Sumner High School - Spindrift Yearbook (East Sullivan, ME)

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THE HARBOR BEACON! Susan dled unmarrled Joanna d1ed young Jabez Slmpson son of Joseph Slmpson of York and Mary daughter of Stephen Webster of Newbury Mass was born May 17 1740 He marrled Marlan daughter of Danlel Slmp son Esq Aug 1771 and moved to Sulhvan where he dled Jan 1 1796 Chlldren were Jabez born Jan 17 1775 dled Feb 8 1852 Jemlna born Aprll 23 1773 Mlrlam bom June 7 1777 Ollve born July 8 1779 Joseph born June 1 1783 James S1mpson son of Joslah and Prudence QBragdonD Slmpson was born ln 1761 He marrled Ehzabeth daughter of Joseph Bragdon Aug 25 1785 She was born ln 1766 and dled ln 1806 James Sxmpson was a seaman and rraster marlner ln hlS youth and afterwards a farmer and lumberman He settled ln Sulllvan at the Falls Vlllage Hls chlldren by h1s first Wlfe were James born Aug 15 1786 dled Oct 21 1863 Samuel born June 8 1779 dled Feb 1870 Rlchard bom Sept 10 1795 Aaron born Sept 8 1800 lost at sea ln 1824 from the schooner Mars Joseph born Sept 3 1804 lost at sea Aug 26 1830 from the schooner AF1Stld9S of whxch he was mate Chlldren by second wlfe Mrs Jane Bragdon whom he marrled Jan 7 1807 were Jane M born Oct 23 1807 dled Nov 19 1877 Amos B born Sept 12 1809 dled Feb 4 1869 Wllllam M born March 15 1812 dled 1842 Ambrose born Dec 28 1814 Prudence born Feb 5 1819 John Sxmpson son of Joslah and Prudence CBragdonJ Snrpson was born Dec 7 1763 ln York He moved wlth his father to Sulllvan but returned to York to attend school remain mg there several years On returmng to Sulh van he became a seaman and at an early age became captam of one of h1s father s shlps He bu1lt a store and several mxlls engaglng ln busmess and the manufacture of lumber and shlps and was one of the leadmg cltlzens of Sulllwan He married Rachel daughter f Damel Sulllvan Feb 12 1789 She dled Aug 10 1806 In 1796 or 1797 Capt Sunpson bullt a schoon er which he named Rachel ln h1s wlfes honor Joslah Slmpson Jr was placed ln command and made a voyage ln the vessel to the West Indies 1n 1797 In November of the followlng year Capt Slmpson loaded the schooner wlth lumber and salled for Salem Mass Vllth hlm were Paul Dudley Sargent passenger Wllllam Abbott mate and James Sprlnger seaman They salled from Sulhvan accompanled by the schooner Dlana Capt Jos ah Slmpson Jr ln command On the 18th of November the weather bemg threatemng the Dlana put ln for a harbor at Herrlng Gut St George Malne The Rachel contlnued on her course and was wrecked on Cape Cod ln the terr1ble snow storm whlch began Nov 20th and con tlnued a week All on board the vessel were where 1n Sept 1878 a handsome tablet of Itahan marble set ln a base of Sulhvan granlte was erected to the1r memory The chlldren of John and Rachel Sulllvan were Prudence born Feb 4 1790 dled June 18 1812 Ablgall born July 18 1791 dled March 17 1809 RachelS born Apr1l22 1793 dled Sept 2 1844 Mary A born Nov 22 1794 dled March 16 1897 Joan bornJuly7 1796 dled May 4 1851 Mary born March 6 1798 dled Aprll 18 1868 Joslah Slmpson Jr son of Joslah and Pru dence QBragdonJ Slmpson was bom in Sulllvan about 1774 He married Mary daughter of Danlel Sulln an 1n 1792 He was a promlnent shlp master for many years sa1l1ng from Cas t1ne Sulllvan and Belfast He made h1s last voyage 1n 1831 Capt Slmpson ln the last two years of h1s l1fe was llght keeper on Petxt Menan Island where he dled 1n Aprll 1833 Hls body was brought to Sulllvan for burlal Hls w1fe dled ln Belfast Aprll 28 1857 at the age 85 I 9 9 . 9 9 ' Y ' ' Y . O 9 9 9 9 9 , . , . 9 '9 9 ' ' ' U U 0 ' ' ll YY ' ' ' Y , - 9 -9 - 9 9 ' 1 'Y . Y D Y Y . , . . . . . . 9 9 9 9 ' 9 9 ' 9 9 9 9 7 ' 9 9 9 9 9 9 . 7. . Y Y Y ' Y Y Y Y Y ' Y Y ' Y Y ' ' KK ' YY .1 ' . , . , , . . , ., . . , - - - F - ' u ' 99 1 9 9 9 - 9 Cl ' YY ' lf 77 ' : 9 ' 9 9 ' 9 9 9 ' 9 9 ' 9 9 ' born Jan. 3, 1791, died July 11, 18585 Eliza, lost. They were burled at North Truro, Mass., ' Y Y Y ' Y Y ' Y . U H. . . . . Y 1 Y Y ' Y Y ' I ' u - ' YY ' ' ' 9 : 9 ' 9 9 u Y ' Y Y Y Y Y Y . . I . ' Y Y ' 'Y Y Y 'Y Y Y ' Y Y ' Y Y ' Y Y 'Y Y Y -9 - 9 9 - 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 'Y Y Y Y Y I Y Y Y Y Y ' Y Y Y Y Y ' o , . , ., ' 9 9 1 9 - 9 ' 9 . . . . . Y . . . , , . 9 ' 9 ' . ' , . F . . . . . . . , . . . . . . Y Y Y ' . . . . . Y Y Y

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THE HARBOR BEACON! 1 Esther born Feb 20 1793 died March 1862 unmarried 2 Hannah born Feb 21 1795 died May 21 1868 3 John born Sept 13 1196 died April 2 1860 4 Josiah born May 1 1798 died Sept 23 1863 5 Daniel S born May 7 1800 dled Nov 21 1826 6 Mary S born Aug 3 1802 died May 21 1883 7 James born Feb 29 1804 died 1n Nov 1858 8 Joanna born May 14 1806 dled ln WIS consln date unknown 9 Franklin B born April 22 1808 died at sea w th his brother James 10 Hiram E born Aug 22 1810 died May 3 1816 11 Elisha M born Nov 15 1811 died May 17 1813 1 1841 13 Greenleaf P born Oct 16 1815 dled Feb 4 1823 Lydia d ughter of Danlel and Abigail CBeanj Sullivan born March 1715 and died Dec 2 1851 unmarried reslded at Sullivan Maine The Simpsons of Hancock County and a great part of whom are stlll citizens of Sulhs an are descendants of Henry Simpson who came from Engl nd sometime during the decade 1630 1640 and settled in Old York Maine Josiah Simpson son of Samuel and Joanna QVS ebsterj Simpson and a descendant in the fifth generation of Henry Simpson was born at York Feb 9 1728 or 1729 He married Pru dence daughter of Joseph Bragdon Nov 12 1754 She died previous to 1790 and he married his second wife Miss Esther Sayward at York Oct 2 1191 the ceremony being performed by Rev I aac Lyman VK hen a 3 oung man Josiah Simpson became a seaman and was a sailor in some of the wessels at the siege and capture of Loulsburg Cape Breton under Sir William Pepperill and was present at the fall of the fortress June 19 1140 In 1159 he was master of a transport and car rled troops to Quebec in the Erglish and Colonial expedition against that place ln which the Generals Wolfe and Mortcalm were killed He was a great admirer of General Wolfe and named his second son James after him After the termination of the French and Indian war he continued to go to sea as master of different vessels sailing to Halifax Louis burg and in the wlnter to the West Indies About the year 1772 he moved from York to Sullivan then New Bristol Maine and settled on what IS known as the Falls Polnt where he bullt a dwelling a store and saw mill He constructed several vessels 1n which he often made voyages to sea but he devoted most of his time to tradlng and manufacturing lumber Late ln life he became almost totally bllnd J oslah born at York and died there aged about 11 years DTQVIOUS to his fathers removal to Sullivan Joanna born 1761 died at Sullivan Sept 1825 James born about 1761 1762 died Aug 13 1836 John born Dec 7 1763 died Nov 20 1798 Prudence dled young un marrled Anna born Nov 21 1771 died Nov 15 1828 Josiah born about 1773-4 died April 1833 Samuel Simpson son of Samuel and Joanna CWebsterJ Simpson of York was born March 11 1734 and married Sarah Beal Feb 28 1765 They came to Sullivan about the year 1772 They had only one child who died young Paul Snmpson brother of Samuel was born Sept 11 1740 He married Sarah Donnell and reslded at York He subsequently mowed to Sullivan where he dled For many years he was a shlpmaster His children were Paul bom July 6 1716 died Sept 5 1845 Marlan born Ixov 29 1179 married Robert Gordon and died Jan 28 1832 John dled unmamed 8 1 9 - 7 , , . 1.. , I . 7 , n , f' P' , - 7 7 - r' , ' ' rr - y - 7 7 7 ' , L ' . 7 7 7 ' 7 v - . -7 7 7 7 ' . , . , , ' . - '7 ' 7 7 , , , 7 . - 7 ' 7 7 '7 7 7 ' . , , . - 7 7 ' 7 ' 7 7 7 7 - ' , 7 ' as ' 77 ' '7 7 7 1 , . , . ' -7 ' 7 7 ' 7 . ., . , 3 . 7 ' ' 12. Eben B., born April 5, 1813g died May He died about the year 1800. His children were: y ' 7 Y 7 n . . . , ' '7 ' 7 7 7 ' 7 ' Y 7 7 7 7 7 a ' 7 7 ' U7 . ,. . 9 0 . 7 7 7 ' 7 7 7 ' 7 7 ' 7 7 7 ' 7 7 ' ' 7 7 ' 7 7 ' 7 7 7 7 7 . . . . 7 . 7 7 ' 7 7 3 7 ' 7 7 ' 7 7 - 7 ' , . I 7 7 ' 7 7 7 1 , c - 0 , l 7 7 ' 7 ' Y . , . 7 7 I ' 2 7 ,, . ,. . . . ' ' y 7 7 Y ' 7 7 7 Y H V - - S - ' - 7 7 7 7 v ' 7 7 7

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10 THE HARBOR BEACON years Thelr chlldren were Esther born Feb 20 1493 dled March 1 1862 Hannah born lfeb 21 1495 dled May 21 1868 John born Sept 13 1796 d1edApr1l 2 1860 Joslah born May 1 1798 dled Sept 23 1863 Danlel S born May 4 1800 dled Nov 1 1826 un marrxed Mary S born Aug 13 1802 James born Feb 29 1804 dled ln 1855 near New Orleans master of Shlp Castxne Joanna born May 14 1806 marrled Vtllllam Chase dled 1n Eau Claire WIS Franklln B born Ap11l22 1808 Hlram E born Aug 22 1810 dled May 3 1816 Ellsha born Nov 15 1811 dled May 17 1813 EbenB born Apr1l4 1813 dled May 1 1841 Greenleaf P born Oct 16 1815 dled Feb 14 1823 Paul Slmpson son of Paul and Susan CDon nelly Slmpson of York and Sulhvan was born July 6 1776 dled Sept 5 1845 marrled Han nah daughter of Dan1elSull1van who was born publlshed Feb 19 1803 reslded ln Sulhvan Thelr chlldren were Susan born Dec 27 1806 dled Aug 28 1870 Paul born Aug 16 1809 dled Aug 8 1849 Jabez Slmpson son of Jabez and Marlam QSIIHDSODD Slmpson was born Jan 17 1775 dled Feb 8 1852 mamed Polly Stevens marrled second wlfe Prudence Downmg Jan 30 1809 reslded ln Sulhvan H1s chlldren by first Wlfe were Jabez born Nov 2 1803 dled Nov 20 1888 Chlldren by second wlfe were George S born Aug 2 1810 dled May 18 1870 Polly born Aug 15 1812 dled Nov 1885 unmarrled Simon born Jan 25 1815 dled July 12 1876 Downlng born Feb 23 1819 dled March 26 1885 Joan born March 16 1822 Carollne H bom Sept 11 1824 dled Oct 15 1850 Prudence born July 30 1827 Gllbert born Aug 19 1831 Joseph Slmpson youngest son of Jabez and Marlam CS1mpsonJ Slmpson was born ID Sulh van July 1 1483 He marrled Olne Preble Oct 24 1811 and reslded ln York He dled May 4 1862 Hls chlldren were Marlam born Jan 9 1820 dled Feb 15 1859 unmar rued Harrlet M born June4 1822 dled 1859 mamed Vtllllam Seavey June 1846 three chlldren JosephJ born May 17 1824 Daniel W born Sept 12 1827 d1ed IH the army at Polnt of Rocks Vlrgmla 1863 Carollne born Apr1l12 1831 Ebenezer Bean was one of the Bean famlly whlch came to Sulhvan wlth Danlel Sulhvan the Prebles Slmpsons and others He was born Oct 1 1760 and marrxed June 6 1191 Anna daughter of Joslah Slmpson who was born Nov 21 1771 and dled Nov 15 1828 Ebenezer Bean dled Sept 28 1825 Ebenezer Bean s chlldren were Theodore born Jan3 1792 dled Jan 19 1881 Eben born Nov 24 1795 dled about 1828 MaryA born Apr1l24 1791 dled young John S born Sept 24 1800 dled young Abltha born Aprll 8 1803 Sylvester born Feb 21 1806 dled 1834 S born June 25 1810 dled Feb 6 1886 Josxah S born Nov 18 1813 Robert Gordon was one of the Gordon famlly of Sulhvan He marrled Marlam daughter of Paul Slmpson born Nov 29 1779 dled Jan 28 1832 They were publlshed Dec 12 1801 and reslded ln Sulhvan HIS chlldren were Robert bom June 14 1806 dled May 17 1882 marrled Theresa Dyer Joan born May 31 1800 dled Feb 4 1840 marrled Edward Dunn Ellzabeth born May 15 1812 dled Sept 2 1851 ln San Franclsco Calxf Charlotte born Nov 30 1814 marrled a Mr Brownell John born Jan 20 1818 dled June 6 1875 marrled Mlranda Gordon Paul S born Jan 17 1821 dled May 1887 1nS1lverC1ty Idaho Augustus born Aprll 15 1826 dled Oct 20 1871 marrled Sarah Gordon After the death of Danxel Sulhvan June 21 1785 the town was confirmed to the settlers upon thelr payment of 1 205 pounds sterling consolldated notes lnto the treasury a small portion of the temtory mne thousand acres belng reserx ed ln 1800 when the Leglslature v 4 . . . D . F - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1' ' . . ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1- 1 . ' , 7' ' , . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 r, . . ,. . . l . 11 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Y . H . ,,. . . . . . 1 1 1 1 . ,. . . 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . . ,. 1 11 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 ' . 7 ' . 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 11 . . . ,. . . 1 1 1 1 11 H 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . I . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 March 4, 1770, dled July 24, 1849. They were Rachel S., born Nov. 9, 1808, dled young 5 John 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . L . , . . , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . , , , . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . 11 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 . . . . . 1. . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 o u ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 ,.. . . Y - . 1 1 1 1 1 ,.. . . . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1