The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-01-27
William Tell

| upon the establishment OF peace with
the Indians the owners made strenuous
efforts to settle the country. They had
engaged a minister of the gospel and 12C
families to come hither when an unfore-
seen difficulty arose. One David Dunbar,
as Surveyor Of the Kings Woods, -
claimed the right to reserve ''all pine OF
over two feet as masts for the British
navy" Clothed with Royal authority
Dunbar seems to have reversed the
| Scrlptural language and regarded every
man Infamous according as he lifted up
axes against the thick trees He claim
ed sole right to grant titles for settle
ment. With his band of soldiers he
drove away the settlers, seized their
lumber, and destroyed their sawmills.
In such straits the proprietors sent to
/ London. Samuel Waldo, son of Boston
merchant, one of the Associates, to eff
! feet the recall of Dunbar His zeal and
diplomacy secured the removal of the
surveyor and future guarantee of the
rights OF the proprietors. Returning to
America ne received, from the grateful
owners, one-half the original grant, 300, =
600 acres.
Gen. Waldo was man of command
ing ability, enterprising and energetic
and did much to hasten the growth Of
this region. Throughout Germany he
circulated advertisements in the Ger
man language offering inducements to
settle in Maine. As a result, hundred
families from Brunswick and Saxony
helped lay the foundations of the towns
about Broad Bay, especially Of Waldo
borough.
Many of the descendants of these were
among the early settlers Of LncOlnville;
one OF the most conspicuous was George
Timer, Major General III the Revolu-
tionary War
i Gen. Waldo's work for the grant end
ed suddenly. He had joined an eXpedi-
ton to establish, at the mouth of the
PeHobscot. a fort which he, deemed great
protection for his colonists. While ex-
ploring Just above Bangor he died sud-
denly of apopleXy. They buried him at
Fort Point with military honors. His
body was soon removed, however, to
Boston, where it lies in Kings Chapel
burying ground.
Gen. Waldo left four children. Han
nah was the wife of Thomas Fucker,
Secretary of the Province. BY purchase
and Inheritance the acres Of the Waldo
Patent were owned by Hannah Fucker,
her husband and her brother Francis.
The life of Lucy Fucker, daughter of
Hannah and Thomas, reads like ro-
nance All her family arlstocratic tories,
she yet insisted on marrying, against
/ their wishes, the young Boston book sell
Ter. Henry Knox, Jealous patriot. When
the Revolution broke out TINS young
heroine smUggieG her husbands sword
out of Boston hidden in the folds of her
dress, and shared with hlm the fortunes
Of war. All her tory relatives had fled
to England; their property was confsca-
ted by the Commonwealth.
After the war the remainder of the
Waldo Patent, by purchase and by quit
claim deeds from the general govern
/ fayorite general, then Secretary of War
Thus the husband of Gen. Waldo's
/ granddaughter became sole proprietor of
the Waldo Patent.
In a superb location on the St. Georges
River, at Thomaston, he erected costly
mansion.
+ In 1894 Gen. Knox removed his family
from Philadelphia to this Maine home,
Montpelier, resigning his position in
President Washington cabinet Here
he dispensed princely hospitality and has
been justly called 1.-The leading man of
the parish, the benefactor of the town,
the life of the business community, the
friend of virtue, his country and the hui
man race. "
This bit of history shows how it came
about that many early settlers of Lin
colnville received their land titles from
Gen. Knox. Many of these deeds are
preserved today and may be seen among
the archives in the Secretary of State s
Office in Boston.