The Portland daily press., 1896-10-10

probably q three yehks suiuiof 10 Can't
Paul Ellis Co. Capt Ellis was f,,isd
| at Monmouth.
Abraham Young was also in Maybsr.
ry's Co. in 1776. He was town o,erk
and died at Gray In January 1899. His
wife Rebecoa married Washburn and
probably lived at Paris, Nc.
Nathaniel Young probably moved to
Greenwood, Ne. ss
Jonah Stevens was probably Jonas
Stevens, son Of Capt. Jonas, and an.
listed May Ii, ITS, In Phinney's Regi.
ment.
George Lesley was in Capt. Richard
May berry's Co. at Dorchester Heights in
Col. Ebenezsr Francis, Regt. in 1875.
Nathan Noble, of Coils. Francis and
Tupper's Regt. was killed in thu battle
Of Saratoga, Oct. Z, TIT, in his fifty fifth
year. He first served at Lonisburs in
1745. then again In the expedition to re-
capture that fortress in 1857. wal In the
expedition at Lake Champlain, In 1858
and 1859, served at the sieg of Boston
In 1915. and enlisted Jan. 1777 for three
years. he was In the retreat from Fort
T:conderoga in 1777, in the battles of
Hubbardton, Saltwater ard Saratoga.
His two sons also ssrved in the army.
Reuben went to Mount Desert, and
Nathan, Jr. was one Of the early settlers
of Norway, Me- He was my grand
fathers grandfather.
The plantation records Of New Boston
are lost. They were brought b Port
land to be used In law suit and never
were returned II they are in existence
they should be returned to tho town of
Ora ,. as they are of great valuein rela-
ton to the early history Of thai town.
In August 1777, the Inhabitants of
New Boston pstitoned for an ait Of in
corporation. and juno 10. IT'S tie town
Of Gray was incorporated. The r. it was
town exceeded sixty, but only thirty
eight names were signed to the petition.
They were Gas follows; Samuel Nash,
fJabez Mathews, "Jonas Steven, *wil-
liam Webster, John Nash, jeremiah
Hobbs, Jeremiah Hobb, Jr., Joseph
Stevens, Joseph Weeks, Daniel Cum
ming, George Douty. *James Douty,
*Nathan Merrill, Daniel Libby, sAbra-
ham Young, John links, shark Mer-
riill, *Richard Hayden. *John Mors,
*William Circle. Samuel Thompson,
James Russell, Richard Merrill Jr.,
James HUMPHREY, *Rsuben Noble.
Thomas White, Joseph Cummings,
Nicholas Mains, David Orne, *Daniel
Heaney, Richard Merrill, *Isaac Foster.
*Nathaniel Young, Elijah Jo,dan,
Nathan NJ orse, Nathan Knight, Glenn
emit Haydn and *Joel Stevens.
Those marked with are said to have
been in the army, but the probability is
are that nearly every one performed
some service during the war. William
Circle was the son of Alice Circle Who
kept tho famous tavern on Falmouth
Neck at that time.
Those that served the town as select
men during the war were, Capt. william
Webster, Daniel Libby, Daniel Cum
mings, Major Jabe Mathews, Capt.
Jonas Stevens, SerRt. Samuel Thurstoa,
Lieut.. David Small, Samuel Thomson,
Gideon Ramsdell, David Hunt, and
Lieut.. Jedidiah Cobb.
The town clerks were David Clark,
David Orne, and Jedidiah Cobb, and
tho town treasurers were David Orne
and David Hunt.
At tho town meeting, in 177s Nathan
Merrill, Thomas White, and Richard
Hayden wero elected the Committee of
Safety.
In addition to those already named
who served In the Revolutionary army
from Gray, were Joseph Allen, Daniel
Knight and Low Morse who probably
served thres years, Moses Twitchell
senior, who enlisted in Col. Phinney 8
Regt. July s. 1775, joined Arnold's eA-
petition and was killed or died Nov. 9,
1775, and James Lesley no enlisted in
the same re- giment May 90, 1775. There
were Also Asa Libby, Jonathan Hayden.
Amaziah Delano, James Weloh, William
Libty, Samul Stowell, Jonas Humph-
rey, Elisha Commons and John Cushing,
who lived in t he town then or moved
the Revolution.
Thls III but an imperfect list of tbs
patr lots of the young township of Gray
but 1T shows the spirit of those early
settlers In the times when their souls
were tried. They were struggling in
their poverty to make themselves home
in the Wilderness where they could enjoy
the fruits of their la bors, but they never
SD irked their responsibility to their
country. They hnu always lived a life
of freedom and were determined ALWAYS
to be Free No sacrifice was 700 greau for
them to make that their children, to she
late st generations, should have a govern
m ent Of the people.
ga debt we na'er can pay
To th EN- Is justly due;
And to the nations latest day
Our children's ohiIdren still ran sav