The Portland daily press., 1897-07-29


the Continental Congress, and captured
Fort William and Mary at Newcastle in
December; appointed brigadier general
in June, 1775, and major general in
August, lT76. He was again a delegate to
the Continental Congress in 1880. In the
revolution he served In the siege of Bos-
ton, commanded the northern army in
l776, conducting their retreat with great
skill, was in the battle of Long Island
and became prisoner. He was exchanged
and joined the army, crossed the Della
| ware with Washington Dec. 25, 1776,
! fought at Trenton, Princeton, Brandy
wine, Germantown. and was at Valley
Forge. He was in command in Rhode
Island In ITS, and fought the battle of
Quaker Hill in August. In 1779 he COM
manded the expedition against the Six
Nations in the Cherry and Wyoming Val
leys, and resigned on account of i'll
health Nov. 6, 1779. He was President or
Governor of New Hampshire in 1869 also
Councillor and U. S. Judge for. that
State He died in 1895, aged "a years.
| Gov. James Sullivan was born at Ber-
wick in 1744, and first settled at George
town, Me-, then at Biddeford and became
one of Maine's leading patriots of the
Revolution, but could not take the field
on account Of his 1ameness He was
member of the Provincial Congress,
moved to Boston, became Judge OF the
| Superior Court, attorney general, COVER
nor of Massachusetts in 1908, and was the
first president of the Massachusetts, His
torlcal Society. He was the author E OF
many works, among which is the first
history of Maine in 1895. 1t is said that
he was given one-half of the township of
Limerick, Me-, for defending claims
| against it, and the first settlement there
was made under his direction in about
1T5. He named the town for Limerick,
Ireland, where his father was born. He
died dec. 10 1878 apad "a wears
Another son was Ebenezer, who was
lawyer at South Berwick, but died at
| Charleston, S. G. He entered the army
in 1775, was captain in Col. James
Scamman's York County regiment. and
served at Cambridge. In 1776 he was in
the Northern army, and later served in
Rhode Island rising to the rank of major
| He was at one time prisoner of war. and
4 was gallant officer of the Revolution.
The only daughter Of the family was
named Mary. She married Theophilus
Hardy, and was the ancestress of Gov
Samuel Wells of Maine, Senator John S.
Wells of New Hampshire, and Lieut.. Gov
Joseph B. Wells of Illinois.
The old farm was on Pine, Hill, but the
house is gone, which was the home of this
talented family. The father and mother
lived to see the success of their children,
and the children's children honored the
fathers by their lives. This was only one
of the wonderful families that Maine has
raised for our country's service, and the
race of such people is still with us. Maine
honors the individuals, Massachusetts
her distinguished families. Our honored
citizens are not born great, but achieve
their honors. A talented and distin-
guished ancestry is something to be proud
of, but 1t is not the test with us. We fol-
low the precepts of our fathers. Our great
men and our humble men are cut from
the same piece. A Maine father quoted to
his children the words of Shakespeare:
"Honors best thrive when rather from
our acts we them derive, than our forego-
ers."
Capt. Nathaniel Larrabee's company
was from Brunswick and vicinity. He
was the son Of Capt. Benjamin and Mary
(Elthorpe) Larrabee, of Brunswick, and
was born in Fort George, Dec. %, 1929.
He married in 175S Elizabeth Harding,
and was selectman of the town many
years.
Capt. Larrabee commanded this COM
pany on the sea coast at Falmouth in 1775
was second major of the Second Cumber-
land Co. Militia Regt., in 1776, and in
the same capacity in Col. Jonathan Nit
chell s.Regt. in the Bagaduce Expedition
in 1779.
| First Lieut. Isaac Snow was the son of
| Isaac and After Snow of Brunswick and
was born May 1s, 1876. He was select
man of this town.
0tcOuu Aieu9. benjamin lIdTrdDee was
born Feb. 8, 1740, and was younger
brother of the captain of the company.
The following roll of Capt Larrabee's
Companylwas copied from the original in
the Massachusetts Archives, which is
quite badly damaged, SO much SO that
some of the christian names of the sol
diers are partly gone, but we have OBJ
tained what we could of them before they
were entirely lost:
"a Muster Roll of Company Under
the Command of Capt. Nathl. Larrabee
On the Sea Coast in the County of Cum
berland under ye Direction of the Com
mittee.'
Nathaniel Larrabee, Captain Enlisted
July l, 1775. Served months 16 days.
Isaac Snow, lst Lieut.. Enlisted July /,
1775. Served months, 16 days.
i Benjamin Larrabee, I'd Lieut.. Enlisted
July t. 1775.. Served 8 months, 16 days.
Thomas Berry, Sergt. Enlisted July
| Samuel Williams, Sergt. Enlisted July
4 g.. Served 6 months, days.
Samuel Snow, Sergt. Enlisted July g.
Served months, days.
Il Samuel Veazey, Sergt. Enlisted July
10. Served months, Z days.
Joseph Hall, Corp. Enlisted July 9.
Served 6 months, days.
Benjamin Thompson, Corp. Enlisted
i Joseph Thompson, Corp. Enlisted
} July g. Served 6 months. days.
Calvin Cowen, Corp. Enlisted July 9.
Served months, days.
Caleb Hall, Drummer. Enlisted July
IL. Served months, 4 days.
Thomas Godfrey, Fifer. Enlisted July
9. Served months, days.
PRIVATES.
II Arthur Coombs. Enlisted July g.
Served months, Z days.
Joshua burlington. Enlisted July 9.
Served months, days.
Jona. Holbrook. Enlisted July g.
Served months, days.
Thomas Ross. Enlisted July 9. Served
o months, days.
VIM. Thompson. Enlisted July 9.
Served months, days.
Samuel Brown, Jr. Enlisted July 9.
Served months, Z days.
Samuel Brotlet. Enlisted July 8.
Served months, days.
Edward Atkins. Enlisted July 9.
Seryed months, days.
Nathl. Hall. Enlisted July 9. Served
6 months, days.