Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-07-14
set off to Ellsworth in 1909 was on and
above Main street.

above Main street.
1t seems, too, that the villages of Tren
ton and Surry annexed to Ellsworth con.
stituted the larger part of the united town
Tor 1t appears that the internal relations
and machinery Of the three villages, after
they became one. did not run so smoothly
as the petitioners anticipated; for in 1912
quite number of the inhabitants Of old
Ellsworth petitioned the Legislature to be
divorced, but the tribunal of highest re-
sort refused their prayer. In the petition
"for the town to be restored to its ancient
! limits" it speaks "of the weight Of popu-
latlon and strength being added to one ex-
tremity of the town" and "the overbearing
majority situated IN the extremity OF the
! town" &C.
| The petition shows that mot rod" of
the Buxton (Bucksportl road passed
+, through the old town of Ellsworth. Was
there ever bridge acros. Union River be-
low the present onei II not then the
north line Of Trenton must have been
| above the bridge on the east side.
John Peters plan and survey Of Trenton
made by him for the propretors Of that
township shows that the north line of that
town in 1885 was bounded on the south
line of township No. aud the south line
, of New Bowdoin on the east side of Union
! River, which at that date was a plantation,
and its south line on the east side Of the
| river extended east onls two miles TO the
| south line of township No. : and only 10
| the southwest corner Of said No. S-said
of the New Bowdoin or No. south line
| following the "a me course from tie river
In 800 New Bowdoin was Incorporated in
to the town OF Ellsworth.
To aid in locating the division line be-
tween the two townships, viz. Trenton
No. and New Bowdoin on the east side
OF the river where they connected before
the set-otf we give the description of sew
eral lots Of land run of to some of the ear
iy settlers, taken from survey made by
John Peters In 1892, and for which | am
Indebted TO the kindness Of H. T. Hamlin,
Esq, OF your city, VIZ.
Now we begin Gs"rgt Hisiens'. lot.
This line bounding on said Jelcson at the
River from thence running along the
River until we come u No. 8 line: then
following said line till we get said Ua~lem's
lot - rods wide. NlthlH .3oHcs 50 rods
wide, Irery Horry }. rods wide. Nalaiiah
Jordan 3s rods wide All these lots rua-
nj In,r
bounding on No s line on the east side Of
Union River
Theodore Jones lot. Beginning at the
southwest corner OF Maatlah Jurdan's lot
on No. 6 township line; then running said
line ). Is deg W. until it strikes Union
River; then running down said river about
80 rods five feet to the southwark of a
rock called the Punch Bowl from thence
running FIRST y. +. u rods thence \ -.
l-2 f. ~ Rods the \ T. being parallel
with the dividing line between Malatiah
Jordan and said Jonvss, those n F. line,
to run back until they contain loo acres
and - rods"
From the foregoing il will be noticed
that part OF township No. was in 1922
on the east side OF the river and that some
Of these lots above Theodore Jones lot
were bounded on the west bT said No. C.
Putnam n his plan Of hi. survey made in
l1Nt, which can be seen At the Registry Of
pv"st~ 10 Ellsworth. pats n l.s.ruan r-t.
g rn the --~t ~tas river. Wow i~
this reconclied with the historical account
which makes MON River the dividing line
and the cause for Llyermore giving I, that
name: The plan attached to the petition
q, h., 4 lt,-f. Of oI
so shows part OF No. on the east side Of
the river.
II it is true that the south line Of New
Bowdoln Con No. > IN the beginning Of
boundary line of Ellsworth at the river
and on the east side of the river, then the
whole of Theodore Jones lot above de-
scribed must have been in Trenton at that
date. The rock called the Punch Bowl"
on Union River 1t seems wa, five feet
north of the southwest corner Of said
Jones lot, II we interpret the surveyors
meaning Alright, and we learn from Hon.
John u. Hopkins, Of Ellsworth, that he
thinks thi, rock was few rods south Of
the present custom house. This being the
case the north line of Trenton before the
set off must have been at least thirtythree
rods north or up river from said rock, If
not further. Was not this the "huge
bowlder' where the brave and hardy Eliza
beth prepared the trst repast for the hun
gry pioneers Of whom her father was the
leader and that then or subsequently, it was
christened the Punch Bowl?
John Peters and John Peters, Jr., in
1875 made plan for the proprietors of
No township (Trenton) to which refer
ence has already been made which shows
that in 1925 what is now called Cards
| Brook, though it is not named on the plan,
was in Trenton, and it was upon this
/ stream that the first saw-mill on Union
River was built by Benjamin Milliken in
| 1854.
| The grant under which the proprietors
, held the township made the west line run
! up Union River eight miles. The Peters
| plan of Trenton shows two streams empty
/ ing into said river from the east side The
| lower one we understand is called Lords
Brook. On the upper one Benjamin Milli-
ken built his mill in 1894 and the Peters
plan measured by the scale upon it makes
this upper brook over one mile below the
north line of Trenton and should be ap-
proximately correct, and this must be
Cards Brook, as we are informed there is
no other stream below the custom house
or Main street running out of said town
ship Into Union River just below the
falls" where a saw-mill was ever built.
w. f.
Cherryfield, June, 1892.
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