Thomas Dexter, Ensign, Massachusetts Line, aged 85. Jacob Gore, Massachusetts Line. aged 70. Daniel Garnett, Massachusetts Line, aged 69; died Oct. 19, 1819. John Hull, New Hampshire Line, aged 79. James Keith, Major, Massachusetts Line, aged 77; died May 14, 1829. David Kezer, Massachusetts Line, aged 74. Daniel Leeman, Massachusetts Line, aged 74. Samuel Marston, New Hampshire Line, aged 74; died Nov. 6, 1828. Wm. Merritt, Massachusetts Line, aged 83. John Mitchell, Massachusetts Line, aged 64. Moses Norwood, Massachusetts Line, aged 75; died Dec. 9, 1833. Jesse Perry, Massachusetts Line, aged 75; died Dec. 18, 1832. Jenkins Palmer, Massachusetts Line, aged 78. Oliver Potter or Peter, aged 75; died Aug. 23, 1831. James Ramsdell, Massachusetts Line, aged 63; died June 3, 1829. Eliphalet Reynolds, Connecticut Line, aged 74. Benj. Shaw, Ensign, Massachusetts Line, aged 80. Thomas Murphy, Connecticut Line, aged 88; died June 1, 1825. Michael Thornton, Massachusetts Line, aged 72; died Dec. 2, 1825. Jeduthan Upton, Massachusetts Line, Cherryfield. Josiah Wallace, Massachusetts Line, aged 72; died Jan. 22, 1830. UNDER PENSION ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. London Atus, Private of Artillery, Machias. Gamaliel Demons, Massachusetts Company, aged 80. Abiah Demons, Massachusetts Troops, aged 73. Lewis F. Delesdernier, Massachusetts Troops, aged S2, Machias and Lubec. Nezer (?) Daley, Massachusetts Militia, aged 72. Gideon Dean, Massachusetts Militia, aged 77. Joseph Getchell, Private Artillery, Massachusetts Militia, aged 77. John Gibson, Massachusetts Militia, aged 71. Zadock Hersey, Massachusetts Militia, aged 83, Dennysville. Nicholas Hawawas, Massachusetts State Troops, aged 90. David Libby, Massachusetts State, aged 79. Joseph Libby, Massachusetts Company, aged 86. George Peck, Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel Rhode Island State Troops, aged 96, Eastport. Alexander Patterson, Massachusetts Militia, aged 81. Dominicus Rumery, Massachusetts Company, aged 70. Nathaniel Stanley, Massachusetts Militia, aged 79. Benjamin Sanborn, New Hampshire Continental, aged 72. Samuel Tuttle, Massachusetts State Troops, aged 80. INSCRIPTIONS FROM THE CARNEY FAMILY BURIAL GROUND IN DRESDEN. Mark Carney died at Halifax, Oct. 16, 1782; taken prisoner while defending his country for liberty. James Carney, Sr., died Mar. 15, 1858, Æt. 84 years. Joanna, his wife, died May 4, 1832, Æt. 52 yrs. Capt. James Carney born in Boston, May 27, 1804, died in Richmond, Jan. 2, 1887, where he had lived 54 years honored and respected. Lucinda P. Martin, his wife, died Jan. 7, 1851, Æt. 44 yrs., 5 mos. Children of James and Lucinda P. Carney: Capt. D. Oscar, died at Havana, Cuba, Aug. 1, 1835, Æt. 25 yrs., 2 mos. Geo. Fred, washed overboard and lost off Cape Horn, June 3, 1867, Et. 25 yrs., 2 mos. James Horace, died May 20, 1876, Æt. 41 yrs., 7 mos. Melinda Carney Carlisle born Aug. 5, 1800. died Aug. 5, 1830. Amanda Carney, wife of Capt. Oliver Blanchard, died Aug. 17, 1839, Æt. 37. Capt. Oliver Blanchard died and was buried at sea, Aug. 31, 1833, Et. 34. Capt. Osgood Carney, died Dec. 8, 1845, Æt. 25 yrs., 8 mos. Mark Carney died Jan. 8, 1846, Æt. 38. Howard Carney died May 1, 1850, Æt. 28. Capt. William Howard died at sea, Aug. 11, 1850, t. 58 yrs. Mary, his wife, died Sept. 17, 1838, Æt. 45 yrs., 9 mos. Clara J. Carney died June 14, 1881, aged 65 years. Mary Ann Carney, widow of Royal Sanford, died Apr. 16, 1886, aged 79 yrs., 3 mos. Capt. William Carney died Jan. 24, 1887. Catherine, his wife, died June 14, 1885, t. 71 yrs. William D. Patterson, Wiscasset. ORIGIN OF THE NAME OF UNION RIVER BETWEEN SURRY AND ELLSWORTH. (BY REV. JONATHAN FISHER, OF BLUEHILL. 1827.) Contributed by Joseph Williamson, Esquire. In the year 1762, Samuel Livermore, Esq., and others were appointed by the Governor of the Colony of Massachusetts to lay out twelve town ships on the east side of Penobscot River, six of them to David Marsh and others between Penobscot River and Mount Desert River, thus so called and six of them below Mount Desert to a company from Plymouth and thereabouts. Two sub-committees were employed on this business, and with them a pilot to assist them in finding Mount Desert River. Having found it, from the circumstances that each tract of six townships was to meet upon it, Esq. Livermore said, "Let it be called Union River." Upon this with the ceremony of breaking a bottle filled with rum, called by that name, which it still retains. This from Col. Nathan Parker, who was present. it was The six townships to Marsh and others were those afterwards called Buckstown, Orland, Penobscot, Sedgwick, Bluehill and Surry. After these six townships were laid out, a part of the lines being run a request was sent home to England to have the grant established, but about the same time the British court was informed that it contained a large quantity of timber for masts, etc. So the request was deferred till it should be surveyed and the lots of timber marked off. A little before the Revolutionary War, a surveyor came and ran round a number of townships and through them in several directions to discover timber, but before the return was made, the business fell through. After the commencement of Independence, in the year 1782, the proprietors of the six townships between Penobscot and Union Rivers petitioned the Massachussetts General Court for an establishment of their title to these township. The petition was granted on the condition that for each town ship a hundred pounds should be paid into the treasury. This was thought a hardship by the proprietors and afterwards about the year 1785, with assistance of Col. Putnam, who was employed in surveying the neighboring islands, they drew up another petition stating their difficulties and praying to be released from such a heavy tax. Their request was granted to their satisfaction. The grant was to this effect, that settlers should be quieted with a hundred acres of land each, resident proprietors to receive one hundred acres each including their settlement, the remainder, exclusive of public lots to be divided among all the proprietors. The petition which issued in this success was carried to the General Court by Mr. Simeon Miller, who had been employed as a preacher of the gospel in Blue Hill. ANCIENT NOROMBEGA.* "This centuries-old city has a romantic story. Its history is very old and its antiquity may have furnished reason for believing it had some foundation in truth. It had at least this: An Englishman had left a record of having seen a city bearing the name Norumbega, and the city was three-quarters of a mile long. This man-David Ingram, a sailor-had been set on shore by Sir John Hawkins, in 1568, at Tampico, on the Gulf of Mexico, with some hundred and twenty others, in stress for lack of provisions. He had wandered all the way across the country, visiting many large Indian towns, and coming at length, in 1569, to the banks or Norumbega. He sailed in a French ship from the Harbor of St. Mary's (one of the earlier names of Boston Bay), a few hours distant from the Norumbega he visited, and ultimately got back to England, where he again met and was kindly received by Sir John Hawkins. He told such a story as surpasses belief. He had seen monarchs borne on golden chairs, and houses with pillars of crystal and silver. He had visited the dwelling of an Indian chief, where he saw a quart of pearls; and when his listeners murmured, he capped the relation with the statement that in one chief's house he had seen a peck of pearls. He was brought in audience before Sir Humphrey Gilbert, the kinsman of Sir Walter Raleigh. Thevet, who had been at Norumbega, on the banks of what he pronounced "one of the most beautiful rivers in all the world," was present and confirmed Ingraham in part. There were pearls; they were found in fresh water clams. (Unios.) And there were furs. French merchants in one year burned two hundred thousand beaver skins to keep the price up. These furs came from the land of the Bretons-from here. And there were precious stones-turquoise and onyx and garnet. And there were ornaments of copper and silver and gold. They are found in Ohio mounds to-day. The pillars of quartz crystal and columns of wood wrapped with thin sheets of silver and even of gold, Mr. Horsford says he can credit, from what he has personally seen in some parts of Mexico. On festive occasions such sheets were displayed, so Mr. Cushing tells us, as flags are with us in honor of a day or of an event. Much of what Ingram related was what he had seen. Of some things related by him he had evidently only heard; the stories of the Incas of Peru and of the Montezumas of Mexico were among them. His hardships had brought confusion to his memory." -Lewiston Journal. This ancient city was at one time located on the Penobscot, where the city of B ingor now stands. The evidences that there ever was such a city are somewhat misty. The old voyagers could tell as tough a yarn as any modern voyager, and found men to believe it.-EDITOR. FIRST MEETING HOUSE AT HULL'S COVE, EDEN, ME. In the account of the services of the laying the corner stone of "The Church of Our Father" at Hull's Cove you say: "The first house of worship at Hull's Cove is the memorial gift of two ladies of New York, who have for many years passed the summer months on this island and who were present at the first service held by the Bishop, referred to above." Now to say that this church is the first house of worship at Hull's Cove is a great mistake, and if there is anything like it written in the documents deposited in the box in the corner stone referred to, it is doing great injustice to the first settlers of Hull's Cove. The fact is that there was a house of worship at Hull's Cove from about 1795 till 1865. I well remember when I was a small boy walking with my father and mother, from Town Hill to Hull's Cove, Sunday after Sunday to attend meeting in that house. This house was a large, high posted building. The wall pews were square, elevated about ten inches above the centre pews, and had seats on three sides of them. The pulpit was very high with a door to it, if I remember rightly. There was a great deal of molding work about the inside of this house and it seemed to my boyish mind that is was a very grand and sacred place. Probably from the year 1810 to 1860 this was the best finished meeting house on the island. At a town meeting held Sept. 16, 1797, the following votes were passed: Voted that Ezra Young, Esq., be moderator. Voted that the meeting be opened by prayer. Voted to give Mr. Downs* a cali. Voted to pay Mr. Downs one hundred and fifty dollars for the year ensuing. Voted forty dollars for the purpose of moving Mr. Downs. Voted that the Selectmen should purchase the meeting house, for the town, of the proprietors. Voted one hundred and fifty dollars in money and material for the use of the meeting house this fall. Voted Ezra Young, Esq., Mr. David Hamor and Mr. Levi Higgins be a committee to carry on the building of the meeting house. "Honor to whom honor is due." -H. E. Hamor, in Bar Harbor paper, Oct., 1890. The first church at Hull's Cove was Baptist, organized 1799, with thirty members. Rev. Benjamin Downs had preached there previously, and in 1801 became minister of the church. He was not successful and left before 1814, when Rev. Samuel Swett became pastor.-EDITOR B. H. M. |