Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-07-13
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IT nov. EDWABD WIGAsiS
The township lying immsdiAsely vest Of
the town Of Heaiton row eompfises tso
Incorporated towns, the north BALI OF me
township having been incorporated Ii 1904
A the ,ova Of LUDLOW snd the sca,h half
assirs bsek n . town to 1887 When Il uas
Incorporated - the town Of New Limersck.
This latter half township ~As granted BY
she Massachusetss Legislature 70 The uus-
tees OF Philips Limerick Academy some
time previous 10 the year 1910 Ihe lns
settler upon the ssryitofy nov ineinasd 70
the ,owA IL ysx Limerick WAS Mr. samuel
Mo,rison. Mr.. Morrison was born IN the
sosn Of Wells in York county And 81 me
time Of the Revolutionary War ~A Old
enough TO serve as 3 colder. He served
through the campaign sgsinst BurRoyne
and was present 1t the surrender 81 Ssfs-
sozs. At the conclusion Of the war he
settled in the town of Limerick in the pro-
vince Of Maine, In which town people iron,
Massachusetts, commenced 10 settle a. early
a. l775. Here be resided for many years
and accumulated some considerable pro-
oersy, After the grant by the Massachu-
se,ts Lssisiature Of the half township Of
land in aid Of Limerick Academy, Mr..
Morrison purchased Of the trustees several
lots 10 the grant. The half township WAS
located and surveyed by Mayor james Irish
and was laid OF in six PARALLEL ranges run
ning from east to west, each range being
one-haIf mile in width. These ranges we're
iettered
A. Is. Z. y. Il. T..
be ginning q. the northeast corner OF the
grant aud lettering south on the east line.
The lot lines were then run from north TO
south, dividing each range into twelve iots,
thus making in the grant seventy-t~o lots
zach one half mile square And containing
100 acres. The first deed TO Samuel Nor
rlson was made In 1910 and WAS given by
William Swasey of Limerick, county of
YORK and commonwealth Of Massachusetts.
phgsician, in the capacity Of secretary for
and behalf of the trustees" The deed
declares that Sin consideration Of four hun
dred and eighty dollars to said trustees paid
By Samuel Morrison Of Limerick. in the
county and state aforesaid, husbandmen,
A. do hereby sell and convey unto
the said Samuel three lots Of land situated
in the county Of Washington, between the
Schoodock waters and the river st. Johos,
being lot No. in Range, No. in A
Range and No. in f Range. containing
$50 acres more or LEES, AS laid down on the
plan Of sale In 1917 Mr.. Morrison
started with his family on their long jour
ney through the forest to their new home
in the wilderness OF north eastern Maine.
They osme with their own teams, bridging
with them sufficient supply Of provisions
to last until q crop could be raised. The
family arrived in Houlson in the fall CT
1917. Houlton Was then in its infancy as .
settlement and contained but few families
with small clearings in the forest. The
Morrison family remained for 8 time in
Houlton until & small clearing could be
made and 9 home established upon the land
in the Academy grant. Their first clearing
was made upon the lot in the extreme south
east corner Of the town next to the Houlton
line, being the lot described in the original
deed as lot No. Range F. Mr.. Morrison
afterwards acquired the lot adjoining this,
being lot No. !. Range +, and upon this lot
he built the large square two-Jtory house,
which is still standing on the road running
from the Military road TO the Shaw tan
merry in New Limerick, the farm being now
owned and occupied by Mr. Britton. Isaiah
Morrison afterwards settled upon Lot No.
Range +. now occupied by Mr. Hatfield.
The Morrisons remained in New Limerick
for number Of years and then removed to
Linneus where the descendants Of Samuel
Morrison still reside. In 1920 True Brad
bury and Christopher C. Bradbury Of Lin
erick purchased 9
Large Tract OF Land
in the Limerick Academy grant and True
Bradbury soon afterwards came to the
grant and built mill on the Meduxnekesg
stream. His brother, Christopher, went at
the same time to New Brunswick where he
WAS for 8 number Of years engaged in the
business Of wool carding. The Bradburys
did not move to New Limerick with their
families until 1928, when True Bradbury
estab lished his home on the lot now occu'
pied by Stephen Hunter near where the
road from the tannery intersects with the
Road" so-cslled. The large barn
built by Mr.. Bradbury is still standing
Christopher C. Bradbury took the lot i'm
mediateiy west Of this, now occupied by
Edward Haunigan. He lived there for
eight years and in 1886 removed to Hodg-
don. Mr.. Jabsz Bradbury, 3 cousin of
True and Christopher. settled on the lot
north Of Christopher which lot 10 now occu-
pied by C. C. Bradbury, a grandson of
True Bradbury. Jsbez also removed to
Hodgdon in 1896.
True Bradbury remained in New Liner.
lex and engaged in farming and numbering
until his death in 1874. His son, Thomas
NJ. Bradbury, then came into possession of
the estate and carried on the farm and mill
until 1861 when he removed to Houlton
where he is now engaged in trade. Another
of the esrly settlers who was for many
years resident Of the town and was well
known throughout the county WAS Capt.
Moses Drew who came from Limerick TO
the Academy grant in 1920. He first set
tied near where Mr.. George Smith now
lives, where he made q clearing, built q
house and barn and lived for q number OF
years. He afterwards took the lot immedi-
xtely south Of Christopher C. Bradbury,
now occupied by Rufus Piper. Here he
also cleared farm and built buildings sud
lived upon this farm until the fsli Of 1874,
when he purchased the lot at the foot Of
Dfew's lake where he continued to reside
until. his death in 1877. Mr.. Jonathan
Hayes had inside small clearing near the
lake where the pine grove now stands and
there was an old dam al the foot Of the
lake built for driving purposes. Capt.
Drew built 3 mill at the foot Of the lake
and also cleared up q farm and built coed
set Of buildings Ie WAS also for many
years engaged in lima burning, the rock
being procured in the adjoining town Of
Linneus. 10 1861 he built the mill which
is now standing After the opening Of the
Lob e,r