Ancestral History of the Pioneers ofDeer Isle and their Descendants. B. L. Noyes ••••···· ANCESTRAL HISTORY ··•·•••• OF THE DEER a ISLE AND THEIR DESCEN"DAN"TB. ~g ~- lia1'_e .N0tJ6$, .A.. R TIC LE I :- HASKELLS; ...~ RETROSPECTIVE PREAl\IBLE. Should all things ,vhich have been relegated to the past be entire­ ly forgotten and allo,ved to molder in the sepulchres of oblivion? Ho,v many realize the importance of that ,vhich is being bestowed upon the present generation by the gro,ving army of antiquarian minds ,vho are daily delving in the dusty and cobwebbed pathways of life ,vhich lead to a better and nobler understanding of "Auld Colonial Times," the men and \vomen ,vho made and endured them, our fathers and forefathers, yea, even back to "Auld England" do our thoughts rapidly trend until our ancestral links are so perfectly united that the concatenation is a chain of loyalty and benevolence intern1ingled ,Yith affections and devotions, all based upon a consan­ guineous affiliation, one ,vith another, in this great and harmonious b?.nd-an unbroken family record from its most incipient progenitor do,vn to its latest offspring. To ·day a ,vhole nation of .A.. merican people is alive to this fact 2 .... d the strenuous energies ,vhich our noted genealogists and histurians, each with their organized society of \vorkers, are putting forth are onlv of the nresent decade and attest to the sinceritv of purpose and .,; ~ .,, - .... the value of the motive ail have in vie\v. The history of a family is like the flo,ving of a river; there are many rivulets starting ,vide apart, ,vhich unite to s,vell the ever­ deepening stream. :!viost of the fountain-heads of old ....\.merican fam­ ilies are in England, especially so ,vith the Ne,v England contingents with ,vhich I shall principally deal; and, in order to obtain a correct vie"" as to the inception of t~e characteristic attributes of our colon­ ial fathers, from whom parental traits are undoubtedly transmitted to their present descendants, we must cross the Atlantic and follo,v the rivulets to their sources. The tracing of the relationships of those qualities and talents ,vith which one ancestor has seemed to have imbued into a later soul, thus showing their effect upon the human race, is the philosophy of genealogy, and by studying the philosophy we are able to arrive at some conclusions as to their meanings and effect. Furthermore, as you peruse these articles, the conviction, I trust, \vill come that, under the power of those things ,vhich are really the fruit of the vine planted by our old ancestral pioneers, our country is leading the human race in its march toward a state of society inex­ pressibly grand and glorious. The most of us-would that it were all-like to look back on the past, to turn over the leaves of old records and imagine the persons that wrote them,· to glance back to childhood's days and think of those who were with us then-some indulgent father, a sainted mother, long since passed to their _eternal rest; friends whom we knew then but whose friendship ceased with childhood's days. These come to us as sw-eet thoughts as we sit musing in some quiet twilight hour, and sometimes even in our dreams we fancy seeing them. We read history, through whose pages flickering lights and shadows follow each other successively along as some man or nation rises and rules a brief span and then passes away; but over the whole, time throws a haze which softens all the points an_d mellows the colors and smooths all the rough places; so that we forget that those who lived in-those days, in that past, had the same passions, the same joys and endured the same sorrows as we endure. We even forget that childhood had its bitter sorrow, as bitter at that time as any of maturer years. We read of great battles and glorious victories; we forget the homes thus made desolate, the hearts rent by pain, the widow's tears, the orphan's sigh. We see the bright­ ness of the martyr's crown ; we too often forget the pale, haggard face beneath, and the torture and agony that won that crown. Friendship's flowers bloomed as sweetly then as now; but ofttimes, as som~ kind hand \vould gather them, they found naught but thorns. The past is like one of our glorious sunsets. The rays come down to us, making a radiant pathway of golden light up to its very source, yet if ,ve seek to tread that path\vay, ,ve shall find the same rough road; and if ·we \Vere to continue long, night would overtake us, and ,ve would only be too glad to rest. But a fe,v hours more, and the eastern sky is tinged with light and the same sun breaks forth; another day and soon another past. Thus generations are begotten; they mature, then vanish a,vay for others to follow. But, though in the silent· tombs, they are not to be forgotten. They well played their parts on the stage of life ; it is now our turn, and the ancestral scenes <?f our revered forefathers should be so per­ petuated by their modern blood that the great family panorama of life shall know no ending. A description of the scenes constituting this mammoth panorama is, in reality, the Genealogy of the family, and hence we present it as such to the readers of the ''PRESS' '-beginning with the pedigree of the HASKELLS. Ston-ington, Ma-ine, Marek 2nd, I899. ••...... ANCESTRAL HISTORY ···••••• OF THE AND THEIR DEBCENDA1'TTB. :Sq :S. lia1'e J{eqei, ..\.R TICLE II:- HASKELL :-Key to the understanding of . the Genealogical 11ethod used in these Records. To anyone at all familiar with genealogical writings and meth­ ods these explanatory notes are actually superfluous, but, without a shado,v of doubt, by far the greater majority arc by no means versed as to the matter of ascertaining relationships, lines of ances­ try, etc., of one individual to another by the system herein adopted, :without some elucidation as to the character:-5, fihures and arrange­ ment used in such writings-hence a little study of this article will perhaps be necessary to ensure a clear and ready comprehension of \Vhat is to follow henceforth. The earliest emigrant to a pioneer family is considered as being the first generation (i. e. in American ancestry) and his name is al­ \vays follo,ved by the superior figure 1-thus, Mark1 Haskell. If he had brothers who came, they would be characterized likewise, as the generation is the same, but only of a different branch. The children of the emigrant ancestor would, as being in the second generation, have their names followed by 2 and their children in turn would be the third generation which would be characterized by :i_thus, Mark3 Haskell. Therefore a superior figure following a name is al\vays indicative of the generation to which the party be­ longs. A line of patern~l ancestry is indicated thus; William' Haskell, ( Caleb,6 Mark,5 lVIark, 4 Ignatius,=3 Mark,2 William1 ) • You will observe :figures arranged in a vertical row to the extreme left, the numeration of which will consecutively increase in each is­ sue as the genealogy progresses. Inserted in the centre of the column will also be seen a second row, each figure of which is always placed just above the record or biog­ raphy of a person and his family, thus :- Mark -26-HaskeII. This central figure is always one that has been advanced from the left hand colun1n and by referring back to its position in that col­ umn you get the father of the individual who bears this number. Over the father's name in the centre will be found again another fig­ ure ·which refers you back still further in the left hand column to the grandfather, etc. until the complete ancestry of a person is thus obtained. Whenever the name of a m~mber in a family is preceded by a figure (,vhich is in the left column) this individual's name is ad:­ vanced or carried ahead just sufficiently to adapt the number to the central colutp.n, the same as is seen in heavy type above (1\rlark -26 - Haskell) where \Vill be found his sketch and family with his fur­ ther descendants. The process is a very simple and ingenious one after you once grasp the idea and this will be forthcoming before you peruse the articles to a very great extent. Thus you can pick out any individual and, in a few moments, go for\vard and find his descendants or revie"- ba~kwc.:-:!:; an<;l get his ancestrv.., · .A.. s all must realize, ,ve are al,vay3 dependant U)Oll much knowl­ edge transn1itted verbally and purely fro111 the men~ory of the donor, hence, coming- thus, it is most certain that son1e errors must of necessity creep into the mass of records, bn t \Ye assure you of our eyery effort being made to have this inforn~ation as reliable as is possibly consistent \vith the undertaking. "\Ve stand ready to make any alterations in response to those ,vhom ,~,.:e hope ,vill not hesitate for a n1oment to correct us. Kindly senJ to us your family records, and n1nch labor and the possibility of er1:ors ,vill thereby be reduced to the greatest n1ini1nun1. There is much n1ore Haskell 1naterial in· the possession of the author than ,Yhat ,Yill be tendered through these columns as it would sitnply he the continuation of fan1ilies off from the n1ain sten1 of the Deer Isle branch and ,vould not concern or interest our do­ n1estic fa1nilies to an extent com1nensurate \Yith the task of ,Yorking it into the n1aterial to he contributed.