Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-11-15

~ The tide mills. On that corner stand
several oaks planted by the writer, his
father, and his son samuel, more than
sixty years ago. Ascending the little
elevation in tho road 20 the house Of A.
r. Conary we recognize the site of the
house and inn OF Nicholas Holt. He came
from Andovor Mass, in fT65, with his
family. He was born March 10, fT1s; mar
ried first Hannah osgood, May 9, 1879; she
was born May, 1T1i; died Sept. 1, 1874;
married second Lois Phelps, April -, 1851
she died Jan. 4, 1915; he died March is,
IT'S. Their children were:
/. Jededish, born April, 1910; died
Sept. 1750.
2. Hannah, born Nov. 10, i7ii; married
Jonathan Darling.
3. Phebe, born Feb. 9, i75z; married
Israel Wood: she was child of second wife.
4. Jedediah, born March II, 1851; mar
ried Sarah Thorndike.
3. Nicholas, born Sept. %, 1855; mar
ried first Phebe Bachelor, second Molly
Norwood.
At the house OF Nicholas Holt town
meetings were held in early days. He was
justice of the peace, and when the town
was Incorporated in 1889, it was he that
was designated to call the first town
meeting under the act OF incorporation.
He was elected 20 town Office and was an
influential person in the town.
The father OF the writer called the field
1.-THE Granny Holt Fieldp, and little way
back OF the cellar to the old house were
several apple trees, one greening, prob
ably the first OF its kind in the town.
Upon this site later stood a shoemaker's
shop used as dwelling by Mr.. Sawyer,
who came from Biddeford to, work for
John Cheever, who carried on shocmaking
previous 10 1910, and after him occupied
by Mrs. Joanna Parker and family, but
long since gone.
Farther down the road towards the tide
mills stands the house built by John
Cheever about 1885. Mr.. Cheever came
from Beverly to Blue Hill village and set
tied, where he kept store and began to
build a fishing feet, the first being the
schooner Marion, built at the village.
The father OF the writer sold him the
land for his house, store, wharf, fish fakes
and garden, where he carried on business
and continued TO reside until his death in
1851, aged fitty-one years. His wife was
Betsey Gardner, of Beverly, by whom he
had seven children, as follows:
/. Betsey Jackson, born March IL, 1924;
married r.. @. W. Dodge; died April I,
1857.
2. John Gardner, born June Is, 1926;
supposed to have been lost at sea.
3. Sarah Susan, born Dec, is, 1923; died
at Andover, Mass, Nov. 80, 1895.
4. Horace W., born Nov. IA, 1893; mar
ried and resides at Haverhili, Mass.
s. Austin w, born June I, 1895; died
from exposure in war of the Rebellion.
8. George b., born March %, 1888; died
from exposure in the war of the Rebellion.
I. Ella Thorndlke, born Jan. %, 1915;
resides in Andover, Mass.
After the death Of Mr.. Cheever, the fam
lily removed to Andover, Mass, where
Mrs. Cheever died at the age OF eighty
two. MIR. Cheever built at the tide mill
landing briggs "Delhin and Equator" and
bark Sarah Jackson. He bought
Gloucester fishing schooner called the
MARY Ann, and carried ON quite an
extensive fishing business, curing his
catches and sending them TO market, even
sending his schooner marion" with
cargo of dry fish to the West Indies.
He kept variety store, manufactured
shoes, got out wood for market and was an
enterprising man, whose career was cut
short by sudden death by heart failure. 1t
was the brig Equator" that the writer
first commanded in 1850, built by him in
that year, that gave him occasion to
remember Dir. Cheever with kindly feel
ings, and also the members OF his family.
After the cheever family had left the
place, il was sold to a Mr.. Seavy, who also
purchased the tide mills. He occupied the
premises for some years and then disposed
OF them, including the mills, to Capt.
William Conary. The mills were taken
down or fell down during the ownership
of Capt. Conary. After Capt. Conary's
death the CheeyeF house and place were
sold to Irving S. Csndage, the present
owner and occupant. The wharf has
fallen into decay and the store and sheds
caught fire and were destroyed several
years ago.
Down upon the point near the tide-mill
site stands house built in 1888 by Ben
iamin Clay, upon land purchased of the
writer's father. Mr.. Clay was joiner by
trade, and died in that house of consump-
ton April Ia, 1885. He vas the son OF
Jonathan and Mary (Roundy) Clay and a
cousin to the father of the writer of this
account of him. He was born Oct. IL,
1854; married, first, Relief Green, Feb. 20,
1so5, by whom he had the following chill
dren:
l. Rebecca, born Jan. 8, 1907.
2. ChesIey, born June 8, 1909.
3. Amanda, born April 20, 1911.
4. Clarinda Green, born Jan. %, 1913.
The mother of these children died OF
consumption May 10, 1880, aged ffty-three