The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-16

returned to his family
Eleazer Whipple, Jr. when Is or i
years OF age In company with his cousin,
Moses Chamberlain, came to Maine, Up
the beautiful kennebee river and settled
on farm Just below Caratunk Falls.
now known as bay View Farm and
occupied by granddaughter, Mrs.
Alfredo Wilmington. Chamberlain
settled on the farm just below where
jose Pierce now lives. They were among
the first settlers of Scion EIeazer
Whipple built log house down near the
| river aud began TO clear land and make
for himself home in the wilderness
OF his personal appearance, he was
! & feet inches tall and weighed ~
pounds. He had wonderful strength
and great power Of endurance. Il was said
he WAS adevout Christian and great read
er Of the Bible. In those DAYS Caratunk
Falls was great place to catch salmon
They would even jump the falls. Eleaz.
, er Whipple used TO sit for hours aud fish
| for salmon. There were no fish and
meat carts and grocery teams in those
days here to furnish inhabitants with
| food. When they settled here it was
| but short time after Benedict Arnold
and his army passed up the kennebee on
his way to Quebec. "A story said to be
true is reported of Mr. Whipple. His
great strength WAS known and talked of
all down along the river and a noted
| pugilist of Augusta wanted to meet him
| To test his strength, so he Travelled up
| through the wilderness and found Mr..
Whipple peacefully fishing at the Falls.
Mr.. Whpple had not the remotest idea
| OF the Augusta mans errand and kept
on fishing. The pugilist soon found it
was of no use to ask him to fight and
then began to be impudent and kept on
until Mr. Whipple could stand it no
longer, when he jumped, grasped the
man and threshed the ground with him
until he was glad to cry for mercy, 60.
ing home "sadder but wiser man.
About the same time Mr.. Whipple
settled here, David Pierce, who married
Sarah Maynard, came from Norridge-
week, before that from Chesterfield, n.
Il. with seven children. The first six
were boys the seventh a girl, Alice.
Mr. Whipple in his loneliness decided to
take unto himself wife, asked David
for the hand of his daughter whom he
married somewhere about 1889 or 1890
The Pierce ancestry can be traced
back to Thomas Pierce of England who
settled in Charestown in 1854 and who
was the emigrant ancestor of Gov. Ben
jamin Pierce of New Hampshire, father
of Franklin Pierce, nth President of the
United States.
Eleazer and Alice (Pierce) Whipple
had six children, John. David, Betsy.
Abigail, Cephas and Hephzibah. David
Whipple, the father of Heman Whipple.
married Mercy Jackman, daughter of
Sergt. Enoch Jackman of Salisbury,
Mass. Mr.. Jackman was one of the
patriots of the Revolution.
The first Jaekman to immigrate to this
country was James, born in 1911, Exeter,
County Devon, England. He settled in
Newburyport, Mass His wife's name
was Joanna. They had five children,
Richard, james, Eliza, Joseph and
| Enoch. Enoeh was born in Salisbury,
| Oct. ID, 1888 and entered the American
Army in December, It's, serving during
the seige of Boston. He again enlisted
in l776 for six months in a company
commanded by Capt. Joseph French,
Col. Edmund Weymouth, and served in
the Lake Champlain district. This Capt.
French is supposed to have been the
grandfather or great grandfather of our
Capt. Moses French. He served three
months beginning Aug. 1777, under
Capt. Clark as sergeant in Gen. Sullivan's
command. When the expedition was or
ganized for Penobseot in 1779, he en-
listed as marine on board the "Venge-
ance.' This expedition was under Com
modore Saltonstall and Gen. Wadsworth.
They were repulsed at Bagaduce and
were forced to abandon the expedition,
burning their vessels and travelling
through the wilderness to their homes
with great suffering and privations. He
lived some time after the revolution in
Salisbury then moved to New Gloucester,
Maine, then to Garland and later to
Scion, where he lived II years. His
name appears as a private on the LEX
ington Alarm Roll" of Capt. Stephen
Merrill's company, Col. Cabot Cushing s
regiment, which marched in response to
the alarm of April 10, 1775, from Sails.
bury-length of time 81, days. There
fore this company was al the battles OF
Lexington and Concord. This Capt.
Stephen Merrill is the grandfather or
great grandfather of the present family
of Merrills of this town. Many of the
i families who settled in Scion came from
Saisbury-the Merrills, Trenches, Bus
wells, cations, Bakers, Jackmans, ETC.,
so the families were brought together in
friendly relations as we their descen.
| dants are today.
Enoch Jackman married Hannah
French of Salisbury and had 10 children
Belary, John, Molly, Hannah, James
Mercy, Abigail, Otis, Martha and Sally.
Sergt. Enoeh Jackman died in Scion,
Dec. 20, 1888, and is buried in the lower
cemetery, while another Revolutionary
patriot, Capt. Sampson, is buried in the
upper cemetery.
David Whipple, the father of Heman
Whipple, married Mercy Jackman,
daughter of Sergt. Enoch Jackman. Feb.
1916. They had 10 children, Sumner
Emily, Heman, Hephzibah, David,
Mercy, Eleazer, Elyira, Josiah aud
Enoch.
Jacob Lowell whose name next ap.
pears on this window, the father of Jane
Whipple, was not member of this
church being a Congregationalst but
his wife, Grace (McFadden) Lowell was
Il member for many years and Mr.
Lowell contributed literally toward the
support of this church MS we'll as his
own. James Russell traced the Eng
fish Lowell ancestry from Percival who
came TO America and settled in New.
buryport about $50 years or back to
about $50 or before the Norman con.
quest and almost back TO the time OF
Alfred the Great. Percival was the
common ancestor of all the numerous
Lowell families. He was born in Eng
land in 1871 and died June s, 1864. He
married an English lady named Rebeecs
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