Towns
Bordering Vienna
Annexations
of Land to & from Vienna
Bibliography
1790
U.S. Census, Vienna, Maine
Information
On Early Settlers
Vienna borders neighboring
towns as follows:
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EARLY SETTLERS BELOW |
| 1. THOMPSON, John | 1-0-0-0-0 |
| 2. WITHERN, Arnold | 1-0-0-0-0
Weathern |
| 3. LADD, Josiah | 1-0-3-0-0 |
| 4. LAMBART, Abraham | 0-0-0-1-0 |
| 5. HOWLAND, Elijah | 1-2-3-0-0 |
| 6. GORDON, David | 1-0-0-0-0 |
| 7. MATTOCK, Richard | 1-0-0-0-0 |
| 8. ALLEN, William | 1-1-1-0-0 |
| 9. WHITEHER, Moses | 1-0-0-0-0
Whittier |
| 10. WHITEHER, Clerk | 1-0-0-0-0
Whittier |
| 11. GORDON, Jonathan | 1-0-0-0-0 |
ALLEN, John...................b.1759
Served in Capt. Blunt's Co., Revoltionary War. Enlisted in Edgecomb. Residing
in Washington (Mt. Vernon) in 1788, and is among the first settlers in
Vienna. On the original Vienna plan surveyed by Jedediah Prescott in 1802,
the name Allen appears on Lot #84 west of Mill Stream in the area of Vienna
Village, and at the head of Flying Pond. Mr. Philbrick's name appears on
the same lot, east of Mill Stream.
d.Vienna 1845. m. Polly____
ch(incomplete list)
1. Benjamin F. m.Sarah Neal
They had a son, Elbridge
who was b.1854 New Sharon. He came to Vienna in 1864, where in
1875 he began a carriage and sleigh
shop. Later, he built caskets and engaged in undertaking.
ALLEN, William...............
BRADLEY, John
BRADLEY, Jonathan
BRADLEY, Josiah
BRAGDON, Jeremiah......b.___d.11-1812
Chesterville.
m Winthrop 3-12-1789 Hannah Judkins d/o Samuel
Judkins, Sr. (see below) she d.1806.
Jeremiah settled on lot#5 abutting the Judkins
lot. When he & Hannah's marriage intentions were filed in Hallowell
on 2-14-1789 they were both listed as from Wyman's Plantation.
BROWN, Caleb
BROWN, Jesse
BUNKER, Elijah
CARR, John
CHAPMAN, James
CHAPMAN, Joseph
COCHRAN, James
COCHRAN, Nathaniel
COFREN, James
COFREN, Robert
DOWST, Ozem
GILBRAITH, Patrick
GORDON, Jonathan
GRAVES, Jacob
HOWLAND, Joshua
JOHNSON, Elihu
JOHNSON, Elijah
JOHNSON, Elisha
JUDKINS, Samuel, Sr........b.17__prob.Exeter,
NH s/o Joel & Rebecca ___Judkins of Exeter & Brentwood, NH. d.10-25-1804
Chesterville, ME m.Hannah____
Samuel was one of the original lot owners in
Unity, NH, and served in several town offices there through the early 1780's.
He probably came to Chesterville about 1786-87, and was the second settler
to arrive in the southern part of town called Wyman Plantation, and settled
on Lot#4.
Mr. Samuel Judkins log cabin was a stopping place for settlers traveling
the Sandy River Trail from Hallowell to Farmington. William Allen made
mention of this in his diary (History of Industry, pg75) On September 12,
1792 the Allen family set sail from Martha's Vineyard to Hallowell. After
a long & often perilous journey they arrived at Mr. Judkins camp on
September 27th. William Allen's diary tells us this about the home of Samuel
Judkins: " ...We arrived at Robert Blake's (Mt. Vernon) to a late dinner.
Stopped an hour or more to rest. Father and mother rode on ahead to make
some provision for us at the stopping place at Wyman's Plantation, six
miles distant..." Young William went on later with the rest of his family
and joined his parents at Mr. Judkin's cabin before dark. "Mr. Judkins
was not provided with enough bread or accomadations for so great a number,
there being ten of us. The house had two rooms, with a stone chimney, and
oven between rooms. The family lived in one room, and the other in which
the oven was, was packed with unthreashed wheat. The old man told his boys
to move back the wheat and blast the oven, as he had no bread for
travelers . The oven was blasted, and by ten o'clock bread was baked sufficient
for our supper and breakfast. The men found lodging on the way in the hovel.
Father and mother spread their bed on the floor, some found room in the
attic and all fared as well as they could..."
10 children of Samuel Judkins, Sr.:
1. Samuel, Jr. b.c1758 Brentwood, NH d.4-19-1838
Wilton, ME. m.Fayette 9-1794 Elizabeth Knowles. An early settler in Wayne,
ME.
2. Hannah b.___d.1806 Chesterville m.Jeremiah
Bragdon (see above)
3. Joel b.2-25-1762 d___m.Anna Chesley b.Industry
7-26-1784 Industry
4. Jesse b.___Residing in Chesterville in 1804
when ordered by Kennebec County Supreme Judicial Court to appear at the
5-1805 session to answer a charge for stealing the goods of Moses Joy.
His brother Benjamin was brought up against the same charges. A Jesse Judkins
appears on 1790 census in Wayne as 1-0-2-0-0
5. Zachariah b.c.1769 NH d.8-25-1851 Piscataquis
County m.Mary Cowen b.3-28-1769 Hallowell d/o Ephraim & Susannah (Kilbourne)
Cowen d.3-12-1867 Westport, MN
6. David b.c.1770 NH d.9-18-1846 Vandeburg Co.,
IN m.Lydia Glidden b.NH d/o Jeremiah & Mehitable Glidden
7. Joseph b.c.1775 NH d.6-13-1836 Chesterville
m.int.Fayette 1801 Betsey Palmer b.c1772 NH d.1864 Chesterville
8. Benjamin b.7-6-1780 Unity, NH d.prob. bef.1840
m.1805 Chesterville Betsey Gordon
9. Jonathan b.b.6-4-1783 Unity, NH m.1804 Anna
Gay b.1785 d/o Peter & Mary Gay. ? moved to Canada
10. Son
MATTHEWS, Daniel
MOOERS, John
MOOERS, Nathaniel
MOORE, Joshua
MORRELL, Daniel
MORRELL, Joseph
MOWERS, Samuel Capt.
OSGOOD, Capt.
PORTER, Benjamin
PORTER, John
PRESCOTT, Jedediah
PRESCOTT, Noah
SANBORN, Moses
SEVEY, Ira
SIMPSON,
STORER, Jacob
THOMPSON, John...............b.6-26-1765
s/o Hugh Thompson who emigrated with his parents from Londonderry, Ireland
to Derry, N.H. ae. 8yrs. Hugh had a large family, and eventually settled
in Mt. Vernon, ME. He probably went on to settle in Industry later, with
his sons John & James.
John d.5-17-1836 Industry
m1.Susan Perham
m2.Betsey Winslow b.Gardinerstown 6-20-1770 d/o
James & Ann (Huston) Winslow
John came from Londonderry, NH in 1787,
made a clearing and built a cabin near what is now Mason's Corner. According
to Bradley's History of Vienna 1782-1952, Thompson came with his
wife, but as we can see by the census she did not join him until later.
She spent a great deal of time alone since during this period and for several
years after there were no roads to her home, but only trails by spotted
trees. Mrs. Thompson was the one who named her new hometown Goshen, by
which it was known for several years.Bradley goes on to say that Mrs. Thompson
was the first white woman to live in this section of town. Her husband
& Mr. Withern apparantly worked at what is now Farmington Falls, which
is 5 miles distant. In 1794, while living in Vienna, he made a public profession
of his religion, and forever after led a consistent Christian life. He
moved on to Industry in 1795.
6 children:
1. James b.Mt Vernon 6-21-1791 m.Susan Patterson
2. William b.Mt. Vernon 2-8-1793 m.Catherine Cameron in Province of
New Brunswick, Canada
3. Robert b.Industry 7-7-1795 m. Alice Goodridge
4. Susan b.Industry 1-9-1798 m. Samuel Patterson
5. Asa Heath b.Industry 6-17-1803 Taught at Kents Hill School at Readfield
6. Wesley b.Industry 10-27-1805 m.Betsey Furgurson of Durham, ME. d.Durham
7-20-1825
WELLS, Gideon.....................b.10-26-1772
Kingston, NH s/o John and Sarah Philbrick.
d. 10-12-1816 Clinton, ME m.Sara Mills
b.5-22-1772 Portsmouth, NH d.3-28-1837 bur. Nobel Ferry Cem. Clinton, ME.
Gideon migrated from NH in 1794 when he was 22
yrs old. On May 21, 1807 he acquired a quit claim deed on a lot in Vienna
from his father's brother, James. Gideon's great-grandfather was John (1681-1740)
Prescott, making Gideon a distant cousin to Jedediah Prescott. Gideon's
uncles, Joshua and James Wells were also early settlers in Mt. Vernon &
Vienna. Gideon bought a tavern from John Burrell, Jr. in 1810 in Clinton,
Kennebec County, ME. He also conducted a large cattle trading business.
10 children of Gideon & Sara Mills Wells:
1. Daniel m. Parthenia Durrell
2. Gideon m. Sarah Webb
3. Lucinda m. John Flood, Jr.
4. Polly m.___Brown
5. Ruth m. Jacob Nutting
6.Saphronia m.___Brinker
7. Sarah m. Israel Richardson
8. John m. Lois Wells (cousin)
9. Richard m. Louisa Cain......Dick
Wells, Direct Descendant
10. Lucretia m. Perley Miller
WETHERN, Arnold...............b.c1725
prob. Newbury, Mass. the s/o French immigrant parents.
d.___Farmington at home of son Benjamin
m.Ednor Plummer
It is unknown when Arnold moved to Nobleboro, but we do know his son
was born there in 1759. He came to Vienna in 1786 where he made a clearing
and built a log cabin in the northwest section of the Vienna land tract.
He was Vienna's first town treasurer.
ch of Arnold who had a family of several sons & daughters.
Only 2 sons are known to me at this time
1. Benjamin b.8-3-1759 d.3-12-1834
m.in Nobleboro Susannah Blackstone b.4-18-1760 Nobleboro. d.6-19-1837
1ch Benjamin, Jr. b.9-4-1791
Benjamin, Sr. was a Revolutionary War Veteran. Early settler in Farmington
where in 1783 he came and began improvements on Lot#7, west side, where
he lived and died. His farm remained in the family for many generations.
2. Micah b.10-2-1761 Nobleboro d.12-2-1856 New Portland
m1.int.1787 Sarah Reed Nobleboro 1ch Amos
m2.Farmington 8-28-1798 Hannah d/o Elvaton Parker she d.12-30-1872
ae.97 yrs.
7 ch All born in Farmington but settled elsewhere. Micah was also a
Revolutionary War Veteran. He was a carpenter who helped build many of
the early settler's dwellings in Farmington. He later moved on to Strong,
and died in New Portland.
WHITE, Timothy
WHITTIER, Abel
WHITTIER, Jedediah
WHITTIER, Levi
WHITTIER, Nathaniel
WOODS, Jacob
WYMAN, Abraham.......b.4-2-1728
Woburn, Mass. s/o Thomas & Dorcas (Baldwin) Wyman; gs/o Thomas &
Mary (Richardson) ggs/o Thomas Wyman, an early settler of Woburn, Mass.
d.c1803 Chesterville (Wyman Plantation)
m. c.1754 Dorothy Call of Dresden
10 children (According to Stackpole's History
of Winthrop):
1. David b.1754 m.8-24-1778 Ruth Wing d/o Samuel
& Hannah (Sears) Wing. 1st 2 ch b.Winthrop
2. Hannah b.4-24-1769
3. James b.1-16-1773
4. Dorothy b.1-3-1776
5. Abraham b.3-9-1768 no ch.
6. Thomas b. 8-9-1770 m.Susanna Smith of Livermore.
A Baptist minister.
7. William b.4-11-1774 A mariner. no ch.
8. Luther b.7-7-1778 d. young
9. Luther b.9-9-1780
10. Betty b.2-25-1795
Lieut. Abraham Wyman came to the Province of
Maine before 1756, and settled in Pownalborough (part that later became
Dresden) where he married. He was an assistant to Capt. John North in surveying
land and laying out lots on the western side of the Kennebec. He was also,
employed as a teamster in building of Fort Halifax in 1756. On October
12, 1768 Lot#12, located on the northwestern shore of Cobbossee Lake in
Winthrop, was granted to Abram Wyman. He was chosen as highway surveyor
in 1771. In 1781 he, Dummer Sewall and Samuel Linscott bought the tract
of land that later became part of Chesterville. He moved his family
there about that same time. The Wyman name appears on Lots# 6 & 10
in the southwestern part of Vienna on the 1802 map. Between 1802 - 1814
this part of Vienna was annexed to Chesterville and Fayette.
In April of 1788 Abram Wyman wrote a petition
as follows:
"To the committee for the sale of lands on the
Eastern Departmant commonwealth of Massachusetts. The petition of Abram
Wyman of a place called Wyman's Plantation in the county of Lincoln. In
behalf of himself and four sons viz. Abraham, Thomas, William and Luther,
humbly shewth that whereas your petitioner in 1781 laid out a tract of
land east of the Little Norridgewock Pond. In 1782 moved with his family
containing a wife, four sons and two daughters, and has been at great expense
in clearing roads, building bridges and getting it accepted by the court.
It being 11 miles from any inhabitant at that time, and 18 or 20 miles
from a mill for some years your petitioner has undergone many hardships
occasioned by being the first settled in that part, and he humbly requests
your Honors to recommend to the Legislature of the Commonwealth for a grant
of land equal to his merit, sufficient for farms for himself and four sons
- he has lived for forty years west of the Kennebec, has been burned out
two times by savage Indians."
This petition was signed by Mr. Wyman on April
12, 1788 and verified by signatures of several other settlers.
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