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Windham, Maine in the War of the Revolution, 1775-1783 University of Southern Maine USM Digital Commons Maine Collection 1900 Windham, Maine in the War of the Revolution, 1775-1783 Nathan Goold Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/me_collection Part of the Genealogy Commons, Military History Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Goold, Nathan, "Windham, Maine in the War of the Revolution, 1775-1783" (1900). Maine Collection. 23. https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/me_collection/23 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by USM Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Maine Collection by an authorized administrator of USM Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. WINDHAM, MAINE, IN THE VV AR OF THE REVOLUTION 1775--1783 BY NATHAN GOOLD. '" H. W. BRYANT, BooKSELLER. AND PuBLISHER, PORTLAND, ME. 1900. WINDHAM IN THE REVOLUTION. vVindham is one of those towns that colonists by reason of the taxation 0f has a history and the story of the the British government. What was stubborn resistance the early settlers it, then, against which they took up made aga.inst their Indian enemies and arms? It was aga.inst the principle against the encroachments of England of the right to tax as expressed in the on their rights and liberties will be of stamp act and kindred measures. T'he interest for all time to those who will marvel of all this matter is that 3,000,- succeed them in the town and to the 000 of people should take up arms,, not descendants of the men and women in consequence of what they suffered, who made the history. but in consequence of what they appre­ When the Indian chief Polin was hended; not because it bore heavily killed by Stephen Manchester, in 1756, upon themJ, lbut because of the right. the settlers had reason to believe thD,t There was a principle at s.take which their troubles were at an end and that touched their patriotism, and a prin­ they might return to their lands ciple which touched their religion; and and live unmolested. Then the for that they went to wa.r, for that they people looked forward to a pe­ suffered hardships. Who were they? riod of prosperity and happi­ They were men of clear intelligence ness, but it was not to be of long and right thinking, of determined per­ duration. Ha.rdly ten years elapsed severance. T·hey had thought the before came grumblings of discontent. thing out and they knew what their The stamp act was passed and the in­ rights were. T'hose were the men to dignation was· felt in the most remote whom we are so much indebted." The towns. The leader of the stamp riot people of Windham, without hesita­ of 1766, at Falmouth Neck, now Port­ tion, entered into the rebellion against land, was said to have been a WinJ.­ the mother country, with a spirit that ham Mayberry. is to their honor, and they should The causes which led up to the ReV·· never be forgotten as long as' the town olutionary war commenced with the exists. stamp act in 1766. What actuated the As early as F'ebruary, 1773, the men Americans to engage in the war, is well of Windham held a town meeting to told in a speech of Ron. Mellen Cham­ see about ans.wering the letter they berlain of Boston, made in 1891. He had received from the people of Boston said: "What actuated the men of the in relation to the public affairs. Their Revolution in the course they took? answer was in no uncertain words. Was it actual taxation? No. Not a One of the resolutions was: penny was ever paid by them on an Resolved-That we look upon it ounce of tea, not a penny was ever our duty as well as interest, both paid for a stamp under the stamp act. for ourselves and posterity, to stand From Maine to Geo·rgia, never was a up in the defence of those privileges cent taken out of the pockets of the and liberties that our goo·dly fore- 4 WINDHAM IN THE REVOLUTION. fathers purchased for us at so dear a in times of distress by an enemy which rate as the expense of their own appears to be very soon." The record blood, and that we used formerly and of that town meeting was never still ought to enjoy. copied into. the town book, although a The resolutions they recorded in the space was reserved for it and it is still town books because, as they said, blank paper. Those were times when "that the rising generations may see men's souls were tried. what care their forefathers have F'eb. 8, 1775, the following officers taken to defend their liberties were elected for the town company: and privileges, that they may take +:he Richard Mayberry, Ca.ptain. like care if they are called to it as we David Ba.rker, L·ieutenant. are." The next year, another letter, Ed ward Anderson, Ensign. in "bold and energetic language," was When the attempt was to be made to sent to the Boston committee. What capture the vessels of Capt. Henry better record could patriots leave to Mowat, in Portla.nd harbor, in May, their posterity? 1775, what has since been known ::>,:> Zerublhabel Hunnerwell, Thomas "Thompson's war," the Windham Trott and Daniel Barker were chosell company was there, under Capt. May­ to represent Windham in the Cumber­ berry, and from all we can learn now, land county convention of September, were very active in sacking the Tory 1774, to consider "the present alarming Coulson's house on King street. With situation of our public affairs," and the Gorham boys, they made clean the resolutions that were then passed work of it and drank up the New Eng­ have been said to be "probably the land rum which Coulson had put into ablest exposition of public affairs, at his cellar for his own use. This that time, now extant." That year shocked the Falmouth Neck Tories the town elected the following officers then, but it has never troubled their for the militia company and ordered descendants a.t Windham. th0m to instruct their men in the mili­ Capt. Mayberry joined Capt. Samuel tary art: Knight's company in June and served Richard Mayberry, C'aptain. as lieutenant through that year, as David Barker, Lieutenant. coast guard on Casco bay. Edward An­ Joseph SwettJ, E'nsign. derson -vvas the second lieutenant ani Then hardly anyone lived in th0 five other Windham men were in the eastern or northern part of the town. company, as follows:... Sergt. Moses Windham Centre was in the outskirts. How, Corp. Thomas Mayberry, Pri­ T'he town meetings were h.eld in U1e vates John Anderson, Caleb Young old Bloc~ House, (which had alwstys and Josiah Chute. Then the following been their place of refuge) in the officers were appointed to command southern or lower part of the town. In the town company: this old fort they met, March 15, 1715, William Knight, Captain. and to be prepared for the gathering David Barker, Lieutenant. cloud of war voted "27 pounds to pur­ Richard Dole, Ensign. chase a town stock of ammunition, as T'he war was now on and this com­ soon as possible, and that the town pany was ready for duty at little will pay interest to any man who will warning. They were minute men. A let the town have the money to do it." tradition has always been in our family T'hen Capt. Caleb Graffam, who had that these men were raising the frame had experience in the French and In­ of Jacob Eliott's house when Mowat's dian war, was appointed to fix up the guns were heard, when he was burn­ great gun and swivels, "as soon as poo,­ ing Falmouth, Oct. 18, 1775, and that sible." These resolute men had made they left their work and hurried to up their minds to resist the authority that town to aid the inhabitants in its of Great Britainr, and, if need be, they defence. That house is now a part of were to turn the guns of the old fort the present one on the William Goold on British authority. There was no farm. near Windham Centre. It was hesitancy and the decision seems to originally of but one story and stood have been unanimous. on the other side of the drivew"LY. T'en days after the battle of Lexing­ where the large elm tree stands and ton was fought, a town meeting W'lS faced the west, with a door in the end called and one of the articles of the towards the south, that opened into· warrant was "T'o see if the town will the kitchen, which had a large fire­ agree on any method to provide a place nearly the width of the room. I quantity of corn, or other bread kind, have been told that coming down the WINDHAM IN THE REVOLUTION. 5 road that, when the door was open, it elected March 19, 1776; as follows: looked as though you could drive Zerubbabel Hunnerwell, straight into the fireplace. Around Caleb Graffam, the kitchen were unpainted wooden Richard Mayberry, dressers upon which stood the Thomas T'rott, polished pewter dishes and the china Isaac Hardy. used. by the family. This was seven­ The town sent no representative to ty-five years ago. Ebenezer Barton the General Court during the Revolu­ the Revolutionary soldier, married tionary war, no doubt on account of Dorothy Eliott and they were buried their poverty.
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