Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-01-20


1891 ,G20. L. ). Val. S572.572. First set
tied near Fire Falls" April = l.G2 ~
Joseph Wood aud john Roundy. Next
settlers. Nicholas Holt, Ezekiel O>good
nathan Darling. born In 1905; second child.
Edith Wood. in l7GG. The township first
known, As No. ). The plantation name
was Newport" The town takes its name
from majestic hill. which rises to an alti-
tude of $50 feet above high-water mark.
Congregational Church formed in l172 !;
Baptist, in ls06. First Post-ofiice in 1875
Jonathan Fisher. settled minister from
1876 te 1887. Eccentric PEARSON" Fisher.
tho dead, his good name liveth Acade-
my inc. in 1903, and endowed by grant of
half of No. %. Washington County. This
grant was sold in 1906. for Sc 252. OF this
sum, sl,lSS have been lost Has social
library % some 500 volumes. In 1863. the
settlers voted TO raise money for to hire
person for 10 preach the gospel 10 rs,
and for to pay his board"
Union soldiers in the war OF the Rebel
lion. 1876; State Aid, s3,o3s; Town Bouu-
ty, Sl7 ,995, cost per recruit, slO3
ID. DEER Isle. iuc. li-63 town. Jan
80. 1888. Pop. 3.4Oi. Deccnnary los.
LIS. Wealth pr cap. sl20. State Val.
sil7.2ll. L. >. Val. $3.50, 7s3. First Wis
tied by European voyager>. in 1G05. The
abundance OF deer in its forests. gave it
its name. First settlement commenced
near what is now known A. the scott
Farm" by VIM. Eaton. in 1862. First
church. in 1913. First preacher, Rev. Mr.
Noble. First pastor, Rev. Peter Powers
Rev. Joseph Brown. a dissenter, Installed
Ia 1909. Pop. in 1890, Gs2 First white
child Timothy Billings. born. May l.Gi
The priyalions OF the settlers. during the
ar OF the Revolution. were terrible
Union soldiers. 3l4; State Aid. Sc, POT /;
Town bounty, s59,l2s; cost per recruit,
s2OS.
Il. TRENTON. Inc. (5-G5 town Feb
l6, 1859. Pop, 67S. Wealth per cap.
sl75. Derived it, name from Trenton.
y. J. First settlements by English set
tiers, about l7G3. Anterior to this, French
settlements were commenced at Trenton
and Oak Points. Ills town was first grant
ell by Plymouth Colony, in 1852. to Eben
Thorndike. n. ais. Massachusetts con-
iirmed II to Paul Thorndike in l7sj.-
Thompson's and Alleys islands are within
its limit. In 1870. it was divided into two
towns, and the Eastern half incorporated
as Lamoine.
State Val, s2C0.729. l. S. Val. s375,-
ii9. Union soldiers. ll9; State Aid ST.
3Gl; Tswn bounty. s29GO0; cost per re-
cruit, s207.
10. GoULDsBoRoUGH. Inc. l6-G6 town
Feb. lG. 1883. Pop, 1909. Decennary loss,
s. State Val. s22i GOO L. s. Val, S3!3. -
$50. Received its corporate name in hon
or OF Robert Gould. one of the original
proprietors-B borough, from the Anglo Sax
on turh, town. In England, town that
sends members to Parliament There were
squatters here as early as 100. The first
settlers were from Saco and vicinity and
were Libby, Fernald, Ash. and willy. The
first male child was Robert Ash. and the
first female. Mary Libby. The first L. O.
in 1892. An old inhaai. at -AlS Nathan
Jones and Thomas Hi settled here in
1854. Maj. Gen. David Cobb OF Reyolu-
tionary fame. one of WashngtOn'S Aid
and afterwards Judge oil the Common
Pleas Court of Hancock County, resided
here many years Thi, town embraces
Staye. JorGan's, Ironbound, Porcupines.
Horns. Turtle, and Sehoodic islands That
part of No. !, known as West Bay
Stream was annexed Feb. 20, 1870. II
is the most easterly town in the county,
and has the most extensive sea-coast. on
ASKS Point are the relies OF an old French
fertilization. At Grindstone Point is an
immense deposit OF mctamorphic or Sill
cious slate, excellent material for grind
stones. Its hidden mineral wealth, must
be developed by some geological scientist,
not afraid of surf-ruHniRg"
Union soldiers. lG-; state Aid. 81 ,5s4;
Town bounty, s27.4GJ; cost per recruit,
sl19
l6. SULLIVAN. Inc. (1-67 town. Feb.
lG, 1889. Area, 1850 acre.. Pop, 796.
Wealth per cap, sl9j. Named in honor of
Capt. Daniel Sullivan. Indian name,
''Waukeag,' Ga seal) and also called, pre-
vious to inc, New Bristol" First set
tlement commenced IN lt62, by Sullivan,
Simpson. Bean. Gordon. Blalsdcll and
Card. Embraces eight islands, viz Capt.
tai A. Beans, Dram, Prebles, Bragdon,
Burnt. Black. and Seward In the Revo-
luton forty families here were reduced to
twenty. This township was granted to
Dayid Bean; the king refused to confirm
it; and the settlers were Qnieted, in 1903,
by Massachusetts, in 100 acres, on pay.
ment of $500 each. At Waukeag are evil
dences of an old French settlement. At
the commencement of the Revolutionary
War. nearly two-thirds of the settlers
moved back to York. Nine thousand
acres in this town were donated to Bow
doin College. In lS4l, an earthen pot,
containing somewhat more than $500. was
dug up. They were French coins, bearing
date of 1925. In 1875, human bones were
dug up. supposed to be French. or Indian.
Union soldiers, 80; State Aid, S2.2l0;
Town bounty, sl4,459; cost per recruit,
s20S; Decennary loss, IS; State Val. Sl46,-
954; U. S. Val. s204.4I4.
II. Mt. DESERT. Inc. (s-6S town)Feb.
II, 1883. Pop, 9lS. Decennary gain, l.
Wealth per cap, sl75. State Val sI5s,-
O69. U. s. Val. s22s, 6l9. Its corporate
name is supposed to be from "De Monts
Desert Isle" 1t has gained currency that
the Island was known to the Mortimer as
early as zoos. First occupancy by French
in 1904. Peter Biard and Enelnond Masse
were here in 1909. Madame De Guerch-
ville's colony came in 1913. In 1888. an
English settler, named Kinds. wife and
four children, lived here. The first per-
manent settlement was by Abraham
Somes and James Richardson, in l76l.-
The first child, George Richardson, was