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Moses Eaton's body was discovered by the bank of the river, his tongue having been out out, his arms and legs cut off, and then killed outright.
We hear nothing more of the Indian hostilities till April 13, 1725, when James Cochran of Maquoit was captured while fowl- ing about the marshes. He was carried to the Ten Mile Falls. On the second night of his captivity as his captors lay down to sleep one on each side of him with a hatchet under their heads
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and a gun beside them he carefully watched his opportunity, seized a hatchet, killed both, sealped them and fled down the river.
During the next few years occasional murders were commit- ted by the Indians but no concerted movements were attempted by them till May 9th, 1756. At that time a band of Indians met at Topsham, divided into two parties and prepared for oper- ations, One party ambushed three men not far from Maquoit and captured Abijah Young whom they carried to Topsham. The other party appeared at Flying Point in Freeport at the house of Thomas Means. He together with his wife, child and his wife's sister, Miss Molly Finney were dragged from the house. Mr. Means was shot and scalped. As her husband was being mur- dered, Mrs. Means rushed back into the house, closed the door, and placed a chest against it. The Indians finding the door fas- tened, fired directly through it and the ball passed through her breast, killing the child in her arms. Miss Finney was carried away in her nightclothes to the rendevous at Topsham where the two parties met. Miss Finney and Mr. Young were carried to Quebec and the former sold to a farmer who set her to work in the fields. She was soon transferred to the duties of the kitchen but was kept under strict watch. Eventually Capt. Wallace of Falmouth who was at Quebec with a trading vessel. discovered her whereabouts and by means of carefully executed plans the unfortunate woman escaped to the friendly ship. She was safely landed in due time at Portland and later married the man who had rescued her. Young obtained his liberty in about a year but died in Halifax of small pox.
These adventures are about the last of the many that dis- turbed and endangered the lives of the settlers in this town. One item of interest centers 'about the famous chief Sabattis. At Maquoit one Daniel Eaton was wounded and captured in 1757 by this chief and carried to Canada. He escaped after a year and re- turned. More than forty years after Sabattis passed through Brunswick and called at a store on the site of one occupied in part by B. R. Jordan & Co. Eaton was sent for, was recognized by Sabattis and the two held a pleasant chat till the old chief passed on his way.
The foregoing covers only the more notable of the Indian outrage, but brief space forbids further reference. The cruelty of these children of the forest cannot but excite our resentment. but they also serve to make us the more deeply respect the valor . and fortitude of the pioneers who braved the dangers the savages threatened. When we stop for a moment and consider that less
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than two centuries ago on the spot where the hum of the busy looms in the Cabot mill sounds today the blood-curdling war whoop of the savage chilled the hearts of the settlers, we are sharply reminded of the comparative youth of our country, the rapidity of our advancement and the happy lot of the descendants of those brave and hardy men and women who builded so well the foundation upon which our civilization rests.
SELECTMEN OF BRUNSWICK
BEGINNING WITH 1850.
1850-Richard Greenleaf, Samuel S. Wing, Benj. D. Pennell. 1851-Richard Greenleaf, Benj. Furbish, John S. Gross.
1852-3-4-Richard Greenleaf, Rodney Forsaith, Benj. D. Pen- nell.
1855-Jos. Lunt, 2d, George C. Crawford, Gardner G. Frost. 1856-Jos. Lunt, 2d, Thos. S. Dunning, Jos. C. Given.
1857-Jos. Lunt, 2d, John L. Swift, Gardner G. Frost. 1858-Jos. Lunt, 2d, John L. Swift, John S. Gross.
1859-Richard Greenleaf, Wm. S. Given, Nath. Badger.
1860-1-John L. Swift, Leonard Townsend, Augustus F. Cox. 1862-3-4-Leonard Townsend. Augustus F. Cox, Francis Owen.
1865-Jos. Lunt 2d, Jno. L. Swift, Leonard Townsend.
1866-Jos. Lunt, Augustus F. Cox, John L. Swift. 1867-Jos. Lunt, Augustus F. Cox, Chas. C. Humphreys. 1868-9-Chas. C. Humphreys, J. C. Given, Henry Carvill. 1870-Henry Carvill, Jos. Lunt, 2d, Lyman E. Smith. 1871-Henry Carvill, Lyman E. Smith, Chas. N. Bates.
1872-Henry Carvill, Lyman E. Smith, John Crawford.
1873-Lyman E. Smith, Thomas U. Eaton, Larkin D. Snow. 1874-Larkin D. Snow, Samuel S. Wing, Geo. P. Simpson. 1875-Samuel S. Wing, Geo. P. Simpson, Horatio A. Patten 1876-Lyman E. Smith, Samuel S. Wing, Thomas U. Eaton. 1877-Lyman E. Smith, Thomas U. Eaton, Summer L. Holbrook. 1878-Lyman E. Smith, Sumner L. Holbrook, Samuel S. Wing. 1879-Lyman E. Smith. Leonard Townsend. Sumner L. Hol- brook.
1880-Lyman E. Smith, Leonard Townsend, Summer L. Hol- brook:
1881-2-Lyman E. Smith, Elbridge G. Simpson, James A. Gummer.
1883-Albert G. Poland, James A. Gummer, Larkin D. Snow. 1884-5-C. E. Humphreys, Sumner L. Holbrook, Frank E. Roberts.
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1886-C. E. Humphreys, Sumner L. Holbrook, Win. B. Wood- ward.
1887-Wm. B. Woodward, Lyman E. Smith, Isaac Plummer.
1888-Frank E. Roberts, Isaac Hacker, Robt. H. Stanwood.
1890-Isaac Plummer, Robt. H. Stanwood, Wm. R. Lincoln.
1891-Robt. II. Stanwood, Wm. R. Lincoln, Thos. B. Skolfield: 1892-Barton R. Jordan, Robt. H. Stanwood. Thos. B. Skolfield.
1893-Isaiah G. Elder, Wm. M. Pennell, Robt. II. Stanwood.
1894-Emery A. Crawford, Franklin C. Webb, Sumner L. Hol- brook.
1895-6-7-Franklin C. Webb, Emery A. Crawford, Anthony F. Bradley.
1898-9-Chas. E. Townsend, Emery A. Crawford, Anthony F. Bradley.
1900-1-2-Chas. E. Humphreys, Emery A. Crawford, Geo. A. Storer
1903-Lemuel H. Stover, Samuel Knight Jr., Harvey J. Given.
1904-Samuel Knight Jr., Harvey J. Given, Lemuel H. Stover. 1905-Samuel Knight Jr., Lemuel H. Stover, Thos. S. Melcher. 1906-Samuel Knight Jr .. Lemuel H. Stover, Thos. S. Melcher. 1907-Harvey J. Given, Frank L. Snow, Thos. B. Skolfield.
1908-Harvey J. Given, Frank L. Snow, Thos. B. Skolfield.
1909-Harvey J. Given, Frank L. Snow, Chas. A. Randall.
1910-IIarvey J. Given, Frank L. Snow, Isaiah R. Morrell.
TOWN CLERKS
1739. Samuel Hinkley ; 1740-'43, Benj. Larrabee; 1744-'51, Robert Finney; 1752-'61 Thos. Skolfield; 1762, David Dun- ning; 1763-'65, Thos. Skolfield; 1766-1802, Nathaniel Larrabee ; 1803, Charles Coffin ; 1804-'08, Jotham Stone ; 1809, John Perry; 1810-13, Dan'l Given : 1814, Nath'l Poor; 1815-'20, Dan'l Giv- en ; 1821-'36, John MeKeen ; 1837-'59. Nathaniel Badger; 1860- '64, Leonard Townsend: 1864-'67, J. W. Forsaith; 1868-'80. Leonard Townsend; 1880-'86, Barton R. Jordan; 1886 to present time, Thos. II. Riley.
BRUNSWICK'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS.
CAPT. JAMES CURTIS'S COMPANY. 1775.
Benoni Austin. Dan'l Brown, Benj. Coombs, Fields Coombs. Hezekiah Coombs, Nathan Coombs, Capt. James Curtis, John Duncan, James Dimming. John Dunning, Tobias Ham. Isaac Hinkley. John Hunt. John Jones, Benjamin Rideout, Samuel Ripley, William Spear, William Stanwood, Richard Thompson, John Walker, Ebenezer Woodward. Samuel Woodward, Jona- than Young.
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CAPT. NATHANIEL LARRABEE'S COMPANY. 1775.
George Fields Coombs, Benjamin Rideout, Benoni Austin, Fields Coombs, James Dunning, John Dunning, John Given, Eph. Grafton or Graffam. John Hunt, John JJones, Joseph Law- rence, Hugh Mallow. Benjamin Rideout, William Spear, William Stanwood. William Stanwood, Ebenezer Woodward.
CAPT. WILLIAM LITHGOW'S COMPANY. 1776. .
Benoni Austin, Fields Coombs, James Dunning. John Dun- ning, John Given, Eph. Grafton or Graffam, John Hunt, John Jones, Joseph Lawrence, Hugh Malloy, Benjamin Rideout, Wil- liam Spear, William Stanwood, Ebenezer Woodward.
CAPT. GEORGE WHITE'S COMPANY. 1777.
Benoni Austin, Joseph Cornish, John Given, John Grows, John Hunt, Joseph Lawrence, William McGill, Hugh Malloy, Jo- seph Melcher, Jonathan Osborn, Francis Ryan, William Stan- wood, Samuel Starbird.
CAPTAIN COOMBS'S COMPANY. 1778.
Benjamin Getchell, Abraham Rideout, Stephen Rideout, Jo- seph Woodward.
THE FOLLOWING WERE ENLISTED AT VARIOUS TIMES DURING THE WAR IN COMPANIES UNKNOWN.
Benjamin Alexander, Jere Alden, Oliver Bisbee, Hugh Dun- lap, Robert Dunning. Robert Given, Michael Grouse, Ephraim Hunt, Hinkley, Benj. Larrabee, Amos Lunt, Jeremiah Moulton, Rowe, William Skolfield, William Storer, Samuel Thompson, Thomas Thompson.
IN CAPT NOYES' COMPANY, DANIEL HUNT SERVED IN 1775.
CIVIL WAR
BRUNSWICK ENLISTMENTS
NOTE-The following List does not include the names of present residents of the town who enlisted from other towns. PUBLISHERS.
Alphonzo A. Adams, 25th; Martin Alexander, 25th; Asa J. Alexander, 9th ; William F. Alexander, 4th Bat. Mt'd Art .; Lo- renzo Alexander. 12th : Edward Anderson, U. S. Navy: William Allen, 6th ; Henry Allen, 4th Bat. Mt'd Art .; Chas. Allen, 15th : Levi D. Allen, 17th ; Charles Allen, 20th ; Moses Allen, Jr., 20th ; John Andrews, 25th ; Rodney R. Aver, 15th : Edwin N. Ayer, 15th; Stephen J. Bailey, 15th; James II. Bailey, 5th; William
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Barnes, 1st Cav .; Charles S. Berry. 25th; Emery T. Berry, 9th ; George E. Bennett, 9th ; James II. Bennett, 9th ; George II. Bick- ford, 20th ; John F. Bickford. 20th ; James Blaisdell, 5th; James M. Blaisdell, 30th ; Andrew M. Blaisdell, 9th ; Jas. Blaisdell. Na- vy; Frank Bridge, 1st H. Art .; Wm. C. Bridge, 1st HI. Art. ; IIen- ry Y. Brown, 1st Vets .; Wm. A. Brown, 7th; Franklin Brown, 8th ; Algernon H. Brown, 23d; Chas. A. Boutelle, Navy ; Davis F. Brown, Navy; Lewis II. Card, 3d; Joshua Chamberlain, Lieut. Col. 29th ; Thos. C. Chase, 15th; Clinton G. Clark, 5th; Geo. II. Clark, 7th; Enoch Coburn, 15th; Jas. W. Coffin, 15th; Calvin Cooper, 15th ; Benj. F. Coombs. 15th; Thos. II. Coombs. 25th; Thomas A. Coombs, 20th ; David E. Coombs, 9th; Cornelius Col- by, 9th ; Harrison Colby, 25th ; Amos H. Colby, 30th ; Reuben P. Colby, 9th ; John P. Colby, 5th : Alfred L. Cobbett. 5th ; Robert R. Corbett. 15th: George L. Cobbett. 9th; James R. Corbett. 15th; Alfred Cobbett, 15th; George E. Cobb, 20th; George W. Cobb, 20th ; Hiram B. Cobb. 12th : Joseph H. Cobb, 25th ; Henry T. Croswell. 5th : Robert Cussell. 2d sharpshooters: Corydon T. Curtis, 12th ; John Connolly, 16th ; Reuben C. Corson, 9th; Nel- son P. Cram, 11th; Richard Crockett, 19th; John L. Courson. 15th ; George W. Cushman. 19th ; Woodbury D. Cripps, 12th ; Mi- chael Cryan, 25th ; Joseph N. Craig, 5th N. H .; Jos. N. Coburn, Mass. Cav .; Winchester D. Craig, 11th Mass. ; Dexter Cobb, 24th Mass .; William Cooper, U. S. Navy : Nath'l E. Christman, U. S. Navy; George E. Doughty. 9th : Edw. H. Dunning. 13th; Henry Dunning, 15th ; Martin Dunlap, 7th ; Dennis Dempsey, 8th ; Hor- ace E. Dunning, 7th ; Benj. L. Dennison. 25th ; Victor Dane, 25th ; John Dennison, 25th ; Chas. W. Drummond, 25th ; George M. Dy- er, 6th; Isaac G. Doughty, 5th ; Chas. L. Dunlap. 5th; Orlando Dunning, 5th; Robert A. Dunning. 7th; Oliver Doughty, 9th ; Harvey M. Doughty. 9th ; Joseph Doney. 9th; Alfred J. Dun- ning, 25th ; Stephen Dolly, 15th ; Jas. T. Durgin, 15th; Geo. M. Dolly, 30th : John HI. Doughty. 30th: Edw. J. Donald. Fr. I. Art .; Isaac II. Danforth. Fr. Bat. M'id Art. ; Jos. S. Decovin. 2d U. S. sharpshooters; John Dunning ; Samuel H. Dil !. U. S. Navy; Alfred J. Eaton, 5th ; George L. Eaton, 7th ; Edw. R. Eaton, 9th ; Alonzo J. Eaton. 15th : George W. Eaton, 29th ; Win. W. Eaton. 16th; George A. Eaton, U. S. Navy; George Eaton, 5th; George S. Estabrook, 25th ; Daniel F. Ellis. 108th U. S. Cd Inf. : Chas. W. Field, 9th ; Geo. P. Field, U. S. Eng. ; Albert C. Field, N. Y. Mtd riflemen ; John Fitzgerald, 15th ; Edwin Foy, 9th ; Edwin B. Foy. 20th ; John H. French. 5th : Jos. Fuller, 2d. 20th ; Benj. F. Fuller 16th ; Alonzo M. Fuller. 5th ; Chas. II. Fuller, Fr. Bat. M'td Art : Alfred Fuller, 6th; David M. Fuller, 9th; Joseph Fuller, 5th : Robert Few, 5th; Wm. E. Freeman, 9th : George A. Freeman.
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Fr. H. Art .; Edward W. Forbes, 1st Bat. Mtd Art .; Edward Forbes, U. S. Navy ; Roswell E. Gatchell, 15th ; John E. Gatehell, 15th; E. T. Gatchell, 1st Cav .; Jesse HI. Gatchell, 9th; Josiah Gatchell, Ist Cav .; Joshua Gatehell, 15th ; Edw. F. Gerrish. 25th ; Andrew Getchell, 16th; Jacob O. Gilman, 6th; Chas. B. Gokai- smith, 5th ; Charles Goud, 30th ; Timothy Griffin, 15th ; Chas. I. Griffin, 4th Bat. Mtd. Art. ; Alpheus MI. Groves, 19th; Marshall Grant, 30th; Daniel Grant, U. S. Navy; Chester A. Greenleaf, 25th ; William S. Green, 20th ; Nathaniel Green. U. S. Navy; G.o. T. Grows, 15th; George E. Grows, 19th : John W. Grows. " S Navy; James W. Grows. U. S. Navy; Joshua F. Gross. 19th : James B. ITall, unassigned Inf. ; Henry W. Hammond. 15th. Da- vid N. Hammond, 15th; James Hammond Jr., 16th; George L. Harmon, 5th; Albert Harmon, 15th; Joseph F. Harmon, 15th; George A. Harmon. 25th ; John Harmon, 25th ; William (. Har- mon, 30th ; Charles W. Harding, 25th ; George Harrington. 15th ; George W. Haskell, Coast Guards: George F. Haskell, 25th ; Isaac L. Haskell, 22d Mass. ; Charles II. Hill,25th ; Algernon W. HIinkson, 20th ; Daniel R. Hodgdon. 5th; William B. Hodgdon, 7th; Thomas G. Hoole, 8th; J. F. Howes. Fr. Cav .; Lorenzo D. Howes, 25th ; Benj. S. Hunt, 25th ; Alex Hunter, unassigned Inf .; Albion D. Hutchinson, 5th ; Robert Hyde, 3d; Samuel L. John- son, 5th ; Chas. R. Johnson. Fr. Cav .; Dennis R. Jordan, 15th; Lawrence J. Joyce, 15th : John II. Keay, 5th ; Chas. A. Knights, 4th; C. C. Knowlton, 22d Mass. ; George Knox, 1st ; Osborne Lake. 15th; Chas. C. Leavitt, 16th ; Jas. W. Leavitt. U. S. Navy ; Chas. Lee, 15th ; William A. Lee. 29th ; Adam Lemont. 3d; Jas. II. Lew- is, 19th; Ai. J. Libby. 25th ; James E. Linscott, 30th; William Lubee, 5th ; John Lubce, 15th ; Levi Lubee. 30th ; Lewis HI. Lunt. 5th; William H. Lunt. 8th ; Josiah Lunt. Jr., 20th ; William II. Lunt. 25th : John E. M. Lyons, 15th; John W: Lyous. Fr. Bat. Mtd. Art: JJoseph Magee. 15th; James Maliday. 15th; Stephen II. Manning. 1st; Jose Marin, U. S. Navy; John HI. Mathews. 15th ; William B. MeAllister. 5th; Michael MeDonough. 15th ; Thomas MeClay, 5th : John Mehagan. 15th ; Samuel G. Melcher. 20th; James W. Merrill. Fr. Cav. ; Albert G. Merrill, Fr. Cav .: Samuel Miller, 5th : Williain Miller, 25th : Charles B. Mitchell. 15th ; Charles R. Mitchell. 15th : William Mitchell, 15th ; Jas. F. Moody, 7th ; Alonzo J. Moody. 9th ; William C. Moody, 5th ; Nich- olas Mooney, 234; George W. Moore, 4th Bat. Mtd. Art. ; William W. Morrell. 20th; John Morse. Fr. Cav. : Vincert Mountfort. .24th; Robert Muir. 24th Mass. : James P. Mustard, unassigned Inf. ; Enoch F. Newhall. 20th : James H. Nichols, 20th ; Chas. J. Noyes, 11th ; Frank E. Noyes. 11th : Daniel II. Nudd. 25th : Jires W. Owen, Jr., 5th ; Jere Owen, 4th Bat. Mtd. Art. ; Clinton Owen,
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1st Bat. Inf. unassigned ; Alpheus S. Packard, Jr., 1st Vet. Vols. : Gustavus Parker, 25th ; Jeremiah Parsons, Fr. Bat. Inf. ; John W. Parshley, 12th ; Charles J. Perkins, 25th; Elias D. Pierce, 25th ; William P. Pollard. 25th ; Nathaniel Pollard, 30th Vet. Vols. : Melvin Pollard, 30th Vet. Vols .; Elisha Pollard, 30 Vet Vols. : Charles Poole, U. S. Navy ; John W. Parth, 16th ; William S. Pot- ter, 9th ; Simeon Prentice, U. S. Navy; William Prindall, 10th ; Warren Proctor, 19th; Joseph H. Pollard, Sth; Nathaniel Rack- cliff, 5th ; George A. Ramsdell, 20th ; Amos O. Reed, 12th; John P. Regan, 15th ; Jos. G. Richards, 25th ; Charles C. Roberts, 7th ; John A. Robinson, 30th; George Roller, 1st; George A. Sawyer, 25th ; William H. Sawyer, 25th : James Sawyer, 30th; James F. Sawyer, 30th; Edwin Scott, Mass. Reg .; James H. Shaw, 19th; Marcellus M. Shepherd. 3d; Lemuel C. Small, 7th; Jeremiah Smith, 15th; Jefferson Smith, 5th; James Smith, 4th Bat. Mtd. Art .; Melville Smith. 19th; Charles Smith, 15th; Henry S. B. Smith, 32d; Newman Smyth. 16th : John Snow, 12th; Abizer F. Snow, 25th : Melvin M. Snow, 25th; Amaziah Southard, 4th Bat. Mtd. Art .: George A. Spollett, 9th ; David E. Stanwood, 25th ; Franklin Stanwood. 2d sharpshooters; Aubrey Stanwood, unas- signed Inf .; Samuel E. Stanwood, U. S. Navy ; AAlfred D. Stetson. 25th ; Joseph E. Stetson, 16th ; Wm. R. Stimpson, 25th ; Warren Stimpson, 8th; Wm. II. Stimpson, 25th; Charles E. Stinchfield, 8th; Andrew J. Stilkey, 20th; Chas. E. Stone, 5th; George E. Stone, 25th ; Thomas W. Strout. 20th; Charles W. Strout, 5th ; Robert P. Strout, 15th; Joseph W. Strout, 30th; Eben Swett. 25th ; Samuel Swett. 25th ; George Tarr, Fr. Vet .; John Tarr, 15th ; Calvin G. Taylor. U S. Navy; Pliny M. Thayer, 9th ; Al- bert V. Thompson, 4th Bat. Mtd. Art .; Edw. W. Thompson, 5th : Simon B. Thompson, 15th; Benj. C. Thomas, 31st; William II. Thomas. 31st ; George A. Toothaker, 20th ; William II. Toothaker. 25th ; Levi Toothaker. Fr. Cav. : Seth Toothaker, 15th; John F. Thorn, 20th ; Alfred M. Town, 20th; George Turner, U. S. Navy : Almon L. Varney. 13th; Edw. L. Varney, 16th ; Albert Vickery. 5th; Chas. B. Vickery, 5th : William A. Walker, 5th : George A. Walker, 16th; George A. Walker, U. S. Navy; Hugh H. Ward. 15th ; Albion Ward. 15th; Joel Ward, 15th : George C. Ward. 15th ; Milton W. Weleh, 9th : Albert D. Wentworth, 7th ; John T. Wentworth. 25th : Dunham Whitney, 5th ; William H. Whitney. 20th ; Eliphalet Whittlesey, 19th; A. A. C. Williams, Ist ; John Williams, 11th; George Williston Jr .. Fr. Cav. ; Asa Wilson. 2d : Elbert Wilson, U. S. Navy ; Stephen Winslow, 25th ; Abizer York. 15th ; Chas. L. York, 25th ; Chas. D. York, 9th. Capt. Edw. . I. Hamm and Corp. John Couillard served this town in the Spanish War, 1898.
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FACTS OF INTEREST IN BRUNSWICK'S PAST
Some of the leading events in the history of the town of Brunswick arranged in chronological order.
1628-First white settler in Brunswick, Thos. Purchase, came to town.
1676-Thomas Purchase, Sr., first settler of Brunswick, died.
1684-The territory embracing Brunswick, purchased of Indians.
1688-First Fort built by Gov. Andros.
1699-Treaty of peace made at Pemaquid with Indians, ratified at Mere Point.
1717-Brunswick constituted a township by General Court of Massachusetts.
1717-First known sermon preached in Brunswick.
1719-Voted to build the first meeting house.
1722-Indians burned all the buildings near the falls, except the fort.
1724-Company of soldiers raised in Brunswick and Harpswell joined other forces and nearly exterminated hostile tribe of Indians at Norridgewock.
1738-First physician to settle in Brunswick was Samuel Gyles.
1739-Town of Brunswick incorporated.
1747-Seth Hinkley killed by Indians at New Meadows.
1756-In May of this year, Thos. Means and one child were killed by Indians at Flying Point and a woman, Mary Finney, was carried to Canada and sold.
1757-Engagement between Indians and White's men at Tops- ham.
1765-The wealthiest man in Brunswick was Thos. Minot, worth 123£ 6s.
1769-Presbyterian church changed to Congregational.
1775-Nathanial HIall, first man from Topsham to enlist in Revo- lutionary War.
1775-Capt. James Curtis, first man from Brunswick to enlist in Revolutionary War. .
1780-Town cast its first vote for governor, lieutenant governor and senator of Massachusetts.
1781-$100 in silver was worth $7,500 in currency.
1793-First Post-office established. Andrew Dunning, P. M.
1794-First meeting Bowdoin College board at Portland.
1794-Brunswick Baptist Society incorporated.
1801-Charter granted United Lodge. F. & A. M.
1802-Bowdoin College opened.
1805-J. S. C. Abbott born at Brunswick.
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1807-Maine Hall was built.
1807-First church in village (Congregational) dedicated.
1809-First cotton factory incorporated.
1812-First Universalist church formed.
1818-F. B. church at Growstown abolished the practice of re- quiring the Pastor to wash the feet of the members after the manner of the Disciples, which caused several members of the church to withdraw.
1819-First printing press in town set up by Joseph Griffin.
1820-First newspaper printed in Brunswick, published by Jos. Griffin, issued monthly. Only three numbers were printed.
1821-First Postoffice in Topsham, Chas. R. Porter, P. M.
1821-Maine Medical School was founded.
1822-Winthrop Hall was built.
1825-Thirty-three buildings burned. Loss $90,000.
1826-Topsham Female School opened in Green's IIall.
1826-Brunswick night watch association formed.
1827-Universalist Society of Brunswick and Topsham formed.
1829-Miss Eastman's school for young ladies opened.
1829-Tontine Hotel opened to the public, January 1st.
1829-Pres. Jackson hung in effigy near the Mall.
1829-H. W. Longfellow, elected first Professor of Modern Lan- guages, but in 1835 left to accept a similar position at HIar- vard.
1829-First Unitarian meeting held.
1832-Two mills and dam carried away by freshet.
1836-Brunswick Bank opened.
1836-Methodist church organized.
1836-Maine Hall totally destroyed by fire.
1840-Appleton Hall was built.
1843-Aaron L. Dennison began manufacturing paper boxes.
1844-First public instrumental concert, in town, by Brunswick Band.
1846-Meeting house on hill dedicated.
1847-Jacob Abbott died.
1849-Locomotive entered Brunswick for first time.
1850-Silas Goddard began the manufacture of iron and steel plows.
1850 -- Unitarian and Universalist on Mason street opened for services.
1854-Match Factory on Shad Island burned.
1854-Sagadahoe Agricultural and Horticultural Society incor- porated.
1855-First county fair opened at Topsham.
1855-King chapel dedicated, total cost $45,000.
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1855-Feb. 6th, Coldest 24 hours known to that time for 45 years, the thermometer registering 14 degrees below zero at noon.
1857-Pejepscot bank began business.
1857-The Cabot M'f'g Co. was organized, with a capital of $400,000.
1857-Eliphalet Berry was murdered by David Y. Dudley.
1857-Franklin Family School opened at Topsham.
1858 -- Voted to petition legislature for a city charter.
1858-Brunswick Savings Institution was incorporated.
1860-Adams Hall was built.
1863-First National Bank organized.
1865-Union National Bank organized.
1871-President Grant visited Brunswick.
1871-Jonathan Morgan, builder of first steam boat in Maine, died at Portland.
1871-John Rogers, cashier of Pejepscot Bank, discovered to be a defaulter.
1872-P. & K. Railroad bridge across the Androscoggin was burned.
1874-Unitarian Society legally organized.
1875-Brunswick and Topsham Twenty-Five Cents Savings Bank was organized.
1887-Brunswick Electric Light Co., organized.
1888-Brunswick Loan and Building Association organized.
1889-150th anniversary of Brunswick was celebrated.
1890-Berean Baptist Church on Cumberland street dedicated.
1891-College observatory finished in fall of 1891.
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