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S P R A G ! E O W N N A H E , E S , P R I N T R S . 1 8 7 7 .

O N A T H AN 1 7 2 6 J EDDY , born in , was the son of Eleazer and

E lizabeth C o bb town N o rto n ( ) Eddy of that part of the of ,

n now Mansfield , Mass . His father dyi g while he was under

- a A n twenty one ye rs of age , Jonathan Lincoln and John 7 1 7 3 9 i drews were appointed Nov . , , guard ans of Jonathan

a an d and of Obadi h and Oliver , his brothers , to bind them ”

. 1 1 1 7 48 out as apprentices until they come of age June , , ’ the . uardian s g account was rendered , and the estate of their 1 7 father was settled . From this time to 5 5 Jonathan appears f to have been in Norton . At that time he was an o ficer in

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m . Col . Winslow s Regi ent at Nova Scotia I have a fragment

- of an order book in his own hand writing , the first date in

h 2 2 1 7 5 5 1 2 1 7 5 5 a w ich is June , , and then to July , , C mp at

Fort Cumberland , N . S . I have , thus far , searched in vain in the Mass . Archives for muster rolls of his company . 7 1 7 5 8 l In , he en isted a company of troops for the War in

Canada , under the following commission

Province of the Massachusetts Bay . By His Excellency the Governor I do hereby authorize and empower Captain Jonathan u Eddy to beat his Dr ms any where within this Province , for

’ inlistin g volunteers for His Majesty s service , in a Regiment

of Foot , to be forthwith raised and put under the command of Officers belo nging to this Province for a General Invasion

’ of Canada in conjunction with the King s Br itis h Troops and

’ u under the s preme command of His . Majesty s Commander in

r Chief in A me ica .

o f And the Col nels , with the other o ficers of Regiments , hi m within t s Province , are hereby co manded not to give the 4 said Jonathan Eddy any Obstruction or Molestation herein but on the contrary to afford him all necessary Encourage

fo r f ment and Assistance which this is a su ficient Warrant . And the said Jonathan Eddy is hereby enjoined on Pain of my highest Displeasure , to return the names of the Men he

in list o ut shall , and of What particular Companies and Regi

inliste d C 01. ments they are , to William Brattle , Adjutant 1 7 th General , on or before the day of April next , that he m may lay the sa e before Me . M 2 7 th Given under y Hand at Boston , the Day of March , ’

1 7 5 8 . , in the Thirty First year of His Majesty s Reign T H PO WNAL .

1 7 5 8 o f In he raised a company for the Reduction Canada ,

o . in a Regiment under the c mmand of Thomas Doty , Esquire

“ ’ A Muster Roll of a c o mpany of foot in his Majesty s ser vice , under the command of Captain Jonathan Eddy , in a Regiment raised by the Province of the Massachusetts Bay for the Reduction of Canada , whereof Thomas Doty , Esquire , ” 1 3th . 1 0 is Colonel . Time of service from Mar . to Dec ,

1 7 5 8 :

. m u o d E s . . o o o o ew e e o o J nathan E dy , q , Capt , N rt n Barth l B rt , Privat N rt n .

mo d e eu . e o o . o uc i e o uc e s e . Ti thy Stan l y , Li t , Attl b r J hn B k , Pr vat , Gl t r

o o e s o d o o o . i e d o o o . N ah R b r n , N rt n El jah Barn y , N rt n

e e e o e si n d o m ue B s o d o e o o . Eb n z r Gr v r , En g . Sa l i h p , Attl b r o en d o o m s u o d o d o J hn King , Sarg t , Th a B rt n , mes e d o d o o s e c o m do d o Ja Gilb rt . J ph Bal ,

e e e w d o e o o . e em s o d o d o Eb n z r S an , Attl b r J r iah Bi h p , m o o e e d o o o . o o o s d o o . J hn P nn y , N rt n S l n Brigg , N rt n o W e o o d o e o o d o d o J hn hit , C rp ral , S th C k ,

m d o b . i s o d o d o A o s Swee t Attl e o ro S la C o k ,

s d o d o o e . Eli ha May , J nathan Catt ll

o s d o o o . e e r e e d o e o o . J hn Brigg , N rt n St ph n Ca p nt r , Attl b r m o s ew d o d o e e o d o d o A N land , H z kiah Capr n , s i s umme d o o se umm s d o d o Eli ha Br gg , Dr r , J ph C ing ,

m o d o u o . ! e o e o u o . e e riah Ath rt n , Privat , St ght n B nja in C l , Ta nt n

m d o o o . o e e s to . u J hn All n , Privat , Ea n Abial D nha , N rt n

Dariet u s d o o to . c o d o e d o e o o . A tin , N r n I hab D gg t , Attl b r d w d d o d o o e d o d o E ar Babbit , M . D gg t , e em s d o d o N h iah Brigg , — A part o f th e Muster Ro ll is missing fro m th e Massachusetts Arc hives fro m D do wn . 5

1 7 5 9 m In the early part of he raised a co pany in Mansfield , ’ s fo r . Mas , and vicinity , Col Joseph Frye s Regiment , in 2 1 7 5 9 . 30 which he served as Captain from April , , to Sept ,

o 3d 1 7 9 2 5 . 3 1 7 6 . 0 His Order Book fr m April , , to Dec l st ,

1 7 9 o n o o w 5 , I have , and from it , the c ver , I take the foll ing

1 1 d — Man s field o April th , marche from home ( ) to Landl rd

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1 2th . l o Robson s , Stoughton ; day , to Lieut Bents , Mi t n ;

1 3th o fo r day , to Castle William , and received our provisi n

7 0 o n . men , it being the marched We went on board 2 1 t 23d s . the day of April , and drew allowance the day Deto 2 1 7 5 9 The Regular Order Book begins April l st , , This dav Captains Eddy , Slocomb , Angier and Cheever , embarked

011 Board sundry Transports for Fort Cumberland .

2 3d u April 2 d . Capt . Eddy having a time f rnished his

o n to company Billeting R ll , we t on shore the Castle to receive the Billeting money ; (befor e we departed fro m the Castle we

01 were sundry times mustered by the Governor and C . Bur

f wh o n ot ton , attended with divers other regular o ficers , only reviewed us but als o saw that every man was properly ac c o u

’ terre d) in about two hours the Captain returned from the

Castle , and brought word that the Billeting would be brought on board s o me time this Day . 2 ’ A . 4 . 9 p This morning about o clock , we and the whole

o fleet made sail after the signal made from the Comm dore ,

8 . . Capt . Cobb , a Sloop of guns Wind S the people in

- general sea sick , and made very Dirty Work .

2 . o . A p . 5 Came to anch r in Casco Bay 2 b 8 . . a A p . Pemaquid in sight Served ack llowance of

to l Rum the peop e .

A . 2 M p 9 . o n hagin 011 our Starboard side .

1 . d o o May This day at noon , observe and f und urselves

L attitu de 43—47 o o in , one degree to the northward of B st n ,

o o 8 o the C mmod re and m re of our Fleet astern of us , the ” rest of our Fleet we imagine to have put into Pemaquid . ” May 2 . The people down with the Measles . 6

’ May 3 . Came to an anchor at 6 o clock in ” almost between the point and Isle of Holt .

5 . 6 May At this morning came too at Fort Cumberland , went ashore and lodged in Barns , the Regulars being in pos ” session of the Barracks . 7 th May 9 . Regulars left the Barracks abominable ” Dirty . 2 May 3 . Whereas the Itch increases among the soldiers

f o of this garrison , the o ficers are earnestly rec mmended to procure Brimstone , and what else may be necessary to cure ” and put a stop to it .

1 7 . June Last night arrived here , Sloop Sea Plower , with Government stores from Boston . Mr . Livermore the

ler . . Sutt . W etherhead , Rev Mr Page , Adjutant Mr , were on ” board .

June 2 2 . This evening Eleazer Everett of my company ” n died after a lo g indisposition .

June 30. Divine Service to be attended once every ” Sunday by all in Garrison not on Duty . 1 July . This day entertained with a discourse by Rev .

’ t d . 5 h . . 32 Mr . Page , from chap St Luke s Gospel and verse

a This day week entertained by same Mr . P ge in a Discourse

J o b 30th . 23d . from , chap and verse

t o July 3 . Rum is be issued to the troops belonging to

’ ” o . 1 0 o . the pr vince of Mass Bay , at o cl ck in the forenoon

o l. July 7 . Order from C Frye Rum will not defend the Soldiers from the inclemency of ye weather nor the attacks of Stinging insects , with which this country very u plentifully abounds , as clothes would , and besides too m ch ” strong water intoxicates the Brain . ’ July 9 . This morning about 9 o clock Captain Phips arrived here from Halifax , and brought news that the Fleet

L ewisbur h u 1 2 sailed from g J ne th , with Mr . Allen and sun dry other passengers .

July 2 1 . Orders Men shall not eat their molasses with l ” their victua s but brew it into Beer . 7

“ - r b . July 2 9 . Ente tained to day y Mr Page with a Dis 20 7 th course from Exodus , chap . and verse Thou shall not take ye name of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord will n o t hold him guiltless that taketh His name in Vain . f 20. Sept . Orders All non Commissioned O ficers and private soldiers that go out shooting by vertue of the Tickets 1 9th dated the instant , are Daily to bring all the Game they kill in the Fort Parade , and what of it they dont want to eat themselves shall be exposed to sale in ye following manner 1 st day the Commandi ng Officers and Captains shall be first ’ 2 d Subb s so in purchasing ; day the shall be first , and on ”

da n . from y to day , cha ging the preference as aforesaid “

3 . ffi ao Sept . 0 O cers and private soldiers having been

amein amein customed to g g at cards in the Barracks , such g g

is forbidden and to be suppressed . “

. 2 1 Oct . Yesterday in the afternoon arrived sloops from ’ De Eastward , and brought the agreeable news of Canady s ” struction .

. 2 2 Oct . Orders All Sutlers are forbidden to sell any 1 2 Spirituous Liquors to any of the Garrison this Day . At ’ ’ - 7 6 o clock to day great guns were fired , as well for the King s

o Cor nation day as the joyful news of our success at Canady , at which time every officer on the beat of the General met ’ D his upon the Fort parade and rank Majesty s good health ,

&c . durein firein , g the g , after which they sang God save the

King ; and they , with the whole Garrison who were all

assembled , save those on duty and sick , gave three cheers , at which time 20 Gallons of Rum was made in good Toddy and ’ . 6 given to the Soldiery At night about o clock , from the

alarm posts , every man discharged his Firelock three times ,

did o ff except some that not go , and then gave three cheers , which with illuminating all the windows in the Garrison f ” belonging to the o ficers , concluded the Day . “ . 3 1 Oct This morning Mr . Page and Mr . Livermore

sailed for Boston with Capt . Innis . “ ‘ 3 1 . Dec . Future orders Continued and Carryed into a

1 st new Book begun January , 8

Muster Roll of Captain Jonathan Eddy’s Company in ’ 2 1 7 5 9 Colonel Joseph Frye s Regiment from April , , to

. 30 1 7 60 : Sept , , at Fort Cumberland

o s e e . o J iah King , S rg ant J hn Knapp ,

o s e o o . o s es n J iah P rry , C rp ral M K app , c o o e Z e e I hab d D gg tt , phaniah Lan , e e o s e eh em c o Al xand r F t r , N iah Lin ln ,

e s umme . e m ew s Eliphal t Brigg , Dr r B nja in L i , e e o s e o o s e P t r H pkin , B n ni M r , u s Z e o se David A tin , phaniah M r , o s u us i c o ew J h a A t n , Ja b N land , o ws o s e ew Elijah Barr , J ph N land , o es o m s so J hn Bat , Th a Na n ,

G eo . Brin tal e so , Nathani l Na n , mue o o o so Sa l C bb J hn R bin n , mue d o so Sa l Day , Davi R bin n ,

o d . o so J hn E dy , A R bin n , s c s er o e I aa Fi h , R b rt Randall ,

o n a . T o lc o tt o s . wee J Th S tland ,

Z . Pen tic o st e Franklin , Stanl y , o Fo lett m o s e J hn , A Skinn r , o s e o mo J iah Gilb rt , J hn Sal n , J o b e e o e Gilb rt , Dani l T rr y ,

e e e en m e St ph n G ary , B ja in Tingl y , o o u d e o e J hn G l , Elip hal t Th rp , c o o u W m W e e e Ja b G ld , illia th r ll , e e o s W e e e P t r H pkin , E lijah th r ll , W m s W e m illia Hart , Sila l an ,

mu e u o s es W e Sa l H nt , M ar ,

Z W s . e e o . El az r Fax n , atkin

Abiel Knapp ,

Province of the Massachusetts Bay , 1 7 6 1 . To Jonathan Eddy To 20 days ’ expense allowed to make up this

o 1 - 6 1 1 0 0 R ll , 3 days ’ travel from Norton to Boston and back again at 4s 0 1 2 0 20 days ’ his not charged in Roll when making 6 8 7

£8 1 0 07

s . 3 1 7 6 1 . . Bo ton , Feb , Errors Excepted

JO N A EDDY . 9

The Lieutenants in the Co mpany were probably Macom ber , Boyden and Leonard . Ab o ve is the Muster Roll of those who served up to the — 1 7 60. time of final discharge 30 Sept . ’ I find in Capt . Eddy s Order Book the names of others

: o who were of his Company , viz J hn Horn drowned April

. J 30 1 7 5 9 . , , on the way out Eleazer Everett died ohn ” “ N o v . 3 d . . Bragg of my Co . went home Serg Witherell ,

w . 1 2 Abiel Drake , Jonah Gay , Ed ard Fisher , went home Nov , “ 7 1 5 9 . Sergeant Gilbert , Edward Blanchard , Stephen

Frd . n Franklin , Richardson and Be jamin Hall , went home “ 1 . 1 lth 1 7 5 9 . 1 7 5 9 . 2 Dec , , Nov , says David Robinson ” t o u wen h me without leave , but he appears to have ret rned , as his name was on Muster Roll when the Company was paid o ff . h 1 7 60 After his disc arge in , he remained at Norton until 1 7 63 , when he was in Norton , calling himself of Cumberland , — . S . N , in a deed , having emigrated with his family about

that time . He bought lands at Fort Cumberland , some of w 1 8 7 hich are now in possession of his descendants , ( He

o t ffi was Deputy Pr vost Marshal and held o her o ces there , remaining until the breaking o ut of the Revolutionary War

s when he fled to the United State , leaving his family behind — ’ 2 7 1 7 7 6 . and March , , he was at Gen Washington s Head ’ Quarters at Cambridge . See Washington s letter to Con

2 7 1 7 7 6 . gress , dated March Extract

I beg leave to transmit to y o u the copy of a petition from

the Inhabitants of Nova Scotia , brought to me by Jonathan

who Eddy , mentioned therein , is now here with an Acadian

from which it appears that they are in a distressed situation ,

’ a h n and from Mr . Eddy s account they are exceedingly ppre e sive that they will be reduced to the disagreeable alternative of taking up arms and j oining our enemies or of fleeing their

o c an ro te cte d ’ a ain st c untry , unless they be p g their insults

and oppressions . He says that their committees think many s alutary and valuable consequences would be derived from 1 0

five or six hundred men being sent there , as it would not only quiet the minds of the people from the anxiety and uneasiness

n o w they are filled with , and enable them to take a part in behalf of the colonies , but be the means of preventing the

Indians , of which there are a good many , from taking the

. mi m side of the Government , and the nisterial troops fro getting such supplies of provisions from them as they have done . How far these good purpose s would be answered if such a force were sent as they ask for , it is impossible to de termine in the present uncertain state of things , for if the army from Boston is going to, Halifax as reported by them

n before their departure , that or a much more co siderable force would be of no avail ; if not , and they possess the friendly disposition to our cause suggested in the petition and declared

. u by Mr Eddy , it might be of great service nless another body of troops should be sent thither by administration too

w O &c . &c . po erful for them to ppose , ,

&c . I have the Honor to be , m Capt . Eddy went to Philadelphia but Congress having ore it on its hands than well knew how to attend to , declined to give him any assistance . Upon his return he called on his

o i a . cousin , J hn Eddy , then liv ng at Ch tham , Conn William “ ’ 2 45 1 son s History of Maine , vol . , page , says But Jona

a than Eddy , a n tive of Norton , Mass . , who had resided ten years in the vicinity of Cumberland at the head of C hign eald f Bay and was Sheri f of the county , represented to the General

Court that the garrison had been lessened from time to time , till the number remainin g was only sufficient to take care of the artillery and military stores ; and that in his opinion it might be easily taken by a small force . Though he in fact received no aid nor direct encouragement , yet he returned and projected a plan for taking the fort . To ascertain its Z true condition , he sent Capt . ebulon Rowe , who visited and thoroughly examined it without exciting suspicion . Eddy next had the address by persuasive threats and promises of rewards to raise about one hundred and fifty men . 1 1

Williamson is in error in relation to the aid from Mas s achu

. E dd . 5 setts , as Col y a by order of the General Court , Sept , 1 7 7 6 , then sitting at Watertown , received from the Commis sary General of Massachusetts supplies of ammunition and provisions .

! See Appendix A . ]

C o l. John Allan , a refugee from Nova Scotia , and after

o f wa wards Superintendent the Eastern Indians , on his y from Cumberland to Machias , met Col . Eddy on board a

- w . 1 3 schooner with t enty eight men , Aug , in Machias Bay , and endeavored to induce Col . Eddy to abandon his design , ”

ff . . but without e ect Kidder His of Rev . War in Eastern

1 2 . Maine , page , says that Col Eddy was impressed with the

u belief that he should and must be successf l , and proceeded ffi on his way and made the attack . His o cial report and also 1 C 0 . . his letter to Gorham , I give , copied from Kidder His ,

6 7 6 8 6 9 7 0 7 1 7 2 7 3 7 4 . pp . , , , , , , ,

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O L . E DDY s O F A N ! 5 1 7 7 7 . C LETTER J ARY , ,

To the Hon . Council House of Representatives of the State of Massachusetts Bay I have endeavored to inform your Honors of some part of

o di my Pr cee ngs since my Departure from Boston .

I left the long wharf in Boston together with Mr . Row and

ewbur Da Mr . How , and arrived at N y the second y , where we Chartered a small Vessel to carry us to Machias , at which Place we arrived (after Many Unfortunate Accidents) in abo ut three weeks from the time of our setting out . During w 01 C . my Stay at Machias I met ith Shaw , by whose Favor I

O . M n btained Capt West and several other good e , to the amount of about Twenty , to join me in the Expedition against

Fort Cumberland . Then Proceeded to Passamaquoddy where

I was joined by a fe w more ; from thence to the River St . ’ Inhab John s , and went up the same about sixty Miles to the itants , whom I found almost universally to be hearty in the — w -five 1 . 1 . Cause , and joined us with Capt , Lieut and T enty

also 1 6 so F Men , as Indians that our whole orce now , 1 2

two amounted to Seventy Men , and with this Party I set o ff

o for Cumberland in Whale Boats and Can es , and standing up

She o d s d the Bay arrived in a few Days at p y in the County .

Sh e o d o o o alls er At p y we f und and t k Capt . W and a Party o f

. o thirteen Men , who had been stationed there by Col G rham ,

o f o Commander the Garrison at Cumberland , for the Purp se

I &c . of getting ntelligence , Thence we Proceeded to Mem ran c o o k , and there had a Conference with the French , who

o Readily joined us , alth ugh they saw the weakness of our

Party . We then marched 1 2 Miles through the woods to

n d Sackville , a there were met by the Committee , who Ex

fe w o f pressed their Uneasiness at seeing so us , and those unprovided with Artillery . . Nevertheless , hoping that Col . Shaw would soon come to our A s sis tan c c with a Reinforce

mo o ment , they unani usly j ined us . The same Night I sent o ff a small Detachment who marched about 1 2 Miles thro ugh

W e stc o c k o o very bad Roads to , and there t ok a Sch oner in

A ulac k o River , l aded with Apples , Cyder , English Goods ,

&c . £300 , to the Amount of about , but finding afterwards

. o that she was the Property of Mr Hall of Annap lis , who is a

dis c har d h e er . good Friend to the Cause of Liberty , I g I

w o after ards sent another Boat Load of Men , as a Reinf rce

o 30 ment to the first Party , making t gether about Men , in

o o Order to take a Sl op which lay on the Flats below the F rt , loaden with Provisions and other Ne c e s sarle s fo r the Garri

a f son . After Di ficult March , they arrived opposite the

o u 1 . 1 2 Sl op , on board of which was a G ard of Sergt and

’ fir d a men , who had they at our People , must have larmed the Garrison in such a manner as to have brought them on

o their Backs . However our men rushed Resolutely t wards

to o the Sloop up their knees in mud , which made such a n ise i m as to alarm the Centry , who hailed them and m ediately

’ ’ r t o f o called the Se g the Guard : The Serg t on c ming up ,

o . Ordered his Men to fire , but was immediately t ld by Mr

Row that if they fired one Gun , Every Man of them should i be put to Death , which so fr ghtened the poor Devils that w u they surrendered ithout firing a Shot , altho gh our People 1 3

Could not board her without the Assistance of the Conquered , who let down Ropes to our Men to get up by . By this Time the Day broke and the Rest of our party made to their

o an d Assistance in the Scho ner aforementioned some Boats . In the mean Time Came down several Parties of Soldiers from the Fort , not knowing the sloop was taken , as fast as ’ o rder d they came were made Prisoners by our Men , and on board ; Among the Rest , Capt . Barron , Engineer of the

Garrison , and Mr . Eagleson , who may be truly Called the

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Pest of Society , and by his unseasonable Drunkenness the

o evening bef re , prevented his own Escape , and occasioned his being taken in Arms . The Sloop now beginning to float

Fo di and the g breaking away , we were scovered by the Gar

wh o rison , observing our Sails loose , thought at first it was d one only with an Intent to dry them , but soon Perceiving that we were under way , fired several Cannon shot at us , and 60 marched down a Party of Men to attack us , but we were at such distance that all their Shot was of no Consequence .

We then sailed to Fort Lawrence , another Part of the

Township , and there landed Part of the Stores on board the

o to t Slo p Enable us to a tack the Garrison . Having left a small Guard on board the Sloop to secure the

Prisoners , I marched the Remainder to Cumberland side of the River and Encamped within about one mile of the Fort , and was there joined by a Number of the Inhabitants , so that 1 80 our whole force was now about Men , but having several outposts to guard , and many Prisoners to take Care of, the Number that Remained in the Camp did n o t Exceed 80 men

o I now thought Pr per to invest the Fort , and for this Purpose ffi sent a summons to the Commanding O cer to surrender , (a O f Copy which , together with his Answer , I have Enclosed . ) ’ Upon Col . Gorham s Refusal to surrender we attempted to

’ storm the Fort in the Night of the 1 2th No v r with our scal

h to ing Ladders and ot er Accoutrements , but finding the Fort o be str nger than we imagined , (occasioned by late Repairs) we thought fit to Relinquish 0111" Design after a heavy firing from their Great Guns and small Arms , with Intermission for 14

i 2 a hours , which we Sust ned without any Loss , (Except one

Re Indian being wounded) who behaved very gallantly , and in d treated goo Order to our Camp . 80 Our whole Force in this Attack Consisted of about Men ,

1 00 n while the Enemy were stro g in the Fort , as I learned since from some deserters who came over to us a greater number than we imagined . I must needs acquaint your Honors that Never Men behave d better than ours during the — engagement never flin ching in the midst of a furious Can

n ad o n o e fr m the Enemy .

In this Posture we Continued a Number of Days , and

l o ff t total y cut their Communications wi h the Country , Keep

’ blo ck d ing them closely up within the Fort , which we Ex p e cted to take in a little Time by the Assistance o f a Rein

m . 2 7 th force ent from Westward In the mean Time , on the

’ N o v r , arrived in the Bay a Man of War , from Halifax , with 400 a Reinforcement for the Garrison , consisting of near Men , and landed on that and the day following .

. 200 Nov 30. The Enemy to the Number of Came out in

Our the Night by a round about March , got partly within i Guards , notwithstand ng we had Scouts out all Night , and about Sunrise furiously Rushed upon the Barracks where our

Men were quartered , who had but just Time Enough to

Escape out of the Hous es and run into the Bushes where , (notwithstanding the Surprise in which we were) our Men Killed and wo unded 1 5 O f the Enemy while we lost only one man , who was Killed in the Camp . In the midst of such a Tumult they at length proceeded about 6 Miles into the Country to the Place where they

&o . imagined our stores , , to be , and in the Course of their 1 2 1 2 March burnt Houses and Barns , in some of which the greater Part of our Stores were dep o sited . In this Dilemma , My Party being greatly weakened by sending o ff many fo r

&c . Guards with the Prisoners , , and our Stores being Con

o sumed , it was thought Proper by the C mmittee that we s hould Retreat to St . Johns River , and there make a stand till we could have so me certain Intelligence from the West 15

h a in e b the ward , w ich we hope we sh ll have a short tim y

o n . Favor of the Committee , who are g e forwards And as it appears to be the O pinio n of the Commi ttee o f Cumberland n and St . Johns River that I should Remai here , I am deter

tan d c o ff mi ned to make a S at this Pla e till I am drove , which

I believe will not be Easily done , unless the Enemy should send a Force from H alifax by Water on Purpose to subdue

e e this Settl ment , as I am continually Reinforced by Peopl I from Cumberland and the Neighboring Counties , so that belie ve we shall be able to Repulse any Party that may be sent from the Garrison at Cumberland , though I imagine we

an shall not be troubled by y Irrup tion from them this Winter , t as the Reinforcement is chiefly gone , having lef only about 200 th e Men in the Fort , and those in a bad Condition for want of Clothing ; an d if 2 00 men could be sent us by Land this winter we could Reduce the Garri son by cutting o ff their 8 9 s Supplies of wood , which they are obliged to go or Mile for through a Country full of small Spruce , Fir and such like

la A m Wood , Consequently very Convenient for us to y an fe t e s bush , as we are per c ly acquainted and the En my Stranger

e as we thereto ; and this your Honors may asily Conceive , D t estroyed a Number of Houses , the Proper y of Friends to

i n o an d each S de , which lay adjace t to the F rt , the Command ing O flicer having given orders to pull them down an d carry

o r fo r the Timber into the F t Firing , the Committee ordered

e did c n an d me to Prevent it by firing th m , which I a cordi gly ,

s t e i left them de ti ut of anyth ng to burn withi n some Mile s .

hi N di are On t s River are a considerable umber of In ans , who

C 1 6 o f wi universally hearty in the ause , whom , together th the Governor Ambrose , accompanied me in the Expedition

a are a a o and behaved most g llantly , but little uneasy th t n

a Goods are yet rrived for them from Boston , agreeable to the Ratifi ed . late Treaty with them , which was by Coll Shaw in

an d be Behalf of the States , I should very glad if your

is Honors would Sat fy them in this Point as soon as possible , as they have been Extremely faithful during this Contest ; and if thi s is done I am confident I can have near 200of them 1 6

o to j in me in any Expedition against the Enemy . All my Transactions in this Affair have been done by the Authority

o f of a Committee Safety for the County of Cumberland , and f many Di ficulties having arisen for want of Commissions , I hope your Honors will sen d some blank ones for the raising of a Regiment in this Province , if the Hon . Continental Con gress should think fit to Carry on the War further in this ha Quarter , so t t Proper Regulations may be made and many di . &c . sorderly actions prevented I am , ,

JO NATHAN EDDY .

Man ille . a erv . n . 5th 1 7 7 7 g on the R St John , J y , .

! See Appendix A . ]

o mman dt To Joseph Gorham , Esq . , Lieut . Colonel C of the m Royal Fencibles Americans , Com anding Fort Cumber land :

' The already too plentifull E fl usio n of Human Blood in the

Unhappy Contest between Great Britain and the Colonies ,

’ en a d calls on every one g g on either side , to use their utmost ff n e orts to prevent the Un atural Carnage , but the Importance of the Cause on the side of America has made War necessary , u and its Conseq ences , though in some Cases shocking , are e yet unavoidable . But to Evidence that the virtu s of human ity are carefully attended to , to temper the Fortitude of a

Soldier , I have to summon you in the Name of the United

Colonies to surrender the Fort now under your Command , to the Army sent under me by the States of America . I do promise that if you Surrender Yourselves as Prisoners of War you may depend upon being treated with the utmost

o u Civility and kind Treatment ; if y refuse , I am determined

sto rme . to the Fort , and you must abide the consequences Your answer is expected in four Hours after you receive this and the Flag to Return safe . I am Sir Your most o bedt Hble Servt

JO N A . EDDY

Commanding Officer of the United Forces .

1 7 6 . N o v . 1 0, 7

1 8 order to enable him with a Party to annoy the Enemies o f

o o the United States , for which y ur Petiti ner with others gave the ir security to acc o unt fo r when called up o n ; and as yo ur Petitioner c o n c eav e s the intent and meaning of the Resolve was o o that he sh uld expend it that way , theref re after the

o to ab ve supply , did proceed the Eastward Sho re and did

d a o n e capture fifty six British sol iers , including two capt ins ,

o n e — surgeon , church minister besides thirteen killed , and

o o f n br t seven that Deserted to us all of which , excepti g the

o o f Dead , were brot int this State , and many the Privates

two enlisted into the service of the United States , the Cap tains and several of the others were Exchanged for Pris o ners captured from the United States and carryed into Halifax . Besides that mo ro v er was the means of keeping near two

o o f fo r a th usand the Enemy at Halifax a considerable sp ce , after s o that that the States had n o t s o man y to in c o u n ter with at New York ; and as your Petitio ner is C o nfident the Pro vision and ammunition was Expended for the (purp o se) it was designed for and as your Petitioner do es n o t Request

o wn ex en c e s any thing for his time and p at Present , yet Humbly requests this Hon o rable Ho use w o uld order that the ab o ve obligations may be (cancelled) o r such o ther ways made vo id as y o u in your wisdo m shall think best .

( 1 7 83) JO NA . EDDY .

The Government o f Nova Scotia had learned his b o ldness

a f and perseverance , and endeavored to c pture him by of er of large rewards .

1 7 th . 1 7 7 6 . At a Council h o lden at Halifax on the Nov ,

o . Present the Honorable the Lieut . Govern r , the Hon Charles

Bulkl o Morris , Richard y , Henry Morton , J nathan Binney ,

Arthur Goold , John Butler . “ On certain Intelligence having been received that Jo n a

an d than Eddy , William Howe Samuel Rogers have been to

’ io n the utmost of their p o wer exciting and stirring up dis aflc c t and rebellion amo ng the people o f the county o f Cumber

o land , and are actually before the f rt at Cumberland with a 1 9

considerable number of rebels from New England , together

o with some Acadians and Indians . It was therefore res lved to offer £200 fo r apprehending Jonathan Eddy and £1 00 for

e e . each of the oth rs , so that they be brought to justic Also

£1 00 fo r apprehending of John Allan , who has been deeply ” concer n ed in exciting the said rebellion .

1 7 7 7 p was a fo r In June , an ex edition undert ken the relief o f the pe o ple upon the River St . John and upon the borders

n to t of the Bay of Fundy , who were frie dly the United S ates and who were reported to be harrassed o r oppressed by u British emissaries . It was probably projected thro gh the importunity of Jonathan Eddy and his brave fugitive com

l o panions , who still believed Fort Cumber and c uld be easily

o taken . Though the consent of C ngress was obtained , the

Mas sachu plan , the outfit , and the expense all attached to ii f setts . But there arose unexpected di ficulties

o o in the prosecution of the plan , which ccasi ned delays and fin ally an entire abandonment of the enterprise in its o riginal

o . o l. 2 . o . V f rm (Williams n His of Maine , , p The Council of Massachusetts Bay seemed to have undi minished confidence in the ability of Col . Eddy , for I can find no o ther p ers o nL n ame d who was to command the expedi

o . A u . 1 2 ti n except him He was at Machias , g , with a

o &c . Regimental organizati n , supplies , He was also present at Machias when that place was attacked by the British Fleet

. 1 3 1 5 1 7 7 7 a ears t hav b n in co hi ma o e ee n d . Aug , , , and pp

the Reports concerning Battle were made by Col . John Allan ,

C o l. n Benjamin Foster , Maj . George Stillma , and by Col .

Eddy to the Council of the State of Massachusetts Bay . In the an d reports of Allan , Foster Stillman no authority was

to claimed by them , while that of Col . Eddy s seems be the f Report of the O ficer in command at the Battle . It is passing strange that in all the published accounts of it , and in the

Ma 20 1 863 centennial celebration at Machias , y , , no mention was made of the name of the o flic er probably in c o mmand at ff at that most important a air . 0

’ I give a copy of Col . Eddy s official report copied from the original in the Massachusetts Archives , and which is in some respects the most full and complete account written ; “

. 1 7 1 7 7 7 Machias , Aug , .

o un l To the Hon . C c e of the State of Massachusetts Bay Since my last acquainting yo ur Ho nors with the Intelligence ’ ’ I had rec d concerning the Enemy s Design of invading this

o f place we have found the realities it . Last Wednesday the 1 3th inst appeared in sight three ships a Brig and small Schooner coming from the Westward and standing in for the

Harbor and soon after came to Anchor . One of them was a large Ship supposed to be the Rainbow o f 44 guns the Mil ford 2 8 the Vulture 1 4 and the armed Brig Hope 6 . Con c eiving great Hopes of taking us by surprise the Ho pe stood immediately up the River attended by a Sloop and twelve boats till they came o pposite to a small Battery we had about 2 m iles below the falls manned with about twenty men with 2 small arms and one pounder . The Enemy attempted to i 6 2 300 land there w th boats and about or men , but failed ,

l o o n for our men repu sed them with s me loss . Early Thurs day morning it being thick foggy weather they landed a little below the Battery on a neck of clear land in hopes of cutting o ff the retreat of our small Party but C o l. Foster there took such Precautions in that point as rendered their hopes abor

o tive and secured his return . The Enemy then to k Posses f th sion o e Battery and burnt 2 houses and barns thereabouts , and soon after the Brig stood up the river together with the Slo op and Boats above mentioned till they came fairly in sight and within good shot of the Falls not expecting to meet with any resistance but seeing Continental Colors flying and

’ two Breast Works fill d with men ' one of them having 2 2

2 o 6 pounders , the other one p under and swivels they began to think of retreating and accordingly got the Boats ahead to tow the Brig down . This was about sunset . I instantly detached Maj . Stillman with 30 men to attack the Boats and harass the Enemy on their retreat . The Major proceeded by Land till he got abreast of the Brig and Boats about a mile 2 1 an d a half below the Falls an d began a heavy fire which was warmly returned for some time from the Brig with Cannon

ff o and small arms . The a air continued in this P sture till they came opposite the Battery which they had taken at first , where the Brig came to an anchor the Boats not being able any longer to keep ahead because of the incessant fire of our people which as the River is pretty narrow must do c o n sid erable Execution among the Boats . Next morning she got under way again with the Boats ahead and were again attacked by our men on both sides of the River but finally got down out of reach of small arms (but soon) ran aground so that she was left dry at Low water our people got one of the 2 pounders down and began to play upon her in this Position and hulled her several times . It is very unfortunate that we had not 1 or 2 good pieces of Cannon as by that means the

Brig must have struck to us . However , having lightened her

i o ff w th the help of the Sloop , she got the next high water and dropped down to the other ships , and this morning the

. whole came , to sail and went out except the Milford Their destination is unkno wn to us as y et but I shall take care to inform your honors as soon as I can procure any intelligence

u thereof. I must beg leave to Request an immediate s pply o f ai nunitio n and provisions as what I brought with me will last but a little while having been obliged to expend a good deal in this three days siege . In all these attacks our loss is

1 . o only _ man killed and Capt Farnsw rth of my Regiment

u . wo nded but hope he will do well Great praise is due Col . Foster and the militia under his command who gave me all the assistance I could desire and behaved extremely well , as also to Maj. Stillman and the rest of the o fli c ers and men

o 2 bel nging to the Regiments now raising . It happened ex m l tre e y well for us that Mr . Allen and Mr . Preble had arrived with about 40 Indian s who were of great service to us and

' n assisted us greatly . The E emy s loss in all these attacks must have been pretty considerable though we canno t at

Fo r u h present come to any certainty of it . f rt er particulars 22

I refer you to Lieut . Col . Campbell who has been very alert on this o ccasio n and give n us all the assistance in his power from the western settlements . I am with Respect your Ho nors Most Obedient Humble

Servant .

JO NA . EDDY .

o f A u . 2 5 1 7 7 7 A Committee the Town of Machias , g , d addressed Col . Ed y the following letter

SI R : The Inhabitants of Machias in to wn meeting

to o . assembled , are inf rmed that the expedition St Johns in No va Scotia is laid aside and that you have orders (te dis charge) all the men belonging to your Regiment . We sup ’ p o sed when the Court p as s d that reso lve they had no app re hen sio n o ur o u of being attacked by our Enemies , but y are

o f an eye witness to the late attack made upon us , and their defeat and are also sensible that by all the info rmati o n we can o btain that they are retired to c o llect a Superior fo rce with a determinatio n to destro y this place We the Subscribers are by the Inhabitants o f Machias in their said meeting cho sen as a Committee to wait upon you and request of you n o t to dis charge any one o f the enlisted men belonging to yo ur Regi ment but to consign them over to Major Stillman and to assure you that the Inhabitants o f this place will be answerable for their pay and supp o rt .

l ’ be d t W e are sir with Esteem your most O Humble Servants . S

P O STE HEN J NES ,

J . O BEN F STER ,

GE O . STILLMAN , O O J NAS FARNSW RTH ,

STE PHEN SMITH .

To Col . Jona . Eddy , Commanding .

” The Depositio n o f Co lonel Jonathan Eddy who te stifieth and saith that on the 1 4th day of August 1 7 7 7 he being at Machias and being c o mmanding officer there and at the same 23 time the place was beset by the enemy the said Dep o nent asked Mr . Allan Superintendent of the Eastern Indians to take his arms and head th e Indians he immediately R e plye d that he had not taken up arms as yet and did not Desire to ” O and further saith not . J NATHAN EDDY . 7 7 1 7 9 . a ffo s s . Su lk , July , Then Jon than Eddy person ally appeared and made oath to the tr uth of the above declara

o tion bef re me . O P J SE H GREENLEAF , Justice peace . As there has been some controversy as to who was in com

mand at Machias , I here insert a communication printed in 7 1 7 7 . 8 the Machias (Me ) Republican , April , , which covers the whole ground

L O N . C O . J NATHA EDDY

T o the E d ito r of the R ep ublican 6 1 8 7 7 I have your paper of Jan . , containing an interest

o f . 2 5th 1 8 7 6 o ing reply to my article Nov , . , by Ge rge H .

. o . Allan , Esq , of B ston I have delayed an answer in the h o pe that I might be able to examine some papers in the

o f Archives Massachusetts , which bear materially on the case ,

o but that at p resent I cannot do . I hon r my friend Allan for the jealous care with which he guards the reputation of his

noble and patriotic ancestor , Col . John Allan , who was , up

to the period we write of, Superintendent of the Eastern .

— I n Indians . I have no controversy with him o ly wish t o t o ut . o o o o u bring the facts One g d will c me of this , and that l is , that the old town of Machias wil stand some chance to

o get its d ue in the history o f the c untry .

’ IVas C o l. Jonathan Eddy in command at the battle of

1 7 7 7 f fo l Machias in August , I a firm that he was , for the

o r e— briefl as l wing reasons , and I will state them as y I can , _

with such additions as I may have at hand . Col . Eddy was

e o ffi at Machias at the time with a R gimental organization , h ’ an d his . o cers , soldiers supplies , on way to St J n s river

and Nova Scotia with another expedition . I know not how 24

many men he had ; he was at the time recruiting men to fill

n up his regime t . I copy from original papers now before me “

. 1 8 1 7 7 7 a kn o l Boston , Sept , We the subscribers do c w ’ edge to have Rec d of Col . Jona . Eddy in behalf of the Pay master of the Regiment the several sums set against our u o names in f ll , for our and our companies for services d ne in the Regiment under the command of the said Jonathan Eddy

Esquire . Witness our hands .

. . 7 2 8 Capt Nath Reynolds , £ 8 Z o 49 6 7 ebul n Row , 5 5 8 8 Anthony Burk , o 7 5 1 9 6 Barthol mew York , 1 9 4 5 Jonas Farnsworth , (not in full) 7 1 1 7 . . o . 0 8 . . B ston , Feb , Rec of Col Jona Eddy , Ten ’ o pounds , six shillings Sixpence and als rec d of Col . Alex . - o Campbell , Twenty one p unds , twelve shillings , it being in full o f the wages Due me fo r being in the State Service in ’ said Eddy s Regiment the summer past .

Jonas Farnsworth .

It was a respectable organization . Lieut . Col . Nevers was

his O fficer Elijah Ayer was his Quarter Master . I copy from original papers

“ ’ 1 4 1 7 7 7 . Machias , Aug . , Then rec d of Elijah Ayer ,

Quarter Master of the Troops in Machias , four stands of arms for to be made use in my Militia for the Defence o f the

American States . Benj . Foster . “Return of Provisions for James Avery for his Ration 1 from 20th July to the 8th Day of August is four weeks .

1 1 1 7 7 7 . . . Machias , Aug . , Jas Avery

C o l. Jas . Avery begs Eddy will give order that he might 20th draw his Provision , the July was the day he arrived at

Machias . Five Captains and Companies and a pay roll of over three

hundred pounds ; a large sum fo r those days . Mr . Allan

’ says : As Col . Eddy s Regiment formed a portion of the

’ St . John s expedition and was disbanded when that enter

ex e prise was given up , Col . Allen , the commander of that p

dition , must have been the first in command at the battle of ” . 1 7 7 7 1 8 7 7 . , Machias I put Allan in against Allen in In

2 6

He was also recognized by th e Government after the expedi

. o i tion to St John was aband ned , by its send ng him blank

fo r o Commissions s me purpose . In no other report or letter written at that time was it claimed that any other o ffi cer had

’

. . 7 1 7 7 9 the command In Col Eddy s deposition July , , he “ ” f to testifies that he was commanding o ficer there . As the

. n to o criticisms upon Col Eddy relati g any f rmer period , I have only to s aythat he appears to have had the c o ntinued

n o t confidence of the Government , which gave him , if the

n comma d of the expedition , the command of a Regiment ! d therein Mr . Allan comes own upon me with the crushing statement that except what appears in his own letter I d o ” not find that Col . Eddy was really in the Battle . I submit

' r o that what I have w itte n g e s to show that Col . Eddy was in ” the Battle and was comman ding o flic er . ? C o l. But to turn the tables , was Allan in the Battle If

o ? an so , where is the pro f Where is the proof that he had y

o r military command recognized there at that time , a soldier

’

? . under his orders In what is called Col Allan s Diary , writ

D le d rni r d o f . . e s e e ten by Lieut Fred , un er date Machias , Oct 1 1 1 7 7 7 1 4 2 , , (See Kidder , page ) is written , yesterday Mr .

o o o f Allan t k command the military , having received a

’ ’ colonel s c o mmissio n fo r that purp o se . And in a no te at the

o to b ttom of same page Mr . Kidder adds previous this it is probable he had been mainly acting as Superintendent o f the

was o o . Indians , although he appointed a C l nel by the Mass government six months previous : There is n o pro o f that at that time he was acting in any other capacity than S up erin

o f ho n tendent o f the Eastern Indians . Sume t se I dians took 1 7 1 7 . 7 7 part in the Battle . In his letter of Aug , (Kidder , i i ’ page 2 04 ) he says I embo dy d the Indians between

to mat Forty and Fifty . After I had spoken them upon the ter they very cheerfully wen t on Service down the River .

’ In same letter (page 206 ) At 1 0 o clock Captain Smith with a number of white men and all the I nd ian s set o ff ” “

&c . f o : Col . Eddy says in his o ficial rep rt It happened 2 7

r lan extremely well for us that M . A l and Mr . Preble had

o f arrived with about 40 Indians who were great service 85 0 .

o 7 Col . Eddy in his Depositi n before Justice Greenleaf, July ,

1 7 7 9 M r . A llan S u er in ten d en t o the E as t , says he asked , p f er n I ndian s , to take his arms and head his Indians , which he

o . . refused to d Rev Seth Noble , minister and soldier at the

hi n o Battle of Mac as , afterwards first settled mi ister of Bang r ,

o o e testified under oath , als bef re Justic Greenleaf at Boston

7 1 7 7 9 . July , , that at the Battle of Machias , Aug

. A Mr John llan , Superintendent of the Eastern Indians ,

o l. to appeared without arms . C Eddy desired him take his ” T he arms and head his Indians which he refused to do . italics in this article are mine . In view of what I have

o n e n written it seems to me that there can be but opinio , as “ ” to who o f was the ficer commanding at the Battle of Machias ,

. 1 7 7 7 Aug .

J . W . PO RTER . 20th 1 87 7 Burlington , March ,

After the attack on Machias , Col . Eddy returned to Mans

. 1 7 8 1 field , Mass , where he resided until , when he removed

o to Shar n , Mass .

1 7 1 o 8 N v . 5 . , The town of Sharon Voted not to receive as an inhabitant any o f the pers o ns hereafter mentioned who — have come into the town to reside Col . Jonathan Eddy and ” family from Nova Scotia and others . It was then the cus tom to pass such a vote to prevent the town being liable for

o o supp rt of persons coming in . In this case , the pe ple of

Sharon soon recovered from any fear upon that point , for “ 1 6 1 7 8 2 n re eho lde rs . May , , At a meeti g of the F , Col

Jona . Eddy was chosen to represent them at the Great and

G o eneral Court of C mmonwealth of Mass . for the ensuing ” year .

. 9 1 7 82 t a Aug , Voted that Col . Jona han Eddy be p pointed to join the o ther towns in advising and making a

e a a fish passage for y fish c lled lewives , Shad and other passing ” e o n up N p s et River. 28

1 7 83 1 2 . , May Colonel Jonathan Eddy was chosen to ” represent them at the Great and General Court . He was 1 7 8 1 1 7 82 1 7 83 1 7 84 . taxed in Sharon , , , 1 7 84 m In , he resolved to e igrate to Maine , and wrote the following letter to the inhabitants of Sharon To the Inhabitants of the town of Sharon Gent the many singular favo urs bestowed on me since I — had my Residence in this to wn Demand my warmest acknowledgement and was I to be silent on the matter it would be a piece of in gratitude an d shew that I was Destitute of humanity , but with the sincerest pleasure I return you my hearty thanks : Ever wishing that the most permanent Blessings without which no people can be happy may ever

t n Res on the inhabitants of the tow of Sharon , but as the unnatural war which we have had have Deprived me of almost all my living , yet since the Blessings of peace has been

u n o w Restored to this Co ntry , I am inclined to Retire to u w some of the unc ltivated parts of the Common ealth , where

an d with economy , industry frugality , with a Blessing attend ing my Endeavors I may still hO p e for a Comfortable S upport

n o w for my self and family , wherefore I must take my leave of the town well assuring them that I shall E v er Rest their assured friend and well wisher . Subscribing myself at the same time Gent your most obedient and very humble servant

1 2 1 7 84 . O . May , J NA EDDY

1 7 m 84 C 01 . In August of , Eddy with his fa ily removed to

Township No . Ten , east side of Penobscot river , at the head of the tide . This township was afterwards known as Eddy town Plantation and incorporated into the town of Eddington — 1 8 1 1 named in compliment to C 01. Eddy.

! See A ppexdix A . ]

’ s . 2 5 1 5 Williamson History of Maine , vol , page , says Jonathan Eddy an d his c o mpanions had during the war manifested so ardent and laudable an attachment to the Amer 29

ican cause that C ongress ( 1 7 85 ) moved by their merits an d sufferings particularly recommended their conditio n to the

attention and humanity of Massachusetts . Hence the govern ment granted to twenty of them several lots of land of difi er

ent sizes , making an aggregate of nine thousand acres to be

located in one body . In 1 7 5 8 Governor Pownal came to Penobscot river to locate

o &c . F rts , He came up the river to a point supposed to be

near the mouth of the Kenduskeag , and as he relates in his diary “ Landed on the East Side the River with 1 3 6 men and proceeded to the head of the first Falls about four and a

qu arter from the first Ledge . Clear Land on the left for near

4 - four miles . At the Head of the Falls Buried a

: 23 Leaden Plate with the following inscription May , — 1 7 5 8 . Province of Massachusetts Bay Dominions of Great

— r . Go v . Britain , Possession confirmed by T Pownal , Erected ’ fl — n Sta . a Flag , Hoisted the Ki g s Colors and Saluted them

( See Me . His . Soc . Coll . VI , page

G o v . In consequence of this act of Pownal , the territory

between Penobscot and St . Croix was saved to the United

States by the Treaty of 1 7 83 .

The precise spot where Gov . Pownal buried his plate and

took possession , was without doubt upon the land of Col .

Eddy which he received under this grant , and where he after

wards lived and died . In 1 7 85 he bought the first vessel ever owned on Penobscot

River , the Schooner Blackbird . Her Register signed by

J r . John Avery , , Secretary , and Countersigned by John

cock , Governor of Mass . , says she was built at Beverly ,

1 7 80 S f J r . 1 6 , and old by Peter Co fin , , of Gloucester , May ,

1 7 85 . , to Messrs Stephen Ralph Cross of Newburyp ort ,

1 7 85 C O 1. and by them sold about first of November , , to

Eddy . She was probably a fisherman , and made several

voyages to Grand Manan after Col . Eddy owned her . 30

He was chairman of the committee appointed to employ the

o o first minister settled on Pen bsc t River , Rev . Seth Noble , 7 1 7 86 . June , S ! ee Append ix C . ]

o o He was the first Magistrate on Pen bsc t River .

1 9 1 7 90. o o June , He was app inted by G vernor John “ o o f o m n Hanc ck A Special Justice the C urt of Co mo Pleas , a Register of Pro bate and Wills and a Justice of the Peace ” o o fo r and Quorum for the County of Pen bsc t , and qualified f all those o fices by C 01 . Paul Dudley Sargent and Judge

William Vinal . 1 7 2 9 . 2 . 5 . a , Feb He issued his warrant to Capt J mes

e W , calling a Meeting of Inhabitants to organize the Town of Bangor .

! See Appendix D . ]

7 1 9 6 A u . o o f , g Took Ackn wledgement Treaty between

o Mass . C mmissioners and the seven chiefs of the Penobscot

Tribe of Indians .

1 800. a E dd o t n Pl. He was ppointed Postmaster at y , a

Post route having been established there .

! See A ppendix E . ]

In 1 801 Congress granted land to the Refugees from N e w

C o l. Brunswick and Nova Scotia , Eddy receiving as his share

o o acres , receiving f ur warrants theref r , signed by

’ o a e flers o n o f Th m s J , President , James Madison , Sec , State ,

2 C hillic o tha 7 18 0 . dated May , These lands were in the

District , Ohio .

! See App endix R an d F. ]

H is business as Justice was large . The number of mar riage s solemnized by him were numerous .

! S ee A ppen d ix G . ]

. u Col Eddy after a long , seful and eventful life , died in

1 804 7 8 . August , , aged years E D D Y G E N E A L O G Y

( t“ William 5566153, t aun

w o o M . as f . m . Rev Willia Eddy , A , Vicar Cranbro k County

’ o f u o 1 5 89 of Kent in England , Saint D nst n s church , from to

1 6 1 6 . He was a gentleman of much method and order in all

o his m vements in the Parish . He was a strict Episcopalian

and did very much for his church an d parishioners . All the

o i 1 5 88 lo se reg sters of the parish dating back from , were

o o c llected , arranged and pr perly entered by him in a new

parchment b o o k purchased by him for the express purpose . 4 For this service he was paid by the Parish the sum of £ . He bea utifully engrossed about eighty of its fo lio pages 1 8 9 besides illuminating others . The records are now ( 5 ) in

t a a good s ate of preservation . On one p ge therein is the “ followin g entry Paid that was spent in charges riding to Canterbury for to carry in the first money gathered here for ” Virginia .

o 20th 1 5 8 7 He married Mary F ster , Nov . , , and among other children had m ue m u . o me to l o s s . 1 630 . 1 608 wh o c Sa l b rn , a P y th , Ma ,

1 ill am . l/V i Samuel Eddy , son of Rev Eddy , died at Swanzey —2 1 1 8 . 1 6 88 ; m . Elizabeth who died 68

to 1 630 He came Plymouth in ship Handmaid October , , whe re he bought a house and land of Experience Mitchell

2 1 6 88 . 9 1 63 1 . 1 63 May , He was taxed in Plymouth from to The latter part of his life he resided with his sons in Middle

T h e u o o f i m E dd e V c was c o ed f o m th e O ld a s e s e s a t graph W llia y , i ar, pi r P ri h R gi t r ’ . u s o s u 30 1 85 9 . H . dd E s . N o . 7 6 e ee o s o . at St D n t n , J ly , , by R E y, q , Stat Str t, B t n 32

boro and Swanzey . In a deed made near the time of his death he names his residence as of Plymouth . “ 1 6 5 1 In , Elizabeth , wife of Samuel Eddy , arraigned for

’ o wringing and hanging out her cl thes on Lord s Day , fine ”

l . twenty shil ings remitted Old Colony Records . “ 1 6 60 m l In , Elizabeth Eddy su moned for trave ling from ’ — ” Plymouth to Boston on Lord s Day fin e d and held . Their children were

2 1 o h n o D ec . 2 5 1 637 . i J , b rn ,

h riah 2 ii Z ec e } 1 639 .

3 iii 1 643 .

4 iv Obadiah? 1 645 . 3 5 u e 23 1 647 . v Hannah , J n ,

2

1 . 2 5 1 637 John Eddy , born Plymouth Dec , , was a carpenter and lived in Taunton . He married first , Susanna 1 2 1 6 65 . 1 . 4 1 6 7 1 . Paddock , Nov , ; she died Mar , He mar f o 1 1 6 7 2 . ried second , Deliverance Owen Braintree , May , in He was a large Land owner Taunton , and died there Nov . 7 1 6 95— 2 , his widow Deliverance surviving him many years , having married again Smith . Inventory of his Estate

. 1 4 1 6 9 5 . sworn to by widow Deliverance , Dec , “ 1 2 1 6 9 6 . Aug . , Estate divided , To Deliverance Eddy , h wife , and her son Jonathan and two of her daug ters , Susanna and Patience , to Ebenezer , eldest son , Eleazer , second son ,

Joseph , Mary Reed , eldest daughter , Mercy Fisher , second daughter , and Hannah .

3 o n . 1 4 1 667 m ed e e . 6 i Mary , b r Mar , ; arri R d

o n . 1 9 1 67 0. 7 ii J h , Jan ,

8 e c u 5 1 67 3 m . s e o f u o Feb . 7 1 695 . 5 iii M r y , J ly , ; David Fi h r Ta nt n , ,

9 a a D ec . 6 1 67 6 . iv H nn h , ,

e e 1 6 1 6 9 . 1 0 v Eb en z r , May 7

i e e O ct . 1 6 1 681 . ll lv El az r , ,

1 2 o se . 4 1 683 . vii J p h , Jan ,

1 3 o a D ec . 1 5 . 1 689 . viii J n than ,

u n e . 1 8 1 692 . 1 4 ix S s an a , S pt ,

e c e u e 27 1 696 . 1 5 x Pati n , J n

2 h eriah 1 639 u 2 Zec Eddy , born ; married Alice , da ghter

7 1 6 63 . of Robert Paddock , May , He was of Plymouth ,

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. b 30 9 1 7 5 Norton , Mass , etween June and December , 6 . children were

4 29 e e . Feb . 2 1 03 . i El az r , b , 7 ‘ 30 o v . 22 1 04 . ii Mary , N . 7 4 31 e e e 1 6 1 0 . iii Eb n z r , Ap ril , 7 7 4 32 9 1 705 died u e 1 4 s me e . iv Sarah , May , ; J n a y ar miah 4 33 ere Feb 28 1 09 . v J , . . 7 ‘ 34 d c 1 6 1 7 1 1 ec e se o un vi Oba iah . Mar h , ; d a d y g . 4 35 ii mue u us 24 1 7 1 2 . v Sa l , A g t , ‘ 36 i W aitstill m . o ne i us T uc ke o vi i , April C r l r N v . 3 , 1 735 . ‘ 37 ix Ichab o d .

l l ’ ’ ‘ ct . Eleazer , (of John of Samuel ) born Taunton , O

1 6 1 68 1 . l , He probably married first , Elizabeth Randal in 2 7 1 7 01 Taunton , March , and second , Elizabeth Cobb of

. 6 1 7 23 . Taunton , Feb , , by Rev Joseph Avery . He was of

r n that part of Taunton afterward No ton , the Mansfield .

. 20 1 7 2 7 Dec , , he sold land to his son Caleb Eddy of No r

! 6 6 . 2 6 1 7 3 9 a ton , for pounds March , , Ele zer Eddy of Norton relinquishes rights in estate of honored fath er John

d O f m Eddy of Taunton , to Joseph Ed y Taunton , na ing his i honored mother , Deliverance Sm th , in the deed . He made

his w t 5 9 a e . 7 1 7 39 ill when abou years of g , Nov , , proved “ 1 5 1 7 40. Jan . , He gave to eldest son John , who liveth at

’ Colchester , Conn . , to second son Caleb all my carpenter s 3d 4th tools , son Eleazer , son Joshua , Obadiah , Jonathan and

1 n en d Oliver not 2 years of age . Jo athan to have new west ” of house .

. 2 1 7 40. Inventory of Eleazer Eddy of Norton , Jan , Whole

’

41 7 08d . l l d . b amount of estate £ , among other articles , est

2 6 l0s 30 suit clothes , £ ; Hat , two pounds , ; Wig , shillings ;

2 8 . Silver Shoe Buckles , shillings ; Dog , five shillings In 1 7 40 Jonathan Lincoln and John Andrews appointed Guar E dians of Obadiah , Jonathan and Oliver ddy , to bind them di out as apprentices until they come of age . Guar an account 1 1 I 7 48 : rendered June , The children were

‘ 38 i Jo h n .

‘ 39 ii C aleb fi 4 ‘ 0 iii Eleazer . 4 41 iv Jo shua . 4 42 v Obadiah . ‘ 43 vi Jo nathan . 4 44 vii Oliver .

e n e . 45 viii Elizab e th ; m . P n y

o o a c 7 1 726 . m . o e e o f e 46 ix Hannah ; R b rt Mill r R h b th , M r h

e . 47 x Charity ; m . Bak r The early records of Taunton having been burned many

c n . years since , no dates of birth of hildren can be fou d

3 2 2 . 4 1 6 83 . 1 Joseph Eddy of John , born in Taunton Jan ,

b in . 1 7 32 Wife Abigail pro ably lived Taunton , 5 E b h Feb . , Joseph ddy of Taunton , oug t land of Jonathan

Eddy of Taunton ; deed witnessed by Joseph Eddy Jr . and

Azariah Eddy.

” 2 1 3 . 1 5 1 689 Jonathan of John , born in Taunton Dec ,

. 1 7 40 . 1 8 probably lived in Taunton , Feb , Jonathan Eddy

o u o r 2 50 — o f h c oper , of Ta nton , f pounds , part w ich I had ’ w I f a the hen gave a deed of my honored ather s homeste d ,

rest well and truly received by Joseph Eddy of Taunton;

O utic ro ft mentions brother John , who had died in island .

2 4 ” ’ 29 1 6 7 2 Caleb Eddy of Caleb , born May , married n i 1 Bethiah Smith of Swanzey in Tau ton n 7 1 3 . He lived in

Swanzey .

3 1 ‘ ’ 1 6 1 7 07 Ebenezer Eddy of Ebenezer , born April ,

1 7 34 . married Martha Leonard of Bridgewater , He and wife

1 7 . h joined church in Norton , 5 5 Their c ildren were :

49 Mar ’ . 1 . i yf b April , 737 50 5 1 6 1 739 . ii Martha , Jan , ” 5 1 e e e iii Eb n z r s May 3 , 1 743 . 5 2 m 5 r 1 1 745 . iv Ep hrai , Ap il , 5 53 o se s 4 v M , April , 1 747 . 5 54 e o Ma 14 1 50. vi D b rah , y , 7

5 3 m ‘ 3 ’ 24 1 7 1 2 Sa uel Eddy of Ebenezer born August , , 1 7 6 1 r ed a a a 1 died before mar i S r h P ge of Rehoboth April 0, 36

1 7 33 . , by Rev Mr . Avery of Norton . Norton . His children were

5 5 . 29 D ec . 1 735 . i Sarah? b ,

5 6 4 u e 1 739 . ii Hannah? J n ,

5 7 4 u e 1 739 . iii Charity? J n , 58 muel 31 iv Sa ? Jan 1 741 . m 5 9 eo 30D ec . 1 742 . v Si n? ,

60 ee o e 1 0 e . 1 44 . vi Fr l v ? S pt , 7 25 4 61 vii Anna? May, 1 7 6 . o mfo 25 u 4 62 viii C rt? J n e , 1 7 8 .

3 7 Ichabod ‘ Eddy of Ebenezer? born lived in

. 9 1 7 2 7 Norton ; married Joanna Herndon Feb ,

S o n o . Feb . 8 1 728 . J hn , b , 1 7 2 7 Wife baptised and joined church in Norton , . 1 7 2 7 t In , Ebenezer Eddy of Nor on , s old land to son

Ichabod .

“ 3 9 Caleb Eddy , son of Eleazer? of Norton ; wife Judith . 1 7 2 7 His father deeded him land in Norton , . Bought land

o v . 1 of brother Jonathan Eddy N 7 63 . His children were

63 c e . u e 23 1 738 e 1 739 . i Ra h l? b J n , ; di d

4 e 5 1 740. 6 ii Abi l? April ,

25 1 42 . 65 iii Caleb? Jan . , 7

66 e D ec . 28 1 744 . iv B naiah? ,

6 6 i u e 1 6 1 746 . 3 v Ab athar? J n ,

e . 1 0 1 748 . 67 vi Mary? S pt ,

68 vii o . 25 1 75 1 . J hn? Jan ,

6 9 u ust 2 1 75 2 . viii Elijah? A g ,

4 2 Obadiah ‘ Eddy of Eleazer? of Norton ; married Lois t 7 4 20 1 4 . His Hicks of Taun on , July , children were m 0 . o . 1 7 i Ephrai ? b N v 7 1 744 .

1 iii mes . 1 2 1 46 . 7 Ja ? Jan , 7

7 2 c 1 0 1 75 1 . iv Obadiah? Mar h ,

4 3 " 3 1 7 2 6—7 Jonathan Eddy of Eleazer , born ; married 4 Mary , daughter of Dr . William Ware , May , by

George Leonard , Esq .

! See Appendix Q. ) 37

2 2 1 7 48 . June , , bought a house of George Leonard , Esq

1 7 . 1 8 . for £50. 5 5 , Feb , Jona Eddy of Norton , bought land of Robert Cook of Norton , near land of heirs of Ebenezer

1 7 5 6 . Eddy . , Jona Eddy of Norton , gentleman , sold land to 7 1 b . 1 6 Samuel Newc o m of Norton ; wife Mary signed , Oct .

23 , Jona . Eddy of Norton , sold land in Norton to Elkanah

Lincoln of Norton , bounded on one side by land belonging to 1 7 6 2 7 land of heirs of Samuel Eddy , deceased . , April ,

n Jona . Eddy of Norton , sold to Edmu d Hodges land in u old township of Taunton , ndivided , originally belonging to 1 7 6 2 2 1 John Macomber . , June , Jonathan Eddy of Norton , 2 6 1 3 for £ 6 shillings , sold land to Samuel Hunt and Nehe

—in o miah Lincoln , both of Norton Norton , b unded on one 1 7 6 2 side by land of Caleb Eddy ; wife Mary signed . , 6 Aug . , Nehemiah Lincoln and Samuel Hunt both of Norton , having j ointly bought homestead farm of Captain Jonathan

1 7 63 . 5 Eddy , divided it . , Nov , Jonathan Eddy of Cumber

. S . o land , N , gentleman , sold Caleb Eddy of N rton , undivided

O f land in old township Taunton , originally owned by John

and Macomber formerly owned by Ebenezer Eddy , late of

d . Norton , eceased ; before George Leonard , Esq , in Norton ,

5 1 7 63 . 1 7 65 Nov . , In , he sold Abial Atwood of Oxford , a

- ME . 40 . M negro wench , for pounds ! When he removed to “ a n M ine , he brought a egro man with him , Black Jack whether he was a slave or not , I do not know . If so , he was probably the only slave owned on Penobscot river . Maj . 1 8 . . 4 7 8 Robert Treat charged Col Eddy in account Mar , , to “ 2 7 1 7 6 7 . upsetting an axe for Black In , Feb , 1 . . 1 7 6 9 . 4 bought land in Cumberland , N S In , Feb , sold

o land in Cumberland as Provost Marshal . After Rev lutionary — — . 1 7 8 1 2 3 4 . war settled in Sharon , Mass Taxed there 1 7 1 7 8 1 April , Elkanah Hickson sold Jonathan Eddy of 1 35 Nova Scotia , estate with dwelling house and barn , for — hto n h o . Sto u am n w . pounds , in g Sharon , Mass Paid Nath Billings 1 020 pounds in full for work at Sto ughto n ham fur 1 7 . 80 r . nace In , bought of Samuel Forest , J , one Bing of ’ 1 1 00 B n Meletiah Coal , ushels , for pounds , ear Ware s 38

Ma F . 1 7 82 E a in oxborough , y 8 , sold benezer Rich rdson ,

o hto nha 43 St u 7 . farmer , land in g m, for Spanish milled dollars 1 7 85 Ma 1 7 o r 06 , y Jonathan Eddy of Sharon , f 1 p o unds ,

o f . wo sold James Perrigo Wrentham , Mass , t pieces of land

in t n e o 45 six . Wren ham , o f acres , one of acres Jonathan

e . is War witness to deed H children , all born in what is now

. w Mansfield , Mass , ere

o . . 28 1 7 5 0. 73 i J nathan? b Jan , m u us 1 1 5 2 74 ii W illia ? A g t 6 , 7 ,

Ib ro o . 9 1 7 54 . 7 5 iii k? Jan ,

i s N o . 30 1 7 5 7 . 7 6 iv El a ? v ,

. 1 80 8 . 7 8 Col Jonathan Eddy died August , 4, 3 ; Widow

Mary Eddy died 1 8 1 4 .

4 4 4 Eleazer a O f Oliver Eddy of , of Seabrook county New “ . m London , Conn , sold land and house in Norton , which y f 2 1 7 ather , Eleazer Eddy , gave me in his will , Dec ,

’ ‘ 7 3 . n Jonathan Eddy Jr of Jonathan , bor in Mansfield ,

. 2 8 1 7 5 0 . Jan , married Rebecca Hicks He was cast away 1 80 w in the Bay of Fundy 8 . His wido was living in Sack

B. 1 848 . ville , N . ,

! See Appendix I . ]

' 4 7 u . 4 Lie t William Eddy of Jonathan , born in Mans

. 1 6 1 7 5 2 . field , Aug , married Olive Morse He was a Lieut in the Continental Army , and was killed by a shot from a 3 British frigate while in an open boat near Eastport , May ,

1 7 7 8 . He had one son

W m . . in . . n o w . . u 1 1 5 . 7 7 i illia Jr b Sac kville , N S , ( N B ) J ly , 7 7

2 7 1 7 7 7 u Sept . a flag of tr ce was granted to bring from N ” ova Scotia the family of William Eddy .

7 ’ 4 5 Ibro o k o n athan . Eddy of J , born in Mansfield , Mass ,

. 9 1 7 5 4 . Jan , He married Lona , daughter of Samuel d 6 2 . 2 d 1 7 8 Pratt , , of Mansfield , Nov , 7 ; she born May ,

1 7 60. is 1 7 6 4 He went to Nova Scotia with h father in , and 39 was one of the refugees from that Province during the Revo

r at lutio n a y War , for which he received a grant of land in wh ff is now Eddington , Me . He was a Deputy Sheri in Bristol

a 1 7 85 county , Mass . , and resided in M nsfield until about , when he removed to Maine to what is no w Eddi ngton . First

1 802 . . wife died about He married second , Celia Wilde

1 834 23 1 842 . He died Jan . , , and his second wife died May ,

His children , all of first wife , were

78 o . sfi e . 31 1 780 e o un . i J nathan? b Man ld Jan , ; di d y g

‘

o u e 5 1 782 e ul 10 1 791 . 7 9 ii Exp erien c e ? d J n . ; di d J y , d o 3 1 84 80 iii W are ? May , 7 .

m . o . d o . u us 8 1 786 e s 81 iv Nan c y? Ed ingt n A g t , ; Dani l C llin

2 c e d o Feb . 22 1 788 m . o ses o s . v Ra h l? , ; M C llin m m . . do ct . 1 0 1 789 i e 8 3 vi Ele az er? O , ; Sylv a Ca pb ll

m . o s es . d o e . 29 1 7 91 84 vii Abagail? S pt , ; M Knapp

m o m . d o N o . 26 1 7 93 . es se s 85 viii Mary? v , ; J C in

8 6 do u us 21 1 796 m . er . ix Sylvia? A g t , ; B iah Clapp

c d o 1 9 1800 m . eo e e . 87 x Exp erien e? April , ; G rg Cran

“ ‘ 7 6 o n athan in . 30 Elias Eddy of J , born Mansfield , Nov ,

7 5 7 . 1 married Mary Fales He lived and died in Eddington ,

Me . Their children were

88 o m . N . c e o f uff o N . Y . i L vina , ath Hin kl y B al ,

89 e se m . R ev . i s ed e . ii B t y , El ha B l

90 e m . W o w es t o n o f to h er m en n ame iii Oliv r , id Gat Ha h r Edding n ; aid

was Mann . 9 1 W m wen to Y o o u 181 iv illia , t N ew rk ab t 6 .

2 m . . W 9 e e c e o c we o f o . v Exp ri n , Capt right St k ll Eddingt n

93 m . . m d ] m R ev e e o f a e 1 832 s c e o f e . vi Mary , Abraha B C d n , ; in Gardin r 94 vii w was b o u u his u c e Ibro o k d an d was Ed ard , r ght p by n l , Ed y ; o w ed e w e e th e c o o o m s n o w are V e e dr n n ar h r rp rati n ill at azi ,

M . in 1 1 e , 8 7 .

e d u e o f e e o n dd o Me . u us 5 1 8 18 d ed Ang lina, a ght r El az r, b rn i E ingt n, , A g t , ; i in

u o Me . 9 e 22 186 m ed s . c d so so n o f o f Bur B rlingt n, , April , ; arri Charl S Ri har n ( Ezra)

Me . o u 1836 . H e o e . Feb . e c d e all o lingt , , in b rn in Jay, M , Th ir hil r n b rn in B urlingto n.

Geo e A . . O c t . 1 1837 d u 14 1 85 6 . rg , b , ; dro wne J ly ,

mes M . c 1 2 1 839 d d 1 1 1 839 . Ja , Mar h , ; i e April ,

es R . Dec . 3 1 1 840 m ed es in d e Me . Charl , , ; arri , liv Bra l y,

o e E . u 6 1844 d ed u us 22 185 0. Charl tt , J ly , ; i A g t ,

Fran c etta S . u e 23 1847 d ed A u us 15 1 85 2 . , J n , ; i g t ,

w M . 1 1 1849 5 d d ed s 22 18 . E in , April , ; i Augu t , 0

W . u e 15 1 85 1 Frank , J n , .

dd M. 185 3 m ed e e s O f Go am M . A a , April 1, ; arri Eb n Fil rh , e 40

6 ’ 7 7 i r . W lliam Eddy , J , of William , born Sackville ,

. S . . . 1 1 7 7 5 N , (now N B ) July , ; died in Corinth , Me . , Jan . 2 2 1 85 2 , married in Eddington , Rachel P . Knapp , November

1 7 1 7 9 6 . , by Rev Seth Noble . She was born in Mansfield ,

. 2 2 1 7 7 9 n d 1 1 1 Mass , May , , a died in Corinth July , 86 9 aged 90 years .

effe rs o nian I here give an article from the Bangor J of Feb . 1 1 2 ele 0 85 H o n . Bar , , probably written by Noah ker . Their children were

* D1 E D . I n o o n th e 22d ul . m t dd E s . ed 7 6 rs . 6 mo s . an C rinth , , Willia E y, q , ag y , d

22 days .

H is d eath was o ccas io ned by his falling thro ugh th e flo o ring o f a scaffo ld o ver th e

e ms O f his to th e es -flo o r d s c e o f 1 8 fee b a barn thr hing , a i tan t ; breaking several o f h is o e s an d c u s o e u es f o m w c h e d e b n , a ing th r inj ri , r hi h i d in a few h o urs after h e was ‘ fo u d . H e was o e th e ime o f th e c c d e and was n n al n at a i nt , o t di sc o vered until ab o ut \t _ ee o u s as is su o sed f e the sad and fu o c c u thr h r , pp , a t r pain l rrenc e .

ac “ . dd was n e O f e N . . fo me o w en c e an d in th e Mr E y a ativ S kvill , B r rly F rt La r , ” c o f o um e d to w c c e his f e and df e th e vi inity F rt C b rlan , hi h pla ath r, gran ath r, late

C o l. o a dd emo ed f o m N o o s s . so o f e h J nath n E y, r v r rt n, Ma , n a t r t e c l o se O f th e Frenc h

ar . C o l. dd h ad se ed in and in 1 7 5 4 ss s W E y rv that War, a i t ed in erec tin g th e fo rtifi ” c o s o u th e Ke e ec e c ed o f and o ati n nn b riv r, all F rt Hali ax, F rt W es tern . At the co mme c eme o f th e O f the e o u o th e f e an d df e o f n nt War R v l ti n, ath r gran ath r Mr. Eddy, being amo ng th e many families th en living in the Provinc e wh o were c o n nec ted by th e es O f c o s u o r e es W i th e eo e o f ss c use s an d h ti n ang inity int r t th p pl Ma a h tt , w o ho ped to see o c e mem e O f th e me c o fed e c es o used th e u that Pr vin a b r A ri an C n ra y, p ca se o f e an d we e o su se ue o ffi c e s o f th e m c o mm Lib rty, r b th , b q ntly, r ar y, i ssio ned by th e

’ auth o rlt o f ss c u se s . v as e d id in th e e em s c o u e se y Ma a h tt Li ing th y n y ntry, th ir rvi ce b ecame O f much impo rtanc e to th e Ameri can c au se . Amo n g th eirb o ld an d hazard o us e o s was o f c esse o f 100 o s as sh e o u d in th e o xpl it , that atta king a v l t n lay agr n , harb r, an d making a priz e O f h er ! Sh e was ri chly lad en with su ppli es an d military sto res “ ” fo r th e so . ese e co e ed to o s o . x s e ed ese o utra es garri n Th th y nv y B t n E a p rat at th g , as e e med em th e o i c s ec me d es e e an d ff e ed ew d f th e th y t r th , Pr v n ial b a p rat , O r a r ar o r “ ” r e s we e ds o f th e eb l an d w o set fi re to e d s . d h a , ant nly th ir lling Fin ing that th ere was n o o e e e th e o s we e c o m e ed to e e e f m i th r alt rnativ , patri t r p ll l av th ir a ili es n th e

eme d e s o f d s es s an d in th e se e es o f w e fl ee o u th d extr pth i tr , , v riti int r, thr gh e wil ernes s “ t o c s w e e e suc cessfu ed f- ed and f m s ed e e Ma hia , h r th y lly arriv , hal nak a i h , having b n - ” i n th e wo o ds we fiv e d s . T h e fo o w s w e eu . Wm . dd th e t nty ay ll ing pring , hil Li t E y, f e o f th e su ec o f s s e c was o n his wa to the o n c e w th e e o ath r bj t thi k t h , y Pr vi , ith int nti n o f wa his f m h e was ec o ed o c fi ed u o and mo r bringing a y a ily, r gniz by a Pr vin ial , r p n wo u n ded w e sa in an o e o e s o to w c c e h is o d tally , hil iling p n b at n ar Ea tp rt, hi h pla b y — was s ea y c onveyed by o n e O f the pa r o s th e f ather o f the a e H o n . W am t lthil — t i t l t illi Dele sdern ier o f a e e an d his em s we e e e d him in h is o wn de , B il yvill r ain r int rr by gar n

. dd was us ef i h e o f his a e . ese at Eastp ort . Mr E y th l t an o rphan n t e third y ar g Th c ircumstanc es are related to sh o w th e fo undati o n O f th o se habits o f ind us try whic h

im in f e fe . ec d s s an d o s c harac teriz ed h a t r li B o mi n g early inured to har hi p privati n , h e so on l earned to depend so l ely upo n his o wn exertio ns fo r Obtaining th e means o f

42

d Married Sylvia , aughter of Thomas and Sabara (Knapp)

20 1 81 4 . . 1 4 1 7 93 Campbell , March , She was born Nov , di 30 1 860. hi d ed April , Their c l ren were 1 1 6 m o . Feb . 1 2 181 5 . i Ti thy , b , 1 1 7 ii w J an 1 8 8 1 . Ed in , . , 1 7 1 18 e n u u 1 81 8 . iii Ang li a , A g st , 1 1 9 le e P . s . e ct 1 8 4 . iv E az r , Twin Di d O . 7 , 3

1 20 e C . o 24 1 821 ie u us v H nry , b rn May , ; d d A g t

1 2 u us 29 1 823 . . . n so n . 1 vi Sabara , A g t , ; m Wm E Ha

22 vii e u u 31 1 835 m . M . o . 1 War , A g st , ; ary E D t en

Widow Sylvia Eddy married Ezra Richardso n of Burling to n M 30 1 860 , aine , April , , by whom she had

A nn . Feb . 1 1832 ie u 9 1 854 . Mary , b , ; d d J ly ,

C o r e . N o v . 28 1 833 di e D ec . 9 1 833 . d lia P , , ; d 1 ,

o u c 1 1 835 m . Mrs . o u e 1866 . Ll yd Qin y , May 1 , ; Mary Tayl r , J n ,

N o v . 1 8 8 m o d D e c . 1 1 865 . Ezra , 7 , 3 ; . Mari n P . E dy , ,

i 1 4 1 838 i Esquire Richardson d ed June , , and his w dow

30 1 0. April , 86

‘5 ” 9 0 Oliver of Elias Eddy ; married widow Gates Hath di orn , her maiden name being Mann . He lived in Ed ngton e 1 8 1 2 i and di d during the war of , leaving two ch ldren , Curtis

Eddy and Charles Eddy .

7 9 5 . Jonathan M . of William? born in Eddington Oct

‘ 2 2 1 7 9 7 l . 3 , married E iza Morrill of Cornville , Me , April

7 8 5 1 87 6 . 1 8 2 . 20 1 9 5 . She was born Jan , ; died August , Their children are

mmo e t. m . e . 23 en M . . o . 1 6 1826 , 1 i H ry , b C rinth , Jan , ; Ad lia A Ga n S p

uc n n o u us 1 6 1 832 m. . . . o m so o f 11 L ia A , C rinth , A g t , ; Dr E A Th p n

o e M . 1 3 1 858 . D v r , e , May ,

1 25 iii o e so n u us 26 1 837 m mi . ues is N o v . 1 9 J hn N l , A g t , , E ly G H t , ,

e es i c o . 1 868 . R sid in Ch ag

“ ' lli 9 . 6 Olive M Eddy of Wi am , born in Eddington ,

. u 1 5 1 7 9 9 . 2 4 1 85 7 Aug st , , died Dec , ; married Samuel K

a 10 1820. C mpbell , May , 43

ec . 820 e 1 821 . Emeli n e ? b . D 27 , 1 ; di d 8 u us 22 18 22 m . . a t Feb . 7 B enjamin F . , A g t , ; Clara R Bry n , , 8 D ec . 8 1 85 5 . e F . o Oliv , C rinth , , 8 ec . 1 2 1 85 7 . Clara A D , 8 2 1 861 . o v . 27 1 860 e Feb . 2 Hattie B . , N ; di d , s u e 1 9 1 864 . Frank M . , J n , ” e . un 19 1866 . Charl s K , J e ,

7 “ i t Ma 9 7 Willard Eddy of William , born n Edding on y 4 1 801 1 0 1 8 6 6 z 2 , , died in Corinth June , ; married Eli abeth

9 1 8 . w . Good in of St Albans , April , 82 Their children were

m . o w an . 1849 . 1 33 e e . c 4 . 1 830: V i Oliv Jan , b Mar h irgil Br n J ,

1 34 o o n c 21 1 834 m . R ev . o e . V n o u us , ii S phr ia , Mar h , ; P rt r M i t n , A g t

1 860.

1 6 1861 . 135 E . un e 21 1860 m . G eo . . ues o n i iii Mary , J , ; P H t , Apr l ,

" 9 8 Roxana Eddy of William? born in Eddington , Aug .

1 6 1 803 m eb . 1 0 , ; married John Ca pbell of C orinth , F ,

1 3 1 . 8 . Several children died in infancy

. u e 1 837 m . . e s 1 860. Martin , b J n , ; Sarah J Dani l May ,

" “ 9 9 b n . 2 1 Sylvester of William, orn in Eddingto , Oct ,

1 805 . A o . A n . 6 First , married lmira Goodwin f St lba s , Jan ,

8 6 6 . s . 3 . 8 Mr 1 ; she died Dec 1 1 , 1 9 Second , married

7 H . . 1 1 87 1 e N . Mehitable Williams , Dec she born Ossip e , ,

. 1 3 1 2 i 8 8 . . s Sept , He lives in Corinth H i ch ldren are

8 1 36 m . m e . 859 . c s A . . c 3 1 838 eo e V . c 1 i Fran i , b Mar h , ; G rg Bla k an S pt “ 1 m 4 1 8 0. 37 u 5 1 840: m . u 7 ii Hannibal H J ly , Mary B rnha May , s 1 38 o m Se . 19 1847 m . a e e s A r l 29 1876 . _ iii H l an J pt , Eliz D v r p i , 1 9 m8 3 a c 21 1 850. iv Hira E M r h ,

1 00 ’ 1 . 9 1 8 5 in Temperance of William? born Feb , , 9 1 8 9 Eddington ; married Hon . Noah Barker Dec . 2 , 3 , he

. . 1 4 1 8 7 r re born in Exeter , Me , Nov , 0 . Thei children a

8 1 40 eo e m e . in e e u e 1 1 841 m . . i G rg Bark r , b Ex t r J n , ; Mary E Latha

e . 2 1 868 Me . . eo e . . h o n in ee fi e S pt , , in St G rg , N B S e b r Gr n ld , ,

Feb . 185 1 . es e es u , R id s in Pr q e Isle . 4 8 1 1 11 es . . m o f V e e e . 22 1 848 m . i zi e . o so C arl , b in Ex t r S pt , ; E F l h j e Me D e ec . 1 1 87 2 . h Me . 1 1 Ex t r , . S e b o rn in Exet er , , April ,

1 85 3 e e e ul 1 875 e n o n e c o V . e . , and di d th r J y , , l avi g hild , N ah Bark r T h e f e es es in c o ath r r id Chi ag , Ill . 44

142 W m E . 18 1 852 . es es n iii illia , April , R id with parent s o o ld ho mest ead o at C rinth . 1 43 e e e us . u 22 1858 . iv N lli Ar th a , b J ly ,

1 01 " 6 Maria L . Eddy of William , born in Corinth , 2 7 1 81 8 . . 2 2 July married Thos J Haines of Levant , May ,

1 853 . . 2 5 1 1 6 He born in Portsmouth Nov , 8 . Lives in

Corinth , Me . Their children are W m T . . u us 1 85 5 . illia , b A g t 7 ,

ed A . e . 1 2 1 859 D 6 Fr , S pt , ; d . ec . , 1863 .

E . e . 2 1 861 . Frank , S pt ,

7 1 9 2 . 2 9 Charles K of William? born in Corinth , Dec . , 1 820 ; married Albina , daughter of Col . John Dunning of

3 1 . 1 8 5 3 . Charleston , July Their children are W e e . o u e 1 7 1 85 5 . alt r Stanl y , b C rinth , J n

u u w u 27 1 861 . Arth r D nning , Otta a , Canada , J ly , i e s w c u us 1 867 . Charl K rk , Sagina , Mi higan , A g t ,

w c 1 870 es d e s s w c . Lila , Sagina , Mi higan , ; r i Ea t Sagina , Mi h

7 1 03 . o n athan Col J Eddy of Ware ? born in Eddington , 1 2 1 8 1 1 i 24 1 8 65 54 August , d ed in Bangor , August , , aged

23 . years , days Married Caroline , daughter of Amos and 5 1 839 Sally (Ballard) Bailey of Milford , March , Mrs Eddy

M 9 1 81 9 . born in ilford , July ,

! See Appendix Q. ] Their children are

8 2 m . d o f u M . . e u us 1 1 840 w . e i La ra , b Bradl y , A g t , ; E ard E Park r

o O ct . 1 9 1 8 64 and h as two c i d e . Bang r , , , h l r n 3 42 1 1 e e u us 3 1 8 d . Feb . 25 1 862 . Sarah Bail y , Bradl y , A g t , ; , 8 m . m o e M . e O ct . 1 1 1 844 es L . e o f iii Car lin , Bradl y , , ; Charl Ha bl n

o s o u e 22 1 865 an d h as two c d e . B t n , J n , , hil r n a i B u u 23 1 846 . ed e c A . e s iv Fr r , radl y , A g t , 8 mo e o f 4 m . W e o h n o Feb . 23 1 8 8 o e v J Franklin , Bang r , , ; L tti hitt r

m n . s e c . o e . Y . h as two c dr e e s R , N ; hil R id in Bay City , Mi higan 8 m . o f uc s e s F . o c 21 1 852 e e vi Charl , Bang r , Mar h , ; Elizab th G nn B k

o . 28 1 874 h as two c d e . p rt , Jan , , and hil r n s e o 20 1 85 6 n o w Y e o e e . N ewell Av ry , Bang r , May , ; in al C ll g

7 Moved from Bradley to Bangor in spring of 1 84 . 45

7 1 07 Darius of Ware ? born August 1 7 1 81 9 ; marr ied 5 1 849 first , Eliza Blackman of Bradley , March , , she died

1 4 . March 5 , 85 ; married second , Elizabeth C Tapley in Old

1 3 1 85 5 . 7 1 833 . town , Feb . , , she born in Brooksville Sept , Children

D ec . 2 1 85 5 . B . . fo i Eliza , b Mil rd , ,

M . d o . 27 1 860. ii Etta , Jan ,

d H . do N o . 8 1 863 . iii E win , v ,

W e D . o . 6 1 8 0. iv alt r , Bang r , Jan , 7

Removed from Milford to Bangor in 1 87 0.

1 1 7 ” 1 8 1 81 7 Edwin of Eleazer? born Jan . , ; married

W . 2 3 1 840 . 1 0 Celia W . Eddy of are , Jan , , she born Sept , 1 81 7 Their children were

eo e C . . . 24 1 841 i e Feb . 20 1843 . G rg , b Jan , ; d d ,

M . u u . 1 866 . 1 43 c s 14 1842 m . em e . o Feb 8 Nan y , A g t , ; T pl E D rr , ,

e A . N o v . 3 1 843 m . u u s us J an . 28 1 867 u e . Ell n , , ; A g t Clark , , da ght r b

2 7 1 846 d e 24 1 846 . April , , i d May ,

1 44 e w c 25 1 847 m . o e . e . 21 1 869 . S l y n , Mar h , ; C rn lia C Hall , S pt ,

A . 1 m . r D . 26 1 8 1 . 1 45 es c 5 1 849 e . e ec 7 C harl , Mar h , ; Har i t L Lan , ,

L u c E . 14 1 851 u 2 y , April , , died J ne 3 , 1 870.

Children all born in Bradley , Me . Removed from Bradley ,

. w . 1 863 . Me , to Sagina , Mich , December ,

1 1 0 ff . . 1 2 Newall Avery , born in Je erson , Me , Oct , 1 81 7 d 1 3 1 87 7 8 , ied March , married Nancy Clapp Eddy at d . . 3 1 843 . Bra ley , Me , Jan , Subjoined is a paragraph from “ Bangor Whig ? Their children are

* A e e m o u c th e d e o f H on . N ewe e o f e o c t l gra ann n ing ath ll Av ry, D tr it, Mi higan,

c uesd e e n c 13 f e e s o ess was ec e ed o n in that ity, T ay v ni g, Mar h , a t r a v ry h rt illn , r iv

e that ev ning by his relatives in thi s c ity .

. e was fo me d e o f d e H c me e e w e o u man Mr Av ry r rly a resi nt Bra l y . e a th r h n a y ng

' m d e an d fo r f o m h is o e J efierson e u us . e es de o f r h in , n ar A g ta Whil a r i nt Bra l y

se e e s f e his emo to th e We s h e was mem e o f th e firm o f dd v ral y ar a t r r val t, a b r E y , - u C o . o f s c H e ef s e fo r c o u we fiv e e s M rphy , thi ity . l t thi Stat Mi higan ab t t nty y ar

s c e and h as s c e ee o n e h e es o e um e an d d th e Wes . in , in b n o f t larg t p rators in l b r lan in t

H e was mem e o f th e fi e u e u C o . a b r rm o f Av ry M rphy o f Detro it, Av ry, M rphy , m o f c o an d dd e C o . o f s w and he was so c o Chi ag , E y, Av ry , Ea t Sagina , al in pany

w m n o e s f o m s e mo s . his us ess h as his ith a y th r r thi Stat tly Mr. Avery in b in by

s c and o se c o e e uc e sfu aga ity cl appli ati n b e n v ry s c s l . 443

m. Edw r . le Me . O ct . 23 1844 F o a un in a d O b Brad y, , , ; l r H t gt o n , S ept .

a us N . e . 10 1 846 m . i e u e o f a D ri , Bradl y , Jan , ; El zab th , da ght r Ch s E .

M . u 24 1 o o e e 873 . D le , Bang r . , J n ,

o rd e O c t . 18 1 847 ed 1 853 . Le na C Bradl y , , , di

A . d o . 1 2 1 85 0. Clara , Jan ,

i M . d o 1 6 185 2 . Nann e , May ,

eo e E . o u o c . 18 1854 . G rg , P rt H r n , Mi h , April ,

M . u 29 1 85 5 . o H . d e e J hn , Bra l y , , J ly ,

o u o 1 2 1 858 . Ho rac e W . , P rt H r n , April , 2 Ne llie J do April 7 1 860.

do 1 862 ie 1 862 . Infant , , d d

W are d o 1 863 d ed 18 4 u 6 . Arth r , , i

M . d o 1 86 6 e 186 . Kitty , . di d 7

H r E . De ro ch . D ec . 3 1 86 . a ry , t it , Mi , , 7

1 1 1 . ff . . 2 1 2 Sewell Avery , b Je erson , Me , Feb , 8 4 ; 8

. . 3 1 4 married Eliza H Eddy at Bradley , Me , May , 8 9 . Children are m in B a 4 . . M 1 1 850 e e . a W a o A . e L ee t a ld , b radl y , y , ; N lli C , S inaw — g , c . Feb . 18 187 1 . d e e we L ee . w N o v . 4 1873 Mi h , , Chil r n S ll , b Sagina , , ;

. S i w 1 1 1 87 5 . Arla S . ag na , May ,

1 m. e b r . an A ra L . e c 1 6 853 e C o at naw , Bradl y , Mar h , ; H r t S b rn , Sagi , — W . . u u O ct . 30 1 873 . e er s 1 5 1874. , Child H rb t , b A g t ,

E . e N o v . 1 6 1 85 4. Idella , Bradl y , ,

u e E . r e ct . 1 9 1 859 . L li , B adl y , O ,

n M h . Lives in East Sagi aw , ic

’ “ 1 8 n 1 8 1 1 A geline Eddy of Eleazer , born August , 8 ; married Charles S . Richardson of Burlington , deceased .

’ 8 1 4 3 . n u 1 4 1 842 mar Nancy M of Edwi , born A gust ;

l . 8 1 866 . ried Temp e E Dorr , Feb . , Children

E . . 1 7 1 873 . Earth , b April ,

r M . 29 1874 . C o a , May , Ma 0 en c e C . 3 1 8 6 . Flo r , y , 7

H e was o v ed an d e s ec ed all wh o ew h im e e e d an d mo e W l r p t by kn , v r r a y r than illing to e e d e an d to all wo e so s d e ed e a u an d xt n a h lping h rthy p r n , kin h art , g ni l , prigh—t ho no rable ; he l eaves b ehind him as th e mo s t prec io u s po ssess io n o f his c hildren his

me and i untarni shed na bright rec o rd n every walk o f life . c e h e was fo r o n e e a o o f o u o w e e he ed the fi s Ex pt that y ar M y r P rt H r n, h r liv r t we e e s o r so f e mo to c we h e h as e e e d u c o ffi c e t lv y ar a t r ving Mi higan, think n v r h l p bli , th e c es o f his ex e s e us ess e u his me but he has w s en ar t n iv b in r q iring all ti , al ay tak great interest in public affairs and was o n e o f the pro minen t members o f th e Repub lican party in Mi chig an . 47

’ 8 2 5 1 847 1 4 4 Selwin of Edwin , born March , ; married

2 1 1 8 6 9 . Cornelius C . Hall Sept . , Children

F . . Feb . 14 1873 . Clara , b . 18 1875 M . Ella , April ,

’ 8 . 1 5 1 849 1 4 5 Charles A of Edwin , born March , mar

. . 2 6 1 87 1 . : ried Harriet L Lane Dec , Children

o e C . . c 4 1 873 . L tti , b Mar h ,

o E . o . 1 8 8 4. Fl ra , N v , 1 7

50

9 young cattle 2 0 Dwelling Houses or bouts 3 30 Barns , £ 1 6 Horse ,

-Six n Twenty poles in the Pla tation .

o 1 7 9 1 Col . Jonathan L wder made out the Tax Bills for and

1 7 9 2 1 1 0 . , for which he charged the Plantation pound shillings

B .

O V ! N 1 7 7 5 . RES L E , J E Land granted to

Jonathan Eddy , Ebenezer Gardiner Z ebulon Row , x William Ma well ,

o Robert F ster ,

Parker Clarke ,

Atwood Fales ,

Elijah Ayer ,

William Eddy ,

Phineas Never ,

Nathaniel Reynold ,

Seth Noble ,

Samuel Rogers ,

Thomas Forkner ,

John Day ,

Anthony Burk , Bradfo rd Carpenter

John Eckley ,

E r . Jonathan ddy , J , w William Ho e , 5 1

2 1 1 7 85 . ! Copy ] New York , April , o f o n Sir : The enclosed is a resolution C gress . I wish it

r f fo r had been more in y o u avor , but it is all that can be done

fo r yo u here at present . The Secretary of Congress has warded to the Governor of Massachusetts an official c o py o f

o said resolution , yet I th ught it advisable to give you this notice ; no doubt you will observe it is not attested by the

h e Secretary , ( being gone to Philadelphia) I thought it not at material , as you may no doubt , if necessary , have a copy tested by the Secretary of Massachusetts . I wish you to ff believe that I have not been inattentive to your a airs , not withstanding the resolution may not fully come up to your expectatio ns .

I am with real respect , your most obedient ,

S . HO LTEN . ’

H o lte n s . This is endorsed , Dr . letter

C .

A u n . 2 1 st 1 7 9 0. Pe obscot River , g , Gentlemen Sundry attempts have been made fo r a settle m ff ment between the People and yself ; but all to no e ect .

n 2 0 When I settled here , I conse ted to accept of pounds less w u u than hat was really necessary to s pport my family , beca se the People said they were poor ; still , to release them of the

o f burden , I have been at the expense to collect great part w r hat has been collected . Ve y little thanks have I had for the trouble I have been at . I was desired to draw a Bond

o S for the Pe ple to Sign for my upport , which was rejected and another drawn (unbeknown to me) which hath deprived

o to do me of one half of the sum prop sed . I am willing in this and all cases as I would be done by ; but necessity c o n

me m u s t . strains to say , I have my pay I must further tel l you I shall look to no other persons for a settlement but that 7 1 7 8 6 Committee which covenanted with me on June , , to give me seventy pounds annual salary ; what you then did is as binding as a note of hand . I am sorry to take any coercive 2 measures ; but I tell you again I must have my pay imme diately . I am Gentleman with due respect

o o T the Committee . Y ur most obedient humble servant

Superscribed . SETH NO BLE .

C o l. d To Jonathan E dy , Maj . Robert Treat , Capt . John

Crosby , Mr . Elisha Nevers and the rest of the Committee ch o sen to make proposals to settle the Gospel on Pen o b 7 scot River June ,

. o Rev Seth Noble , the first minister settled on Pen bscot river , at what is now Bangor , was the son of Thomas and

o W e stfield a . 1 5 Sarah (Root) N ble of , M ss born April ,

1 7 43 . 1 st Ma ill n erv e . He married , Hannah Barker at g , N

1 7 7 he B. . 30 5 1 1 7 s 6 90. 2 d , Nov , ; died at Bangor June ,

w . A 1 1 1 7 9 3 . ife , Mrs Ruhama Emery , pril , He says in his ’ 1 0 o t . Diary April , went with Mrs . Emery Capt Baker s , i l 1th and Apr l , was married to the widow Ruhama Emery

. 1 805 . 3d . She died at Montgomery , Mass , wife , Mrs Mary

u 1 807 . Riddle , J ne , His children were — e . u us 5 1 7 7 7 . L o s at s ea O ct . 20 1 7 98 21 . i S th , b A g t , t ,

o s e u e 1 3 1 7 83 m . Ma1 A ck e1 s o n Ju e d ed ii J p h , J n , ; y n i in — o . B . 1 869 2e . 8 6 . Bright n , N ,

S u e 1 1 7 85 m . o o mew o f o o m e iii arah , J n , ; Martin Barth l M ntg ry , — 1 5 1 836 5 1 . s s . N o v . 1 1 804 e e e N o v . Ma , , ; di d th r ,

e m un e 25 1 7 87 m ed e o . . iv B nja in , J —, ; arri ; and di d in Bright n (N B ) 1 2 1 860 73 . April ,

e . 1 1 1 789 wi c e m e e mi h o v Hannah , S pt , ; t arri d ; and di d in A ty , O i , — 1 1 1 854 65 . N o v . , m e s e N o v . 23 1 7 93 111 . es s u e 1 808 an d d e vi B t y , , ; Ja Phillip J n , ; i d in — e ee 2 1 850 5 6 . Cl ar Cr k , ,

v n o m s u 28 1 7 9 5 d e u 31 , 1 7 95 . Th a , J ly , ; i d J ly

m . i s s o . 25 1 ii o e . 26 1 7 9 6 N v 18 6 e v i P lly , S p t , ; El ha Atkin , , ; di d at

e s V e o e C c . d . Pl a ant all y , P rt r , In iana

o Mr . N ble was not a college graduate , but was a good

Latin scholar . He was supposed to have first settled over ’

Man erville . the Congregational Church in g , on St John s

B. 1 1 7 5 7 4 . river , N . , June , He was a patriot and a soldier as well as a minister ; and the Revolutionary war breaking 5 3

w a out he fled from New Brun s wi ck . He s at Machias dur in g

t hat a bv th e ti t in u 1 7 7 7 the attack on pl ce Bri sh flee Aug st , , a t h an d th e Sabbat h aft er preached sermon on e late event .

1 7 7 9 was a o a s th e t S tt In . he pp inted to mis ion to Eas ern e le

n an d r o o t t hi me ts . w te the General C ur a let er of w ch the fo llo win g is a c o py 7 7 7 r . n 1 9 . Wobu n Ju e , Honored Gentlemen I received an order for a mi s sion t o

t v av v h a the eastern settlemen s e st erd b t e hands of C o l. B ld

win but its t t s o diff t o t , find con en s much eren fr m wha I ex

ecte d i the ta i . was m th e p , must decl ne under k ng I infor ed

to o n th e o t y but was mission was be river Penobsc onl , I mis

v arietv o f an d o d . info rme There are such a Islands , ther

a ta t o ti u th e th s a s o i nh bi n s c n guo s to waters , o e se s are much

u n t bv t is t t t it t o o a an freq e ed heir cru ers , ha I hink d ngerous

un dertaking for a proscribed pers on t o accept of. I suppose vou are n o t un acquainted with the amazin g s c arcit v of th e nece s s aries o f li fe in tho s e p art s ; add to thi s th e reward

ff me w a ro yi s io n o t n o n o t o ered hen l id out in p or cl hi g , w uld

o t a o lla wo 7 pur ch ase m re h n d rs uld in 1 7 5 . From a friend t o those Liberti es which Go d and n at ur e hath best owed

o n mankind . SETH NO BLE . ” To th e who le C o urt .

un a i g a g w Mr . t t 1 7 8 5 Noble is next fo d pre ch n Au us a . here

“ a ix a at h v n t 2 6 1 0 he pre ched s teen S bb s , recei i g herefor , £ ,

) I o a h a di ( ati a t t e o it s s cti n grew up , or r her m j r y preferred

a o t mi i t an d . t . t h n her n s er , he lef He is nex found on Peno

7 1 7 8 6 n t the m tt t o cot river . June , , engagi g wi h Com i ee

lat o t a in a 7 t ta t . 1 0th 1 8 6 preach here , his ins l i n k g pl ce Sep , ,

a w t at C o n du sk e ag Pl ntati o n . He i h other refug ees had land

Hi Diarv grant ed in Eddingto n . s savs he remo ved his family

t o Mar t . H . N o v . 1 7 9 7 May 2 1 1 7 9 8 i New ke , N , , ; , , he h red

fo r . t o e t Six o t . 2 9 1 7 9 9 t pr ach here m n hs Nov , . lef New Market for W e stfi eld ; he supplied vacant churches in that vi cini ty unt il he remov ed to the adj o ini ng t own of Mo n tgo m

) c r y I h w ta the o n ( S . e as ns t r re , Ma , where i lled first pas o of C g 54

atio nal o v . 4 1 801 . g Church , N , He removed to Franklinton , o 1 806 Ohi , in the Spring of , preaching at several places in

V . 1 7 . 5 1 80 6 4 . the icinity He died Sept , , aged

D .

S S . a . o f Hancock To C pt James Budge Bangor , in said

— : County , Gentleman Greeting Whereas , an act passed the

o General C urt , in the State of Massachusetts , February the

2 5 th o Day , in the year of our L rd one thousand seven hundred

- o o o f and ninety one , inc rp rated into a town a certain tract Land

C o n diske a known by the name of g plantation , together with the inhabitants therein , by the name of Bangor ; and called on me to issue a warrant to some suitable inhabitant of Ban

o gor , to warn a meeting of the inhabitants at some c nvenient

to o o flic ers time and place , ch ose such as towns are by law required to choose in the months of March and April , annu

in ally . Therefore , the Name of the Commonwealth you are Required to warn the above said inhabitants to meet at some convenient time and Place for the aforesaid purposes , and this

ufiic ien t o shall be your S Warrant for s Doing . Given under 25th a 1 7 9 2 . my hand and se l this Day of February , in year

O . Of . J NA EDDY , Justice the Peace

1 2th 1 7 o 9 2 . Bang r , March the ,

In obedience to the within warrant to me Directed , I have warned the within named Inhabitants to meet at the D welling 2 2d house of Major Robert Treat , on Thursday , the day of

! G . March . JAMES B D E

T hlS k C o l. is the original , but there was some mista es in

’ Eddy s dates .

E .

1 3 1 800. Philadelphia , March , Dear Sir : I have not nor Shall I forget to pay all due attentions to your business . The House of Representatives 5 5 have passed a new Post Office Bill in which provision is made

E dd to wn to extend the Post road from Bucktown to y , and I be Shall recommend you for post master at that place , and cause I think you a very h o nest man .

I am pleased to hear that the Hon . Caleb Strong is talked of for Governor of our State .

I am dear Sir with much esteem yours ,

SILAS L E E .

-; I o . n P . S . h pe Mr Stro g will be voted for generally with

i . you , and he w ll be supported throughout the whole District

E dd to wn . Jona . Eddy , Esquire , y , Maine

1 9 800. Philadelphia , May , My Dear Sir I have the pleasure to inform you that the

Commissioners have reported in your favor , and a Bill has been before us and is passed to a third reading , granting you one thousand two hundred and eighty acres of the Western

. v Lands The alue of this land I can not now tell you , some say more , some less . But you are not to get the grants till

o f the second Tuesday January next , and it is probable I may see you between that and the present time . u I am with m ch esteem yours ,

L E E SILAS .

Col . Jona . Eddy .

. 2 4 1 801 City of Washington , Feb , . Dear Sir : I have the pleasure of informing you that a a Bill has p ssed and now become a Law , providing for you and others inclosed you have a copy thereof.

This Bill was negotiated in the Senate the past session , and that was the reason why the business was not brought to a close .

Yours with much esteem , L E E SILAS . E . . dd to wn . Jona Eddy , Esq , y , Maine 5 6

G .

G BY L O N A . MARRIA ES C O J EDDY .

’ The dates and names I have copied from Col . Eddy s own

’ list the places of residence from the Clerk s certificates . The l town c erks of Bangor , for several years after its incorpora

C o n de e skea tion , persisted in calling it g Plantation .

1 7 9 1 2 1 o , April , John Rowell to M lly Harthorn , both of

Penobscot River .

1 7 9 1 . 8 a , Sept , John Mansel to Jenny M haney . 1 7 9 1 u , A gust , Jacob Cook to Molly Hathorn , both of

Orrington . 1 7 9 2 30 , April , Levi Lancaster to Rebecca Mann , both of

Eddington Pl .

1 . 2 . 7 9 3 5 PI. , Dec , Wm Tibbetts of Kenduskeag to Mrs .

Sarah Thombs of Orrington .

1 7 93 . 2 7 J r . . , Dec , Joseph Clark to Mrs Jane Potter , both

of C o n de s keag PI. i 1 7 93 . 2 7 , Dec , Arad Mayhew to El zabeth Clark , both of

C o n de s keag PI.

H i hbo rn . n 1 7 94 . 3 1 c , Aug , Robert Jr of Ba gor to Miss

Jean Thoms of Orrington .

1 7 9 4 . 4 , Sept , Enoch a res to widow Lydia Lovitt ,

both of C o ben to n PI. 1 7 9 5 1 6 , July , Ben Spencer to Hannah Stanley , both of

Eddington PI. 1 7 9 5 u u 1 9 , A g st , Robert Campbell to Betsey Knapp , both

of Orrington .

1 7 9 6 . 2 6 , Jan , Edward Garland to Abigail Freese , both of

C o ben to wn PI.

1 7 9 6 . 2 8 , Jan , James Campbell of Orrington to Peggy

Boyd of Bangor .

1 7 9 6 . 1 1 . , Oct , Wm Spencer to Huldah Page , both of

C o bento wn PI.

1 7 9 6 . 1 8 . , Oct , Joseph Potter to Rhoda Man

1 7 9 6 . 2 , Nov , Stephen Page to Anna a res , both of

C o ben to wn Pl .

5 8

1 801 . , Isaac Freese Jr of Stillwater to Rebecca Harthorn of Bangor . 1 1 1 803 . L e o n ah . , Dec , Elisha Row to Mann

1 802 N O . 2 V 0 . , , Samuel Bailey Jr to Katy Dudley , both u of S nkhaze Pl .

“ ” e em Go um was o f C o lb umto wn o b ut h e ! J r iah lb Clark Plantati n , invariably sp e ll ed it C o b en to wn .

T h e ed c c o u o f th e o o e e e e o o f a c 3d print a nt Or n C nt nnial C l brati n M r h , 1 874 o m s th e f c o o was fi s o e as C o lb o rn to n , it a t that Or n r t rganiz d Planta o o u d fo r o m tio n and s c ntin e s e ye ars . ]

H .

' O P ! N N O N E O F C N O N PE N O B J SE H J I , THE EARLY MER HA TS

T SC O RIV ER .

’ In Kidder s History of the Revolutionary War in Eastern

l o a 230 o C o . Maine and Nova Scotia , p ge , is a letter fr m J hn

to Allan , Superintendent of the Eastern Indians , the Council

i . 2 2 1 7 7 7 of Mass . , dated Mach as , Sept , , which says

I find there is a French merchant (Mo ns . Lunier) settled at the head o f Penobscot with a British Commission to treat with the Indians he uses every Art and means to turn them they have had many Supplys from him and I fear they have

an given (him) much Intelligence from time to time . In 2 5 1 7 7 7 other letter dated Machias , Sept . , (Kidder , page

Col . Allan says Since my return from St . Johns I have had several conferences with the Penobscot

Indians , one in particular , when we Exchanged several strings

o of wampum , when I perceived from what they said and ther

o authentic accounts , that some of the most Diabolical pr ceed ings have been carried on on that River . Great Embezzle

n ments of Publick Money as well as imposi g on the Indians , r which with the close attention of Mons . Lunier , the B itish

Agent on the head of the river gave to his business , I saw the

o ff o l. Body must soon be driven . C Allan says under date “

. 20 1 7 7 9 of Machias , Oct , , (Kidder , page Sir , I had

2 8th . . the Honor of writing you the inst , by Capt De Badie 5 9

1 who went in Company with C 0 . (Jonathan) Lowder of

o 1 30 Penobsc t , by the Lakes , miles back with four Indians in

u o two Birch Canoes . But very Unfort nately the wh le Fell 1 2th into the hands o f the Enemy . About the Instant on the

River Penobsc o t some Canadians , Indians and French to the

- number of twenty six under the direction of Capt . Lunier who lives on the Carrying place between Penobscot and St .

Lawrence . This Capt . Lunier the Hon . Board may remember that I mentioned his name several times Since my

n V i ilen t Influ Bei g here , he is an active , g fellow and great ence amo ng the Indians . I was very anxious to have him Dislodged on my first coming here which (could) have easily been do ne then . But he has now a number of Regular Troops d and Canadians with him . I read him most at present and by his late success no doubt he will Endeavor to harass these ” Settlements .

There can be no doubt but that the Capt . Lunier referred to was the same man who , as Joseph Junin , was murdered in

d k e a . 1 1 o C o n e s 8 1 7 9 . . his st re in g Plantation , Feb , Jona

Eddy , Justice of the Peace , issued his warrant to Abraham

T o urtello t . 1 9 1 7 9 1 , Constable , Feb , , to summon and warn

V w thirteen men , good and lawful men , to ie the body ' h of Joseph Junin , t en lying dead at the house of Jacob Den

85 0 . : . net , The Jury were Capt Thomas Campbell , Maj . d Robert Treat , Capt . James Bu ge , William Plympton , Robert

H ichbo rn . o , Andrew Webster , Capt John Rider , J hn Smart ,

H as e William y , Elijah Smith , Nathaniel Harlow and Abraham

. o Allen , and were paid six Shillings each The Jury f und

o Paro n n eau pr bable cause that one Louis , a nephew to the mi ” deceased , is the Person that hath com tted this murder .

Whereupon Jonathan Eddy and Simeon Fowler , Esquires ,

2 Pa n au . 3 ro ne . issued their warrant Oct , for the arrest of

u f . He was arrested by Josh a Woodman , Deputy Sheri f I give a copy o f a letter n o w before me “ His Excellency the Governor the Hon . Council of the o o f Comm nwealth Massachusetts . May it please your Excel len c y and Honours , Inclosed is an Inquisition taken at Con 60 de skea l 1 9th g P antation , In the County of Hancock , on the

. o f o n e day of Feb , in the year our LORD , thousand seven - hundred and ninety one , on the Body of a French Gentleman , o o o inhu kn wn by the name of J seph Junin , who was f und o n manly murdered in his Bed in his st re , in ight of the eigh te en th o f o o r o b February , by s me Person Persons unkn wn , y the Discharge o f a Gun which forced two Balls thro ugh his brains as he lay sleeping on his Bed ; and Having Pro bable Cause by the Oaths of the Jury of Inquest that o n e Lo uis Par o n n e au o f a o , a nephew the Dece sed , is the Pers n that hath a r perpetrated this murder , Have Issued a Warrant and pp e n the he ded said Louis , And had him under examination , and a him to G an d o h ve sent by Mittimus aol , as the pr perty of rs n o t these two Pe ons might be lost I have taken , with the o f Six assistance men Under Oath , (viz . ) Maj . Robert Treat ,

. H ic hbo rn . W Mr Robert , Mr illiam Plympton , Capt . James

. m Budge , Mr Jacob Dennet and John S art (an account) of all their Effects which c o uld be found here at his store that the Consul o f France or wh o ever may have a Right to said things may be acquainted therewith and as there is m o re effects lo dged in other Places on this River which is n o t taken account of yet but shall as s o o n as Po ssible . Therefore some further directions fro m your Excellency and Honours will be most gratefully ackno wledged and am with sincerity your

O N A . . most obedient Humble Servant , J EDDY

C o n de s kea 23 . 1 7 9 1 . g Plantation , Feb

Paro n n eau asserted that his Uncle was killed by three

r . w e Indians , and John Emery , J , Elisha Mayhe , John Denn t ,

nd John Emery , Jacob Dennet , a others were employed to search the woods for the Indians , but none were found . In the speech of Rev . Mark Trafton , at the Bangor Centennial 1 8 7 0 9 1 Celebration , , see printed Report , page , says The first murder committed in this town was of an old Frenchman

J un io n by the name of , who was a trader from Castine and

lo o u had a g h se and store where the steam mill now stands , ’ o near the dep o t . A nephew of his came int my grandfather s

(Jacob Dennet) one evening , wild and excited , saying the

i ar . Ind ans were ound , and he feared they would kill his uncle

o o f He s on left , and the report a gun was heard , and on going

man to the store the old was found dead , but no doubt existed that the nephew was the murderer he was sent to France for trial . 61

This must be an error . At this time Hancock County was a new County , probably without a Jail , so that the prisoner was sent to Po wn albo ro Jail . I find in Maine Historical

’

o . 6 . 49 5 0 o n Society s Collecti ns , Vol , pp , , the f llowi g Lewis Paro n n e au was indicted on a charge of murder of his

o Uncle , on the Penobscot River , what is now Bang r . The motive assigned was to gain possession of the mon ey of his

Po wn albo ro . uncle . He was tried at , in Lincoln County His counsel were John Gardiner , a distinguished lawyer on the

L Ith w r . . o J Kennebec , and Gen William g , The defence was

l . managed with much Ski l by his counsel The French Consul , then resident at Boston , came down to attend the trial and exerted all the influence he could command In favor of his

o f countryman . The Jury returned a verdict acquittal , although there was strong circumstantial evidence of his guilt .

s The trial was in the old Court House , on the bank of the ” Kennebec River , in what is now Dresden .

I have a true copy of the Inventory of his goods , Feb . '

23 1 7 9 1 : o H ichbo rn J r . at , , Attest R bert , , with a receipt

tach e d . , given to Jona Eddy , Esquire , by Thomas Phillips ,

’ as s De L ato mbe Attorney of Mon ieur , Consul General of ” France . The goods . consisted of a complete stock of just such goods as an Indian trader of that day would want , with

: not many changes to suit nowadays Green and red baize ,

all 2 7 wide ribbons of colors , yellow hat bands , plumes , black feathers , blue broadcloth , blankets , Indian guns with large quantities of ammunition , furs of all kinds , and rum sand wiche d in between everything else .

who The Jury of Inquest , the men went into the woods to

’ n o fii c ers fo r takin search for the India s , fees g care of prisoner , “ ‘ w Jacob Dennet for his trouble , and O en Madden for three ’ 1 8 days writing , shillings , were all paid out of the estate of “ 1 9 1 7 9 1 the murdered man . Feb . , , John Holyoke , Bryant

Bradley , Solomon Hathorn , John Thoms , and John Emery certify that they have ‘ Decently laid out the body of Joseph

‘ Junin for Interment . Junin was an Indian trader and 62 without do ubt the same man who acted as British Agent on

n o “f ar Penobscot River duri g the Rev lutionary .

I .

a y 30 1 802 . Eastp ort , Passam quodd , April ,

a : u De r Sir I just saw Nick Simmons from C mberland , he Info rmed me that about a fo rtnight since he : was in com

a o a wh o was p ny with y ur son Jon than , then in Good Health ;

a a a o this is what I nticip ted in my l st , and I acc rdingly Con

a a gr tul te you on the Circum stance . Excuse much haste . I am your Ob s t Serv I DE L E SDE RN IE LEW S R .

J .

mx) O O DR . H N N E vE R s C L NEL P I EAS ,

o f an o o f Man erville The first physician B g r , was a resident g ,

o t . Sunbury C un y , now New Brunswick , on the St John river . “ He was one o f a C o mmittee chosen by the inhabitants to make Immediate application to the C o ngress or General Assembly o f the Massachusetts Bay fo r relief under their

" ’ present. Distressed Circumstan ces . (See Kidder s H isto rv

v t IV ar i n a o . of Re olu ionary Eastern M ine and N va Scotia , page

’ o hn Aid was granted to the Patrio ts on the St . J s River by

the a o 2 6 1 7 7 6 . Gener l C urt , June , At this time he was

d w a a a Man a . an s c lled Dr Nevers , at v rious pl ces between

v an d a a Ma 2 1 1 7 7 7 1 8 1 7 7 7 ger ille M chi s from y , , to June , , w o f the as In C o l. o a hen J hn All n . Superintendent E tern d a a t o f t a a i ns . in le ter hat d te to the Council of Mass chusetts

Bay a a : a , (Kidder . p ge s ys The be rer ,

w w has f at D o ct . h o h o Nevers , is a Person Su fered the gre est

s s m a o ff bv . hard hip , the ost p rt of his Interest carried Mr \ o an d i L y abl y da G uld h mself e ever y to be made a Prisoner , his Character in Private Life as well as hi s zeal for his Co un

n a a ui try , Bei g a Gre t Instrument in Keeping the Indi ns Q et 6 3

ni w &c . in Fur shing them ith Provisions , , merits the friend

o t ship of every person c ncerned , must herefore recommend ” him to your Honours favo rs .

At the attack of the British fleet upon Machias , August ,

d . o 1 7 7 7 was an . , he present acting as Lieut Col nel in Col

’ Jonathan Eddy s Regiment . I copy a letter which I foun d in Massachusetts Archives

. 1 8 1 7 7 7 Boston , Sept , .

a i u i Hon . Gentlemen : I t ke this Earl est opport n ty to Return y o u my hearty thanks for the Honor you did me in

a o . a pp inting me Lieut . Col of the B ttalion intended to be

o f o l d l C . an raised under the command Eddy , more especia ly

a . o l o fo r yo ur late appointment s Lieut C . ver the Troops ordered to be raised for the defence of Machias . I hope I shall be able to conduct my self in such a manner as will give l satisfaction to yo ur Honours an d the Pub ick . Being obliged by the to o ls of Tyranny either to acknowledge George the third of Grate Briton my Rightful Lord and Sovereign and bear arms against my brethren of the United States when m they pleased , or leave my fa ily and interest at their tender mercies , (which is cruelty) I chose the latter , and have been

o f several months spending the little cash I brought with me .

am n o w o I rather sh rt of that article , and am to beg that your Honours would be pleased to lend me such small s um as may be necessary in accomplishing the business your

o o o r ma h n urs have been y be pleased to appoint me to do , and you will again much oblige Your Honours most Humble Servant I V PH NEAS NE ERS .

To the Hon . Council and the House of Representatives of the

State of the Massachusetts Bay .

’ o l. 2 1 7 7 7 Kid C . 1 In John Allan s letter , Machias , Oct , , (

a der , p ge he says Lieut . Col . Nevers has not yet arrived , nor have I received any Intelligence from him . I doubt whether he will raise his men before the time is out . 64

I have no further account of his military services . Some time after this he removed his family to Penobscot river , to

n o w what is Bangor , where he practised his profession . I

n fo r have an old writ wherein Joh Nevers , estate of Phineas

o Nevers , sued Thomas Low of Bang r , for medical services 1 7 rendered in 85 . As one of the Refugees from Nova Scotia

o during the Revoluti nary War , he was a grantee of lands in what is now Eddington . I find those lands taxed in Eddy town Plantation to estate of Phineas Nevers , deceased , from

’ 1 1 7 9 5 . 1 7 9 to He lived near where Coombs wharf was .

The Rev . Mr . Noble held his first meeting in 1 7 8 6 in the Dr . ’

. o 1 7 8 5 . . Nevers house He probably died in Oct ber , Rev H to i . . Mr . Noble , in a letter his w fe at New Market , N ,

. 6 1 7 8 6 n from Kennebec river , dated Feb , , i forms her that “ I hear and believe it is true , Col , Nevers died in October ” 2 5 1 7 8 7 o last . Mr . Noble in his Diary , July , , rec rded the ’ o . fact , Removed my family to the widow Nevers H use

K .

5 " Major Robert Treat , son of Joseph and Mary Treat of 1 4 1 7 5 2 . t was Boston , born there July , His firs wife Mary

2 8 1 7 7 4 She Partridge , to whom he was married Nov . , ; was 5 1 7 5 7 bor n in Haverhill , Mass . , May , , and died in Bangor

1 0 1 800. . June , He married second , Mary , daughter of Nath

2 8 1 804 . Gale , Feb . , His children , all born in Bangor , were

o s e . D e c . 1 8 1 77 5 u m e . e 1 853 . i J ph , b , ; n arri d Di d

o Feb . 1 1 7 7 7 . ed 1 7 7 7 . ii J hn , , Di

o e A u . 1 1 7 7 9 . o w e o n his wa to o s o ess e iii R b rt , g , Dr n d y B t n in a v l

o e 1 9 1 7 98 . O c t b r ,

o e u 21 1 783 m . o s a u s 1 81 3 . ed iv J hn Partridg , J ly , ; R ann D ggin Liv n fi and di ed in E eld 1 85 7 .

o O ct . 1 1 785 . e 1 792 . v P lly , , Di d

o s u u us 6 1 7 87 u m e . e e . 1 1 821 . vi J h a , A g t , n arri d Di d S pt , m s e u e 24 1 791 . e s e e . vii B et y , J n , Di d a y ar

me . mue u e 28 1 7 95 . ed s e viii Sa l , J n , Di a y ar

e 18 1 7 98 u m . e E nfi eld 1843 . ix Ro b ert H nry , May , ; n arried Di d

e c 1 3 1 807 . x Nath . Gal , Mar h , 2 H . 3 1 809 . xi Mary , April ,

e o o e u r 1 9 1 802 . xii Elizab th H ly k , Jan a y ,

66

had one son , Samuel Cooper , by his first wife , who graduated

1 7 83 o at Harvard College in ; settled in P rtland , where he

1 806 . practised law , and died in Demarara ,

ho nn . o o t 1 7 7 3 Col J was a merchant in Boston . In he was one of a committee to wait o n con signees of several cargo es of Tea , shipped to Boston by the East India Company , and request of them not to land or pay duties on the Tea . He

. 1 4 R e iment o f u was Lieut Colonel th g Massach setts , in Con ‘ l ’ in n ta . t e . 1 5 1 7 7 4 Army , known as Col Glover s August , , he “ was chairman of a Committee appointed by the Cadets to proceed to Salem and return to Governor Gage the Standard ” he had presented them . In the Massachusetts Archives is ” “ an Order of Council during the Revolutionary war , that

o h o n n o Col . J o t is ordered t report what progress he made ” relating to exchange of pris o ners with Lo rd Ho we .

1 7 84 n n o w In he was livi g in the town of Penobscot , (

n ff Castine) where he was prominent in tow a airs , and was the sec o nd Representative of the to wn to the General Court of

was h Massachusetts . He a prominent Free Mason at Peno scot , having been one of the charter members of Hancock

Lodge at its formation , and its first Senior Warden . (See ’ o f Wheeler s History Castine , page

o to o 1 7 9 9 He rem ved Hampden bef re , where he was Secre 1 802 tary of Rising Virtue Lodge of Masons in , and for some

r yea s after . In 1 7 9 9 he had a controversy with Eliphalet Perkins of

u Orrington , and str ck him . A few days after Perkins had him arrested and carried before Col . Jona . Eddy on a charge

ho nn o t o &c . . o of assault , , when Col J pr duced a document , of

i which I g ve a copy , and which stopped further proceedings “ n s s 5 1 7 9 9 . Ha cock Orrington , August , Personally

o h o n n o t appeared Gabriel J , Esquire , and complained of him self for a breach o f the peace in having struck Eliphalet Per

o n n kins , Thursday eveni g , the first day of August instant , and paid a fine of twelve shillings , or two dollars , as a satis facti o n to the government of Massachusetts for said breach ” M O N O . of the peace . SI E F WLER , Justice of the Peace 67

I give a copy of a letter now before me “

2 d 1 7 9 6 . Hampden , Dec . , Sir : Yours of the 30th ultimo was delivered to me by w Mr . David Read ; in ans er to the contents would observe ,

n that my letter to Capt . Read was fou ded on the direct and

o f o full assertion Joshua a res , the father , and corrob rated

n o f . by his son , and colori g support from another person l Mr . a res asserted positive y that when he settled and paid ’ for the cattle it was done by Mr . Read s giving the fullest encouragement that the warrant would be quashed an d all u f rther proceedings therein stopped , asserting that he was the

ou l prosecutor , but sh ld not nor wou d not appear to support the complaint ; and that you said if they settled it and paid for the hay you would warrant nothing more would be done

the . about warrant If this had been a true state of the case , I conceive it would have been extorting money in the fullest ' — degree with agrav ate d circumstances as I have been misin formed nothing further need be adde d o n that head . a res pressed to know if nothing could be done to save his children

. him from punishment I told no , the only thing to be done was for them to come forward and give security for their ap t pearan c e at S . J . C ; when there throw themselves on the mercy of the Court , _ aud (as you observe) the having made satisfaction for the injury , would no doubt go in mitigation of the punishment . There requires examples of rigor , that the people in that quarter may see that the laws must be observed , and that if they will not quietly submit to them they must do it by compulsion , and with the addition of fines , imprison

&c . & c . ment , whipping , ,

. O H O N N O T . I am Sir , your Humble Servant , G J ” Timo . Langdon , Esq .

This letter is written in a fair , even hand , and directed to ” Timothy Langdon , Esquire , Stillwater .

ho nn o t - . J o . 20 1 820 7 2 . H is Col died in Hampden , Oct ,

. 5 1 820 6 1 82 1 will Oct , , proved March , , was witnessed by

John Abbot , John Godfrey and Sarah Crosby . 68

N .

Commonwealth of Massachusetts , 23 1 7 7 8 . Penobscot , April , The Deposition o f Jeremiah Colburn of Penobscot River

o n testifieth in the County of Lincoln , Gentleman , oath and

o 2 8th 1 7 7 7 saith , that on or ab ut the Day of November , ,

o o John Marsh of Pen bsc t , in the County aforesaid , Entered

’ on an Island called and known here by the name o f Marshe s Island and took up and settled on a Certain L ot of Land fo r ‘

A Farm for himself 3 which lot includes a mill Priv elege . 1 7 84 e That on or about the Last of May , , Mes Levy Brad ley , Joseph More and Daniel Jemison , all of Penobscot in said County , Did then and there agree with the said John Marsh to Build a Saw mill upon the s d Privelidge included in d within the Lot which the s John had Settle as aforesaid .

sd And the Levy , Joseph and Daniel , Did also agree with the s d Marsh to Relinquish to him one Quarter Part of one saw mmie diatel i y after finished in the mill which they so built , upon Conditions that the said Marsh should Relinquish 1 0 Acres of Land included within said Lot so as to incl ude s d mill Previle dge and upon the former conditions being fulfilled d ’ CI s v . S upon the Le y , Joseph and Daniel s Part Then the Marsh was to give A Deed of s d 1 0 acres as soon as be o b A B H O ! . tain e d a Deed from Government . JER C LB RN — s s . 23 1 7 87 . Lincoln , Penobscot , April , Then Jeremiah Colburn Personally Appeared and made oath to the above Deposition .

O N N . Before me , J ATHA EDDY , Justice of the Peace

3 . 1 801 . Boston , Feb Dear Sir : I shall in the first place inform you that I am

Inhabi well and also my Family . As to the Petition of the tants of Eddington plantation it has been taken up and Com mitte d and they have put it over , but I shall endeavor to have it called up again and get the Business so forwarded as 6 9

to have an order of Notice if it is Possible . I wish you to wright to me as soon as you can make it convenient and in form me whether th e House of Mr . (or Mrs . ) Clapp is sold or like to be and whether it is probable that I can have a shelter in it next Spring , and if I can not , whether there is any other House that it is likely I can get for a short time ,

Ken dus till I Build . If not , I must take up my Quarters at keag . My Compliments to all Friends . A Letter directed ’ to me at Belcher s will reach me in season .

R K O ND . I am Dear Sir yours , PA H LLA

Jona . Eddy Esq .

P .

n To all persons To whom this Protest shall Come , K ow m ye that I , Will Boyd of Bangor , in County of Hancock , 2 3d 1 7 9 2 Shipwright , on the of April , , Did enter into Con l tract with Doctor O iver Mann and Hudson Bishop , Both of

Penobscot , (Castine) in Said County , to Build for them A wi vessel of one Hundred tuns or thereabouts , as ll appear by an Instrument By them Subscribed , Baring Date as Specified

in above , which Instrument the Said Oliver Mann and Hudson Bishop engage on their part to furnish me with every Material to enable me to Carry on said vessel in three weeks from the date of the abo ve said Instrument . But to my great Damage they have not furnished me with Sufficient Timber and other

i to necessaries accord ng said Contract to Carry on said work .

Wherefore I , the Said Boyd , hereby protest against the pro

’ c ee di n s o f g said Mann and Bishop , and against all Costs ,

Delays , Detentions , or any Damage of any name or nater that I may Receive or Sustain thereby . Whereunto I have

2 5th 1 7 9 2 . Set my hand this day of June , W IL L M O D B Y ,

r and carpenters that w ought on said vessel , O D JAMES B Y ,

N WILLIAM PATTE , O R BERT CAMPBELL . " Mehetable Dr . William Ware was son of John and 1 7 4 69 . (Chapin) Ware of Wrentham , Mass . , born July. , Zebiah u First wife was Sweeting , da ghter of Lewis and 1 Z i h o . eb a . 30 1 7 28 v Sweeting , married Oct , , ; She died N ,

1 7 32 . . 2 7 1 7 33 Second wife , Anna Hodges , Sept , ; she died

35 1 7 5 5 5 1 . i 1 7 2 9 June , , aged Third w fe , Lydia ,

. 1 9 1 7 34 Feb , he bought a farm of John Finney , in Norton . , dm 1 7 42 he was a itted to church in Norton from Wrentham . , wife Anna admitted to church in Norton . “ ” Practio n er He was a of Physic for several years , and 1 7 2 1 7 . 1 7 8 40 50 . 24 kept a public house from to In , Nov , w he sold out and moved to Dighton , here he died . His grave “ . 1 1 1 7 64 6 7 stone says , Dr William Ware , died June , , aged

” ’

2 2 . years lacking days Second wife s grave stone says ,

Anna , wife of Dr . William Ware , departed this life June

2 5 1 7 5 5 50 4 2 1 . 1 7 64 , , aged years , months and days , his

o will in Brist l County Records , names wife Lydia Children

William , George , Benjamin , Mary Eddy , Lucy Talbot

Abigail , Lydia . His children were

m . . n . O c t . 1 6 1 7 29 o . Mary , b , ; Capt J athan Eddy

u c m . e o . L y ; Nathani l Talb t , Jr m 2 1 31 . Willia , Ap ril 7 , 7

o O ct . 23 1 7 32 e 2 7 O ct . 1 732 . J hn , , ; di d , “ eo e u us 26 1 34 u o u u ” G rg , A g t , 7 , a M nday ab t s nri se . m 20 1 — “ ” e c 7 36 7 e e . B nja in , Mar h , , a Sabbath day v ning “ ” u 1 0 1 741 e d o u u n s s e i 2 . A na , J ly , , b ing a Fri ay ab t n tting ; d ed 5 S ept ,

1 741 . o se 1 75 6 . 1 758 . 1 7 60. J ph , Lydia , Abigail ,

R . “ the ! Copy ] A Return of Refugees of Nova Scotia , who 1 7 7 6 left that Province in the year , with their former and present places of Residence in the United States or Else 1 7 85 where , June ,

N ames . 1 o d J nathan Ed y , u o 2 Capt . Z eb lo n R we

3 o o . i e s e e s C l Ph n a N v r , ’ 4 . e Mr Eb n ezer Garn er , ( Gardn er) 1

o me es d e ce . N ow es d e . N ames . F r r R i n R i nt

m e ss c us e s Id ass . 5 . W w Mr illia Max ll , Ma a h tt 6 o u d o d o Anth ny B rk , 7 o m s e d o d o Th a Falkn r , d o d o 8 . o o s e Mr R b ert F t r , m o we d o d o 9 Mr . W illia H , e n o s d o d o 1 0 Capt . Nath . R y ld , dfo d e e o r d o d o 1 1 Lieu t . Bra r Carp nt r , ( Car o e en ter fo d o d o 1 2 R ev . Mr . N bl , p Brad rd)

1 3 o n dd J r . d o d o J natha E y , ( )

14 o t n e e s d o d o e . J na ha N v r , d ad

W am dd d o d o e d . 1 5 illi E y , d a

1 6 Ibr o o k dd d o d o E y ,

1 s d d o d o 7 Elia E dy , 1 8 o d o d o J hn Day ,

1 9 d d o e d o d o d e . E war C l , ad d o d o 2 . e 0 Dr Park r Clark , 21 m o s e o e d o d o A br C l ,

22 e o o o n o d o d o e . Dani l Th rringt n , (Th r t n) d ad

23 w d k e do o c o . d e d . Ed ar Fal n r , N va S tia a

Bl s . Z e u o o we r . o c o s b l n R , J , N va S tia , a 25 o n c e e s d o J h E kl y , P nn ylvania 26 S amuei d o Sharp , 27 ew d o Matth Sharp , 28 o s e d o J ph Sharp , 2 d o 9 Ro b ert Sharp . 30 o s o o N ew Y o J iah Thr p , rk 1 o l d o 3 J nas Ear e ,

32 o s e J r . d o J na Earl , ,

33 . e d o Mr Dani l Earl e ,

34 o e e d R b rt Earl , o

. e d o Nath Earl ,

36 . wo o d s o . Mr At Fail , (Fales ) C nn

37 d e d o e . Oba iah Ay r , d ad

38 . o do Cap t J hn Starr .

39 . i es d o Mr El jah Ayr , 40 i e r . d o El jah Ay r , J , 41 e c o n m eo es e d o D a Si n Ch t r , mu 42 e o o o n n r d o e . Sa l C nn r , ( C o ve ) d ad 43 mue e d o Sa l Fal s ,

44 . mue o e s o e s Capt Sa l R g r , Rh d I land , 45 eo e o e s d o G rg R g r ,

46 . . Kellh em m s d o Capt Mr , (A a a) 47 o Kellh em d o J hn ,

48 id enk s d o ss . Dav J , Ma

49 s o e d o ea . Chri t ph r Pain , d d

50 eu . mes e o . ss . Li t Ja Av ry , C nn Ma 7 2

me . N s o me es d e c e . a F r r R i n N ew Resident .

51 o n o va c o i . J h Allan , N S t a 5 2 d so m m Edwar Hand (Ha p s o n) d o d ead . 53 o u o d o J hn F lt n , 54 o Mc G o wn d o J hn ,

5 5 . wfo d o Nath Cra rd , 5 6 o e d o J hn Sibl y ,

5 7 . C reeth Mr , d o 58 o e w d d o J hn St ar , 5 9 e s L eD ern ier d o L wi , 0 d T referil e d o 6 Davi , (T rrill) — 61 o s . T um u d o O n o w . Th b ll , kn n The within are tho se who left the Province of Nova Scotia in 1 7 7 6 the remaining part o f the sixty-three persons I can

o r not ascertain , either their Names places of Abode .

O N A . J EDDY .

ff o Col . Eddy was indefatigable in his e orts to btain grants of land from Congress and Massachusetts for the refugees m from Nova Scotia . He ade many journeys and looked at several tracts of lan d befo re settling down at what is n o w

&c Eddington , Me . I give a copy of his account ,

“ ’ An ac c o unt o f c a sh layd o ut an d o ther supplies fo r th e pro prie to rs sinc e

th e year an d in that ye ar 1 784 .

r h i u J . . P . T o o n e p etitio n fo (t e n ext wo rd s O b sc ure b t I c all it . W )

o u e to o o Grand Manan and j rn y l k at it ,

me o u e 37 d s £1 1 1 8 0 My ti in that j rn y , ay , T o o n e o e o u e to o ess e e se s o f o ur n e in c s 1 2 1 5 7 th rj rn y C ngr , xp n that j y a h , im e an d o s e 31 d s 9 6 0 My t h r , ay , n o o o u e to o o o ut T o o n e p etitio n fo r land at Pe b sc t and j rn y l k it , m m 1 3 1 0 y ti e , 0 m o c o o o s o o d e to et d o ut 40 1 2 T o 7 j o urney s fro Pen b s t t B t n in r r g it lai , 0 m mu * his was 20 id o ut . c o e 1 1 0 1 7 87 . La by Mr Tit b , ( Sa l ) bill

2 c n m en 2 1 4 O hai , mo e m en as e s 2 1 4 0 2 r wait r ,

t o s o w s o es m o asins 3 0 0 n h and g , o o s fo m en 6 1 0 0 to pr visi n r s aid ,

i o to o e s s 1 8 0 p et ti n C ngr , My exp e n se at B o s t o n an d waiting at B o st o n o n th e Go vern o r

e e s to o e s s l tt r C ngr ,

e es o n th e b o e Int r t a v ,

. mu e c o m was fi s u e o o f dd o 17 94. Mr Sa l Tit b r t S rv y r E ingt n,