Early Montsweag Land History and Goldthwait ties
The article traces Montsweag lands around Pownalborough later named Wiscasset and links Governor Pownall to the Kennebec Purchase grant. It details Philip Goldthwait and family ties, their wartime actions, the Woolwich farm, and Goldthwait’s 1777 Rainbow captivity with exchanges and correspondence between Sir George Collier and Rev. John Murray, ending with ongoing prisoner exchange debates.
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Diers
Crown Point
Philip
Thomas Goldthwait
Fort Pownall
Penobscot
Inferior Court of Common Pleas
Lincoln
Samuel Denny
Ezekiel Goldthwait
Goldthwait
Boston
Suffolk County
Joseph Goldthwait
Samuel Stinson
Woolwich
Montsweag
Abigail Goldthwait
Witchcastle
Wiscasset
Collier
Josiah Winship
Gooldthrite
Portsmouth
N. H
Philip Goldthwait
Committee of Correspondence’ and Safety
America
Sabine
Joseph
Halifax
New York
Collins
Somerset House
London
Sheepscot River
Province of
Mass. Bay
Massachusetts
Major Goldthwait
William Colman
Bam
Stinson
Inferior Court of Common ‘Pleas
Pownalborough
Joseph Goldithwait
Jonathan Bowman
Cushing
Townsend
Sir George Collier
John Murray
Boothbay Harbor
Commodore Collier
Sir George
Murray
Goldthwayte
Goldwayte
Local Residents Spend Weekend at Summer Spots
PHIPPSBURG Dr. and Mrs. A. F. Williams and daughter Anita of Portland vacationed at their summer home over the weekend. Bath visitors include Mr. and Mrs. George Oliver and Miss Hazel Feero. Various locals and visitors, from Bath, Portland and Augusta, enjoyed weekends at Popham Beach, Phippsburg Center, Meadowbrook Camp and surrounding areas. Dromore grange to hold public supper June 19 with baked beans and pies.
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A. F. Williams
Anita
Portland
George Oliver
Bath
Frank Oliver
Arthur Seigt
Boston
Linwood Feere
Squirrel Island
William F. Jewell
New York
George Ingalls
Martha Small
Donald Small
Popham Beach
Hazel Feero
Charlotte Buck
Woolwich
John McInnes
Duncan
Roger
Henry Minott
Phippsburg Center
Leon Eaton
John Wright
Popham
Marilla Williams
Augusta
James E. Perry
Harpswell Center
Horace Norton
Walter Libby
Meadowbrook
Ernest Rogers
Martin
Kittery
Dromore Grange
Daniel E Potter 90 retired farmer dies at niece's home
Daniel E Potter of Bowdoin dies at 90 from complications at the home of his niece Mrs Frank Curtis where he resided for seven years. He was born February 27 1839 in Bowdoin to Stephen and Margaret Potter. He worked as an engineer at the Bath cordage factory and later as its watchman before returning to farming. He leaves son Woodbury Potter Bath three daughters Mrs Isaac Rideout Bath Mrs Elmer Rogers Richmond and Mrs Ralph Patten Tops Skym and brother Alfred Potter Bath.
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Daniel E. Potter
Frank Curtis
Bowdoin
Stephen
Margaret Potter
Bath
Woodbury Potter
Isaac Rideout
Elmer Rogers
Richmond
Ralph Patten
Tops Skym
Alfred Potter
Mary Gilmore Fullerton Dies at 78 in Woolwich
Miss Mary Gilmore Fullerton a lifelong Woolwich resident died Saturday at her brother Charles Fullerton’s home in Nequasset after a long illness. Born in Woolwich to Ephraim and Hannah Fullerton she was loyal to the Nequasset church and long active in the W C T U. She is survived by two brothers Samuel of Oakland California and Charles of Woolwich and by two nephews and a niece. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at two standard time at her brother’s home.
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Mary Gilmore Fullerton
Woolwich
Charles Fullerton
Nequasset
Ephraim
Hannah Fullerton
Nequasset Church
Samuel Fullerton
Oakland
Calif
Charles
Murphy's Corner Sunday School Baptisms at Montsweag
The Murphy's Corner Sunday school plans five baptisms at Montsweag church. Members are sending Bible Messages by Morse code using signal flags. The group motto is Real Work for God.
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Murphy's Corner
Montsweag
Woolwich Union Christian Service Schedule
The Woolwich Union for Christian Service announces summer services by daylight saving times. Next Sunday Nequasset church 10.30 a.m. with Sunday school Day's Ferry church 2.30 p.m. Sagadahoc Ferry Sunday school 2.30 p.m. North Woolwich church 7.30 p.m.
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Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Nequasset
Day’s Ferry
Sagadahoc Ferry
North Woolwich
Montsweag Sunday Service and Children's Program
Sunday service at 10 30 AM standard time with a children’s program. Activities will be held indoors and outdoors as planned for the day.
Winnegance Community Club Holds Ninth Annual Meeting
The Winnegance Community Club reports a debt free year with a small building note balance to retire. Officers elected include Webber as president and Purington as VP. The group plans a summer party, spy meetings, and club grounds oversight by the directors. Auxiliary and other local clubs announce events and a public card party next Thursday at the community house.
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Winnegance Community Club
Harry C. Webber
Reuben Purington
Olney C
Robert P. Manson
John G. Morse
Arthur Lemont
Roberta Manson
Seymour Hayden
Squaw Club
Parker O. Rogers
Sherman L. Morse
Phippsburg
Phippsburg Center
Winnegance Loyal Temperance Legion
Winnegance
Bath
Westcustogo Inn
Sunday Visits Bind Dresden and Nearby Towns
South Dresden residents and relatives in Dresden Mills join kin from Gardiner Randolph Winchester Richmond Whitefield Bath Portland Sagadahoc Ferry and Pownal for Sunday calls and visits. Notable names include Irma Siegars Albert Hodgdon L H Siegars Gene Hildreth Eddie Blair Mose Kenniston Eva Carlton and F W Carlton.
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Irma Siegars
Dresden Mills
Joseph Siegars
Albert Hodgdon
Gardiner
Isaac Wall
Albert’.Pushard
Randolph
Col
P. B. Moulton
Winchester
Mass
L. H. Siegars
G. L. Siegars
Gene Hildreth
Walter Pinkham
Richmond
Eddie Blair
Whitefield
Mose Kenniston
Bath
Allen Tibbetts
George Tibbetts
Henry Harrington
Donald of
Charles Pashard
Central Church Children’s Day Program Flourishes
The Central church presented a detailed Children’s Day program on Sunday under Miss Eona Blair and Miss Mary Appleton with Mrs. Berg and Miss Katherine Shorey assisting. Readers, songs, solos, and recitations by numerous children highlighted daily themes, with closing selections by Shorey children and a final postlude.
Splendid Children’s Day Program At Winter Street Church
A splendid Children’s Day program was held at Winter Street church on Sunday. The program committee included Miss Jane Goodwin Mrs Maxwell Powers and Miss Alice Varney. Flowers were provided by the Auxiliary with Geraniums. The flower committee was Mrs Arthur Purington and Mrs Charles Plaisted. Ushers were members of the Senior Boys class. The program featured an organ prelude processional Onward Christian Soldiers a responsive reading a Welcome by Eunice Perkins and a solo The Lamb by Mr Ramsay.
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Winter Street
Jane Goodwin
Maxwell Powers
Alice Varney
Arthur Purington
Charles Plaisted
Eunice Perkins
Solo—The Lamb
Mr. Ramsay
Morse Trackmen Earn Ninth in Bates Meet
Morse high school placed ninth at the Bates Track and Field meet held Saturday. Captain George Barker finished second in the 440 yard dash with 62.2 seconds tying a state schoolboy record. Coakley of Cony high won the 220 while Barker clocked strong times in other events. Cony high led with 29 points, Deering second, Brewer and Portland tied for third, with Morse ninth overall.
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Morse High
George Barker
Lana
Doinis
Coakley
Cony High
Barker
Ivers
Brewer High
Morse
Deering High
Brewer
Portland
Rumford
Brunswick
South Portland
Thornton
Edward Little
Belfast
Sanford
Mrs Leland S Plummer Hosts Wesley Church Sorority Meeting
Mrs. Leland S. Plummer entertained the Wesley church Sorority at 27 Dummer Street on Tuesday evening. Nineteen members attended and refreshments were served as they discussed a summer picnic at Pleasant Pond and the group’s return in fall.
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Leland
Plummer
Wesley Church
Dummer Street
Pleasant Pond
Reverend Tubbs to Visit Concord and Dartmouth
Rev. Charles M. Tubbs left Wednesday for a trip to Concord Massachusetts to visit relatives and to attend his class reunion and Dartmouth College commencement in Hanover New Hampshire from June 14 to June 18.
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Charles M. Tubbs
Concord
Mass
Dartmouth College
Hanover
N. H
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Kennebec
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James Bowdoin
Harvard College
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Sheepscot Waters
Joseph and
Mary
Lewis) Goldthwait
Boston Latin School
Samuel Jordan
Saco
Abigail Dyer
Biddeford
Winter Harbor
Gershom Rogers
Francis Gould
Robert Shaw
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Sol
George
Rainbow
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Great Britain
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Haliax
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F. W. Carlton
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Marie
Otis
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Hoover
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Berg
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Shorey
Edith Berg
Jane Stevens
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Tere
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Eoe
Charlotte ‘Page
Dorothy Pottle
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Miss Ledyard
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Barbara Kenney
Ro Ace
Janet Goodwin
Harvey Mosher
Cette Chaser
Ette
Beverly Shorey
Busy Bee
Donald Dudley
Seto
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Barbara Mank
Steel Cuts
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Louise Briggs
Bluebell
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Martha Page
Roland Norton
Shorey Children
Paul Daley
Oy Flora
Anna Ramsdell
Shepherd
Doris Stickney
Eesiovine Sae
Lorraine Marr
Madaline Hathorne
Douglas ‘Palin
Premarr Ices
Norma Hathorne
Betty Swanton
Warren
Virginia Falin
Leah
Merrill
Sree
Margery “Haskell
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Frooruse
Arthur Brown
Cama
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Coburn
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Love
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Roberta Irwin
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John
Barbara Hunter
Eleanor Cunningham Chain
Barbara Trott
Priscilla Trott Ramsay
Hatch
Cary
Edney
Hardin
Elizabeth Colby
Dorothy
Marie Merrill
Good Shepherd
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Winter Street Church
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