Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-01-27
SURVEY OF HANCOCK COUNTY.


20. EDEN. Inc. Gl-l07 town. Feb. %.
1896. Pop. 1875. Dec los. 50. Wealth,
per cap. sl75. State Val. sl96.4g9. L.
5. Val, s2s2 9l5. Regarding it, appella-
tion Eden the presumption is in favor of
its being so named for Richard Eden. an
early English author. There Is tradi-
ton that it, natural beauties suggested is
name. II is 'impossib!c to diseutangc''
the ancient history OF that portion Of the
"Coaste HIS" now comprised In the pres
ent town. Its early histoH and that OF
Mt. Desert. are inseperablc. At Hulrs
Cove, Gregoire and his wife lived, died.
and were buried. They died in 1910, and
were buried OUTSIDE OF the graveyard, with
out priest. book, or cross" Tradition run
meth. that being Catholics, Protestant pre-.
JUDGE would not allow them a final resting
place inside. The first English settlement
was In 1853, by two families named Thorn
a and Higgins. We excerpt the followin .
from the frs. marriage record: This is TO
certify that, inasmuch as there Is no Law
full Authority within 30 miles of this place,
whereby we can be married as the Law
directs, We do promise in the presence of
God and the angels To clcaye
TO each other 50 long as God shall contin-
~ N''N' wi 'A'~0' - p'"'N' ~ AsAHHN anu
fruitful union.
Union soldiers, 1903; State Aid. g.. 356 :;
Town bounty, sl735l; cost per recruit
sl9l.
II. ORLAND. Inc. (l2-l2i town. Feb
II, 1900 Pop, l10l. Dec. loss, SC =
Wealth per clp., $3.50. State Val. 1914 =
800. L. =, Val. s539 l2l. Anciently call
ed "Aiamasook." next Eastern River :"
Ii was No. ,, in the graft 10 David Marsh
Its name j. supposed To be derived from
'Oar-land'-an oar having been found up
on lis shores by the first settler. who was
Joseph Gross, in l.Gi Ebenezer Gross
came In 1865, and Joseph Viles in 1866 -
Niles built the first framed house. Zacha-
riah Gross, the iirsf child, was born. 1866.
The first road WAS laid out in III. The
first mills were buift by Calvin Turner. in
1913. In 1890, it had 290 souls. la l-15.
the men of this plantation ana those OF No.
!, formed themselves Into a military COM
pany, and also chose Committee OF
Safety
Union soldiers. 1875; State Aid, sJ.7s6:
Town bounty, Sl4,s55; cost per recruit.
Sl64.
%. ELLSWORTH. Once called New
Bowdoin." comprising No. !, a part of No
o. and the y. W. part of Trenton. was inc.
Feb. 20, $500. Pop, j.257. Dee. gain,
500. Wealth per cap, s235. State Val.
81, 233, 1893. L. 5. Val, sl.775.Sl3. Ben
jamin Milliken Is said to be- the first set
tier. and that he settled here in 1868 SAYS
the oldest inhabitant," the first meal
cooked in Ellsworth BY white woman,
was by a daughter OF Milliken's. the cook
ing being done by the side of a huge bOul-
der, which stood where buttons store now
Is The next settlements were bv Melti-
an Jordan, Benjamin JOY, Colonel Jones,
George Lord, Nathaniel and John Jell-
son. Others soon came and made their
"clearing,." In 20 years, it had pop. of
992. Fist minister, Rev. J. Urquhart, in
l7s5. Rev. Peter Nourse. ordained in
1872 Became the Shire town in 1888, and
a city in 1863. All of the buildings now
standing South of Main ST., have been
built within 60 years. The first framed
house is in the rear of Clark & Davis
store. According to ''ye olden custom"
which was, that at raising some citi-
zen bold bestrde the ridge-pole, name the
building. and break bottle OF rum, which
in this instance was husly:-
This is good frame,
II observes = good name.
What shall we call it,
Josh Moore's folly,
And Ponds delight;
The lawyer has got il,
1t looks like fright,
The first children born were Edward and
Susan Beal. Ellsworth has more than s
times the territorial area of Castine. 1t
has gross water power of $500 horse. or
100000 spindles, the equivalent in working
energy OF 2.4O population. II was nam
ed in memory Of Oliver Ellsworth, one of
the delegates to the National Constitution
AT Convention.
Union soldiers. 653; State Aid, So, $40 :;
Town bounty, $4,000; cost per recruit,
Gill.
80. SURRY. Inc. (l4-l47 town. June
81, 1903. Pop, 1,242, Dec. loss, u
Wealth per cap, sl72. State VAL. $780,
1877. U. 5. Val, s271,l57 Named by the
Jarvis proprietors, for Surrey. Eng. This
was Township No. 6, in the grant to Marsh
First occupied by French at Newbury
Neck. The first English settlers we re Sy-
monds, Weymouth, and James Flye Sy-
monds "squat" upon the farm now owned
BY Samuel WATSON, and Weymouth upon
the Point which bears his name. part Of
the old Joy farm, now in possession OF G.
w. Hutchings The next settlers were John
Patten. Hopkinson, and Andrew Flood.
Wilbraham SWEET, Matthey Ray, Samuel
Joy, Isaac Lord, Hezekiah Coggins, and
Leonard Jarvis. Mr.. Jarvis was Repre-
sentative in Congress from 1881 to 1877
While in Congress, he proposed to vndi-
cate his honor, by Fighting duel with
F. 0. J. Smith.
Up to the year 1890, about $4,000 acres
had been alenated. and were held under
grants to settlers and "quet possession"
titles. The quantity of land remaining,
was purchased by The jarvis. In 1910,
1.-The Jarvis farm was the best cultivated,
and the most productive farm in the coun-
ty. Dry rot is its only product now. In
1900, Surry included that portion of Els
worth. known as Ward g. In 1929, it was
re-annexed to Ellsworth. In this matter,
the Agent for Surry has been charged with
consumnate perfidy. In 1870. 1t had
population of 239. In 1874, small guam
lity Of silver coin was found at Weymouth
Point.
Union Soldiers, 1856; State Aid, S2,9l2;