The Narraguagus Valley Some Account of Its Early Settlement And

T HE N AR R A G U A G U S V A L L E Y

S$ M E A C C O U NT $ F IT S E AR LY SE TTL E M E N T AN D SE TT L E R S

Y M ILLIKEN A. B J .

A glan ce at the map of the western part of Washington County will show that any treatment of the early settlement

arra ua u s or upon the N g g River , necessarily involves more less

e t of the histori s of Steuben , Milbridge , Harring on and Cherry l ﬁe d .

e 4 U Steuben was form rly township No . , East of nion ” 5 N . e River , and 0 comprised the territory now includ d in the

herr ﬁeld towns of Milbridge and Harrington . The town of C y 1 1 is composed of No . , Middle Division , Brigham Purchase ,

and of the northeastern part of what was formerly Steuben . All that part of Cherryfi eld lying south of the mills on the first 1 8 2 6 be or lower dam was , prior to , a part of Steu n , and was called Narraguagu s to distinguish it from the settlement in the “ ” was southwestern part , which called Head of the Bay , and “ ” the postoffice at Cherryfield was called Narraguagus un til - fi $ within some twenty ve years past . What is now the ourishing town o f M ilbridge was a part of Harrington until 1 848 . Har 5 1 7 9 1 rington ( No . ) was incorporated as a town in , Steuben

h r ﬁ l 1 1 18 1 6 4 1 7 9 5 C er e d . ( No . ) in , y ( No ) in , and the northeast T H E NARRAGUAGUS VALLEY.

I part of Steuben was annexed to Cherryﬁ eld in 1 8 26 . ﬁnd that

t . prior to the incorporation of Harring on , that township and No 1 1 herr ﬁeld r , C y , held their plantation meetings and kept thei records as one organization . At that time most o f the settlers in Harrington lived at M ill River , where the earliest settlement o w rr to was made . There was n settlement at hat is now Ha ing n village until several years later . r r I have found it impossible to asce tain the date o f the ve y .

e earli st settlement upon the river , or the name of the man or men who felled the first tree and erected the first rude dwelling . There is a tradition that a man named Sprague had a home on the point below the creek near the house of the late David Small, and it is said that signs and relics of his forge are still to be found there . e fix The earliest settl rs , whose coming can be ed by any D well authenticated tradition , were Jabez Dorman , John ens

m r I . o e , chabod Willey and Samuel Colson They came at or

17 5 7 . n . about the same time , Dorman came from Kennebu k m Willey and Densmore , and probably Colson , ca e from New

Hampshire . Willey was English born , or born soon after his - r e . parents cam over His wi fe , Elizabeth Bumfo d , was born in

rr . r Londonde y, Ireland He settled on the side of the hill nea m where Marshall Guptill now lives . His sons were Willia ,

I . chabod , John , Charles and James His daughters , Susan married

Samuel Colson , Elizabeth married John Jordan, Molly married D Eben owns , Annie married Allen Downs , Abigail married

D . Wm . White and Jane married Samuel avis Jane , the youngest, survived all her brothers and sisters and died about 1 8 8 2 at the

9 6 . age of years All the Willeys in all the region round about ,

few and they are not , are the descendants of this Ichabod and

. W Elizabeth ( Bumford ) Willey . Mr illey was a millwright Narr u by trade and built the ﬁrst mill on the ag agus River . Old people remember him as a large man o f great strengt h and en durance , though not so strong as he sometimes felt when a little elated .

des William , the ol t son of Ichabod , married Elizabeth Pink

. e P . ham Their children wer . Samuel , William , Robert . Richard T E N R E H A RAGUAGUS VALL Y .

P . Polly m . John Door , Betsey m . Robert Leighton and $V m . Loring ilson .

r Ichabod , J . , married Sally Fernald . Children , Abraham ,

John J . , Sabin P . Abigail m . Orrin Hall , Lydia m . Robert Pink ham , and Sally m . Maj or Dinsmore .

John , third son of Ichabod , married Fanny Guptill . Chil

. G. A. dren , Wm , Joseph , Amasa P . Maria m . Samuel Colson ,

e Olive m . J . B . White , Jane m . Oliv r Willey , and Elvira .

Charles , fourth son of Ichabod , married Hannah Guptill .

B. Children , Ichabod , Charles , Oliver and Orrin , twins , Daniel ,

. . . . 1 Andrew and Alvin B Susan m Wm Carlton , Frances m

. 2 . . E F . Jacobs , and D E Nickels , Nancy m . Wm . Carlton and

Eliza m . Bridgham .

e Samuel Colson settled on the hill where Nathan C . Tuck r

now lives . His sons were John , who went to Robbinston while young, Samuel , Alexander , Gerrish , Timothy , James and Moses . 1 . 2 His daughters , Sarah m Ben Ingersoll , Thomas Cushing,

. e Molly m John Anderson , Lydia m . Tenn y, Fanny m . f John Brady . It is safe to a ﬁrm that all the Colsons in the western part o f the county are the direct descendants of Samuel

Colson , named above . Jabez Dorman married Mary Godfrey and s ettled on the lot

now occupied by Hannibal Curtis , j ust west of the Lynch hill , so called , and the lot continued in the possession of his descend

ants , male or female , until within a few years . His children — were Nathaniel died at sea a young man . Ephraim m . Nabby

Wilson , Benj amin m . Weston , Samuel m . Ruth Kingsley ,

Hannah m . Benjamin Sanborn , Olive m . Marshall Hill , Mary

m . Benj amin Wakeﬁeld , Lucy m . Elias Foster ( Cooper ) , Hilda

rl . . . m . Ca aw and Annie m Wm Lynch While the de

cen an ts s d of the daughters are quite numerous in the county ,

but very few of the name re main . John Densmore— now called Dinsmore— settled on the lot

next south o f the Dorman lot, where the widow of G . F . Dins

more now lives . The Dinsmores of Lubec , Trescott and Whit

ing , as well as all in this vicinity , are descendants of John Dens

more . It may be well to remark in passing that in the early T H E NARRAGUAGU S VALLEY .

the D , r days , name was sometimes called enbo and the e is at o least one family in Lubec who call themselves Denb , but are descendants of the same John Densmore . John Lawrence must have been one of the very early set

. tlers on the river . He was by birth an Englishman His wi fe is said to have been a Townley . They came here from North Y we armouth in this State , and settled at what call the upper

r r m . T co ner , very near where the Al f ed S all house is hey had but one child $ his name was John . He was a small child when m ’ r his parents came here . He grew to an s estate and ma ried r r Jenny Rol fe , whose parents lived in the Inte vale District nea where the schoolhouse now stands . John and his young wife settled on the lot now in possession of Gilbert Sproul and there raised a large family of sons and daughters . The sons were

m . D . John m . Wilson , Aaron Lucy Leighton , aniel m

S . o a umner , Larkin m . a Kingsley, William m Reyn lds , 1 2 3 . . o James P m Amy Patten , an Alline , Matilda J nes , and

rn x . Alpheus . His daughters were Polly . Ale Leighton , Jane m

m m . . . W . Ca pbell , Sally m Amos G Guptill , Nancy m Otis Tucker

. r . T r and Betsey m Geo ge Guptill O f all these , Nancy ucke and

Betsey Guptill , are the only survivors . But the descendants of the sons and daughters are very numerous and are to be found

. . e all the way from St John to San Francisco , and ach one per fectly ready and willing to receive his or her distributive share o f the great Lawrence Townley estate that has waited so long for a claimant . 17 62 In , John Small came from Cape Elizabeth and settled M - on the lot below the creek , near the ethodist meeting house in

Milbridge . His son Elisha , a fterward so well known as Deacon

Small , was then four or ﬁve years old . He was the oldest son

- by a second wi fe . He had several older half brothers . One o f D these , Jonathan Small , took up the lot next south o f the ea . T T Small lot , the same a fterwards owned by Joseph ucker . he sons of Jonathan were John , Joseph , Timothy , Daniel and James . o D The sons f John were John , Larkin , avid, Al fred and

William . T H E NARRAGUAGUS ALLE V Y .

T o he s ns o f Joseph were John , who was drowned at the 14 r r age o f in the rive nea the island now occupied by Mrs . a Driscoll, and Joseph , f ther of Joseph now living in Steuben .

r . r S r His daughte s were Hannah m Ba na t out, Elizabeth , Clar

. m . . r issa m W Nickels and Jane m Nathaniel St out.

s The sons o f Timothy were Jame and Alexander, and his

e daughter Eliza m . Allen Arch r , Sophia m . Thomas Guptill and B Priscilla m . arna Stevens .

Daniel, the fourth son o f Jonathan, m . a daughter o f Friend

ﬁ . . Cof n, so called Their sons were Samuel m Betsey Cofﬁn,

A n h sse at e . 1 Thomas m . Bethia Strout, Isaac m . White , L vi m k D o 2 ran lan d . risk , a F , and James m a Wakeﬁeld , and there

e M rs. e were daughters , Mrs . James Wak ﬁeld, Dani l Buzzell and

M r D . s . Eli insmore

. r James, the youngest son o f Jonathan , m Priscilla Wo cester

of Columbia . Their sons , Isaac m . Margaret Spaulding, Aaron P . Am . S m . T m . a Plummer , aziah m a Leighton , timson amelia

m S . 111 . . Burnha , imon G . Austin and James A m Fanny

e r . . 0 . Wallace , and th ir daughte s , Clarissa m S Madden , Betsey

. r . m . Levi Leighton , Mary Jane m Moses Austin , and Ma tha m

John Noyes .

Dea con Elisha Small m . Priscilla Strout . Their children

r m rene s . we e Benjamin . Sy Wakeﬁeld, Jo eph m Betsey Tucker ,

r . . m . r I Elisha , J , m Nancy Ward , Willia m Lydia Godf ey , saac

Ir D f Po . I e . marri d ene Leighton , aniel m Nancy Co ﬁn , lly m saiah

Leighton , Sally m . Mark Wilson .

D . m . Ebenezer Small , a younger brother of ea Elisha , Nabby r m S Leighton . Their child en were Deborah . James Colson , am

o T . D r . uel m . Molly Cols n , homas m eborah Tucke , Lydia m

“

. T m r James Gross , Nabby m Samuel uttle of Perry, John a ried

at Lubec and removed to Bucksport , Eben married a Harriman

. S . m at Bucksport , Peggy m James Cates , ally m Ti othy Cates ,

e . . both at Lub c or vicinity, and Anna m James Leighton About the time that John Small came and settled on the r a r iver , as be fore st ted , came also Joseph Strout , bette known in his day as Deacon Strout . He settled at Back Bay, on what

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’ was then called Granny s Neck , said now to be known as Pink

’ I e ham s sland , the action of the sea having s parated it from the

’ i . main land . Dea . Small s w fe , Priscilla , was his daughter . Wm

Ray , who came from England when a small boy , married an older

sister of Mrs . Dea . Small , and became the common ancestor o f all the Rays of Milbridge and Harrington and those who have gone out from these towns . The descendants of this Deacon

e Joseph Strout are v ry numerous in M ilbridge and Harrington ,

especially in the districts of Back Bay , Mill River and Oak

Point . But there is another family , or race of Strouts , in M il bridge and Cherryﬁeld not known to be related to these descend

o f . ants Dea Joseph Strout . Jeremiah Strout came from Cape Elizabeth and took up

the lot on the east side of the river , now in the possession o f o James , Ge rge and Tobias Strout . At what time he came is w ’ not now kno n , but I ﬁnd his name in Lothrop Lewis s list

o f early settlers prior to 1 7 8 3 . His sons were Jeremiah and

1 7 65 . 1 8 Nathaniel , twins , born in Nathaniel died at years of age Jeremiah never married , and died an old man . Joseph m . 2 . e d Annie Lovett , Elisha m R becca Leighton , and Anna Ricker , m . . I Ba a m Hannah Small His daughters , Priscilla m . saiah

Nash , and Polly m . Ebenezer Nash .

The sons of Joseph were Nathaniel , J . Woodbury and

. an Barna $ daughters , Mrs Thomas Small d Mrs . Larkin Small . — The sons of Elisha Leonard , Jason , James , George and

Tobias . — The son of Barna John .

Priscilla , who was the third wi fe o f Isaiah Nash , was the

mother o f Nathaniel , Adkins and Oliver Nash , and of Hadassa , widow of David Wass .

Polly , the wife o f Ebenezer Nash , was the mother o f Elisha

S. W . , Stillman , Shaw and Francis Nash . — Joseph W allacew better known in his day as Maj or Wallace

s and his brother Benjamin came from Beverly , Mas , some time about 1 7 60. Maj or Wallace settled on the east side o f the river

on the road to Fickett Point , near where the late Dea . Wm . Wal 6 TH E NARRAGUA S ALLE GU V Y .

. r lace lived He was a man of some means, owned and un a vessel

e Cherr ﬁel d. and had inter st in mills in y He had a son, Joseph ,

r . J , who was known as Colonel Wallace $ he married 3 Smith of

. T Machias Among his descendants are the families of John .

Wallace , Louis Wallace , William and Charles and George Wal r lace , and a daughter of his mar ied Stephen Bowles, late of

Boston . r Benj amin , the brothe of Maj or Joseph Wallace, settled on

c the lot on the east side o f the river , now o cupied by Capt . Moses

Wallace . o m o James Wallace , the s n of Benj a in , settled up n a lot on

n the west side of the river , nearly dow to the lower steamboat

. T . 2n d o whar f His sons were James , John , and Ambr se , and

. Bro r . r wn . daughters , Mrs Joseph Cates , M s Jesse , M s Joseph

. . m . . Brown , Mrs Eli Foster , and Mrs W Godfrey r r Jesse Brown and David Brown , b others , were early settle s ,

lm u and have left many descendants . They came from Fa o th ’ e on P now Portland . Jesse settl d the east side , near where ickett s

n ow' whar f now is . David took up the lot in possession o f John

Hutchings . I have not been able to get such in formation as would j ustify me in attempting to give the genealogy of the different families of Browns o f Milbridge and vicinity at this

I to r time . But think it is safe assume that they a e all of the seed o f Jesse and David . Among the early colonists were two young Englishmen

Josiah and Samuel Tucker . Samuel settled in Columbia, and

from him are descended all of the name in that vicinity . Capt . Josiah Tucker built a house and lived on the hill east of Samuel ’ Ray s reside nce in Cherryﬁeld . Some of the very oldest people living remember of having attended school in one room o f his house .

o . r The children f Capt . Josiah were , Josiah m a Worceste ,

r . S m Robe t m . Elizabeth Jordan , William m a mall , John ( so e

m m . T . ti es called the Admiral ) widow Harrington , and heodore

D D . aughters , Betsey m . Daniel Small , Lubec $ orcas m Joseph

m . r . r . Small , Polly m . David E Corliss, and Susan a Spa ks A thi d T H E NARRAGU GUS ALLE A V Y . brother of Josiah and Samuel Tucker we nt to Honduras and accumulated the great fortune that used to excite the hopes of the families here , as it was well known that he died without heirs in that country .

Gowin Wilson came among the earliest pioneers , but where

s he came from I have not ascertained . He wa distantly con n ected with the Wilsons who came to Columbia . He settled upon the lot afterwards occupied by his son Joel at the Intervale .

e His sons were Gowin , Mark , Joel and Nathaniel . His daught rs ,

M cKo . . Mrs . William y and Mrs Ephraim Dorman M Gowin , Jr . m . a Libby of Gouldsboro . His sons were ark , o dau h~ Gowin , Henry , Edward , Warren and Washingt n , and his g ters , Mrs . Sowle , Mrs . Walker , Mrs . D . G . Dorman and Mrs . Dyer

. . S. Mark m Sally Small His children were Loring, Emery ,

Green and William , Mrs . Eben Leighton , Mrs . Joseph Libby and Mrs . E . Fernald .

. e n Joel m Polly Burk . He migrated to Mi nesota some years ago $ was the last survivor of the family , and died lately . The Leightons will require larger space in this chronicle than those of any other name , being very numerous in the vi cin it y, and having intermarried with almost every one o f the old families . 1 7 60 About , two brothers , Thomas and Samuel Leighton , came from Falmouth to this River . Samuel settled, as nearly

$V . as I can learn , on the lot now in possession o f Richard P . illey

e Parri His sons were Theodor , Isaac , tt and Phineas . Theodore e succeed d to the lot taken up by his father . Of the descendants

an of Theodore , I have not been able to obtain y information .

Isaac m . a Worcester and settled in Columbia . His sons were

Moses , Samuel , Levi , Daniel , Harrison T . and Aaron . His da . . ughters , Mrs Silsby , Mrs Tucker and Mrs . Allen .

Parritt s settled at Indian River , Addi on , and the Leightons e of that vicinity are descend d from him .

Phineas went to Pembroke , and the many Leightons o f

that vicinity are of his race and lineage . 8 T H E NARRAGUAGUS ALLE V Y .

Thomas Leighton , the brother of Samuel , settled upon a lot at the head o f Pigeon Hill Bay , now in possession of Joshua M .

Leighton . He had a family of six sons and ﬁve daughters .

e Robert , Joseph , Thomas , Annie , Molly , Jam s , Ross , Abigail ,

Betsey , Sarah and Benj amin .

1 . alm u h Robert went to F o t and settled . 2 . Joseph m . a Jordan . His children , Joseph m . Betsey

n . . Re Dow s , Robert m Betsey Willey , Eben m Drusilla Wilson , becca m . Elisha Strout , Lucy m . Aaron Lawrence , Betsey m .

Jacob Leighton , Rachel m . Orrin Willey . 3 . Thomas m . Patience Wallace . Their children were Ben jamin m . a Brown , Lucy m . Louis Wallace, Otis m . Mrs . Eliz h abet . . Wallace , James m Polly Strout , Robert m Jane Smallage ,

Patience m . Amos Gay and Joan m . Henry Bray . 4 . Annie Leighton m . Tristram Pinkham .

5 . 1 2 . Betsey Leighton m . Samuel Davis , Richard Pinkham

6 . Molly Leighton m . Thomas West .

7 . . . . James m Kitty Brown Children , Betty m Daniel

t . . Lovet , David m Eliza Leighton , Hannah m Gideon Thompson ,

Caroline m . James Brown , James m . Sally Smallage , and Jesse ,

8 . Ross m . Their children , John m . in

Portland , Aaron m . Bethia Wakeﬁeld , Jacob m . Betsey Leighton ,

William m . Myriam Merritt , Samuel m . Eliza Bunker , Ross m .

Lovicie . Daniel m . Abigail Joy and James m . Leighton

9 . . . Sarah m Leighton Children , Eleazer and Gid eon .

0 . . . 1 . Benj amin m Strout Children , Robert m

. Eliza Davis . James m . Sophronia Leighton , Thomas m Rachel

. Leighton , Joshua m . a Stanhope , Edwin , Persis m Nathan Hink

. . ley, Polly m . William Pinkham , Alice m Calvin Corthell Nearly at the same time that Thomas and Samuel Leighton o 2d came and settled as I have stated , Th mas Leighton came

H. . . from Dover , N . , to Gouldsboro His wi fe was Lydia Tracy It is not known that there was any re lationship between these 2d re two Thomas Leightons . From Gouldsboro , Thomas soon moved to Steuben and settled upon the lot afterwards known as the

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h . Henry Leighton lot , now occupied by Josep Small He had ten

H tevil children , Jonathan , Mark , Charity , Alexander , a , Pamelia ,

Isaiah , Daniel , Israel and Asa .

1 . . e . . Jonathan m Annah Dy r Their children , Jonathan m

Lydia Strout , Lydia m . Nathan Godfrey , Anna m . Benj amin 1 2 Godfrey , Charity m . Samuel Nash , and William N . Nash ,

W . Henry m . Lovice Wass , Handy m . Rebecca ass , Betsey m

Tr hen i . . a . . John Randall , Lydia m Stephen Hill , yp m Wm B

. . m . Nash , Irene m Isaac Small , Theressa m Coy , Persis

Oliver Cleaves , Thomas m . Persis Dyer , and Almon , who lives in Calais and is the only survivor of the family .

2 e . w Mark m . Sally Small . Their children er , Abigail

e m . James Smith , Elisha m . Betsey Parker , Warr n m . Joanna

Dyer , Pamelia m . James Parker , Sewall m . Barbara Green ,

Freeman never married , Naomi m . James Clark , Lydia m . John e Stewart , Amy m . James Kell y and Belinda m . Alfred Smith .

3 . . . Charity m Daniel Godfrey Children , Lydia m . Wm .

Small , Fred m . Joan Haskell , Lewis m . Betsey Foster , James m .

Y . Elmira eaton , and Eliza died young 4 Di . . rexa . Alexander m . Polly Lawrence Children, m

Wm . Smith , Jane m . Robert Smith , Anna m . William Stevens , 1 2 . o . Abigail m Ezra Smith , N els n m Olivia Smith ,

Whitten , Daniel m . Mary Jane Lawrence , and Caroline m . Still man Smith . 5 Hatevil . . e m Polly Dunbar . Children , El anor m . Elisha

. . . So Parker , Geo m Lydia Moore , Wealthy m Heal ,

hr n i o a . p m Doane, Leonice m . Samuel Cleaves and

Mary J . m . Frank Martin .

6 . . . Pamelia m John Patten ( See Pattens . )

7 . . . rn . w Israel m Amy Smith Children , Seaman Eliza Sha ,

. Nicholas m Elsie Haskell , Phebe and Kingsbury both died young .

8 . . Daniel m Abigail Nason . Children , Daniel died in

. . youth Thomas m a Patten , Mary m . Justus Bick ford , Israel

. . Y m Hannah Drinkwater , Leonard m a eaton , John m . a Nason . 9 . . . Isaiah m Mary Small Children , Elisha m . Caroline

Lancaster , Amos m . Louisa Sargent , Lydia m . Walter Hutchin

son .

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Loruhami icke . . . tt. Asa m F Children, Oliver , Lewis R m

D . S olly Heal , Eliza m David Leighton , Joan m . John trout , Is

. f rn . abel m Myrick Small, Cynthia m . John Gri ﬁn , George

Thorne , and Hannah m . Ephraim Strout . m Another old family of Steuben , many of who have and

-er do live upon the riv is that of the Dyers . Henry Dyer and his wi fe Batty came from Cape Elizabeth sometime prior to 1 769 ’ and settled at Dyer s Bay . They had fourteen children , Andrew

r m . a daughter of Jesse Brown , Sarah , Batty, Henry, J . , Annah ,

e . . Ebenezer , L muel , Abigail , Reuben m a Whitten, Anna m Jon

. Y . athan Leighton , Christiana , Asa m a eaton , Walter and Molly

They were large, strong and healthy men and women . Lemuel

settled in South Addison . He had three sons , Luther, Briggs and

. r . . T March , and two daughters , Mrs Brown and M s Hough wo V A sons of Andrew , inal and Harris , settled in ddison , but emi

e . T grat d to the West , where they died hose yet living on this

river are descendants of Reuben and Asa , and do honor to their

ancestors . S T Deacon Jonathan tevens and his wife , Mary racy, were

early settlers o f Steuben . Their children were Samuel , Lydia ,

Rhoda Louisa , Polly , Jonathan , Nabby , Bethia and Nancy . Sam

uel m . Sally Hill , and raised a large family o f children , some of

whom are still living. Nabby m . Joseph Stevens of another fam

ily and raised a family of eight children , one of whom , Luther P

resides in Cherryﬁeld . Jonathan P . m . and raised

m S e . a fa ily in teuben, who have died or gone to oth r parts

Nancy, the youngest daughter of Dea . Stevens, m . Wm . Shaw ,

and die d but recently . Deacon Stevens settled near the head of the bay and owned

- a grist mill near where Mrs . Shaw lately lived . He was a pious

man and, having a natural gift o f language , as those who know his

de scendants might infer , he used to conduct religious meetings — r . r r and ofﬁciate at fune als His grist mill was of ude const uction , and some hours were required to convert a bushe l o f grain into m e eal, and as all the people for a long distance around depend d upon his mill to grind their grain , he generally found it necessary

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e to keep the old wheel in motion day and night , we k day and Sun day . Nor did this inter fere so much with his rest or devotions , as might seem probable . He used to ﬁll the hopper and leave the gentle old mill to work away upon it while he took a good long nap , or , on Sunday went to the meeting, read a sermon and made a prayer .

1 7 66 1 7 68 r e Some time between and , Alexander Campbell moved from Damariscotta to Steuben , and built a mill at Tunk , now called Smithville , on the east side of the river . It was the

n ﬁrst mill there . Mr . Campbell was afterwards well k own , not only at home but far east and west , as Colonel Campbell . He t was born in Georgetown, this S ate , and was the son o f Alex

Dr ander Campbell , born in Scotland , and Frances ( ummond )

. 1 73 1 . 1 7 59 Campbell , born in Ireland He was born in In , he

c married Betsey Nickels , who was born in Ireland and ame to

s . Lynn , Mas , with her parents when about six years old From

. . to Lynn , she came with her brother , Capt Wm Nickels , Damar i scotta . At Damariscotta , two children were born to them

. e James and Frances While living at Steub n , Hannah , Peggy , 1 7 7 2 ‘73 Polly and William were born . About or , they moved “ to this river and bu ilt a house at what we call Shipyard Point , ’ m where Nash s lumber yard now is . While living there , Sa uel ,

1 7 9 0 e Alexander and Betsey were born . In , they built and mov d th r into the house on the hill , the same now occupied by eir g eat grandson , F . I . Campbell . Col . Campbell had found it so ex pensive getting his lumber to market from Tunk that he concluded to come to this river and operate , where he could raft his lumber to the vessels that were to take it away . He ﬁrst contemplated building his dam and mill on the privilege now occupied by the ” Forest M ill , grist mill , etc . He took counsel o f Mr . Ichabod wh w h h Willey , who was the only eel rig t . and of others w o had

d v lived here some years , and they a ised him to build a dam the fﬁ down at point instead . for two very su cient reasons in their

1 . fﬁ w estimation . A su cient head to ork a mill could not be 2d raised up at the falls , and , there was little or no timber on the river above , and he would need to have his mill Where he

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could reach it with logs cut upon the river below , and upon the islands . There was already a mill on the dam now occupied by

f Co . Co ﬁn , and that would more than use up the timber that

- could be got up river . And so he built a dam and a tide mill down below .

In the troublous times that followed soon after Col . Camp bells ’ settlement— the struggles and trials of the revolutionary war —h e was very active and efﬁ cient . It would be interesting to

e e the read r , I am quite sure , to relate in considerabl detail the

o ff part that Col . Campbell to k in the a airs of this county and the 4 5 country from 1 7 7 to the close of the revolution . But space will not permit . I can only say that Col . Campbell was the ad

o viser , aid and conﬁdential c rrespondent of the famous patriot ,

Col . John Allan , who did more than any other one man in all

e east rn Maine for the cause of Freedom and Independence , in thwarting the schemes of the British , and in keeping the Indians

to from the St . John the Penobscot friendly and true to the Amer

ican cause , and when the people of the region round about had any appeal to make to the General Court o f Massachusetts , or to the Continental Congress , Col . Campbell was generally their agent and envoy .

. f 1 . . C . James , the oldest son of Col , m Susanna Co ﬁn , a

f . sister of Dea . Elisha , Matthew and Temple Co ﬁn of Columbia

They settled at Mill river , where the Kennedys now live . Their

children were James A . m . Thirza Fickett , Nancy m . Joseph

o . Adams , Richard C . m . Sally F ster , Polly died young, Patrick m

Smallage , Colin m . Sally Ricker , Alex . F . m . Julia Patten ,

e . . Catherine m . Thomas A . Snow and Bets y m Weston Merritt

2 . Fanny m . James Archibald, who with his brother Thom

as , had come here from Nova Scotia . He lived but a short time ,

o and she afterwa rds m . Capt . Ambrose Sn w , a son of the old

n pioneer preacher , Elder Snow . Their childre , Robert married

in Thomaston , Campbell died young , William m . Myriam Wass ,

l s 2d . Ambrose m . t and Eliza S Nickels , Thomas

A . m . Catherine Campbell , Jane m . Francis Cobb , Polly m . Capt .

Post . T H E NARRAGUAGUS ALLE V Y .

3 . Hannah m . Thomas Archibald . Their children were

Elizabeth m . Joseph Adams , Margaret died young, Sophia m .

Su Thompson Lewis $ Mary , Hannah , Samuel and Thomas , and san m . Charles S . Hall .

4 . r . Peggy m John Foster and was the mother of Alexande

Foster and o f Robert Foster who formerly lived where J . A .

M illiken now lives .

5 . . . . Polly m Robert Foster , Sr , and died soon a fter

6 . William m . Jane Lawrence . Their children were Han

m . . . . nah , John L . Margaret Lewis , Betsey m B G Ricker , Samuel

. . S . m . Elizabeth S Shaw , James m Leonice Nickels , Ambrose m . Ann M . True and William never married .

7 . Samuel m . Rebecca Wass . Their children were David

W . m . Margaret B . Nickels , Alexander m . Caroline Ricker ,

Francis C . died unmarried , Fanny died young, Susan m . J . W .

. r . Moore , William , Abigail , Aaron W and Robe t F all died young , and Nancy A . m . J . $. Adams . Of all these Alexander and Mrs .

Moore only are living .

. dr 8 Alexander m . Nabby Collins . Their chil en were Peggy m . James Ray and William died unmarried .

9 . Betsey , the youngest daughter , died unmarried at the

2 6 . . 1 8 0 age o f years Col Campbell died in 7 .

A sister of Col . Campbell married John Todd . Their chil

e dren were Nancy , Suki F . and Eliza , and probably James Todd and John Campbell Todd , as these two Todds came here and

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1. were certainly connected in some way to C0 Campbell s family . A T . . . John Campbell odd m a sister of Esq lex N ickels , and was the ﬁrst settler upon the Nickels lot , now in possession of John

. e H Nickels . Th ir children were John Nickels Todd , Nancy ’ — . W Todd m . a Clancy , Peggy m John Dutch , and illiam and per haps others . William m . his cousin , Mary Ann Nickels . They

had a family of children , but parents and children lie side by side

in Pine Grove Cemetery . James Todd took up the lot now known as the Nathan

Hinkley homestead .

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Capt . Wm . Nickels, of whom some mention has been made r I Ir incidentally , was bo n in reland , probably in North eland , as his name and Protestant faith would indicate . He came with

r s . r his pa ents to Essex county, Mas , when very young He ma i T o r ed Margaret Breck of Massachusetts . hey had three s ns

r r . T r and fou daughte s he sons were William , and anothe , neith

r of . r e whom came here, and Alexander One of the daughte s ,

Hannah m . Robert Shaw and became the mother o f Robert G .

Shaw , who died some years since in Boston, leaving a large fam

r o . tev ily and a g eat estate , and of William Shaw wh m Nancy S ens and died in Steuben, leaving a family of sons and daughters .

Margaret, the second daughter , m . Jacob Townsley, a soldier of had the revolution , born in Springﬁeld, Mass . They two chil P e m rr P dren , eggy di d in childhood , and Persis , who a ied hilo '

Lewis . Mr . Shaw having died and Mrs . Town sley also , M r .

Townsley m . the widow Shaw . The third daughter o f Capt .

. D . T . Nickels m aniel Eliot, and the fourth m John Campbell odd 1 5 The death o f Capt . Nickels occurred in 78 . He was ship wrecked in a snow storm on the north side of Grand Menan Is land . He and a young grandson succeeded in getting to land , but r were found dead , the boy locked in the arms o f his grandfathe , who had tried to shield him from the pitiless storm . The fol lowing inscription is found upon a monument in the cemetery at Eastport $ “ r r 2 6 1 8 1 7 87 r Ma ga et Nickels , died April , , aged , daughte m o f Sa uel Breck of Boston , and relict of William Nickels of

Narra ua us r o g g , who was lost at sea, as was his g ands n , George

r r D . W . Shaw , on Grand Menan Island, where they we e bu ied ec

5 . 1 8 , 1 78 . This monument erected by Robert G Shaw o f Boston,

$ r or g andson of the deceased, through the agency of Ge ge Hobbs , ” esquire . Alexander Nickels ﬁrst settled on the lot in Milbridge now i k e occupied by Ru fus F c ett and others . Subs quently he pur chased the Todd lot in Cherryﬁeld and built the mansion house ’ wa s . . o that used to stand where E S Wilson s h use is, and con

- 1 . cerned with C0 . Campbell in the tide mill at the old shipyard

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He married Martha Holway of Machias . Their children were

William m . Clarissa Small , Jeremiah O . m . Elvira Dodge , Sally

Go d 2d l e m . Otis S . frey and Thomas Mil iken , Daniel E . m . J m 2 a d . . . mi Libby , and Mrs Jacobs , Margaret m David W Camp 2 m . d bell , Martha Samuel God frey , and Eben Wood , Mary Ann

o . . . . m . Wm . T dd , Robert S m Betsey Adams , Eliza S m Ambrose

Snow , and John H . m . Betsey , widow o f Robert S .

s Isaac Patten , by trade a tanner , born in Billerica , Mas , and o who married there and had some family , having l st his wi fe , came to Gouldsboro to set up his trade, about or near the time that Campbell and Nickels came to Steuben . In Gouldsboro , he

the married for a second wi fe Amy Allen , a connection of Allens of Prospect Harbor . She was born in Kittery . After a short

’ time , he removed from Gouldsboro to Foster s Island in Narra

1 7 7 3 . ta n ua u s . g g Bay About , Col Campbell , wishing that a

ff . nery might be established , o ered Mr Patten to relinquish to

’ - 3 0 him his pre emption , or settler s right to some acres of the southern part of the large lot that he had taken up for himsel f and

sons . Subsequently this lot was conﬁrmed to Mr . Patten , as a

wa s es settler , by the proprietors of the township . The tanyard ta lishe b d s ill . near the creek , and relics of it may be found there t Am The children of Isaac and y Patten were John , Mary ,

William , Elizabeth , Tobias , Lydia , David and Nathaniel .

1 . . John m Pamelia Leighton . Their children were Isaac

m . Joan Watts , Amy , Sally and Lydia , all died young, Julia m .

Alex . F . Campbell , Jane m . George Nash , and John , twins ,

died young , Charity m . Bradbury Collins , and Love m . L . D .

w o Sawyer and by his second wife , Nancy , id w of Tobias , he had

Mary m . Henry Preble , Nancy and John C .

2 . Tobias m . Nancy Alline . Their children were M ichael

. L m . Amelia Bonny , David , Francis B . m . in Franklin , George

W . . . . . , and Eliza Ann m W B Austin h ’ 3 . . Mary m Set Norton .

4 . William m . Ruth Foster . They settle d on the lot after

wards the Barna Strout lot . Of their further history , the writer

has no knowledge .

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eduthan largely indebted to Robert and J Upton of Salem . The

1 8 12 - 1 5 embargo , followed by the war of , coming on before they had completed the vessel , the enterprise proved disastrous and

s — — ruinou s . It is aid that the brig no spars being set was hauled

e the ickett into the cre k north o f Elias F place , which was then

’ wooded with large trees to the water s edge , and there , so covered with brush , as not to be seen by persons passing up and down

. U r the river The ptons , in payment or pa t payment of their

e claim , received title to , and enter d into possession of the real

. o r U estate of the Foster brothers J nathan , a son of Robe t pton ,

- came and occupied the James Foster place , and John , a son of

eduthan . J , took possession o f the Robert Foster place Such is the re ason or occasion of the migration o f the Uptons to this river . After the loss of his property , James Foster moved to Great Falls ( Deblois ) and lived for a time in a house built by

Otis Pineo , on the hill where Bartlett Leighton lives . ( Pineo had been sent to Great Falls by Gen . Cobb to build a mill and begin a settlement the further history of which the writer has

e Steu no knowledge . ) From D blois , James Foster removed to ben and built the house lately occupied by Gen . S . Moore , and

dau h thence in his old age , he went to Sullivan to live with his g ter , Mrs . Henry Sawyer . He died in Augusta . The unmarked grave of the senior John Foster lies some

in w where the ﬁeld near the river , on the lot upon hich he settled , and that o f his wi fe on the Wm . B . Leighton lot in Deblois .

Shubael Hinkley , some time prior to the revolution , settled

for a time upon the east side of the river , near where Mrs . Han

nah Strout lives , or nearer to the Talbot Smith house , perhaps .

From there he moved to the Intervale , beyond the Archer place .

He had two sons , Lemuel and Moses , and a daughter who m . a

. . e Miller at Machiasport Lemuel m Betsey Norton . Mos s m .

Mary Wallace , a daughter of Benj amin . Their children , Herbert

. m Nabby Strout , Nancy m . John Small , Nathan m . Persis

Leighton , Eliza m . Daniel Lothrop , Aaron m . Mary Irons , Ben

j amin died single , Shubael died young , Mary m . a Davis in Dover ,

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H. . N . , Naomi m a Dexter at Salem, Susan B . m . Manning Dun

e . . bar , Ann m . Sim on B Ray

The ﬁrst doctor that settled on the river was Dr . Benj amin

e Alline , whos wi fe was a Lowell , of Massachusetts . He had f been a surgeon in the Continental Army . After the close o the 1 79 0 war he came to Gouldsboro and settled . About , he came

e here and settled upon the lot now known as the Hanson plac ,

e . . own d by Judge Milliken Of his three daughters , Mrs Pat ten , Mrs . Foster , and Mrs . Dea . Crocker , and of his son Ben j amin , mention has already been made .

Joseph Bracy was a very e arly settler . He took up the lot ’

w S . . now o ned by Peter mith , next south o f Wm Freeman s lot

He sold this to Capt . Ambrose Snow , and bought a piece of the

Todd or Nickels lot, and built a house on the south side of the old county road that led to the bridge at Shipyard Point . He was the father of John , William , Joseph and James Bracy . John m .

Fanny Cols on . His son , Augustus , is , I think , the only one of k ic ett . the name now living in the vicinity . William m . Polly F

l st They had two daughters , Betsey , wife of Lewis Colson , and

Martha m . Amaziah Colson .

Samuel Wakeﬁeld and his wi fe Mary Burbank , came from 1 7 5 6 5 7 Kennebunk in or , and settled at the head of the bay on the lot now comprising a considerable part of Steuben vil

lage . Their children were Samuel , Lydia , Ruth , Benj amin ,

Phebe , Hannah and Sally . After the death of his ﬁrst wife ,

' Mr . Wakeﬁeld m . a widow Small , and their children were James ,

Myriam and Daniel .

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1 . r . . . Samuel , J , m Anna Cox Their children Cyrus , Drus

B. . illa , Dudley , Elisha , Lovisa , Lovina , Asa , and Elias

. 2 . Lydia m . Ichabod Godfrey . Their children , Nathan m

Lydia Leighton , Benj amin m . Anna Leighton , Otis S . m . Sally

N ickels , Ruth m . Eben Wood , Hannah m . Salter , Wilson

B. m . Joan Handy , Samuel m . Martha N ickels , John , and Mary

D . m . Ethan Elliot .

. 3 . Ruth m . Capt . Perkins of Kennebunk T H E NARRAGUAGUS ALLE V Y .

4 l n mi . c a n j m . Polly Dorman . Their children were Sy

e . 2d . o S . . D . r r na m Benj Small , , Joel Farnsw rth , abina m J Pa k

r m. . T . m . e , Hannah J Watts , Amasa Jane Dyer , Lewis m . Abi

a s d . S o r gail W tt , Matil a m amuel M o e , Elbridge G . m . Clarissa

n m . r . Alle , Ma y m Dean S . Robinson, A brose C m . Elizabeth

m . . S m m Ca pbell , George W m usan Ca pbell , Hulda m . Jotha S .

Whitney .

5 . m . . o Phebe Kingsley Children , J hn, James,

Ruth , Lucas and Samuel . 6 e . . Hannah m . Nathan Cleav s from Kennebunk Their children , Joshua , Hannah , Oliver and Samuel W . r T 7 . Sally m . Wheele racy .

m . 8 . . e S James Priscilla Small Childr n , Hannah , ally , Na

A. T . than , James , hirza , Levi , Lorinda and Myriam

llison . 9 . r . Ga My iam m Winslow Children , John , Abigail ,

Louisa , Henry, Caroline , Winslow , James and Mary Ann .

0. . 1 m . r r Daniel Priscilla f om Lubec Child en , Jane,

Gleason and Samuel . 17 57 Josiah Sawyer , about , came from Cape Elizabeth and settled near the river in what is now M ilbridge . His wife was w . r Elizabeth , daughter o f Jesse Brown The e ere born to them

-’ r Villiam B. four sons and four daughters , Josiah , J . , , George ,

John , Lydia , Sally, Jane and Hannah .

1 . r . . . T Josiah , J , m Rebecca Grindle o f Sedgwick heir 2 d 2 d children were George , Charles , William , Elbridge, Eben ,

m . Philo , Te perance , Louisa , Joanna , Helen and Rebecca

2 . . r D . T William m Sarah , daughte o f Andrew yer heir

r . . children we e Exie m William Bracket, Mary m John Sawyer ,

Henry died unmarried , Harris unmarried .

3 . . is . o George B m Mary Roberts of Cape Elizabeth , wh

9 0. T d yet living at the age of heir chil ren Catherine m . Moses

. . r Wallace , Joseph W m Ma y Jane Wallace , William R . m . Lucy

Ann Gay , Stillman D . m . Nancy Ray , Emery W . m . Phebe Tur

r . . r r ne , Frank m Susan Wood , David m Hen ietta Foster , Ma y

. 1 2 m . Ann m , Melville Nash , , Isaac Mccollum , Phebe Helen

Myrick Preble .

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4 . o m . D r . J hn Lydia ye Children Handy, John , Rebecca

and Sarah .

5 . m . Lydia Josiah Grindel of Sedgwick . 6 . Sally m . Josiah Wallace . , Jr Their children, Joseph ,

Mary, Olive and Joanna . 7 . . T Jane m homas Strout . Children , Hannah , Maria ,

Everett, Joanna , Elizabeth and Amy . 8 . m . 1 2 Hannah , Henry Dyer, , French . Their

children were Rosilla and Jackson .

Joseph Sawyer came also from Cape Elizabeth at a date somewhat later than the coming of Josiah to Milbridge and set ’ tled at Dyer s Bay in Steuben . What their relationship to each other was, I have not learned . Joseph m . Sarah Dyer , daughter o f Henry and Batty Dyer , already mentioned in these chronicles .

T . I o heir children were Susanna m Nathaniel ngers ll , Joseph ,

father o f the Addison Sawyers , Henry m . Cynthia Foster and

u . . moved to Aug sta Nabby m Dyer of Sullivan, Sally

f . Am b m . Ambrose Co ﬁn , Catherine m os Allen, E enezer moved to Augusta , Lemuel B . m . Handy, and Annie , and by a second wi fe, Daniel and Annah L .

o Isaac Lovett, a y ung Englishman , came to this river with

Joseph and Benjamin Wallace . He was clerk and bookkeeper for Maj or Joseph for several years . He was a ﬁne penman, as shown by the old books that he kept, some of which are yet in

r . existence, and a man of conside able education He married

S . Annie Sawyer , daughter of John awyer of Jonesport Their children were Daniel , Annie, Rebecca , Ruth , Elizabeth , Jane and

Mary .

D o . . 1 . aniel m . Betsey Leight n No children

2 . S . S r . . Annie m Joseph trout ( ee St out family )

3 . . I r . Rebecca m John Ward Children , saac, William , Sa

m r . S m . ah . Amos Wo ster , Mary Ann m amuel Leighton , Betsey

m 2 m . A . G . Ha lin , and , Sa uel Leighton , Nancy m Elisha Small ,

m r m . . r . . J , Jane Albe t Church , Margaret Richard C Ray, Chris

r . tiana m . Henry Bray, and Eleano

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‘I . . D Elizabeth m Charles Corthell . Children , David , aniel ,

R . S. Levi Charles , Joseph , and Annie . 5 . Ruth m . David Cole . ( 3 . 2d Jane was wi fe of Moses Hinkley .

7 . Mary m . David Thompson . The Dunbars are all descended from Obed and Abigail Dun bar . who were early settlers in Steuben , and came from Taunton ,

Mass . Their children were Merrill , Caleb , Polly , Peter , Hum h p rey and Abigail . Of these

1 . . . . Caleb m Lovina Marston Children , Obed m Sarah

l til o i k Ti e s on . u c ett . . t G F , Abiah m Wm Pineo , m Abigail p , J

i . siah m . Susan Cole , Manning m . Susan B . H nkley, Charity m a Herrick o f Sedgwick , John m . Betsey Sowle , Joshua m . a

. r . Perry , William m and left a family at Jonespo t

Y . Y . . 2 . . Peter m Kate eaton Children , Sally m Joseph

M M r s . 2 rs . 3 1 . Tucker , Emma , Dexter m . , Mrs Norton , , Nash , ,

Y . . oung , Susan , Mary Ann m Caleb Tracy , George m Delilah

Sargent , Henry m . Emeline Strout , Abby m . James Steele , and

Y two John . m . Caroline Atwater , and there were or three chil dren that died young .

ici . . 3 . . L ov e . Humphrey m Stevens Children , Alfred F m

Ricker , Charlotte and John B . l Hatevi . 4 . Polly m . Leighton

I have no further record of the Dunbar family .

Cherr ﬁeld The Smiths of Steuben , M ilbridge , y and Colum

o bia are m stly descendants o f Job Smith , who , though not one M the . of earliest , was an early settler He came from iddleboro ,

s w Mas , in the last part of the last century , and settled here his W youngest and only surviving son , illiam , now lives . He had a large family of sons , who mostly lived to be aged men , and have

s o r left famili e more less large behind them . Y 1 7 6 0 John eaton , about , came from the vicinity o f Fal

His . mouth and settled in Steuben . wife s name was Sarah

u Their children were John , Samuel , Abigail , James , Lemuel , S 0 . s 1 7 6 sanna and Catherine The olde t born in , the youngest in 1 8 — 7 8 . These have inter married with many o f the old families ,

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are and though those bearing the name but few , the descendants are numerous . — — The Parkers of Steuben a quite numerous family are descended from Elisha and Eunice , who came from Cumberland

County some time from 1 7 66 to 1 7 69 . Their children were Pru dence , Abigail , William , Sally , Eunice , Phebe , James , Elisha and

Jordan .

Parritt Thomas , a Scotchman , with his wife Lydia , came from Canada and settled in Steuben about 1 7 70. Their children

e w re Levi , Thomas , Samuel , William , Peggy, Sarah , Isaac , Dor h t e . cas and Elizabeth . But few of the name remain in vicinity

Tristram and Richard Pinkham , brothers , came from Booth “ ” H - bay to Gouldsboro arbor , and built a tide mill at Long Cove , e so called , said to have b en one of the very earliest mills built in all the Eastern region . How long they remained there , and

re what was the fate of their mill is not known . But that they moved to Steuben prior to 1 7 69 is shown by the records . They ’ settled at what is called , from them , Pinkham s Bay , and built a “ ’ ” - tide mill on Pinkham s M ill Stream . Tristram m . Annie , a

e daughter o f the older Thomas Leighton . Th y had a family of

9 . . nine children born from 1 7 69 to 1 7 1 . Richard m Mrs Betsey m e . Davis , another daught r of Thomas Leighton Fro these two

Pinkhams come all the Pinkhams of Steuben , a numerous race . At a much later period some Pinkhams came from Harpswell t and settled in Milbridge and Harring on , where their descend ants are found .

Prior to her marriage with Richard Pinkham , Betsey Leigh ton had married Eleazer Davis by whom she had one child , Sam dau h uel Davis . This Samuel subsequently m . Jane , youngest g ter o f the original settler , Richard Willey . They had a family of

r on e th ee or four sons , of whom , Ichabod Davis , is still living at

r . a g eat age , and many daughters , several of whom are living — — The early not the earliest chronicles o f Cherryﬁeld would be incomplete without some mention of the name of one who is pleasantly remembered by all middle -aged people of the town 1 807 and vicinity . About , Joseph Adams , a young man yet in

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. to his minority , came from his native place , Lincoln, Mass , M Wiscasset , aine , and went into trade there in company with another young man . He remained there but a short time , and from there came here . I find his name among the Plantation ffi 1 8 09 o cers in , and from that time for more than half a century he was identified with the history o f the town , its people and its interests . In the course o f years , he held nearly every town f M assachu o fice , was elected several times to the Legislature of

n setts before the separation , and to the Legislature of Mai e after the State was admitted . Several times he rode on horse

Narra ua us r back from g g to Boston , and back again afte the o a close of the session . He was a man o f ﬁne pers n l presence and of genial manners in society . His ﬁrst wi fe was Elizabeth , oldest daughter of Thomas and Hann ah ( Campbell ) Ar chibald .

. r . By her , he had one daughter , Delia , who m Geo ge S Smith ,

o f Jr . After the death his ﬁrst wife , he married Nancy, the oldest daughter of Gen . James Campbell . Their children were

e James C . m . Harriet Nickels , Samuel F . m . Esth r Moore , Bet

2 . . . . d sey m . Robert S Nickels and John H N ickels , Joseph T m 2d 1 . U . . Louisa pton , and John $ m Nancy A Campbell , and 1 8 72 90 Elizabeth Burnham . Col . Adams died in , aged about years .

o J hn Archer , an Englishman , a man of some education , a land surveyor and a teacher in his time , married a Tupper of

Jonesboro , and at an early date in the settlement of the place , t on took up the lot af erwards occupied by his son John , the Bed — din t on . r g road They had a family o f twenty three child en , most ’ l . y sons , and most o f whom grew to man s estate The youngest of the family was David Cobb Archer , who lived until about a year since , and whom travellers between Columbia Falls and

Jonesboro will well remember . But few of the name remain in the county . Undoubtedly there were individuals and some families con n ected with the early history of the locality that I have not named . Of course there is not much history of the territory included in our sketch outside of the personal history of the people who

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at T of the gospel an early date a fter their arrival . hat they were superstitious , both the religious and the irreligious , we might safely infer , had tradition brought along to us no instances of their superstitious fears and notions . Many of them had abun If dant faith in witches and devils . a horse shoe was not nailed

’ - e o to every door post and in the bottom of very h g s trough , it was because it was harder to get old horse shoes than to ﬁght

demons and witches .

The ﬁrst school was taught by one John Edmunds , an

Irishman , in the house o f Mr . Isaac Patten , that stood near the

Creek . Though from the ﬁrst the people did not neglect to assemble

themselves together for worship , they made no attempt to settle

1 79 5 . a minister until about In that year , Elder James Murphy ,

a native o f Nova Scotia , was employed and settled with some 00 1 8 . little attempt at formality . He remained until about In 1 7 9 6 , a considerable revival occurred under his preaching and Y that of one Elder oung, and a Baptist church was organized ,

M ur of which John Campbell Todd was the ﬁrst deacon . Elder phy had preached for a while at Moose Island ( Eastport) be fore

coming here . He was not a learned or reﬁned man , and tradition tells of him that he was a persistent and successful beggar for him himself , for his family , and lastly for the church . After , d Y El er oung was here for a time , but whence he came or whither

he went, what kind of man he was or how long he remained , I

have no means of knowing .

The next settled minister was Elder Robinson . The ﬁrst — meeting house was framed and raised in the Patten ﬁeld , easterly

of the Talbot Smith house , and from there it was removed to -er the old shipyard corn , and after a few years it was moved

from there to a spot near where Augustus Allen s dwelling stands .

-ﬁve There it was ﬁtted up and used for some twenty years , both as

- meeting house and schoolhouse . After the building of a new - 1 8 2 6 meeting house in , the old one was somewhat repaired and

Cherr ﬁeld remodeled by the trustees of y Academy , and used for 1 83 8 1 8 their school until accidentally burned in or 3 9 .

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The records show that for many years there was a strong attachment felt by the people here for the parent Commonwealth o s r r f Massachu etts , and that during the evolution , they hea tily s m y pathized with, and seconded , according to their ability, the patriotic efforts and sacriﬁces o f the old Commonwealth $ and s sub equently , when the e xpediency and necessity for the em bargo and the war o f 1 8 1 2 became a matter of discussion and of sharp political division , they were found in hearty accord with the great maj ority of Massachusetts statesmen and people in o opp sition to the embargo and the war . I m r ﬁnd in the records the following emo ial , evidently the

n production o f the se ior John Archer , which I deem o f sufﬁcient interest to be embodied in this sketch $ “ T x r r o His E cellency, the Gove no , the Honorable , the Coun cil and the Honorable the Senate and House o f Representatives

e r of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , in Gen ral Cou t as sembled $ The inhabitants of the Plan tation of Cherryﬁeld in the County o f Washington , at a legal meeting holden on the 1 8 12 Eighteenth day of July , , for the purpose of consulting upon the common good and wel fare o f our country at this e ventful and

e alarming crisis, unanimously vot d that the assessors be a commit tee of sa fety and correspondence to lay be fore Government our situation and sentiments , and to request some pecuniary aid . Therefore we beg leave to state to your Excellency and Honorable Body that though we are few in number and through the means o f the embargo restrictions and other embarrassments on us we are reduced to low circumstances in life , yet we trust we are not behind the most opulent in attachment to our Constitutional rights r and privileges , the which we are determined to suppo t at the hazard o f all that is near and dear to us $ and further we beg leave to tender our sincere thanks to the Representatives of this Commonwealth and the minority of Congress and all the friends o f Peace , who have advised their constituents and fellow citizens on the subj ect of the present destructive and ruinous war , prov ing unto us the inexpediency o f it and the destructive con se

n ces r que attended the eon, of which we are fully sensible , for 2 7 T H E NARRAGUAGUS ALLE V Y . as our situation in the District of Maine is so contiguous to the

British lines that it exposes us to every distress and calamity , should they attempt it , without any means in our power to pre — vent any attack on our shores there fore feeling our inability of defense a n d not having resources to furnish ourselves at pre

sent , we would beg leave to request your Excellency and Honors to take our case into consideration and grant a small supply of arms an d ammunition to enable us in case o f actual invasion to make a more efﬁcient defense than we now can . The quantum

- $ . needed is as follows Ten stand of arms, one hal f cwt of pow

$ 200 H der , one cwt of balls or lead , ints and two camp kettles , the which articles so supplied the assessors become responsible for the payment thereof agr eeable to the terms and mode as may

con be directed by Government , and we indulge the hope and ﬁden ce that our Government will do all they possibly can to as

sist our Perilous Situation . $HN RC HER J A ,

$SEP H DAM S J A ,

Assessors .

1 8 1 6 In May , , a vote was taken upon the question whether the District of Maine should be separated from Massachusetts

o and erected into a State, and three v tes only were in favor of it, 1 8 1 9 and twenty were against it $ and in October , , when the

ﬁnal vote in the State was taken upon the question of separation , the vote here was four in favor and twenty-one against separ

ation . In bringing to a close these remin iscen ses of the early settle

ment of this region , the writer would say that he is fully sensible

e that the r cord of families is not , in all cases , full and perfect . He has spent much time in the ten years last past in collecting

the facts herein embodied . No doubt in some cases , wrong

Christian names are given , and in other cases the names of some

e members of families have b en omitted . It could not well be

otherwise , as the principal source of information has been the

2 8 ‘ recollection of old$ pers ons veriﬁed when practica ble$ “family Bibﬁi s an d w o e to n rec rds ,

“ “ Perhaps it may be well to say that where the good old-fas h

‘ ~ e it ha s en one e e th e ind d a s ere s o a u s d , be d on ly wh r ivi u l w c lled T H E NARRAGUA S A LLE GU V Y .

APPEND I$ .

Among the very early settlers at Steuben was Lemuel Baker , who came from Roxbury , Mass . He must have come about , or soon after , the time that the Leightons came . He married a

o 2d . . D Tracy, sister o f Mrs Thomas Leight n , , and Mrs eacon ’

. on Stevens He settled near the shore o f Joy s Bay , what is ’ w known as Baker s Point, a fter ards near where the George

Baker house is . By his ﬁrst wi fe he had four children . George died unmarried , Nabby m . Jones of Roxbury , Rhoda m . Farrington o f Roxbury , Dolly died unmarried . After the death of his ﬁrst wife , which occurred while these children were young, Mr . Baker moved to Massachusetts and there mar r ried Abigail Griggs , and by her had two child en , Susanna and

F . Eli , both born in Roxbury , and while they were young again moved to Steuben , where he and his wife lived for the remainder of their days . 4 1 . a . 1 8 0 Susann , m in , Amaziah Ricker . Mr . Ricker

. 1 7 9 6. came from Waterbury , Me , to Addison about He was a Cherr ﬁeld 1 8 8 0 blacksmith , and came to y in and built a shop ’ where Mr . Samuel Campbell s house now stands . Their children

. 2d . . were Sally m Colin Campbell , , Rev E Nugent , Benj amin

G . m . Betsy Campbell , Caroline m . Alexander Campbell , George

. . U B m Mary E . pton , Arthur S . m . Jane Stoddar d and Abigail

B . m . George Wingate .

2 . . . Eli F m Rebecca Downs . Their children were George

. . m Mary Ann Smith , Abigail m Isaac Childs o f Roxbury , Susan

. . l st 2 d m Joseph Davis o f Addison, Forbes m , Sarah Evans , ,

. 2d Susan Dorman, John m Mildred Ann Turner of Georgia , ,

Angie Kidder of New Hampshire , Frank m . Elizabeth A . Dork

. . ham , Henry C m Bessy Crowley , Mary unmarried , Sophia

. . m George Kendall , and Wm . G m . Sylvia G . Hart of St . Louis ,

Mo .