Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-07-26
WALTHAM RIDGE.
Some of the First Settlers-A Bit of
Interesting Local History.

Lebbeus Kingman and Elisha Allen
were the first settlers of Waltham Ridge,
Maine. hingmdH was born in Massa-
chusetts April 0, ITS, and moved with
his parents from Harvard, Mass, to
Waterford, Oxford county, Maine, in
1894, three years prior to its incorporation
as town. About 1900, or a little later,
he started from Waterford and came east
through the newly settled country and
crossed the Kennebec river near Hol-
lowell From there he came east and
crossed the Penobscot river at Bangor,
and so on through what is now Edding-
ton, Clifton and Mariaville, and crossed
Union river onto Timber Brook ridge,
now Waltham.
This beautiful and slightly ridge is a
part of two townships, IA and 90 There
were at this time four townships open to
settlers-14 20, 26 and 27, these four town
ships being part of the Bingham pur-
chase from the government to raise
money to satisfy war debt as have been
informed.
Mr.. Kingman located his future home
on the south line of 20, on the very high
est pdTl VI tHe TIuRey ny ldhlh q wv oNi~
lot Here he commenced settlement IN
1903 or 1904 In 1904 or he raised his
first crop, on partially cleared land. He
soon after built log camp or cabin,
where he stayed most of the time I'M
til about 1909, when he married Sally
Moore, daughter Of benjamin Moore, list,
of Ellswort h, and settled III his new home
for life.
They had seven children, the eldest,
son, was named for his ather (Lebbeus)
He was very good scholar, and was a
classmate of Rev. c. c. Long, as | have
been told, at Waterville, where he grad
uated. He was qualified and ordained a
Baptist preacher, and preached in differ
ent localities in Maine for number of
years.
Lebbeus kinEman, list, the father of
Molbory Kingman, was killed June 20,
1905, in Waterford, while telling trees.
Eben kingman, brother to Lebbeus,
was born Sept. 6, 17Ss, in Harvard, Mass.
He came from Waterford in the summer
of 1905 and stayed through the fall and
winter, while Lebbcus went back to
Waterford TO attend TO some business
there. Ehen a. thi, time Mas but seven
teen years of age. about this date their
brother Caleb came from Waterford,
and bought the north half ef the check
of land Ihat lebbeus had settled on
and soon commenced to make him ii
home.
Caleb kingman WAS born Jan. 1G, 1Is2,
in Massachusetts, and on April l., fs2l,
married Hannah Morrison, fourth daugh-
ter of Joseph and lamar Morrison of Mar
iaville. Eben kingman married lamar
Morrison, third daughter of Joseph and
lamar Morrison also OF Mariaville, on
July II, 1915 Mrs. Morrison was the
second daughter of Capt. George Haslam,
who landed at or near Portland about
1860.
The next actual settler was Samuel
ingalls, OF Bethel, oxford county, and his
wife was Sarah Mitchell OF Raymond,
Cumberland county, with two small
children, Mrs. Esther Archer being the
elder He settled on lot adjoining
Lebbeus kingman's on the south in ii.
He moved in 1905. He reared large
family and made a nice farm, which he
owned at his death. \ few years before
his death he moved his mother from
Bethel to his home in Waltham, where
she lived a short time and died at he age
of ninety mine years and some months.
About this time came John Whitney
from Oxford county, and took the lot
adjoining Lebbeus kingman's on the
west. He cleared some land and lived
nd sold a los huA
Moore of Ellsworth. John Whitney went
away, and, so far as can ie&rn, was never
heard from afterward.
In 1905 or came Moses Ingalls,, brother
of Samuel Ingalls,, from Bethel, and set
tied on the lot adjoining Lebbeus King
man on the east in township 20. lie
made a home there for a short time, and
then moved away. About the same time
Caleb kingman came and made perma-
nent home on the north half of Lebbeus
Kingmans lot, where ne lived till his
deaf h at the age OF sixty.
About the same time Caleb Barker came
from Waterford, and settled on the lot
adjoining caleb Eimgman's on the north.
He made his home there short time.
Becoming dissatisfied with his situation
he sold some or all OF his goods not easily
moved on the then poor roads, and moved
back to the west. Eben kingman
bought the linen wheel hich may now
be seen at the house Of Harriet Dyer OF
East brook.
This place was afterWard owned and
occupied by joan FoN from England,
who married, N 1870 or T., a Mrs Graves