The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-30


made successful experiments by simply
cutting the weeds with the hoe and planting
the corn with no killing or hoeing. The
success of his experiments can best be
Judged by the following certifcste:-
This may certify that Isaac Parsons Esq.,.
first introduced the practice of raising In
dian corn in this country on new burnt
ground without hoeing and brought the
NATHANIEL EYELETH.
JOHN MCGUIRE
JAMES STINCHFIELD.
When very old man, he wrote of this
matter, Before this method was intro
duced it could not be found that any far
mer TO the eastward of old York ever raised
a bushel of corn to sell, but the people in
general we're dependant on the western and
southern parts of the country for their
bread"
He was married Eve times. -four of his
wives being buried with him at New Glou-
cester. His last wife outlived him and died
at North Yarmouth.
In 1'74 he WAS chosen ca plain of tho North
Company of the town, and committee to
the convention at Falmouth to consider the
alarming situation of public affairs. When
Falmouth was burned in 1f75 he saw the
smoke of the burning buildings from his
house, and was enabled to determine the
exact location of the town.
He was elected committee of Safety in
l775, l776, 1873, 1850 and 1888 Seleotma 1775-
and later, treasurer IL years. Rep
resentative to General Court
1883 1885 and 1906 to 1905, and colonel
of the militia in 1914. He was justine of
Peace and was best known as Esq uire Par
sons''. was said to have owned the first
chaise and calf-skin boots in town. and at
the age of eighty -four years wrote an &C.
count of the early years of the town and its
settlement which was published by the
Maine Hist orical Society in 1924. He died
Get. Q. 1926, aged So years.
OF the inhabitants of New Gloucester it
has been well said. that they God nobly by
the colonists, Furnishing soldiers. without
draft, spending their money as long as they
had any, and then turned in their substance
as its equivalent. The men and women
of The town labored day and night to pro-
vide clothes, shoes, and blankets for the
army, all manufactured from material
raised by themselves. The same can be
said Of all the frontier towns, of that time,
in this country; ''they had always had baen
free and they Always intended to be Free"
and glance at the town records of any of
the towns is proof that they never intended
to submit to British oppression.
LIST Lieut.. lei abod Hanson, Of Windham,
was he SOD of Timothy and Sarah (Chisley)
Hanson of Dover, n. H., and was foIn
Sept. -, 1!4l. He went to Windham about
176G, with bis two brothers. Samuel and jon
athan. About 1862 be married Abigail Hayes
daughter of IchabUd and Eliza tn tHayes)
Hayes of Dover. He was a selectman in
17T4 and 6. He was the son of quaker.
but joined the Congregational church at
windham, and he was descendant of
Thomas Hanson of Dover, 1857, whose wild
ow was killed by the Indians at the assault
on Waldron's Garrison House, June 20, 1889.
and their son Tobias was killed BY the In
lians, May III. 1888.
Rev. Paul Coffin says in his journal Aug.
IS, 1sO0--Iode 10 Windham and lodged with
Ichabod Hanson who has eleven children
and never gave one a blow, and twenty
grand children and never lost one.'' He
did at Windham. July Is. 1873. aged rs years
| and she died Jan. 10. 1919. aged rs years.
His children were Ichahod Jr, Ezra, Ezekiel.
Daniel, Abigail, Samuel, Sally. Betsey.
Enuch. Moses, and Benish. He mas many de-
scendants living in Windham, Portland, and
elsewhere.
Lieut.. Hanson and at least eleven men in
this company were from Wind ham.
| 2nd Lieut.. George Roberts was from Fail
mouth and married Deborah York. in 1853.
| He was the son of George Roberts, and
| probably moved 10 Cape Elizabeth.
I IA muster roll of Capt. Isaac Parsons
Company. in the forces of the Mass. State
comma nded by the Col. Joseph Prime ESQ.
from he first OF September to the sixth of
Dec 1902
Date of Enlist
mann war l7Q0