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In accordance with the plans and proposals of the Plymouth Company as already related, Peter Heywood, Sen., f an inhabitant of that part of Concord that is now Lincoln, secured about
* Printed form of Grant.
+ Peter Heywood was a son of John Harwood or Heywood, who was an ensign in the famous Lovewell's fight.
" With Lovewell brave John Harwood came, From wife and babes 't was hard to part ; Young Harwood took her by the hand And bound the weeper to his heart.
" Repress that tear, my Mary dear, Said Harwood to his loving wife ; It tries me hard to leave thee here, And seek in distant woods the strife.
" When gone, my Mary, think of me, And pray to God that I may be Such as one ought that lives for thee, And come at last in victory.
" Thus left young Harwood, babes and wife ; With accent wild she bade adieu, It grieved these lovers much to part, So fond and fair, so kind and true.
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six hundred acres of land on the Kennebec river, on the western shore, between two and three miles below Skowhegan falls, being the land in the neighborhood of the residence of Major Abrahamn Wyman. This land he placed at the disposal of Peter Heywood, Jr., his son ; and Joseph Weston of Concord, now Lincoln, procured other land in the vicinity, and in July, 1771, they left Concord for the Kennebec. The grant to the Heywoods and Weston con- sisted of a large lot of land on the river, in Bloomfield, with all adjacent islands. A line drawn in a south-easterly direction from the northerly intersection of Bloomfield and Nor- ridgewock, to the south-easterly corner of Bloomfield, would enclose all the land originally granted.
According to a diary kept by Joseph Weston, he went from Concord to Lancaster, thence to
" John Harwood died all bathed in blood, When he had fought till set of day ; And many more we may not name, Fell in that bloody battle fray.
" When news did come to Harwood's wife, That he with Lovewell fought and died, Far in the wilds had given his life, Nor more would in this home abide, ---
" Such grief did seize upon her mind, Such sorrow filled her faithful breast, On earth she ne'er found peace again, But followed Harwood to his rest." *
Besides Harwood and Wyman, Daniel and Thomas Woods, Jonathan Robbins, and John Chamberlain had descendants and relatives, who settled in Norridgewock and Canaan.
* Drake, Book of Indians.
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Salem, where he shipped for Seguin, and from the latter place to Dresden. Here he and his companions met the ice in the fall of 1771, and after remaining a few days, Captain Nathan Weston and others removed them to Vassal- borough. From the latter place Zimri Hey- wood moved them to Fort Halifax, where they bought a canoe called the Rainbow, went up to Clinton, in the Spring of 1772, and thence to the place to which they had been directed by the surveyor, John Jones, or as he was gen- erally styled, Black Jones.
At the time Heywood and Weston ascended the river, the beautiful valley of the Kennebec presented a very different aspect from that which greets the traveller of to-day. The ma- jestic forests that have now nearly disappeared, clothed the hills and vales to the river's edge, with the exception of an occasional clearing made by the former dwellers on the soil. The birds and beasts of the untrodden wilder- ness, - an occasional hunter or trapper, - the white canoe and gliding form of the Red Man, alone were seen. The solemn, silent grandeur of Nature was disturbed and gradually invaded as their industrious axes let the sunlight in upon the virgin soil, which was so soon to bring forth its abundance for the sustenance of civilized man.
Weston and Heywood were the first settlers north of Winslow, excepting a few at Sebasti- cook. They carried from Concord twenty head of stock, and immediately on their arrival, erect- ed their camp, which was twenty feet square,
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containing one room. They went to work on their arrival, and were soon able to cut hay on Great Island, Herrin Intervale, Oakes Meadow, and the banks of Turner Brook. The islands had been cleared by the Indians, but a few years before, and they bore only a small growth of basswood, oilnut, poplar, cherry, &c. About fifteen acres were cleared on Great Island, and a small spot on the main land in Bloomfield was devoted to potatoe and corn fields, - the seed they brought from Vassalboro' with them .* With Peter Heywood, sen. and Joseph Weston, aged 46 and 40 years, were John Heywood, brother of Peter Heywood, junr., aged 23 years, Isaac Smith, aged 16 years, and Eli Weston, son of Joseph, aged 11 years. Peter Heywood, junr. came down the next year.
As these individuals were conspicuous in the early settlement of the country, the following data may be interesting : Peter Heywood, sen. was born in Concord, Mass., April 24, 1726, and died April 3, 1803, aged 77 years; Mr. Heywood became quite eccentric in his old age. When the house was on fire he would not move until he had mated his stockings. His widow was Joseph Weston's sister, and lived to be between 90 and 100 years of age.
* Eusebius Weston and Melzar Lindsay, Esqrs., furnished many of the very interesting facts contained in this sketch of the early history of Canaan.
i " It is a singular fact, that Joseph Weston came here with seven sons and two daughters, from whom have descended in right line over six hundred, mostly of the name of Weston, while Peter Heywood came with three sons and two daughters, and soon after his brother Oliver, with three sons and four daugh- ters, and though their descendants are somewhat extended, but one of the name of Heywood remains."- Eusebius Weston, Esq.
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After being nearly blind, her sight so far return- ed that she could read very fine Bible print. She died in Palmyra. Joseph Weston * was born March 7, 1732, and died October 16, 1775, aged 43, of a violent cold and fever, which he took in accompanying Arnold's expedition up the Kennebec. Peter Heywood, junr., was born March 28, 1751, and was thrown from his carriage, in Norridgewock, and died July 17, 1822. John Heywood was born in 1759. He soon returned to Concord. Isaac Smith was born in 1756.
The children of Joseph Weston were Sam- uel and Joseph, twins, born January 17, 1757. Samuel t died June 7, 1802, aged 45; Joseph died March 22, 1838, aged 81 ; John, born July 19, 1758, died November 12, 1842, aged 84 ; Eli, born July 4, 1760, died October 14, 1846, aged 86; William, born November 11, 1763, died December 29, 1840, aged 77; Benjamin, born February 3, 1765, now living in Madison, aged 34; Eunice, born August 25, 1766, died August 12, 1779, aged 13 ; Hannah, born Febru- ary 23, 1768, died February 11, 1800, aged 32 ; she married N. Parkman; Stephen, born Sep- tember 15, 1770, died May 31,$ 1847, aged 77.5
* Eunice, his wife, was born in 1735, and died Nov. 8, 1822, aged 87 years.
t " Squire Weston " was a very active, energetic man, and stood conspicuous in the early annals of Canaan. He filled many offices, and died much lamented and regretted.
# The very day on which died Daniel O'Connell and Dr. Chalmers.
§ Collected from gravestones, family registers, &c., aided by Eusebius Weston, Esq.
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The children of Peter Heywood, sen., were Peter, junr., born in Concord, in 1752, died by being thrown from a carriage while descend- ing a hill near Sawtelle's fulling-mill, Norridge- wock, in July, 1822; Sarah, born in 1754, married Oliver Wilson, of Starks; Asa, born in 1756, died young; Hannah, born in 1758, and married Isaac Smith. Peter Heywood, junr., and Isaac Smith were the first two white men that ever passed a winter on the Kennebec river, above Taconnet Falls .*
After haying was over, Joseph Weston and John Heywood made an agreement to go back to Massachusetts, and bring down Joseph Wes- ton's family. They started in September, 1772, leaving Peter Heywood and Eli and Isaac to finish sowing the winter rye, and harvesting the potatoes. One week after, Heywood be- came homesick, and left the boys to finish the work. About that time came John Hale from Sebasticook. He settled on the farm now oc- cupied by Dea. Thos. Pratt. The boys obtain- ed the assistance of Hale to sow their grain, by giving him four days of their labor to one of his. After working a few days Hale left, and the boys, aged 16 and 11, finished sowing the grain, and wintered in their cabin, seven- teen miles from any settlers ! As soon as a portion of the rye was sown, a rain came on, and it sprouted without being harrowed, and yielded finely. This was the first grain ever sowed in Canaan. Finding that the moose had
* Melzar Lindsay, Esq.
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destroyed their haystacks, they let their cow to Joel Crosby, at Clinton, for the milk she would give through the winter.
At the time the town was settled, there were a few Indians within its limits, and they had a current tradition, that some years previous, a great freshet overflowed all the islands and intervales, and drowned large numbers of the Indians. Near the landing at Herrin's Ferry, there is a mound several rods in diameter, and several feet high. It is composed of gravel and sand, resting on the common soil. It indicates a great freshet at some period previous to the settlement of the country, and seems to corrobo- rate the Indian tradition. Soon after, the tra- dition declares that the small pox took off a large number, and the rest emigrated up the river, probably to Canada.
When Arnold passed up the river, Joseph Weston went to aid him in transporting his baggage across the great carrying place, and on his return he took cold, and died in a few days. He left a family of nine children, who have branched out numerously and respectably. His widow married Colonel John Moor, sen., in 1779.
In the autumn of 1772, came John Oakes, with several sons, to "spy out the land." He settled on the farm occupied by George Lane, opposite Great Island. Oakes Island was given to him by the Heywoods and Westons.
His son Solomon is in Ohio ; Abel is in Do- ver; Levi is dead ; and William is in Sanger- ville. Oakes was out in the French war, and
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was engaged with Wolfe, on the plains of Abraham. He was a skilful mechanic, and was employed to make the coffin in which the brave General Wolfe was buried. He died in Canaan, in 1788. William was born soon after the arrival of his father in Canaan. He was, according to some citizens, the first white child born in Canaan, and is now an aged Baptist clergyman. He was deposed from the ministry at one time, for alleged immorality, but was again restored. He was ordained at Canaan, in 1815.
Isaac Smith came in 1773. He settled near Wesserrunsett. Abraham, his son, was born soon after, and was probably the first white child born in Canaan. The palm rests between Abraham Smith and William Oakes. There were but a few days between their births.
Jeremiah Pease settled in 1773, on the Her- rin Farm. He did not remain long. Mordecai Moore came in 1774, and worked awhile, but soon went to Clinton. He died in Clinton, in August, 1840, aged 103 years.
Seth Wyman came in 1773. He was un- married, and settled near Heywood's location, on a farm now occupied by Dea. James Cleve- land.
Joel Crosby came up from Sebasticook in 1773, to assist Weston, Heywood and Oakes in erecting a mill on Skowhegan Island. He afterward went up to Starks, and seems to have been the principal mill-wright in the vicinity. He died in 1775.
Dea. John White settled with his family in
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the Spring of 1773. He came first, alone, in
the Summer of 1772. He settled where his grandson Solomon now lives.
Jonas Parlin, an elder brother of Nathan, came in 1774. He settled near Skowhegan village.
Daniel Steward settled in 1775, on one of the " back farms " in Bloomfield.
Solomon, Phineas, and Dea. William, uncles of Daniel, came soon after, say in 1776.
In 1775, Isaac Smith, Joseph and Eli Wes- ton, Mordecai Moor, and several others, volun- teered to enter the Revolutionary army, but Joseph Weston was the only one who went.
Joseph Cleveland came in 1777-8, and lived in Bloomfield village.
Ephraim Brown came in 1774. He " worked in the mill above the present village, and camped near by. An Indian named Sabbatis lurked about their camp, till, finding an oppor- tunity, in the absence of Brown, he stole from Brown's chest. He was seized, and his hands tied behind him with a silk handkerchief, and he was put into Brown's keeping and taken to the house of the Senior Peter Heywood, Esq., for trial. Sabbatis contrived to get at a scythe which hung in the snath across the fence, and cut his bands, and took an opportunity, while Brown was unsuspicious of danger, to attempt his death by wringing his neck in savage style. Brown discovered his aim in season to seize him, and though a very athletic Indian, threw him and sprang to the kitchen for the " ready gun," while Sabbatis tried to escape his almost
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inevitable fate. Brown's charge entered the vitals of the Indian, notwithstanding which he jumped over two fences and on the third, from which he fell dead. Brown considered himself unsafe, and moved to New Hampshire, where he was found in a saw-mill by an Indian. But he got notice by a friend of whom the Indian enquired for him, and setting his hat and coat in such a manner as to deceive him, retired to a pile of boards, and waited till the Indian's gun cracked ; he then opened his fire with sure and deadly effect. Report says, that in two other instances he was obliged to kill one or more in self-defence; yet he lived to a good old age, and died an honest death. This Sabbatis was buried on the land now owned by Mr. Joel Leighton, - then owned by Mr. Heywood. The river at one time made an advance upon his resting-place, and left his bones to whiten on the bank." - Eusebius Weston, Esq.
In 1776, Joseph Weston and Oliver Wilson wished to go down to Pownalboro' to transact some business, and Isaac Smith thought he would accompany them a short distance. They were very much afraid that Indians in the British interest might be prowling about, and for fear of unnecessary alarm, as well as to have a certain sign of the presence of Indians, it was agreed on parting that neither should fire a gun, unless an Indian was seen. Smith, who was quite a hunter, had scarcely left his companions, when he saw a bear. Forgetting his promise, he saluted Master Bruin with the
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contents of his gun. The report so alarmed Weston and Wilson that they made all ex- pedition for Pownalboro', and scarcely stopped for breath until they reached the place of their destination. The alarm was given, and Gen- eral Lithgow called out the regiment to resist the supposed enemy.
In the year 1777, the house in which Mr. Peter Heywood lived, situated near the res- idence of Major Abram Wyman, in Bloom- field, was picketed as a fort. It was never found necessary to use it, as the Indians were peaceable. On the occasion just referred to, all of the settlers were alarmed, and retreated to Great Island, but the Indians, of whom they stood in fear, did not attempt to molest them. It is very doubtful whether they had any such intentions at any time, but the lonely situation of the first settlers naturally excited their fears. They endured and suffered much, and were not able to know what unseen foes lurked around them.
Dea. Solomon Clarke came in 177-, and settled on land since occupied by Hon. Bryce McLellan, and now by Mr. Samuel Hight. He planted the first orchard in Canaan.
The territory of Canaan was surveyed by John Jones, Esq., in 1779. The settlers styled their plantation at first, in honor of the oldest man and most prominent settler - Heywoods- town; but for some unknown reason it was soon afterward changed to the Plantation of Wesserunsett. Both of these names were regarded as being too long to speak or to write,
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and in selecting the name ultimately chosen, two considerations ruled. The religious char- acter and habits of thought of the primitive settlers, and the level beauty, rich fertility, and charming appearance everywhere visible, - bearing a faint resemblance to those "sweet fields arrayed in living green," which they saw at the end of life's pilgrimage, - induced them to call their beautiful possessions, Canaan.
Soon after the settlement was made, twenty- six active and enterprising young men saw and coveted the territory, and petitioned the Plymouth Company against the actual settlers. Heywood prosecuted them, and they were obliged to withdraw ignominiously.
In the spring of 1781, a tax was laid on the people of Winslow and on "all adjacents." Winslow was, at that time, the last town; it was incorporated in the year 1771, and includ- ed Waterville. It has been peopled since 1754; eleven families having commenced a settlement at that time, though the township was not granted until 1766. The town was divided by the erection of Waterville, June 23, 1802. Clinton was not a town until 1795, seven years after Canaan. The names marked Clinton refer to those who were settlers in 1781 between Canaan and Winslow. The Winslow names are marked W. The rest
will be explained hereafter. Several who at this time were in Clinton and Winslow, after- ward became citizens of Canaan and Nor- ridgewock.
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" An assessment of the polls and Real & Personal Estates of the inhabitants of the Town of Winslow & also the Nonresident Proprietors Land Lying in said Town & also the Polls of the adjacents being a tax of one Hundred & Seventy five Pounds Eleven shil- lings and Eleven pence Laid on said Town by the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts begun & held at Boston on wednsday the 25th day of october A D 1780 & Continued by adjournment to the 11th day of April A D 1781.
Sum on No. Polls. each Poll.
Real Estate.
Personal Estate.
Joseph Carter
W.
1
11 11
6
1
Nathaniel Carter
W
1
11 11
10
0
4 9
Joseph Richardson
W.
1
11
15
0
7
9
Benet Woods
W.
1
11 11
18
0
5
0
Nath" Evins
W.
1
11 11
6
John Cole
W
1
11 11
6
Manuel Smith
W.
1
11
11
15
0
7
6
Solomon Parker
W.
1
11
11
16
0
8
1
Asa Parker
W.
1
11
11
Jesse Davis
W.
1
11
11
12
0
6
1
James Pinkham
W.
1
11
11
4
Samuel Reed
W.
2
1 3 10
15
0
5
8
Francis Dudley
W.
1
11 1
16
0
6
4
Willm Angow
W.
1
11
11
4
Simeon Tozer
W.
1
11
11
John Simson
W.
2
1 3
10
0
9
0
John McKechnie (1) W.
2
I 3 10
10
0
13
4
Randolph Fritch
W.
1
11
8
0
4
0
John Kule
W
1
11 11
1
6
Timothy Hudson
W.
1
11
11
8
0
3 11
David Pattee
W.
1
11
11
7
7
Willm Shenehen
W.
1
11
11
7
0
6
David Webb
W.
1
11
11
9
0
6
0
Jonathan Soul
W.
1
11
11
2
0
1
6
Thos Lewis
W.
1
11
11
4
0
8 -0
Eliab Smith
W.
1
11
11
4
0
1 10
Edward Blanchard
W.
1
11
11
7
0
5 10
Nath" Low
W.
1
11
11
6
0
4 10
£ s. d.
£
8.
d.
£ 8.
d.
12
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HISTORY OF CANAAN.
No. Polls.
Sum on each Poll.
Real Estate.
Personal Estate.
Jabez Lewis
W.
1
11
11
6
0
5
7
Nathan Burton
W.
1
11
11
1
0
Willm Huston
WV.
2
1
3 10
1 10
0
6
8
James Huston
W.
1
11 11
1
3
Nathan Dexter
W.
1
11 11
Timothy Heald (2)
W
1
11 11
1 0
0
7
0
John McGraugh
W.
1
11 11
10
0
3
6
Josiah Brewer Esq"
W.
1
11
11
1
8
Andrew Gillman
W.
1
11
11
Willm Wyman
W.
2
1 3
10
7
0
2
4
Willard Spalding
W
1
11 11
9
0
4
4
Benja Runnels
W.
1
11 11
14
0
9
2
Benja Hartford
WV.
1
11 11
John Humes
1
11 11
4
0
Ephraim Osborn
1
11 11
15
8
8
Ephraim Willson
W.
1
11 11
1
4
Thomas Gullifar
1
11
11
6
3
2
Ezek. Pattee Esqr (3) W.
3
1 15
9
2
0
1 4
1
Asa Phillips
W.
1
11
11
16
7
2
Jonathan Low
1
11
11
Thos Parker (4)
W.
1
11 11
Isaac Bradford
W.
1
11 11
Michal Thornton
1
11 11
William Thornton
W.
1
11 11
1
10
Daniel Spring
Hezekiah Straton
TV.
1
11 11
1 0
0
11 4
James Collar
1
11 11
12
0
5
8
Costalow
TV.
12
2
Jonah Crosby
WV.
2
1 3 10
1 10
0 1 1 2
Thomas Smiley
1
11
11
4
Willm Richardson
2
1 3 10
2
6
0 16 0
Andrew Richardson
W.
1
11 11
Ebener Heald (5)
W.
1
11 11
1
0
0
Zimri Haywood (6) W.
2
1 3 10
2
0 13
6
£
S.
d.
S.
d.
James Cromett
W.
1
11 11
3 10
1
11 11
9
()
4
7
John Spalding
1
11 11
14 0
4
William Bradford
James Stackpole
12
3
Sixty-six tax payers resident in Winslow in 1781.
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HISTORY OF CANAAN.
Assessment Laid on the Polls of the Adjacents.
Sinn on No. Polla. each Poll. S.
No. Polls.
Sum on cach Poll.
Clinton.
Silas Wood
1
11 11
Jonathan Philbrooks
1 11 11
Willm Fletcher
1
11 11
Isaac Spencer
1 11 11
Oliver Willson (16)
1 11 11
Silas Baron
1 11 11 Stephen Partrige (17)
1 11 11
Bartholamy Fowlar
1 11 11
Nathan Parling
1 11 11
Lawarance Costagan
1 11 11
Seth* Keith (18)
1 11 11
Henry McKeney
1 11 11
Ruel Keith (18}
1 11
11
Michal Thornton
1
11 11
Jonathan Keith (18)
1
11 11
James Thomson
1
11 11
Benje Hilton (19)
1
11 11
Charles Brown
1
11 11 James Brown (20)
1
. 11
Ezekiel Brown
11 11
Sylvanus Sawyer
1
11 11
Roger Chase
1 11 11
Luke Sawyer
1
11 11
Geo. Fitzgerald
1
11 11
John Heald
1
11 11
Barz' Kendall
11 11
John Lawton
1
11
Abiathar Kendall
1
11 11
James Waugh
1 11 -11
Daniel Spencer
1
11 11
Thomas Waugh
1
11 11
Frederick Jerikens
1
11 11
George Gray
1
11 11
James Maibone
1
11 11
Benj" Thomason (21)
1
11 1%
John Sperin
1
11 11
Peter Farnsworth (22)
1 11 11
Parker
11 11
David Lancester (23)
1
11 11
Modica Moore (7)
1
11 11
Cunaan.
1
11 11
Daniel Smith (24)
1
11 11
Varnuma Chase
1 11 11
John Emery
1 11 1L
Mathew Chase
1 11 11
Edwd Hartwell (25)
1 11 11
Beriah Brown
1 11 11
Solomon Steward
1 11 11
John Burril
1 11 11
Josiah Goodridge (26)
1 11 11
Canaan.
Norridgewock.
Willard Sears (9)
1 11 11
Daniel Steward (27)
1
11 11
John Oaks(10)
1
11 11
Canaan.
Samuel Stewarl 1 11 11
John Emery (28}
1 11 11
Asa Haywood
1 11 11
Samuel Emery
1 11 11
John Moore (12) Norridgewoche
Peter Haywood, Jr
1
11 11
Jonas Parling
1 11 11
Joseph Wesson
1 11 11
Eleazer Spalding
1
11 11
Eli Wesson
1
11 11
Eleazer Spalding Jr.
1 11 11
Samal Wesson
1
11 11
Josiah Spalding
1 11 11
PhinehasSteward
21l.3s. 10d.
Jonas Tarbell (13)
1 11 11
John White
1
11 11
Willm Spalding
1 11 11
Levi Powars (29)
i
11 11
Joseph Savage (14)
1 11 11 John Tozer
1
11 11
Josiah Warren (15)
1 11 11
Elias Tozer
1
11 11
Obadiah Witherell
1
11
11 Jeremiah Tozer
1 11 11
Ephraim Brown
1
11 11 Seth Wyman
1
11 11
John Clark
1
11 11 Isaac Smith
1 11 11
Oliver Wood
1 11 11
Jonathan Tozer
1
11 11
11
John Wesson
Solomon Whidden (8)
1 11 11
James Turner (11)
1 11 11
Peter Haywood
1 11 11
1 11 11
Josepk Emery
1 11 11
Samuel Varnum
1 11
11 11
Timo Heald
21l.3s. 10d.
Pratt
s. d.
** Scotland, not Seth.
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HISTORY OF CANAAN.
No. Polls.
Sum on
A each Poll.
No. Polls.
Sum on
each Poll.
Jonathan Emery
1
11 11
Silas Warner
1
11 11
Adam Cason
1
11 11
Benja Noble
1 11 11
Joseph Lancaster 1
11 11 Ezra Towns
1 11 11
Norridgewock.
New Portland.
Ephm Chamberlin * 1 11 11
Joseph Cragin 1 11 11
Nathel Chamberlin *
1 11 11
Joseph Chirchel
1 11 11
Robert Whittem (30) 1 11 11
Those who owned land in these towns and plantations in 1781, but who did not live on their possessions, may be ascertained from the following " assessment laid on the Nonresident Proprietors lands."
F
d.
Fox & Fowl 0 16 8
Gamaliel Bradford
1 13 4 James Pitts or heir 0
16 8
Isaac Winslow
1 13 4 Lot Nº 92
0 16 8 William Taylor
2 7 10 Lot Nº 89 & 83
1 13 4
Daniel Howard 1 13 4 Benjn Hollowell
1 0
0
Isaac Warren 1 13 4 the Kennebeck Props
1 13 4
James Otis Esqr 1 13 4 the Kennebeck Props 0 13 4
William Lithgew Esqr 2
0 0 a lot of Land lying near Fort Hal-
John Hancock Govr 0 16 8 ifax known by the name of Docr
Florentas Vassell 0 16 8 Sylvester Gardiner 1 0 0
Given under our hand this tenth day of october A D 1781.
ZIMRI HAYWOOD SOLOMON PARKER DAVID WEBB
assessors
of Winslow
NOTES TO THE FOREGOING TABLE.
(1.) First surveyor of Norridgewock and Starks, in 1769. (2.) Eld- est son of John. (3.) One of the first settlers. (4.) Ibid. Thomas Parker's daughter Betsey was the first white child born in Winslow. She was born March 16, 1759. (5.) Son of John Heald. (6.) Win- słow was first represented by Zimri Heywood, 1782. (7.) Mordecai Moore afterwards settled in Canaan. (S.) Lived in Clinton, but after- wards settled in Canaan. (9.) Settled about a mile below the falls in Skowhegan. (10.) John, should be Jonathan; he settled about a mile below Skowhegan falls. (11 ) Settled on the first lot below the Wesserrunsett. (12.) First settled in Canaan, then in Norridgewock, then Anson, where he died. (13) Settled in the Nutting neighbor- hood. (14.) Near Anson. (15.) Josiah Warren, from Pepperell, set-
* Settled where the Nuttings live-did not remain.
8.
Sir William Baker
2 10 0
s.
8.
Fairfield. 1 11 11
David Emery
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HISTORY OF CANAAN.
tled on the George Warren farm. (16.) First settled in Norridge- wock; afterwards, near the mouth of Sandy river in Starks. (17.) Settled on Wilson's first lot. (18.) Settled near Bomazeen rips. (19.) Settled in Starks, adjoining Oliver Wilson's lot. (20.) First located where Mr. John Wood lives, but soon went to Clinton. (21.) Settled on land now occupied by Mr. Joseph Savage. (22.) Settled where Mr. William Farnsworth now lives. (23.) Settled where Dea. Morse now lives. (24.) Settled on land now owned by Maj. Joseph Webb. (25.) Settled near Daniel Smith. (26 ) Settled in Canaan, but soon went to Bingham. (27.) Settled where Col. J. G. Neil lives - then the last lot in Norridgewock. (28.) Where Ezekiel Durrill now lives. (29.) Where Francis W. Swan now lives. (30.) Settled near Moriah Gould's first settlement.
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