Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-01-13
SURVEY OF HANCOCK COUNTY.
BY RURAL.

Quoudt. Inc lana intended TO BE sold
was represented by 2,720 tickets the prize,
of each ticket, $500. These "lottery town
ships and those who settled upon them
were to be exempt from taxes for Is years
Every ticket was prize ticket; the small
est prize being half mile square, and tn,
largest a six-mle square. There were tiv,
managers, one of the number being Leon
ard Jarvis, of Surry. On the drawing o
the lottery. it was found thar but iS7 tick
cts were sold, and only l65, go acres drawr
and 9i2,ll2 acres remained unsold. Tn,
average price received for the lands drawn
was about 80 cents per acre. The lots moi
drawn, aud also the greater part of tn,
prize lots, were purchased by William Bling
ham. of Philadelphia. a man of immcns,
wealth. Mr.. Bingham died in England il
1903, and left one son, aud two daughters
One Of the daughters married AleXande
Barring, of London. At one time the Bling
ham heirs'owned in Maine, outside OF tn,
lottery purchase. 1850 900 acres.
The Lottery Townships in Hancock, sole
to Bingham. We're Nos. H. Is and 10. e acl
containing 23.0i0 acres. The conveyance
WAS made Jan. 18th. 1893. by Samuel Phil
lips, Leonard Jarvis and John Reed. a
Committee appointed by the General Court
OF Mass. The ''consi deration' named il
the deed i, "a large and valuable sum oil
money" Query? Were not the "up-rlver'
townships north of the tier of townships
sold to Bingham, included in the lottery
scheme: In 1896, Bingham purchased the
residue of the Gregoire grant. A plan oil
the 90 900 acre grant to Madame DE Greg
DIRE, was made by Nathan Jones and Sam
uel Thompson. and survey OF the same
by John Peters, was completed on, or be-
fore Jan. Sth. 1888.
August 4th. 1872, Barthelemy DE Gregoire
alter excepting out certain lots" and
tracts" sold the balance of his grant or %. III
acres 10 Henry Jackson, OF Boston, for l2i,
pounds and l6 shilling>. Jackson, July 9th
1896, sold h!, claim TO Bingham for 500.
The outlines of the Gre goire Grant. are thus
defined. III the earliest recorded deeds, "a
tract of land lying on the main, on each side of
the D"hdIHcc River IN the County OF Hancock.
Il ginning near the Sweedeand Mill dam, on
the Eastern side Of >killinss River. thence due
North 40 rod 10 Taunton Bay, there crossing
cuIe in sad BAY 49, rods in the same course
and running. same course from said Bay 400
rod. for the y. l.. corner. thence, miles and
- rods 10 | mon River. a due West course,
crossing the river and continuing , miles l72
rod, thence South'6> East 10 [ MON River
crossing the same, and continuing l,6 rod, 10 a
stake in Melatiah Jordan. field
In the conveyance from Gregoire to Jack
sun. vi III Alial from JaChrOU 10 bingham,
among the lots excepted out" are 100 acres
10 Mr.. Jennison. 100 10 Jones Hopkins. one
half OF Trenton and part of No. :. conveyed to
Jean Baptlsie DE La Roche; Gregoire's farm
n lot Al North East Creek. Mt. Desert. living be-
tween lots OF Nicholas Thomas and Eliza lIig-
gins; 40 acres intended for the town of Nj.
Desert; 4 lot Of Col. Jones, a settler on Great
Duck Island. and 1888 acres of No. !. granted
Ia the Beverly Cotton Manufacture.
The islands Lying in 'front.'" granted 10 Bar
tbelemy DE Gregore and his wife Maria The
rcSd De IA Moud Cddildce De Grey0ire, and
which were part Of the Bingham purchase,
are Bartlett> Island. containing l,ili acres
Great Cranberry Island. 40 acre, Little Gran
berry. - acres; >utlons a acres; Bear. .
acres; Thomas, 81 acres; Green, AZ acres !:
Crest Duck, Is acres; Little Duck. - acres.
also two small islands. Of q acres each. Col
John Black. an Englishmau by birth. who re-
sided AT Ellsworth for many wears, was the
Bingham Heirs agent. Me>srs. Haze and En-
cry now hold that trust. The Bingham lands
presented an inviting field for ">muggler,. -
and the value OF timber pilfered thercfrOm, is
immense.
.. Towns. In the year Is. .Penob.cot the
nr>t town IN the county, and the 49th in the
state. was Incorporated. The Act of lncurpo-
ration, was entitled An Act for incorporating
a certain plantation in the county of Lincoln.
called Majorbigwaduce, or Number Three into
II town by the name OF Peneb.cot" the Bill Of
: H..
err"
The several Town histories must be condcns-
ed within few lines. We shall attempt Ia mar
rate only few prominent events. In lhi- mat
ter OF town history. would. that each town in
our county, emulate the example OF Castine,
and that too. ere,
The times that are gone by
Are a sealed book"
10. PENoBsCor. Inc. (i9th town Feb. =;
n. L. iii
per capita Sl4s State valuation. S221 800
United states valuation, S3ls.29s. Its appella-
ton of Penobscot. is from the Indian ''Penobs-
keag' or "Penopesukc" sgnifying rock '
place." Ii was part Of the district of ancient
"Pentegoct." In the Act OF incorporation it j.
called ''Majorbigwaduce." Ii was Township
Number Three in the grant TO David Marsh
et ais. Ii is situated at the head Of Northern
Bay, one of the .'great-coyes'' OF the Bagaduce
river (Baggadoose) or written in Indian
Northumberland The river is an arm
of the Penobscot, the great river of Nerumbe-
ga" AT first Penobscot included all Of Castine
and the Westerly part OF Brooksviile. The first
survey of the town was made by John Peters
The following names appear among its earliest
municipal officers: John Lee, Jeremiah and
Daniel Wardwell, John and Joseph Perkins
John WATSON, David Halves. Elijah Littlefied
Isaac Parker. and Peltiah Leach.
The subjoined historic data, are from the
pen Of III. B. Wardwell. THE first settler.
within the present limits of Penobscot, wer,
Duncan and Findly Malcolm, Daniel and Nei
Brown. They were Scotchmen, and being 10y
alists or tories. left for st. Andrews, when The
English evssuated Majebigyuduc in l16l
Findley Malcolm and Daniel Brown, married
daughters OF my great grandfather, DAME
Wardwell. The first permanent settler wa
Charles Hutchings, in 1865. The first child o
English parents, was Mary Hutchins. In 1865
came Isaac Jacob Sparks and Daniel Perkins
Samuel Ayerill and Solomon Liitletield.
The first settler in Penobscot, originally
Incorporated, was Reuben Gray, in 1860. I,
him daughter, Mary was born Nov. 4, 1868
and q son (Samuell May sth, 1867. In 1865
Gray sold out TO Aaron Banks. and took vi
the farm, now occupied by Levi Gray, il
sedgwick." Union soldiers lbs, State aid 50 BE
Town Bounty S23,.s2 Cost per recruit $40
IL. SEDGwICK. Inc. o. j9) that is the ID
in the County. and 18th in the State. Jan. Il
1883. Pop. lib, Decennary loss 80. Wealtl
per cap. $50. State valuation Sl9,,,O6. L
5. valuation SIS, 696. Named in honor Of Maj
Robert Sedgwick. Plantation name "Naskeag
BY the earlier adventures il was called Mas
ket." In "consus Of the people in this regiOn,
in 1858, two French families, of eight soul.
were found at Naskeag Point The first per
manent settler, was Andrew Black, in l.5s
Four years after, came Goodwin Reed. Johl
and Daniel Black, and two years later. Reube
Gray "moved in" from Penobscot. The frs
white child, Elizabeth (who lived to Il gres
| agel was born in 1859. First minister, Dante
Merrill. The descendants of Reuben Gray. ar
exceedingly numerous. They preserve thei
| prOlifcReSs and other family traits, unimpail
ed. down TO the latest generation. In Isl
] 5000 acres were cut off and annexed to Brook
| vile. In 1919, about s 500 acres were taken o
to form tine town Of Brookln. Benjamin, il
| only river, is little else than spur of Egg,
moggin Reach. Its first post Office was estat
J lished in 1872. Now, it boasts Of a telegrap
station. Union soldiers 100. State aid 81 40
! Town bounty SS,1l2. Cost per recruit SIS.
| Petit Menau Point.
This tract of land lying about fifteen mile
south of Cherryteld and hitherto scarce
ly known TO many of our citizens. is just ;
present receiving considerable aItentie
from the fact that some important indus
tries are being there developed. partly b
the enterprise Of Ellsworth men.
| In 1874 company was organized for th