 [1725] - Bef 1820 CENSUS
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| Name |
Elijah DUNHAM |
| Born |
[1725] |
[Middleborough, Plymouth, MA] or Middleton, Essex, MA  |
- says "Middleton", but there don't appear to have been any Dunhams in Middleton. Possibly Middleborough.
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| Gender |
Male |
| Birth |
[BEFORE 1755] |
| Residence |
1740S? 1750S? |
Long Island, Cumberland, ME? Long Island, Friendship? |
- Long Island
Joseph Dunham was said to have been born on Long Island, according to the 1880 census record of Joseph Jr. There are few strands reaching from Maine to New York in the 1700s, so I find the idea unlikely, even considering the 1900 census records NY as the birthplace. The census taker in 1880 may have been generous recording "Long Island," but may have been hasty in 1900, given the same information, and concluding "New York."
This Long Island could be the one off the coast of Falmouth, where Dunhams had earlier settled, or the Long Island near Friendship, which is close to St Georges, where these Dunhams also lived.
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| Residence |
St Georges, Lincoln, ME |
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| Military |
From 1 Jan 1748 to 21 Dec 1748 |
| Pleasant Point, St Georges, ME |
| Military |
From 20 Sep 1750 to 1 Nov 1750 |
| [near Portland?] |
- Elijah DUNHAM Colonial Soldiers and Officers in New England, 1620-1775 Military Records
MILITARY RECORD : 1750
LOCATION : Massachusetts, United States
COMPANY : Capt. Isaac Ilsley
VOLUME : Massachusetts Soldiers in the French and Indian Wars, 1744-1755
PAGE : 133
Colonial Soldiers and Officers in New England, 1620-1775. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013).
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB494/i/13259/133/236063216
Elijah Dunham private 20 September 1750 - 1 November 1750 6 weeks 1 day Capt Isaac Ilsley
Elisha Dunham private Pleasant Point [Cushing/Friendship/St Georges] 1 January 1748 - 21 December 1748 50 weeks 5 days Capt Thomas Henderson
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| Residence |
1755 |
[Gorham, Cumberland, ME] |
- History of Gorham, Me.
Hugh Davis McLellan 1903
Chapter IV. Military matters
p 69
When the new fort in Pearsontown (Standish) was built, which was about the year 1755, eight men were assigned to keep it. These men were John Meserve, Clement Meserve Jr, Wentworth Stuart, Timothy Crocker, Israel Thorn, Joseph Meserve, John Burnell and Elijah Dunham, nearly, if not all, of whom were of Gorham. It is said that these men were under the command of Edmund Phinney. At one time when men were at work on this fort, a guard of six men was employed to protect them. This guard was composed of Daniel Mosher, James Gilkey, Jonathan Ilslet, Thomas orton, Benjamin Titcomn and Daniel Ilsley.
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| Military |
From 28 Jun 1755 to 17 Nov 1755 |
| [Pearsontown] |
- Massachusetts Archives contain at least two muster rolls bearing Elijah's name.Elijah Dunham of Pearson and Hobbs Town (now Standish) served in Capt. George Berry's company on the Eastern frontier, from June 28, 1755 to Nov. 17, 1755 [Mass. Archives, 94:15].
Colonial Soldiers and Officers in New England, 1620-1775 Military Records
MILITARY RECORD : 1755
COMPANY : George Berry
EXPEDITION : Eastern Frontier
VOLUME : Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers in the French and Indian Wars, 1755-1756
PAGE : 59
Colonial Soldiers and Officers in New England, 1620-1775. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013).
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB494/i/13254/59/236070973
Elijah Dunham private r Hobbs & Pearsontown George Berry Eastern frontier 28 June 1755 -17 November 1755 p 15
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| Military |
1755-1759 |
| Ft Pearsontown, Standish, Cumberland, ME |
- http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/dunham/2697/
Albert J. Sears, in his Founding of Pearsontown, Maine (1991) identifies the Elijah Dunham who settled on Deer Isle with a man who served at the fort in Pearsontown (now Standish in Cumberland County) in the 1750s.He states that Elijah Dunham was among the residents of Pearsontown who served at the fort there from May to Sept. 1759, in the company commanded by Capt. William Gerrish of Berwick and Lieut. Wentworth Stuart of Gorham.The author notes that many of these soldiers "served in a party which scouted eastward from Broad Bay (Waldoboro).It is possible that acquaintance with the attractions of eastern Maine gained on this trip . . . may have been influential in inducing many of the group . . . to settle in that region later on" [p. 13].Elijah Dunham was among those residents of Pearsontown called on to work on roads in nearby Gorham in 1760-61 [p. 32]."Elijah Dunham, another guard member, was born in Middleton, Massachusetts, about 1725 and probably had a wife and several children in the fort with him. About 1766 he settled in Deer Isle, Maine, where he afterwards lived and where he died sometime after 1785" [p. 17].
- History of Gorham, Me.
Genealogy
p 419
It also seems probable that this same John [Burnell] was here as early as 1755, for we find that the new fort in Pearsonstown (now Standish) was built about that time, and eight men assigned to keep it; and amongst these eight names we find John Meserve, Clement Meserve Jr, Wentworth Stuart, Timothy Crocker, Israel Thorn, Joseph Meserve, that we know were of Gorham; John Burnell we believe to have been, and Elijah Dunham of whom we find no other record.
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| Residence |
3 Mar 1760 |
Ft Pearsontown, Standish, Cumberland, ME |
| Military |
3 Mar 1760 |
| Montreal |
- Lura Woodside Watkins' Middleton, Massachusetts: A Cultural History (1970) states that "In 1760 eight boys [among them Elijah Dunham] entered the service from Middleton and marched to the siege of Montreal, which fell on September 7" [p. 247].
Elijah Dunham, born in Middleton [Massachusetts], aged 35 yrs., resident in Pearsontown, was enlisted Mar. 3, 1760 by George Freeman in Capt. Benjamin Waite's company, Col. Waldo's regiment, for "his Majesty's Service For the Total Reduction of Canada" [Mass. Archives, 98:110].
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| Residence |
1766 |
Deer Isle, Hancock, ME |
- An historical sketch of the town of Deer Isle, Maine
Hosmer
p 24
Elijah Dunham Sr 1766
Elijah Dunham Jr (son) 1766
Joseph Dunham (son) 1766
- An historical sketch of the town of Deer Isle, Maine
Chapter III. Notices of settlers and early inhabitants
p 86
Elijah Dunham Sr, with his sons Elijah and Joseph Dunham, occupied the lot westerly of that of Mr Eaton on what is still known as Dunham's Point, upon which is located the silver mine which is being operated. Mr Dunham was twice married. By his first wife he had the two sons mentioned, and a daughter the wife of Mr Samuel Pickering and mother of the late Captain Samuel and Mr Daniel Pickering. Mr Pickering settled what is known as Pickering's Island, lying northwesterly of Deer Island, which is not included within the territorial limits of the town.
By his last wife Mr Dunham had one son, the late Mr Elisha H Dunham, and two daughters. He did not remain long on the lot taken up by him, and it came into the possession of Messrs Mark Haskell & sons, and was the property of Ignatius Haskell Esq at his death. Mr Dunham lived upon several other lots of land. He died in this town at an advanced age. His son Elijah Dunham Jr, was three times married: his first wife was the daughter of Captain Mark Haskell, by whom he had one son and three daughters; his second was the mother of Mr George G Choate; and his third was Miss Polly Morey, a daughter of Mr Elias Morey. He died in 1852 at the age of 90 years.
Mr Joseph Dunham married the widow of Mr Charles Chatto, and died not long after the year 1830. The lot taken up by them is no owned principally by Mr Ebenezer J Eaton.
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| Residence |
10 Dec 1789 |
Deer Isle, Hancock, ME |
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| Residence |
1790 |
Deer Isle, Hancock, ME |
- Elijah Dunham
in the 1790 United States Federal Census
Name: Elijah Dunham
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 2 [Sons of Elijah Jr?]
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1 [Elijah Sr?]
Free White Persons - Females: 1 [Joan?]
Number of Household Members: 4
Year: 1790; Census Place: Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine; Series: M637; Roll: 2; Page: 61; Image: 49; Family History Library Film: 0568142
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| Residence |
1800 |
Deer Isle, Hancock, ME |
- Elijah Dunham
in the 1800 United States Federal Census
Name: Elijah Dunham
Came from St Georges
Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 2 [Joshua, Thomas]
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 [Elijah Sr?]
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1 [Johanna]
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1 [Tamson]
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1 [Abigail]
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1 [Joanna Silloway Choate]
Number of Household Members Under 16: 2
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 7
Year: 1800; Census Place: Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine; Series: M32; Roll: 7; Page: 15; Image: 15; Family History Library Film: 218677
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| Residence |
1 Dec 1807 |
Deer Isle, Hancock, ME |
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| Residence |
1810 |
Deer Isle, Hancock, ME |
- Elijah Dunham Jr
in the 1810 United States Federal Census
Name: Elijah Dunham
Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1 [Thomas s Elijah?]
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 [Elijah]
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1 [?]
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1 [Johanna d Elijah?]
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 2 [Joanna Silloway Choate Dunham?, Joan m Elijah Sr?]
Number of Household Members Under 16: 2
Number of Household Members Over 25: 3
Number of Household Members: 6
Year: 1810; Census Place: Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 11; Page: 430; Image: 00422; Family History Library Film: 0218682
Elijah Dunham [Sr]
in the 1810 United States Federal Census
Name: Elijah Dunham
Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1 [Elisha s Elijah]
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 [Elijah Sr]
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 3 [? ? ?]
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 [Abigail or Tamson d Elijah?]
Number of Household Members Under 16: 4
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 6
Year: 1810; Census Place: Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 11; Page: 430; Image: 00422; Family History Library Film: 0218682
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| Died |
Bef 1820 CENSUS |
| Person ID |
I52873 |
4 February 2018 |
| Last Modified |
23 Jul 2018 |
| Father |
Elisha DUNHAM, b. August 1692, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA , d. C 1744? |
| Mother |
Mary BABSON |
| _MARI |
23 Mar 1717 |
Gloucester, Essex, MA |
- Mary Babson
in the Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Name: Mary Babson
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 23 Mar 1717
Marriage Place: Gloucester, Massachusetts
Spouse Name: Elisha Donham
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
p 2
Publishments in Gloucester
1717 A purpose of Marriage betwixt Elisha Donham and Mary Babson both of this Town Entered March 23 1717
p 3
Marriages in Gloucester
Elisha Donham and Mary Babson both of this Town were married April 16 1717 by the Revd Mr John White Pastor of the Church in Gloster
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| Married |
16 Apr 1717 |
Gloucester, Essex, MA |
| Family ID |
F16448 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Joan |
| Married |
C 1745 |
| Children |
| | 1. Eunice DUNHAM, b. Bef C 1745, d. 29 Jan 1830, St George, Charlotte, NB (Age > 85 years) |
| | 2. Joseph DUNHAM, b. 1750, d. C 1810? |
| | 3. Elijah DUNHAM, b. [1752], d. 25 Feb 1844, Deer Isle, Hancock, ME |
| | 4. Mary DUNHAM, b. [BEFORE 1755], d. Bef 1820 CENSUS |
| | 5. Samuel DUNHAM, b. *[1755], d. Bef 1820 CENSUS |
| | 6. David DUNHAM, b. Bef 1757, d. [1796] |
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| Family ID |
F16413 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Hancock County Probate: Nil
PANB Petitions: Nil
PANB Grants: Nil
Johnson's Vitals: Nil
Old Soldiers: Nil
Caren Secord: Nil
Deed 1807: Elijah Dunham Senr. Richard Greenlaw witness
Plymouth County Land Records: Nil
Essex County Land Records: Nil
Plymouth County Probate: See below
Essex County Probate: Nil
Cumberland Couny Registry of Deeds: Nil
Maine Soldiers: Checked
Loyalist Claims: Nil
- James Dunham s Cornelius Dunham m Patience Barrows
m Elizabeth Robbins d Samuel Robbins m Sarah McWilliams
r Vinalhaven
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/334690?availability=Family%20History%20Library
Deeds 1791-1861; index 1791-1864
Authors: Hancock County (Maine). Register of Deeds
Index to grantors and grantees 1790-1824
Family History Library
United States & Canada Film
10944
7834661
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[60/702]
*1798 Elisha Dunham to Mark Haskell 6 355
*1795 Joseph Dunham to Ignatius Haskell 3 61
*1804 James Dunham r Vinalhaven to Ezekiel Morey et al 15 54
Deeds v. 15-16, 1804-1805
Family History Library
United States & Canada Film
10954
7834659
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Volume 15 Page 54
[47/587]
James Dunham yeoman Vinalhaven
Ezekiel Morey & Melarteah Luce yeomen Vinalhaven
land in Vinalhaven
7 July 1804
James Dunham
Wit: William Wetmore, Joshua Woodman
$330
James Dunham
in the 1790 United States Federal Census
Name: James Dunham
[James Vanham]
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Vinalhaven, Hancock, Maine
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females: 3
Number of Household Members: 6
Year: 1790; Census Place: Vinalhaven, Hancock, Maine; Series: M637; Roll: 2; Page: 59; Image: 48; Family History Library Film: 0568142
James Dunham
in the 1800 United States Federal Census
Name: James Dunham
Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Vinalhaven, Hancock, Maine
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3
Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15: 2
Males 26-44: 1 [1756-1774]
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 4
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 11
Number of Household Members Over 25: 1
Number of Household Members: 12
Year: 1800; Census Place: Vinalhaven, Hancock, Maine; Series: M32; Roll: 7; Page: 3; Image: 9; Family History Library Film: 218677
- Lincoln County Registry Books -1790
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
Index to v. 1-6 A-Z 1761-1769; Index to v. 7-187 A-M 1769-1848
Family History Library
United States & Canada Film
11355
7834678
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[242/674]
Book 16 1782-1784
George Philbrook to Samuel Dunham physician Brunswick 225 [187/]
Ebenezer Fellows to Samuel Dunham physician Brunswick 226
[250/]
Book 21 1787-1788
Samuel Denham to Thomas Starret 103
- https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/334690?availability=Family%20History%20Library
Deeds 1791-1861; index 1791-1864
Authors: Hancock County (Maine). Register of Deeds
Index to grantors and grantees 1790-1824
Family History Library
United States & Canada Film
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*1798 Elisha Dunham to Mark Haskell 6 355
*1795 Joseph Dunham to Ignatius Haskell 3 61
1804 James Dunham to Ezekiel Morey et al 15 54
[283/702]
*1808 Elijah Donham to Samuel G Towne et al 24 86
[285/702]
*1809 Joseph Dunham to Asa Green 27 518
[287/702]
1811 Wm Elwell to John Dunham 30 156
[514/702]
1813 James Dunham Jr Samuel Dunham 33 479
1814 James Dunham Jr Joseph Viles 34 130
1817 James Dunham Jr et al to Melatiah Luce 37 431
1817 James Dunham Jr et al to Melatiah Luce 37 431
1821 John Dunham to Jones Shaw 41 288
1823 Isaac Dunham to Jonathan Carey 45 380
1819 Isaac Dunham to Sarah Lowney 39 221
1819 Bethia Dunham et al to Isaac Billings 39 204
1819 George Dunham et al to Isaac Billings 39 204
[515/702]
1813 Joseph Viles to James Dunham Jr 33 479
1821 Robert Morton to John Dunham 41 288
1819 Sarah Lowney to Isaac Dunham 39 220
1822 William White to Isaac Dunham 43 225
1822 Sarah Lowney to Isaac Dunham 43 321
1813 James Dunham Jr to Samuel Dunham 33 479
Deeds v. 23-24, 1807-1808
Family History Library
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Volume 24 Page 86
[353/571]
Elijah Donham Senr yeoman Deer Isle
Samuel G Town & Pearl Spofford merchants Deer Isle
$30
one proprietors right of common & undivided land in Deer Isle being the original right
1 December 1807
Elijah Donham
Wit: Richard Greenlaw, John Webster
Recd 18 March 1808
- Plymouth County Probate
Probate 1700s either in Middleborough or with a will
William Dunham Volume 16 Page 50: Plymouth 1761 estate to friend Jonathan Churchill
Joseph Dunham
Middleborough 6862
1782 Bond of administration John Shaw admin, Letter 27 102
1782 Warranty & inventory 28 493
1782 Rep of insolvency 28494
1783 Warranty & list of claims 29 36
1783 Admin account 29 37
1791 Admin acct 31 399
Ephraim Dunham [m Elizabeth Bumpus s Nathaniel Dunham m Mary Tilson or Eleazar Dunham m Bathsheba ?]
Middleborough 6841
1756 Letter of admin Elizabeth Dunham 14 41
1756 Will 14 40: wife Elizabeth, son Jonathan 10 D 1753
1756 Inventory 14 156
1778 Warranty & division of estate
Annis Dunham [Annis Smith m Ephraim Dunham d John Smith m Mary Ellingwood]
Middleborough 6830
1729 Will [No book given]
- http://network.mainegenealogy.net/forum/topics/long-island-plantation-info-needed
DNA testing shows that my Dunham line is descendant from Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth, MA. I found a Deer Isle Dunham descendant and had Y-DNA testing performed (paternal)- our Y-DNA did not match - it showed he is not of the two main Dunham lines in the U.S. (either Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth Mass or Jonathan Dunham-Singletary of Woodbridge NJ). I need to find another Dunham to confirm this result. Is your Dunham relationship associated with the Deer Isle Dunhams?
- ELISHA DUNHAM: Elisha Dunham married Hannah Leach on Jul 11, 1818 in Hancock County, Maine.
Gender: Male
Town: Penobscot
Record of this marriage can be found at the Family History Library under town records. Reference # 0011752 item 1.
ELIZA DUNHAM: Eliza Dunham married William Walker on Feb 2, 1808 in Kennebec County, Maine.
Gender: Female
Town: Pittston
Record of this marriage can be found at the Family History Library under town records. Reference # 0011733-0011734.
HANNAH DUNHAM: Hannah Dunham married Moses Owen on Mar 2, 1799 in Kennebec County, Maine.
Gender: Female
Town: Pittston
Record of this marriage can be found at the Family History Library under town records. Reference # 0011733-0011734.
MRS. KATHERINE DUNHAM: Mrs. Katherine Dunham married William Graves on Feb 26, 1817 in Sagadahoc County, Maine.
Gender: Female
Town: Bowdoin
Record of this marriage can be found at the Family History Library under town records. Reference # 0010565.
MARY DUNHAM: Mary Dunham married Henry Bodge on May 9, 1801 in Kennebec County, Maine.
Gender: Female
Town: Pittston
Record of this marriage can be found at the Family History Library under town records. Reference # 0011733-0011734.
PHEBE DUNHAM: Phebe Dunham married Andrew Fitch on Aug 26, 1796 in Kennebec County, Maine.
Gender: Female
Town: Pittston
Record of this marriage can be found at the Family History Library under town records. Reference # 0011733-0011734.
THOMAS DUNHAM: Thomas Dunham married Paulina Hodgedon on Jul 23, 1820 in Waldo County, Maine.
Gender: Male
Town: Belfast
Record of this marriage can be found at the Family History Library under town records. Reference # 0010573-0010574.
- Who is James Dunham who had a daughter on Deer Isle in 1815?
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/315429?availability=Family%20History%20Library
Vital records 1781-1940
Authors: Deer Isle (Maine). Town Clerk
Births listed in families prior to 1891, deaths 1781-1891, intentions of marriage 1793-1852, marriage records 1796-1849.
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Dunam daughter Nov 19 1815 James
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1798 Elisha Dunham to Mark Haskell 6 355
1795 Joseph Dunham to Ignatius Haskell 3 61
1804 James Dunham to Ezekiel Morey et al 15 54
Deeds v. 5-6, 1797-1799
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[476/647]
Elisha Donham yeoman Deer Isle
Mark Haskell and sons Ignatius and Solomon Haskell yeomen Deer Isle
120 pounds
100 acres on Deer Island
being my original settlement
on the west and north by the salt water
and from Jonathan Eaton's northern corner
runs south 54 degrees east by Eaton's land 103 rods to a stake
thence southerly such a course to the salt water as shall contain the 100 acres
10 December 1789
Elijah Donham
Joan Donham [Her mark]
Wit: Joseph Weed, Elijah Donham Junr
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