The Republican journal., 1896-03-26
craft until the beginning Of the 18th cen

fury.
Eliakim persisted in his refusal to at
tend church, choosing rather to paw fine
after fine until his limited resources were
exhausted, and also the patience of his
wife Ruth, who seized with righteous in
dignation and with the fury of an ancient
prophecies, and carried away by her trans
ports OF wrath against the congregation
OF what she believed to be hypocritical
and unjust worship, stripped herself
Of all clothing and advanced to the front
of the pulpit, where facing the astonished
congregation, she declared her present
plight sign unto them of their naked
ness before the Lord, and as they had
stripped her and hers, they should be
punished for their misdeeds
She was hastily seized and in a partly
clad condition was hurried to the town
lookup, where she spent the night On
the following Monday morning she was
led forth for punishment-it is not said
whether by civil or ecclesiastical sentence
tied to the tail of cart, dragged about
the streets with rope around her neck,
then tied to the hitching post in front of
the town tavern and received twenty nine
lashes on her bare back Immediately
after this rough usage the family return
ed to York, Me.
Daniel, son Of Eliakim and Ruth, mar
ried Sarah Staples, whose mothers name
was Trefetheren. Children Of Daniel and
his wife Sarah, all born in York, Me-:
u, 1856; Daniel, Jr., Jan. II, 1900 Mercy,
Oct g, 1770; Abigail, (unknown) Tryphena,
unknown; Sarah, (unknown); Samuel,
Sept. %, 1874.
Daniel with his family moved to Major
bigyuduce, now Penobscot, April, 1774.
The following September his wife return
ed to York to be confined, as there was no
midwife here. He took up lot 70, Peters
survey, his son jeremiah married Eliza
beth, daughter of Aaron Banks of York.
Their children were all born in Penob-
scot, as follows:
William, born Aug %, 1850, married Deb
orah Littletield; Eliakim, June 49, 1882, mar
ried Katherine Reidhead Ruth, June Is,
1885; married Amos Perkins; Ebenezer,
April %, 1888, married Mehitatle Newberry
second wife, Joanna Robbins Anna, April
7, 1880, married Daniel Wardwell, Sd Eliza
beth, Sept. IT, 1892. married Cryus Bunker
Joseph, Oct. 10, 1894. married Hannah At
kins; Robert. Dec. 6, 1886, married Sylvia
Wardwell; Lewis, Feb. l, 1899, married Abb
gail Wardwell; Seneca, Jan. 49, 1902 marri-
ed Hannah Snow; Vespasian, April 3, 1904,
married Lucy Dunbar; Mercy. Dec. 4, 1906,
married Uriel Macomber.
Capt Daniel, Jr., married Miss Mary
Hutchings, daughter of Charles Hutch
ings. Their children were all born in Pc
nobscot:
Abigail born Dec "a, 1889, married John
Leach; Joel born July 20, 1871, a soldier,
was killed in the battle of Platts burg 1914
Stephen born June 3, 1884, married Mercy
Hutchings; Daniel born June {, 1897, killed
by fall from horse when "a boy; Sylvia
born May IA, 1893, married Robert Ward
Well; Taylor born April is, 1901, married
Sarah Dunbar; Mary born Aug I, 1908, mar
| ried Rev. Joseph Smith; Irene born March
20, 1906; Joel born April y, 1917, fell from
the bowsprit of the ship Robert Morris Oft
Cape Cod, April 1899
Samuel son of Daniel and his wife. Sarah
Staples, born in York Sept. y, 1774, mar
ried Polly Banks, born in Castine, April II,
1772. Their children were all born in Pc
nobscot
jeremiah born Sept. 10, 1885, married
Tryphena Hutchings Ciarssa, born NOV.
I, 1897, married Eben Leach; Eljaklm
born Dec. 30, 1902 married Joanna Grindle
Sophronia, born Nov. -, 1904, married a
Mr. AtSins Moses horn Auu ia tSDS m A.
ried Sally Clement; Samuel, born Oct, II
1910, married Jane Grindle: Polly, born
July Is, 1872, married Rev Henry Cushmau
Washington, born Aug. ., 1914 married Mel
lie Perkins.
| Josiah, son of Daniel, born in York Jan.
%, 1755, was pressed on board British
man Of war, served two years and escaped
by SWIMMING to the shore in the night
married Hannah Wescott. Their children
were all born in Penobscot, as follows:
Daniel -, born Dec /, 1856, married Anna
Wardwell; Sally, born Feb. %, 17SS, married
Hon. Charles Hutchings Olive, born Dec.
II, 1890, married Lewis Wardwell; Hannah,
born May 10, 1892, married Jonathan Var
mum; Samuel Jr, Dec. II, 1875, married
Abigail Wight Abigail, born May 8, 1877,
married Lewis Wardwell, ID, Stephen Per-
kIns.
have now brought the family history
down to a time when any of the clan who
are living may, if they wish, trace their
lineage through Daniel of York, Me, to
Thomas of Boston. To give a more com
prehensive account would require the Ia
Dor of months, a time that one who has
to labor with his hands for daily bread
cannot afford. But we will close with a
few anecdotes and incidents to illustrate
the character of the clan.
In 1910, when the British took posses
sion of Bagaduce in Penobscot, Daniel of
York owned coasting sloop called Polly.
This sloop was seized by Commodore
Mowatt of infamous memory, to be confis-
Gated for the use of King George. Mrs.
Wardwell started on foot to Bagaduce, a
distance of seven miles, to demand the
sloops release of Gen. Mclean. On her
way she was met by British officer of
rank, who demanded her business with
the General. She opened her broadside
on the officer, all her guns double shotted
He in a burning passion drew his sword