. H., who organized a church in the southwest part of the town iu 1825. Rev. Isaac
Moore was the first regular minister sent by the Conference. The house of worship was built by John M. Davis and Timothy Ross, in 1834, at a cost of 8900, and dedicated by Rev. Mr. Butler. He was stationed here, and was fol- lowed by Rev. Henry Linscott, Jesse Stone, Benj. Foster, James Rice, C. C. Covell, Sargent Gray, Francis Ayer, J. E. Rudden, and A. Hatch. The membership is 52.
In 1831, Rev. Thomas Green, of Springvale, N. H., began preaching in Newfield, and the next year was assisted by Rev. David Copeland in forming a class of six members. This was separated from the Shapleigh Circuit, and placed in charge of Rev. Mr. Copeland in 1838. Their meeting- house was built in 1836, and enlarged in 1855, at a total cost of $1000. This building was abandoned for a larger one erected at Newfield village in 1871, and dedicated in 1872. Among the first members were Wm. Gilpatrick, Gen. David Challis, Peter Bragg, and Isaac Staples. There are now about 100 members. Recording Steward, Dr. I. M. Trafton. Pastor, Rev. J. Gibson.
SCHOOLS.
The first school in the town was taught at Newfield vil- lage, by Rev. Shubael Tripp, a Baptist minister. He was also one of the first school committee. The other two were Daniel Smith and Capt. John Adams. Twenty pounds, currency, were appropriated for the support of schools in 1791.
In 1871, in the eighth district, there were 435 children, with an average attendance of 178. $1358 voted, equaling $3.35 a scholar. Average wages for teacher, $2.50 per week.
ASSOCIATIONS. MASONS.
Dayspring Lodge, No. 107, F. and A. M., was organ- ized March 19, 1861. The first officers were Charles L. Wentworth, W. M .; John G. Lombard, S. W .; Asa G. Wentworth, J. W .; Samuel Goodwin, Treas .; Stephen Adams, Sec. ; David Wedgwood, S. D .; Asa Sweat, J. D .; Aaron Allard, Tyler. Members : Thomas Bond, Josiah Durgin, Darius Davis, N. N. Loud. The present officers (1879) are A. I. Q. Mitchell, W. M. ; John T. Wentworth, S. W .; Stephen L. Adams, J. W .; Albion K. P. Davis, Treas. ; John P. Wood, Sec .; Thomas B. Stone, S. D .; Geo. S. Miles, J. D. ; Charles F. Goodwin, Marshal. The membership is 50.
PROFESSIONAL.
LAWYERS.
Hon. Nathau Clifford, who was born in Grafton Co., N. H., in 1803, completed his education at Haverhill, Mass., and the Hampton Literary Institution. He came to Newfield, after having been admitted to the bar, in 1827. In 1830 he was elected to the State Legislature, and re- turned for three succeeding years, during the last two of which he was Speaker of the House. In 1834 he was ap- pointed attorney-general of the State, which office he held for four years, and was a representative in Congress from 1839 to 1843. In 1846 he received the appointment of attorney-general of the United States, under President Polk, relinquishing that office in March, 1847, to become
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commissioner to Mexico. When peace was declared he was appointed minister to that republic. In 1858 he was ap- pointed by President Buchanan to the office of associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Charles W. Tuttle, a lawyer practicing in Boston, Mass., is a native of this town, and previous to entering that pro- fession became generally known through his connection with the observatory at Harvard College.
Caleb R. Ayer and Ira T. Drew, prominent lawyers of York County, were both natives of this town.
Henry C. Hixon, a graduate of Ann Arbor, Mich., Law School, was admitted to the bar in 1874, and practiced law in the city of Portland until 1878, when he located at Newfield village.
PHYSICIANS.
Rev. Dr. John Adams was a physician as well as a min- ister. He came to minister to the earliest settlers in both capacities, and continued to preach and practice medicine from 1780 to his death, which occurred June 4, 1792. Samuel C. and Winborn Adams, prominent citizens, were his grandsons.
James Ayer, M.D., was born in Boston, in 1781, studied medicine with Dr. Carter, in Bethel, Me., and commenced practice in Newfield, in 1805. He died Jan. 23, 1834.
M. L. Marston, M.D., settled in West Newfield in 1824, and practiced medicine until his death, in 1828.
Stephen Adams, M.D., was born in Limerick, March 31, 1804, studied medicine with his brother at Limington, graduated at Brunswick in 1829, and commenced practice at once in West Newfield, where he still follows his profes- sion.
Dr. Dudley Fulsom and Dr. Moses L. Weston practiced medicine here in 1828, and Levi J. Ham, M.D., in 1869.
Doctors Blaisdell, Roberts, Leighton, Winn, and S. P. Clark have also practiced medicine here.
LEADING CITIZENS.
Elisha Ayer was a native of Haverhill, Mass. He went to Saco in early life, and was an extensive trader in that place for many years. He removed to Newfield in 1790, and as principal proprietor of Washington Plantation he occupied a prominent position among the leading men of the county. He died at Newfield village, Sept. 7, 1807, at the age of fifty-three years, leaving two sons.
James McLellan, Jr., was a son of James McLellan, one of the early settlers. He held the office of treasurer, sur- veyor, selectman, justice of the peace, and in 1843 was elected to the State Legislature.
Josiah Towle, the first merchant of the town, was the first representative of his town in the General Court of Massachusetts, major of the militia, and prominent in most public and town affairs of his time. He died Jan. 17, 1838, aged sixty-eight years.
Gamaliel E. Smith, son of Thomas Smith, was for many years the most influential man of the town. He was the last representative to the General Court of Massachusetts, having been elected in 1819 and 1820, and voted against the separation in compliance with the wishes of his constitu- ents. He was elected to the State Legislature in 1823, and returned in 1825, '26, '27, '28, and '29. He enjoyed the
marked friendship of Prof. S. B. F. Morse, the inventor of the telegraph, and was connected with building the first line from Baltimore to Washington, in 1844.
Horace Tuttle, son of Moses Tuttle, of Newfield, has become known to the scientific world through his long con- nection with the observatory at Harvard College, which position he left for the United States Navy.
SOLDIERS OF NEWFIELD.
THE REVOLUTION.
Many of the first settlers came here direct from the army, where they had become inured to hardships, and well fitted for the toil and privation of pioneer life. Of these : James Crummet served in the army a short time.
William Campernell, who enlisted from Massachusetts, lived to a great age.
Eben Boothby enlisted from Scarborough.
William Symmes went from Ipswich, Mass., and received a wound in the arm at the battle of Bunker Hill, for which he was granted a pension of 896 a year.
Eben Symmes, his brother, enlisted with him, and was at the battle of Monmouth.
Robert Thompson was at the surrender of Burgoyne.
George Thompson, his brother, was in the army a short time.
William Libby, of Kittery, was at the surrender of Bur- goyne.
Stephen Wood was with Gen. Benedict Arnold in his march through the forests of Maine, scaled the walls of Quebec, and was taken prisoner.
Nicholas Kennison was a soldier at the hanging of Major André, and stood within thirty feet of the scaffold.
James Heard was in the Continental army.
Simeon Tibbetts was in the army, and afterwards a sea- man on board the frigate " Raleigh."
Simeon Moulton served under Gen. Gates, and was taken prisoner.
David Moulton and Josiah Hobbs were both in the army.
THE WAR OF 1812.
Under the call made for soldiers to defend the coast of Maine, five men were drafted from each company of the regiment of militia in the northern part of York County, and Capt. Ayer, the senior captain of the regiment, marched with them to Kittery. The town was at that time divided into the eastern and western military districts, and had a company in each. Stephen Piper, Pelatiah Piper, John Drew, Robert Drew, and George MeLellan were selected from the eastern company ; John Heard and four others from the western company. John Hobbs and John Drew joined them afterwards as musicians. George Mclellan died in the service.
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