Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-05-18
ANCIENT TRENTON.
FOUNDED BY GOOD MEN AND
WOMEN IN 1863.
INCIDENTS IN LIFE OF MADAME LA
VAL, AN EARLY RESIDENT-IN-
TERESTING NOTES OF THE
OLD TOWN.
l"Wayfarer" In Bangor Commercial. /

This township was number one east of
Union river, and was granted to Capt.
Ebenezer Thorndike and others of Cape
Elizabeth and adjoining places February
%, 1852, subject to the pleasure of the
king. A survey WAS made in 1862 3 and
was described as follows:
"Beginning at II spruce tree on Union
river about eight miles up on the east
side thereof, and thence extending due
east by compass six miles; thence south
to the sea about five miles; thence west
erly to said river to the spruce aforesaid"
The north line OF the town was just be-
low Cards brook; running east it WAS
the north line OF Sullivan, and the south
line Of ae Bingham townships numbers
eight c nine inclusive, the westerly line
was l river and the easterly line
part SSllings river.
II . William Freeman, OF Cherry
fe' "a remarkable collection OF docu
men'S selating to the first settlement OF
ms .astern towns. l give the follow
in from his archives:
DISPOSITIONS.
.hlnel Jordan, of Cape Elizabeth, testified,
Ma 4. l7g} that about 30 years ago the
J. % letors of the six Townships lying East of
lrl"n River sent him down to assist In running
cut the same. That he went down In company
with Benjamin (Joseph2l Frye of Andover
who was the surveyor and one MIR. Grant of
berwick, one Rogers and Benjamin Thra-her
nd on our arrival at Union River to survey
same and Daniel Grant x my self carried the
chain, beginning at Union River below the flats
Y running by the shore heading all the
Raw ma far ppckpy 1eJ
4 this deponent further saith not"
Nathaniel Jordan
James Lord. sila4 Coolidge the same year
testified that they knew the land where Barnes
now lives adjoining Jordan's River In No. l.,
now called Trenton. About years before they
helped Capt. Ebenezer Thorndike cut timber
for I. house and afterwards hired Il part of his
land to make a rye field
Ebenezer Thorndike the same year, 1913, de-
posed before Paul Dudley sargent. 'that about
80 years before he carried one stephen Hutch.
ingson Il his family who settled on Township
No. /. X that not long afterward he settled two
other families, VIZ: Rogers Googin- "
Ephram Haincs under his right. ~ sold Thomas
We-cott and others. that almost every year be
fore the y many times during the same,
he went down to OF the other of said town
ship--that he employed Lord & Coolidge who
HNcu near JOf'ldu.S ttNtf 10 cut ltpcf Duliu-
ing house ON the stream by the Falls"
Fphrim Haines testified before Paul Dudley
Sargent, in l79j chat about 50 wears ago | set
tied in township No. |, lying n adjoining to the
eastward of Mt. Desert or Union River now
called Trenton under Ebenezcr Tnorndlkc, one
of the original Proprictors of said Township y
was to have n did have of said Thorndike in
consideration of my settling there. one hun
tIrpI az which | II We
also testify Il say that am knowing of one
Joseph Barnes now living in said town upon
land adjoining to Thorndike Falls, on the west.
& ward of Jordans River, | am also knowing to
said Thorndikc's clearing up of said land
+ II to his cutting timber for house there, and
also logs for Weseetts Mill"
jonathan Miiken of scarborough, in l79i
testified that he tone Of the Proprietur7 Of
Township No. J, went down there about 81
years before To take possession of the township
II bringing away a load of lumber, viz ;-MastS,
sparS, ~ butts of timber at which time II sur
ycyor, viz.:-tlas Banks y a Committee of the
Propretors, viz-:-Nathan Jordan, Nathaniel
Harmon \ Hcnjamin Milliken were there run
ming out X making the first division of lots laid
out by said Proprietors also number of
other lots called equivalent lots to make up for
We bad quality of some of we lots of said first
Division at We same time also Mr.. Benjamin
uu,,l. ,,h, w. .i.o q prou,,n,or hnil, -
Niu ,,.,a \. ,oi,a5 r,i.a tn. .a,,e with ,hirtv-
,wo men which he had there building said mill.
r.I.n,es,tt, and declare that / have ma interest
or,r.i,, IN s.iI ,.,vn.hi, havin, l,u,, since
ri,,,, ;, Fac, r.rloy VIVA, induced
s,s ,y.,i as SOM. others IN sell WA. the uncer.
,siu,, of ab,oiuin, the Kings aunrobntion of
tho ,:rant
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