him first as the town's constable in 1665. Two years afterwards he was admonished by the Court "for not keeping due order in reference to his ordinary." In 1669 we find him presented to the Court "for selling beare and wyne"-the second offence of the kind. In 1673 the town was presented "for not providing a house of Intertaynment for Strangers." The Selectmen provided against a second presentment by then appointing Bedford to keep an ordinary. He kept the same in 1675. The location of Bedford's ordinary during these seven years appears to have been near the Blue Point ferry. In 1679 he removed to the mouth of the Spurwink. In July of that year, Ambrose Boaden, Jr., who then lived on the estate said to have been granted to his father by Capt. Cammock, sold his plantation to Bedford, who remained upon it until his death. It then passed into the hands of one Cauley who married Bedford's widow. Besides this estate, Bedford owned at the time of his death "a plantation and house" on Blue Point, where he long kept the ordinary, the favorite resort of such of the planters and fishermen as relished good "beare and wyne," and were not loath to tell and hear wonderful stories. They were no doubt comfortable and cheerful men who used to take their seats on the high-backed settle before Bedford's roaring fire to enjoy a winter evening. Many of them went miles to be there, but once there, few thought of the miles they had come, and fewer still remembered the miles they had to go to reach their homes.

Bedford died in 1681. There was something mysterious about his death, which it puzzled the townsmen to explain. Suspicion of his murder was by some means or other fastened upon Capt. Scottow, then the principal land owner and merchant in town; but, as will appear from the records, the suspicion was unfonnded, Scottow took an active part in the affairs of the town during the Indian troubles of 1675-6, and will

therefore be particularly noticed in our account of them; we may remark, however, as a partial explanation of the course here taken against him, that he had some bitter enemies amongst the inhabitants, and was never possessed of the confidence of all the towsnmen. The following verdict of the jury of inquest was given August 24th, 1681, a few days after Bedford's decease. "Nathan Bedford's body being vewed and his corpes being searched by ye Jurie of Inquest, and Mr. ffowlman a Chyargion, sd Jurie did not find any of these bruises about his head or body to bee mortall without drowning wch they judge to bee ye canse of his death." In September of the same year further inquiry concerning Bedford's death was ordered by the Court, and Scottow was summoned to appear with the Jury of inquest at the next Court. The next record bears the date May 30th, 1682, and entered in the margin of the book— "Scottow Cleared." "Upon further Inquisition made into the verdict of the Coroners quest relating to the death of Nathan Bedford, this Court accepts of the Jury's verdict without having suspition of any person being guilty of his death." We cannot discover upon what grounds any of those townsmen proceeded who went so far as to accuse Scottow of murder.

James Robinson of Blue Point was the "cooper" tried for the murder of Collins and acquitted in 1666. He lived near his father-in-law Richard Foxwell, whose second daughter, Lucretia, was his wife. He continued here until the war of 1675 broke out, when he removed to New Castle, N. II., where he and his wife died. They left four daughters in New Castle, three of whom were married.

The first amongst our settlers by the name of Burrage* was John, who became an inhabitant of the town as early as 1662. The earliest notice of him is the complaint of Capt. Cammock

*This name is frequently spelt Burridge, and was so written by the first townsman bearing it.

against John Winter for tresspass on the limits of Black Point Patent in 1640. The plaintiff's declaration was as follows

Capt. Thomas Cammock cometh into this Court and declareth that this defendt: Jno. Winter, since the last Court houlden here, sent some of his servants to cutt hay in the limitts of the plaintiffes Patent without his consent or knowledge, wch the plaintiffe understanding went forthwith to Spurwinke house and warned Benjamin and Jno. Burridge and others being servants to the defendant that they should give knowledge to the deft. to forbear &c."*

In 1662 this same John Burrage leased of Jocelyn a farm. of one hundred and sixty-three acres adjoining John Libby's at Black Point, the same, or part of that, afterwards occupied by Christopher Collins. William Burrage, one of the most respectable of the early townsmen, was a son of John. In 1682 he was one of the Selectmen, and in 1684 was the town's deputy to the General Assembly of Massachusetts.† His estate was one of the most valuable farms in town; it was situated on the west side of the Nonsuch River, and was part of the tract afterwards well known as the "Nonsuch Farm." The widow of John Burrage married Thomas Hannuct an old resident here, and one of the signers of the town's submission to Massachusetts in 1658. He died in 1676.

Gyles Barge, or Bardge,‡ was an early settler on Blue Point,

* York Records.

Mr. Greenleaf in his Eccles. Hist. of Maine has mistaken the record in styling Wm. Burrage "the minister of Scarborough chosen in 1684." The record he refers to reads thus-" Wm. Burridg was made choice of to goe to see for a minister, and for any other business to the President (Danforth) which consarnes the towne." (Town Rec. p. 24.)

We at first supposed this to be a corruption of Burridge, and that this townsman was one of the Burrage family; but having been unable to discover any connection between them, and finding this townsman's name invariably written Barge or Bardge by himself, and by others familiar with him, we have decided against that supposition.

where he became the owner of a large estate. Most of his lands ame into his possession by marriage with Eleanor Bailey, the widow of Jonas Bailey. In 1682 she made over to him five hundred acres at Blue Point, and fifty-five at Spurwink, which, when added to his former possessions, and his subsequent grants, made him one of the largest proprietors in town. He was chosen one of the Selectmen for 1669, and deputy to the General Court 1682. He soon afterwards removed to Dorchester Massachusetts.

At Dunstan, besides the brothers Alger, there lived a number of planters, most of whom were connected with the family of the proprietors. John Alger, the eldest son of Andrew, lived next his father. Next to him was John Palmer who settled in 1660, upon fifty acres near the Landing, which he purchased of the Algers. He was soon afterwards married to Elizabeth, daughter of Andrew Alger. In 1680 he removed to Boston, where he spent the remainder of his life.* At the Landing lived John Ashton (sometimes spelt Austin) whose first wife was also a daughter of Andrew Alger. He remained at the Landing a few years, and then went to live with Richard. Foxwell, at Blue Point, whose daughter Susanna was his second wife. After the death of this wife, Ashton removed to Great Island, thence to Marblehead, where he took as his third wife Mary Page daughter of Nicholas Edgecomb of Blue Point. At Marblehead he ended his days. A third daughter of Andrew Alger, Joanna, was married to Elias Oakman who lived west of the landing on Milliken's River. These were for many years the only persons living at Dunstan proper.

*There were two other persons of the name of John Palmer among the early residents in Maine. One of them was living at Falmouth between 1680 and 90; the other was a Commissioner in the Duke of York's Province east of the Kennebec in 1686 and a Counsellor under Gov. Andross. (Willis) These were distinct persons; at least we know that Palmer of Falmouth was not the same person with our townsman.

Besides those we have briefly noticed in this chapter, the following persons were inhabitants of the town prior to the Indian war of 1675. At Blue Point, George Barlow, Robert Nichols Sen. and Jr., John Jackson, Jacob Rabskine, John Howell, Ralph Allison, John Griffin. And at Black Point, John Hickford, Abraham Follen, Joseph Winnock, George Taylor, Richard and John Mayre, George Garland, George Knight, Christopher Riggot, John and James Mills, William Batten, Henry Willams, Selectman, and Assistant under Rigby 1652, John Budizert, Anthony Roe, James Mechimore, Henry Booking, George Gregory, Wm. Liscomb, George Bartlett, Thomas Payne, Francis Shullett, Richard Willin, Roger Dearing Sen., Thomas Cleverly, Christopher and Thomas Ellkins, Peter Hinkson, Andrew Heffer, Joseph Oliver, John Start, Robert Elliot, John Samson, John Warwick (or Waddock,) Roger Vicars, John Cocke, Christopher and John Fickett, Daniel Chissimore, John McKenny. To these may be added the more distinguished names of Scottow and Gendal. Capt. Scottow frequently visited his estate here before his settlement in the town. Walter Gendal was here in 1661 as a resident; later he lived at Falmouth, and at the time of his death was an inhabitant of North Yarmouth. We shall have occasion to notice them at length herafter. We have also the names of others, of whom all that we know is that they were living in the town in the latter part of 1676. It is possible, though not probable, that they were permanent residents here. Such are the following: Edward Fairfield, Robert Tydey, James Ogleby,

*The father probably of Roger Dearing who came to this town from Kittery at the time of the second settlement.

+ See Biographical Notices.

A Daniel Chissemore was living in Newbury 1696. (Coffin's Newbury.) In a deed to John McKenney given Jan. 12, 1673 by Robt. Jordan, mention is made of "Chissemores Hill" near the Nonsuch.