Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-04-30

was lost at sea. She died Feb. Is, 1868,
Eliza, born Aug l, 1909. married Capt
John Gushing, master Of ship George
Stevens. built and owned in Bluchill He
died July 26, 1854 She is still living
March 26, 1891
The mother of Capt. Cushing was the
widow OF Nathaniel Cushing who married
for her second husband, John Peters, Esq,
and reared large and highly respect
ed family Of twelve children. One Of her
grandsons-JohnA A. Peters-i~ now Chief
Justice of the Supreme court Of the State
of Maine. For quite full account of the
John Peters family and also those Of his
sons and daughters, see the AMERICAN of
March L. 1887.
Nehemiah Hinckley was born oct. l3,
| 1902, died Oct. % 1881, aged - years.
He was deacon OF the Congregational
church and soldier in the Revolutionary
army. He married Edith, daughter of
\ Joseph Wood, one Of the two first set
tiers of Bluehill; she was born Aug 3.
| l766 being the third child born in the
town. She died Dec 5. ls63. upwards Of
~ years Of age. Ga the third of August,
/ 1851 she celebrated her 9jth birthday by a
| picnic dinner spread on tables set in her
/ orchard and dined with one hundred and
eleven of her descendants and on that oc-
casion Hon. Bushrod " Iiinckley-w
was born and educated "a a lawyer in the
State OF Vermont aud no relation to the
BIuchil Eincklcys- au appro-
( PIRATE aud very interesting address. The
Z occasion will long be remembered.
Mrs Edith iIIuckley retained her nstur
! al aud intellectual faculties to rcmarka-
bic degree nearly 70 the very c!o~c ~ her
/ life, ami often expressed desire to live
1 until she should become one hundred years
4 DID,
/ Ruth Haskell, born April /, l-s,. mar
red John o,gooi. Shc died august 20.
T 1861 aged - years
Nehemiah, ,Ir., was born oct. ?. 1870.
married rhmbe 2. kmhall and reared a
large family. He dird Oct- ~ l>G~
T Susan T.. born Feb. u. l1,S. married
Edward y Stevens, she died May IS,
I Isl
Ehth. born Jan. = l-95 married Capt
Archibald we,cott, aud died NOV. 10,
Y l>ff
r Joseph, born Jan. :, los, married hr-t
I Ruby kimhall. second Elyua Stevens She
\ i, still living at this date, March -, 1891
at the age OF nearly = years. He died
] Nov. I. l-s., He wa deacon Of the
( Congregational church aud did much to
wards The support Of that church and So
clcty, and vas very iuIu-trioa, and am
biiiou, man. Besides his farming and
/ numbering business he built part Of sew
cral vessels. He was the father Of tho
latr Hon. Joseph T. HinCkey, who. in
his carly manhood, wa, a school teacher.
but became merchant III company with
Joseph Wescott. In connection with
their store they did large amount of
granite business. But after the irm Of
WesCott < Hlnckley became dissolved he
with NJ X. Chase. bought the stock Of
goods and formed co-partner>hip in
trade, under the trm name Of Hinckley &
Chase. But after while Mr, Chase
bought MIR. lIIncklcy's interest in the
goods and took in Henry B. Darling a. a
partner under the trm name Of NJ X
Chase < CO.. and did quite a large granite
business But after they dissolved part
nershlp they each built new store
Mr.. IIincklcy held several offices, both
Of honor aud trust. He was chairman Of
the board Of >tlectmcn In Buchil for
about or quite 80 years. was member Of
both branches of the Legislature Of Maine
was one Of the county commissioners for
Hancock county, was a member Of Gov
rrnor- Plaisteds and Davis councillors
and one OF the trustees OF the insane hos
pita. on the whole he was very ambi-
tious and an uncommonly Intelligent man.
He died in California whittier he went for
the benefit of his failing health but his
remains We're embalmel there and brought
to Bluehill aud buried in his family lot in
Seaside cemetery, which he had previously
taken much pains ID enclose with finely
cut stone and where his widow and sons
| have erected quite an expensive and beau
| titul monument.
obed second son of Nehemiah, was
born jane -, lo00 married Louisa Cush-
ing he died Nov A. l~-2
Sally. born May 10, 1903. married first
Alfred o-good, second Capt judah Chase
She died Dec. g. 1851 aged 80 years
Emma, born Jan. 2, ls06. married first
Col William Tenney, second Capt. Judah
Chase. She died in 1857, aged 81 years
Robert W. born April /, lsOs. married
Hulda, daughter Of Rey. Ames Allen, and
died in July, i-72
Isaiah, born in Brun- wick, Maine, April
2l, l7G5, came to BluehiIl in his early man
hood, and died March IS, ls4G, married
Annie Horton Sept. 2s, 1891; she was
born Sept. ~ l77O. and died March 30.
1881. Their children were: Joanna, born
March 6, 1892, married first Joseph Wood
and second William Grindle.
Phebe Peters, born Jan. II, 1894. mar
rled first Joseph Osgood, second Lemuel s.
Osgood. She died Dec. "a, 1876, aged SO
years.
Nahum, born Oct. IA, died 1915
John Horton, born Sept. 10, 1897, died
Aug. 49, 1921, at Boston.
Betsey born May Is, 1893, married Ira
Witham; she died April 49, lo47, he died
aged.
Jabez, born May 81, 1901, died at sea
Jan. L. 1880.
Harriet, born April I, 1903. married Col
Matthew Ray. She died 1917.
Jesse, born May 20, 1905, married Jo-
anna Johnson, he died Sept. 3, 1868.
Angelina, born Sept %, 1907.
Jonathan Powers, born Feb. Il, 1910,
married Celia Young, by whom he had one
daughter. He died July l3, IS.
Mary Ann, born oct. Il, 1873, married
Wasson Burnham She died April l3,
| 1857.
| Ebenezer, senior, Nehemiah and Isaiah
Hinckley, think, were brothers, and their
sisters were:
Susannah, who was born in Brunswick
Feb. I. 1853, married Ebenezer Floyd June
l2, 1871; she died March 5, 1921.
Betsey, born in Bluehill Aug. IS, 1868,
married joseph Parker. He died Aug. 49,