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No. 45 Contains one Hundred and thirteen acres and forty Rods to John Steell, Bounded first from a Hemlock tree Southerly by the Shore Equal to ten Chains in Breadth Ineluding a High- way to a ferr tree, from thenee West one Hundred and fourteen Chains to a Smal ferr tree, from thence North sixteen Degrees West ten Chains and forty Links to a Yellow Bireh tree, from thenee East one Hundred and fourteen Chains to the first Place.
No. 46 Contains one Hundred and twelve acres and Eighty Rods to Mathew Chambers and James Meglachlan, Bounded first from a ferr tree Southerly By the Shore Equal to ten Chains in Breadth to a Stake and Stons, from thence West one Hundred and twelve Chains to a Smal Hemlock tree, from thence north Sixteen De- grees West ten Chains and forty Links to a Smal ferr tree, from thence East one Hundred and fourteen Chains to the first Place.
No. 47 Contains one Hundred and Eleven acres and one Hun- dred and twenty Rods to James Thomson, Bounded first from a Stake and Stons Southerly by the Shore Equal to ten Chains in
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Breadth to an Alder Bush, from thence West one Hundred and twelve Chains to a Beech tree twenty Links Westerly of the Cor- ner, from thence North Sixteen Degrees West ten Chains and forty Links to a Smal Hemlock tree, from thence East one Hundred and twelve Chains to the first Place.
No. 48 Contains one Hundred and Eleven acres and twenty Rods to Nath! Martin, Bounded first from an Alder Bush South- erly by the Shore Equal to ten Chains in Breadth to a ferr tree, from thence West one Hundred and Eleven Chains to a Stake and Spruce tree, from thence North Sixteen Degrees West ten Chains and forty Links to a Beech tree twenty Links westerly of the Corner, thence one Hundred and twelve Chains to the first Place.
No. 49 Contains one Hundred and ten acres and Sixty Rods to Joseph Gragg, Bounded first Including a Highway and Southerly by the Shore Equal to ten Chains in Breadth to a Spruce tree, from thence West one Hundred and Eleven Chains to a Stake and Spruce tree thirteen Links northerly, from thence North Six- teen Degrees West three Chains and twenty Six Links to Little River Continued Six Chains and Seventy five Links to a Stake and Spruce tree Including a Highway, from thence East one Hun- dred and Eleven Chains to the first Place. This Lot takes a Smal part of the Island.
No. 50 Contains one Hundred and nine acres to Joseph Cald- well, Bounded first from a ferr tree Southerly by the Shore Equal to ten Chains Breadth to a yellow Birch tree, from thence West one Hundred and nine Chains to a Stake and yelow Birch tree, from thence north Sixteen Degrees West ten Chains and forty Links to a Stake and Large Sprnce tree, from thence East one Hundred and Eleven Chains to the first Place.
No. 51 Contains one Hundred and Seven acres and twenty Rods to John Mitchel, Bounded first from a Spruce tree Southerly by the Shore Equal to ten Chains in Breadth to a Spruce tree, from thence West one Hundred and Seven Chains to a Smal Spruce tree, from thence North Sixteen Degrees West ten Chains and forty Links to a Smal Spruce tree, thence East one Hundred nine Chains to the first Place.
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No. 52 Contains one Hundred and three acres and ninety Rods to John Tufft, Bounded first from a Spruce tree Southerly by the Shore Equal to ten Chains in Breadth to an Oake tree, from thence West one Hundred and one Chains to a Spruce, from thence north Sixteen Degrees West ten Chains and forty Links to a Spruce tree, from thence East one Hundred and Seven Chains to the first Place.
Recorded february the 5th 1778, P: JOHN MITCHELL,
Proprietors Clerk.
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CHAPTER VII.
PROPRIETARY HISTORY : CONCLUDED.
Deed given by the Waldo Heirs. - Sketches of the Proprietors. - Measures for Settle- ment. - Plantation first called Belfast in the Records. - First Meeting of Proprietors here. - Lots in Second Division drawn. - Third and Fourth Division Lots drawn. - Error in Survey discovered. - Letters from General Knox. - Measures for New Survey. - Stimson's Deposition. - Second Drawing of Fourth Division Lots. - Proprietary reorganized. - Final Meeting and Dividend.
A LTHOUGH Mitchell was the largest owner, and has been usually regarded as the originator of the town, this claim seems to have been shared by others. A vote of the proprietors, passed March 8, 1769, gives ten dollars to John Gilmore and John Steele "for their first discovery of the land;" but at the next meeting this vote was modified by allowing Gilmore thirteen dollars instead of ten "for his finding ont said tract, and that John Steele shall have nothing."
The purchase-money having been duly paid to the Waldo heirs, a warrantee decd was given by theni, Aug. 29, 1769. The original instrument, now in the possession of Nathan F. Houston, is engrossed upon a sheet of parchment twenty-seven inches wide by twenty-two inches long. Notwithstanding a vote passed April 3, 1770, " that Clerk Mitchell shall take special care of the deed at present, and it is left to the committee's discretion to send our deed to be put upon record with the greatest care, and the least cost that may be," no record was made until 1792. Probably the delay is attributable to a failure of some of the grantees to meet their payments, as a notice, dated March 24, 1770, requests "all persons concerned to come prepared to pay their proportion of taxes that have been voted, or they may expect that another deed will be taken in favor of them that pay their taxes as aforesaid." The following is a copy of the
DEED OF BELFAST.
KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that we Samuel Waldo and Francis Waldo, both of Falmouth in the County of Cumberland,
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Esq", Sons and Coheirs of the late Brigadier General Samuel Waldo, deceased intestate; Isaac Winslow, of Roxbury, in the County of Suffolk, Esq!, and Thomas Flucker, of Boston, in the same County, Esq', and Hannah Flucker, his wife, daughter and Coheir of the said Brigadier Samuel Walde, In consideration of the Sum of Fifteen hundred pounds Lawful money by us received of Moses Barnet Gentleman, John Mitchel, Joiner, John Gillmore and Samuel Huston, Yeomen, and James McGregore, Gentleman, all of Londonderry, in the province of New Hampshire; John Tufts of Wenham, in the same province, Yeoman ; John Moor, Gentle- man, John Steel, John Durham, Joseph Morrison, William Mac- laughlen, William Patterson, Yeomen ; James McGregore, Jun", Merchant, John Brown, Yeoman, all of Londonderry aforesaid ; James Gillmore, of Windham aforesaid, Gentleman ; William Clendinen, Gentleman, John Morrison, Blacksmith, Mathew Reid, Yeoman, all of Londonderry aforesaid ; Robert Macklewane, Alexander Willson, both of said Wenham, Yeomen ; Alexander Stewart, of Londonderry aforesaid, Yeoman ; Alexander Little, of Boston aforesaid ; James Millar & Samuel Marsh, both of said Londonderry, Yeomen; Mathew Chambers, of said Londonderry, weaver, James M:Laughlan, of Pembroke, in the province of New Hampshire aforesaid, Yeomen ; Nathaniel Martin, Yeoman, Joseph Greg, Wheelwright, both of said Londonderry ; Robert Paterson, of Pepperrelboro', in the County of York, Yeoman ; John Cochran, of Boston aforesaid, Yeoman ; David Hemphill, of Newburyport, in the County of Essex, Yeoman, and John Davidson, of Wenham aforesaid, weaver, the Receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge, Have Granted, Bargained, Sold, Aliened, Released and Conveyed, and by these presents do fully and absolutely Grant, Bargain, Sell, Aliene, Convey and Confirm unto them the said Moses Barnet, John Mitchel, John Gillmore, Samuel Huston, James. McGregore, John Tuft, John Moore, John Steel, John Durham, Joseph Mor- rison, William MeLaughlen, William Patterson, James McGregore, Jun., John Brown, James Gillmore, William Clendinen, John Morrison, Mathew Reid, Robert Macklewane, Alexander Willson, Alexander Stewart, Alexander Little, James Miller, Samuel Marsh, Mathew Chambers, James M:Laughlen, Nathaniel Martin, Joseph Greg, Robert Paterson, John Cockran, David Hemphill, and John Davidson, & to their respective heirs & Assigns forever, A cer- tain tract or parcel of land situate, lying, and being in the Eastern part of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, without the bounds of
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any Town, but within the County of Lincoln, containing in the whole Tract nineteen thousand three hundred and fifty nine acres, butted and bounded as follows; viz., Sontherly partly on Penobscot bay and partly Southerly as also Westerly and North- erly on other lands belonging to us the said Grantors, & Easterly on the Township of Frankfort : a more particular description of which is as followeth, 1st from half way creek (being the westerly boundary of said Frankfort) Westerly round the harbour called Pessagseewokeeg to little river; 2ª from thence upwards by sun- dry turns in little river about as salt water flows, and crossing the river to a black birch tree, computed thirty seven chains ; 3dly from thence South 68 degrees West 223 chains to a birch tree ; 4thly from thence North 22 degrees West 372 chains, equal to 4 miles and 208 rods, to a rock maple tree one rod westerly of a quarry of stones; 5thly from thence North Sixty eight degrees East 602 chains, equal to seven miles and three quarters, to the Westerly line of Frankfort; 6thly from thence South thirty seven chains to the largest of half way creek ponds ; 7thly from thence downwards by the stream called half way creek to the first named place, all which tract of land will more fully appear by a plan taken thereof, by Joseph Chadwick, Surveyor, the 30th day of June last, reference thereto being had. To HAVE AND TO HOLD all and singular the before mentioned & described tract of land, with all the profits, privileges, improvements, and appurces that belong or any way appertain : unto them the said grantees and their respective heirs and Assigns forever, to their proper use, benefit and behoof as Tenants in common and not as joint tenants, in manner, and in the following parts and proportions hereafter men- tioned, that is to say : one fifty one parts of the whole thereof to him, the said Moses Barnet : Six fifty one parts thereof to him the said John Mitchel : Five fifty one parts to him the said Gillmore : two fifty one parts thereof to him the said Samuel Huston : two fifty one parts thereof to him the said James McGregore : two fifty one parts thereof to him the said John Tuft : one fifty one parts thereof to him the said John Moore : three fifty one parts thereof to him the said John Steel : one fifty one part thereof to him the said John Durham : one fifty one parts thereof to him the said Joseph Morrison : one fifty one parts thereof to them the said William M:Laughlen and William Patterson : one fifty one parts thereof to him the said James M'Gregore, Jun. : one fifty one parts thereof to him the said John Brown : two fifty one parts
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thereof to him the said James Gillmore : one fifty one parts thereof to him the said William Clendenen : one fifty one parts thereof to him the said John Morrison : one fifty one parts thereof to him the said Mathew Reid : one fifty one parts thereof to him the said Robert Macklewane: one fifty one parts thereof to him the said Alexander Willson : one fifty one parts thereof to him the said Alexander Stewart : one fifty one parts thereof to bim the said Alexander Little : one fifty one parts to him the said James Miller : one fifty one parts thereof to him the said Samuel Marsh : one fifty one parts thereof to them the said Mathew Chambers and James MeLaughlen : one fifty one parts thereof to bim the said Nathaniel Martin : one fifty one parts thereof to him the said Joseph Greg : three fifty one parts thereof to him the said Robert Paterson : one fifty one parts thereof to him the said John Cockran : one fifty one parts thereof to him the said David Hemphill : and one fifty one parts thereof to him the said John Davidson, and the remaining four fifty one parts of the whole of the said tract of land to be held by them the said Moses Barnet, John Moor, John Mitchel, John Gillmore, Samuel Hus- ton, John Tuft, and James M'Gregore, and their several and respective heirs and assigns forever, each of them, one seventh part of the said remaining four fifty one parts : to their sole use and behoof forever, as Tenants in common & not as joint tenants : And we the aforesaid Grantors, for ourselves, our heirs, Exo'rs and Adm'ors, do hereby Covenant with the said Grantees and their respective heirs and assigns, that we the said Samuel & Francis Waldo, Isaae Winslow, Thomas and Hannah Flucker, have good right and lawful Authority to grant and convey the above premises in manner aforesaid, the same being part of the real Estate that descended to us and to Lucy Winslow, formerly Lucy Waldo, dece'd, as Coheirs of the said Brigadier Samuel Waldo, dece'd : and that neither we, nor any of us, nor the said Intestate, have ever aliened or any way incumbered the said granted premises : and that they, the before named Grantees, & their several and respective heirs and assigns, shall and may for- ever hereafter quietly and peaceably hold and enjoy the premises, free from all elaims and demands of us and all persons claiming under us, or under the said Brigadier Samuel Waldo, or the said Luey Winslow, deceased, and that we will Warrant and Defend the premises before described, from the lawful Claims and De- mands of all persons whomsoever. In Witness whereof we here-
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unto set our hands and seals this twenty ninth day of August, Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and sixty nine, in the ninth year of his Majesty King George the Thirds Reign.
SAM! WALDO. [Seal. ]
Signed, Sealed, & Delivered
FRAS WALDO by his
in presence of ns,
Attorney, THO: FLUCKER. [Seal.]
FOSTER HUTCHINSON.
ISAAC WINSLOW. [Seal. ]
NATH! COFFIN.
THO: FLUCKER. [Seal.]
HANNAH FLUCKER. [Seal. ]
[Seal. ]
By the said SAMUEL WALDO SARAH WALDO. in presence of ns,
SAMUEL WINTHROP.
WILL. SHEPPARD.
Suffolk, ss. BOSTON, 30th Aug: 1769. Thomas Flucker, Esq., Attorney for Francis Waldo, Esq', & also for himself, Isaac Winslow, Esq:, Mrs. Hannah Flucker, & Mrs. Sarah Waldo, severally acknowledged before me this Instrument to be their act & deed.
FOSTER HUTCHINSON, Jus. Peace.
Suffolk, ss. BOSTON, September 2ª, 1769. Samuel Waldo, Esq, per- sonally appeared and acknowledged the above written Instrument to be his act & Deed.
Before me, NAT. HATCH, Jus. Peace.
Sarah Waldo, wife of Sam' Waldo, In Token of her Consent To the Aforewritten Deed, & Relinquishment of her Right of dower, has hereto set her hand & Seal.
Lincoln, ss. Received October 24th, 1792, and recorded with the Records for deeds in said County, Lib: 9th, fol: 49th, 50 &. Att., JONA BOWMAN, Reg".
BRIEF SKETCHES OF THE FIRST PROPRIETORS.
Moses Barnett was the grandson of John Barnett, a school- master, who came to Londonderry, from Ireland, in 1719. His father, John Barnett, Jr., was married in Londonderry, Nov. 2, 1721, to Joan Seaforth. Moses was a prominent man, being twice a representative from that town. He is not known to have resided here. John Barnett, his son, was the first treasurer of Belfast, and probably came in 1773. His marriage to Mrs. Isabel Durham, Sept. 24, 1774, is the first one which appears of record in the town books. He probably did not return after the Revolution.
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John Brown, probably a son of John Brown who is registered on the Londonderry tax list of 1750, was born in 1732, and came here the third year of the settlement, having drawn lot No. 18, where George Gilmore now lives, in the First Division. He was chairman of the first board of selectmen, chosen Nov. 11, 1773, and repeatedly held other offices of trust. While residing in Londonderry, he had been a commissioned officer of the Provincial army, and served in the French war. He was a man of great vigor, energy, and honesty. He died here, May 13, 1817, aged eighty-two years, and is buried in the east grave-yard. His family consisted of one son and eight daughters, as follows :-
1. Jane, born Feb. 1, 1758, married Tolford Durham, and died Feb. 9, 1855, aged ninety-seven years.
2. Elizabeth, born 1760, married John Durham, and died July 8, 1853, aged ninety-three years.
3. John, born 1763, died Oct. 19, 1824, aged sixty-one years.
4. Mary, married Ebenezer Buck.
5. Ann, born March 18, 1766, married Henry Black, of Prospect. She died July 21, 1857, aged ninety-one years.
6. Rebecca, born 1768, married James Black. She died July 28, 1858, aged ninety years.
7. Jennett, born 1770, married Caleb Stephenson, and died at Knox, Dec. 29, 1859, aged eighty-nine years.
8. Peggy, married William Houston. She died about 1814, aged about forty years.
9. Hannah, married Joseph Houston, and died Nov. 18, 1834, aged fifty-nine years.
Mathew Chambers. He was from Londonderry, and drew one half of First Division lot No. 46, with James McLaughlin, of Pembroke, N: H. Upon this lot, which was subsequently occupied by Nathan Read, he settled in 1770, but probably remained only a short time.
William Clendenin was probably a son of Archibald Clendenin, one of the sixteen men who settled Londonderry in 1719. He drew First Division lot No. 24, but sold his share, and never came here to reside.
John Cochran came from Boston, and was a relative of the New Hampshire family of that name. His father was one of the
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memorialists from the north of Ireland, in 1718, asking from Governor Shute a grant of land. The son was born in 1749, at East Boston, then called Noddle's Island, and came here among the first settlers, in May, 1770. He drew lot No. 42, on which he resided for several years. Afterwards, he occupied No. 40, known as the Salmond lot, and removed from there to the farm where his son now lives. His death occurred Oct. 30, 1839, at the age of ninety years. He was the last survivor of the original thirty-two proprietors, and for several years acted as their clerk. White's History thus speaks of him in 1827: " Mr. John Cochran is the only surviving original proprietor, and resides in Belfast, enjoying a large circle of relatives, and possessing the confidence of very many devoted friends. The evening of life is pleasant to him, and he is closing it in the enjoyment of all its substantial comforts." The monument erected to his memory in Grove Cemetery bears the following inscription : " He was one of the memorable Tea Party at Boston, Dec. 16, 1773." The children of Mr. Cochran were : Samuel, born Feb. 23, 1799, and died Oct. 25, 1839; John, born March 24, 1801, who resides here ; and Mary, born June 16, 1805, who married Parker Jewett, and lives in Chenoa, Ill.
John Davidson, of Windham, N. H., who drew lot No. 10, afterwards occupied by Hugh Ross, and now included in Sears- port, did not come here, but was represented by his son John, who arrived with the first settlers, in 1770, being then only nineteen years old. The latter built a log house, and remained nine years. He did not return permanently after the Revolution. The Hancock Registry of Deeds shows a conveyance of his First Division lot, in 1794, to Job Young, for £100, and of the remainder of his share to John Cochran, the next year, for a like sum. He died in Lowell, Mass., Oct. 25, 1835, aged eighty-five years. Henry Davidson, who died here Jan. 26, 1864, was his son, and the only one of his seven children who settled in Maine. Mary Davidson, wife of John (2d) and mother of Henry, died in Litchfield, N. H., February, 1829, aged eighty-one years.
John Durham, the owner of lot No. 9, arrived June 24, 1773, accompanied by his sons, Tolford, aged twenty-seven years, and John, who was five years younger. He was one of the two town wardens, chosen at the organization in 1773. During the Revolution, he went to Thomaston, or St. George, where he died, probably about 1788.
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Tolford, his eldest son, born in Chester, N. H., in 1744, moved with his father's family to Londonderry, when a boy. For several years he followed the sea. In 1779, he built a log hut on lot No. 31, opposite the honse now occupied by his descendants, and married Jean, or Jane, the daughter of John Brown. Their acquaintance commenced here. Mr. Durham was commissioned as a lieutenant of militia soon after the incorporation of the town. He is erroneously supposed by White to have had charge of a company during the Revolution. It is certain, however, that he participated in the ill-fated Penobscot expedition. Early in this century he held various municipal offices. He became a member of the First Church in 1799, was chosen deacon the year follow- ing, and held the position during his life. In 1795, he was appointed postmaster. During his official term, the office was kept in his house on the eastern side of the river. He was one of the managers whose aid secured the East Bridge, and succeeded Jonathan Wilson as toll-gatherer. Deacon Durham died Nov. 13, 1836, aged ninety-two. Mr. White refers to him as " in his eighty- second year, enjoying good health, and all the native energies of his mind." His wife survived him until Feb. 9, 1855.
Their children were as follows : -
Mary, born Aug. 20, 1778, died Aug. 14, 1780.
William,
" Oct. 29, 1780.
John,
March 8, 1783.
James, "
June 6, 1785, died June 19, 1875.
Jean,
" Sept. 23, 1787.
Mary (2d),
"
April 7, 1790.
David,
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July 7, 1792.
Margaret, " July 8, 1794.
Sally, " Dec. 13, 1796, died July 23, 1803.
Joshua Tolford, " Jan. 12, 1799, " 27,1802.
Jonathan, " May 9, 1802.
John, the second son, married Elizabeth Brown, a sister of the wife of his brother Tolford, in December, 1780. In 1796, he purchased of Benjamin and Edwin Stetson, of Scituate, Mass., lot No. 36, for $1,400, the same which was drawn by Alexander Little. The Stetsons were two bachelor brothers. They occupied the premises for a few months, became discontented, and sold their portion. This lot proved one of the most valuable in town. Its southern boundary was Main Street, on the course it runs over Wil-
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son's Hill, and on the same course to the shore : the lot one hun- dred rods long, and forty wide. In 1798, Mr. Durham began life on this lot, in a log house, situated in the rear of the New England House. He afterwards built and removed to a one-story frame- house on High Street, which stood upon the site of Mcclintock's block of brick dwellings. In 1811, he removed to the dwelling- house built by him that year on Main Street, known as the Avery house, from Captain William Avery, his son-in-law, who lived there for several years. When the lot was conveyed to him, that portion now covered by Phoenix Row was fenced with brush, and used as a pasture.
Mr. Durham died Oct. 25, 1823, aged seventy-four years. His wife's death occurred July 8, 1853, at the age of ninety-three.
The following were their children : -
1. John, born Sept. 29, 1781.
2. David, born April 19, 1783, died Sept. 8, 1857, aged seventy- four.
3. Elizabeth, born April 8, 1785, married Alvan Edmunds. She died Nov. 8, 1856, aged seventy-one.
4. James, born June 22, 1787, died abroad, probably about 1817.
5. Jonathan, born April 26, 1790, died Nov. 3, 1865, aged seventy-five.
6. Mary, born Feb. 4, 1793, was for many years a school- teacher. She died unmarried, in July, 1844.
7. Anna, born Dec. 17, 1795, married (1) Captain William Avery, and (2) James Tucker. She now resides in Dorchester, Mass.
8. William, born Dec. 9, 1798, died Feb. 10, 1868, aged seventy- one.
9. Isabella Barnet, born Dec. 12, 1801, married Charles Tread- well. She died Aug. 14, 1874, aged seventy-three.
10. Sarah, born April 22, 1804, married (1) Henry Cargill, and (2) Dr. C. A. Jordan, of Bangor. She died Sept. 12, 1861, aged fifty-seven.
James Gilmore, who drew lots Nos. 19 and 41, settled on the former about 1784, and resided there until his death, Nov. 28, 1809. He was a lieutenant in the Revolution; and his father, Colonel James Gilmore, commanded the eighth New Hampshire regiment. Robert Gilmore, the grandfather of Colonel Gilmore,
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was born near Coleraine, in Ireland, and emigrated early to Londonderry.1 The children of Lieutenant Gilmore, as disclosed by the town records, were : -
Nancy, born May 15, 1791.
Nathaniel, ,, Feb. 10, 1794.
Anna, " May 5, 1797.
Martin, " Aug. 2, 1799.
Betsey, " Feb. 19, 1803.
John Gilmore, a brother of the foregoing, was of Windham, N. H., and owned five shares in the proprietary, drawing lots Nos. 8, 14, 15, 25, and 33.
His son, John, came here in 1784. He was a deacon of the First Church, and died in that part of the town included in Sears- port, April 16, 1845, aged eighty-four.
According to the town records, the children of John Gilmore, last named, and Margaret, his wife, were as follows :-
Nancy, born Nov. 1, 1788.
Samuel, " Jan. 20, 1791.
James, " April 21, 1793.
John, " Feb. 12, 1795.
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