The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-03-31

proprietors that half of the entire grant was
voted him, which embraced the counties of
Wa'oo ana Knox, except few towns, and
subsequently part of Penobscot county. By
subsequent purchase Gen. Waldo obtained ell
Vi tne iand OF the proprietors except lO0,O00
| acres Gen. Waldo took an active interest 10
settling and developing his patent. He took
actlve measures to secure the settlement of his
territory, offering lots of 100 acres to settlers in
consideration OF an annual rent of one pepper
corn. me first settlement was made at Thom-
| aston. subsequently party of Scotch-Irish en-
| lgrants made settlement at What is now the
| town OF Warren, and two German colonies laid
the foundation of Waldoboro'. During his life
ne quilt mills at various points, burned lime
| for shipment, and IN every way encouraged the
| settlers. Gen Waldo's interest in his Maine
| land did no. engross his whole attention. He
took an active part 10 the affairs of the colony
| OF Massachusetts. For several years he was a
member of the Provincial council. About 1742
he was appointed Colonel of the Eastern mill
| TIA regiment In the celebrated expedition
| against Louisburg, Nova Scotia, under Colonel
| William Pepperell. Waldo was the third in
| command, with the title of Brgadier General.
| As much as any other man his influence insur-
ed the enterprise success. In 1857 General
Waldo was placed in command of mid wiuter
| expedition against Grown Point, which failed
because of small pox IN the command Gen.
waldo and Sir William Pepperel were init
mate friends. They were born the same year
and d'ed within few days of each other. HIS
daugh'er Hannah, was engaged to be married
to Andrew Pepperell, son OF Sir William. They
were to be married IN 1748, but on account Of
the illness of the youog man the event was
postponed three years Another day was set,
but a few days before the time fixed, he notifi-
| ed her that circumstances rendered another de-
| lay necessary. She returned no answer. The
preparations were all made, the bridegroom
and all the guests assembled at the time and
place when the lady got her revenge by public
| ~ telling the man that she would not marry
one who had eccasoned her so much mortfca-
ton. In six weeks the lady married the Secre
| tary OF the Province.
For many years Gen. Waldo had attempted
to interest the colonial government 10 the es-
adjustment OF fort on the Penobscot but the
project was not entered upon until 1859. He
expected that the value of his lands would be
| greatly enhanced by military protection. On
| the 23d of May of that year while exploring
the eastern bank of the Penobscot few miles
above Bangor, be died of apOplexy. His re-
mains were taken to Fort Point where the fort
was being built, and there buried with military
honors aud religious ceremonies. There his
remains have probably ever siuce remained.
he was 63 years of age In person he was a
man OF commanding presence, tall, stout and
of dark complexion. His portrait probably
painted by Smbert is in the collection of Bow
doin College.
His Oldest son graduated at Harvard in 1743.
and came to Falmouth. He was elected to the
General Court the next year, and was the first
W..
position he held until ITO. The second son,
FRANCIS, was Collector of Customs at this port
from 1853 to ITO. At the commencement of
the Revolution he went to England and never
returned. The patent fell to four children.
When Francis Waldo and Fucker, who mar
ried Hannah, left for England, at the begin
ming of the Revolution, their property was for
felted to the state
Jp IVA Henry Knox, then Boston bookshelf
er, married Lucy Fucker, the grand daughter
waldo a 70 In avfr
alists and he was a real rebel. By this mar
rage she became estranged from her family
She shared the fortunes of her husband and his
honors. Her family and her uncle Francis be.
came dependent upon the British crown. After
the war, Gen. Knox purchased the entire patent,
but he lost the same before the decease of his
wife.
Mr.. Williamson closed with glowing tribute
to the energy, wisdom and high character of
Gen. Waldo and justly credits the early sue
cess OF the settlements in Waldo, Knox and
Lincoln counties to his untiring efforts. The
paper was pronounced one of great merit.
Mr.. Goold of Windham, said that he had
seen the statement somewhere that the remains
OF Gen. Waldo were taken from Fort Point
aud brought to St. Paul's church in this city by
Gov. Pownars expedition, aud afterwards TAX
en- to Boston.
"A hELiC.
AT the close Of the paper of Mr. Williamson,
Hon. VIM. Goold, in behalf of Samuel Jordan,
Esq, of Deering, presented the Society with an
ancient rifle, which in the days of its usefulness
belonged to Capt. Dominicus Jordan, who was
the foremost man in Spurwink. After being
a successful figher of Indians, he was killed by
treachery in 1908 The rifle was used by Capt.
Jordan in the Indian wars, and it is quite prob.
able that several savages were victims of that
now rather harmless looking weapon of war
At that time the Jordans were quite numerous
in this locality. In 1908 twenty of that name
were killed in this vicinity by the French and
Indians. The rifle has been transmitted from
father to son until the present time. 1t will be
one of the most valuable relics belonging to the
Society. 1t had been in the possess on of the
family 1856 years. The rifle was doubtless in
use at the siege of Louisburg.
Afternoon Session.
The morning session adjourned to two
o'clock, but at that time only those who were
very anxious to listen to the Trelawney Papers
were present Soon after that hour the mee.-
ing was called to order and Gen. Brown pro-
ceeded to notice soma facts concerning the
somewhat locally famous
TRELAwNEY PAPERS
Those received by the Society are copies
male under the direction of j. Wingate Thorn
ton, Esq, who wrote letter accompanying
them and explanatory thereof. Gen. Brown
then read extracts from several of the letters
written by Robert Trelawney and those 10 bust
ness relations with him. Trela whey at that
time had his plantation or headquarters at
Richmond Island. In passing Gen. Brown re
marked that tie island derived its name from
man named George Richmond,swho formed
Protestant colony from the south of Ireland.
One of the papers read showed that Trelawpey
was willing to pay % per cent. interest, and
that all the people were not good at that time
since he complains that certain parties stronger
than his took possession OF his flakes for drying
fish and used them the whole season without
saying as much as By your leave. One of the
papers was an order from Gov. Ferdinand
Gorges directing that tract of land be granted
to Trelawney. Many of the letters are exceed.
ingly pious in their tone. There are about 500
pages Of manuscript. Judge Shepley and Gen.
Brown were appointed committee to prepare
a resolution expressive of the thanks of the So
ciety to the gentleman who so generously fur
uished these papers SO rich in early local his.
tory.
CAIRNS IN MAINE.
r. X. Sewall, Esq, of Wiscasset read short
paper entitled ''Cairns in Maine" He said
that heaps of stones are the simplest and most
ancient monuments of historic remains. A
''cairn'' is a heap of stones. He referred to the
use of these monuments in Bible times. Some
times these cairns are places of sepulchre.
They ars found in Maine. On the banks of the
Kennebac are the "pe bile hills On the west
shore of the Kennebsc, 80 miles from the
mouth, in 1873 there was a remarkable heap
examined by Rev. j. Bailey, missionary 1t
was described as a mound hill, rising so feet
perpendicular above level base. 1t was an
entire pile of stones covered with heritage and
even stately oaks. The highest elevation is in
the Sheepscot highlands. Nearly opposite
Wiscasset is crushed heap of stones spread in
consecutive layers At Agry's Point, on the
Kennebec, presumed to be in opposite proxim-
Ity to the Kennebec cairn. there was exhumed
at depth of ten feet below the surface, in
January, 1871, a flat stone fifteen inches square
Under the stone was found the skeleton of