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On December 9th of the same year Doane sold to Ezekiel Barnard, shipwright, "one undivided third part of this estate in- cluding barn, gristmill and sawmill," and one the next day sold to Barnard "the remaining sixth part, with one sixth of the appur- tenances and one third of a sawmill." In this manner the whole estate came into possession of Sproul and Barnard, but it was a peculiar procedure to sell first a half, then a third, and immediately thereafter a sixth. The discrepancy in the prices of the fractional parts is likewise peculiar. For his half William Sproul paid $1800.00; for his third part Barnard paid $33.33 and for his sixth part the sum of $445.00.19 By this deal two newcomers leaped into promi- nence in the life of the town, by securing control of the center of the town's economic life, and during their lifetimes played a major part in the growth of a village center. Doane left the town and moved to Brooksfield, Massachusetts, County of Worcester.
Ezekiel Barnard was born in England in 1766 and came to Waldoborough circa 1795. He was a shipwright with some capital, and in partnership with William Sproul, operated the mills at the lower falls during his lifetime. He became prominent in town affairs, rising from the hog reeve status to constable, and dis- charging all obligations with dignity and effectiveness. He was probably the keeper of the first tavern in the village proper. This was in all likelihood the "mansion house" that Captain John
18Ibid., Bk. 38, p. 6.
1ºIbid., Bk. 39, p. 19, and Bk. 38, p. 55.
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Ulmer had built for himself in his later years, which stood on or near the site of the present village parking lot.
For many years Barnard's Tavern was a famous hostelry, the scene of many special Town Meetings, of business deals, and of social life, and a center of news circulation. Ezekiel Barnard died in 1816 at the age of fifty and his wife, Mary, continued to administer his business and to run the tavern for many years. Possibly she was the first business woman of the town. She died in 1852 at the age of eighty-two. Both husband and wife lie buried in the Main Street Cemetery. There were two Barnard sons, William Henry and Enoch, and several daughters. Enoch moved to Rockland, but William Henry remained in Waldobor- ough, married, built, and resided in the house now owned by Ralph Irving. Among well-known local descendants of this family were Mrs. Helena Smith and the Reverend Oscar G. Barnard who held the longest pastorate in the history of the local Methodist Church.
The Sproul family was of Scotch-Irish descent. James came from the North of Ireland to Bristol around 1740. His son, Wil- liam, 4th, married Jane Johnston of Bristol, and the couple moved to this town circa 1796. He apparently started his local career with little capital, for in payment of the property acquired he gave a mortgage to David Doane providing for payment in three install- ments, $600.00 on May 1, 1797; $600.00 on November 1, 1797, and $600.00 on May 1, 1798. The business acquired was basic and remunerative and he apparently was able to meet these payments. William Sproul was a man of vigor, resourcefulness, and intelli- gence. He prospered greatly and attained great prominence in the town. He filled all positions of public trust from hog reeve through poundkeeper to Town Treasurer and selectman (1811-1812). His home, located on the northern corner of the present Sproul Block, was moved off the lot in 1854 when the present block was con- structed. Apart from other interests, Sproul engaged in ship- building in both Bristol and Waldoborough. He died April 18, 1840, and is buried in the Main Street Cemetery in the Sproul tomb, which he had built in 1810. A son, George, born April 23, 1800, continued the fine tradition of the father, holding many town offices and serving five terms in the State Legislature. There are blood kin of the family still living in the district, but with the present generation the name has become extinct in the town.
In 1795 Charles Razor whose home stood on the top of the hill back of Leavitt Storer's house, and who owned a large tract of land next south of the Barnard and Sproul tract, extending as far south as the southern line of Clifton Meservey, sold for £42 "Razor's Point." This lot consisted of a hundred and eighty-two
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rod strip along the river front embracing the present lumberyard of Alfred Storer. It was sold to William H. Thompson, a merchant who was engaged in trade here at that time.20 In the same year the Bickmore family of Medumcook in the person of Samuel ac- quired one hundred acres of land in the Back Cove-Goose River district.21 The next year, 1796, the original John Adam Löwen Zöllner farm, covering one hundred acres north of Harold Rider's farm, was sold for $675.00 to Barnabas Freeman.22
The rise of shipbuilding in this decade was drawing ship carpenters to the town, and in 1797 came the first of the Willett family, Thomas, "a mastmaker." For £200 he bought of "Matthias Remilly of Thomaston, gent.," the second homestead lot occupied by Remilly prior to his moving to Thomaston. This was a hundred- acre farm located on the east side between the lower and middle falls. Here Willett lived in a log cabin by the river until he re- settled and built a home on the crest of Willett's Hill (Cole's) on the south of the road.23 This house was burned around 1860 while the family was at a prayer meeting. There were two sons, John and Thomas. The former was the ancestor of all the later Willetts in the town, while the latter was much given to military matters and as an ardent greenbacker stumped the state in this cause.
In 1797 Philip Stahl acquired one hundred and ten picturesque acres in Warren on the top of the hill that has borne his name since that year. In 1799 Peter Lahr sold his one hundred and sixty-acre farm in North Waldoborough to John Head and moved on into the town of Washington. From him were descended the Leighers who are still living in this area in the present day. It was in the latter part of this decade that the Currier family came to town.
John Currier was the first of this name, a shipwright, and he acquired the Jabez Cole farm in 1801.24 His intentions to marry "Caty Lash" were published between April 1798 and 1799. There were two sons born to this union, Thomas and John. Thomas married Angelica H. Brackett, June 18, 1832. He was a jeweler and later a telegraph operator and had his store in the Clark Build- ing and later in the former barber shop of Hudson Nash. He built and lived in the present Baptist parsonage. The brother, John, was a nurseryman and lived on the David Potter place, now the home of Lawrence Weston. His sons went away and he was the last of the family in the town, the brother Thomas having died in 1850. John had extensive orchards and his formula for protecting them from thieving boys was to keep two baskets of apples by the sidewalk with a notice inviting all boys to help themselves.
2.Lincoln Co. Deeds, Bk. 33, p. 195.
21Ibid., Bk. 36, p. 221.
22I bid., p. 239.
23Lincoln Co. Deeds, Bk. 39, p. 204.
"Ibid., Bk. 50, p. 28.
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The Harriman family also appeared in Waldoborough in this decade. Jonathan, born 1776, came from Haverhill, Massa- chusetts, and married Elizabeth Pitcher of Waldoborough. His second wife was Elizabeth Heyer and the couple resided on Dutch Neck. There were thirteen children in this family, most of whom moved to Warren with the father, but James married Susan Demuth, resided and died in this town. The later Harri- mans, at one time prominent in the town, stemmed from this son.
One of the most distinguished and influential families in Waldoboro in the nineteenth century was the Kennedys. Thomas Kennedy came from Bridgewater, Massachusetts, to Newcastle as a boy, married Elizabeth Winslow and moved to Jefferson about 1781. He and Mr. Flanders took up a large tract of land extending eastward from the lake to the upper Medomak River. A son, Nathaniel, who married Mary Bond of Jefferson, on May 10, 1796, settled on the eastern end of the Kennedy tract in the very northwestern tip of Waldoborough. Here were born eight children, one of whom, Henry, married Rachel Lincoln.
This General or Deacon Henry, as he was known, was the most distinguished of Nathaniel's children. He was born on the Kennedy Homestead, September 3, 1797. His younger years were spent on the farm until at the age of twenty-seven he came to Waldoboro Village and entered business as a trader with his cousin, Joseph Clark. Leaving trade he went into shipbuilding which he followed with marked success for fifty years. General Henry built the large house on Main Street, later occupied by his son, Almore, and now owned by William Crowell. He served as hog reeve, town clerk, selectman, collector of customs, and senator from Lincoln County. In 1837 he joined the Baptist Church and was chosen Deacon in 1844. He was a devoted and austere church- man, always a man of generous charities and a friend of the sick and the poor. Through his interest and activity in military affairs he rose in rank, and at the time of the Aroostook War became brigadier general of militia. He died at Waldoboro, October 13, 1875, and lies buried in the Main Street Cemetery. There were three sons, Henry A .; Almore, who graduated from Colby Col- lege in 1866; and Lincoln, the last surviving brother, who can be remembered by many now living.
This chapter of annals concludes with brief glimpses of Waldoborough in this decade as recorded by two men who ac- tually saw it. In 1796 the Reverend Paul Coffin passed through the town on a missionary tour and recorded what he saw in the following entry in his Journal:
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Set off this morning25 for Bristol ordination in company with Rev. Huse and his delegate, Col. Starrett, a pleasing and honest gentleman. Rode eight miles to Waldoborough, which is a large town. Augustus Reets,26 the Dutch Minister, told us this place contained three hundred Dutch families. Below the bridge it runs about eight miles to the sea. On both sides of the river below the bridge it is much settled and miles above it. Here is cord wood, shipbuilding, mills, etc., which make a good appear- ance. Below the bridge a mile or two the river widens and becomes Broad Bay.27
Another visitor to record his impression was one of the major figures in Western history, Talleyrand, (1754-1838) a French- man, President of the National Assembly of the Revolution, Min- ister of Foreign Affairs of the Directorate, then of the Consulate, then of the Empire. In 1794 he was in Maine looking into possible land purchases. Here he was more impressed than had been the case with New York lands. In September he travelled from Machias to the New Hampshire border on horseback and spent a night at Montpelier as the guest of General Knox. In a letter written in Boston on September 24th there is the following reference to this town:
"Almost in the center of General Knox's property is the municipality of Waldoborough, which is growing to be a pretty town, where the courts of justice are held."28
25From Warren, on August 17, 1796.
26The Rev. Augustus R. B. Ritz.
27Rev. Paul Coffin, D. D., Missionary Town in 1796, Colls. Me. Hist. Soc., IV, 326.
28 Annual Report, Am. Hist. Soc., 1941, "Unpublished Letters and Memoirs" (U. S. Gov. Print. Office, 1942), II, 78.
APPENDIX
List of Waldoborough men serving in the Continental Army and in the Massachusetts militia in the American Revolution
CONTINENTAL ARMY
ACORN, (Achorn) George Michael.
Private in Capt. Smith's Co., Col. Bond's Regt., 1775, Massachu- setts Line in the Continental Establishment.
Service: 1 year.
Seaman, on list of prisoners sent to Boston in the Cartel Snow, Swift from Halifax, September 30th, 1778.
Private in Capt. Phillip M. Ulmer's Co., Col. McCobb's Regt. Enlisted: July 8th, 1779.
Discharged: September 24th, 1779.
Service: 2 months, 16 days, on the Penobscot Expedition.
BECKLER, Daniel.
Enlisted by Lieut. Ulmer at Waldoborough.
Private in Capt. Francis Greene's Co., Col. Joseph Vose's Regt., Continental Army.
Enlisted: March 18th, 1777, or the same date in 1779.
Enlistment for 3 years.
Discharged: December 31st, 1780.
Born in Germany, 1749 or 1751.
Age: 28. Stature: 5 ft. 6 in. Complexion: Light. Hair: Sandy. Occupation: Shoemaker.
BENNER, John.
Listed as mustered in Plymouth County, July 26th, 1777, Capt. Cole's Co., Col. Robinson's Regt.
Reenlisted May 1st, 1779.
Private in 5th Company, Col. John Bailey's Regt.
Served with the Continental Army from May 3rd, 1779 to De- cember 31st, 1779.
Further, with Capt. Seth Drew's Co., Col. Bailey's Regt., January 1st, 1780 to December 31st, 1780.
Also, Capt. Seth Drew's Co., 2nd Regt., Jan. 27th, 1781.
Residence: Abington. Stature: 5 ft. 8 in.
Complexion: Sallow.
Hair: Light Brown.
Occupation: Potter.
COLE, Isaiah.
Private in Capt. Benjamin Brown's Co., Lieut. Col. William Bond's 37th Regt., Cambridge, 1775. Boston and Prospect Hill, 1775.
Private in Light Infantry Co., Col. Henry Jackson's Regt., Con- tinental Army.
Served from June 22nd, 1777, to December 31st, 1779.
Also, Capt. Nathaniel Jarvis' Co., Col. Jackson's Regt., February, 1778.
Also, same Company and Regiment for June, July and August, 1778, in Providence.
Enlistment: 3 years. Service terminated June 2nd, 1780.
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DELANO, Alpheus.
Sergeant in the Continental Army.
Served with Lieut. Thomas Lamb's Co., Col. Henry Jackson's Regt., February, 1778.
FARNSWORTH, John.
Private in Capt. Bartholomew York's Co., Col. Edmund Phinney's Regt.
Enlisted: February 13th, 1776. (Also given as February 1st.)
Also, Private in Capt. Winthrop Boston's Co.
Service: 2 months during the Siege of Boston, 1776.
Also, enrolled in the Continental Army in Garrison at Fort George. Reported discharged: October 2nd, 1776.
FITZGERALD, John.
Private in Capt. Smith's Co., Col. Bond's Regt., 1775 to 1776. Massachusetts Line of the Continental Establishment.
HAVENER, Charles.
Private in Capt. Jordan Hunt's Light Infantry Co., Col. Joseph Vose's Regt., Continental Army.
Served from 1777 to 1780.
Also, Seaman on Lincoln Galley, commanded by Capt. John Curtis, May 5th, 1781, to July 23rd, 1781.
HELMERHAUSEN, Henry Frederick.
Private in Col. Sheldon's 2nd Regiment of Light Dragoons, Con- tinental Army.
Enlisted: March 5th, 1778, for the duration of the war.
HEYER, Conrad.
Private in Capt. Smith's Co., Col. Randall's Regt., in the Massa- chusetts Line of the Continental Establishment, 1775-1776.
Private in Capt. Jacob Ludwig's Co.
Enlisted: September 21st, 1779.
Discharged: November 1st, 1779.
Service: 1 month, 10 days.
Company detached from Col. Mason Wheaton's Regiment by order of Brig. Gen. Cushing, for Guards at Broad Bay.
Discharged: September 15th, 1778.
According to his own declaration, he was at one time one of General George Washington's bodyguards.
HOFSES, (Hoffses) Christian.
Private in Capt. Smith's Co., Col. Bond's Regt., Massachusetts Line of the Continental Establishment, 1775-1776.
Private in Capt. Jacob Ludwig's Co.
Enlisted: September 21st, 1779.
Discharged: November 1st, 1779.
Service: 1 month, 10 days in Company detached from Col. Mason Wheaton's Regiment by order of Brig. Gen. Cushing for service as Guards at Broad Bay.
LEHER, (Lehr) Peter.
Private in Capt. Abraham Hunt's Co., Col. Joseph Vose's Regt., Continental Army.
Enlisted: May 17th, 1777, for 3 years.
Served at Valley Forge.
LESNER, (Leissner) George.
Private in Maj. Ball's Co., Col. William Shepard's Regt., Contin- ental Army.
Service: January 1st, 1777, to December 31st, 1779.
Promoted to Corporal, October 1st, 1778.
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LIGHT, Peter.
Enlisted at Waldoborough in 1777 for the Campaign against Bur- goyne.
MINCK, (Mink) Valentine (Uncle Faltin).
Private in Capt. Nathan Fuller's Co., Col. Bond's Regt., in the Massachusetts Line of the Continental Establishment, 1775 to 1776.
Private in Capt. Jacob Ludwig's Co.
Enlisted: October 7th, 1777.
Discharged: December 22nd, 1777.
Service: 2 months, 26 days, in Company raised for the defense of Machias.
Private in Capt. Thomas Starret's detachment from Col. Mason Wheaton's Regt.
Enlisted: June 28th, 1779.
Discharged: July 5th, 1779.
Service: 8 days at Camden.
Also, in Capt. Phillip M. Ulmer's Co., Col. Samuel McCobb's Regt. Enlisted: July 8th, 1779.
Discharged: September 24th, 1779.
Service: 2 months, 16 days in the Penobscot Expedition.
Also, enlisted September 21st, 1779.
Discharged: November 1st, 1779.
Service: 1 month, 10 days, in Company detached from Col. Mason Wheaton's Regiment by order of Brig. Gen. Cushing, for Service as Guards at Broad Bay.
McINTOSH, John.
Private in Capt. Hunt's Co., Col. Henry Jackson's Regt., Contin- ental Army. Enlisted: June 2nd, 1777.
Discharged: June 12th, 1780.
Also served with Thomas Cartwright's Co., Col. Henry Jackson's Regt.
Residence: Bristol. In service for the town of Waldoborough. NASH, Church.
Private in Col. John Bailey's Regt., Continental Army.
Enlisted: December 10th, 1775.
Also with Capt. William Turner's Co.
Also with Capt. Nathaniel Winslow's Co., Col. Simeon Carey's Regt.
REISER, Philip.
Private in Capt. Samuel Gregg's Co., Col. James Cargill's Regi- ment of Militia, from August to December 31st, 1775.
In Service at the Siege of Boston, Capt. Fuller's Co., Col. Bond's Regt. Died in Camp at Prospect Hill.
SEIDINBERGER, Jacob.
Private in Capt. Benjamin Browne's Co., Col. William Bond's 37th Regt.
At Camp Prospect Hill, October 7th, 1775.
SIMMONS, Stephen.
Private in Capt. William Scott's Light Infantry Co., Col. Henry Jackson's Regt., Continental Army.
Enlisted: June 2nd, 1777, at Waldoborough.
Term: 3 years.
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STAHL, (Stall, Staul) Henry.
Detached from Boston Regiment, June 9th, 1779, to serve in the Continental Army, for the term of 9 months.
Discharged: April 10th, 1780.
Age: 44 years. Stature: 5 ft. 10 in.
Complexion: Dark.
Hair: Dark and short.
Eyes: Blue.
STAHL, (Stall, Staul) John.
Private in Capt. Winthrop Boston's (Boston) Co. Enlisted: January 29th, 1776.
Service: 2 months in a Company raised in Lincoln and Cumber- land counties for Service during the Siege of Boston.
STILKE, John George.
Private in Capt. Abraham Hunt's Co., Col. Joseph Vose's Regt., Continental Army.
Enlisted: January 21st, 1777, for 3 years.
Also, promoted to Corporal, same Company, same Regiment, No- vember 17th, 1778. Served at Valley Forge.
Reported reduced in grade: April 1st, 1779.
STORER, Henry.
Private in Capt. Abraham Hunt's Co., Col. Joseph Vose's Regt., Continental Army.
Enlisted: May 17th, 1777, for 3 years.
Discharged: May 18th, 1780.
On Muster Rolls at Camps near Valley Forge and Providence. Also served with Capt. Greene's Co., Col. Vose's Regt.
ULMER, George.
Private in 1st Essex County Regt., Continental Army.
Enlisted: January 18th, 1777, for 3 years.
Discharged: January 18th, 1780.
Served with Capt. Hunt's Co., Col. Patterson's Regt.
Promoted to Sergeant.
Service: 13 months, 13 days as Private and 22 months as Sergeant. At Valley Forge and White Plains. Later, became General of Militia.
ULMER, George, Jr.
Private in Capt. Abraham Hunt's Co., Col. Joseph Vose's Regt., Continental Army.
Enlisted: May 17th, 1777, for 3 years.
Discharged: April, 1779.
Service: approximately 1 year, 11 months. In Camp at Valley Forge.
ULMER, Phillip.
Sergeant in the 25th Regiment of the Continental Army.
Continuous service on land and at sea from 1775 until the end of the war.
Captain in Col. Samuel McCobb's Regt.
Engaged: July 8th, 1779.
Discharged: September 24th, 1779.
Service: 2 months, 16 days on the Penobscot Expedition.
Promoted: 2nd Major, in Lieut. Joseph Prime's Regiment to com- mand a regiment detached from Militia of York, Cumberland and Lincoln Counties, for Service under Brig. Gen. Peleg Wardsworth, in defense of Eastern Massachusetts.
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Also, a Major with Col. Prime's Regt.
Engaged: March 25th, 1780. Discharged: November 27th, 1780. Service: 8 months at Camden.
WALCH, (Walk) Charles.
Private in Capt. Jordan Hunt's Light Infantry Co., Col. Joseph Vose's Regt.
Service from 1777 to 1780 in the Continental Army.
WERNER, (Vannah) John.
Private in Capt. Nathan Fuller's Co., Col. Bond's and Col. Alden's Regt.
Service: 1 year in the Massachusetts Line of the Continental Es- tablishment.
Private in Capt. Jacob Ludwig's Co.
Enlisted: October 7th, 1777.
Discharged: December 22nd, 1777.
Service: 2 months, 26 days in defense of Machias.
Also, Private in Capt. Jacob Ludwig's Co.
Enlisted: September 21st, 1779.
Discharged: November 1st, 1779.
Service: 1 month, 10 days with Company detached from Col. Mason Wheaton's Regiment by order of Brig. Gen. Cushing for Guards at Broad Bay.
MASSACHUSETTS MILITIA
ACORN, (Achorn) Jacob.
Private in Capt. Phillip M. Ulmer's Co., Col. McCobb's Regt. Enlisted: July 8th, 1779. Discharged: September 24th, 1779. Service: 2 months, 16 days on Penobscot Expedition. ACORN, (Achorn) John.
Private in Capt. Phillip M. Ulmer's Co., Col. McCobb's Regt. Enlisted: July 8th, 1779. Discharged: September 24th, 1779. Service: 2 months, 16 days, on Penobscot Expedition.
BENNER, John.
Private in Capt. John Ames' Co. Enlisted: June 26th, 1778. Discharged: July 20th, 1778.
Service: 24 days. Private in Capt. Phillip M. Ulmer's Co., Col. McCobb's Regt. Enlisted: July 8th, 1779. Discharged: September 24th, 1779. Service: 2 months, 16 days, on Penobscot Expedition.
BORNHAMER, (Bornheimer) Jacob.
Private in Capt. Jordan Parker's Co., Col. Samuel McCobb's Regt. Enlisted: July 16th, 1781. Discharged: December 1st, 1781. Service: 4 months, 14 days, at a place called Cox's Head, at the mouth of the Kennebec River.
BORNHIMER, (Bornheimer) Godfrey.
Sergeant in Capt. Jacob Ludwig's Company. Company raised for the defense of Machias. Engaged: October 7th, 1777.
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Discharged: December 22nd, 1777.
Service: 2 months, 26 days.
Also, engaged with Capt. Ludwig's Co., Col. Mason Wheaton's Regt., September 21st, 1779.
Discharged: November 1st, 1779. Service: 1 month, 10 days in a Company detached for Service as Guards at Broad Bay, by order of Brig. Gen. Cushing.
BROWMAN, (Boardman? ) Martin.
Private in Capt. Phillip M. Ulmer's Co., Col. McCobb's Regt. Enlisted: July 8th, 1779.
Discharged: September 24th, 1779.
Service: 2 months, 16 days, on Penobscot Expedition.
CASTNER, Michael.
Private in Capt. Adam Wheeler's 2nd Co., Col. Thomas Nixon's 4th Regt.
Service from September to December, 1776.
COLE, Abel.
Private in Capt. Benjamin Plummer's Seacoast Company. Stationed at St. George's.
Enlisted: March 5th, 1776.
Discharged: September 6th, 1776. Service: 6 months.
CRAMER, (Creamer) John.
Private in Capt. Jordan Parker's Co., Col. Samuel McCobb's Regt. Enlisted: May 13th, 1781.
Discharged: December 1st, 1781.
Service: 6 months, 17 days, "at the Eastward."
DEAB, (Dieb) George.
Recorded as a Pensioner of the American Revolution at the age of 89, living in Waldoborough, Lincoln County.
DEMUTH, George.
1st Lieutenant in Andrew Schenk's Co., Col. Mason Wheaton's Regt.
Service limited to local expeditions.
EWELL, Henry.
Private in Capt. Thomas Starret's Detachment from Col. Mason Wheaton's Regt.
Enlisted: June 28th, 1779.
Discharged: July 5th, 1779. Service: 8 days at Camden.
FARNSWORTH, James.
Private in Capt. Samuel Gregg's Co., Col. James Cargill's Regt. FARNSWORTH, Isaac.
Fifer with Capt. Samuel Gregg's Co., Col. James Cargill's Regt. Engaged: October 28th, 1775.
Discharged: December 31st, 1775.
Service: 2 months, 81/2 days, in a Company raised in St. George's and Waldoborough and Camden, for defense of the seacoast and these towns.
Fifer with Capt. Benjamin Plummer's Co.
Engaged: March 5th, 1776.
Discharged: December 10th, 1776.
Service: 9 months, 5 days, again stationed at St. George's for de- fense of the seacoast.
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FARNSWORTH, Robert.
Private in Capt. John Blunt's Co., Maj. William Lithgow's De- tachment of Militia.
Enlisted: September 27th, 1779.
Discharged: November 10th, 1779.
Service: 1 month, 15 days, on the Penobscot Expedition.
Also, under Brig. Gen. Wadsworth.
March 6th, 1780 to September 6th, 1780.
Service: 3 months, 6 days, in defense of Eastern Massachusetts. FARNSWORTH, William, Sr.
Veteran of the French and Indian War.
Held commission as Lieutenant Colonel or Colonel in Militia for defense of this area.
He may be the Colonel William Farnsworth who was Benedict Arnold's Liaison Officer on the Kennebec in the march over- land to Quebec.
FARNSWORTH, William, Jr.
Private in Capt. Samuel Gregg's Co., Col. James Cargill's Regt. Enlisted: August 25th, 1775.
Discharged: December 31st, 1775.
Service: 4 months, 17 days in defense of the seacoast with Com- pany stationed at Waldoborough and Camden.
Promoted to Sergeant in Capt. Benjamin Plummer's Co.
Engaged: March 5th, 1776.
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