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IV. Abigail, m. Barnabus Young; res. Ironbound Island. V. Betsy, m. George Anderson.
VI. Thankful, m. Eben Leland; res. Leland's Cove, Eden.
VII. Reuben, m. Sarah Anderson.
VIII. Nathan, m. Affiah Higgins; res. back of Salsbury's Cove.
IX. Ephraim, m. Fanny Knowles; res. Hull's Cove.
X. Penelope, m. Sparrow Higgins; res. Indian Point, Eden.
XI. Louis, m. Ephraim Cousins; res. Trenton.
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in 1825, the wife on February 25 and the hus- band on November 22. " Old Uncle Ebenezer's " name occurs often in the town records and his house was used for the town meetings for a number of years. He prospered materially, and in 1796 we find him taxed for three horses, two oxen, twelve cows, and young cattle.
Josiah Black was an early comer to Hull's Cove and a much respected man. He lived first in a small house near where Mrs. A. T. Hamor's brick house now stands and afterwards moved to the north side of the cove. He was the moderator of the first meeting of the plantation. His daugh- ter, Olive Black, married Simeon Hadley 1 and
1 Simeon Hadley came from Hempstead, N. H., to Hull's Cove prior to 1771; m. Olive Black, dau. of Josiah Black, and lived there a few years, then removed to Hadley's Sand Point, where he d. 1825 and where his wife d. 1819.
Their children were :
I. Esther, b. 1771; m. Gideon Mayo; res. Clark's Cove.
II. Samuel, b. 1772; m. Lydia Higgins; res. Hadley's Sand Point.
III. Sarah, twin, b. 1774; m. Eleazer Higgins; res. Northeast Creek.
IV. Olive, twin, b. 1774; m. David Higgins, 2d; res. North- west Creek.
V. Simeon, b. 1776; m. Mercy Knowles; res. Town Hill.
VI. Lucy, b. 1778; m. - Burke.
VII. Joseph, b. 1783; d. 1825, unmarried.
VIII. Hepzibeth, b. 1787; m. William Richards; res. Hadley's Point.
IX. Ruth, b. 1789.
II. Samuel Hadley, son of Simeon and Olive (Black) Hadley, m. Lydia Higgins; res. Hadley's Sand Point.
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settled near the brook on the south side of Mr. O. A. Carpenter's place in 1770. Afterwards they moved to Hadley's Point.
Another family early settled on the northeast- ern shore was that of John Thomas 1 who came
Their children were:
1. Abel, b. 1795; m. (1) Esther Kettle, (2) Hannah Young; res. Hadley's Sand Point.
2. Richard, b. 1797; m. Sally Stanwood; res. Town Hill.
3. Josiah B., b. 1799; m. Zena Wasgatt; res. Northeast Creek.
4. Olive, b. 1801; m. Thomas Paine; res. Emery District.
5. David, b. 1802; m. Nancy Atherton.
6. Lydia, b. 1804; m. Reuben S. Salsbury; res. Town Hill.
7. Mercy, b. 1806; m. John Hamor; res. Hamor's Sand Point.
8. Samuel, b. 1808 ; m. Lydia Young; res. Otter Creek.
1 John Thomas, m. Elizabeth Peck in Providence, R. I., Oct. 18, 1744.
Their children were:
· I. Elizabeth, b. 1745.
II. Zena, b. 1747.
III. John, b. 1750.
IV. Nicholas, b. 1753.
V. Hannah, b. 1756.
VI. Peggy, b. 1759.
VII. Huldah, b. 1762.
VIII. Amos, b. 1764.
III. John Thomas, fifth of the name, m. (1) Elizabeth Cousins; she d. 1802, and he m. (2) Mrs. Elizabeth Parker of Blue Hill in 1803. He lived on what is now known as "the Comfort Thomas place."
Children by his first marriage:
1. John, b. 1777; m. Judith Thompson; res. Thomas Dis- trict.
2. Benjamin, b. 1780; m. Polly Thompson; res. near North- east Creek.
3. Hannah, b. 1782; m. Joel Emery; res. Emery District.
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to Bar Harbor probably in 1770 and afterwards moved to what is still known as the Thomas Dis-
4. Oliver, b. 1785; m. Sally Rodick; res. Hull's Cove.
5. Betsy, b. 1787.
6. Comfort, b. 1789; m. Malinda Parker; res. on his father's farm.
7. Cylinda, b. 1794; m. Samuel Bean of Sullivan.
8. Sarah, b. 1797; m. Cornelius Thompson; res. Emery Dis- trict.
9. Ebenezer, b. 1801.
Children by his second marriage:
10. Cornelius, b. 1804.
11. Peggy, b. 1807.
12. Parker, twin, b. 1810.
13. Susannah, twin, b. 1810.
14. Sophronia, b. 1812.
IV. Nicholas Thomas, fourth child of John Thomas, 4th, was published to Lucy Somes, dau. of Lieut. Abraham Somes, Feb. 18, 1780. " But inasmuch as there is no Lawful Authority within thirty miles of this place," they " mutually took each other for husband and wife in the presence of God " and wit- nesses. They settled in the Thomas District on the farm now owned by James K. Garland. Lucy (Somes) Thomas d. March 18, 1792. He m. (2) Oct. 18, 1792, Jane Richardson, dau. of James and Rachel Richardson, who d. March, 1820.
Children by first marriage:
1. Nicholas, b. 1780; m. Hannah Wasgatt; res. Thomas Dis- trict.
2. Lucy, b. 1782; d. 1793.
3. Betsy, b. 1784; d. 1793.
4. Abraham, b. 1785; m. Jane Berry; res. on his father's farm.
5. Isaac, b. 1787; m. Sarah A. Parks; res. Presque Isle, Me.
6. Jacob, b. 1789; d. 1793.
Children by second marriage:
7. Lucy, b. 1793.
8. Betsy, b. 1794; m. William Leland; res. Leland's Cove.
9. Jacob S., b. 1796; m. Nancy P. Townsand; res. Thomas District.
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trict near the mouth of Northeast Creek. John Thomas had eight children, and his sons John and Nicholas had fourteen and twelve children respectively, so that it is surprising to find that very few of the name are now on the voters' lists of the towns on the island.
Job Stanwood,1 another early settler in the same locality, was the father of the Benjamin Stanwood whose name appears on the petition to Governor Bernard in 1768. As we have seen,
10. Amos, b. 1798; d. 1803.
11. James, b. 1800; d. 1804.
12. David, b. 1802; d. 1832.
On Dec. 24, 1820, Nicholas Thomas m. (3) Mrs. Lydia Had- ley, widow of Samuel Hadley. Mr. Thomas was a deacon of the Eden Baptist Church more than thirty years, and was the first person baptized by immersion on the island of Mount Desert.
1 The Bangor Historical Magazine says that " Job Stanwood was b. in Gloucester and m. (1) Hannah Byles in 1749, (2) Martha Bradstreet."
From Mount Desert Records: "A Record of the births and Deaths of Job Stanwood and his wife Martha and their children.
" First: Son, Benjamin Bradstreet Stanwood was born January ye 19th 1766.
"Second: Son, Humphrey Bradstreet Stanwood was born May ye 20th 1768.
"Third: Son, Enoch Ticktum Stanwood was born April ye 21st 1770.
"Fourth: Son, David Stanwood was born August ye 22, 1772.
" Fifth: Daughter, Sarah Stanwood was born October ye 18, 1774.
"Job Stanwood d. July 27, 1776." His widow, Martha, m. Robert Young, who lived at Duck Brook.
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Benjamin was at that time a " squatter " on Cran- berry Island. He was the son of Job by his first wife. The father, with his second wife and several small children, came to Duck Brook not later than 1772. More than a hundred years afterwards the name Stanwood was bestowed by Hon. James G. Blaine upon his estate at Bar Harbor. Mrs. Blaine was a Stanwood.
The Hull's Cove settlement was increased by three important families in the years following the organization of the plantation, - the De Gre- goires, who began to be taxed as residents of Mount Desert in 1791, and the families of Cor- nelius Thompson 1 and Samuel Hull.
1 Cornelius Thompson, b. at New Meadows, Mass., in 1760; m. (1) Judith -, (2) Peggy Thomas; res. Thomas District. She d. June 29, 1817. He m. (3) Mrs. Lydia Gilpatrick of Marblehead. They were published Oct. 22, 1817. He d. March 28, 1835.
Children by first marriage:
I. Judith, b. 1779; m. John Thomas, Jr .; res. Thomas Dis- trict.
II. Hannah, b. 1783; m. Rufus Robbins; res. Eden.
III. Polly, b. 1785; m. Benjamin Thomas; res. Northeast Creek.
IV. Cornelius, b. 1788; m. Sally Thomas; res. Emery District. V. Samuel, b. 1790.
VI. William, b. 1792; m. (1) Thankful Salsbury, (2) Elmena Kittredge; res. Thompson Island. He was taken prisoner by the English in the war of 1812-15, and carried to England and confined in Dartmoor prison till the close of the war.
Children by second marriage:
VII. Huldah, b. 1794; m. Eben Oaks.
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Thompson, with his wife Judith and three or four children, came from Salem previous to 1789 and settled at Hull's Cove. He was at one time captain of the private armed brig Chase; was also at one time colonel of the militia. He drew a pension as a Revolutionary soldier under act of Congress June 7, 1832. He was representa- tive to the General Court of Massachusetts from Eden, from 1809 to 1812.
Samuel Hull was a sea-captain and came from Derby, Conn., and settled on the south side of Hull's Cove prior to 1789, where he " kept store" and built a number of vessels. He was the chief citizen of the little village, and the cove was named for him. Captain Hull took an active part in the organization and business of the towns of Mount Desert and Eden. The first town meeting of Eden was held at his house, and he was there chosen one of the first Board of Selectmen of Eden. He lived at Hull's Cove until 1817, when he moved back to Con- necticut. He had nine children, none of whom settled on Mount Desert, except Polly, who married Israel Higgins, 2d, and lived at Bar Harbor.
VIII. Amos, b. 1796; m. Tabitha G. Twisden; res. Thomas Dis- trict and Salem.
IX. Joseph, b. 1798.
X. John, b. 1801; m. Adline Emery. They with two chil- dren were lost at sea, bound from Turk's Island to St. Johns, N. B.
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North of Hull's Cove the points, or the open ground at the head of the coves where some lit- tle stream provided a water supply, were taken up in the years after the Revolutionary War. Ebenezer Salsbury was joined at the cove that bears his name by Joseph Hopkins,1 who was a direct descendant of Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower company, and who had been a neigh- bor of the Higginses and Youngs at Eastham on Cape Cod.
About the same time Thomas Wasgatt2 set-
1 Joseph Hopkins m. Mary -, at Eastham, Jan. 11, 1770, where all their children but the youngest were born. They moved to Hull's Cove between 1788 and 1791, lived in a part of Levi Higgins's house a while, and then settled on the south side of Salsbury's Cove.
He and his son Joseph were drowned by the upsetting of a boat in which they were bringing young cattle from one of the Porcupine Islands to Hull's Cove.
His widow Mary m. (second wife) Levi Higgins.
2 Thomas Wasgatt, m. (1) Eunice -. She d. July 21, 1780. He m. (2) Hannah Thomas, dau. of John Thomas, 4th, and Eliza- beth (Peck) Thomas, April 17, 1781. He d. May 19, 1820. She d. March 1, 1840.
Children by first marriage:
I. Deborah, b. 1771, at No. 1, Union River.
II. Thomas, b. 1774 at No. 1, Union River; m. Polly Frye; res. Bar Harbor.
III. Eunice, b. 1777, at Mount Desert; m. David Stanwood; res. Bar Harbor.
Children by second marriage:
IV. Hannah, b. 1783; m. Nicholas Thomas, Jr .; res. Thomas District, Eden.
V. John T., b. 1785; m. Huldah Godsoe; res. Eden.
VI. William, b. 1787; m. Rebecca Hinman; res. Sedgwick.
VII. Nicholas, b. 1789; d. 1863, unmarried.
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tled a little to the east of Salsbury's Cove, and Amariah Leland1 at the west side of Leland's Cove.
Still farther to the westward three more fami-
VIII. Betsy, b. 1790; m. Benjamin Stanwood of Mattawam- keag.
IX. Margaret, b. 1793; m. James Beverly; res. Bar Harbor. X. Zenas S., b. 1796; d. 1797.
XI. Zenas S., b. 1801; m. Josiah B. Hadley; res. Northeast Creek.
1 Amariah Leland was b. in Sherborn, Mass., 1710. He m. Ursula Lovett at Sherborn, where they had nine children. In 1769, he, with his wife and two sons, Ezra and Ebenezer, moved to Mount Desert and settled at Leland's Cove, where he d. 1790. Ezra was their seventh child, b. 1749; came to Eden in 1769; m. Sally Hamor, dau. of John and Mary (Rodick) Hamor, and settled at Leland's Cove, where his farm extended from the shore of Frenchman's Bay to Northeast Marsh. He was prob- ably the best farmer on the island at that time.
Their children were:
I. John, b. 1773; d. 1797.
II. Amariah, b. 1774; m. Hannah Higgins ; res. Emery's Cove, Eden.
III. Ezra, b. 1776; m. Mrs. Hannah Fish; res. Leland's Cove.
IV. Ebenezer, b. 1778; m. Thankful Salsbury; res. Leland's Cove.
V. David, b. 1780; m. Susan Leland; res. Hadley's Point.
VI. Rhoda, b. 1782; m. Oliver Higgins; res. Bar Harbor.
VII. Daniel, b. 1784; m. Sally Anderson; res. Trenton.
VIII. Sarah, b. 1786; m. Zacheus Higgins; res. Bar Harbor.
IX. Hannah, b. 1789; m. John McFarland; res. Trenton.
X. Marian, b. 1790; d. 1838, unmarried.
XI. Huldah, b. 1792; m. Henry Higgins; res. Bar Harbor.
XII. William, b. 1795; m. (1) Betsy Thomas, (2) Lydia Haynes; res. Leland's Cove.
XIII. Betsy, b. 1797; m. --.
XIV. Experience, b. 1799; m. David Hamor, 3d; res. near Hull's Cove.
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lies from Eastham on Cape Cod settled as early as 1778, Joseph Mayo's,1 at Old House Cove,
1 Joseph Mayo and Ruth Snow were married at Eastham, Cape Cod, by Rev. Joseph Crocker, Nov. 12, 1767. She d. and he m. (2) in 1820, Mrs. Hannah Noble. Joseph and Ruth (Snow) Mayo with four children came to Mount Desert about 1778.
Their children were :
I. Gideon, b. 1768.
II. Joseph, b. 1770; m. Mrs. Gennet Higgins; res. Fairfield, Me.
III. Israel D., b. 1773; m. (1) Mrs. Joanna Knowles, (2) Mrs. Jennie Dennison, (3) Mrs. Mary Gilley; res. Israel's Point, Eden.
IV. Prince, b. 1775; m. Priscilla Higgins; res. first on Town Hill, then in Kennebec County.
V. Nathaniel, b. 1779 ; m. Priscilla Hopkins ; res. west of Northeast Creek.
VI. Ruth, b. 1782 ; m. Oliver Higgins; res. Indian Point.
VII. Thomas, b. 1784; m. Desire Knowlton; res. Town Hill.
VIII. James, b. 1787; m. (1) Sally Richardson, (2) Anna Reed; res. Town Hill.
I. Gideon Mayo, oldest child of Joseph and Ruth (Snow) Mayo, came to Mount Desert with his parents in 1778. He m. (1) Esther Hadley, dau. of Simeon and Olive (Black) Hadley in 1790. She was b. Feb. 1, 1771, and d. Sept. 23, 1808. He m. (2) Mary Higgins, dau. of Jesse and Priscilla (Snow) Higgins, June 22, 1809. She was b. Feb. 3, 1781, and d. April 16, 1856. Children by first marriage:
1. Josiah, b. 1791; m. Patty Snow; res. Clark's Cove, Eden.
2. Ebenezer, b. 1792; d. Dec. 21, 1808.
3. Abigail, b. 1794; m. Elisha Richardson; res. Northwest Cove, Eden.
4. Experience, b. 1798; m. William Hamor; res. Town Hill.
5. Ruth, b. 1800; d. Nov. 17, 1808.
6. Mary, b. 1803; m. John Downing; res. Sullivan, Maine .
7. Joel, b. 1807; m. Betsy Salsbury; res. Town Hill. Children by second marriage:
8. Esther, b. 1810; m. Amos T. Hadley; res. Clark's Cove.
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Jesse Higgins's,1 at Clark's Cove, and David Hig- gins's 2 at Spruce Point.
9. Ruth, b. 1811; m. Christopher Bartlett; res. Bartlett's Island.
10. Ebenezer, b. 1812; m. Olive Storer; res. Blue Hill.
11. Zachariah, b. 1813; m. Rebecca Hadley; res. Clark's Cove. .
12. Salome, b. 1815; m. (1) Abram Treworgy, (2) Jesse Tre- worgy; res. Surry, Me.
13. Jesse H., b. 1816; m. Abigail Milliken; res. Clark's Cove.
14. Gideon, b. 1817; d. Nov. 27, 1846.
15. Julian, b. 1819; m. Enoch Brown; res. Ellsworth.
16. Priscilla, b. 1822; m. (1) John Pierce, (2) - Conelly; res. Ellsworth.
Gideon Mayo settled on the south side of Clark's Cove. He was deacon of the Eden Baptist Church for many years. He d. March 20, 1858.
1 Jesse Higgins m. Priscilla Snow. They with three children moved from Cape Cod in 1778, and settled at the shore, on land now owned by their great-grandson, De Loraine A. Higgins, between the Narrows and Clark's Cove. His brother David and family came about the same time and settled near the shore on what is now known as Spruce Point. They were the founders of the Higgins families in the western part of Eden. Jesse Hig- gins d. Dec. 16, 1815.
The children of Jesse and Priscilla Higgins were:
I. Ichabod, b. 1774; m. Sarah Richardson; res. Northwest Cove.
II. Eunice, b. 1776; m. Shaw Higgins; res. Indian Point.
III. Jesse, b. 1778; m. (1) Hannah Reed, (2) Betsy Rich- ardson; res. Northwest Cove.
2 David Higgins, brother of Jesse Higgins. There is no re- cord of his wife's name, or of the birth dates of their children. His children were:
I. Rebecca, m. James Ellingwood; moved to New York.
II. Oliver, m. Ruth Mayo; res. Indian Point.
III. David, m. (1) Olive Hadley, (2) Mrs. Polly Burns; res. Northwest Cove.
IV. Shaw, m. Eunice Higgins; res. Indian Point.
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To the south of Bar Harbor two families took up land, James Burrill at Cromwell's Cove and later William Lynam 1 at Schooner Head. The
IV. Mary, b. 1781; m. Gideon Mayo (second wife); res. Clark's Cove.
V. Moses, b. 1783; m. Polly Higgins; res. Salt Pond, Eden. VI. Ephraim, b. 1785; m. Phebe Atwood; moved to Fairfield, Me.
VII. David, b. 1788; m. (1) Elenor Wasgate, (2) Mrs. Har- riet Colwell, (3) Mrs. Mary S. Davis; res. Town Hill.
VIII. Joseph, b. 1790; m. Betsy Hamor; res. Town Hill.
IX. Samuel, b. 1793; m. Lavinia Snow; res. Town Hill.
X. William, b. 1795; m. Ruth Richardson; res. his father's farm.
XI. Priscilla, b. 1798; d. Bar Harbor, Aug. 12, 1878, unmarried. XII. Phebe, b. 1804; m. A. Green Crabtree; res. Hancock, Me.
V. Sparrow, m. Penelope Salsbury; res. Indian Point.
VI. John, m. Margaret Flyn; res. his father's farm.
VII. Priscilla, m. Prince Mayo; res. Town Hill, then to Ken- nebec County.
VIII. Lydia, m. (1) Samuel Hadley, (2) Nicholas Thomas; res. Thomas District.
IX. Affiah, m. (1) Nathan Salsbury, (2) Gideon Gidlescom; res. Salsbury's Cove.
X. Hannah, m. Nathaniel Marcyes; res. Indian Point.
XI. Richard, m. -; lived on Cape Cod.
1 William Lynam and his wife Chrosia came to Schooner Head previous to 1789. They were the grandparents of John S. Lynam and the great-grandparents of Fred C. Lynam of Bar Harbor. She d. Sept. 1822.
Their children were:
I. Frances, b. 1781; d. 1815.
II. Jane, b. 1784.
III. Judith, b. 1787.
IV. Chrosia, b. 1790.
V. Martha, b. 1794.
VI. William, b. 1796; m. (1) Hannah Tracy, (2) Mrs. Eunice Clark; res. Schooner Head, Eden.
VII. Ann, b. 1798.
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shore from Schooner Head around to Somes Sound appears to have been unoccupied until after the opening of the nineteenth century. From John Peters's " Field Notes," the De Gre- goire deeds, and other sources we find that there were sixty-six families settled on the eastern half of the island on June 1, 1791.
The outlying islands were occupied very early but the population was of a more floating charac- ter than on the main island. Christopher Bart- lett was on Bartlett's Island probably as early as 1762. John Robertson, Isaac Bunker, and Samuel Stanley were apparently camping or tem- porarily lodged on Great Cranberry the same summer. They were undoubtedly the people of whom Governor Bernard made note in his journal of October 3, 1762. Benjamin Spurling was prob- ably the first permanent settler on Great Cran- berry and Samuel Hadlock on Little Cranberry, where his descendants remain the chief people of the village of Islesford. He first came to Mount Desert to engage in lumbering where the timber was big along the shores of what we know as the upper and lower Hadlock Ponds above Northeast Harbor. His camps there were burned and he moved over on to Little Cranberry and started in the fishing trade, which his sons and grandsons carried on. His will was the first one recorded in the Hancock County Probate Records. It was dated October 16, 1790, and proved August 29,
Copyright by Charles A. Townsend
JORDAN POND
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1791. To his son Samuel (of Cranberry Isles) he gave all his real and personal estate ; to his daughter Polly, wife of John Manchester, he gave five shillings ; to his daughter Lois Hadlock a like sum ; to his son Jonathan he gave $65 when he shall arrive at the age of twenty ; to his daughter Tryphosa, $30 when she is eighteen ; to his son Epes Hadlock, $60 when twenty-one. His son Samuel was appointed executor.
On February 16, 1776, the Massachusetts House of Representatives passed a resolve au- thorizing unincorporated plantations in Maine to hold meetings and choose officers and transact business "as if they were incorporated into a town." This resolve was "Received and con- curred by the Council," and a warrant was issued as follows on March 16, 1776: -
LINCOLN SS :
To Mr. Stephen Richardson of the Island of Mount Desert, According to a late resolve of this Colony, you are hereby required to warn and notify all the free holders and others, inhabitants of the Islands of Mount Desert and the Cran- berry and Placentia Islands, to assemble and meet together at the house of Stephen Richardson, on Saturday, the thirtieth day of this instant, March, at ten of the clock before noon, then and there to act on the following particulars viz :
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1st. To vote and choose a Moderator to regu- late said meeting.
2nd. To vote and choose a clerk.
3rd. To vote and choose three, five, seven or nine suitable persons for a committee of corre- spondence, safety and inspection as they may think most convenient.
4th. To vote and act on any other article or matter which you may then think best and agree on when assembled as above. This to be posted up in some publick place, within the above men- tioned boundary, or coppeys thereof fourteen days beforehand, and for which this shall be your warrant.
Given under my hand, at my dwelling at Narragaugus, this twelfth day of March in the sixteenth year of his Majesties Reign, Anno Domini 1776.
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL 1 Justice of the Peace.
In accordance with this warrant the first pub-
1 Alexander Campbell was the son of Alexander Campbell and Frances Drummond who came to America from the north of Ire- land in 1729. The younger Alexander was born September 16, 1731. He married Elizabeth Nichols in 1759 and soon afterwards settled on the Narraguagus River just above the head of the tide, in the present town of Cherryfield. In the Revolutionary War he was colonel of the local militia and afterwards brigadier- general and major-general. He is mentioned as having “exten- sive and well-deserved influence." In 1785 he became naval officer for the district of Frenchman's Bay; in 1789 a judge of
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lic meeting held for organized action on the is- land was held at Stephen Richardson's at Bass Harbor. The following is the record : -
MARCH 30, 1776.
In district meeting assembled according to the foregoing warrant.
1st. Voted Mr. Josiah Black, Moderator.
2nd. Voted James Richardson Clerk of ye District, also sworn by the Moderator.
3rd. Voted that there be five men chosen, a committee of correspondence, safety and inspec- tion.
4th. Voted that Mr. Ezra Young and Mr. Levi Higgins and Mr. Stephen Richardson and Mr. Isaac Bunker and Mr. Thomas Richardson be a committee of correspondence, safety and inspec- tion for ye insueing year.
5th. Voted Mr. John Thomas and Mr. Abra- ham Somes and Mr. Ezra Young be a committee to bring in the order of the day.
6th. Voted that Mr. John Tinker and Mr. Thomas Wasgatt and Mr. Abraham Somes be a committee to take care of the meadows on this and the adjacent islands in this District, both salt and fresh, that strangers may not destroy them the Court of Common Pleas; in 1791, a senator in the General Court, to which he was reelected eight times ; and in 1794 one of the original Board of Overseers of Bowdoin College. Judge Campbell moved to Steuben a few years before his death in 1808, but his body is buried in the Cherryfield graveyard.
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or any other of the privileges belonging to said island.
7th. Voted that a book be provided for records by subscription.
8th. Voted that the committee for the mead- ows call on Mr. John Tinker and Mr. Amariah Leland to render an account of what hay was cut and carried off the island last year.
9th. Voted that there be a publick road laid out and opened from Cromwells Harbor to Mr. Burrills.
10th. Voted that Mr. John Thomas and Mr. Elisha Cousins and Mr. Silas Parker be a com- mittee to lay out the aforesaid road.
11th. Voted that Mr. Josiah Black and Mr. Ebenezer Salisbury be surveyors to repair the aforesaid road.
12th. Voted the committee for laying out the aforesaid road lay out a road from Mr. Thomas Wasgatt's to Mr. Black's cove.
13th. Voted that there be three landing places laid out, one at Mr. Black's cove, one at Mr. Hadley's Brook and one at Mr. Higgins' Land- ing near Bar Island.
14th. Voted that this meeting stands ad- journed till Monday the tenth of June next, to meet at the house of Mr. Stephen Richardson at ten o'clock forenoon.
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The record of the adjourned meeting is as follows : -
MOUNT DESERT, June Ye 10, 1776.
In district meeting assembled at ye house of Mr. Stephen Richardson by adjournment from March 30, 1776.
16th. Voted that we proceed this day to choose one captain and two lieutenants for the company of malitia in this district.
17th. Voted that Mr. Ezra Young be captain and Mr. Abraham Somes first lieutenant and Mr. Levi Higgins be second lieutenant for the com- pany of militia in this district.
18th. Voted that we choose three men to settle Mr. Daniel Sullivan with him in the presence of Capt. A. Green Crabtree and Capt. Ezra Young.
19th. Voted that Mr. Elisha Cousins, Mr. Amariah Leland and Mr. Silas Parker be a com- mittee to settle the above account with Mr. Sul- livan.
20th. Voted that the committee of correspond- ence, safety and inspection apply to Major Shaw for a share of the provisions granted by the Colony.
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