William GREENLAW b. 1734 d. 1814: Boombridge Genealogy

1734 - 1814 (80 years)

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Name	William GREENLAW
Born	1734
Gender	Male
Birth	[1738]
	Peg Kearney claims that William Greenlaw Jr was 36 years old in 1774.
Birth	Bef 1739
Death	Bef 1820 CENSUS?
Immigration	SUMMER 1753	Dolphin: Greenock to America [1]
	https://archive.org/stream/annalsoftownofwa00lceato#page/84/mode/2up/search/dolphin Annals Of The Town Of Warren: With The Early History Of St. George's, Broad Bay And The Neighboring Settlements On The Waldo Patent 4 editions By Cyrus Eaton p 85 Greenlaw on the Dolphin 1753 These offers attracted the attention of sundry persons in Stirling, Glasgow, and other places in Scotland, who, after consultation, entered into an agreement, the terms of which are not exactly known, to emigrate. Some of them, who were without families, agreed to work for Waldo four years in payment of their passage. Others, at stipulated times after their arrival, were to pay for their passages as well as for supplies furnished. Being collected for embarkation to the number of sixty, besides ten or more children, who went passage free, they went on board the brig Dolphin, Captain Cooters, in the summer of 1753, and, after touching at Piscataqua, where they remained a week or more, arrived in George's river in September. Dr. Robinson had contracted with Waldo to erect a house, and have it ready for their reception on their arrival. This he commenced near the house occupied by the late Capt. Dagget, since rebuilt by his grandson, E. B. Alford. He built the walls of logs, and partitioned the inside into fourteen rooms designed to accommodate the whole company, which contained that number of families. But from the want of materials, or other cause, the roof was never made, and the structure remained unfinished and unoccupied till the timber decayed. In consequence of Robinson's failure to complete this job, the emigrants scattered round and lived the first winter with the old settlers. Provisions were supplied them by Waldo; who appointed Boice Cooper a kind of commissary to take charge of, and deliver them out at stated times. The names of these emigrants were Archibald Anderson, John Dicke, Andrew Malcolm, John Miller, John Crawford, Thomas Johnston, John Mucklewee, John Brison, Andrew Bird, John Kirkpatrick, John Hodgins, John Carswell, John Brown, Robert Kye, Grenlaw, Wilke, Beverage, Auchmuty, and Anderson. They were mostly mechanics, and unacquainted with all agricultural operations, except reaping and threshing. Malcolm was a Glasgow weaver; and Archibald Anderson, who married his sister and belonged to Bannockburn, was of the same trade, and had worked in the same city. Dicke of Stirling, was a maltster and brewer, Miller a delfware manufacturer, Kirkpatrick a cooper, Hodgins a bookbinder, Crawford a shepherd or herdsman, and Auchmuty a slaie maker. Having the promise of lands within two miles of tide waters, they naturally looked forward to the comforts of city life to which they had been accustomed at home; and fearful of Indian hostilities, and unacquainted as they were with the wild beasts that frequented the woods, they could not think of going to separate farms, and fixing their habitations at a distance from each other.
Military	From 21 Jul 1755 to 23 Nov 1758
	French & Indian War
Residence	12 Apr 1757	[Falmouth, York, ME]
	Bounty list at Falmouth
Residence	21 Nov 1758	Boston, Suffolk, MA
Residence	10 Jan 1759	Boston, Suffolk, MA
Residence	30 Sep 1760	Boston, Suffolk, MA
	Readex Database University of Maine Folger Library Advertisement page [4], iss. 165 Date October 13, 1760 Source Green & Russell's BOSTON Post-Boy & Advertiser. Place(s) of Publication Boston, Massachusetts Post Office, Boston Sept 30 1760 List of Letters remaining in the Office not before Printed ... William Greenlaw Boston
Residence	1762	Deer Isle, Lincoln, ME
	An historical sketch of the town of Deer Isle, Maine p 24 Chapter II First Settlers The first permanent settlement was made in 1762 by William Eaton, although he was not the first who began one. Alexander Greenlaw, Charles Greenlaw, Ebenezer Greenlaw, Jonathan Greenlaw, William Greenlaw 1762
Residence	1762	Campbell's Neck, Deer Isle, Lincoln, ME
	https://books.google.com/books?id=dvc7AAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false The Maine Historical Magazine Volume 8 Page 13 Deer Isles and Settlers ... [1762] Jonathan, Charles, Ebenezer, Alexander and William Greenlaw settled on Campbell's Neck. They all moved to Castine and from thence to St Andrews, New Brunswick. Two of the sons of Jonathan returned and settled at Deer Isle. p 13-14 Petition to the General Court 1762 [For Deer Isle, Maine] Jonathan Greenlaw Ebenezer Greenlaw Charles Greenlaw Alex Greenlaw William Greenlaw p 14 1763 William Foster from Dedham, Massachusetts, settled on the Greenlaw lands; he had sons.
Petition	4 Aug 1762	Deer Isle, Lincoln, ME
	https://books.google.com/books?id=pdA-AAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Bangor Historical Magazine Volume 1: July 1883-June 1886 Joseph W Porter, Editor and Publisher p 195 Deer Island Papers Petition of Inhabitants 1762 "Province of the Massachusetts Bay, to his Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq., Captain, General and Governor in Chief of the said Province, the Hon'ble His Majesty's Council and the Hon'ble House of Representatives in General Court assembled, Aug. 4, 1762. The subscribers humbly show that sixteen of them have been at considerable expense at transporting themselves to a certain Island at the eastward, within this Province, situated on the southwest of Egemogen Reach, known by the name of Deer Island, which at high water seems to be separated into two, tho' at low water appears to be one Intire Island, have built themselves Houses, and are with the rest of your Petitioners willing to bring forward a settlement there. Pray this Court for the Incouragement of so good a work, to make them a grant of the whole of said Island, or at least that end of it, settled upon as aforesaid ; which is accounted to be about six or seven miles in length, and two or three in breadth in the widest part thereof; tho' in some places not half a mile. Or otherwise to dispose of the whole of said Island to them, or only the southeast end aforesaid, as this Court in their Wisdom shall think fit for such sum or sums of money as may be judged reasonable, and your Petitioners beg leave further to add that they are not Petitioners included in the twelve townships already granted Daniel Wardwell Jeremiah Wardwell Dan'l Clark Dan'l Clark in behalf of Edward Jones Jno Stone Moses Sewall Daniel Holt Stephen Littlefield William Grinnell Jonathan Greenlaw Ebenezer Greenlaw Charles Greenlaw Alex Greenlaw William Greenlaw George Lilly John Winn John Staple Ebenezer Low Samuel Low Nathan Closson David Torrey Joseph Thomas Michael Carnay John Tinker William Eaton Elakin Eaton John Cane Enoch Hutchins Nathaniel Webber [Massachusetts Archives Volume 46 page 488] "Resolve on the petition of the inhabitants of Deer-Island, granting and confirming one hundred acres of land to each of said settlers, on condition. March 22, 1786. Whereas it appears to this Court from a survey and plan of a certain island, lying within the county of Lincoln, called Deer-Island, taken by Rufus Putnam, Esq.; in the year 1785, together with a small island lying near the west shore of the said Deer-Island, called Sheep-Island, that the said islands contain in the whole, sixteen thousand eight hundred and seventy-six acres, whereon were eighty settlers, before the first day of January, 1784; and whereas Joseph Tyler and others, settlers on the said islands, have petitioned this Court for a grant of the same, to them, their heirs and assigns: Therefore Resolved, That there be, and here is hereby granted and confirmed to the said Joseph Tvler, and the other settlers, who settled thereon and made a separate improvement before the first day of January, 1784, their heirs and assigns, one hundred acres each, to hold in severalty, to be laid out so as to include their respective improvements, as a compensation for settlement; on condition, that the aforesaid settlers pay into the treasury of this Commonwealth, within one year from the date thereof, for the survey, and other charges, one hundred and twenty pounds, in specie, with interest until paid ; provided that where any original settler has sold, or otherwise disposed of his improvements, the purchaser of such improvements, his heirs and assigns, shall hold the same lands which such original settler would have held by virtue of this resolve, if there had been no such sale or disposition. And be it further Resolved, That the remainder of the said Deer- Island, with all the privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging, be, and is hereby granted and confirmed to the said Joseph Tyler Mark Haskell Joseph Colby John Campbell Charles Pressey Ignatius Haskell Thomas Saunders Edward Haskell Joshua Haskell Thomas Haskell Jonathan Eaton Ezekiel Marshall George Tyler Thomas Stinson, Jun Belcher Tyler Nathan Dow John Pressey Thomas Stinson Nathan Closson Elijah Donham Theophilus Eaton Levi Carman Ezra Howard Ambrose Colby Nathaniel Bray Robert Nason Benjamin Cole Ezekiel Moory John Hooper Lot Curtis Chase Pressey Thomas Saunders Samuel Frunday John Raynes Samuel Raynes Thomas Smalley Job Smalley Charles Sellers Josiah Crocket Thomas Robbins William Babbage Joseph Whitmore William Greenlaw George Frees Cortney Babbage John Frees Peter Hardy Jeremiah Eaton William Eaton John Closson Thomas Thompson Robert Lin Marcy Staples Charles Greenlaw Simon Fowier David Torry Jonathan Torry Samuel Crombie Joseph Donha their heirs and assigns ; on condition, that they appropriate three hundred acres of land for the use of the ministry, and three hundred acres for the use of a grammar school, and that they pay into the treasury of this Commonwealth, within one year from the time of passing this resolve, one thousand two hundred and forty-one pounds, eight shillings, in consolidated securities of this Commonwealth, with interest."
Residence	27 Nov 1775	Georgetown, Lincoln, ME
Military	1 Jul 1776
	Militia, Georgetown, Lincoln, ME
	Soliders, Sailors and Patriots of the Revolutionary War Maine compiled by John E Fisher and Sue G Fisher p 317 John Greenlaw b 1766 Deer Island. Capt Reed's Co. r Gorham 1788 r Limington 1789 d Brownfield 1842 m Lucy. W23141 William Greenlaw r Georgetown. Militia: Return of 4th Co James McCobb 1 July 1776. Zebulon Harmon Papers, Collection 22 Volume 18 Page 63. Maine Historical Society
Residence	17 Jul 1783	Georgetown, Lincoln, ME
	https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/352440?availability=Family%20History%20Library Land records, 1761-1912; indexes to land records, 1761-1901 Authors: Lincoln County (Maine). Register of Deeds Land records v. 16-17 1782-1785 (the first titleboard on this film is incorrectly labeled "v. 15") Family History Library United States & Canada Film 11366 https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008181957?cat=352440 Volume 17 Page 116 [412/567] William yeoman Georgetown [s William] Alexander Greenlaw cordwainer Bristol [s William s William] 10 pounds quit claim land in Deer Island bounded northerly on land of Jonathan Greenlaw southerly on land of Ebenezer Greenlaw 17 July 1783 William Greenlaw Wit: Alexander Nickels, Alexander McGlathry
Residence	1790	Waldoboro, Lincoln, ME
	https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/55011?availability=Family%20History%20Library Vital records of old Bristol and Nobleboro in the county of Lincoln, Maine : including the present towns of Bremen, Damariscotta, South Bristol, and the plantation of Monhegan Editor: Christine Huston Dodge p iii It should be remember that due to an error of the United States Census taker in 1790, Bristol is listed as Waldoborough, Nobleboro is listed as Bristol, and Waldoboro is listed as Nobleborough. https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/55011?availability=Family%20History%20Library Vital records of old Bristol and Nobleboro in the county of Lincoln, Maine : including the present towns of Bremen, Damariscotta, South Bristol, and the plantation of Monhegan Editor: Christine Huston Dodge p iii It should be remember that due to an error of the United States Census taker in 1790, Bristol is listed as Waldoborough, Nobleboro is listed as Bristol, and Waldoboro is listed as Nobleborough. 1790 United States Federal Census Name: William Greenlaw Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Nobleborough, Lincoln, Maine Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 1 [Daniel] Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1 [William] Free White Persons - Females: 4 [Elizabeth, Dorcas? Naomi? Sarah? Elizabeth?] Number of Household Members: 6 Source Citation Year: 1790; Census Place: Nobleborough, Lincoln, Maine; Series: M637; Roll: 2; Page: 296; Image: 171; Family History Library Film: 0568142 https://archives.mainegenealogy.net/2006/10/1790-census-bristol-lincoln-county.html 1790 Census: Bristol, Lincoln County The names of three towns were transposed in the 1908 census index: Nobleborough was labeled "Bristol," Bristol was labeled "Waldoborough," and Waldoborough was labeled "Nobleborough." Bremen was set off from Bristol in 1828, South Bristol in 1915. Land was also set off to Damariscotta, incorporated in 1847. Source: Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790: Maine [pdf]. (Washington, D. C., Govt. Print Off., 1908). Key to entries: Name of Head of Family. Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families. Free white males under 16 years. Free white females, including heads of families. All other free persons. Slaves. william Greenlaw 1 1 4 0 0
Residence	1800	Georgetown, Lincoln, ME
	William Greenlief in the 1800 United States Federal Census Name: William Greenlief Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Georgetown, Lincoln , Maine Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1 [Daniel] Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 [William] Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 2 [Naomi, Dorcas] Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1 [Elizabeth] Number of Household Members Over 25: 2 Number of Household Members: 5 Year: 1800; Census Place: Georgetown, Lincoln, Maine; Series: M32; Roll: 6; Page: 501; Image: 471; Family History Library Film: 218676
Residence	1810	Georgetown, Lincoln, ME
	1810 United States Federal Census Name: Daniel Greenlaw Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Georgetown, Lincoln, Maine Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3 Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 : 1 [Daniel. Trancribed as 4] Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 [father William] Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 Number of Household Members Under 16: 4 Number of Household Members Over 25: 6 Number of Household Members: 10 Source Citation Year: 1810; Census Place: Georgetown, Lincoln, Maine; Roll: 12; Page: 346; Image: 00351; Family History Library Film: 0218683
Died	1814
	The Genealogical Advertiser, Vol. II Bristol and Bremen Families p 112 Children of Alexander and Lydia Cox Greenlaw William born February 12 1790 lost at sea in 1810 Ebenezer born February 23 1792 married Ruth Webb October 1816 died May 23 1834 Ruth born September 12 1794* married Nehemiah Poland December 1813 died August 13 1854 Jane born November 14 1796* married James Johnston March 25 1817 Alexander born February 6 1799* married 1st Susan Staples 1820 and Catherine Staples 1826 Thomas Cox born July 22 1802 married Matilda Curtis March 19 1827 died November 29 1845 Alexander Greenlaw died October 2 1841 aged 81 years [1760] *These dates are 1796, 1798, and 1800 on the town records. The family record, from which these dates are taken, is probably correct. Alexander Greenlaw was born March 19 1760 and was son of William and Elizabeth Fossett Greenlaw. William Greenlaw came from Edinburgh, Scotland, about 1757. He died in 1814 aged about 90 years.
Buried	Mt Adams Cemetery, Deer Isle, Hancock, ME
	http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=90900788&ref=acom William Greenlaw in the U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Name: William Greenlaw Birth Date: 1735 Birth Place: Midlothian, Scotland Death Date: 1828 Death Place: Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine, USA Cemetery: Mount Adams Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place: Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine, USA Has Bio?: Y Spouse: Elizabeth Greenlaw Elizabeth Greenlaw
Person ID	I43432	4 February 2018
Last Modified	5 Jun 2020

Father	William GREENLAW, b. Bef 1707, d. [1776]
Mother	Jane, b. [1789], d. [1783-1786]
Married	C 1726
Family ID	F4727	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Elizabeth FOSSETT, b. [1739], d. 1772, Deer Isle, Hancock, ME

_MARI 21 Nov 1758 Falmouth, York, ME

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/299948?availability=Family%20History%20Library
Town and vital records, 1712-1891
Authors: Falmouth (Maine). Town Clerk
Town records, vol. 1-2 (original and typescript), 1712-1775: proceedings of meetings, land and boundary matters, marks of animals, roads, intentions of marriage and marriage records 1733-1763.
Family History Library
United States & Canada Film
10868
7724782
https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007724782?cat=299948
[366/899]
p 64 [Transcription]
William Greenlaw of Boston Enterd his Name and Purpose of Marriage with Elizabeth Fauset of Falmouth Nov 21 1758
Pr Stepn Longfellow Town Clerk
p 65 [Transcription]
Jonathan Greenlaw Entered his Name and Purpose of Marriage with Elizabeth Lamb both of Falmouth Febry 10th 1759
Pr Stepn Longfellow Town Clerk

[704/899] Original
p 65 [Transcription]
William Greenlaw of Boston Enterd his Name and Purpose of Marriage with Elizabeth Fauset of Falmouth Nov 21 1758
Pr Stepn Longfellow Town Clerk
...
Jonathan Greenlaw Entered his Name and Purpose of Marriage with Elizabeth Lamb both of Falmouth Febry 10th 1759
Pr Stepn Longfellow Town Clerk
Source: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 16 (Oct. 1862).
p 317
RECORDS OF FALMOUTH (NOW PORTLAND) ME.
[Continued from vol. xiv, page 226.]
Intentions of Marriage, from the Records of the Town of Falmouth.
Alphabetically arranged.
Wm. Greenlaw of Boston with Eliz. Fausset, Nov. 21, 1758.
Jona. Greenlaw of Boston with Eliz. Lamb, Feb. 10, 1759.
William Greenlaw
Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907
Name: William Greenlaw
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Fauset
Event Date: 21 Nov 1788
Event Place: Falmouth, Maine
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I03041-4 , System Origin: Maine-EASy , GS Film number: 9795
"Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F463-VWB : accessed 18 Sep 2014), William Greenlaw and Elizabeth Fauset, 21 Nov 1788; citing Falmouth, Maine, reference ; FHL microfilm 9795.
William Greenlaw
Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907
Name: William Greenlaw
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 21 Nov 1758
Event Place: Falmouth, , Maine, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Fauset
Spouse's Gender: Female
GS Film Number: 001002601 , Digital Folder Number: 007015877 , Image Number: 03212
"Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907 ", index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2HVC-TCQ : accessed 18 Sep 2014), William Greenlaw and Elizabeth Fauset, 1758.

_MARI 10 Jan 1759 Boston, Suffolk, MA

William Greenlaw
in the Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Name: William Greenlaw
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 10 Jan 1759
Marriage Place: Boston , Massachusetts
Spouse Name: Elizabeth Fassett
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
p 362
Boston Marriage Publications 1741-1759 Vol 4 373 Pages
...
William Greenlaw of Boston 10 [Jan'y 1759]
Elizabeth Fassett of Porpudock
[This shows an image of a handwritten record. I can't find it in the LDS catalogue. Fold3 has this information about the source:
Short Description:Boston Vital Records, 1630-1849; Boston Births, 1849-95; Boston Deaths, 1849-90; and Out-of-Town Marriages, 1858-95.
Content Partner:Holbrook Research Institute
Content Source:Jay Holbrook
Country:United States
Footnote Job:09-021
Footnote Publication Year:2009
Language:English
Source Publication Year:1994-2000
State:Massachusetts
Category:Boston Vital Records, 1630-1849
Event Type:Boston Marriage Publications, 1741-1759
Page Range:1-373]

[NEHGS has this:
Name William GREENLAW
Intention 1759
Location Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Original Text William Greenlaw & Elizabeth Fassett of Porpudock Married on Jan. 10, 1759
Volume Name 2
Page 31
Boston, MA: Marriages, 1700-1809. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006), Originally published as: Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, Containing the Boston Marriages from 1700 to 1751 (Vol. 28), Boston, Municipal Printing office, 1898. Records Relating to the Early History of Boston, Containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809 (vol. 30), Boston, Municipal Printing Office, 1903.
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB174/rd/7455/31/248651938
[Transcription]
Marriage Intentions 1752-1761
William Greenlaw & Elizabeth Fassett of Porpudock Jan 10 1759

Those intentions for which no subsequent record of marriage appears have been printed separately. These publishments are in four volumes, and the entries merely give the names, date, and town, nearly all being of Boston. The names of parents were never given.
The publishments or intentions of marriage from 1751 to 1809, inclusive, have been compared with the records, and all differences of spelling noted. The intentions, for which no subsequent records of marriage appear, have been printed separately.
The publishments are in five volumes Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 entries merely giving the names, dates and the towns, nearly all being of Boston.
The original book in which the marriages from 1751-61 were recorded is supposed to have been lost many years ago, but from the church and court records many marriages have been proven. The intentions of all others not recorded are also printed. A few duplications will be found, which were unavoidable, as the marriages did not appear in the Town Records; but were found later in the Church Records."

Children

	1. Alexander GREENLAW, b. 19 Mar 1760, d. 4 Oct 1842, Bristol, Lincoln, ME (Age 82 years)
	2. Jane GREENLAW, b. [1760], d. 27 Feb 1841
	3. William GREENLAW, b. C 1765?, d. Bef 1820 CENSUS?
	4. Mary GREENLAW, b. [1766], ME , d. 27 Feb 1854
	5. John GREENLAW, b. Deer Isle, Hancock, ME , d. 2 Jun 1842
	6. Elizabeth GREENLAW, b. 1768, d. Bef 1830 CENSUS?

Family ID F12921 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Elizabeth BLITHEN, d. 14 Feb 1834

Married 27 Nov 1775 Georgetown, Lincoln, ME

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/62444?availability=Family%20History%20Library
Town and vital records, 1757-1940
Authors: Georgetown (Maine). Town Clerk
Town and vital records, 1757-1940
Family History Library
United States & Canada Film
10919
7595550
https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007595550?cat=62444
[488/658]
Volume 2 Page 185
Marriages by the Revd Ezekiel Emerson in George Town
...
[1775 Novr] 27 Then was Marred William Greenlow and Elisabeath Blithin both of GeorgeTown
William Greenlow
Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907
Name: William Greenlow
Spouse's Name: Elizabeath Bliphin
Event Date: 1775
Event Place: Georgetown,Sagadahoc,Maine
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M52243-1 , System Origin: Maine-ODM , GS Film number: 10919
"Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4FZ-YZW : accessed 10 Sep 2014), William Greenlow and Elizabeath Bliphin, 1775; citing Georgetown,Sagadahoc,Maine, reference ; FHL microfilm 10919.
http://www.georgetownhistoricalsociety.org/genealogy/familygroup.php?familyID=F688&tree=tree1
[S1737] Georgetown Marriages Vol 1, Mary Pelham Hill, Editor, (Maine Historical Society 1939), 200 (Reliability: 3), 19 Feb 2012.
Blithen (see Blethan, Blethen, Blifeth, Bliffin, Bliffins, Blifith, Bliphin, Blithin), Eliabeth and William Greenlow, both of G.town, Nov. 27, 1775.

[S1742] Georgetown Marriages Vol 2, Mary Pelham Hill, (Maine Historical Society 1943), 50 (Reliability: 3), 19 Feb 2012.

Children

	1. Daniel GREENLAW, b. 1775, Phippsburg, Lincoln, ME , d. Bef 1870 CENSUS
	2. Sarah GREENLAW, b. 11 Mar 1777, d. 8 Oct 1830?, Phippsburg, Sagahadoc, ME
	3. Naomi GREENLAW, b. [1784], ME , d. Bef 1870 CENSUS
	4. Dorcas GREENLAW, b. 1791, d. C 1807 (Age 16 years)

Family ID F12951 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Documents		Notes on the First Greenlaw Generation in Maine and New Brunswick
		Timeline of the Greenlaws during the Revolutionary War Timeline of the Greenlaws during the Revolutionary War
		Greenlaw French and Indian War Records
		The French and Indian War and the Arrival of the Greenlaws in Maine
		Petition for Deer Isle 1762

Notes

Probate Hancock County: Nil
Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine Volumes 1-4: Nil
Falmouth Assessment 1761: Nil
Direct Tax 1798: Nil
Valuation 1784: Georgetown availabla aggregate
Valuation 1800: Deer Isle, Nobleboro available
Valuation 1801: Deer Isle, Nobleboro, Georgetown available
Valuation 1810: Georgetown available
Valuation 1811: Deer Isle, Georgetown available aggregate
Census 1840: not listed as a Revolutionary War pensioner
Colonial Soldiers and Officers in New England (NEHGS): Nil

Biographical sketches of loyalists of the American Revolution with an historical essay
Lorenzo Sabine.
1864 Little, Brown and Company
Boston

p 498
GREENLAW, William. Of St George's River, Maine. Brother of Charles. He remained on his farm during the war, and continuing in the country after the close of the strife, died at St George in 1828.
The Maine Genealogist. Farmington, ME: The Maine Genealogical Society, 1977-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.)
Volume 28 Page 173
Refugees, Deserters, Prisoners Etc on HMS Albany During the Siege at Penobscot, July-August 1779
by Robert Carver Brooks
"Entry" July 23rd as "Refugees at Penobscot" and discharged on August 16th "To go to their respective home" are (read left to right):
Wm Greenlaw
Thos Greenlaw
Scotland's People

16 26/05/1727 GREENLAW WILLIAM WILLIAM GREENLAW/ M GAMRIE AND MACDUFF /BANFF 155/00 0010 0083
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-110.02-e.php?&q2=23&c2=&b2=&t2=&sk=0&brws_s=&PHPSESSID=rgi7t06a60or2jdheocn6v65f4
Title: British Military and Naval Records (RG 8, C Series) - INDEX ONLY

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.01-e.php?q2=23&q3=1108&sqn=3557&tt=6520&PHPSESSID=rgi7t06a60or2jdheocn6v65f4

[3557/6520] [also 3598/6520]
William Greenlaw
British Legion
1780-81-82-83
c.1883 p 10 [Greenly 222/915] 13 [Greenly 228/915] 29 [256/915] 31 [260/915] 37 [271/915] 44 [12 October 1779 285/915] 50 ["Sagg" Sag Harbor, Long Island, NY 297/915] 64 [317/915]
c.1884 p 16 [Prisoner with the Rebels 23 February 1781 344/915] 17 [Prisoner 345/915] 18 [Prisoner 346/915] 36 [1781 370/915] 54 [1781 Prisoner 388/915] 57 [Prisoner 391/915] 77 [Prisoner 412/915] 80 [Prisoner 415/915]
c.1885 p 27 [Greenley 1782 462/915] 39 [Prisoner 1782 475/915] 58 [Prisoner 1783 495/915] 61 [Prisoner 1783 503/915] 80 [Prisoner 528/915] 81 94 [Prisoner 1783 Huntington 548/915]

See
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/397529?availability=Family%20History%20Library
British military records, "C" series, 1757-1899, located at the National Archives of Canada
Format: Manuscript/Manuscript on Film
Vol. 1881, p. 94 - vol. 1888, p. 43 Loyalist muster rolls: De Lancey's Brigades, 3rd, 1781-1783; 2nd, 1782 (v. 1881-1882) British Legion, 1778-1783 (v. 1883-1885) Volunteers of Ireland, 1778-1782 (v.1886-87) Guides and Pioneers, 1778-1779 (v. 1888) (NAC film no. C-4221)
Family History Library
United States & Canada Film
1631546
8126643
https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008126643?cat=397529

Capt Thomas Miller was part of the Southern Campaign.

http://www.royalprovincial.com/military/orderly/ordbl.htm
Scotch Company British Legion Greenwich near New York 1778

Formed in New York July 1778

Wm Greenlee
in the 1790 United States Federal Census
Name: Wm Greenlee
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Northumberland, Pennsylvania
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 2
Number of Household Members: 2
Year: 1790; Census Place: Northumberland, Pennsylvania; Series: M637; Roll: 9; Page: 24; Image: 270; Family History Library Film: 0568149
Lincoln County, Maine, Registry of Deeds
Book 17 [1784-1785]
p 43 John Greenlaw to Thomas Oxnard
p 116 William Greenlaw to Alexander Greenlaw

Book 18 [1785]
p 221 Alexander Greenlaw to William Foster

Book 22 [1788]
p 199 Jonathan Greenlaw to John Campbell
Marriage records, 1774-1856
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[Bristol] Marriages Solemnized by Alexr Nickals Esqr of Bristol October 30 1791 Ephrem Upem & Betsey Grenlaw of Bristol
1792 Jany 30 William Grenlaw & Nabby Ston of Bristol
Refugees, Deserters, Prisoners & ca on HMS Albanay During the Siege at Penobscot, July - August 1779
The Maine Genealogist
November 2006
Volume 28 Page 173
"Entry" July 23rd [1779] as "Refugees at Penobscot" and discharged on August 16th "To go to their respective home" are
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Thos Greenlaw
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Ebenr Rourke
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Josh Lymburner
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Timy Rourke
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Wm Greenlaw
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Jas Lymburner
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"Entry" August 26th as "Inhabitants empd in Assisting to Weight the Guns out of the Rebel Wrecks at Penobscot" include:
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Simeon Johnson
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An Historical Sketch of the Town of Deer Isle, Maine
George Lawrence Hosmer
Press of Stanley and Usher. Boston. 1886

p 19
Jonathan Greenlaw, who came as early as 1762 or 1762, one of the family of that name who came shortly after, and next to William Eaton, the first settler, gave a deed to Kent of a tract of land containing a mile square, in consideration of the erection and maintenance of a grist-mill.

p 43
Greenlaw - The next persons who came were five by the name of Greenlaw. They settled on Campbell's Neck, and the farm of Mr Samuel W Campbell, and that of Mr William Foster's heirs - in all about five hundred acres. Their names were Jonathan, Charles, Alexander, Ebenezer, and William, and whether they were all brothers or not, I do not know. They were natives of Scotland, and had emigrated from that country not long before, and were endeavoring to find a place to settled upon with which they might be suited. The places they took up did so, and they commenced settlements. After the occupation of Bagaduce by the British in 1779, they made frequent visits there, as they were zealous loyalists, and were suspected of carrying information - a cause of displeasure to their neighbors, who almost all were friendly to the American cause. They were the persons before spoken of as going with the British in 1783 to the Provinces, where they settled, and their descendants still reside there. Some time after, two of the sons of Mr Jonathan Greenlaw, Messrs William and Richard Greenlaw, came back and remained will their deaths. They were brought back by the brothers in law of Mr William Greenlaw - Messrs Joseph Whitmore and Captain Seth Hatch - who went after them in a vessel.

p 51
Mr [William] Foster settled upon a part of the land formerly occupied by the Greenlaw family, but whether he came here before they left or not is not known to us, but as he had a two hundred acre lot it is probable that he purchased the rights of one of them at least, which with his own would entitle him to that quantity.

p 52
[John Campbell was a large landed proprietor, owning one lot of two hundred acres, another known as the Campbell's Neck lot of 77, and the island near known as Campbell's Island, of 88 acres, and it is probable that he purchased the rights of some of the Greenlaw family, as he would of his own right be entitled to but 100 acres.

p 61
William Greenlaw was the first settler near what is called Fish Creek. He was the son of Mr Jonathan Greenlaw, mentioned before, who went with the British to New Brunswick in 1783. As before stated, the subject of this sketch returned with his brother Richard. The wife of Mr Greenlaw was Miss Rebecca Babbidge, a daughter of Mr William Babbidge; and at the time of their marriage there was no person qualified to solemnize marriages nearer than Bagaduce, where the chaplain to the garrison officiated. The person who performed the duties of chaplain, as well as surgeon, was Dr John Calef, a refugee from Massachusetts, in which State he was born, in Ipswich; and when the troops evacuated the place, he went with them into the Province of New Brunswick, where he lived the remainder of his days. Mr Greenlaw was married in 1780, and he and Mr Joseph Whitmore, with their intended wives, who were sisters, went there for the purpose, and they were both joined in marriage on the same day. Mr Greenlaw and wife were the parents of 10 sons and 1 daughter, who lived to manhood and womanhood. The eldest of the sons was William, who was lost at sea on a whaling voyage, when a young man. The second son was the late Captain John Greenlaw, who was a capable and intelligent master-mariner, who died in 1870, at the age of 87 years, after having lived with his wife in wedlock 66 years. He was the father of the present Captain Jeremiah H, Ebenezer, and William Greenlaw. Another son was Mr James Greelaw, who was drowned not far from 1830, leaving a family. Anotehr was Captain Jonathan Greenlaw, who removed to Eatport, out of which place he sailed many years. Another was the late Captain Richard Greenlaw, the father of the present Mr Thomas R Greenlaw. Another was Thomas Greenlaw, who was drowned when a young man. Another was Mr Ebenezer Greenlaw, the father of the present Mr Eben Greenlaw 2d. Another was the late Captain Walter Greenlaw, well known in his day, who died at sea in about the year 1847. Another is the present Levi Greenlaw, the sole survivor, at te age of 79 years in 1882. And the other was the late Mr William Greenlaw. The daughter was the wife of Mr Daniel C Copp, who removed from this place to Castine, who was by trade a ship carpenter and joiner, and from Castine he removed to the city of Ellsworth, where he died.

About this family there was one singularity; of the 10 sons there were 5who could use no food or drink in which there was anything sweet, operating upon them as an emetic; while upon the remaining 5 it had no such effect. Mr Greenlaw was one of whom every one who knew him spoke in praise, as a quiet, honest, and upright man. The land occupied by him was not a part of that taken up by his father and uncles, as that passed into other hands; but as he was here so early, he was entitled to a settler's right, and the place is still the property of his descendants.

p 142
Richard Greenlaw was the youngest son of Mr Jonathan Greenlaw, who settled here shortly after William Eaton and went when a child to New Brunswick with his father in 1783, but returned with his brother William. He was not the owner of any real estate, we think, but resided upon the farm of his son during the later years of his life. His wife was Miss Mary Jordan, a daughter of Mrs James Jordan, and he was by trade a ship-carpenter. Their sons were: Richard, who removed to the town of Kilmarnock, Maine, which is now called Medford. Another was the late Mr James J Greenlaw. Another was the present Mr Joseph S Greenlaw. Another was Mr Samuel J Greenlaw. Another was Mr William L Greenlaw, who resides in Newburyport. Another was Mr John C J Greenlaw, who died many years ago. The daughter were the wives of Mr George Barbour and Mr Thomas V Howard; and two live in Massachusetts.
American Migrations 1765-1799, Coldham, Peter Wilson
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Greenlaw, Ebenezer of Penobscot. He was settled on Deer Island in 1761 and served with his five brother during the French War. At the beginning of he rebellion he was taken by the rebels and put in irons because he would not join them in the siege of Penobscot. After coming within British lines for a year, he returned to Deer Island but, when Penobscot was evacuated, came away to St Andrews, NB. His father divided his estate between three of his sons. Claims for a fishing schooner part owned with Jonathan and Alexander Greenlaw; a house and 40 acres; 250 acres of woodland.

Greenlaw, Jonathan & Alexander of Penobscot. Memorial, St Andrews, NB, 1786. They are two of four brothers who, with their brother Charles Greenlaw, took up lands on Deer Island near Penobscot and cleared 30 acres. When the British came there they all took the oath of allegiance to the Crown and, on the coming of the rebels, the four brothers were drived into the woods before trying to escape on their own vessel, the Egamagan. They were intercepted by the rebel brig Pallas flying British colours and were schackled hand and foot to the deck while their estate was plundered. They were so badly abused that their brother Charles is not sometimes out of his senses. Ebenezer Greenlaw had disposed of his estate but at a small consideration. Jonathan Greenlaw, when Penobscot was evacuated, took his house to pieces and brought it with him to St Andrews. Claim for a small schooner with cargo of salt & provisions; pork, fish, etc. Account [undated] of the Sufferings of Ebenezer Greenlaw.
Readex Database University of Maine Folger Library

Legislative Acts/Legal Proceedings page [1], iss. 11, vol. 26
Date August 6, 1805
Source
New-England Palladium
Place(s) of Publication Boston, Massachusetts

By Authority
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five

An act to incorporate a numberof the inhabitants of the town of Bristol, in the county of Lincoln, into a Religious Society, by the name of the First Congregational Society in Bristol
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William Greenlaw
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Petition and Grant of Deer Isle

Petition for Deer Isle 1762

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Province of the Massacht Bay
To His Excellency Francis Bernard, Esqr Capt General and Governor in Chief of the said Province, The Honble His Majesty's Council and the Honble House of Representatives in Genl Court Assembled, Augt 4th 1762.

The Subscribers Humbly Show
That Sixteen of them have been at considerable Expense at Transporting themselves to a Certain Island at the Eastward within this Province situate on the South West of Egemogen Reach, known by the name of Deer Island, which at High Water seems to be separated into Two, tho' at Low Water appears to be one Intire Island, have built themselves Houses And are with the rest of your Petitioners Willing to bring forward a Settlement there. Pray this Court for the Incouragement of so good a Work to make them a Grant of the whole of said Island, or at least that End of it, settled upon as aforesaid; which is accounted to be about Six or Seven Miles in Length, and two or three in Breadth In The Widest part thereof; tho' in some places not half a Mile. Or otherways to dispose of the whole of said Island to them, or only the South East end aforesaid, as this Court in their Wisdom shall think fit for such Sum or Sums of money as may be Judged reasonable, and your Petitions
As in Duty bound
Shall every pray &c

Your Petitioners beg Leave further to add That they are not Petitioners Included in the Twelve Townships already granted

Daniel Wardwell
Jeremiah Wardwell
Danl Clark
Danl Clark in behalf of Edward Jones
Jno Stone
Moses Sewall
Daniel Holt
Stephen Littlefield
Willam Grenlla
Jonathen Grenlaw
Ebenezer Grenlaw
Charles Greenlaw
Alex Greenlaw
William Grenlaw
Nathan Closson
David Torey
Joseph Thoms
Michel Carnay
JohnTinker
George Liley
John Win
William Eaton
John Staples
Ebenezer Low
Samuel Low
Eliakim Eaton
Enoch hutchins
Nathaniel Webber

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Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
by Massachusetts
Volume 1784-85
Page 924

Resolve on the petition of the inhabitants of Deer-Island, granting and confirming one hundred acres of land to each of said settlers, on condition.

Whereas it appears to this Court from a survey and plan of a certain island, lying within the county of Lincoln, called Deer-Island, taken by Rufus Putnam, Esq; in the year 1785, together with a small island lying near the west shore of the said Deer-Island, called Sheep-Island, that the said islands contain in the whole, sixteen thousand eight hundred and seventy-six acres, whereon were eighty settlers, before the first day of January, 1784; and whereas Joseph Tyler and others, settlers on the said islands, have petitioned this Court for a grant of the same, to them, their heirs and assigns: Therefore

Resolved, That there be, and here is hereby granted and confirmed to the said Joseph Tvler, and the other settlers, who settled thereon and made a separate improvement before the first day of January, 1784, their heirs and assigns, one hundred acres each, to hold in severalty, to be laid out so as to include their respective improvements, as a compensation for settlement; on condition, that the aforesaid settlers pay into the treasury of this Commonwealth, within one year from the date thereof, for the survey, and other charges, one hundred and twenty pounds, in specie, with interest until paid ; provided that where any original settler has sold, or otherwise disposed of his improvements, the purchaser of such improvements, his heirs and assigns, shall hold the same lands which such original settler would have held by virtue of this resolve, if there had been no such sale or disposition.

And be it further Resolved, That the remainder of the said Deer- Island, with all the privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging, be, and is hereby granted and confirmed to the said
Joseph Tyler
Mark Haskell
Joseph Colby
John Campbell
Charles Pressey
Ignatius Haskell
Thomas Saunders
Edward Haskell
Joshua Haskell
Thomas Haskell
Jonathan Eaton
Ezekiel Marshall
George Tyler
Thomas Stinson, Jun
Belcher Tyler
Nathan Dow
John Pressey
Thomas Stinson
Nathan Closson
Elijah Donham
Theophilus Eaton
Levi Carman
Ezra Howard
Ambrose Colby
Nathaniel Bray
Robert Nason
Benjamin Cole
Ezekiel Moory
John Hooper
Lot Curtis
Chase Pressey
Thomas Saunders
Samuel Frunday
John Raynes
Samuel Raynes
Thomas Smalley
Job Smalley
Charles Sellers
Josiah Crocket
Thomas Robbins
William Babbage
Joseph Whitmore
William Greenlaw
George Frees
Cortney Babbage
John Frees
Peter Hardy
Jeremiah Eaton
William Eaton
John Closson
Thomas Thompson
Robert Lin
Marcy Staples
Charles Greenlaw
Simon Fowler
David Torry
Jonathan Torry
Samuel Crombie
Joseph Donham
their heirs and assigns ; on condition, that they appropriate three hundred acres of land for the use of the ministry, and three hundred acres for the use of a grammar school, and that they pay into the treasury of this Commonwealth, within one year from the time of passing this resolve, one thousand two hundred and forty-one pounds, eight shillings, in consolidated securities of this Commonwealth, with interest."
March 22, 1786.

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Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
by Massachusetts
Volume 1786-87
Page 859
Chapter 69
Resolve Repealing A Resolve Of The First Of March 1786, Relative To A Certain Island, Lying Within The County Of Lincoln, Called Deer Island, And Confirming the Whole Of The Island, Excepting As Mentioned, Unto Joseph Tyler And George Tyler Upon Certain Conditions.

Whereas by a Resolve of the General Court of this Commonwealth of the twenty first day of March AD 1786, a certain Island, lying within the County of Lincoln, called Deer Island, together with a small Island, lying near the west Shore of the said Deer Island, called Sheep Island, was granted & confirmed to Joseph Tyler & the other settlers thereon, upon certain conditions in the said Resolve mentioned: And whereas from the large number of Grantees of the said Islands, it has been found inconvenient to execute the measures proposed by the said Resolve, and the conditions of the Grant aforesaid have not been performed, though the time limited for the performance thereof hath expired, whereby the settlers upon the said Islands are deprived of the benefits intended them by the Government, and the interests of the Commonwealth are retarded: It is therefore

Resolved, that the said Resolve, be, and it is hereby repealed, and that the whole of the Islands aforesaid, excepting as hereafter mentioned, be & hereby are granted and continued, unto Joseph Tyler and George Tyler, resident on Deer Island aforesaid, and unto their Heirs and assigns forever, upon the following conditions, Viz That the said Joseph and George, lay out and appropriate unto all persons who settled on either of the Islands aforesaid, and made a Seperate improvement by erecting a Dwelling House, and residing before the first day of January AD 1784, Their heirs or assigns, one hundred acres each, to hold in Severalty, and so laid out as to include their respective improvements, As a Compensation for Settlement, excepting to the heirs or assigns of Nathaniel Kent, who in consideration of his extraordinary expences in promoting the Settlement of the Said Islands, shall be intitled to hold and enjoy forever, a certain Tract conveyed to him by Jonathan Greenlaw and others, which lands so to be appropriated as aforesaid, are hereby granted and confirmed unto the said settlers, and to their Heirs and assigns forever, on condition that they pay unto the said Joseph and George, or to their Heirs or assigns, the Sum of Thirty Shillings for each lot, to be appropriated as aforesaid, within Twelve months from the date hereof, for the Survey and other charges, And in case it shall be found, in laying out the Lands to be appropriated to the Settlers as aforementioned, that there shall not be Sufficient land containing improvements for every Settler to take the quantity aforesaid, without interfering with land, previously occupied by some other person, any settler in such case shall be intitled to receive the whole, or any part of his proportion elsewhere.

And the present grant to the said Joseph and George, is upon the further condition, that they, their Heirs or assigns, appropriate three hundred Acres of Land, for the use of the Ministry, and three hundred acres for the use of a Grammar School; & that they pay into the Treasury of this Commonwealth, within fifteen Months from the passing of this Resolve, the Sum of One hundred and Sixty three pounds, in Specie, and the further sum of Two hundred and Sixty five pounds, in consolidated Securities of this Commonwealth, within Three months from the passing of this Resolve.

The said Deer Island, and Sheep Island, granted as aforesaid, are bounded as follows, Viz Northeasterly, on Eggamogan Reach, which seperates Deer Island from Township No IV, lying between Penobscot River, and Union River, begining at Hardy's Point, at the northend of the said Island, from thence running southeasterly by several head lands to Campbell's Point, from thence southwesterly, to the Northwest point of Campbell's Island, thence by the westerly and southwest shore of Campbells Island, to the South extreme of the same, from thence easterly, passing on the Southerly side of Island B, as marked on a plan taken by Rufus Putnam, Esqr; in the year 1785, to the northeast point of Stinson's Neck, from thence Southerly, touching the extreme headlands of Stinson's Neck, to the most southerly point thereof, from thence Southwesterly to the east point of Babbridge's Neck, from thence southerly to the southwest point of Deer Island, from thence Southwesterly & westerly, touching the extreme head Lands of Deer Island, to a point thereof, opposite Crotch Island, by Deer Island thoroughfare, from thence northwesterly, to the west point of Deer Island, near Southwest harbour, from thence northerly, touching the west extreme of Sheep Island, to Donham's Point or ragged head, from thence Northeasterly, touching the East extreme of Carnne Island, to Hardy Point aforesaid, which description includes Deer Island, proper, Greenlaw Neck, Stinson's Neck, Babbridge's Neck, and Sheep Island, which lies near the west shore of Deer Island.
March 24, 1788.

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