The Republican journal., 1904-05-05


oa.es have been prepared for the
.,,,t, Of Belfast, and to them they are
.5Sil Inscribed by their fellow citizen
THE AUTHOR.
.A. 1871
--.. follows an Advertisement" in
.tle author says that he had had
.a of the memoranda of DR.. Her
abbot, who had collected many
with a view of compiling his
If the town of Belfast; and of
manuscripts of Chadwick and of
. nell. and the books of the proprie-
the township; the town records,
,.- records in the land office and
.rre of the Secretary of State of
..,nosetts." He concludes: SHOULD
sketch preserve single incident,
raterlal, suitable to be used here
.-When the history of the State shall
s-tten, this essay will not have been
...sher in vain"
..spreface follows. Then comes Part
.... IS tenor indicated by the subtitle
Inctory Remarks on Acadia"
.,.oyered by Williamson's History
.- -8st; and SO we pass to Part Sec
I reprint as follows:
prWyince of Ulster in Ireland,
faleu into the crown by at
-rot rebels, James |. of England,
-ad companies of farmers from
. and Scotland to improve and
.. +a4; FERTILE section of the United
Of Presbyterians from Scot
..le among them. In the reign
es l. and that of James II.
--.Utlsm was not favored in Lon
leland it was prosecuted.
r-sbyterians had become nu-
AN hundred families of them
the resolution of removing to
..a They embarked, and with
....s Of religion, according to their
rms and faith in the perform
...I Efficacy of worship. arrived at
d the autumn of Ills. Early
blowing year, portion of these
unrs planted themselves in Nut
lIantation in the province of
lINpShire. Their first care was
0.r over their religious interests
NIcGregore, who had accompa-
ia from Ireland. This little
were industrious, frugal and
ud necessarily become popu-
e accumulated property.
.- O. lsraelites it was said, that the
which they were strangers could
.av them because of their cattle;
. IeSbyterians found it necessary
EEK some Mount SER for their ac-
8dation.
rv-ry direction rich land was open
.,lasers: and a company was form
.1 examined, and afterwards Sc
I aid purchased the site of Belfast.
HelrS of General Waldo conveyed
act to John Mitchell and thirty
erS. i'll shares, according to the
-- OF each proprietor The fol
IS a list of the names of the
aN proprletors, with their respec-
lumber of shares annexed. The
number being ffty-one, John
Ill. u shares: John Gilmore, !;
sJ Patterson, 8: John Steele, 3;
M lIouston ,: James McGregore,
u Tufts, ?; John Moor, l; Joseph
SON. /; John Durham, / William
ghln and William Patterson, l;
NcGregore, j.. l; John Brown,
ram Clendinen, l; John Morri-
.- Matthew Reed, l Robert McEl-
tlexander Wilson, /; Alexander
. ~t T.: Alex. Little, /; James Mil
samuel Marsh, /: Moses Barrett,
davidson, /; David Hemphill,
eW Chambers and James Nc
ID. i: Nathaniel Martin, /; JOS
1; John Cochran, /; Mitchell,
Barnett. Tufts, Houston,
nd MGregore, Jr, as proprie-
mmittee, four shares; James
shares. Mr.. John Cochran
"0iy surviving original proprie-
resides in Belfast, enjoying a
lie of relatives, and possessing
iiience of very many devoted
The evening of life is pleasant
aud he is closing it in the enjoy
w all its substantial comforts.
r~'- which Mr.. Cochran has com
,ted. belonging to this memoir
Idst, require and receive the &C
-igment of the compiler.
carly purchase exempted the in
ANTS of Belfast from the great
fhlch the want of title, inflicted
many other towns in Maine after
,ryolltion; yet the entire devotion
= aelast, to the cause of freedom on
, d; o-tasion, lost them all else but the
a.- ttle to their lands. Belfast, by
Waldo deed, is bounded from half
eleek, being the westerly boundary
r frankfort) westerly round the har-
t allied Passagawassakeag to little
'- IDLY, from thence upward by
" turns in little river, about as
.' rs salt water flows, and crossing
'.- over to black birch tree, COM
lief thirty-seven chains; 3dly, from
+Nor south 60 degrees west 223 chains
orch tree; 4thly, from thence north
= egrees west 372 chains, equal to 4
IL res s13 rods, to a rock maple tree, one
westerly of quarry of stones:
from thence north IS degrees
"2 chains, equal to seven miles
4l tree-quarters, to the westerly line
" #nkfort; 6thly, from thence south
'-seven chains to the largest of
U-Nay creek ponds; 7thly, from
.-tef townwards by the stream, call
'- '.'ii way creek, to the first mention
~ pace.
40, Mitchell, Mitchell settled
4 now Thomas Reeds farml, Mil
Miller where Mr.. rockingham
.'@ f+eldes, Chambers, Chambers up
wy dge Reed landsl VIM. McLaugh-
~, Vim. Patterson, Mclaughlin and
'e.son on Mr.. Sargent's lott, and
l.a 'ochran, of the original proprie-
JUS anu Jas. Patterson, Nathaniel Pat
,N0h John Morrison, and Thomas
.-ett. Morrison and Steele were