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Humbley Sheweth That your Distressed Humble Petitioner Clark Line- kin Lived upon Townsend Neck within the town of Boothbay which Runs about three miles into the Sea, and a Little without Boothbay or Town- send Harbour where the men of war went into and lay about the beginning of September 1777 and there is an Island about three quarters of a mile from said Neck, called Fishermans Island, where another Man of War came and where I was a fishing a little therefrom in my Canoe & the Man of War's Boat came & took me and Carried me aboard & threatened to keep me-at length they offered to Let me Goe if I would fetch them Som Turnips & other Vegatables etc, upon which I Promised to do, they asked what Cattle I had. I told them that I had a pair of three year old Steers, but I could not part with them for it was all I had to do my work with, and that I was a poor man & they asked me what they was worth. I told them they was worth Fifty Dollars.
I went ashore and they followed me with two boats & part of them came to my house & Said they must have my Cattle, & that they would give Forty Dollars and that I should have the Hides and Ruff Tallow and that would purchase another pair; I being in their power & no body to assist me, & being taken by them I was afraid to Contradict or oppose them in any Degree for fear they would carry me away & Strip my Family of everything. I went with them to the Shore & they killed my Steers & picked the Ruff Tallow, which they gave me and the Hides & they carried the meat away & Said that they would send the pay as they proposed, but never paid me one
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farthing for the Meat, & all I had was the Hides & a few pounds of Ruff Tallow.
They, the Men of War's men, went on Fishermans Island & took the Sheep from thence & Some Hay & I heard that they paid the Man that lived on said Island, viz Mr. Roberson for part, and they took the rest without pay which was hard on him as well as me, but both of us was in their power & none could help us.
Then on the fourth or 5th day of September 1777 I was taken by a War- rant from Wm. McCobb Esq for trading with the Men of War, and on the 6th of Septre. 1777, I was committed to Pownalborough Gaol, & my Wife . .. & four small Children left to save and get what we had on & in the ground for the Winter, and they depended much on the Fish I Ketched in my Cannoe for the support of my Family for we had but little Bread and Meat and often without any- . . . the Justice says I can't be admitted to Bail, . . . and to lay there in Gaol . . . a cold and tedious winter is Cruel and Hard, . . . for doing that which I could not help . . .
I never did anything against the Country, .. . I therefore most Humbly Pray your Honours to take me and my Distressed Family's circumstances into your Wise Consideration and release me from my great Distress & Con- finement and Charges, .. .
Pownalborough Gaol, Octbr. 18th 1777
Clark Linnekin
Note: From a notation on the original document in Massachusetts Ar- chives (183, p. 246), Capt. James Fullerton appears to have aided Linekin; the disposition of the case is unknown; considering the circumstances stated, the accusation seems unjust and the arrest ill advised. A Boothbay or Town- send petition in the year 1752, relating to the 'Kennebeck Purchase,' lists, among other signers: Benjamin and Clark Linnakin, Daniel and Joseph Lenekin. Historian Greene wrote, 'Clark and Sarah Linekin lived for sev- eral years on Linekin Neck and he was a prominent citizen during the pe- riod. They had but one child rec. in town, Clark jr., b. May 9 1764. It was probably several years later than this before they moved to Deer Isle.'
'Entries Allowed Sundry Persons at the Retreat from Penobscot'
1779 Dec. 24 Allowed to Andrew McFarland & others of Boothbay on theirs for Sundry Supplies to Gen Lovel & others on the Penobscot Expedition -
Dec. 24 Allowed William McCobb of Boothbay on his account 147 5 for Riding Express to Boston on the Penobscot affair - 116 19 Also for 2812 lbs of Beaf @ 6/- 8.43 12
1780 Apr. 3 Allowed David Reed [of Townsend] for 21 meals
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Victuals taking care of a sick soldier & canoe for the soldiers retreating from Penobscot - 63 18
Apr. 4 Allowed John Murray & John Daws of Boothbay on their Acct. for Transport Provisions from Brunswick to Booth- bay - 264 10
Note: These allowances, excerpts from the Massachusetts Archives (145, P. 542), were paid in part, if not wholly, in devalued currency, pounds and shillings.
PROTEST OF JAMES LOWELL, MASTER OF THE NEWBURYPORT BRIG 'UNION'
Stephen Thompson who said he was a native of Booth Bay in Massachu- setts, Thomas McDonald who said he was a native of Machias, and John Andrews of same place [or Wiscasset] were impressed from on board said brig 5th July 1796 about twenty leagues from Cape Ann by British frigate of twenty-eight guns supposed to be the Hussar.
Newburyport, 8 July 1796*
WAR OF 1812
During that war about six thousand American seamen were confined in Dartmoor prison, Devonshire, England. Most of those previously impressed chose imprisonment rather than to fight in the English navy against their country. According to the prison physician from April 1813 to April 1815 the following prisoners died: James Campbell, ship Volantaire; James Combs, of Bristol, U. S. brig Argus. From Georgetown: Wm. Dilton, the Argus; Thomas and Wm. Williams, the Maria Theresa. From Townsend: Jesse Field, the Siren; and David Reed, the America. From Wiscasset: John Cole, Ephraim Pinkham, the Monmouth; Francis Saul, the Mercury; Joseph Rasom and Joseph Robinson, the Ned, of Baltimore.
After his death the following letter was found in the effects of Hon. Wil- liam King, first governor of the State of Maine:
Boothbay Harbor, Sept. 8, 1813 Dear Sir - You must undoubtedly have heard of the naval engagement last Sunday between his Majesty's Brig Boxer, and the U. States Brig Enterprise, but perhaps have not received it with so much correctness as I am able to give. I was an Eye witness of the transaction from the high land upon our Harbor. The Action commenced at about half after 3 o'clock and continued till a quarter past 4, the Boxer to windward within musket shot. About midway of the action the Enemy's Main topmast and all attached to it went
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over the side, soon after her fore top Gallant mast went over her and her flying Gibb Boom and all her fore stays were cut away which rendered her almost unmanageable, and not a colour seen standing, notwithstanding continued to fight Bravely. The Enterprise then ranged ahead and luffed up under her bows in a raking position and Gave her a Broadside, came round to windward, and bore away under her stern and Gave her another broadside, and immediately the firing ceased, soon after which they Both stood for the mouth of the Damariscotta river, the wind at the southward and moderate, hove about at sunset, and stood off, the wind soon after com- ing in shore, stood close upon it, we calculate for Portland. The Enterprise set all sail and of course could not have rec'd much damage in her spars, sails or rigging, and, sir, if this short detail gives any satisfaction I am much gratified in giving it.
I am, sir, respectfully your obedient and very humble serv't. Hon. Wm. King
Amasa Piper
In the sea fight with the Boxer a Maine lad of seventeen, William Barnes, served the second gun aft and was conversant with affairs on the quarter- deck of the Enterprise. Before his death at Woolwich in 1882, he furnished details of the action, which occurred westerly from Monhegan, in the offing of Damariscove. An incident follows:
The day before the fight the surgeon of the Boxer, accompanied by two midshipmen and an army officer on board, had gone to Monhegan by invitation to attend the crippled son of Josiah Starling. Noting their ship putting out from Pemaquid to fight, they took to their boat to be picked up, but either were not seen or ignored. The kindly act was ill requited for the next day Americans came to the island and carried them prisoners to Port- land.
AMERICAN VESSELS CAPTURED
Name When 1813 Mar.
Where or Whence
Captor
Sch. Hannahritta
Pemaquid-Damariscove Bream
Slp. Sukey
Apr.
Off Monhegan Liverpool Packet
Slp. Defiance
From Wiscasset Liverpool Packet
Sch. Lydia
From Warren
Liverpool Packet
Sch. Rubicon
From Warren
English cruiser
Sch. Union
From Warren
Sir John Sherbrooke
Slp. Betsey
From Warren
Sir John Sherbrooke
Ship Sally
May
From Wiscasset
La Hogue
Sch. Franklin
From St. George's Riv. Weazel
Slp. Leonidas
From St. George's Riv. Weazel
السهرات
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Slp. Reliance
July From St. George's Riv.
General Smith
Slp. Maquoit July From Bath
Dart
Sch. Industry
· Aug. Sheepscot Riv. Mouth
Boxer
Sch. Rebecca
Aug. Inside Squirrel Isl.
Sch. Hannah
Aug.
Near Fisherman's Isl.
Nymphe, Curlew, Boxer Nymphe, Curlew, Boxer
Sch. Miranda
From Kennebec Riv.
English cruiser
Slp. Hannah
Frenchman's Bay
Retrieve
Slp. Peggy
Nov. From St. George's Riv.
Epervier, Fantome
Slp. Betsey
Dec.
From Waldoboro
Wolverine
Slp. Charles
From Kennebec Riv.
Wolverine
Sch. Polly
From Penobscot Riv.
Wolverine
Sch. Trent
From Bristol
Wolverine
Sch. Two Brothers
1814 From St. George's Riv.
Wolverine
Brig Dantzic
May
From Bath
Fantome
Brig George
From Georgetown
Dove
Sch. Minerva
Sept.
From Wiscasset
Lunenburg
Sch. Ranger
From Friendship
Lunenburg
NAUTICAL NOTES
In early summer of 1812 a schooner from Campobello with naval stores was captured by a Salem privateer and sent into Boothbay. The same day she was off Monhegan with a brig and a ship. Off Seguin in August the Jupiter captured the American vessel Charlotte. The following month two brigs and a ship, prizes, arrived at Wiscasset.
Incidents of 1814, from Niles's Weekly Register. April: Schooner Friends Adventure with West Indian products, captured by the Fox, was sent to Wiscasset. June: Armed ship Upton with 104 men (many of them passen- gers), with a valuable cargo, captured by the Diomede of Salem, arrived at Wiscasset. October: 'The Dart,' American privateer with a prize-cargo of rum, 'has arrived in Wiscasset to keep us in spirits.'
Under date of June 20 1814 a diary notation by Moses Davis, occupant of a Sheepscot River island named after him, says: 'an English ship 74 [the Bulwark] & a frigate came to the mouth of the river & sent her barges up as far as Fowles point, drove away the militia station'd there & took two six pounders from them and sunk them in the river, after they went away with their barges our people got up their cannon & hid them in the woods-a number of militia came from Wiscasset to the fort [Edgecomb] to help guard it.'
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APPENDIX VI MILITARY AND NAVAL SERVICE
COLONIAL WARS
On the rolls of the first Louisbourg expedition whose transports anchored, a participant wrote, 'in Sheepscot harbor, about a league within the docks or entrance,' familiar local names appear: Jonathan Adams, William Ful- lerton, James and William Reed. James and Robert Kennedy and Robert Reed volunteered for the attack on the Island Battery.
The following year (1746) Samuel Greenleaf, William Reed, and Ed- mund Wilson served in Colonel Samuel Waldo's expedition.
'A Muster Roll of a Co. of Foot in His Majestys Service, under Command of Capt. Samuel Glover, in a Regiment Raised by the Province of the Massa- chusetts Bay, for the Reduction of Canada, whereof Joseph Williams Esq is Colonel - Viz . ..*
'Edward Emerson, Ensign, Salem Enlisted Mar. 13, 1758 Disc'ged Nov. 24, 1758'
Afterward he was a lieutenant under Captain Israel Davis in Jonathan Bagley's regiment, stationed at 'the eastward' in 1759-1760. Both Davis and Emerson lived in Danvers, settled at Boothbay and were prominent during the Revolution.
Among other soldiers at Louisbourg and elsewhere were several from Townsend. In Dalrymple's company, Prebble's regiment: Benjamin Albee, Joseph Couliard, Elisha Kennedy, Ichabod Pinkham, Samuel Trask. In Captain Willard's company: John Hackett, Michael Sinnett, Samuel Mat- tocks (d. 1759); also Thomas Kennedy of Wiscasset.
WAR OF THE REVOLUTION
Militia Service at Boothbay
ROSTERS
Captain Langdon's Company-from July 12 to Dec. 31 1775
Capt. Timothy Langdon
Privates
Lieut. William Reed
Alley, Joshua
Serg. Jacob Sawyer
Davis, Israel jr.
Corp. Patrick Herrin
Fullerton, Ebenezer
Corp. John Holton
Giles, Paul (1 mo.)
Corp. John Tibbetts
Herrin, Daniel
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Herrinden, Nehemiah
Montgomery, Samuel
Kelley, Aaron
Murray, John
- Kenney, Samuel
Pinkham, James (1 mo.)
Kenney, Thomas
Reed, Robert (fifer)
Knight, Daniel
Thompson, Joseph Tibbetts, Nathaniel (1 mo.)
Lewis, George
Tibbetts, Nathaniel jr.
Lewis, William
Trask, Samuel (also given jr.)
McClintock, Samuel
Walls, Ephraim
McFarland, Thomas
Wylie, Alexander
Montgomery, John
Wylie, John
Captain Davis's Company-from Apr. 2 to Dec. 5 1776
Capt. Israel Davis Lieut. Nathaniel Winslow
Herrin, Daniel
Herrin, Patrick
Serg. Ichabod Pinkham
Hutchings, Benjamin
Corp. Joshua Alley
Kennedy, Samuel
Privates
Booker, Eliphalet
McNear, Thomas
Davis, Israel jr.
Davis, John Dresser (fifer)
Rollins, Benjamin
Davis, William (3 mos.)
Tibbetts, Nathaniel (to Sept. 1)
Giles, Paul
Turner, Samuel
Gove, David
Williams, John
Harinden, Nehemiah
Wylie, Robert
Captain Pinkham's Company-from Mar. 24 to Apr. 24 1780
Capt. Ichabod Pinkham
Kent, Benjamin
Lieut. Joseph Reed
Knight, Patishal
Serg. Ichabod Abbot
McFarland, Andrew
Serg. Abijah Kenney
Mosley, Alexander
Privates
Reed, David
Burnham, Solomon
Reed, John jr.
Colbath, Lemuel
Rollings, Steven
Emerson, John
Stover, Dependence
Kennedy, James
Wylie, Alexander
Kennedy, William
Kenney, Benjamin
Wylie, Robert
Pinkham, Nathaniel (51/2 mos.)
Emerson, James
Thompson, Samuel (6 mos.)
Trask, Samuel
Hampson, Samuel
Race, George
Lewis, William (to Sept. 1)
Landerkin, Daniel (drummer)
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MASSACHUSETTS MILITIA
Brown, Samuel. Captain (sea-captain); letter dated Hallowell, Aug. 6 1782, - written by Joseph North to Gov. Hancock, asking his approval of the ap- pointment of said Brown as Deputy Collector of Excise under him .*
Campbell. I, Thomas Campbell of Newcastle, County of Lincoln, aged seventy-three, testify ... that in the year 1779 I enlisted in Capt. McAllister's Company in the War of Revolution as a private soldier for three months to go to Penobscot on the Bagaduce expedition. I found the officers to be Archibald McAllister, captain; John Dunton, first lieutenant; .. . Andrew Reed, second lieutenant; Jacob Sawyer, orderly sergeant. I went with said company on the expedition and served the three months. . .. On the return . we were stationed in Booth Bay to guard the coast . . .
Cargill, James. Colonel, third Lincoln County regt. Earlier prominent in the French and Indian wars, vicinage of Sheepscot; he commanded the expe- ditionary force of about two hundred men that captured Fort Pownal and commandant, Col. Thomas Goldthwaite, the night of July 21 1775. Cargill d. in Newcastle, 1812 (ae. at least 84); his son Henry was perhaps the ship- builder at Sheepscot, and Capt. Joseph Cargill was related.
Chase, Ebenezer. Private, Hinkley's co. of Sam'l McCobb's regt. (6 mos. in 1779). A native of Edgecomb, the soldier d. there is 1855 (ae. a. 90).
Dunton, John. First lieutenant (com. May 8 '76), Hodgdon's (2d Edge.) co., Jones's regt .; also first lieut., McAllister's co. in Penobscot expedition, July 11 to Sept. 24 1779.
Emerson, Edward. Colonel, third regiment. In a list of field officers chosen (by H. R.) in January 1776, he was designated lieut. colonel of that regiment; appointment non-concurred in by Council. Major Emerson served as recruiting officer during the war; afterward was commissioned colonel. In part he wrote: 'On July 21, 1775, marched to Fort Pownal in Penobscot Bay and drove off five Ministerial ships and three sloops and also took five vessels supplying the enemy, which vessels were built in Boothbay, and demolished Fort Pownal.'
The old colonial fort and blockhouse occupied a commanding position on a bold rock promontory, overlooking green-clad isles in the bay at the mouth of the river Penobscot. It is possible that Emerson was familiar with the locality, for as a youthful officer he had been stationed at 'the eastward' when (1759) the fort was completed and named after its founder, the gov- ernor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
In 1760 Lieutenant Emerson married Elizabeth Shillaber (1740-1797), a native of Danvers; they lived there and in Salem a few years; then came to Boothbay. He died in 1794 (ae. 55), and was buried in the First Congrega- tional Church cemetery.
* Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution.
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Hodgdon, Caleb. Private, Hinkley's co., McCobb's regt. (6 mos. '79), en- gaged in guarding the coast near the mouth of the Kennebec, and the Sheepscot. Born at Gloucester in 1759, Caleb served from and was living on 'Squam (W'port) Island in June 1840. His brother Thomas was a sergeant in the same company. One Thomas Hodgdon was captain in 1776, of the 2d Edgecomb company.
Jones, William. Colonel, third Lincoln County regt. 1776. The limits of his regiment included Boothbay, Edgecomb, Newcastle, Bristol with the plantation called Walpole, and adjacent settlements on Damariscotta Pond.
As related elsewhere an English frigate ascended the Sheepscot and cap- tured the mast-ship Gruel, also a brig. A force was organized, and Stephen Hodsden, 'Capt. of the 10th Company of the 3d Regt. of militia under the command of Col. William Jones,' certified at Damariscotta :* 'that he and seven of his men participated in the retaking of a state ship loading masts in Pownalborough harbor Sept. 10, 1777, "After a Party of men from on Board the Enemies Ship of War Rainbow had been in Possession of her Seventeen Hours." '
Two days later the Rainbow set ashore a number of prisoners including Joseph Scott, master of the captured brig, the Joseph.
September 27 1777 the Council (Mass.) issued a warrant for 326 pounds to be paid to Col. William Jones, 'and the officers and privates in the party under his command for services rendered in retaking the State mast ship.' They included Capt. Joseph Jones, John Dodge, Solomon Hopkins, Barna- bas Kenney, Thomas McNear, David Winslow, James and Samuel Kennedy.
Kenney, Abijah (Habijah). Private, Davis's co. (9 mos. from Apr. 2 '76); re-enlisted in Joseph Reed's co., 1779; also sergeant, Pinkham's co. Abijah (1761-1848, b., lived, d. at B'bay), was a pensioner. Habijah Kenney, B'bay. Seaman, bgtn. Hazard (27 ds., fall of '77); reported deserted, roll dated Bos- ton. In his connection it should be stated that in old naval records the letter 'D' stood for discharged, not deserter, as sometimes misinterpreted; 'Run' indicated a deserter. Furthermore, pension was not allowed a deserter.
Lewis. I, William Lewis of Booth Bay, Maine, aged seventy-six, on oath depose and say, that ... About the time war was declared I was out with him [Andrew Reed jr.] on service in Booth Bay as a 'Minute Man' to guard the coast. Capt. William Reed was captain of the 'Minute Men,' the service was irregular and extended through a considerable portion of the year, they could have amounted to three months of continued service, at least.
In 1778, I think it was, ... We went from Booth Bay to west side of Penobscot River, then in possession of the British, for the purpose of de- stroying a fort and blockhouse. We accomplished it and brought away five coasting vessels, there found in possession of the enemy .... Colonel Cargill
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commanded and Major Emerson was also there; the vessels were brought by us to Booth Bay and secured in a branch of Sheepscot River called Oven's Mouth under the care of said Reed. I assisted. ...
In the year 1779 said Reed and myself enlisted in Captain McAllister's company in Booth Bay, on Bagaduce expedition to Penobscot and were on the expedition (including the time employed on our return to Booth Bay, to build a fort and breastworks there), three months .. . .
McFarland, Andrew. Captain (com. May 8 '76), fourth (2d B'bay) co. of Jones's regt. McFarland, Thomas. Private; also seaman on the transport Townsend, Penobscot expedition of 1779.
Pinkham, Ichabod. Sergeant; also first lieut. (com. May 8 '76), McFar- land's co .; also acting captain.
Reed, Andrew. Lieutenant colonel (com. Feb. 12 '76), Jones's regt. His son Andrew jr. Second Lieutenant (July 8 '76), David Reed's co .; also second lieutenant, McAllister's co. (2 mos., 13 ds. in '79).
Applying for pension in 1832, Andrew jr. stated he had lost his commis- sion. Since the muster rolls, if any, of the 'Minute Men' and the Fort Pownal affair were missing, proof of six months' service was lacking; the claim was rejected. The memories of the old soldiers were faulty in regard to the time (1775) the fort was captured; nevertheless the application with vouchers from his comrades, Campbell and Lewis, throw interesting side lights on Boothbay during the war. Lieutenant Reed deposed:
In 1778 (I think), I went a volunteer for the purpose of destroying a blockhouse on west side of Penobscot River, then in possession of the British. Colonel Cargill and Major Emerson were the commanders. We were all volunteers, recollect no enlistment or any particular company, burnt the fort and brought away five coasting vessels that we found there in the enemies' service, carried the vessels into Townsend Harbor, Booth Bay, but being considered unsafe there, they were ordered up Sheepscot River into a branch called Oven's Mouth. I was ordered to take charge of them, which I did with assistance; the term of service from the time we com- menced our march for Penobscot until we closed the expedition and fin- ished keeping the vessels was upwards of three months. . . .
About the time war was declared (I remember it was before Mowatt* burned Falmouth, now Portland), I was out a considerable part of the year as 'minute man' to guard the coast and harbor, for our town bordered on
*Henry Mowat (1734-1798), son of a Royal Navy captain, was a native of Scotland. After six years as midshipman, he was promoted lieutenant, assigned to the Baltimore, and in 1764 took command of the Canceaux (Canso). After twelve years in that ship, Mowat com- manded the sloop of war Albany. In all he spent about thirty years on the American coast, and died on board his ship Assistance, near Cape Henry. He was buried at Hampton, Vir- ginia.
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the sea. William Reed, now dead, was Captain of the 'Minute Men,' from the nature of the service it was irregular, but harassing; if it could have been reduced to one continuous time, it would have exceeded three months; to speak within bounds, we were obliged by turn to keep guard every night. Mowatt was in Booth Bay Harbor three months, and his officers were sur- veying all along the coast. .. . we were called upon at all times, sometimes by night, sometimes by day, our business was to guard the coast between the mouths of the Damariscotta and Sheepscot rivers. We were out on active service sometimes one, sometimes two, sometimes three or four nights and days in a week . . . upwards of six months. .. . our company always met twice in a week for exercise.
Reed, David. Captain (com. May 8 '76), third (1st B'bay) co., Jones's regt. His son, David Reed 2d. Boy, in his uncle Joseph Reed's co. (2 mos. '79); also Hinkley's co. (51/2 mos. '80); also under Tibbetts (2 mos. '80). On his tours of duty the youth was engaged solely in guarding the coast at Booth- bay. Pensioned after 1832, in old age the soldier lived with Jacob Reed; d. Mar. 28 1841 (ae. 74), and left a wife, Jane or Jeanne.
Reed, David. Private, Pinkham's co .; also service near the Penobscot, summer and fall of '81; also Apr. 11 to Nov. 20 1782. He lived at Boothbay in 1836 (ae. 74).
Reed, David. Captain (com. Sept. 7 1784), 'First Company, Third Regi- ment, of which Regiment Edward Emerson Esq. is Colonel.' It was after the war that Reed, who lived at the western harbor of Boothbay, was commis- sioned by Governor Hancock.
Reed, Joseph. Lieutenant (com. May 8 '76), David Reed's third co .; also first lieut., Pinkham's co. Also captain (com. 17 Apr. 1795).
Reed, William. Lieutenant, Langdon's co .; also captain, 'Minute Men'; also captain at Machias, 1777.
Rice, John. Private, Walker's co., Lieut. colonel Prime's regt. (7 mos. 10 ds. in 1780), under Gen. Peleg Wadsworth (hdqrs. Thomaston). His pension record lists service under Colonel Samuel McCobb (in all g mos.), in agree- ment with the fact that a John Rice served in McCobb's regiment on the Penobscot expedition.
John, son of John Rice, was born in June 1760, near Bristol, England, and came to America at the age of nine. In 1774 he settled at Hallowell; in 1791 married Mchitable (b. 1768), daughter of Joshua Packard of Readfield. Descendants lived in Boothbay. Pensioned in 1832, the soldier died at Hal- lowell May 29 1835; his grave is in Farmingdale near a farm he acquired in 1783. Essentially a farmer, he was presumably the John Rice who operated the Hallowell packet schooner Ruth. In 1823 his son John captained the small schooner Sally, of Hallowell, owned chiefly by himself and brother, Reuel Rice.
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