Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-09-21
HAMLIN.s GORE.


enee by being annexed TO the town OF
Woodstock, ii j. proper that some facts
relating To lis history should he saved
from oblivion 10y being recorded ia the
history is not striking nor very important,
bat such aS II is, 1t ought TO he preserved.
Hamlin's Gore, sometimes eroneonsly cal
led ilsmlia's Grant, was an Irregular shsp-
ell piece OF land, bounded on the east by
Milton Plantation, on the north by Bethel,
on the west by Greenwood and on the
south by Woodstock. As surveyed In 1919
by David Noyes, esq, OF Norway, il had
the following dimensions on Milton Plan
tation line 2l9 rods; on Bethel line 93G
rods: on Greenwood 294 and on Woodstock
SIS rods. About nine-tenths OF the North
Alder River pond is within this territory,
the south west corner being in the pond.
This strip of land properly belonged to
the Grant 10 Dummer Mass Academy,
the west half OF Woodstock having been
granted 10 the academy by the General
Court of Massachusetts, but when the half
township was surveyed by Alexander
Greenwood, he fixed the north line by
spotted trees which he supposed TO be the
south line Of Bethel, but which proved to
be the work of sable hunters. The deeds
were drawn in accordance with Mr. Green
woods survey which lef( the tract we
have described and contained according
20 the above survey 1921 acres, undis-
posed or Woodstock was Incorporated
in 1915, and Oct. 20 OF the following year,
DIR. Cyrus Hamliu, OF Paris, purchased
this tract Of land Of Massachusetts, for
six hundred dollars; subsequently Mr..
John Daniels, of Paris, purchased half
interest in the tract The territory was
run out into thirteen lots OF the following
dimensions lots numbered one, two and
three next 10 Milton, each one hundred and
twenty acres; the next, three lots west Of
the last named, numbered four, five aud six,
each one hundred arcres lot number seven
eighty acres; number eight ffty acres;
number nine. one hundred and fOr;y-hvc
acres; number ten, one hundred and six
teen acres; number eleven, one hundred
and fifteen; number twelve. eishty-Gve
acres and number thirteen, seventy acres,
making 1921 acres in all. exclusive OF wa
ter.
The first settler on Hamlin's Gore was
Jonathan Clifford, son OF Joseph, a New
Brunswick man, who lived in Buckheld and
subsequently in Woodstock. Clifford lived
on part OF lot number nine which is two
hundred and sixty-six rods long. His log
house stood near the pond which was then
called CliFord's pond. He probably moved
here from Woodstock about the year 1917,
As the following year, In a bond given TO
the town of Woodstock for the support of
his mother "SuSaunah, =" he is spoken Of a.
OF place called "Hamlin'> Grant" He did
not remain here long bu; moved TO Aroos-
took county Asa Barrows, a native OF
Middleboro, Mass, and an early settler OF
Paris. with his son Caleb B., were the next
settlers They settled on lot number 10
next 10 Greenwood line. They lived in a
log house, the former until he went 20 live
with his daughter, Mrs. Morton Curtis, In
Woodstock, and the latter until he moved
% Aroostook in about the year lot2. The
next settlers were John Buck OF Buckheld,
known Afterwards a. crazy john BueE.
and his >ou-in-law, Wm. X. Hemingway.
They settled on number II, the farm owned
by the late Bobert Bearce. Buck died
insane. and his Sou-in. law Hemingway,
we think still lives in Rumford or Milton.
Tilden Bartlett, son Of Capt. Josiah, OF
Plymouth, Mass, and Norway, was its
next settler. He came in 1919. His wife
was a daughter of John Buck, and he
settled on the farm now owned by W. ..
Pearson. He subsequently moved 10 4
lot adiolnius the Gore, in Bethel, and died
there. Porter Kimball from BridSton,
settled on lot number one bat subsequently
moved to Rumford, and his brother Peter
occupied number one for many years and
moved TO Norway. He was the father Of
Charles L. kimbau Josiah Moody, ma
tive OF Portland, moved from Danyille to
lot number i've, and died there His
grandson, Ansil Moody, now owns and
occupies part OF the same farm. Barnabas
Perry, probably from Paris or Bucktield,
began on lot number 1 which afterwards
made part OF the Bailey farm. He was
living there in lS26 but soon after moved
away Isaac Cummings from Gray, was
among the early settlers. He occupied
lot number nine, part Of which was long
owned by his son, George Williams. The
former died here and the latter moved TO
the west. Solomon, Moses and Joseph
Cummings, sons of Isaac, also lived quite
early on the Gore and the former died
there in early manhood. Abijah Lapham
and Thomas Hammond were living on the
Gore in 1926 but they were here only
short time. Hudson Bailey, a native OF
Portland, a cooper by trade, having spent
his early years at sea and in the West
Indies, added 10 the original Perry and
Reed farm and occupied il with his son
Samuel, several years. II was one OF the
best farms in the Plantation. The Baileys
sold out and went west when Samuel died,
aud his f.thar returned IN die in DOVerty