Mailing List:2000-11-17 07, Paris, ME, records, part 2, by Allan E. Green
Mailing List Archives > 2000-11-17 07, Paris, ME, records, part 2, by Allan E. Green
From: ALLAGREEN -at- aol.com Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Paris, ME, records, part 2 Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 16:06:53 EST 1816. Wm. C. Whitney; 209; 46 1830. "The town of Paris was granted in the year 1771, to Capt. Joshua Fuller of Watertown, Mass., and his company, for their services in the old French war, when they were under the King of England. The first trees that were felled in town, were cut by Mr. John Daniels, who is yet alive. The lot on which the clearing was first commenced is the same on which the Meeting house, Court House and other public buildings now stand and includes almost all the village on Paris Hill and was sold at that time for an iron kettle. Corn was first raised in Paris in the year 1780 by Isaac Jackson and Lemuel Jackson, Jr. Soon after this time, old Mr. Lemuel Jackson came to Paris and brought with him about fourteen hundred dollars and greatly helped the settlement of the town. With him came his son, Levi, and his son-in-law, Deacon John Willis. I shall now give a list of those whom I consider the first inhabitants of this town: John Daniels and his son John, Asa Barrows and Malachi, Abner Shaw, Thomas Stevens, Benjamin Hammond, Josiah Smith, Joseph Hammond, Nicholas Chesley, John Besse and his son John, Asa Dean, Joseph Perry, Asa Perry, Uriah Ripley, Seth Morse, James Morse, Isaac Bolster and his son Isaac, Jonathan Hall, Abijah Hall, Jonathan Shurtleff and his son Jonathan, Peter Durell, Reuben Hubbard, Levi Hubbard, Wm. Stowell, Daniel Stowell, Elias Stowell, Elijah Robinson, Stephen Robinson, Daniel Staples, Seth Carpenter, Elias Partridge, Eben Nelson, Abner Rawson, Ebenezer Rawson, Caleb Cushman, Aaron Fuller, Simeon Pond, Jonathan Bemis, William Stearns, Abijah Warren, Sylvanus Robbins, Barnabee Faunee, John Tuell, David Andrews, Edward Andrews, Abiezer Andrews, John Gray, Edmund Dean, Nathan Nelson, Solomon Jordan, Merodach Smith, Timothy Smith, Joseph Swift, Caleb Swift, William C. Whitney, (made a beginning with the first settlers, but soon after removed,) Lemuel and Joseph Holmes, James Lebroke, Josiah Riscoe, Jairus Shaw, Samuel King, George King, Solomon Bryant, Eleazer Cole, William Swan, Jacob Twitchell, Jesse Briggs, Nathan Pierce, Asa Robinson, Silas Maxim. The first white male child born in Paris was Joseph Daniels. The wife of Deacon John Willis was the first woman who came to Paris and it is yet alive. This town was at first called Number Four. It was incorporated by the name of Paris in 1793. 1830. The first Physician that came to this town was Dr. Barnett, but he did not stay long. Dr. Cyprian Stevens was the first doctor who settled in Paris. He died in 1806. Dr. Brooks lived in this town several years, also Dr. Croswell, Dr. Dean and Dr. Hammond. Dr. Cyrus Hamlin afterwards settled here, who died in 1829 and Dr. Benj. Chandler, who died in April, 1827. The now practicing physicians are Asaph Kitteridge and Job Holmes. The first minister settled in Paris was James Hooper, who was ordained in 1795; John Willis was ordained as an Evangelist in 1812, and Joseph Walker in 1821. Elder Witham has been ordained since. Aaron Fuller, Jr., was also a minister, but was not ordained in Paris. Daniel Stowell was the first person commissioned as a justice in town. The meeting-house on Paris Hill was built in 1803. The County of Oxford was formerly a part of Cumberland and York, and was organized into a district County in 1805. The first Judges of the Common Pleas were Simon Frye, Samuel Parris of Hebron, and Luther Cary of Turner. The first Clerk of the Courts was Cyrus Hamlin, who served in that office many years. Benj. Chandler was Clerk one year. Thomas Clark succeeded Cyrus Hamlin and was succeeded by Rufus K. Goodenow, the present clerk. The second bench of Judges were Benjamin Greenlief of Berwick, Judah Dana of Fryeburg, and William Widgery of Portland. The Courts of Common Pleas are now held by Ezekiel Whitman. The first Judge of Probate was Rev. Mr. Fessenden. He soon died and Judah Dana was appointed to that office. When Maine became a State, Dr. Benjamin Chandler was appointed Judge of Probate and so continued till his death. Stephen Emery was then appointed and still continues Judge of Probate. The following persons and in the following order, have been Registers of Probate, viz.: Samuel A. Bradley and Timothy Osgood of Fryeburg, Reuel Washburn of Livermore, Thomas Webster of Fryeburg and Thomas Clark of Paris, the present Register. The following persons have been Sheriffs of the County of Oxford: Gen. Learned of Livermore, who ran away and injured his bondsmen about six thousand dollars, Hannibal Hamlin of Waterford, Gen. McMillan of Fryeburg, Cyrus Hamlin of Paris, and William C. Whitney of Oxford, the present Sheriff. Levi Hubbard was the first County Treasurer. Henry Rust, Jr., was the second, and Alanson Mellen is the third and present Treasurer. A printing press was established in Paris by Asa Barton, in 1824. The first lawyer who made a stand in town was Z. Soule. Since that time there has been Nathaniel Howe, Albion K. Parris, Enoch Lincoln, Stephen Emery, Timothy J. Carter and Joseph G. Cole. The three last now live in Paris. Levi Stowell also made a stand as a lawyer in Paris, for a short time. There never have been but two ordained ministers in Paris, whose labors have been confined to this town, viz.: James Hooper and Joseph Walker. 1859. Hon. Sidney Perham having been elected, was sworn in as Clerk of the Courts, January 1. The deaths of aged people in the early part of this year were, Feb. 14, Mrs. Peter Chase, aged 80; May 15, Gershom Cole, aged 79; June 7, at South Paris, Capt. Stephen Pratt, born in Middleboro', Mass., aged 80. A Mount Vernon Association was formed by the ladies this year, the object being to raise funds for the purchase and care of the Washington place at Mount Vernon, Va. Mrs. Arabella Carter was at the head of the organization here, and many of the ladies in the town became members. John Hart, son of Henry E. Prentiss of Bangor, formerly of this town, died at the Insane Hospital, Augusta, July 3, aged 21. He was a medical student, and was there assisting the superintendent and studying the special treatment required there. He was a graduate of Union College, and a young man of great promise. Moses Twitchell died Sept. 9, aged 80. James Daniels died in Bethel, Sept. 23, aged 81. He was a son of our early settler, John Daniels. Sept. 11, Stephen Paine died, aged 82. Oct. 6, Wm. Clark Whitney died at Norway. He came to Paris from Worcester with the early settlers, but soon moved to Norway. The Universalist Chapel at Paris Hill was dedicated Oct. 9. Congregationalists. At the meeting above named, it was voted "to build a meeting-house, to choose a committee to exhibit a plan of said house, and to see what terms land can be procured to build upon." The following were chosen: Maj. Joel Robinson, Wm. C. Whitney, Capt. Thomas Hill and Dr. Jacob Tewksbury. At an adjourned meeting it was voted to accept the plan presented by the committee. Congregationalists. Wm. C. Whitney being chosen auctioneer, the pews were sold as follows: Congregationalists. 12th Wm. C. Whitney, No. 15, 57.00 The village of Paris Hill is chiefly built on lot 13, in the fifth range, the southern line of the lot being of Lincoln street and the northern line passing between the residences of Mrs. Arabella Carter and Samuel R. Carter. This was one of four lots in the draught No. 9, that fell to Ezekiel Whitney, the original grantee, and remained in his possession until Nov. 13, 1793, when it was sold by a committee of the proprietors, for delinquent taxes, to Isaac Jackson. Josiah Bisco, (son of Thomas) b. July 18, 1740. He m. Grace Whitney, and came with a part of his family in 1793. He was one of the original grantees, and assisted in lotting out the township. He was the first Town Clerk, and a prominent member of society during life, as shown by other references. Children: Joseph Blake, b. Paris, March 15, 1801, m. Mary Ann Whitney. Joseph Blake, Jr., (son of Joseph) m. Mary Ann, dau. of John Whitney of Pownal, Me., March 13, 1824. She was b. Jan. 23, 1806, settled in Paris, living at one time in the Whittemore neighborhood. Removed to Minot, and remained there through life. Children: John Whitney (Blake), b. June 15, 1826, d. April 1, 1841. Emeline Whitney (Blake), b. Jan. 13, 1829, m. Charles B. Jacobs of Mechanic Falls. Bumpus. 23 Christopher Leonard (Bumpus), b. Feb. 16, 1839, m. Katie S. Whitney of Lynn, Mass. Louisa Chase, m. Ebenezer Whitney; r. Buxton. Clifford. Henry Emerson Clifford, b. Sept. 19, 1853, m. Hattie Whitney. Cummings (family genealogy section) Aura Whitney (Cummings?), b. Nov. 14, 1832, m. Gilman L. Blake of Bethel. Fuller. V. Sophia (Fuller), b. Feb. 24, 1777, m. William Clark Whitney,* s. Oxford, afterwards in Norway. ? m. 2d, Sarah, dau. of Jonathan Holmes, now living at Norway. She was the widow of Albert Whitney. Holmes. V Sarah Ellis (Holmes), b. March 5, 1828, m. 1st, Albert Whitney, 2d, Daniel Hill. Smith. (family genealogy section) Antepas, m. Sally Hill; Timothy, Jr., b. July 25, 1798, m. Alice French; Martha, b. 1800, m. Sullivan Churchill; Sally, m. Rodney Titcomb; Benjamin, d. unmarried; Miranda, m. --- Phinney; George, d. unmarried; Simon; Miriam, m. --- Whitney. Thayer. Asa (Thayer), b. April 2, 1806, m. Lucy M. Whitney of Worcester. Asa Thayer, brother of the preceding, m. 1831, Lucy M. Whitney of Worcester, Mass., b. 1810. Children: Captain Bezaleel White was of Worcester, Mass. He married Nancy Whitney of the same town, and came to Paris about 1828, and settled on the Abraham Bolster farm, where he after remained. He was Captain of the company of troop that escorted Lafayette from Worcester to Boston in 1824. Children: White. Eliza Whitney (White), b. March 7, 1833, d. March 4, 1872. Josiah Biscoe's Diary, While Assisting in Surveying No. 4. Sunday, 30. A fair morning. Fish for breakfast. Disappointed as to our surveying instruments. Shepard and Stenchfield return to Falmouth. We proceed for Kimball's; killed four duck going up. Whitney and Barnard stay at the Riplings at Ramingtown. We return to them at about ten o'clock at night. Camp at the Riplings. Accounts. The com. Fuller, Coolidge, Whitney and Bisco, employed assistants, and their time as follows: Capt. Coolidge, 19 days; Capt. Fuller, 36; Whitney, 36; Bisco, 37; Shepard, 34; Barnard, 37; James Stenchfield, 35; Kimball, 3; Eaton, 3; Kneeland, 6; Clark, 3; Lovejoy, 3; Johnson, 17=279 days. Arrived at Casco Bay, Aug. 24th, 1872. Paid freight of eight bbls, at 7s, 6p per bbl, and for other things, 4s, 6p; amt. to 3£, 4s, 6 pence. Paid for storage at Preble's, 15s, 6p. Paid for transporting stores from Falmouth to Sebago Pond, 6£, 6s. County Roads. 1879. Road from the old county road that leads to Geo. P. Whitney's to East Oxford.
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