that it ever it was, and further saith not
Kittery ye May 13 1703 Sworn in Court
by Nathl Fryer
Attest
Elisha Cook Clerk."
The above copy I made that it might be preserved.
Yours respectfully, S. P. Mavberry.
Cape Elizabeth, Me., April 3, 1882.
* Willis, p. 226. ^ Willis, p. 229,
I 6 CAPTURE OF FORT LOYALL.
houses erected were at a distance from the main settlement, but i
most of them were adjacent to each other, and to Fort Loyall. '
The records of President Danforth's grants were as follows: j
"At Fort Loyall in Falmouth, 23d, 7 (Sept. 23, 1680). Granted I
unto the persons whose names are hereunder written, house j
lots upon the neck of land near the Fort. i. To Mr. Bar- 1
tholomew Gedney ' on the westerly side of the cove, one lot. |
. . . . 2. To John Ingerson, one lot. 3. To George Ingerson, |
one lot. 4. To John Marston, do. 5. To Isaac Davis, do. 6. To
Francis Nichols, do. 7. Thomas Mason, do. 8. Samuel Inger- i
son, do. 9. John Skillin, do. 10. To Joseph Ingerson, do. 11. ]
To Lt. George Ingerson, do." These lots were on the west side |
of Clay Cove, on the north side of Fore street, and extended as j
far as is now Union street. The lots granted on the east side of I
Broad (now India street), were as follows : i. To Daniel Smith
the first lot next to the Fort. This was on the corner of Fore and ]
India, in late years known as the "Stetson lot." 2. To Wm. |
1
Clement, the second lot. 3d. John Lowell or Powell. Lots 4th '
and sth blank. 6th lot was to Henry Ingalls,^ and was at the i
head of Broad street. The lots laid out on the west side of Broad '
street were : To Capt. Edward Tyng, the commander of the Fort, i
the first lot (now the site of the International Hotel) ; to Henry «
Harwood, the second lot ; to Michael Farley, jr., the third lot;
John Augustine, the fourth lot. Lots granted against the great .
bay (which was the cove between where Thurston's ship-yard, j
as remembered by many of us, on Fore street, and Jordan's :
point now the location of the Portland Company's works). ,
To Capt. Sylvanus Davis ^ the first lot eastward; to Mr. !
Jiohn Jacob,"* the second lot; Ensign Nath'l Jacob, the third lot; i
' Gedney was never an inhabitant. He was a land speculator here and at I
North Yarmouth ; he lived in Salem. He sold his grant to Silvanus Davis. ,
The lot extended back to what is now Newbury (formerly Sumner) street, origi- ,
nally named Fleet street; afterward Turkey lane. (Willis, p. 226).
^Two persons, Henry Ingalls, senior and junior, were living in Salem in 1696. ',
(Willis, p. 227). ;
^ See notice of Capt. Silvanus Davis, post. 1
"•A John Jacob was the first deacon of the church in Cohassett in 1721, an 1
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Robert Greenough, the fourth lot; to Mrs. Munjoy, the fifth lot.'
It was also ordered that there shall be an highway three rods wide
left against the water side (now Fore street, in old deeds it was
called Thames street), toward the meeting-house (which was at
Jordan's point). To Mr. Salonstall for Meshac Farley, the next
lot eastward to Mrs. Munjoy, also another lot adjoining Mr. Salon-
stal. These grants were concurred in by the selectmen at the
meeting held at Fort Loyall, Sept. 23d, 1680. Present, Lieutenant
Anthony Brackett, John Wallis, Lt. George Ingerson, Ensign
Thaddeus Clark." ^ Thus was the new town of Falmouth organ-
ized.
After the inhabitants had become settled in their homes it became
a subject of much interest to them how they should be protected
in case of an Indian war. The people themselves could not main-
tain a necessary garrison at Fort Loyall. The general court of
Massachusetts passed several orders concerning the same, as
follows :
"At a general court held May 11 1681, Majo'' Pynchon, Majo"" Sauage and
Sam. Nowell Esq^. w* Maj'' Pike, Capt Sprauge, Capt. Wayte & Lef Johnson
are appointed a comitee to inquire concerning the present state of the Prouince
of Majne & the setlemt of Fort Loyall & to consider what is necessary further
to be doune for the maintenance thereof and to present the same to the Court
forthw">.
Report of the Committee was as follows :
" 2d. For the fort we apprehend, needful that it shall be con.
tinued or defended, both for the securing of the people in these parts against
Indians, and any bad neighbors, and also from the encouragement that people
take from it to replant themselves there.
3d. In order to the majntejniing or defence of that fort or place, wee judge
that there cannot be less than thirteen men viz., captain, a Serjeant, a gunner
& tenn private Souldjers.
aged and very worthy man (His. of Cohassett.) In the war of 1688 a person of
that name was commissary for the troops in Maine. A family of this name was
implicated in the witchcraft tragedy of Salem in 1692. (Willis, p. 230).
* Mary Munjoy was the widow of George Munjoy who came to Casco in 1659.
His wife was a daughter of John Phillips, to whom Cleeves conveyed his home-
stead and other lands. The name and title of Munjoy's Hill comes from that
source.
* For Thaddeus Clark, see post.
l8 CAPTURE OF FORT LOYALL.
4th. Wee are infonned that the people of that province are so sencible of the
bennefit to themselves, that they are willing to maintaine six private soldjers.
5th. The remainder of the charge for the captains Sallery, Sarjant & gunner
& fower souldjers w"* a magazine will amount to fower hundred pounds p anno,
in country pay.
6th. Wee hope something to ease this burthen may be razed out of the bevar
trade, and from the saw mills, and some other ways, which may in a little time
wholly ease the colony of this present burthen."
Signed John Pynchon
in ye. name of ye Comitee.
The Court having pervsed the return of the comitee doe approve of it. &
order, that Fort Loyall be mayntejned at the charge of this colony — prouided
that the province majntejne sixe Souldjers — and the honored President (Dan-
forth) is desired to take care of it that it be maintejned as little charge as may
be.'"
October 12, 1681, the General Court ordered,
" 1st. That Fort Loyall a garrison necessary for the security thereof be main-
tejned henceforth at the charge of the province. 3d. That the annual revenue
arising by the trade with the Indians shall be allowed towards the maintenance of
Fort Loyall, the appointing the captain as well as of the other militia being still
reserved as the charter appoint in ye power of ye chiefe proprietor. Further,
it is ordered : that the arrears of the captaine & garrison at Fort Loyall be
forthwith passed by the president of said province to ye Tresurer for payment." â–
i
" This order was laid before the council of the province, who ,
authorized the treasurer. Captain Hooke ^ of Saco, to pay Captain j
Tyng his salary as commander of Fort Loyall, at the rate of sixty |
pounds per annum for himself and servant till May following, and
to furnish necessary supplies for the garrison. They also ordered
six men to be raised for the present supply of the garrison, two
from Kittery, one from each of the towns of York, Wells, Fal-
mouth, Saco, Scarborough, â– and Cape Porpus. In pursuance of
the grant of revenue arising from the Indian trade, Walter Gendall
^ Mass. Col. Records, vol. 5,. p. 310.
'^Capt. Francis Hooke of Saco, came from Kittery. He was a brother-in-law
of Samuel Maverick, the son of the proprietor of Noddles Island, now East
Boston. Capt. Hooke was one of the magistrates in Maine appointed by Massa-
chusetts in 1665. He was afterward treasurer of the Province under Danforth.
He removed back to Kittery, and in 1685 was one of the commissioners to make
a treaty with the Indians.
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the Indian agent, was called upon to pay to the treasurer ;^2o or
as much as he has. The whole garrison consisted of thirteen
men, part of whom were supported by Massachusetts." '
The next year, 1682, a further provision was made for the sup-
port of Fort Loyall, and a tax was laid upon the saw mills in the
Province. The following will show the number of mills and the
amount of the tax :
" In answer to an act and order of the council, made at the last court of
sessions at Wells,- the 12th of April, 16S2, viz., Maj. John Davess, Dep. Pres.,
Capt. John Wincoll,^ Mr. Samuel Wheelwright,* Mr. Francis Hooke, Capt.
Charles Frost,' and Edward Rishworth,* Recorder, Justices
"An agreement made with Left. Brackett about keeping Fort Loyall for a
years' time, beginning the 24th of May, next ensuing, Province of Maine.
' Mass. Col. Rec, vol. 5, p. 326.
^Bourne, in his History of Wells, p. 1S5, says this court was held at Smutty
Nose Island.
^ John WincoU of Newichawanock, was one of the magistrates of Maine ap-
pointed by Massachusetts in 1675.
* Samuel Wheelwright. A prominent man in the times in which he lived. A
son of Rev. John Wheelwright, came to this country when young; was a resi-
dent of Wells. In 1666 he was appointed judge of the court of C. P. In 1681
he was one of the pro. council. In 1695, judge of probate and judge of the
court of C. P. He was a highly useful and popular man. He died in 1700.
His children were John, Joseph, Mary and Hannah. (History of Wells, pp.
231, 232).
' See Maj. Charles Frost, post.
^ Edward Rishworth. No history of Maine would be complete without a
sketch of this distinguished resident of Western Maine. He was born in
Lincoln, England, came to this country and settled at Exeter, where he married
Susan, the dau. of Rev. John Wheelwright. The name was commonly called
Rushworth, that being the family name in England. He removed from Exeter
to Wells. During all his life he held important offices connected with the gov-
ernment of Maine. He removed from Wells to York, and for thirteen years
was its representative (His. of Wells, p. 39), as also representing Scarborough
in 1659 (Willis, p. 147). One of his children, Mary, m. ist, Wm. Sayward ; 2d,
James Plaisted. She was taken prisoner with her two children by the Indians
in the attack upon York in 1692. They were carried captives to Canada. She
was ransomed by Mathew Cary in Oct., 1695. ^^^^ ^^^'o daughters remained
there. (N. E. His. and Gen. Reg., 24, 289.) The 'â– ^ Dictionnaire Goiealogiqne"
quoted in N. E. His. and Gen. Reg., 28, 160, gives among the lists of English
prisoners taken to Canada the following: " Mary Rishworth, dau. of Edward,
of Lincoln, England, and Susana (Wilbright), [i. e. Wheelright], born 8 Jan.,
1660, in York; m. ist, William Sayer (Sayward), 2d, James Pfaisted; taken bv
the Indians of Acadia, 25 Jan., 1692, with her two children, Genevieve and
Mary Joseph Sayer, bapt. 8 Dec, 1693, i'^ Montreal.
" Mary Genevieve Sayer (Sayward), dau. of William and Mary (Rishworth),
born 4 April, 1681, called Sister des Anges, Congregation of Notre Dame, taken
in war with her mother and sister; buried 28 March, 1717, in Montreal. Mary
Joseph, her sister, born 9 March, 1685."
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CAPTURE OF FORT LOYALL.
It is hereby mutually agreed and concluded by the council and the representa-
tives of the several towns now assembled at York, as the one party, and Left.
Anthony Brackett, as the other party, of Casco. That for the present and more
easy carrying on and settling of Fort Loyall, that said Brackett stands engaged
from the time above mentioned, to be the sole officer taking the charge and care
of Fort Loyall by continual watch and ward, to keep it as a fort ought to be
kept, with all necessary supplies of men, six efficient men constantly during the
summer season, and four men in the winter, with sufficient arms, ammunition
and provisions, and what ever else shall be needful for that service, for the term
of one whole year. In consideration of said Anthony Brackett, his perform-
ance of the premisses, the council and the representatives, in behalf of this
province, do promise and stand engaged in the province behalf to pay or cause
to be paid unto said Anthony Brackett, or his order, the just sum of ;^i6o in
money or pay equivalent. In order to the performance of this agreement
to Left. Brackett of £\6o, we have calculated the value of the mills in several
towns arising by an indifferent proportion as follows : Boards at 30s per M.
MILLS AT KITTERY
WELLS MILLS.
Mr. Hutchinsons,
£10
Left. Littlefield's, .
. £a
Salmon Falls,
10
Jos. Littlefield,
2
Humphrey Chadbourn's,'
4
\Vm. Frost's, .
I
Maj. Shapleigh,^
YORK MILLS.
1. 10
;^25.io
Mousam Mill, . . .
Kennebunk Mill,
. 6
4
£^7
Mary Sayward's,^
Capt. Nuttache,
;^5
1. 10
CAPE PORPUS.
Phnnpa Hull's.'*
r-i
£t).\o Gilbert Endicott's,
' Humphrey Chadbourn was one of the assistants in the county court held in
1663. (Willis, p. 154).
^ Maj. Nicholas Shapleigh was a son of Alexander Shapleigh, from whom
nearly all of the name in New England are descended. Alex. Shapleigh was a
merchant and ship-owner, and interested in trading establishments in Maine and
New Hampshire. He visited this country previous to 1635. His son-in-law,
James Treworgy, was sent over as supercargo. Nicholas Shapleigh was a chief
man in Maine. He was appointed one of the commissioners to run the lines of
Falmouth in 1659. He was one of the commission who made a treaty with the
Indians at Casco in 1678, and held many other important offices. He died
without issue previous to 16S3. (Willis, and N. E. His. and Gen. Reg., 5, 345-9).
3 The daughter of Ed. Rishworth. See p. 19, ante.
■•This was Phinehas Hull, a son of Rev. Joseph Hull. He was a mill-owner
in York and Kittery; was living in 1692, who according to (Savage, 2, 494), was
a sufferer by the attack of the Indians upon York, who took his wife prisoner,
Aug. 22, 1690, and kept her for their secretary until late in the year following.
She was one of the ten English captives who were redeemed from the Indians,
DESTRUCTION OF FALMOUTH.
21
SACO MILLS.
Mr. Blackmail,'
Thomas Doughty,
CASCO MILLS.
Samuel Webber's,^
Walter Gendall's,
KLACK POINT.
£4 Mr. Blackmail's mill,
5
~£9
. £1
£2.10
6
;!fS.io Total, . . . £jo.io
A new addition of some other saw mills to pay these rents is as
follows :
Casco mill, Capt. Silvanus Davis' mill rent,
Cape-Porpus mills, John Barretts, 40s. .
John Batson's, 30s.
Wells, Jona. Hammonds & Wâ„¢. Frost's mill, .
York mill being John Sayward's mill, 20s. .
Kittery Spruce mill, Mr. John Shapleigh,
Quamphegan ^ mill that is in Thomas Holmes' hands,
£4
3.10
4
I
4
6
^22.10
The next year, 1683, the General Assembly of the province on
the petition of Henry Harwood, discharged him from the command
of the foot company in Falmouth, and empowered " Capt. An-
thony Brackett to take charge of it, requiring all the foot soldiers
Nov. 23, 1 691, at Sagadahock. The Indians were very loth to part with her,
because being able to write well, they had made her serve them in the capacity
of a secretary. (Mather, 2, 610).
'This was Benj. Blackmail or (Blakeman), who was an extensive proprietor
at Saco. He was the youngest son of Rev. Adam Blackman who came to
Connecticut in 1639. Benj. graduated at Harvard College 1663; ord. 1674. He
married Rebecca, dau. of Joshua Scottow, of Boston, April i, 1675. -^^ moved
to Scarborough in 1680; preached there ; then moved to Saco, gave up his pul-
pit and became a magistrate. In 16S3, he represented the town in General
Association. In 16S4, he purchased lands of J. Bonython. He as a justice of
the peace in i6SS, ordeFed Capt. John Sargent to seize some si.xteen or twenty
Indians who had been active in former wars and commit them to jail at Fort
Loyall. They were afterward released by order of Gov. Andros. (Savage, i,
194) ; His. Saco, pp. 168, 192.
^ Samuel Webber was granted by the town in 1681 "the falls which are above
Mr. Munjoy's land, on Long Creek, to erect and set up a saw mill & 100 acres
of land adjoyning." He sold the mill in 16S5 to S. Davis and John Skillings.
He was also a witness on the trial of George Burroughs in 1692, at Salem, for
witchcraft, and testified to his great strength. He died in York in 17 16, leaving
a widow, Deborah, and nine children. (Willis, pp. 236, 301-2).
^ Now called South Berwick,
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to obey him as their captain, till further orders, and in case said
Anthony Brackett accept not thereof, then Mr. Walter Gendall,
or whom he shall appoint, is here empowered to take the command
of the foot company of Casco ; and all the soldiers therein are
required to yield obedience to him or his order as their command-
er during the courts' pleasure," Gendall is also authorized to
take charge of Fort Loyall if Brackett declined the appointment.'
In 1684, the General Assembly appointed Capt. Joshua Scottow,
of Black Point, Capt. Edward Tyng, Mr. Nathaniel Fryer, who
lived at Spurwink, Capt. Silvanus Davis, and Mr. Walter Gendall, I
" to take charge of the repairing and well ordering of Fort Loyall, j
in Falmouth, and settle a chief officer there." And next year they ;
order that the fort "be appointed a prison or jail to the four asso- I
ciate towns, viz., Saco, Scarborough, Falmouth, and North Yar- i
mouth ; and that the several Justices in the respective towns shall j
direct their mittimusses to the keeper of his majesty's jail at Fort
Loyall, and there shall be a committee appointed for ye settling of
said jail and the keeper thereof," the charges to be paid by the '
common treasury.^ 1
In 1684, the government of Massachusetts seemed to have some ]
very economical ideas respecting Fort Loyall — for at that time
the following order was passed : i
" The surveyo'" gennerall is ordered to deliver vnto Capt Edward Ting for the ;
use of Fort Loyall one barrel! oi powder, of the meanest of the countries store, i
and ivorst and the value to be repajd by the Treasurer, as soon as the quit rents i
comes into his hands." ^ '
The whole garrison in 1682 consisted of thirteen men, part of i
whom were supplied by Massachusetts. I
The following are extracts from papers in the Massachusetts j
Archives — respecting Fort Loyall : j
" Edward Tyng petitions for a new order for collecting mill rents. He says \
' Whereas by an order of Council Nov. 11, 1686, all the mill rents in the Pro- j
vince of Maine were granted him for his care and service at Fort Loyall in |
Casco Bay which he has not collected.'
' Willis, p. 254. ^ WilHs, p. 255. 3 Mass. Col. Rec. 5, 451. {
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" Edward Tyng's letter to the council of Massachusetts dated Falmouth Sept.
19, 1686, says ' he is in treaty with Indians, fears Casco will be the center of
trouble.'
"Richard Seacomb, Petition April 30 16SS, for mill rents, was employed in
16S4 one whole year to take charge of Fort Loyall, and for compesation was to
have the Indian trade for peltry and the rents of all the saw mills in the Pro-
vince of Maine. The most part have not paid. Capt. Hook tells me I must
get an order from your Excellency."
I have in a previous article written by me on the battle between
the Indians and whites, at Deerings Oaks, in 1689, referred to the
hesitating policy which Massachusetts exercised towards Maine
after its purchase from the Gorges' heirs. That colony for many
years did not seem to be very desirous of retaining her newly ac-
quired territory, at the cost of a large expenditure by her for the
defense of the frontier against the Indians and their French allies.
Their recorded acts in reference to the support of Fort Loyall,
clearly indicates that they wished to impose all the expense of de-
fending it upon the poor settlers of Maine, .who were, by toil and
perseverance, endeavoring to sustain themselves in their rude
homes in the wilderness. This wretched penurious policy of Mas-
sachusetts was the cause of the disaster which befell Fort Loyall
and P'almouth in May, 1690.
Thus was Fort Loyall put into a semi-defensive state, to protect
the eastern frontier towns against the attacks of the savage foes.
Capt. Tyng remained in command until he was sent on an expedi-
tion against the Indians, to the eastward, in 1688.
Capt. Lockart was then placed in command.
In the Hutchinson papers, published in the Massachusetts His-
torical Society Collections, Vol. i, 3d series, page 85, Sir Edmuud
Andros,' gives an account of the forces raised in New England for
* Sir Edmund Andros was so prominent in N. E. affairs, that a brief history
of him is necessary. He was born in London, Dec. 6, 1637, died there Feb.
24, 17 14. In 1674 he was commissioned governor of New York, and received
its surrender from the Dutch. New England having been consolidated, he was
appointed governor-general in 1686. His government became very odious to
the colonists, and he appeared with an armed force at the council chamber at
Hartford, in Oct., 1687, and demanded the surrender of its charter, which was
prevented by its concealment in a hollow tree, afterward celebrated as the
24 CAPTURE OF FORT LOYALL.
the defense of the country against the Indians ; under the head of
Falmouth is said, "A fort in Casco Bay, commanded by Capt.
George Lockart, with his company, sixty men. The commander
seized and forces withdrawn."
Following the example set in Boston, in seizing Sir Edmund
Andros, the people at Casco, having no confidence in Capt. Lock-
art, believing him to be one of Andros' minions, rose and seized
the commander. In Williamson, i, 620, it is said, "some sus-
picions had been entertained by the Government (which succeeded
Andros), that Capt. Lockart was unfaithful, that he had communi-
cated with the enemy — for that reason the soldiers were with-
drawn ; but a letter was written from Falmouth signed by Anthony
Brackett and others, in which they say he conducted with skill and
fidelity while at Falmouth.
In the answer to Sir Edmund Andros' " account of the forces
raised in New England for the defence of the country against the
Indians," dated at London, May 30, 1690, the following is stated
concerning Fort Loyall :
" Falmouth in Casco Bay. A fort formerly built by the Massachusetts Col-
ony ; is still continued ; and better furnished and provided than in Sir Edmonds
time, Capt. Lockart a reputed papist was by order of the Council for that
reason dismist and Sylvanus Davis, an Inhabitant of that place and formerly
commander of the Fort, in his room. Here it was that the Indian career was
stopt, and they defeated by the forces raised since the Revolution of the United
Colonies." (This refers to the battle with the Indians and Church's troops the
year previous, 16S9, at Deering Oaks). Me. His. Soc, 5, 395.
" Charter Oak." Contemporary documents, however, seem to prove that no
such event occurred ; that Andros really possessed himself of the original
charter, and that a duplicate had been concealed some time previous. In 16S8,
N. Y. and N. J. were added to his jurisdiction, and Francis Nicholson was ap-
pointed lieutenant-governor there. A great prejudice existed against Andros in
N. E. on account of his arbitrary acts. During his government he visited Fal-
mouth and other places in Maine several times, and was quite earnest in his
endeavors to suppress the hostile French and Indians. When the news of the
revolution in England was received in Boston, he was deposed from his author-
ity and sent a prisoner to England, but was there acquitted without a formal
trial. In 1692 he was made governor of Virginia. In 1704-6, he was governor j
of Guernsey. In the Andros tracts his character appears more favorable than
former historians in N. E. have generally regarded him. (Amer. Cyclopedia, in
part I, 488).
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After Capt. Lockart's retirement, Capt. Sylvanus Davis, of whom
we shall speak hereafter, took charge of the Fort, with a greatly
reduced garrison. He says, in a letter to the Government of
Massachusetts, "that he had but four men in the Fort, with one
sergeant, and one gunner, and that he had supplied it ever since
Capt. Lockart left.'
There are various causes that produced the second Indian war,
called King William's waf, which broke out in New England in
1688. In April, 1678, a treaty of peace was made with the Indians
at Casco, and an end was put to the relentless war, which had
been a scourge to the eastern settlements, and from that time, an
interval of ten years, peace existed, and the inhabitants dwelt in
safety within their borders and the shades of their own homes.
But all the fair prospects of the settlements in Maine, and espec-
ially those of Casco, were suddenly overcast by the clouds of war.