The Somerset reporter., 1892-08-04
For The Reporter.
Early settlers In Canaan, No. = j..

place. adjoining the Abel Weston farm
ON the uprivcr side lie srems To have
been II man of more than ordinary ill.,
tclligcnCr. much respected in the com
muntV. The time OF his death is not
known To me. hut there is reason To be-
licvc it was in the first years of the pres
cnt century. His wife was Mary Chase,
a dr-ccndcut of Aquila Chase, an early
pmiwrant from England 10 NcwburN.
Mass. About 1910 there WIS great eN-
citrmeut among the Chase families
caused 10y report that fortune of I'M
counted mi, ions awaited them III thg-
laud Meetings of Chases We're held.
considerable money spent in investiga-
iiuu- but none of them were eyer made
rich hV it, She was "A relative of Roger
Chase Who Joined Arnold'S forces at Nor
ridgcW ock tails. went through to Cana
la. was taken prisoner. exchanged and
came back the next spring and settled III
Clinton; also Of Matthc>, Chase of Fair
field She Wus aunt To General ken-
DALI wife. She WAS very energetic
woman. for years the principal midwife
in hat region for distance of ten miles,
| often saw her going past our house on
horseback in her red broadcloth cloak
over her head in cold weather After The
death Of her husband. the farm Was sold
and the family moved half mile up the
river to a house situated on the southern
bank of the Bunker brook between John
Wcbb'> and Levi Bigclow's. saw the
cellar wall of the old house five years
ago: she and two daughters lived there
until her death about 1sl5. The soils
were married but sometimes one ar an
other of them lived there for Il short
time The four sons and four daughters
were all born and think all but Adam
and two girls grown up before coming
to Maine. and consequently were much
better educated than tho," who came
while vet children. have no records
but from tomb stones in the old grave
ward. and some other sources ! learn
mrthiug of dates.
Levi .Jr. was born l1GN, died May IL.
1899. aged 81 On his gray stone he has
the title of Esq. aud suppose WIS
Justice of the peace: he was II promising
man and highly esteemed. His widow
moved to IIarllnd, then Just beginning
to be- settled. In the old graveyard in
Bloomfield is the grave of Margaret
Powers, died Aug. 20. $50, aged 50.
suppose She was the wife of Levi. a.
the aye is suitable Also the grave of
Jonathan Powers son of Levi who died
Aug. | {, 1850, aged - years months.
When lc was about twenty years old he
boarded in our ncighborhood and attend
ed our winter school, making good use
of his time in the study of arithmetic.
He was only about three years old when
his father died.
Francis Powers died Dec. IL, 1873,
aged 40. born in lib. He learned the
Tanners trade of Nathaniel Burrill Who
lived ON the place where Levi BlgeloW
now lives and the place where Mr.. Sal
lcv's buildings were burned last year.
lie afterwards worked AT that trade III
Watcrvilic either carrying on the bnsi-
mes, for himself or working for some
other proprietor. Later he removed TO
Nurridgewock where his descendants
now reside presume, as | see the name
frequently in the Gazette. He became II
preacher of the Baptist persuasion, and
though not remarkable for oratory WIS
considered very sound man, able to
hold an argument with Il doubter or I'M
believer.
Philip must have been the oldest rs he
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