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ELIOT MISCELLANY, 
 
 " BITS OF FORGOTTEN HISTORY. 
 
 JOHN PARRY. 
 
 Alfred Little. 
 
 The following statistics concerning John 
 Parry, were given to me by his grandaugh- 
 ter,— Mrs. Mary Jane Remick Tobej , of 
 Eliot, Maine, Sept. 21, 1876. 
 
 Alfred Little. 
 
 noscawen, N. II., visiting in Eliot, Maine. 
 
 John Parry was an Engli.^hman. He 
 graduated at Oxford, and went to Jamaica, 
 where he owned a plantation and slaves. 
 
 When the slaves on that island rose in 
 insurrection, he took as many of his slaves 
 as he could get, and as much of his proper- 
 ty as was possible, and came to the Province 
 <i( Maine and town of Kittery. This was 
 previous to the Revolutionary War. 
 
 He was commissioned l)y King George 
 the Thir<K to teach a Latin School, — in the 
 ancient town of Kittery, and perhaps other 
 places, for. which he received a regular 
 salary from the King's government. 
 
 He had one sister who resided in Eng- 
 land and mat lied Mr. Williams. 
 
 John Parry married Mary Hammond of 
 Eliot. Her father's name was Joseph Ham- 
 mond. He lived on the farm now (1876) 
 occupied by Daniel Hammond. 
 
 During the time that John Parry taught 
 the school, he bought the farm now owned 
 V)y John Rogers at Sandj' Hill. 
 
 The slaves who came with him from 
 Jamaica, were put on this farm, — and lived, 
 died and were buried there. 
 
 He had four sons and four daughters, 
 viz: John; Oliver, died early r Oliver; 
 Martin. Mary was the eldest daughter ; 
 Sally the second ; Nancy the third ; and 
 Martha Kelly, the youngest daughter and 
 the youngest child. (This may not be the 
 order of the birth of the eight children.) 
 His salary was cut down by the Govern- 
 \ ment, and he was so offended that he gave 
 
 up teaching, sold his farm, went to Ports- 
 mouth Plains, N. H., and rented the Elm 
 House, in which he kept tavern, and in 
 which his youngest daughter, Martha 
 Kelly was born. 
 
 When Martha Kelly was twelve years old 
 his wife died ; at which time he gave up 
 keeping Public House, and returned to 
 Kittery, and opened a Private School. 
 
 He "boarded round ;" and the last place 
 in which he taught, was the house recently 
 occupied by Dr. Jones, and formerly by 
 Gen. Fernald. 
 
 John Parry's death occurred while he 
 was at the home of Dr. Jones: one day, at 
 noon, there was a thunder shower ; he 
 stood in the door with a basin in his hand, 
 to catch the rain-water. He was killed in- 
 stantly by lightning. He was found stand- 
 ing on his feet and leaning against the 
 door. The silver case of his watch was 
 melted in his pocket, but the action of the 
 watch was not changed. 
 
 The watch was given to Mrs. Sally Parry 
 Ouincy, whose daughter married Nathan 
 B. Folsom; and is now probably in posses- 
 sion of his family at Chicago, 111. 
 
 The English government sent agents to 
 select trees suitable for masts for the navy. 
 The King's mark was put upon the trees, 
 and no one was allowed to cut them with- 
 out an order from Government. Many of 
 these masts were landed at Mast Cove, near 
 Franks Fort. 
 
 Capt. Pervis commanded one of the .ships 
 commissionedto carry masts to England. 
 
 Capt. Pervis married Mary, eldest daugh- 
 ter of John Parry. 
 
 On the first voyage after the marriage, 
 the ship was lost and all on board perished. 
 
 Thomas Hammond, — John Parry's broth- 
 er-in-law, — married Mollie Rogers, daugh- 
 ter of the Rev'd John Rogers of Eliot, and 
 had two children : Joseph and Polly. 
 
 Polly married William Jones. 
 
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 r.LIOT (MAINK) MISCEIvLANY, 
 
 Joseph married Mary Staples. 
 
 William Jones, son of William and Pollj' 
 (Hammond) Jones, married Ann Parry, 
 only child of Martin Parry. 
 
 Sallie Parry, daughter of John Parr', 
 married Edmund Husk Quincy. 
 
 Nancy Parry married James Kennard ; 
 had three sons, Oliver, James and Edward ; 
 and two daughters, Mary and Lydia. 
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 TOBEY FAMILY GATHERING. ' 
 August, 1846. 
 
 A Paper read at a Meeting of the Descendants of James 
 Tobey. at Eliot, August, 1846. 
 
 Assembling for the object and under the 
 circumstances which have to-day called us 
 together, I have thought that the interest 
 and pleasure of this Family Meeting might 
 be enhanced by presenting a brief account 
 of our ancestors from the first settlers of 
 Eliot to the present time. 
 
 The difficulties of preparing such a his- 
 tory, have been greater than you may sup- 
 pose. While tracing our genealogy through 
 the vista of antiquity, there i? but here and 
 there a name ; and of ancestral history, the 
 most we have is, that they were born, mar- 
 ried and died on three different days ; while 
 the far greater portion are swept from the 
 face of Time, and their names consigned to 
 oblivion, 
 
 An account, however, I have prepared, in 
 the best manner the circumstances permit. 
 Imperfect as it is, I now present it to you : 
 
 The first person by the name of Tobey, 
 of whom we have any knowledge, who re- 
 sided in Eliot, was James Tobey, son of 
 Thomas Tobey, who migrated from the 
 west of England, or Wales, to Long Island; 
 and about 1640 removed to and settled in 
 Sandwich, Cape Cod. 
 
 James Tobey was probably born in Sand- 
 wich, and there pas.sed his youthful days. 
 It is not known when lie came to Eliot, but 
 he was here in 1675. 
 
 He settled on a tract of land near Franks 
 Fort, — the grant of which he received from 
 
 the Town, June 24, 16S7, on which lot he 
 had for several previous years resided. 
 
 The land extended from Richard Green's 
 land to the Bay Land next the water, pro- 
 vided, — "the said James Tobey leave a 
 stifficient highway to the landing place at 
 the Mast Cove." 
 
 James Tobey had three sons born pre- 
 viously to 1678. He is supposed to have 
 died prior to 1700. 
 
 His three sons were Stephen ; John ; and 
 James. 
 
 Of James it is not known that he has any 
 descendants. 
 
 John left one son John who was born in 
 1700, married Elisabeth Staples in 1723, 
 and died Dec. b, 1778. His wife Elisabeth 
 died Sept. i, 1769. They left three children, 
 Mary, born Nov. 22, 1727, married Parkir 
 Foster; Hannah, born September 1729, and 
 John, born Nov. 12, 1733, married Anna 
 Fogg and left no sons; they were the par- 
 ents of the wife of Ezra Libbey. In this 
 branch the name of Tobey became extinct. 
 
 Stephen Tobey, the oldest son of James, 
 was born about 1664, married Hannah 
 Nelson about 1688. In company with Da- 
 vid Libbey, Matthew Libbey, Daniel Fogg 
 and Joseph Hammond, between 1690 and 
 1700 he purchased the Bay Land, extending 
 from Franks Fort to Watts' Fort by the 
 river, and back to Marsh Hill. His shore 
 was set off on the southeast side of the lot. 
 He built ships ac Mast Cove. He died after 
 1742. The children of Stephen and Han- 
 nah were : 
 
 Katharine born October 25, 1689 
 Samuel born January 31, 1692 
 James born October 21, 1694 
 John born January 2, 1699 
 Stephen born " 2, 1702 
 Hannah born " 10, 1706 
 
 Hannah married Robert Staples, January 
 7, 1725. She had seven daughters, who 
 have descendants now by the names of 
 Paul, Fernald, Libbey, Hill, Spinney, 
 Shapleigh, Fogg, and others. 
 
 Of Katharine, James and John, we know 
 nothing further. 
 
EIvIOT (MAINE,) MISCELLANY. 
 
 Stephen married Anna Staples, October 
 25, 1726. After her death he married Mar- 
 garet Emery, Nov. 30, 1749. He resided on 
 his father's homestead. He died about 
 1786. He left six children : 
 
 Eunice baptized May, 1729 
 Hannah baptized August 2, 1730 
 Anna baptized November, 1732 
 Stephen baptized February, 1735 
 Lois, baptized December 9, 1739 
 Martha, September, 1742 
 
 Stephen resided at his father's mansion. 
 He married, first, Sarah Dennett, in 1762. 
 He married 2, Mary Rogers, October 26, 
 1786. He left no children, consequently 
 the name in that branch of the family also 
 has become extinct. 
 
 Samuel Tobey, son Stephen and Hannah 
 (Nelson) Tobey, married Mary Spinney, 
 December 29, 1721. Their children were: 
 
 Mary ; 
 
 Abigail, married William Fernald ; 
 
 Nathaniel, born September, 1742, mar- 
 ried Ann Shapleigh, 1768; 
 
 William, baptized August 2, 1730, mar- 
 ried Hannah Reniick, May 8, 1777, and 
 .soon after died on board of a privateer. 
 Left no children. His widow married Ste- 
 phen Hanscom : 
 
 Samuel, born 1734, married Mary Paul. 
 
 Samuel, son of Samuel and Mary (Spin- 
 ney) Tobey, was born in 1734. Mary Paul, 
 his wife, was the daughter of Stephen Paul. 
 She was born in 1738. He died March 5, 
 1707. His wife died November 20, 1801. — 
 Their children were : 
 
 Stephen, Abigail and James, — baptized 
 April 22, 1770. James was born June 22, 
 1769 he married Hannah Shapleigh ; 
 
 Samuel, baptized June 27, 1772, d. e. 
 
 William, bap. Aug. 14, 1774, d. e. 
 
 Sarah and Mary, twins, Mary died early, 
 Sarah died Sept. 25, 1817 ; 
 
 John, born 1780; 
 
 William, born 1782, died Oct. 17, 1801 ; 
 
 Samuel and Mary, twins, born 1785; 
 Samuel married Lucy Paul ; Mary mar- 
 ried Isaac Spinney ; 
 
 Abigail married David Libbey ; 
 Stephen married Sally Shapleigh ; 
 
 James, as before stated, married Hannah 
 Shapleigh, daughter of James Shapleigh. 
 They were married November 5, 1792. The 
 children are : 
 
 Lydia Tobey, born April 28, 1793, mar- 
 ried Nathaniel Adams, May 20, 1815 ; has 
 has had six children and one grandchild ; 
 
 Olive Tobey, born July 16, 1794, mar- 
 ried Richard Shapleigh April 4, 1813, has 
 had twelve children ; 
 
 Abigail Tobey, born May 6, 1798, mar- 
 ried Asa Brooks, Oct. 29, 1822, has had five 
 children ; 
 
 Isabel Shapleigh Tobey, born June 3, 
 
 1800, married James Knowlton, February 
 22, 1821, has had nine children ; 
 
 James Shapleigh Tobey, born Sept. 25, 
 
 1801, married Mary Jane Remick, October 
 30, 1826, has had five children ; 
 
 Mary Tobey, born May 7, 1805, married 
 Oliver Paul, December 10, 1827, has had 
 five children ; 
 
 William Tobey, born November 19, 1807, 
 married Polly Goodwin, Dec. 18, 1827, has 
 had nine children. 
 
 The number of the descendants of James 
 and Hannah (Shapleigh) Tobey is fifty- 
 nine ; forty-five of them are now living. 
 
 Thus I have endeavored to give you a 
 brief and correct account of our ancestors 
 from the first one who migrated to this 
 country to the present year. 
 
 I have probably not given you informa- 
 tion which the most of you have not already 
 received from other sources ; but it is of 
 interest and instruction to refresh our mem- 
 ories with names and dates essential to a 
 knowledge of those who have gone before. 
 
 We have traced the Tobey Family for 
 Two Hundred Years, and through eight 
 successive generations. 
 
 It appears that all the heads of families 
 
 have been members of the Congregational 
 
 Church excepting the first Jamts, — but in 
 
 his day there was no organized Church in 
 
 . Kittery. 
 
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 KIJOT (MAINE) MISCELLANY. 
 
 It is a pleasure as well as a Divine favor 
 to derive our origin from the far-famed and 
 justlj' eulogized Puritans of New England. 
 
 This is the first meeting of the Tobeys 
 in our family line, of which we have any 
 knowledge, — but let it not be the last. 
 
 As we see the influence which this day's 
 meeting has exerted upon us, as we feel the 
 sunlight of happiness which its scenes and 
 its awakened remembrances have shed up- 
 on our hearts, may we often turn from the 
 dusty path and refresh ourselves with the 
 wellsprings of time-honored recollections. 
 
 As we depart from Eliot on this occasion, 
 may we resolve that whenever our descend- 
 ants meet together, as we now do, they 
 shall be able, not merely to tell the dates of 
 our births and our deaths, but to say, " He 
 lived a useful and virtuous citizen; the 
 ornament of Society, beloved of Mankind 
 and blessed of God." 
 
 This is the last and only time we shall 
 all meet for the object which this day draws 
 lis, but we shall count this day one of the 
 funny spots, — and may we meet at last a 
 Happy Family in Heaven. 
 
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 PILGRIM FATHERS. 
 
 Ode sung at the Gathering of the Descend- 
 ants of James Tobey, Eliot, Me. 
 
 O God, beneath thy sovereign care. 
 
 Thy mercy and thy grace, 
 We lift the voice of praise and prayer 
 
 To consecrate this place ; 
 This place made holy by the ties 
 
 Which to all hearts are dear,— 
 O God, whose palace is the skies, 
 
 Bless all assembled here. 
 
 Two Hundred Years have winged their 
 flight, 
 
 Since on Old England's shore. 
 Fearless of storms or tempest's might. 
 
 Or ocean's threatening power, 
 There shipped upon the ocean wave 
 
 A firm and noble band ; 
 
 Nor shrunk they from a vvat'ry grave, — 
 They sought New England's strand. 
 
 And here their offspring now have met, 
 
 The aged and the young, 
 The sire whose limbs are trembling yet. 
 
 The child with prattling tongue. 
 To offer to the First and Last 
 
 Their thanks for mercies given, 
 Recal the memory of the Past, 
 
 Of ancestors in heaven. 
 
 Blest hours, which sires and sons incite 
 
 To join the friendly hand ; 
 Mothers and daughters too^ unite 
 
 To swell the joyful band. 
 Season of love — of friendship sweet, 
 
 O happy, happ3' day 
 When relatives in concord meet, 
 
 Their offerings to pa3^ 
 
 Eliot, Maine. John Samncl Hill Fogg. 
 OO 
 
 THE ELIOT FRIENDS. 
 
 The first meeting for worship was es- 
 tablished in Eliot, October, 1730, and was 
 connected with Dover monthly meeting. 
 
 For more than ten years it was the only 
 one in Maine. 
 
 In the spring of 1742, it was visited by 
 John Churchman, celebrated as a minister 
 of the societj' in Pennsylvania. 
 
 In 1764, a preparative meeting was 
 granted ; and in 1769, a meeting house was 
 built. No monthly or quarterly meeting 
 was ever granted them. 
 
 The meeting house stood on the south side 
 of Sturgeon Creek, nearly opposite the for- 
 mer residence of E. R. Allen, on land owned 
 until quite a recent date by the descend- 
 ants ot Friend Jenkins. 
 
 Among those remembered as Friends 
 ■were the Aliens, Frys, Neals and Jenkins. 
 
 At one time tliey possessed considerable 
 strength ; but they have long since ceased 
 to have existence as a distinctive body. 
 
ELIOT (MAINE,) MISCELLANY. 
 
 RICHARD ROGERS' WILL. 1700. 
 
 (Ship Carpenter.) 
 
 From " A Trve Coppy of the Original Will, 
 Transcribed and compared this 25th 
 March, 1702, p. Charles ffrost, Regist'r," 
 and now in possession of Mr. Charles W. 
 Rogers of Eliot. 
 
 I Richard Rogers of Kittery, in ye Coun- 
 ty of Yorke, in ye Province of ye Massa- 
 chusetts Bay in New England, being of 
 perfect memory and under standing, but 
 under great indisposition of body, and not 
 knowing how long it may please god to 
 continue me in this life, Do hereby consti- 
 tute, declare and ordaine this to be my last 
 Will and Testament, Revoking all manner 
 of Wills heretofore made or declared either 
 by word or writing. 
 
 Imp's. I recommend my Soul into the 
 hands of Almighty God, trusting through 
 the merits of Jesus Christ to obtain free and 
 full remission of all my sins. My body I 
 comit unto the grave in order to a decent 
 and Christian burial, the management 
 whereof I leave to the direction of my Ex- 
 ecutors and over seers hereafter named. 
 
 As touching what worldly Estate it hath 
 pleased god to give me, I give and bequeath 
 as follows, or after my funeral charges and 
 just debts are paid : 
 
 Item. I Give and bequeath unto my 
 daughter Rebekah, ten pounds in Cattle or 
 other merchandise pay, to be paid by my 
 Executors, ye one half at the day of her 
 mariage, or one year after my decease, and 
 the other halfe in some convenient time 
 after, as my Execut'rs can do it with con- 
 venience. 
 
 Item. I do Give and bequeath unto my 
 beloved Wife Sarah, two Cows, and eight 
 sheep, and all the goods or household Stuff 
 which shee brought with her. That is, one 
 small Featherbed, one rugg, two Iron pots, 
 one Iron Kittle. That is, if She happen to 
 marry or to remove from my son John 
 Rogers ; but if she see cause to continue 
 and be assisting unto my sd son, then my 
 
 wish is that my sd son shall provide for her, 
 and allow her a comfortable maintenance 
 out of the in come of my Estate during her 
 natural life, or so long as she shall see 
 cause to continue with him my sd Son. 
 
 Item. I give and bequeath unto my son 
 in law, John Tydie, Two Steers of about 
 three years old, if he continue with his 
 mother and my sd Son John, till he arrive 
 at the age of one and twenty years. 
 
 Item. I do give and bequeath unto my 
 beloved and onely son John Rogers, all my 
 whole Estate, both of Land and houses, 
 household stuffs, &c : willing him to pay 
 such Legacies, &c : as are before mentioned. 
 
 And I doe by these presents make and 
 appoint my sd Wife and Son John to be my 
 Executors of this my last Will and Testamt, 
 Requesting my loving and much Esteemed 
 friend, Ensine John Leighton, and my Son 
 in law Thomas Hunscomb, to be my over- 
 seers of this my last will : whom I desire to 
 be assistants to my Exect'rs. 
 
 In Testamony wherof I have hereunto 
 set my hand and seal this nth of January, 
 1700. Richard Rogers, [seal.] 
 
 Signed, .sealed & declared 
 
 Grace Bamfield, 
 
 Hannah Tydy, 
 
 Jos : Hammond. 
 
 York, ss. 
 
 Joseph Hammond, Esq'r, commission- 
 ated for the granting of Probate of Wills 
 and Letters of administration within the sd 
 County: 
 
 To all unto whom these presents shall 
 come, Greeting : Know yee That on the 
 twenty fifth day of March, in the year of 
 our Lord one thousand Seaven Hundred 
 and two. Before me at Kittery, within t"he 
 sd County, the wll of Richard Rogers late 
 of Kittery, in the County afore sd, ship 
 carpenter, dec'd, to these presents annexed, 
 was proved, approved and allowed : who 
 having while he lived and at the time of his 
 death Goods, Chattels, Rights or Credits 
 in the aforesd County, For the obtaining 
 whereof The Administration of all and 
 
ELIOT (MAINE,) MISCELEANY. 
 
 singular the Goods, Chattels, Rights and 
 Credits, the sd Dece'd and his Will in anj' 
 manner concerning, was committed nnto 
 Sarah Rogers and John Rogers, Executors 
 in the Sanie Will named, well and trulj' to 
 administer the same, and to make a true 
 and perfect Inventory of all and singular 
 the Goods, Chattels, Rights and Credits of 
 the sd dece'd, and to Exhibit the same into 
 the Register's office of the afore sd County 
 according to law, also to render a plaine 
 and true accompt of their sd administration 
 upon oath; In Testamony whereof I have 
 hereunto set my hand and the seal of the sd 
 office. Dated at Kittery afore sd. The day 
 and year afore'd. Charles ffrost, Regisl'r. 
 -00 
 
 WIELIAM ROGERS— Grantor. 
 
 STEPHEN TOBEY— Gkantke. 
 
 Sept. 1 6, 1 717. 
 
 To all People to whom these presents 
 Shall Come, Greeting, &ct. Knov^' Ye 
 that I William Rogers of Kittery, in the 
 County of York, in his Maj'ty Province of 
 ye Massachusetts Bay in New England, 
 Husbandman, for & in Consideration of a 
 valluable Sunr of money to me in hand be- 
 fore ye Ensealing hereof, well & Truely 
 paid by Stephen Tobey of ye same Town, 
 County and Provence aforesd, Shipwright, 
 the Rec't whereof I do hereby acknowledge 
 & my Self therewith fully Satisfied & Con- 
 tented and thereof and of Every part and 
 Parccll thereof, do Exonerate, Acquit & 
 Discharge ye sd Stephen Tobey, his heirs, 
 Exrs & Admrs for ever by These presents, 
 Have given. Granted, bargained, Sold, 
 Aliened, Conveyd, & truely give, grant, 
 Bargaine, Sell, Aliene, Convey and Con- 
 firm unto him, ye sd Stephen Tobey his 
 heirs and Assignes forever, One Moiety or 
 half part of a Certain Tract of Land, Scit- 
 uate Eyeing and being in Kittery, in the 
 County of York, Containing Seventy Acres, 
 According as ye same was Laid out and 
 bounded unto me by ye Surveyer or Sur- 
 veyers for ye Town of Kittery, vizt, forty 
 
 acres whereof Laid out by Nicholas Gowen, 
 Survyrye22d January, 1702-3, beginning 
 at ye Southeast Corner of a lot that was 
 laid out to Trustram Haridon Adjoyning 
 to York bounds, and is bounded said lot on 
 ye North, and is in length East and west 
 One Hundred and Eighteen poles, and in 
 br(;adth north & south fifty five poles. 
 
 Thirty Acres, ye remaining part of said 
 Tract, was Laid out by John Gowen, sur- 
 veyr, March 20th, 1702-3, begining at the 
 Line that Devides Kittery and york Next 
 my own Land afore mentioned and to Run 
 by sd Line South Easterly sixty poles, then 
 West Northerly by John Frosts land Ninety 
 two poles, then north to my own land fifty : 
 poles, then East by my sd land Ninety two 
 poles to ye first beginnings, by ye Several 
 surveyrs returns on Record in ye town ot 
 Kittery, refreence being thereunto had. To 
 have and To Hold ye sd Moiety or half 
 part of ye sd Tract of seventy acres of Land 
 with all ye Appurtenances Privilidges & 
 Commodityes to ye same belonging, or in 
 any wise Appurtaining to him ye sd Ste- 
 phen Tobey his heirs and Assigns for Ever 
 in his and their only proper use, benefit 
 and behoofe for ever. 
 
 And I ye said William Rogers, for me, 
 my heirs, Exrs & Admrs, do Covenant, 
 promise and grant to and with ye sd Ste- 
 phen Tobey his heirs and Assignes that 
 before ye ensealing hereof, I am the True, 
 sole and Lawfull Owner of the above bar- 
 gainned premisses, and am lawfully seized 
 & Possessed of the same in my own proper 
 right, as a good, perfect and Absolute Es- 
 tate of inheritance in fee Simple & have in 
 my own self Good right, full power and 
 lawfull authority to Grant, bargain, sell, 
 convey and Coniirme sd bargaind premisses 
 in manner as aboVesd. 
 
 And that the said Stephen Tobey his 
 heirs and assigns shall and may from time 
 to time and at all Times for ever here after 
 by force and vertue of these presents. Law- 
 fully, Peaceably and Quietly have, hold, 
 use, occupy, possess and enjoy the sd De- 
 
ELIOT (MAINE,) MISCELLANY. 
 
 missed and bargained premisses with the 
 Appurtenances free and clear add frel}' and 
 Clearly acquitted, Exonerated and dis- 
 charged of and from all and all manner of 
 former or other Gifts, grants, bargaines, 
 sales, leases, mortgages, Wills, Entailes, 
 Joyntures, dowries, Judgmts, Executions, 
 and Incumbrances Whatsoever, the peace- 
 ful possession Thereof, and every part and 
 Parcel! thereof, against my self, my Heirs, 
 Exrs, Admrs, and against all other persons 
 claiming the same from, by or under me, 
 them, or any of them, I will forever save 
 harmless, Warrant and Defend by these 
 presents. 
 
 In witness whereof I the sd William 
 Rogers have, with marry my wife, hereunto 
 set our hands and seals, this sixteenth day 
 pf Sept. Anno Domini One Thousand Seven 
 Hundred & Seventeen. 
 
 Annqiie Regni Georgii Magna Brit- 
 tiania &ct Quarto: 
 
 William Rogers 
 M.\KV Rogers, mark. 
 Signed Sealed and Delivered 
 111 the Presence of Us 
 
 Samuel Hill 
 
 Richard Gowell jr. 
 
 York .sc Sept. i6th, 1717. 
 
 00 
 
 GEORGE ROGERS— DEED TO 
 JOHN ROGERS, Jun'r. 
 
 Rec'd. Septr 2d, 1790, one o'Clock Day. 
 One Shilling Duty. 
 
 Know all men by these presents that I 
 George Rogers, of Berwick, in the County 
 of York, Yeoman, for and in Consideration 
 of the Sum of thirty Pounds Lawfull Money 
 to me in hand before the Ensealing and de- 
 livery hereof, well and truly paid by John 
 Rogers, Junior, of Kittery, in the County 
 aforesaid, Husbandman, the Receipt Where 
 of I do acknowledge here, and do by these 
 presents absolutely grant, bargain. Sell, 
 convey and confirm unto him the sd John 
 Rogers, J'r, his heirs and assigns forever, 
 
 a Certain Tract of Land, Sciiuate, Laying 
 and being in Berwick aforesaid, containing 
 forty two acres and one Hundred an thirty 
 seven poles, being that same Tract of Land 
 that I purchased of John Wentworth, Gen- 
 tleman, and Charles Peables, and then be- 
 ing part of Lott Number fourteen in the 
 Second Cheek, being all the Land that I 
 possess in said Lott, where I now Dwell. 
 
 To have and to hold the said granted 
 and bargained primisses with all the priv- 
 ilidges and appurtenances to the same be- 
 longing, or in anywise apper'ng to him the 
 said John Rogers, his heirs and assigns, to 
 his and their only propper use benefit and 
 behoof forever, and I do covenant, grant 
 and agree to and with the said John Rogers 
 his Heirs, Executors & Adm'rs, that I 
 have good right and Lawful Authority to 
 Sell and convey the Same in manner afore 
 said, and will for myself, heirs. Grantors, 
 and Adm'rs, Warrant, secure and Defend 
 the same against the Lawfull Claims or De- 
 mands of any person or persons whomso- 
 ever [in said Lott, these words enterlined 
 before figned.] 
 
 In Witness whereof, I the said George 
 Rogers with Mary my Wife, in token of 
 her Relinquishing her Right or Dowry of 
 thirds in the premises, do hereunto Set our 
 hands and seal, this twenty sixth Day of 
 Augt, AD one Thousand Seven Hundred 
 and Ninety. 
 
 George Rogers 
 
 Mary Rogers, her hand. 
 
 Signed, Sealed and De'd 
 in presence of us Witnesses 
 
 Atl: 
 
 Stephen Neal 
 Josiah Staple 
 
 York, ss. Augt 27th, 1790. Then per- 
 sonally appeared Mr. George Rogers one 
 of the Subscribers to this Instrument & ac- 
 knowledged the same to be his free act and 
 deed, before John Hd Bartlet, Just, peace. 
 
 York, ss. September 2, 1 790. Then Received this Deed 
 one o'clock Day. and Recorded the same with the Records 
 of Deeds, Sc. for said County, Lili'o 52, fol'o 255. 
 
 Mt : \Vm. ffrost, Rejj'r. 
 
8 
 JOHN 
 
 KLIOT (MAINK,) MISCELLANY. 
 
 ROGERS TO 
 
 DR. IVORY 
 
 HOVEY. 
 
 TliL- (Iced [seepage 7, J of George Rogers 
 conveying a ■' Certain Tract of Land, Scit- 
 uate, Laying and being in Berwick," to 
 John Rogers, is dated Aug. 26, 1790. 
 
 Two years later, Sept. 22, 1792, John 
 Rogers sold the same land for the same 
 price, (/'30,) having the same boundaries, 
 to Ivory Hovey, Physician, of Berwick. 
 " It being the same tract of Land my 
 Brother george Rogers purchased of John 
 Wentworth, Gentleman, & Charles Pea- 
 bles." The deed is witnessed by Daniel 
 Peirce and James Rogers; and acknowl- 
 edged "Before me Daniel Peirce, Just. 
 Peace." 
 
 The foregoing Rogers I'npcrs arc- in possession ol Mr. 
 riiarlcsW. Rogers, nf Eliot. 
 
 SOLOMON LIBBEY'S COMMISSION. 
 
 Now in possession of Mrs. .Adlington. 
 
 By His Elxcellencj' 
 
 C.\i.EB Strong, Esq., 
 
 Governor and Commander in Chief 
 
 of the 
 Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
 To Solomon Lihbkv, Gentleman, Greet- 
 ing ; 
 
 You being appointed Lieutenant of a 
 Company in the second Regiment of the 
 first Brigade and Sixth Division of the 
 Militia of this Commonwealth, Reposing 
 special trust and confidence in your ability, 
 courage and good conduct, I do, by these 
 Presents, Commission you accordingly. 
 You are, therefore, carefully and diligently 
 to discharge the duties of said Office, accor- 
 ding to the Laws of this Commonwealth, 
 and to Military Rule and Discipline. And 
 all Inferior Officers and Soldiers are hereby 
 commanded to obey you in your said ca- 
 pacity ; and you are yourself to observe 
 and follow such orders and instructions as 
 
 you shall, from time to time, receive from 
 me or other Superior Officers. 
 
 Given under my Hand, end the Seal of 
 the said Commonwealth, the first day of 
 May, in the year of our Lord, 1S04, and in 
 the 28th year of the Independence of the 
 United States of America. 
 
 John Avery, Sec'y. 
 
 A QUAINT WARRANT. 
 
 Warrant tr» warn Ilipsa'th Rragdon out nf Kittcrj. 
 
 York, ss. To either of the Constables of 
 the town of Kittery, in said county greeting: 
 
 You are, in the name of the Common- 
 wealth of Massachusetts, directed to warn 
 and give notice to Hipsabeth Bragdon of 
 York, in the county aforesaid. Spinster, 
 who has lately come into this town for the 
 purpose of abiding therein, not having ob- 
 tained the town's consent therefor, that she 
 depart the limits thereof with her Children 
 and others under her care, (if such she 
 have,) within fifteen days. 
 
 And of this precept with your doings 
 thereon, you are to make return into tlie 
 office of the Clerk of the town within twen- 
 ty days next coming, that such further 
 proceedings may be had in the premises, as 
 the Law directs. 
 
 Given under our hands & seals at Kit- 
 tery aforesaid this 8th day of August, A. D. 
 1799. 
 
 Andrew P. Fernald, Depend'ce Shapleigh 
 Alex'r Rice, Ephraim Allen, 
 
 Selectmen of said Kittery. 
 
 Kittery, August th' 17, 1799. Pursuant 
 to the within precept, I have notified and 
 warned the within named Hipsabeth Brag- 
 don to depart the limits of said town, with 
 all under her care, by leaving a copy of 
 said precept at her last and usual place of 
 al)ode. Nath'l Goodwin, 
 
 Consta — 
 
CAPT. 
 
 ELIOT (MAINE,) MISCELLANY. 
 NATHAN BARTLETT'S 
 WILL.— 1775- 
 
 Original in possession of Mr. Alfred Bartlett, Eliot. 
 
 Ill tlie name of God, amen. I Nathan 
 Bartlet of Kitter3', in the county of York, 
 and province of the Massachusetts Bay, 
 gentleman, being of a sound mind and 
 memory, and considering my frailty and 
 mortality, do make and ordain this my 
 last will and testament. 
 
 But first of all, I commit my soul to God 
 who gave it, begging for the pardon of all 
 my sins, and eternal salvation ihro the 
 merits and mediation of the Lord Jesus 
 Christ, my great redeemer; and my bodj' I 
 commit to the earth, to be decently buried 
 at the discretion of my executor, hoping 
 (thro' the mighty power of God,) I shall 
 receive the same again in a glorious resur- 
 rection to eternal life. 
 
 Ami as for the worldly estate that a 
 bountiful God has bi^en pleased to bestow 
 unou uie. I give and dispose thereof as 
 follows, vizt : 
 
 I order that my just debls and funeral 
 charges b= paid out of my personal estate, 
 as soou as may be after my decease. 
 
 I give and bL-queatii unto my well be- 
 loved wife, Shuah Bartlet, all my plate 
 and china ware for to use and dispose of, 
 as she shall see meet ; & if she does not 
 dispose of the same, then my will is that 
 the said plate & china shall be equally di- 
 vided to and amongst my six daughters. 
 
 I also give my said wife Shuah, my rid- 
 ing chair and horse. 
 
 I also give to my said wife one third part 
 of all my other personal estate without any 
 deduction for debts, legacies or funeral 
 charges out of the same. 
 
 I also give and bequeath unto my said 
 ■wife, Shuah, the u.se and improvement of 
 all that part or my estate that was set off 
 and assigned to her in the real estate of her 
 late father, Capt. John Heard, dec'd, dur- 
 ing her natural life ; and also one half of 
 my dwelling house and liarn ; and one half 
 
 of all my lands adjoining to said house and 
 barn ; all the said lands and buildings she, 
 my said wife, is to use and improve during 
 her life. 
 
 I also give to my said wife the use and 
 improvement of one third part of all my 
 other real estate, if she shall see cause to 
 call for the same, for her better support. 
 
 And I do order that my said wife shall 
 have all the firewood she shall have occa- 
 sion for during her life, to be cut and haled 
 to her, us I shall hereafter order in this my 
 will. And I do hereby order that my son 
 John Heard Bartlet shall cut and hale the 
 one half part of the said wood from my 
 lands herein given to. him the said John; 
 and the other half part of said wood for my 
 said wife, I do hereby order that my grand- 
 son James Bartlett shall cut and hale from 
 my lands given to him the said James 
 Bartlet. 
 
 I give and bequeath unto my son John 
 Heard Bartlet, all that my tract of 
 Land whereon he now dwells, at the third 
 hill, so called, in Kittery, with the houses, 
 barns and other buildings, orchards, and 
 appurtenances thereunto belonging, which 
 said tract contains one hundred twenty 
 nine acres of land, or be the same more 
 or less : 
 
 I also give to my said son John Heard 
 Bartlet, all that my tract ol land which I 
 bought of Josiah Bridges, containing forty 
 nine acres, or be the same more or less : 
 which said tracts of land, buildings and 
 appurtenances to hold to him, my said son, 
 John Heard Bartlet, his heirs and assigns 
 forever. 
 
 I give and bequeath unto my grandson, 
 James B.\rtlet, all that my farm whereon 
 I now dwell, containing forty five acres of 
 land, be the same more or less, bounded 
 Northerly partly by Nathaniel Clark's 
 land, and partly by land belonging to the 
 heirs of my son, Nathan Bartlet. deceased, 
 Easterly by Jane Tucker's land. Southerly 
 partly by the highway, and partly by 
 Doct'r Edmund Coffin's land, and Wester- 
 ly partly by the highway that goes to a 
 
I'lJOT (MAINH,) MISCKLLANY. 
 
 place calltd the cedars, and partly l)y 
 Nathaniel Clark's land ; with my dwellincj 
 house and barn, and the land being about 
 one acre where the said barn stands ; with 
 all the buildings on said land. I also give 
 unto my said grandson, James Bartlett, 
 that tract of land at stony brook which I 
 bo't of Wm. Gowen, (excepting what I 
 have sold. ) 
 
 I also give my said grandson. James 
 Bartlet, my lot of meadow or marsh, lying 
 near the head of Sturgeon creek, which was 
 set off to my wife as part of her share of 
 her father John Heard's estate ; all which 
 several tracts of land and buildings, to hold 
 to him the said James Bartlet, his heirs 
 and assigns forever; excepting the use and 
 improvement of such part of said land 
 and buildings as I have ordered for my 
 wife's use during her life ; and also reserv- 
 ing the use and improvement of such part 
 of said lands and buildings, as I do here- 
 after order in this my will, for my daughter 
 in law, the said James Bartlet's mother, 
 during her life. 
 
 I give and bequeath to my grandson 
 Nathan Bartlet, all that my farm lying 
 at and adjoining to Sturgeon creek, which 
 I bought of Peter Whittum, John Whittum, 
 Richard Chick and others, commonly called 
 the Whittum farm ; to hold to him my said 
 grandson, Nathan Bartlet, his heirs and 
 assigns forever : only reserving my wife's 
 dower during her life ; and such part there- 
 of as I shall order to my said grandson's 
 mother during her life. 
 
 I give to my daughter Shuah Coffin, 
 eight Pounds lawful money, or to the value 
 thereof in cattle or other personal estate at 
 cash price, and to be paid per my said 
 daughter within one year after my decease : 
 the said eight Pounds I order my said 
 grandson, James Bartlet, to pay to my .said 
 daughter, which sum is in full, with what 
 I have given to her before for her portion 
 of and in my estate. 
 
 I give to my daughter Mary Lord, 
 twenty pounds lawful money, or the value 
 
 thereof in cattle or other personal estate at 
 cash price, & to be paid to the said Mary 
 by my son, John Heard Bartlet, within two 
 years after my decease, 
 
 I give to my daughter, Piikbe Dennet, 
 twenty Pounds, lawful money, or the value 
 thereof ill cattle or other personal estate at 
 cash price, and to be paid to the said Phebe 
 by my son, Jchn Heard Bartlet, within 
 three year.--- after my decease. 
 
 I give to my daughter, Abigail Han- 
 scoM, twenty Pounds lawful money, or the 
 value thereof in cattle or other personal Es- 
 tate ; and to be paid to her by my grand- 
 son, James Bartlet, within four years alter 
 my decease. 
 
 I give to my daughter, H.\NNAn CuTT, 
 tvvemy Pov.-jd lawful money, or to the val- 
 ue thereof in cattle or other personal Estate 
 at cash price, and to be paid to the said 
 Hannah by my grandson, James Bartlet. 
 within five years after my decease. 
 
 I give to my daughter, Sarah Went- 
 WORTH, twenty Pounds lawful money, or 
 the value thereof in cattle or other personal 
 Estate at cash price, and to be paid to her 
 by my son, John Heard Bartlet, within six 
 years after my decease. 
 
 I give and bequeath unto my dauglUtr 
 in law, Sarah Baktlkt, (being the wid- 
 ow of my son, Nathan Bartlet, late dee'd,) 
 the use and improvement of all that part of 
 my estate which I have given my two 
 grandsons, namely, James Bartlet and 
 Nathan Bartlet, until they the said James 
 and Nathan, arrive at the age of twenty one 
 years; and after that time the said Sarah 
 Bartlet is to have the use, improvement and 
 profits of only one third part of the estate — 
 given to the said James and Nathan, — 
 during her life; and it is to be understood 
 and is my will that the said Sarah Bartlet, 
 is not to have any part of my estate which 
 I have assigned to my wife Shuah, until 
 she my said wife is deceased. 
 
 I give to my grandson James Bartlet, all 
 my utensils of husbandry, and all my tools 
 used in and about tanning and currying. 
 
ELIOT (MAINE. J MISCELLANY. 
 
 I give and bequeath unto my son John 
 Heard Bartlet and my grandson James 
 Bartlet, all such real Estate that I have or 
 ought to have in any place or places other 
 than such estate as I have disposed of in 
 and by this my will ; to be equally divided 
 between them, their heirs and assigns. 
 
 I also give unto my son John Heard Bart- 
 let and my grandson James Bartlet, all such 
 personal estate as I have nototherways dis- 
 posed of in and by this my will ; that is to 
 say, all such personal estate as shall remain 
 after what I have already given away, and 
 my jus,t debts and funeral charges are paid; 
 to be equally divided betvveen ihem the 
 saitl John and Janies. 
 
 It is my will and I do hereby order that 
 if it shall so happen that the time of pay- 
 ment of any of the legacies I have ordered 
 in this my will for my grandson James 
 Bartlet to pay, u'hen he the said James 
 .shall nut then be twenty one years of age ; 
 itismywill that the guardian who shall 
 be ajipoiiited for ihtsaid James, shall have 
 full powt-r to sell and convey so much of 
 the (.stale that I have given to him the said 
 James, as shall Le sufficient to pay such 
 k-gacy or legacies as shall be then due. 
 
 I do hereby appoint my son John Heard 
 Barlkt, sole executor of tliis my last will 
 and testament. 
 
 In testimony whereof, I have hereunto 
 set my hand and seal, the twenty fifth day 
 of January, Anno Domini, 1775. 
 
 N.VTH.VN Baktlet. St'aL 
 
 Signed, sealed, pronouced & declared by 
 the said Nathan Bartlet as & for his last 
 will and testament, in presence of us : 
 
 Nathaniel Clark, John Gowen, 
 
 Ephraim Clark, James Gowen. 
 
 York, ss. Dec'r 5th, 1775. Then this 
 Will was duly proved in common form, bj' 
 the oaths of James Gowen, Esq., Nathaniel 
 Clark and John Gowen — before me, John 
 Bradbury, Jud. of Probats. 
 
 Recorded from the original, by David 
 Sewall, Reg'r. 
 
 Copy of Record, examined by Daniel 
 Sewall, Keg'r. 
 
 The preceding Will is the second made 
 by Nathan Bartlet. The first was dated 
 "the Twenty fourth Day of March, In the 
 26th year of His Mag'ts Reign, Annod 
 Domine, 1753." The difference in the two 
 wills is, that the property which he gave to 
 his son Nathan in 1753, he bestowed upon 
 Nathan's sons in 1775, — and he makes re- 
 cord that his son has "recently deceased." 
 
 Some of the daughters had also married 
 a second time. In 1753 they were named: 
 Shuah Coffin, Mary Dennet, Abigail Shap- 
 leigh, Hannah Cutt, Sarah Bartlet, — the 
 said Sarah was not 18 years old. In 1775, 
 three had other names : Mary Lord, Abig- 
 ail Hanscouj, and Sarah Wentworth. 
 
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 SALE OF A NEGRO.— 1748-9. 
 
 o 
 
 Jno : Parry's Deed to James Gowen of a 
 Negroman. 
 
 The nriginal document in possession of Mr. AUiort Lord. 
 
 To all People, to whome these presents 
 Shall Come Greeting : , 
 
 Know ye that I John Parry of Kittery, 
 in ye Count.' of York in ye Province of ye 
 Massachusetts Bay in New England, Gen- 
 tleman, for Sl in Consideration of ye Sum 
 of One Hundred & Twelve Pounds Ten 
 Shillings LowfuU Money of ye Province 
 aforesaid, to me in hand, well & truly paid 
 by James Gowen of Kittery aforesd, Yeo- 
 man the receipt whereof I Do Acknowledge 
 & my Self therewith fully Sattisfied, Con- 
 tented & paid, for a Certain Negro Man 
 about twenty one Years of Age, named 
 TkYSELL, To Have and to Hold ye said 
 negro man from this time forward, and I 
 ye said John Parry, warr't and Engage to 
 & with ye aforesd James Gowen, that I am 
 ye true & Lawfull Owner of ye aforesd 
 Negroman, and have in my Self Good 
 right full Power & Lawfull Author: 
 : ity to Sell & Convey ye aforesd Negro 
 man in manner as aforesaid, & will war- 
 rant,. Secure & Defend ye Said Negro 
 
12 KLIOT (MAINK,) 
 
 man against ye Lawfull Claims or De- 
 mands of any Person or Persons whatso- 
 ever — in wittness whereof I Do hereunto 
 Sett my hand and seal this first Day of 
 February, Annoqr DDmini, i74»-9. 
 
 Jno' Parry. 
 
 Signed, Sealed & Delivered 
 In Presence of 
 Benja' Stacy 
 Robert Tiday 
 
 oo 
 
 WILLIAM FERNALD. i6S6. 
 
 Original among papers o( Gen. Andrew Pep[)crell Fernnlil. 
 
 Sir Edwin Andros, Kn : One of the Gen- 
 tlemen of his Ma'lies most hon'ble Privy 
 Chamber : Capt. Generall and Govenour 
 Chief in and over his Ma's Territoryes and 
 Domminions of New Eng L^nd in america : 
 To Lieut. William Firnill 
 Greeting : 
 
 Reposeing Speciall trust and Confidence 
 in your Loyalty, Courage and good Con- 
 duct, I do by these presents Pursuant to 
 the authority given unto me by his Ma'tie, 
 Constitute and appoint you to be Lieuten- 
 ant of a Company of militia in the Lower 
 town of Kettery, in ye Province of Maine, 
 whereof Francis Hooke is Captain. 
 
 You are therefore carefully and dilli- 
 gently to dis'^harge the duty of an Lieut- 
 tenant by ordering and exercising the said 
 Company in arms, both inferiour officers 
 and Souldiers, keeping them in good order 
 and Discipline, Commanding them to obey 
 you as their Lieut, and you to observe 
 Such Order and Directions as you shall 
 receive yo'r said Cap't or any other Your 
 Supe'ier officers, according to the Rules 
 and Disciplines of War, pursuant to the 
 trust reposed in ycu. 
 
 Given under my hand and Seal at Boston 
 this Tenth day of february, in ye Third 
 year of his ma'ts Reigne. 
 
 Annoqr Domini, 1686. 
 
 ANDROS. 
 F. N. Randolph, Sec'y. 
 
 MISCELLANY. 
 
 INSCRIPTIONS. 
 
 In a Hammond burying ground on the 
 
 back-road, opposite the house of 
 
 Mr. Samuel Spinney. 
 
 Pnulina Hammond, 
 
 died 
 
 April 5, 1824, 
 
 Aged 17. 
 
 Draw near my friends and shed a tear, 
 My body, lo, lies putried here ; 
 Our mortal fabrics to this end were born, 
 For dust we are and unto dust return. 
 
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 Nathaniel Hammond 
 
 Died 
 
 Sept. 7, 1842, 
 
 Aged 67 years. 
 
 Elisabeth, 
 
 widow of 
 
 Nathaniel Hammond, 
 
 died Feb. 27, 1853, 
 
 aged 73 years. 
 
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 LAFAYKTTE.— 1S25. 
 
 On the blank leaf of a letter, dated July 
 I, 1825, Dr. Emery wrote of LaFayette : 
 
 " The past has been an eventful year. It 
 brought to our shores LaFayette, — the 
 friend and companion of our Washington. 
 He came, and a whole Nation rose up to 
 receive him. 
 
 " He has travelled through the territories 
 of these United Republics, amid the ac- 
 clamations and blessings of the People. 
 They have accorded to him honors as man 
 never before received. Europe has heard 
 the sound of his triumph ; and des[)ots 
 have trembled." 
 
ELIOT, MAINE, MISCELLANY 
 
 13 
 
 REV. ALPHEUS SPRING. 
 
 Notes of a sermon preached in his Eliot 
 pulpit in 1780 : 
 
 62 Ps. II, 12. God hath Spoken once: 
 Twice have I heard this, That Power be- 
 longeth unto God. Also unto yee, O Lord, 
 belongeth mercy. For thou Renderest to 
 every man According to his work : 
 
 The Inspired psalmist doth wh a great 
 deal of pleasure declare his own Confidence 
 in God & profess his dependence upon him 
 & encourages himsf to Continue waiting on 
 him, V 7, and in ye verses preceding ye Txt. 
 He exhorts others to Trust in God and 
 wait upon him as he had done. 
 
 I. He compels all to wait upon God as he 
 did, and proceeds (2) to Caution us to Take 
 heed of misplacing o'r Confidence ihuch in 
 anything. Ye heart is deceitfull. Let us 
 not trust in ye wisdom of this world, for yey 
 are brokon reeds. Not in Riches got by 
 fraud. Think not because you have got 
 iibundance or are in ye way of getting, yt 
 J hure ye are safe enough. For this is be- 
 coming vain in Robery, i. e. cheating yrs 
 while ye think to cheat others. 
 
 1. God hath spoken it and I have heard 
 it once yea twice. He hath spoken it and I 
 have heard it by Light and Reason. 
 
 We easily Infur it from Nature. Once 
 and twice, yt is many a time, again and 
 again. By the events that have been con- 
 cerning me in particular. And by Light 
 and Revelation. By dreams and visions. 
 By glorious manifestation of him. Upon 
 Mt. Sinai, to which some think th? text 
 refers. 
 
 2. Tho God spoke but once I heard 
 twice. 
 
 Heard it diligently, not only with my 
 outw'd ear but with my soul and mind. 
 
 To some God speaks twice & they not 
 hear him. To others he speaks but once 
 & they hear him twice. 
 
 3. The ps turns Speech to God. 
 
 4. God will never do any wrong unto 
 any of his creatures. 
 
 Therefore he is a fitt proper ob'jt for us 
 to Trust in. 
 
 The proposition I shall reach to now is 
 this, viz : that God is a Being of Infinite 
 Power ; or. That this Pcwer does in an 
 emin't man'r belong unto God : 
 
 1. View ye Nature of this Power. 
 
 2. That this Perfection belongs unto God. 
 
 3. Make some application of this Truth. 
 
 Show the Nature of this Perfection, and 
 here I shall Consd'r it with respect 
 
 1. As to ye Principle. 
 
 2. As to ye exercise or exertment of it. 
 
 — As to ye Principle — He has an ability 
 and yt He can do all things wtsoever he 
 pleases. 
 
 Illustrations : 
 
 God cannot do anything that Implj's a 
 Contradiction in ye thing it Self. 
 
 There are some things Impossible in your 
 own Nature to be done. 
 
 Renders to every man his work. 
 
 Impossible that he should be unjust. 
 
 He must needs be a God — and Justice as 
 well as Truth. He can't act any thing 
 contrary to this : 
 
 Nor any thing Repugnant to or Incon- 
 sistant wh ye holyness and Sanctity of his 
 Nature. 
 
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 Nothing is more evident than that God 
 has had but one church in the world. — 
 Dr. Emery. 
 
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 Do not mistake impulse for the Spirit of 
 God. — Dr. Emery. 
 
ELIOT, MAINE, MISCELLANY 
 
 CHRISTIAN REMICK 
 
 And somh of his Dkscendants. 
 — o — 
 
 Willinm Fogg. 1S46. 
 
 It is not known when Christian Remick 
 caine into Kitttery. There is a tradition 
 that he emigrated from Holland. He was 
 an inhabitant and resident of Kittery in 
 165 1, when his name appears among the 
 inhabitants of the town who signed their 
 submission to Massachusetts in that year. 
 
 He received grants of lands at various 
 times from 1651 to 1703, amounting to about 
 250 acres. 
 
 He was for many years one of the Select- 
 men or Townsmen, between 1670 and 1700 ; 
 which at that day was a trust of importance. 
 
 He was also frequently engaged in other 
 important public business. 
 
 His wife's name was Hannah. Her maid- 
 en name is unknown. 
 
 He was probably married in Kittery, as 
 he was but a j'oung man when he came to 
 town. 
 
 He died between 1703 and 17 12. 
 
 His children were : 
 Hannah born April 25, 1656 
 Mary born August 7, 1658 
 Jacob born November 23, 1660 (2) 
 Sarah born July 16, 1663 
 Isaac born Julj' 20, 1665 
 Abraham born June 9, 1667 
 Martha born February 20, 1669 
 Joshua born July 24, 1672 
 Lydia born Februarys, 1676 
 
 Jacob Remick 2, son of Christian i, re- 
 sided in Kittery. His first wife was Lydia ; 
 she died about 1688. He married Mary, 
 about 1689-90. He died in 1745. He re- 
 ceived grants of land in 1699 and 1703, 
 amounting to about 100 acres. He was a 
 Selectman several years. His children : 
 
 Stephen born January 16, 1685 
 Jacob born March 6, 1687 (3) 
 
 By his second wife 
 John born October 7, 1692, married Mary 
 Wilson September 16, 1722 
 
 Samuel born 28, 1694, niarried Elizabeth 
 
 Nason, March 22, 17 17. No children. 
 Lydia born January 9, 1696, married Wm. 
 
 Phillips May 30, 1719 
 Tabitha born December 27, 1698 
 James born January 23, 1701 
 Mary born February 25, 1703, married Isaac 
 
 Johnson of Charlestown Dec. 19, 1725 
 Sarah born March 21, 1706 
 Timothy born April 9. 1708, married Rachel 
 
 Brown of Newbury in 1729 
 Elizabeth born August 1710 
 Nathaniel {3) born Dec'r 16, 1712, married 
 
 Jane Libbey May 21, 1741 
 Joseph born October 7, 1715 
 
 Jacob Remick 3, son of Jacob 2, niarried 
 Rebecca Soper January 4, 1710. He mar- 
 ried 2, Mary Hobbs, December 18, 1724. 
 He married 3, Deborah Bantlan, widow ot 
 John, April 9, 1752. He was a member 
 and an officer in the Episcopal Church then 
 established on Gowell's Hill, Kittery. He 
 He died about 1760. Children by first wife : 
 
 John born Sept 23, 171 1, m Catherine 
 Lewis, 1638. 
 Samuel born May 9, 1713, died in London. 
 Abigail born August 21, 1715 
 Lydia bor;i June 25, 1717 
 Benjamin (4) born April 30, 1719 
 Stephen born April 16, 1721 
 
 Benjamin Remick 4, son of Jacob 3, mar- 
 ried Elizabeth Deed. She died August 1790. 
 He died 1782. Children : 
 
 Stephen {5) born April 18, 1746 
 John born May 22, 1748 married Susannah 
 Cole in 1772, settled in Milton, N. H. 
 Jane born June 25, 1750, married Jeremiah 
 
 Staples, settled in Scarborough. 
 Benjamin born September 26, 1753 (5) 
 Jacob born December 9, 1756 (5) 
 Josiah born October 10, 1758 (5) 
 Rebekah born August 7, 1761, married 
 Samuel Hill October 10, 1789. He 
 died June 4, 1824. Shed Jan. 27, 1848 
 Lydia born October 25, 1763, married Rich- 
 ard Mitchel, lived at Scarborough. 
 Mark born Oct. 25, 1765. (5) 
 
ELIOT, MAINE, MISCELLANY 
 
 Stephen Remick 5, son of Benjamin 4, 
 
 married ist Ham of Portsmouth, and 
 
 2d, Hannah Rogers. He lived on his fath- 
 er's farm in Kittery. Children : 
 Thomas baptized July 14, 1771, married 
 
 Lydia Remick November 28, 1799, 
 
 settled in Milton, N. H. 
 Lydia baptized April 24, 1774; unmarried. 
 Josiah born May i, 1776, married Lydia 
 
 Fernald Sept. 6, iSoi. Lived and 
 
 died on his father's farm. 
 Eunice baptised August 27, 1775 . 
 George baptized May 18, 1777. Unmarried 
 Elisabeth m. Simon Hanscom April 21, 1803 
 Mary 
 
 Benjamin Remick 5, son of Benjamin 4, 
 married Abigail Fernald January 15, 1777. 
 He was a ship carpenter ; lived in Kittery 
 and died there, suddenly, January 31, 1837, 
 aged 84. His children were : 
 
 Benjamin born Feb. 10, 1778 
 John born June i, 1779 
 Jacpb born April 22, 1781, m. Jane Brown 
 Andrew born March 6, 1783 
 Samuel born Feb. 14 1785 
 Betsey, born 19. 1786, married Oliver Man- 
 son, Feb. 18, 1808 
 Rufus born May 12, 1792, married Sally 
 
 Cram, Newmarket, Nov. 6, 1517. 
 David born Sept. 9, 1798 
 
 Jacob Remick 5, son of Benjamin 4, mar- 
 ried Susan Yeaton of Rye, Nov. i, 1789; he 
 purchased and lived on a farm near Eliot 
 Almsi House. He died May 16, 1814 aged 
 58. His children were : 
 Mark (6) 
 Sally J. m. Danl R. Hammond June 5, 1817 
 
 Mark Remick 6, son of Jacob 5, married 
 Miriam Raitt August 10, 1812. He lived 
 on his father's farm; died July 18, 1839, 
 aged 50. His widow died August, 1846. 
 Their children were : 
 William born 1813, unmarried 
 James born 1S15, m. Abigail Wilkinson Oct. 
 29. 1837. died April 7, 1842 by accident. 
 Susan married Alexander R. Shapleigh. 
 Samuel; Daniel; Josiah; Mary. 
 
 Josiah Remick 5, son of Benjamin 4, mar- 
 ried Martha Kelley Parry, December 17, 
 1787. She was the daughter of John and 
 Mary Parry. 
 
 Mary Parry was born Oct. 30, 1723. She 
 was the daughter of Joseph Hammond. 
 
 Joseph Hammond was born Feb'y i, 1700. 
 He was son of Joseph Hammond born July 
 19, 1677, who was son of Joseph Hammond 
 born 1646, who was son of William Ham- 
 mond, born in England, 1597. 
 
 Children of Josiah and Mary Remick : 
 John O. M. born May 19, 1791, died in 
 
 Frederick, Md. unmarried. 
 Statira M. born May 29, 1794, married Maj. 
 
 James Shapleigh, May 11, 1819. 
 Mary Jane born Jan. 4, 1797, married Capt. 
 James S. Tobey, Oct. 30, 1826. 
 
 Mark Remick 5, son of Benjamin 4. Wife 
 was of Rye. He was a mariner. Lived on 
 the cross road in Eliot. He died in middle 
 age. His widow died May i, 1847, aged 
 eigty-seven. His children were : 
 
 Horace born 1761, married Mary Ham- 
 mond, June 23, 1814, had one son, 
 Elbridge, who died young ; and one 
 daughter, Sarah Jane, who married 
 Moses Paul, Jr., in 1839. 
 Elizabeth, m John Oxford, Portsmouth. 
 Jane, m. Moore of Candia, N. H. 
 Oliver, born 1798, m. Isabella Shorey, 
 April 27, 1823. Children, Hannah, 
 Sarah E., Olive R., Elbridge, Samuel. 
 
 Nathaniel Remick 3, son of Jacob 2, m. 
 Jane Libbey May 21, 1741, he resided in 
 Eliot, near where Washington Remick now 
 lives, was a farmer, and much engaged in 
 town affairs. His children were 
 Elisabeth born October, 1748, married Jona- 
 
 Hatnmond, July 28, 1774 
 Joseph born September 2, 1751, lived at 
 
 Shapleigh 
 Mary born April 13, 1754 
 Samuel (4) born January 26, 1757 
 Nathaniel born August 7, 1754 
 Jacob and Timothy born January 10, 1762 
 
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 F.LIOT, MAINE, MISCI'IJvANV 
 
 James boni November 26, 1764 
 
 Samuel Remick 4, son of Nathaniel 3, 
 married Anne Fernald, December 26, 1780, 
 he died January 28, 1S26, aged 69 on the 
 f;ir\n which was formerly his fathers. His 
 children were : 
 
 Jane, married Samuel Shapleigh, Feb- 
 ruary, 1806 
 Nancy, married Daniel Knight, Oct 3, 1820 
 Betsey, m. Benj. Randall, Oct. 23, 1815 
 Mary, unmarried. 
 Samuel, died young. 
 Washington (5) 
 
 Oner, m. John R. Hill, June 3, 1819. 
 Nathaniel, lives on a part of his father's 
 farm. Children: John M.; Cretus. 
 
 Washington Remick 5, son of Samuel 4, 
 resides on a part of his father's farm. He 
 married (i) Betsey Leighton, November 4, 
 1824;. (2) Pauline Bradbury of York in 
 1832. His third wife was of Berwick. 
 
 Children : Mary ; Augusta J. ; Joseph ; 
 S imnel ; and others whose names we have 
 not. 
 
 Geo Hammond 
 Jno Nason 
 Jno Rogers, Fil 
 Jno Hammond 
 
 Edmund Coffin 
 James Chadbourne 
 Jno Remick, jun'r 
 Henry Snow, jun'r 
 
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 MEMBERS OF ELIOT CHURCH. 1721. 
 
 Male Mem1)ers 
 
 Joseph Hammond Nice Shapleigh 
 Sam'l Hill Daniel Fogg 
 
 James Staple Stephen Tobey 
 
 William Tetherly Andrew Browu 
 Thomas Hanscom Jno Rodgers 
 Daniel Fogg, jun'r William Brooks 
 Daniel Paul Thomas Knight 
 
 Thomas Fernald David Sayer 
 
 Tobias Leighton Capt. Jno: Leighton 
 
 Jacob Remick, Sen'r Jno Light 
 Matthew Libbey, Sen'r 
 Sam'l Libby, David's Son 
 Nath'l Chapman David Libbey, Sen'r 
 
 Edward Chapman Christopher Sargent 
 Robert Staple James Staple, jun'r 
 
 Phylip Cooney Josiah Paul 
 
 Jeremiah Paul Gideon Lydson 
 
 Umphrey Scamon Eliot Frost 
 
 Robert Morrell Jno Shapleigh 
 
 Benja Hill Zach's Emery 
 
 Jos Earl Sol: Libbey 
 
 Dan'l Brown Jno : Pugsloy, Sen'r 
 
 Jno Pugsloy Joshua Staple 
 Jno Tompson 
 
 Female Meniliers 
 
 Mrs. Hammond, Mrs. Leighton, 
 
 Mrs. Shapleigh, Mrs. Rogers 
 
 Mrs Tobey, Mrs King, Mrs Tetherly 
 
 Mrs Rodgers, Mrs Libby, Mrs Libby 
 
 Mrs Hanscom, Mrs Brooks, Rebecca Fogg 
 
 Mrs Fogg, Mrs March, Mrs. Sayer 
 
 Mrs. Dixon, Mrs. Richardson 
 
 Mrs King, Mrs Lybby, Mrs Lydson 
 
 Mary Hill, Mary Staple, Sarah Paul 
 
 Mrs Tobey, Mary Staple, widow 
 
 Grace Leighton Lydia Paul 
 
 Abigail Dixon, 
 
 Hannah Staple, now Whitehouse 
 
 Mrs Hammond wife of George ■ ' 
 
 Mary Leighton, Shuah Coffin 
 
 Mrs. Nason wife of Jno : 
 
 Katharine Hammond, Mary Frost 
 
 Margery Tetherly Susannah Knight 
 
 Mary Staple wife of William 
 
 Mercy Clark wife of David 
 
 Sarah Furbush Dorcas Staple 
 
 Eliz'a Tompson Susanna Staple 
 
 Betty Gowel Sarah Brown 
 
 Eliz'a Spinney, wife of Na : 
 
 Mary Paul, wife of Stephen 
 
 Abigail Staple, wife of Jos'a 
 
 Dorcas Brooks, single, Dorcas Shapleigh 
 
 Eliz'a Ambler, 
 
 Mrs. Fernald, wife of The : 
 
 Mary Earl, wife of Jos : Grace Remick 
 
 Jane Frost, Mary Smal, wife of Jos'h 
 
 Hannah Remick 
 
 Abigail Spinney wife of And'w 
 
 Mrs. Moor, wife of Sam'l, jun'r 
 
 Hannah, negroe woman.