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(Signed), JACOB HASKELL, Constable.
At that meeting the town voted to raise $800 for volunteers to serve seven months in the army.
1779, March 16. Voted, Capt. ISAAC PARSONS, PELEG CHANDLER and WM. PARSONS be the Committee of Safety.
Voted, LUKE RYERSON, PELEG CHANDLER and BENJ. HARRIS be a Com- mittee of Inspection.
1779, Aug. 9. Voted, To accept the proceedings of the Convention, begun and held at Concord, on the 14th of July, 1779.
Voted, To raise a Committee of Seven to regulate the prices of innholders, teamsters, and our own labor and other articles of trade in our own town, agreeable to a resolve of said Convention.
Mr. SIMON NOYES, Capt. ISAAC PARSONS, Col. MOSES MERRILL, JOHN MERRILL, MOSES HASKELL, ENOCHI FOGG and WM. HARTS- HORN were chosen this Committee.
126
ROLL OF CAPT. PARSON'S COMPANY.
Voted, $100 to Capt. ISAAC PARSONS, for attending said Convention.
1779, November 22. Voted, To accept the proceedings of the late Conven- tion held at Concord on the sixth day of October last, for the purpose of reg- ulating the prices on the articles of trade throughout this State.
Voted, ISAAC PARSONS, EsQ., PELEG CHANDLER and WM. PARSONS be a Special Committee to see that the people pay due observance to the resolve of the said Convention.
Voted, That JACOB HASKELL, Capt. WILLIAM HARRIS, PELEG CHANDLER, JOHN MERRILL and NATHANIEL EVELETH be a committee to set the prices on the articles of trade in this town, agreeable to the recommendation of the said Convention.
1780, March 7. Voted, That Capt. ISAAC PARSONS, PELEG CHANDLER and EDWARD PARSONS be the Committee of Safety.
1781, March 6. Voted, That PELEG CHANDLER, JOHN MERRILL and JOSIAH SMITH be the Committee of Safety.
1782, March 12. Voted, That Capt. WM. HARRIS, PELEG CHANDLER and EBENEZER LOWE be the Committee of Safety.
1783, March 11. Voted, That PELEG CHANDLER, ENOCH FOGG and Capt. ISAAC PARSONS be the Committee of Safety.
Roll of Capt. ISAAC PARSON'S Company, mustered into service May, 1780, for eight months' service at Thomaston, under General WADSWORTH, Col. PRIME's Regiment.
Isaac Parsons, Captain.
Henry Dyer,
Private.
Ichabod Hanson, First Lieut.
George Hayes,
Jeremiah Hanson,
George Roberts, Second Lieut. Benjamin Haskell, Sergeant.
Josiah Wallace,
Benjamin Trott,
Asa Libba,
Thos. Mitchell,
Moses Harris, Corporal.
Jacob Brown,
James Mitchell, Elisha Small, George Strout,
Walter Simonton, “
Thos. Mayberry,
William True,
Abraham Cleaves, Private.
Levi Morse, Ebenezer Mason,
Philemon Collins,
Eleazer Parsons,
Andrew Jordan, Zebulon York, James Levitt,
Peter Smith, Drummer.
127
PETITION TO GENERAL COURT, 1809.
John Chandler,
Private.
Ephraim Stinchfield, Private.
James Chute,
James Stevens, ¥
Nathaniel Chase,
Samuel Tobin,
Isaac Eveleth,
Barnabas Winslow,
Jacob Elliott,
John Winship,
Benjamin Herring,
Enoch Strout,
George Knight,
Micah Small,
Samuel Lord,
Isaac Foster,
"
Ephraim Avery,
Jonathan Haden,
John Bailey,
Joshua Clerk,
Ephraim Chamberlain,
Ezekiel Hackett,
Samuel Crockett,
Joshua Lane,
Paul Dyer,
John Megquier,
Edward Flint,
John W. Davis,
WAR OF 1812.
In the exciting and troublous times of the. embargo and war of 1812, the town was strongly federal in politics, although some of the principal citizens were of the Democratic party.
The following extracts from the records of the town show the state of public feeling :
1809, February 13. At a town meeting held in the meeting house,
Voted, To petition the Legislature of this Commonwealth to interpose their influence with the General Government to raise the embargo and repeal the several laws relative to the same, and afford us such other relief in these days of distress as they in their wisdom shall deem meet.
Voted, That PELEG CHANDLER, JR., NATHANIEL C. ALLEN, DANIEL HOWARD, EsQ., ZEBULON ROWE and Dr. TIMOTHY LITTLE be the committee to draft said petition.
The committee withdrew a short time, and then returned and reported a petition which was accepted by the town. The following is the petition :
To the Honorable, the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled :
We, the inhabitants of the town of New Gloucester, in the County of Cum- berland, in legal town meeting assembled, deem it our duty respectfully to address your Honors on a subject in which our interests and liberties are deeply involved. For more than thirteen months past we have been subjected to the privations and distresses consequent upon the several embargo laws imposed
128
PETITION TO GENERAL COURT, 1809.
by Congress .. Although those laws appear to have been introduced and forced through the National Legislature in a manner totally without precedent, al- though great and serious doubts were entertained of their constitutionality and expediency, and although we were not informed of the reasons for imposing them, yet we relied for a time on the sincerity of our National rulers, and submitted to great and unusual privations because they considered them for the general good; we had some reason to hope that the restraints on our trade and commerce would cease at the rising of Congress, but in this we were deceived. We were still cherished with hope, and gave credit to the positive assurances of those whom we considered in some measure in the secrets of the administration, tliat all our suffering would soon be terminated. Finding that these assurances were also illusive and calculated rather to influence our election than to afford relief, and being wearied with suffering and delay, we addressed our humble petition to the President of these United States, respect- fully stating our grief, and praying that he would exercise the power vested in him by Congress, and suspend in whole or in part the several laws laying an embargo.
To this humble petition an indirect answer was returned, inducing us how- ever to believe that the repeal of those laws would be one of the first acts of Congress at its then next session. But when we looked for good, evil came. Instead of finding a return of respect for our natural and chartered rights, we are doomed to bend to the strong arm of power. Our energies are paralyzed, our houses are liable to be searched at the caprice of subaltern Officers of the National Government without warrant issued or probable cause, or supported by oath or affirmation ; our property is liable to unreasonable seizures and transportation. The mere will and pleasure, the secret instruction of an individual are to have the force of law by which we must be bound without promulgation, and of which we are to take notice without any possible means of knowing their import. Exorbitant rewards and encouragements are given to informers, and a system of espionage is established disgraceful to a free government, and subversive of our liberties, and a stain on our Republican Institutions. Our sufferings are immense. The produce of our farms will scarcely sell for the expense of cultivation. We have but very little circulat- ing medium; that little is mostly paper, and to the last degree vitiated. Our lumber is unsalable. We are unable to meet our specie contracts made in better times ; made in days when we had confidence that the government we had instituted would rather prove our shield and protection than a flaming sword to destroy us. All these hardships-nay, greater than these, we cheer- fully (as a town) endured in our struggle for liberty and independence, for we then saw the necessity and merit of them, and we gloried in the sacrifice.
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REPRESENTATIVES TO GENERAL COURT.
But now, when can come no possible advantage from these sufferings, but rather an abject submission to European caprice, when we cannot derive a shadow of utility in them, and no one can point out to us their necessity, our patience is exhausted, we can suffer no longer. In this extremity we look to your Honors as to the citadel and last refuge, our hope. We would humbly beg your Honors to address Congress in our behalf, in a language easily understood and not to be mistaken; warning them respectfully of our habits, our manners, our customs, our pursuits, our rights and our liberties ; of our firm and inflexible attachment to them, and especially of that awful point beyond which obedience is no longer a virtue, and non-resistance becomes a treason; and we humbly pray that your Honors would devise some constitu- tional means of lightening our grievous burdens, and for the effecting of an immediate raising of the embargo, and a repeal of all the several laws relative to tlie same, and as in duty bound we will ever pray.
(Signed,) PELEG CHANDLER, JR. NATHANIEL C. ALLEN. DANIEL HOWARD. ZEBULON ROWE.
NEW GLOUCESTER, February 13, 1809.
TIMOTHY LITTLE.
Then Voted, That the same committee sign and forward the said petition to the Legislature of said Commonwealth; 107 for and 57 against it.
1812, August 27. Voted, That NATHANIEL C. ALLEN, Maj. JACOB HASKELL, THOMAS WHARFE, JR., JOSHUA ABBEY, JABEZ WOODMAN, ISRAEL SMITH, JACOB MERRILL, JONATHAN TRUE, DEXTER BEARCE and EBEN'R COLLINS be a Committee of Safety and Correspondence.
REPRESENTATIVES TO THE GENERAL COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS FROM NEW GLOUCESTER.
1782, Jolın Merrill.
1783, Isaac Parsons, Esq.
1784, Peleg Chandler.
1785, Isaac Parsons, Esq.
1787 to 1795, incl., Wm. Widgery. 1797, Wm. Widgery.
1799 to 1801, incl., Nath'l C. Allen. 1803 to 1805, incl., Jos. E. Foxcroft. 1806 to 1808, incl., Jos. E. Foxcroft and Isaac Parsons, Esq.
1809 to 1811, incl., Jos. E. Foxcroft. 1812 and 1813, Capt. David Nelson and Capt. Sam'l Fessenden.
1814, Capt. Sam'l Fessenden.
1815, Capt. David Nelson. 1816, No choice.
1818, Jabez Woodman.
1819 and 1820, Isaac Gross.
130 REP'S-SENATORS-POLLS AND ESTATES.
REPRESENTATIVES TO THE LEGISLATURE OF MAINE FROM NEW GLOUCESTER.
1821, Isaac Gross. 1842 and 1843, Joseph Raynes.
1822, William Bradbury.
1845, Peter Haskell, Jr.
1823, Isaac Gross.
1847, Charles Megquier.
1824, Simeon Parsons.
1849, Thomas Johnson.
1826, John Webber.
1851 and 1852, Jonathan True.
1827, Benjamin H. Mace.
1853, Solomon H. Campbell.
1828, Simeon Parsons.
1855, Hiram P. Osgood.
1829, Obadiah Whitman.
1857, Sewall Gross.
1830, Ephraim Stinchfield.
· 1859, George Blake.
1831, Obadiah Whitman.
1861, John P. Stevens.
1833, Otis C. Gross.
1865, Otis C. Nelson.
1834, Samuel Foxcroft.
1867, David W. Merrill,
1835, Charles Cobb.
1868, George T. Merrill.
1836 and 1837, Moses Woodman.
1869, Andrew C. Chandler.
1838 and 1839, Osgood Bradbury.
1872, Freeman Jordan.
1840 and 1841, David Allen.
1874, Isaac H. Keith.
SENATORS IN THE LEGISLATURE OF MAINE FROM NEW GLOUCESTER.
1821, Joseph E. Foxcroft
1849, Charles Megquier.
1828, Benjamin H. Mace.
1861, '62, Sewall N. Gross.
1840, Otis C. Gross.
LIST OF POLLS AND ESTATES OF NEW GLOUCESTER.
POLLS.
VALUATION.
1821,
366
$147,390.10
1831,
322
162,000.00
1841,
425
331,674.00
1845,
309
287,777.00
1851,
356
395,501.00
1860,
404
665,946.00
1870,
407
848,905.00
In 1837 the population of New Gloucester was 1,861, composed of 186 children under 4 years of age, of 736 between 4 and 21
1
1832, Aaron Eveleth.
1863, Miltimore Watts.
131
JOHN MEGQUIER.
years, inclusive, and of 939 adults. A census was then taken for the purpose of distributing the surplus revenue, and each person received two dollars therefrom. In all $3,722.00 was distributed in town. The population of New Gloucester in 1870 was 1,496. The town has no debt. In the year 1874 it raised to pay the State tax, $4,248.60; County tax, $1,072.71 ; for the support of schools, $1,350.00; for High School, $400.00; for contingent fund, $1,200.00; and for the repair of roads, $4,000.00, to be paid in labor.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The following inscription is to be found upon a tombstone in the old churchyard.
" Sacred to the memory of JOHN MEGQUIER. Died December 27, 1825, aged 92.
He was one of the proprietors and first settlers of New Gloucester, and was one of those who felled the trees on the spot where his remains are now deposited.
A patriotic citizen and an honest man."
In the summer of 1748, at the age of fifteen years, he came with others, from North Yarmouth, each with an ox team, to cut the grass upon the Great Meadow. At the time the party arrived the water was so high as to prevent work upon the meadow, and young MEGQUIER was selected to remain in a camp alone and tend the oxen while the others returned to their homes, to come back again when the water had settled away from the meadow.
For seven days he remained in charge of the oxen, with his rifle in his hands all the time, ready for instant use, as the Indians were lurking in the vicinity, watching an opportunity to catch him unawares.
This incident pictures the character of the man in after life-
132
JOHN L. MEGQUIER AND BENJ. HAMMOND.
a man of great courage and determination, a trait bequeathed to his descendants.
JOHN L. MEGQUIER (son of William and grandson of John), was born in New Gloucester Sept. 9, 1794, graduated at Bow- doin College Sept. 1, 1819, studied law with SIMON GREENLEAF, and after being admitted to the Cumberland Bar at the Novem- ber Term of Supreme Judicial Court, 1825, became his law parsner. For several years he was a member of the State Senate, and at the time of his death in 1840 (aged 46) he re- sided in Portland, and was the Register of Probate for Cumber- land County.
BENJAMIN HAMMOND was the thirteenth settler. He came to the Block House in New Gloucester with his wife Sarah, and there temporarily remained until a log house was built near the top of " Harris Hill," where he made a permanent home and reared seven children.
During the French and Indian War, he, with two others, MATTHEWS and STINCHFIELD, were sent by the authorities of Massachusetts as spies to Canada. They were taken by the enemy and thrown into prison, but a good Scotchman and his wife, by the name of FOBES, living in Canada, contrived and aided their escape, and all three returned through the wilderness safely to their homes, a distance of two hundred miles.
During the Revolutionary War HAMMOND was commissioned and served as a Captain in the Continental Army, but died from sickness at Ticonderoga in the prime of life, leaving a widow and family of three sons and four daughters, the oldest being fourteen years of age; four of these were among the first settlers of Paris and Oxford. The widow died in her old home at the ripe age of ninety years and a half.
133
AGED PEOPLE.
A LIST OF CITIZENS OF NEW GLOUCESTER WHO HAVE LIVED TO THE AGE OF SEVENTY YEARS AND UPWARDS, WITH THE DATE OF DEATH AND AGE OF EACH.
1807, March 2, Rev. Samuel Foxcroft, died, aged 72.
1815, April 4, Abraham Sawyer,
78.
Mary, his widow, 23d May, 1815, " 80.
1822, Sept. 1, John Burns,
70.
1824, April 10, Capt. William Harris, Oct. 9, John Tufts,
74.
Nov. 23, Capt. Nathaniel Eveleth, " 26, Jonathan Somes, 71.
88.
1825, April 7, Jonathan Bennett,
79.
Oct. 9, Col. Isaac Parsons,
85.
Dec. 27, John Megquier ,
Rachael, his widow, 5th Feb. 1837, "
72.
1826, Aug. 19, William Bradbury,
75.
Hannah, his wife, 19th May, 1820, " 70.
" 71.
1827, June 3, Capt. Jabez Cushman, Ursula, his widow,
23d April, 1840, « 78. 72
June 18, Mary Burns,
Sept. 28, Enoch Fogg,
82.
1828, June 15, James Stinchfield,
83.
Oct. 4, John Haskell,
84.
Hannah, his widow, 8tlı Feb. 1834, "
85.
1830, July 23, Edmund Merrill, 80.
1831, Nov., Deacon Sylvanus Cobb,
84.
Mary L., his widow, died 25th Jan., 1853,
93.
1832, Feb. 12, Capt. Moses Bennett,
79.
1833, Aug. 6, Sarah, wife of Andrew Campbell, died, Dec. 7, Eliphalet Haskell,
80.
Mary his widow, died 23d Sept., 1829,
84.
1834, April 19, Nathaniel Ingersoll, died,
Oct. 27, Peter Brackett,
16
73.
1835, Jan. 22, Thomas Wharff, died,
July 20, Sarah, his widow, “ 88.
1836, April, Deacon David Nelson, " 71.
" 78.
1837, March 1, Samuel Nevins,
Susanna, his widow, died 23d Sept., 1838,
" 77.
80.
78.
Sarah, his widow, died 12th Feb., 1839,
84.
87.
92.
92.
134
AGED PEOPLE.
1837, Aug. 4, Dr. William Bridgham, died, aged 81.
Lydia, his widow, died 18th Oct., 1846, " 77.
Aug. 18, Ephraim Stinchfield, “ " 78.
Sarah, his widow, died 13th June, 1841,
" 75.
Oct. 18, William White, 85.
Nov. 8, Joseph Pearce, 92.
1838, March 23, Joseph Brown,
"
79
"
77.
1839, Nov., Moses Sawyer, "
" 70
1840, Oct. 9, William Megquier, died,
" 77
Thankful, his widow, died 9th Nov., 1853, ¥ 80
" 70.
" 22, Jemima Parsons, Polly Verrill, 66
70.
William Pickett,
80.
April 10, Joseph Dunbar,
75.
May 28, Samuel Sawyer,
74.
June 2, Azubah Fuller,
77.
July 13, John Preble,
" 70.
Oct. 20, Lucy Yetton,
75.
1842, Jan. 5, Salome, wife of Pelatiah Lyon, died,
70.
Feb. 3, Lucy Penny,
83.
" 23, Martha Pierce, 66
87.
Oct. 5, John Morgan,
. 77.
1843, April 26, Ezra Chapman, " 27, Joseph Manning,
" 76.
May 2, Zebulon Rowe,
94.
Oct. 2, Joseph Eveletlı,
" 75.
" 3, Isaac Eveleth,
" 83.
" 6, William Stinchfield,
73.
" 26, Sarah Briggs,
74.
Dec. 17, Sarah Stinchfield,
88.
" 31, Solomon Atwood, Hannah, his wife, died 31st March, 1836, 81.
" 93.
1844, Jan. 21, Simon Crockett,
75.
July 4, Diana Ryan,
76.
Sept. 13, Sarah Ingersoll, “
" 80.
Oct. 16, Hannah Woodman, died,
78.
1845, March 15, Sally, widow of Jacob Haskell, died,
" 84.
79.
June 8, Deacon John Hayes, " Mary, his wife, died 27th May, 1836,
1841, Feb. 21, Mary, wife of Jos. Johnson, died,
" 94.
66
" 78.
135
AGED PEOPLE.
1845, August 31, Nathaniel Thomas,
died, ,
aged 86.
1846, Jan. 11, Prince Hatch,
" 91.
" 29, Judith, widow of Natlian Haskell, March 6, Mary Tyler,
94.
78.
May 26, Jonatlian Bennett,
"
71.
July 3, Mary, wife of Capt. Plummer, " 11, Sarah Merrill, "
1847, Jan. 18, Peleg Chandler, Esq.,
74.
March 2, Elizabeth Thurlow,
"
82.
" 6, Ebenezer Collins, June 16, Bethulah Cotton,
78.
" 27, Major Berry,
" 74.
Dec. 20, Richard Blake,
78.
Joshua Gower,
70.
1848, Jan. 8, John M. Russell,
" 72.
Aug. Abigal, wife of Jabez Haskell, "
70.
" James M. Russell,
72.
" 23, Florence Tolle,
" 72.
Oct. 24, Solomon Atwood,
72.
" 25, Stephen Dutton,
73.
1849, Feb. 10, Nathaniel Eveleth, € .
" 85.
" 22, Nathaniel Waite,
76.
April, 27, William Hatchı,
"
"
79.
July 14, Peter Haskell, Sr., died, Salome, his widow, died 25th March, 1858,
80.
Nov. 20, Margaret G. Lane, "
84.
Dec. 6, Ruth Bennett,
78.
1850, May 7, Abigail Fogg,
83.
Dec. 16, Mary, widow of Jolin L. Haskell, died,
85.
1851, Jan. 19, Nathaniel Allen,
" 79.
April 9, Abigail H. Brown,
82.
July 4, Samuel Watts,
75.
Sally, liis widow, died 15th Feb., 1855,
" 75.
Aug. 9, Isaac Blake,
85.
Oct. 21, Jonas Eveleth,
" 86.
1852, Jan. 14, Prudence Rowe,
"
72.
July 21, Samuel Pierce,
" 83.
Aug. 16, Enoch Morse,
80.
" 30, Lydia, widow of Andrew Campbell, died,
" 76.
73.
74.
73.
75.
Sept. 25, Olive Briggs,
86.
136
AGED PEOPLE.
1852, Sept. 1, Col. Joseph E. Foxcroft, died, aged 79.
Abigail, liis widow, died 23d March, 1855, " 82.
Nov. 3, Daniel Fogg, 75.
Sally, his widow, died 28th Oct., 1858, " 85.
" 24, Mr. Sanborn, " 66
his widow, died 22d Nov., 1853,
1853, March 6, Lydia, widow of Paul Stevens, died, July 10, Jonathan Rowe, died,
75.
1854, Feb. 14, Robert H. Noyes,
71.
March 9, Deborah Pote,
79
" 10, Moses Bennett,
" 11, Lydia Crowell, 77.
June 23, Judith, wife of Caleb Haskell, died,
76.
July 20, Gowen Wilson, died,
77.
Aug. 11, Abigail, widow of John Harris, died,
89.
Oct. 7, William Proctor, died,
70.
Nov. 24, William Stockman, died,
70.
1855, March 13, Abigail Merrill,
86.
April 12, Isaac Blake, 66
81.
May 11, Polly Gowen,
" 73.
Aug. 20, John Bradbury,
70.
Oct. 14, George Parsons,
89.
Nov. 22, Samuel Tyler,
" 83.
Phebe, his widow, died Oct. 1863,
97. -
Dec. 9, Luke Leach,
89.
1856, Feb. 20, Samuel Hilton,
82.
April 17, Ebenezer Bennett, died,
71.
" 27, Phebe Merrill, died,
76.
May 2, Susan, widow of Edward Thompson, died,
72.
" 10, Lucy Holmes,
72.
17, Jabez Haskell,
80.
July 1, Joseph Briggs, 90
" 2, Ebenezer Hathaway, 66
84.
Judith, his wife, died 4th April, 1855,
82.
Aug. 11, Abigail, wife of Benj. Witham, died,
79.
" 22, Judith Merchant, 93.
" 27, Hannah, wife of Simeon Wells, “ 79.
Oct. 14, Edmund Merrill, 81.
Dec. 22, James Holmes, " 85.
90.
85.
85.
73.
137
AGED PEOPLE.
1857, Jan. 10, Betsey, wife of Jacob Merrill, died, aged 80.
Feb. 8, James Winslow, 86.
20, Mary, wife of Joseph Raynes, 66
" 84.
March 9, Phebe Merrill, 97.
18, Mary, widow of Ezekiel Martin, “ 66
83.
27, James Eveleth, 66
74.
June Polly Langfoot,
" 17, Louis Carle, 66
66
78.
Charlotte, his widow, died 7th Aug., 1863,
73.
Oct. 14, Jonathan Haskell,
66 91.
" 26, Eleanor Stinchifield, 66
84.
6 80. Polly Merrill,
1858, March 23, Lydia Verrill, died 76.
July 27, Abraham Strout, "
84.
Aug. 11, Benjamin Coombs, died, Shuah, his widow, died 26th Sept., 1873,
82. 73.
Oct. 1, Daniel Fogg, died,
Priscilla, his widow, died 5th Oct., 1866, 76.
1859, Feb. 17, Isaac Barry, died, 1
70.
March 19, Damaris, wife of Jabez Woodman, died, 75.
Sept. 5, Shubal Marslı, died,
93.
Elizabeth, his wife, died 14tli Nov., 1857, 66 86.
Oct. 16, William Bradbury, Esq., died, 79.
Nov. 25, Hannah, wife of Jonathan Bennett, died, 73.
26, Amos Bailey, died, 71.
72.
Feb. 7, Lorena Nevens, died,
70.
March 13, Mary, widow of James Winslow, died,
85.
May 18, Asa W. Gore, died, 66 81.
90.
Dec. 22, Benjamin Whiting, died, " 24, Mary Hammond,
90.
1861, Jan. 22, Susan Blake, 66
66 83.
" 27, Nathaniel Haskell,
81.
June 27, Ann Sawyer,
66 75.
Nov. 28, Richard Tobie, died,
93.
Dec. 3, Isaac F. Hatch, "
72.
10, Moses Bennett, 66
83.
90.
81.
July 25, Capt. Moses Woodman,
72.
1860, Jan. 30, Jolın Lunt, Arethusa, his widow, died 12th Jan., 1873.
Sept. 25, Abigail, widow of Jonas Eveleth, died,
78.
10
138
1 AGED PEOPLE.
1862, Jan. 8, Obadiah Whitman, died, aged 79.
Susanna P., his wife, died 7th Nov., 1859, " 74.
Feb. 20, Susan, widow of William Rowe, died, 80.
April 18, Joel Nevins, died, 76.
May 10, Lucy Downing, died, " 25, Jonathan True, 76.
77.
· Oct. 23, Samuel Witham, “ Dec., Dorcas, wife of Cyrus Tripp, died,
77.
93.
1863, Feb. 13, Isaac Spiller, died,
72.
April 17, Mary Morgan, died,
71.
July 25, William Stinchfield, died, 82.
Oct. 12, Martha, wife of Moses True, died,
75.
Dec. 19, Major Woodbury Merrill,
75.
" 20, Daniel Collins, 66
66
78.
1864, Feb. 15, Thomas Wharff, 93.
Olive, his widow, died 9th Jan., 1866,
71.
" 18, Perkins Eveleth,
79.
March 5, Aaron Eveleth, 74.
29, Joel Merrill, 75.
July 4, Josliua Merrill, 79.
14, Hannah Pickett,
84.
1864, July 7, Capt. William Haskell, died, 84. Jane, his wife, died 7th July, 1858, 87.
71.
October 23, Nathaniel Wharff, died,
75.
December 2, Sally Cobb, died, 13, Jolın Lunt, died,
66
84.
1865, March 3, Nabby, wife of Isaac Atwood, died,
72.
" 9, Clarissa MeIntire, died,
72.
16, Benjamin T. Woodbury, died, 71.
June 22, Martha Witham, died,
70.
August 25, Bethulia Merrill, died,
75.
December 27, Zebulon Rowe, died, " 78.
1866, July 5, Martha Foxcroft, 91.
October 18, Patience W., widow of Gen'l John Farr, died, " 22, James Bickford, died, 6
71.
72.
November 20, Isaac Lowe, 71.
December 15, Ebenezer Rowe, " 91.
1867, February 26, Samuel Pierce, "
73.
.
August 5, Josiah Grover, died, 30, Polly Verrill, died, "
85.
82.
139
AGED PEOPLE.
1867, June 10, Betsey, widow of Thomas Hawes, died, aged 89.
July 25, Polly, wife of Samuel Witham,
¥ 85.
1868, August, Amos Haskell, died, 80.
Sarah, his wife, died 22d March, 1859, " 70.
1872, February 5, Betsey Poole, died,
82.
1874, February 24, Polly Weymouth, died, 99. James Collins, 71.
1875, January 14, Geo. Washington Chandler, died,
81.
29, Abigail Stevens, died, 78
February 27, Dr. John P. Stevens, died,
71.
INDEX.
Address, .
18
Aged People,
133
Allen, Jeremialı
72
"
N. C
39
" America,".
.52
Arnold, Bildad
115
Arrangements,
.9
Babson, J. J.
58
Band,
10
Baptists,
34, 35,36
Bearce, Dexter
.64, 73
Bell Tavern,
10, 40, 74
Blessing,
.53
Block House,.
.23
Bounties to Settlers, .
.. 20, 21, 23. 24
Bounties to Soldiers,
.30,42
Bradbury, William
.64,66
Osgood
.89
Canal proposed,
.39
Centennial Day,.
12
Hymn,
.17
Chandler, Peleg .. .. 26, 27, 35, 40, 51, 66, 74
"
Peleg, Jr.
64, 75, 129
Peleg W 65
T. P. .88
S. H., Sr. 64, 73
66
S. H., JI
9
66
A. C.
9
S. C.
65
Chesley, Nicholas
.39
Choir, .. 10, 17
Church Members, .
26
Committee, Centennial
9
Prudential .
25
66 for Ordination 26
for incorporation. 27
of Safety, .... . 30, 123-129
66 Inspection, ... 29, 80, 123, 125
to regulate prices, 32, 125, 126
Constitution, Federal, adopted, .. . 39
Contributors of money,
10
Corliss, B. H.
99
Courts,
40
judges of, .
41
Cross, Rev. W. R.
15
Jos.
9,10,14
Currency and Coin,
31
Delegates to Fal. Convention,
29
Dingley, Nelson, Jr.
54
Dinner,
.54
Distinguished citizens,
51,64
Distress, time of,
31, 32
Doxology,
116
Embargo, .
41,127
Eveletlı, Capt. Isaac.
21
Nathaniel,
42
William,
10
Falmouth Convention, .
20,117
Fast observed,
35
First Clearing,
21
Fessenden, Sam'l.
51, 64, 66
66
Wm. Pitt.
64, 66, 69
66
S. C ..
.82
Foxcroft, Rev. Sam'l 25, 33, 36, 68, 90
Col. Jos. E ..
64, 66, 73
Graffam, Peter
39
Grant, original,
.19
Graveyard, .
39, 40
Greenleaf, Simon
51, 66
Grist-mill,.
24
Gross, Deacon,
73
Sewall N
51
132
Harris, Capt. Wm. 25, 26, 29, 30, 123 Harris Ilill, . 21
Haskell, Peter, Sr.
78
Peter, Jr
21
C. P.
63
T. II.
18
Amos
72
66
Alfred
112
John.
114
Hammond, Benj.
INDEX.
Inns, ...
19,64
Intoleration.
.34
Invitations,
10
Invited Guests,
.13
Iron Horse. .
49,64
Johnson, Thomas
.99
Keith, Freedom.
73
Lane, Ebenezer
84
Liquors, Spirituons
44
Little, Dr. Timothy. .51, 63, 66, 74
Loring, Bezaleel.
115
Lots drawn, .
20, 24, 26
Marsh, Deacon.
.89
Marshal of the day .10
Martin, A. P.
109
Mason, Jonas.
21
Masts, cargo of
48
Meadows, .
19, 26
Megquier, John
131
Megqnier, John L.
132
Militia,
29, 43, 44
Millett, John.
.20
Morgan, Rev. J. F. .93
Mosely, Rev. Elisha 38, 63, 66, 72, 90
Nevins, A. II ..
9, 10
New Gloucester, named.
20
Incorporated
.27
First Town Meeting. 28, 96
Indicted
88, 42
Shire Town
Sons and Citizens,
.51
Old Church, ..
26,45
Ordination of Rev. Mr. Foxcroft, .. 26 Oxford County, -10
Parsons, Col. Isaac
24, 66, 70, 114
6. Jacob. .21
66
Isaac, Jr.
.78
66
Esther
.76
Pastors, ..
.63
Perkins, Rev. II. M .. .53
Population,
130
Polls and Estates.
130
l'oor,
45
Pound
28. 41
Prayer,
.15
President. .
10
Proctor, James
Progress, .
49, 84
Proprietary,
.25
Quotas of men,
31.32
Quotas of clothing,
.31, 32
supplies,
. .
.31, 32
Roads, .
20, 24, 25, 39, 45
Religious Societies,
.36
Representatives,
130
Revolutionary Soldiers,
31, 126
Rideont, Nicholas
.17
Roberts, John
.22
Rowe, Judith.
13, 60
Saw Mill
24
Sawyer, Otis.
100
Schedule of Prices, 124
Schools,
25, 28, 47, 77
Senators,
.130
Shakers,
47,100
Slavery,
43
Sons and Citizens,
53
Stage Coach,
49,61
Stinchfield, John
39
Stocks,
41
Taxes
.31, 34, 131
'l'ent,
10, 13
Temperance Canse,
45, 91
Thomas, W. W.
78
W. W., Jr .. 55
Thompson, Rev. Zenas
36
Toastmaster,
10
Toasts,
Trne, Jabez
.84
Tything-men.
42, 94
Universalists,
35, 36
War, French and Indian.
.22
of the Revolution
28, 117
of 1812.
41, 127
of the Rebellion,
.51
Welcome,
14
Weston, Nathan
51,64
Whipping Post,.
.41
Whitman, Ezekiel
51, 64, 75
Obadiah
66, 73
Bernard
.78
Widgery, William
30, 78, 98
Winslow, Sarah M
.75
Woodman, John.
6.
Jabez. .
.. 06. 72
.25, 34
Moses ..
.72
G. W
Jabez II.
96
Yeaton, Rev. F
51
54
..
9707
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