Mrs. Joanna Hinkley, died June, 1842.

Oliver Osgood Hinkley, son of James and Mary Hinkley, was born in Hallowell, August 28, 1787. Married Sarah, daughter of Isaac and Mary Pilsbury of Hallowell, who was born in London, state of New Hampshire, December 6, 1791. Their children

are :

Sarah Elizabeth, b. on Thursday, Oct. 26, 1815.

Helen Louisa, b. on Thursday, Oct. 9, 1817.
Amos, b. July 21, 1823.

Thomas Brewster Corlidge, son of Benjamin Corlidge and Mary Carter, his wife, was born in Boston, December 4, 1786. Came to this town May 18, 1809. Married Clarissa, daughter of Loammi and Mary Baldwin, of Woburn, Massachusetts, January 23, 1812. Their children are :

Benjamin, b. Nov. 11, 1812.

Thomas Brewster, b. May 3, 1815.

David Marshall, son of Benjamin and Sarah Marshall, was born in Ipswich, Mass. Married Anna Stevens Elwell. Mrs. Marshall with her two sons and daughter came to this town, June 22, 1800. Their children are :

Benjamin, b. May 6, 1777 in Ipswich, now settled in Bangor.

William, b. Jan. 1, 1780 in Ipswich.
Enoch, b. July 18, 1784, in Ipswich.
Betsey, b. July 19, 1780 in Ipswich.

Moses H. Rollins, son of Moses and Anna Rollins, was born in London, state of New Hampshire, August 3, 1777. Married Lucy, daughter of Samuel and Lydia Potter, of Pittsfield, New Hampshire, who was born August 12, 1784, and married January 1, 1806, by elder Ebenezer Knowlton of said Pittsfield. Came to this town with his family, March 9, 1807. Their children

are:

Holman Potter, b. Apr. 14, 1809.

Ariel Mann, b. Apr. 26, 1814.

William Rollins, son of Moses Rollins, was born July 5, 1779. Came to this town, 1801. Married Betsey, daughter of Andrew

and Hannah Goodwin of this town, October 12, 1806. William Rollins died August 19, 1840. Their children are :

Sally Ann, b. Aug. 29, 1807.

Eliza Ann, b. Oct. 12, 1809.
Elzada, b. Aug. 18, 1811.

Hannah Stackpole, b. Aug. 3, 1814.

Alphonzo, b. Nov. 13, 1816.

Lucy Ann, b. Aug. 19, 1819.

Andrew Jordan, b. Mar. 6, 1822.

William Henry, b. Dec. 31, 1826; d. Nov. 8, 1827.

Sewall Winslow, son of Jonathan and Abigail Winslow, was born in Epping, state of New Hampshire, October 17, 1774. Married Betsey, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah Whiting of Winthrop, who was born June 9, 1781. Came with his family to this country 1810. Their children are: —

Jonathan Whiting, b. Apr. 17, 1803.

Hannah, b. May 24, 1805.

Abigail Clifford, b. May 13, 1807.

Sewell Sanford, b. Mar. 3, 1809.

Sarah Whittier, b. Apr. 9, 1812, in Hallowell.

Charles Henry, b. Nov. 10, 1813.

George Albert, b. Sept. 8, 1815.

Fraziette Elizabeth b. Jan. 28, 1818.

Betsey Flaville, b. Sept. 21, 1821.

Pelatiah Morrill, son of Peasley and Peace Morrill, was born in Berwick, District of Maine, July 18, 1787. Came to this town Oct., 1810. Married Rhoda, daughter of Ebenezer and Sarah Mayo of Hallowell, January 1, 1815. Their children are: -

Caroline, b. Nov. 6, 1815.

Emeline, b. Sept. 21, 1817.
Eliza, b. Dec. 11, 1819.

Pelatiah Warren, b. Apr. 2, 1823.

George Mayo, b. Jan. 2, 1828, d. Dec. 29, 1830.

Rhoda Helen, b. Aug. 30, 1830, d. Aug. 13, 1871.

Ebenezer Norton, son of Ebenezer Norton, was born in Martha's Vineyard, January 9, 1777. Married Clarrissa, daughter of Elijah Butler of Farmington. Their children are:

Presented to the Maine Historical Society, with an Introduction by Joseph Williamson, December 10, 1881. [CONTINUED.]

REV. JOHN URQUHART.

REV. JOHN URQUHART, a Scotch Presbyterian, established at Warren in 1775, was the first settled minister in that place. He was educated at one of the colleges in his native country, licensed to preach by the Allon Presbytery in North Britain, and emigrated to this state in the spring of 1774. Warren was at that time called the "upper town" because it was a settlement begun in 1736, on the westerly bank of St. George's River, a short distance above that called the "lower town" on the other side of the river. In the former was a meeting-house, at the

1 Urquhart is quite a rare name, pronounced Urcutt; perhaps in England Orcutt, at the southward Usqushart.

lower part of the town, and in the latter a fort,1 which were not far apart. Mr. Urquhart was first at New Castle, and on his arrival at the plantation, which was principally settled by Scotch and Irish Presbyterians, was employed to preach, and a twelve-month afterward, settled. He was the next preacher in the plantation after Mr. Rutherford, and probably gathered a church, though no record of its establishment is now extant. Warren was incorporated November 7, 1776, and Mr. Urquhart was accredited the minister of the town for eight years, yet he preached occasionally in Thomaston,2 Cushing, and Stirlington settlement.

But though he was a man of considerable abilities, his piety was questionable, and his character suspicious; it was said he had married a second wife while the first one was living. At length, therefore, the Salem Presbytery, in September, 1783, on hearing the charges against him, removed him, also the town settled with him for his services, and wished him to leave them. Still he tarried, until a committee by letter desired the Presbytery to effect his departure. His next remove was in the autumn of 1784 to the town of Ellsworth, situated at the head of navigation on each side of Union River. The next spring we find him preaching at Topsham, where a committee from Ellsworth gave him a call and requested the Salem Presbytery to install him. Though a listening ear to the application could hardly be expected, yet such was the apparent humility of the candidate that on

1 Incorrect; both were in the upper town.

2 In 1768 the first minister settled in this vicinity was John Urquhart. He preached to the inhabitants of Thomaston seven years. Hon. Mr. Pierce's MS. letter.

the seventh of September, the same year, 1775, that body gave him installation. But Mr. Urquhart in no lengthened period found himself losing the favor, the confidence, and even the charity of his people. His preaching was powerless, and there were evident blemishes on his character. What could not be proved by witnesses could be effected by jealousy and prejudice; and early in the year 1790 he was dismissed, and perhaps ought to have been silenced. For how appears the mere worldling "in handling the word of life?" Alas! the unyielding evil such a minister entails upon a young community.

REV. THOMAS MOORE.

REV. THOMAS MOORE, Harvard College, 1769, was ordained June, 1773, the first settled minister of Wiscasset. His wife was Anna Kingsbury, of that place, the sister of Judge Thomas Rice's wife. This was the southerly, or first Parish in the old and extensive town of Pownalborough. A settlement at Wiscasset Point was effected in 1662-63, but all the inhabitants were driven off by the Indians early in the second Indian war, which commenced in 1688, and this part of the state lay waste upwards of forty years. The plantation was resettled about 1730, and the only preaching the people enjoyed for many years was that of missionaries. Mr. Moore was not a very powerful or popular preacher: he was an Arminian, in favor of the half way covenant, and after a ministry of eighteen years his pastoral relationship was dissolved. This was in the year 1791, and he never resettled in the