1819, Jan., in Dixmont, Samuel Hammond, a Revolutionary soldier, aged 66 and Betsey Staples, aged 60. Jan., in Stanley village (probably Greenbush) Harriman November, in Bucksport, Doctor Thomas Swasey and Clar- 1831, June, in Brooks, Phineas Ashman, Esquire, aged 53, and Hannah Clary, aged 20. July 5, William Dean, of Levant and Betsey Bradley of July, in Exeter, after a long and tedious courtship of three Sept., in Orrington, James Smith and Mehetable Doane. Sept., in Vassalborough, Isaac Farrar of Bloomfield and Bet- Oct., in Exeter, Capt. Josiah Barker and Widow Albiah P. 1822, June 30, in Eddington, Geo. Crane and Experience Eddy. May 20, in Atkinson, Benjamin Thomas and Sally Chase of 1823, Jan., John Dunning and Abigail Page, both of Charleston. April, Capt. William Randall and Mrs. Betsey Bridgham, both of Bangor. 1824, in Corinth, Nathaniel Haynes of Swanville, and Miriam W. Parsons of Corinth. Dec., in Eddington, Francis Blackman and Rachel Garland. 1825, Jan., in North Yarmouth, Arvida Hayford, Jr., of Belfast, and Almira E. Loring. Feb. 3, in Sebec, Josiah Towle and Lucinda Morrison. 1826, Jan., in Kilmarnock, Asa Spooner of Eddington, and Hannah Campbell. Aug. 3, in Orono, by Ebenezer Webster, Esq., Mr. Joseph Page to Miss Lavinia Inman. The parties say it was the most frolicsome wedding ever witnessed in Orono. 1827, June, George Forbes and Mary Burr of Brewer. March, in Waldoborough, Herman Fisher of Bangor, and November, in Hampden, Samael Crane, a Revolutionary sol- November 13, in Charleston, John Hitchborn of Kilmarnock, and Susan Dunning of Charleston. 1842, Aug. 22, Geo. W. Richardson married in Old Town, Sophronia Mansell. EASTPORT PAPERS, 1814. CONTRIBUTED BY WILLIAM HENRY KILBY, ESQ., OF EASTPORT. Proclamation. By Captain Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, Bar't commanding the Naval Forces and Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Pilkington commanding the Land Forces of his Brittanic Majesty in the Bay of Passamaquoddy. Whereas His Royal Highness the Prince Regent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland has been pleased to signify his pleasure that the Islands in the Bay of Passamaquoddy should be occupied in the name of his Brittanic Majesty, and the said Islands having been surrendered to the forces placed under our orders by Vice Admiral, the Honorable Sir Alexander Cochrane, K. B., and His Excellency, Lieutenant General Sir John Cope Sherbroke, K. B. This is to give notice to all whom it may concern, that the Municipal Laws established by the American Government for the peace and tranquility of these islands are to continue in full until further orders. All persons at present in these Islands are to appear before us on Saturday next at ten o'clock in the forenoon on the ground near to the school house and declare their intentions whether they will take the oath of allegiance to His Britannic Majesty. And all persons not disposed to take the said oath will be required to leave the Islands in the course of seven days from the date hereof unless special permission is granted to them to remain for a longer period. FORM OF OATH. I, A B, do swear that I will bear true and faithful allegiance to His Majesty, George the Third, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, his heirs and successors, and that I will not directly or indirectly serve or carry arms against them or their Allies by sea or by land. So help me God. God save the King. EASTPORT, July 14, 1814. NO. II. All persons at present residing on this island who have not taken the oath of allegiance will appear on the ground near the School House on Wednesday next at Ten O'clock in the forenoon for the purpose of being conducted to the Ferry where they will be passed over to the United States. Whoever is found on the island after that day (not having taken the oath) will be taken on board one of His Majesty's Vessels of War and sent to Halifax with the other Prisoners of War. J. WILLIAMS, A A D C. HEAD QUARTERS, July 16th, 1814. NO. III. HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP RAMILLIES, Į PASSAMAQUODDY BAY, 24th July, 1814. GENT-We have received the address presented by you in behalf of the Inhabitants of Eastport, approving our Conduct during the period we have resided amongst you. Be assured gentlemen it is peculiarly gratifying to us in carrying into execution the Instructions of our superior officers that the forces placed under our directions should have merited the acknowledgements you have been pleased to express. We have the honor to be Gentlemen Your most obedient, humble servants, To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court Assembled at Boston, May, 1805. The subscribers humbly Represent that the Company of Militia in the Town of Buckstown, County of Hancock, consists of a greater number than is by law required to constitute a fuil Company. They therefore pray that they may be Incorporated into a Company of Light Infantry & be officered & trained as such. As your petitioners are certain that such a Company will not infringe on the Company under Command in Said town. They hope that the prayer of their Petition will be granted & that they may thereby be able to add Respectability to the Militia of the Commonwealth. John Gibson Benj'n Buck Steph'n Brown Benjamin Brown John Hancock, Jr. County of Hancock, Jotham Moulton Joseph Buck Jeremiah son? Hampden, May 16th, 1805. This will certify that I the Subscriber do hereby grant my approbation of the prayer of the within Petition and think it ought to be granted, by which means Respectability will be added to the Militia of this Commonwealth. JOHN CROSBY, B. Gen'l. -Dr. J. F. Pratt, Ellsworth American. PETERS FAMILY, ADDITION. CONTINUED FROM VOL. I, NO. 12. In No. 12, Vol. I of this magazine is an account of the Peters family. Andrew Peters, of Boston, 1657, Ipswich, and Andover, 1688 is named as the original ancestor in this country. It has been claimed that he was son of Rev. Hugh Peters, minister at Salem, 1636-41, but this is not proved. Andrew1 Peters had a son William2 who lived in Andover and who had son John3 born 1695, who moved to Brookfield, Mass., and afterward to Hebron, Conn., in 1719; he had son John, Jr., born in Brookfield, 1718, who lived at Hebron and was a colonel in the Revolutionary War. In 1783, Col. John Peters wrote a letter to Mr. William3 Peters of Medfield, brother of John Peters of Andover, father of John Peters, Jr., of Blue Hill. Williams Peters of Medfield and John Peters of Andover were sons of Samuel2 Peters; they were therefore kinsmen. I give a copy of the letter referred to:* "HEBRON, Aug. 22, 1783. Sir: I would inform you that my wife is sick and not likely to be well ever again, and I am old and not able to come and see you and yours, and would be glad if you would write to me and let me know whether Mr. Samuel Peters and Mr. John Peters of Andover are alive or dead, and how the world goes with you and yours; and I want to know the age of Mr. William Peters of Medfield and the age of his two brothers of Andover. My mother, Mrs. Mary Peters is 85 years old in September and in great hopes to see her two sons in England and her daughter that is in Canada and thinks it hard that rebels shall keep loyalists out of their estates because they love their King and pray that he may conquer all his enemies, as in duty bound they ever pray. This from a friend to true liberty. To Mr. Wm. Peters if he be living and if not to his children. My age is 66 and the No. of my children 13. * Communicated by Hon. John A. Peters. JOHN PETERS. Col. John Peters, of Hebron, had a son John5 born June 30, 1740. He sided with the Crown, and against his father in the Revolutionary War. I give a copy of the epitaph on his grave stone ;* "Here lies the Body of John Peters, Esq., Colonel of the Queen's Rangers in Canada. He was born at Hebron, Conn., June 30, 1740 and died at London "Success is right] English thus [weakness is wrong" Put not your trust in Kings Nor in Cromwell's mob O, ye posterity of Peters, But put your trust in God." MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. Dec. 25, 1829 a Universalist chapel was dedicated at Hampden Lower Corner. The Rev. Joshua Hall (the memorable and honorable) Methodist minister made the concluding prayer. In 1836 the City Council of Bangor ordered the remains of Joseph Junin to be removed from the old burying ground at the corner of Oak and Washington streets to Mount Hope. Junin was the French merchant who was killed in his store near where the ferry now is, in February, 1791. His grave stone is the ol est at Mount Hope. The following is the inscription: "Here lies the body of Joseph Marie Junin who departed this life the 18th of February, 1791, in the 32nd year of his age, and the second year of the era of French Liberty, carrying with him to the grave the sorrow of all who knew him." The first steamboat on Moosehead Lake was launched April 23, 1836. She was 96 feet long, drew two feet of water and had a forty horse power engine. Cyrus Emery, Isaiah Stetson and George Stetson formed a co-partnership in business in Bangor, December, 1835. Communicated by Hon. John A. Peters. + I can not understand this reference to Rev. Hugh Peters, unless he claimed him as his ancestor, |