Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-11-22

The island upon which Joseph Wood and
John Roundy first built their homes was,
in the boyhood OF the writer, owned by
Marble Parker, and after him by his son
Augustus. The latter sold it to David
Friend and portion went to MIR. Syl-
vester. Mr.. Friend sold his part to
Brooks Gray, and Sylvester his to Mrs.
Ethelbert Nevin, of New York, who built
fine cottage upon it, and at this writing
is building another. These have been and
are the owners in the past and at the
present time.
Passing on from the tide mill road back
to the old stage road to and from Sedg-
wick, there stands Just where the former
DIVORCES house built by Robert Clay,
brother of Benjamin already spoken OF, on
land purchased of the writer's father in
about 1884. Mr.. Clay was joiner and
house carpenter like his brother, cousin
of Samuel r. Candage and descendant of
John Roundy, the first settler, through his
fathers marriage with Molly Roundy.
He was born May "a, 1856; married Patty
Nickerson, of Castine, May IL, 1907; she
died March u, 1854, aged sixty-seven; he
May 1852, aged sixty-six. Their children
were:
l Caroline, born Jan. IL, 1909.
2 Roxanna, born August 3, 1911.
8 Elmira, born Sept. %, 1918.
William, born March 5, 1915.
Martha, born Nov. is, 1918.
9 William H., born March Is, 1921; was
a sea captain.
z Mary f., born April s, 1923; married
Marshall Hardin; died July rs, 1859.
Barzilla, born Nov. is, 1925; died Feb.
3, 1882.
9 Eunice, born May s, 1928; married
Rufus Hardin.
Mr.. Clay sold his house and lot in the
a0s to Samuel r. Candage and removed
with his family to the village where he
died.
The next occupant of this house was
Joshua Parker Candage, SON of Azor and
Chloe Candage, born July 8, 1919; married
Melinda B. Stover, Oct 8, 1874, and here
began housekeeping at that time. They
were married by Rev. lothian sewail at
his house, the pastor OF the Congregational
church, and the writer witnessed the cere-
mony, the first he ever attended.
Joshua Parker Candage, a cousin and
close friend OF the writer, had been
brought up in the neighborhood, and be-
ing the only son in his fathers family,
naturally sought the companionship of
life of a sailor, and the seasons OF 1856
the writer was his trusted first hand OF
the schooner Edward, OF which he was
master The crew OF that vessel in 1916,
vet living, are Freeman Il. Mcintyre
and the writer.
Capt. Candage gave up the sea few
years later, learned the trade Of ship
carpenter, he having from boyhood been
fond OF mechanical labor, and later be-
came master builder, constructing sew
erai vessels, among which was the bark
Oak Ridge in 1859, owned by the late
Joseph Wesccott, esq.
He removed from the Falls about 1S4S to
the Shorey place north OF the old meeting
house site on the Penobscot road, which
he purchased and where he continued to
reside until his death. He had three
sons and several daughters. The family
record is not at hand, nor in possession of
the writer. His son now living, the other
two being deceased, resides in the city Of
Somerville, Mass.
The next occupant of the Clay house
was James Roundy Candage, brother of
the writer, who married Mary Perkins
Parker, his cousin June %, Is43, by whom
he had children as follows:
wildes Parker, born in Portland, Me-,
July 9, 1874; married and resided in San
Francisco, CAL, where he had children
and he died.
Georgisnna Augusta, born August 10,
1886; married l.. d. Perkins; died on
Deer Island, Boston Harbor, where she was
a matron, Nov. 2, 1902, and buried in the
writer's lot at Brookline, Mass.
3 Sarah Norton, born Sept. is, 1S4S;
married, has children and resides in Los
Angeles, Cal.
Sarah Stanley, born March 81, 1851
died in Bushwick, N. Y.
Annie Lizzie, born Jan. 2, 1857, mar
ried George w. Mason and resides in
Boston, Mass, at this writing. James,
head of this family, died Dec. ID, 1856, at
Fortune Island, Bahamas, and his widow
Oct, 1859, at Bushwick, N. Y.
James X. Csndage was sea captain,
then shipping master at New York, and
went from that city to Fortune island to
purchase wrecked and other material to
be shipped TO the United States, and there
died suddenly He removed from Bluehill
to New York in 1851 or 1852.