Photograph of Ellen Bloodgood Hunt (1857-1939), "Nellie", of Robbinston, Maine; by a Norfolk, Virginia, Studio

Photograph of a young woman identified on the reverse as Nellie Hunt of Robbinston, Maine; taken by the studio of Morgan & Myers of Norfolk, Virginia.

Reprinted, with permission, from the Heirlooms Reunited blog.

From brief online research,. hopefully correct - corrections and additions requested:

Ellen Bloodgood Hunt (1857-1939), "Nellie", was born in Virginia to merchant and ship builder  Hiram Hunt (1809-1891) and Sarah (Bonsal) Hunt (1826-1900), who were natives of Massachusetts and Virginia, respectively.

A collection of Hiram Hunt papers is held at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath, Maine.

On July 23, 1887 Nellie and Samuel Hinkley Nickerson (1857-1895) of Calais, Maine, indicated their Intention to Marry and married on July 27, 1887. They lived in Calais, Maine, and had at least two children, before Samuel's untimely death. Nellie continued to live in Calais.

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1846 Sampler Wrought by Sarah Ann Cheeney (1835-1895), then of Eastport, Maine

 Tilly Laskey, curator at Maine Historical Society, has sent along a link to the sales offering of a wonderful family record sampler wrought in 1846 by Sarah Ann Cheeney (1835-1895), then in Eastport, Maine.

https://www.antiquesamplers.com/samplers/cheeney,-sarah-a.htm

Sarah was born in Pembroke, Maine, on April 27, 1835 to George Cheeney and his wife Mary A., natives of Derry, New Hampshire, and Salem, Massachusetts, respectively.  George and Mary had married in Dennysville, Maine, on July 28, 1834.

Children listed on the sampler:

• Sarah Ann Cheeney, born in Pembroke, Maine, on April 27, 1835 [Sarah's gravestone gives her year of birth as 1836 but that does not reconcile with the birth of her next younger sibling]
• Emma Sophia Cheeney, born in Pembroke, Maine, on November 14, 1836
• George Alvin Cheeney, born in Robbinston, Maine, on January 12, 1839
• James William Cheeney, born in Eastport, Maine, on April 12, 1843
• Lemuel G. Cheeney, born in Eastport, Maine, on May 12, 1849

Sarah Ann Cheeney married George Kilborn, Jr., in 1858 in Boston, Massachusetts. She and George are buried in the Forest Dale Cemetery in Malden, Massachusetts.

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1831 Document from Ecclesiastical Council at Robbinston, Maine, to Dismiss Revd. Calvin White; addressed to Gen. John Balkam, Postmaster and Deacon

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1831 report from an ecclesiastical council held at Robbinston, Maine, to determine whether or not to dismiss Rev. Calvin White from his church there. 

The document was addressed to Reg. John Balkam, Postmaster, Robbinston, Maine.

Mentions:

• General John Balkam (1770-1832), Postmaster at Robbinston, Maine - short biography in The Bangor Historical Magazine, Volume 3, No. 10, April 1888

• Rev. Calvin White (1799-1884) at Robbinston, Maine, a native of Massachusetts and graduate of Monmouth Academy and Bangor [perhaps meaning Bangor Theological Seminary]. After his dismissal from Robbinston, Rev. White pastored in several Maine towns until he went to Massachusetts churches from 1841 to 1847, whereupon he returned to several positions in Maine; until again moving to Massachusetts in 1857, to a farm in Amherst. He married 1) Miss Mary Nye Dickson of East Machias in 1841; upon her death he married 2) Ellen Maria Nickerson of Boston, Massachusetts

• Rev. Wakefield Gale (1797-1881) of Eastport, Maine [who would himself part ways with his church in Eastport in 1835].  See other posts that feature 1828 and 1835 letters from or to Rev. Gale.

• Rev. Robert Crossett of Dennysville, Maine - Rev. Robert Crossette (1799-1872) - held the post in Dennysville for 12 years, until leaving in 1842

• Benjamin R. Jones, Delegate, of Dennysville, Maine - Benjamin Richards Jones (1776-1858)

• Rev. Aaron B. Church of Calais, Maine - Rev. Aaron Billings Church (1797-1857), graduate of Andover Theological Seminary; after his Calais post, Rev. Church pastored in Princeton, Illinois; he was the twin brother of Rev. Moses Billings Church (1797-1871).

• George Downes, Delegate and Scribe, of Calais, Maine - presumably George Downes (1794-1869)

Transcription - please leave a comment if you have corrections and/or can fill in the blanks

at Robbinston on the twenty sixth day of July 1831

At a council held in pursuance of Letters ___ from the Congregational Church of Robbinston to advise with regard to dissolving the Pastoral connection between the Revd. Calvin White with said Church & People.

Present as Members from the Church at Eastport Rev. Wakefield Gale; from Church in Dennysville Rev. Robert Crossett;  Pastor & Benjamin R. Jones, Delegate; from Church in Calais, Rev. Aaron B. Church, Pastor & George Downes delegate.

The council were called to order by Rev. W Gale. The Revd. Aaron B. Church was chosen Moderator & George Downes Scribe.

Prayers were offered by Revd. Gale. On Motion Rev. Robert Crossett it was voted that the meetings of this Council be private.

Voted to adjourn to 2 o'clock this afternoon.

The Council met. The communications of Revd. Calvin White to the Church asking a____ & also the Record of the Doings of the Church thereon & also the original call to Revd. Calvin White were read & after having fully heard the Parties & the evidence adduced by them 

It was voted unanimously that it is expedient to recommend a dissolution of the Pastoral connection between the Revd. Calvin White & his Church of People.

Voted that Revd. Aaron B. Church, Revd. W. Gale & George Downes be a committee to make report of the doings of this council to the Parties thereto.

The above named Committee made the following Report.

Whereas for various reasons the Revd. Calvin White has deemed it his duty to request his Church & People to unite with him in calling a mutual Council  to advise & assess in dissolving the Pastoral connection with them & whereas they voted unanimously to comply with his request. Therefore an ecclesiastical council has convened at Robbinston on the 26 July 1831 & in view of the considerations & facts which have been presented by the Pastor & by the Church of people, The Council are of unanimous opinion 

That it is expedient that the connection between Revd. Calvin White & the people of his charge cease at the expiration of the present year of his Ministerial Labors. And it is the desire & Prayer of this Council that the blessing of Almighty God may rest abundantly upon both the Parties concerned in this decision.

Which Report being read was unanimously accepted.

Voted to adjourn to the house of ___ [Joseph perhaps] Briggs in Robbinston at 8 o'clock P.M. of this day.

Council Met according to adjournment & made report of their doings to the Parties concerned

They being present.

Voted to adjourn Sine Die

Signed Aaron B. Church, Moderator

George Downes, Scribe

A true copy of the Record of the above named Council

Attest George Downes, Scribe

If you have information to share on any of the men mentioned here, please leave a comment for the benefit of other researchers.

1893 Booklet "Souvenir of Quoddy"; scenes around Passamaquoddy Bay in Maine and New Brunswick

Reprinted, with permission, from the Heirlooms Reunited blog.

"Souvenir of Quoddy", a booklet of scenes from around Passamaquoddy Bay in Maine and New Brunswick, published in 1893 by Charles E. Brown at the Loring Studio in Eastport, Maine. The booklet was printed in Boston, Massachusetts, by John Andrew & Son.

The Loring studio was founded by Davis Franklin Loring (1819-1891), father-in-law of Charles E. Brown.

The photographs depict scenes from:

• Eastport, Maine
• Lubec, Maine
• Robbinston, Maine
• Pembroke, Maine
• Perry, Maine
• St. George, New Brunswick
• Islands in Passamaquoddy Bay
• Eastport, Maine, on Moose Island
• Cherry Island, New Brunswick
• Campobello Island, New Brunswick
• Allan's Island (now Treat Island), Maine
• Grand Manan, New Brunswick   

Images of all of the pages appear at the end of this post.

Scenes include:

• a page with two photographs of the Eastport, Maine, waterfront, taken from the Bay
• a page with three photographs Eastport, Maine: the Toll Bridge, Goudy's Point and Carrying Place
• a page with four photographs of Eastport, Maine: Frontier National Bank, the Savings Bank; Boynton High School and the Custom House
• a page with ten photographs, entitled "Eastport of Former Days"
• a page with three photographs: of fishing boats; Estes Head in Eastport, Maine; Cherry Island, New Brunswick
• a page with a photograph of Pulpit Rock in Robbinston, Maine
• a page with a photograph of "Old Friar" on Campobello Island, New Brunswick
• a page with 4 photographs of Campobello Island, New Brunswick: Head Harbor; Herring Cove; Lake Glensevern; Meadow Brook
• a page with 5 photographs of Campobello Island, New Brunswick, including Friar's Bay, Harbor DeLute, Echo Lake
• a page with two photographs of the Lubec, Maine, waterfront, taken from the Bay or from Campobello Island, New Brunswick
• a page with 3 photographs of Lubec, Maine: the Landing; Looking South; Hotel Ne-Mat-Ta-No
• a page with a photograph of Sail Rock, just off West Quoddy in Lubec, Maine; easternmost point in the lower 48
• a page with a photograph of West Quoddy Light in Lubec, Maine; from the rocky shore with the lighthouse in the distance
• a page with a photograph taken on Allan's Island looking south toward Lubec, Maine, and Grand Manan, New Brunswick - now Treat Island in Eastport, Main. The photographs shows numerous buildings no longer there
• a page with two photographs, of Pembroke, Maine, and of Perry, Maine
• a page with a photograph of the Indian Village at Pleasant Point in Perry, Maine
• a page with a photograph of Dark Harbor, Grand Manan, New Brunswick
• a page with a photograph of Southern Head Light, Grand Manan, New Brunswick
• a page with three photographs of St. George, New Brunswick: the Landing, the Village and the Falls
• a page with five photographs of Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick: Swallow Tail Light; Southern Head; Flagg's Cove; Dark Harbor Bar; Southern Cross

 

1890s Autograph Album of Edna E. Davis of Robbinston, Maine

1880s autograph album of Edna E. Davis of Robbinston, Maine, in the South Robbinston section.

Reprinted, with permission, from the Heirlooms Reunited blog.

The album is approximately 5-1/4" by 3-1/4" and contains 31 pages inscribed by Edna, her relatives and friends.  An alphabetical list of the inscribers in the album appears at the end of this post.

From online research, hopefully correct: [corrections welcome]

Edna E. Davis was born about August 1886 at Robbinston, Maine, the daughter of Maurice H. and Annie E. (Stanhope) Davis, who were born at Perry, Maine, and Robbinston, Maine, respectively.

See Annie E. Stanhope's name on an 1872 teacher's register of Robbinston, Maine.

On 29 June 1910 at Robbinston, Maine, Edna married John C. Merrill, son of Henry A. and Clara (Simons) Merrill.  He was born about May 1882 at Starks, Maine.

Edna and John were living at East Machias, Maine, at the time of the 1920 and 1930 Censuses.

Edna's father Maurice H. Davis inscribed a page in her album in 1891.

Edna's cousin Jessie M. Stanhope of Calais, Maine, inscribed a page.

Edna's cousin Harry Caler of South Robbinston, Maine, inscribed a page.

Edna's cousin Bertha Caler of North Perry, Maine, inscribed a page in 1892.

Edna's aunt, Mrs. Mattie J. Stanhope of Red Beach, Maine, inscribed a page in 1898.

Members of the Gerry family of South Robbinston, Maine, inscribed a page in 1892: Katie Gerry; Edith J. Gerry; Louise C. Gerry; Christine Gerry.

If you have corrections to the information above or additional information on the Davis and Stanhope families or on any of the people listed in the list of signers below, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

Alphabetical list of inscribers [in order by surname but not necessarily by given name within a particular surname]

• May ?; friend
• May ?; 1892
• George ?
• Stella B. Brocher of South Robbinston, Maine, 1894; friend
• Harry Caler of South Robbinston, Maine; Edna's cousin
• Bertha Caler of North Perry, Maine, 1892; Edna's cousin
• Charles Carson of South Robbinston, Maine, 1895; schoolmate
• Effie Carson of South Robbinston, Maine, 1892
• Edna E. Davis of South Robbinston, Maine; album owner
• Maurice H. Davis of South Robbinston, Maine, 1891; Edna's father
• Eva M. Davis of South Robbinston, Maine, 1892
• Alice S. Davis of South Robbinston, Maine, 1892
• Harry T. DeWolfe of South Robbinston, Maine, or inscribed there in 1890
• Montage inscribed by members of the Gerry family of South Robbinston, Maine in 1892: Katie Gerry; Edith J. Gerry; Louise C. Gerry; Christine Gerry
• Arthur H. Hanson of South Robbinston, Maine, 1895; schoolmate
• Mary I. Hanson, 1894; friend
• Lindsay H. Heath of Princeton, Maine
• Delora G. Hersey of South Robbinston, Maine, 1892; friend
• Maude Hersey, 1892; schoolmate
• Lucy Hicks of Robbinston, Maine; friend
• Etta M. Hicks of Robbinston, Maine, 1892; friend
• Alice J. Loring of Perry, Maine; inscribed at Robbinston, Maine in 1892; friend
• Annie McGraw, 1895; friend and schoolmate
• ? J. Miller of Brooklyn, New York; inscribed at South Robbinston, Maine in 1901; first name could be Berisha or Bertha
• Rena Small of South Robbinston, Maine, 1894; schoolmate
• Jessie M. Stanhope of Calais, Maine; cousin
• Annie M. Stanhope of Calais, Maine
• Mrs. Mattie J. Stanhope of Red Beach, Maine, 1898; Edna's aunt
• Mabel E. Taylor of Maple Point, South Robbinston, Maine, 1892; friend
• Rosie A. Trimble of South Robbinston, Maine, 1892; schoolmate
• Gertie Trimble, 1892; schoolmate

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Robbinston, Maine - 1872 School Register for District #5 - Summer Term

 Reprinted, with permission, from the Heirlooms Reunited blog.

1872 Summer Term School Register for School District #5 in Robbinston, Maine, with Rose E. Knapp, Teacher, and Davis C. Diffin, School Agent

Students, Shown in Alphabetical Order:

Hannah Apt, age 7

John Apt, age 16

Josiah Apt, age 10

Herbert Brooks, age 10

John Crompton, age 13

Albert Diffin, age 14

Emily Diffin, age 5

Eva A. Diffin, age 7

George Diffin, age 10; middle initial ?

James C. Diffin, age 14

Jennie Diffin, age 7

Lyona F. Diffin, age 10

Mathers Diffin, age 14

Robert J. Diffin, age 16

Wesley A. Diffin, age 5

Annie Fader, age 13

Charles W. Ferson, age 10

Dora Ferson, age 5

Levi R. Ferson, age 12

Lottie Ferson, age 8

Maggie K. Gates, age 22

Elthere Goldin, age 16

Isaac Goldin, age 14

Charles Green, age 8

Hiram Hunt, age 12

Stephen Hunt, age 9

Elmer McDonald, age 8

Lottie McDonald, age 5

Robert McDonald, age 7

Mark McLaughlin, age 10

Amy E. Sherman, age 5

Annie E. Stanhope, age 16

Andrew J. Stanhope, age 7

Loring Stanhope, age 7

Florence Stanhope, age 6

Uriah Stanhope, age 14

Willie S. Vose, age 11

Myra Vose, age 13

Hiram Waterman, age 13

The sheet goes on to show:

• how many times they were tardy
• how many times they were dismissed
• how many days these attended

and, most of all,

• their average rank in deportment and study

I believe Rose E. Knapp was not a local but was Rose Emma Knapp (1847-1920) from East Livermore, Maine, who, presumably, took a position at Robbinston in 1872. In 1875, this Rose married Nahum Burton Pinkham, an Anson, Maine, native, who became a lawyer in Fargo, North Dakota. They're buried in Riverside Cemetery at Fargo, North Dakota.

Davis C. Diffin (1822-1908), was a native of New Brunswick who moved to Robbinston, Maine. He was the father of at least two of the students in the Summer Term of 1872.

 If you have information to share on any of the students, their teacher Rose E. Knapp or School Agent Davis C. Diffin, please leave a comment or contact me directly.