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

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20 THE HARBOR BEACON? worth and IS on the Shore stage llne The area IS about 30 000 acres Forbes and Jones ponds are the chlef b0dl9S of water and Mt Cromer the prlnclpal mountaln The surface of the town IS much broken cllffs of granlte penetrated by VGIHS of galena zlnc and copper abound At Grlndstore Polnt lmmense deposlts of metanlorphlc slate hate been found Lumberlng and fishlng are the prlnclpal lndustrles although farming lS grow lng to be an lmportant lndustry Shlpbulldlng was at one tlme an lmportant lndustry EARLY SETTLERS The Oflglnal grant of Townshlp 3 CGoulds boroj was made by the General Court of Massa chusetts to Messrs Nathan Jones Francis Shaw and Robert Gould ln 1764 It IS stated that John Lane Esq a London merchant furnlshed money to Robert Gould who was surveyor The latter s earnest effort to pro cure settlers for the town caused the townshlp to be named for hlm prletors was a Boston merchant He was born March 29 1721 marrled lwov 3 1744 L5 dla D1CkIHaH of Boston who dled Dec 26 1746 He marrled Sept 22 1747 Sarah Burt All h1S chlldren were born ln Boston Nathan Jones one of the orlglnal proprletors of Gouldsborough was born ln Weston Mass Sept 29 1734 He marrled October 12 1756 Sarah Stevens who was born ln Weston May 5 1734 Colonel Nathan Jones was one of the first settlers ln Gouldsboro comlng from Vies ton Mass about 1765 He owned the north western quarter SQCLIOH of the townshlp a mlll and wharves IH the Morancy sectlon of Sulllvan Jones Lake and Cove were named for hlm He dled ln Gouldsboro May 7 1806 Sarah hls wlfe dled March 27 1804 They were burled on the hlllslde above thelr house the S116 of whlch IS near the VS llllam VS ood resldence General Dax ld Cobb one of the early T951 dents of Gouldsboro and for years one of the most promlnent and lnfluentlal men ln Maine was the son of Thomas and Lydla Cobb of Attleboro Mass He was born Sept 14 1448 He prepared for college ln Joseph Marsh Jr s prlvate school at Bralntree graduatlng ln 1166 from Harx ard and studled mGd1C1H9 wlth Dr Perklns He was engaged actlx ely ln practlce at the outbreak of the Revolutlonary war havlng marrled Eleanor Bradlsh of Cambridge Mass and havlng settlf d at 'l aunton He was a representatlve to the General Court ln 1774 as acolleague of hls brother ln law Robert Treat Palne one of the SIPHGFS of the Declaration of Independence In 1777 Dr Cobb entered the Amerlcan Army as lleutenant colonel of the Slxteenth Mass Reglment General Cobb hoped to found a clty at Gouldsboro He con structed roads bullt wharves storehouses saw mllls and ShlpS and shipped large quantltles of lumber to the VK est Indles He was elected to offices ln Malne servlng as Chlef Justlce of the Court of Common Pleas for Hancock County and was an executlve councllor for many years among them that of Master of Arts from Brown Unlverslty ln 1790 He founded Taunton Academy and w s ore of the founders of the Mass General Hospltal ln 1820 the manage ment of the Blngham estate was given to h1S son ln law Col Black of Ellsworth Gen Cobb having returned ln feeble health to Taunton Jan 8 1808 Gen Cobb dled Aprll 17 1830 at the Mass Hospltal General and Mrs Cobb had eleven chlldren one of whom Mrs Betsey Smlth llved ln Gouldsboro as her father s house keeper Thomas Hlll was an early settler at West Gouldsboro He was a native of NN eston Mass where he marrled Rebecca daughter of Samuel Traln 'lhe Hllls came first to Sl llllngs rlver lt IS b9l16X0d and afterwards to Viest Goulds boro Mr Hlll bullt the first tannery run by horse power ln the town He bullt shlps was a Justlce of the peace first postmaster m Gouldsboro and was a deacon of the Baptlst A ' - 9 7 ' . - - , 1 r' , 1 . . , - . . . , . . . . . p ,N ' , 7 7 . . . g. . ,. 9 ! . , 7 f . . . . V . ' v ' C Y , 4 ., . . ' 1 . V 'c , 7 3 . , . A , . . 1 - ' Y Y I 9 'v ' u J . I . , . , . . . . . . ' A , ' 1 Francis Shaw, one of these original pro- He was the recipient of honorary degrees, . , D 7 7 Y ' I 7 7 ' ' , . , . a l a , I s , - , . . . -. - , . 7 I l 7 ' '7 7 Y 7 ' Y ' 7 ! 7 ' 7 ' ' Y ! 1 7 1 ' ' ' . , , . r ' ' r ' , my 0 - 1 7 . - J , ., ' Q , A 1 1 ' 1 ' X 9 7 7 ' Y , . . ' . y . . . . Y Y. Y .- . . . 7 , 7 7 D I

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THE HARBOP BEACONT GIven under my hand and seal at No 4 2nd of Aprll A DommI 1789 ALEX CAMPBELL J Peace By vIrtue of the foregomg warrant to me dlrected the InhabItants of the Town of Gouldsborough are notlfied to meet at the tlme and place for the purpose thereIn mentloned Gouldsborough 4th AprIl 1789 THos HILL Agreeable to the foregomg order the town met at the tIme and place and made cholce of the followmg ofncers Nathan Jones Esq Mod erator Vhlham Shaw Clerk Dr BenJ AllIne Treasurer Thomas Hlll Samuel LIbby E11 Forbes Selectmen and Assessors Thomas HIll Constable and Collector for year ensumg Nathan Jones S muel Llbby Benj Godfrey Surveyors of Roads Thos Hlll WIllIam Shaw Sargent Jones Clement Furnald Jr Fence VIewers Benjamm Ash John Gubtall Jr Deer Reever Dr Bemamm AllIne sealer of W6lghlZS and measures Peter Godfrey sealer of leather Voted That there be fifty pounds ralsed to be worked out on the hlghways Voted That the selectmen are dlrected Im medIately to assess the county tax for Slx Pounds Two Shllhngs Voted That Twenty Pounds be granted to defray the necessary expenses of the town for the ensumg year Voted That the meetmg be dxssolved A true copy WILLIAM SHAW T Clerk The officers chosen at the foregomg meetmg were legally notlfied and took then' oaths for the faIthful performance of theIr several trusts A county tax for the sum of SIX Pounds Two ShIllIngs also a town tax of Twenty Pounds also a HIghway Tax for Flfty Pounds were assessed and the bIll dehvered to Thomas HIll to collect a copy of wh1ch IS on file Valuatlon 4400 Pounds Agreeable to warrant the lheeholder and other InhabItants met at the house of John Gubtall on Monday the 5th day of March 1790 for the purpose of chooslng Governor LIeut Gov and Senator Upon countmg the assorted votes It appears that John Hancock for Governor had 21 votes Samuel Adams for Lt Gov had 18 votes Alex Campbell for Senator had 27 votes Meetlng dlssolved The first town meetmg was held May 31st 1793 of Wl1lCl1 there IS the followmg record At a legal meetlng on the 31st day of May 1793 Voted that four school houses should be bullt wIth1n the town Voted that there should be a commlttee of four to see that Sald school should be bullt v1z Thomas HIll for the western ward Thomas Gubtall for the center ward Samuel Joy for the eastern ward Abuah Cole for the southern ward Voted that the commIttee take work or materIal from the InhabItants wh1ch shall be allowed them IH thelr tax to be ralsed for buIld Ing the shool houses Voted that the commlttee shall have power to determlne where the houses shall be bullt If the dlfferent wards do not agree Voted that the selectmen are empowered to lay out any necessary road wIthIn the town IH addIt1on to the one voted In Aprll from Pros pect Meetmg dlSS0lV9d A true record of the proceedmgs Attest A W KIDSTON CThe road mentloned was from Prospect Harbor to the County Road J In June 1794 the town extended a vote of thanks to Mr Thomas Holland for h1S faIthful attentIon to the Instructlon and moral of the youth wh1ch have been commltted to hlS care November 5 1795 the tax IS first recorded In dollars and cents It IS learned that In June 14 1794 there were 66 polls GEOGRAPHY Gouldsboro IS twenty one mlles east of Ells t I 19 , . , . . - - 1 r . , . . , . 7 7 ' . . ' 1 . , . . , : . . 0 , . , ., 1 I , 5 - - , - - - I f y - - , , . . . . . s . , 41,1 , i . n ' ' 7 7 df , o 7 . . .- n . . . , , I ' ! 7 Abijah Cole, Surveyors of Lumberg Wllllam . ' , , ., . . . . g , , ., . . . . - g . , . 5 , - , n n . f 9 . . ,, . . ' s . . . Y . . ,, . , . ! 7 ! ' ! , . 9

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THE HAPBOR BEACONI church He was one of the leadlng cltxzers of the town The flrst settler at Ash s Polnt IS Sald to have been a Mr Bxckford In the Pond D1StF1Ct John Leeson who came about 1820 was the first settler He bullt a log house and barn Samuel Tracy came m 1826 and erected a log house near the present Rolfe resldence At South Gouldsboro Isaac Bunker was an early settler He came to thls town about 1801 and dled here about 1825 or 1828 THE FIRST GOULDSBORO TOWN HOUSE The date of erectron of the first town house m5555C E5553 IS unknown For years thlss quare weather stamed bulldmg was the scene of publlc gather lngs The pews on elther slde were closed wlth a hlgh door as entrance and fortunate the ch1ld whose fathers pew h d a wlndow one of the mne 7 X 9 avenues of hght The center of the house contamed a double row of pme pews nature s tmt In front was the pulplt slx feet from the floor where the choxr leader stood w1th hls p1tch plpe and began the hymns Thls bulldxng not only served as church but as a place for busmess and soclal functlons as well It was burned September 23 1883 555555555555555555i 5555556 HISTORY OF HANCOCK 555555C 2555Bk55555Cm5553 l5555SE55C?5C55CXXXX The first permanent settlment ln the VlC11'1llZy of Skllllngs Rlver Cnamed after a rlver ln Swlt zerlandj was made by Captaln Agreen Crabtree Ph1l1p and Shlmuel Hodgkms Captam Crabtree bu1lt hls cabln on a polnt of land known as Crabtrees Polnt On the Phlhp Hodgkms Thls pomt IS known as Flsh Pomt whxle Shxmuel Hodgkxns settled on what IS now known as Pettmglll s Pomt The father of the latt r settled on a more southerly polnt These four f31 'lll19S were the first that came up Skllllngs rlver 1n the year 1764 The object of these settlers dld not seem to be to take up a locatlon for farmlng but for the purpose of securing the huge prne trees called Pumpkln Pme whlch grew along the coast These settlers came from the western part of the Dlstrlct of Malne The Crabtrees came from Portland whlle Hodgkms came from the Kennebec Valley The chlef lndustrles of the early settlers were lumberlng shrpbulldlnff Grand Bank fishlng and operatmg grlst and saw mxlls but today the chlef lndu try ISf2.I'I1'111'1g and lt IS sald that Hancock has a larger proportlon of arable land than any other town 1n Hancock county About thlrty five years ago a mlnmg company started to operate mmes for sllw er ore The productlon was small so the mmes were abandoned al they could be worked wnth a profit 'l he first settlers lxved close to the shores and dld not have any roads The river was thelr hwlcway Then houses were small and usually COl1t2.lI19d large famlhes The shlngles and clapboards were hand made and thelr weather mg qualltle exceed those of today The furnl ture was scarce and rudely made by an axe and saw For cookmg utensxls the first settlers used the rumpus pot and cooked out of doors but later the brxck oy ens came lnto use and may stlll be seen ln some old houses The early clothmff was all hand made the ladles cloth was called llnse woolsey whlle the men s cloth was knosm as sat1nette The boots were made of COWl1ld8 and possessed excellent wearlng quahtles possxblg, from the fact that the ch1l x Q . . . . A . h I . , - . . . . , . . . , 3 . 7 7 I , . . . . , 1 , . . ' Y 7 I ' r . , . E ,. . . . . . . S . . , . . . 7 . , Y . 1 r ' , ' l , . , , - point south of the above mentioned, settled though with the present methods of mining, 1 y s n , n a n s D . . .a 1 L - . O . . . . Y C ll - - 17 ' ' n I7 7 ' ! v . A . . - . i. , 7 5 7 K6 ' - 77 ' ! . . A . X . . . y . . . C, . . y , x . I 1 Y '