Reoccupied Smith Hamm on farm tale from Kennebec
The narrative traces James Smith and family resettling at the Kennebec after war losses, with John Rawdon marrying Elizabeth Hammond then managing the Smith Hamm Farm at Long Beach. It notes Rawdon as a militia captain by 1688, the 1688 hostage seizure near Merrymeeting and Sagadahoc actions, and ongoing efforts to rebuild and revive settlements and industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Smith
Salem
Kennebec
Beverly
John Rowdon
Massachusetts
Hammond
Rowdon
Long Beach
Smith- Hammond
Rawdon
John Rawdon
Maine
Merrymeeting
Sagadahoc
Merrymeeting Bay
Nequasset
Nequasset Falls
Thomas Stevens
Stevens
Loss of the Good Ship Hornet at Indian Point
An 1812 letter from Bath Independent recounts the ship Hornet loss off Indian Point near Parker's Island. Capt. N Glass commanded the Belfast vessel during a voyage from Ireland when fierce north coast storms and heavy seas forced it ashore after Feb 6. Crew sent distress signals and jolly-boat was launched as the vessel endured snow squalls and dangerous tides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harhet
Thomas Heald
Ann Ferguson Rogers
Butler’s Cove
Loften
Indian Point
W. C. Todd
Henry O. Thayer
dTbald
Eddy
Hornet
Sath
N. Glass
N. B. Dingles & Son
Parker's
Belfast
Ireland
North American
Seguin
Witte
Nnwy
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Charles H. Morse
Grove Street
C. M. Humphreys
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Maine
A. B. Watson
New York
Federal St
Brunswick
F. S. Curtis
Centre Street
Cyrus W. Longley
Johnson
Liniment
1.S. Johnson & Co.,inc
Boston
Mass
Maine Central
R. R
Klug Railroad
Septer
Bath
Bangor
Calais
Eastport
Washington County
Bar Harbor
St. Stephen
St. John
Portland
Montreal
Quebec
Fabyans
Lancaster
Worcester
Rockland
Lewiston
Farmington
Skowhegan
Woolwich
D. C. Douglass
H. D. Waldron
W.f.young
P.D FE
Temple St
Springfield
Maas
Erastus W. Maxwell
31St
Maine Infantry
Bowdoin
Edwin W. B
Pacific Building
Washington, D. C
Smith-Hammond
Rev. H. C. Thayer
John Bish
Alfred Trott
Bish
John Hornibrook
Rowdon’'s
Hornibrook
Blackman
Saco
Bath Industrial Corporation
Charles A. Coombs
Tive City
Mr. Stevens
Androsecosgins
Mrs. Rowdon
Teconnet
Bath Independent
A. Benson Rowe
Dorchester
Gazette of Maine
Hancock
Washington
Johnson Bros. Co
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