Thomas Herrick -- "drowned near the bar of Chebacco River, Oct. 1, 1784, age 50 years"
Reference Gloucester town records.
Mary Eaton Haskell is possibly the daughter of William Haskell 1761-1843 and Rebecca (Witt) Haskell ?-1838.
Intentions to marry for Francis Haskell and "Mrs." Anna Low were published for 18 February 1785 in the Vital Records of Gloucester and Newburyport. Francis is reported to be of Deer Island and Anna Low of Gloucester. The Gloucester Vital Records also says "No marriage".
The following biographical notes are from "Ancestral History of the Pioneers of Deer Isle and their Descendants" by Benjamin Lake Noyes, 1899.
Abijah Wheeler Haskell was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, March 19, 1754, and was named for his maternal grandfather, Abijah Wheeler. He was a pioneer to Deer Isle, with his father, from Essex county, Mass., about the year 1770 and settled on the lot of land now principally owned by Mrs. Mary J. Haskell, extending from the Dudley Thompson homestead, across the Scotts Landing road, to the shore. The remainder of his estate is mainly in the possession of and occupied by his descendants. Abijah followed farming all his days and was a good, moral man, always well spoken of. He and his wife died at Deer Isle and are interred in the Old Settlers Cemetery. He married Sarah (Sally) Cole, daughter of Benjamin Cole, Sr., who came to Deer Isle as a pioneer between the years 1767 and 1770, and whose son Benjamin, Jr., was for many years sexton of the first parish of Deer Isle.
Benjamin Haskell was unmarried.
The following biographical notes are from "Ancestral History of the Pioneers of Deer Isle and their Descendants" by Benjamin Lake Noyes, 1899.
Jonathan Haskell was born in Gloucester, Mass., in 1761, and when a boy, emigrated to Deer Isle with his fathers family in 1770 from Newburyport, Mass. He was reared at Deer Isle and during his early life followed the sea as an enterprising master-mariner, through which avocation he accumulated considerable property in addition to what his father had left him at his decease. A peculiar incident which gave rise to his being given a particular appellation by which he should be distinguished from his son Jonathan, Jr, and nephew, Jonathan, 2nd, is perhaps worthy of relating. It seems these three Jonathans had occasion to be together to a considerable extent and one day, while all were enjoying a repast aboard their schooner, much confusion was observed to be the result of their similarity of names in addressing each other. To particularize, as to which Jonathan was meant in an attempt to draw the attention of one only, these three men decided that on account of Captain Jonathan being possessed with a most decided disposition to prim and to care for his personal attire, and at the same time being of tall statue, he should be designated Long Particular Metre Jonathan. His son, being also tall and especially slim in proportion to his height would be known as Long Metre Jonathan, while the nephew, Jonathan, 2nd, who was a heavy-built man and of a physique entirely to the contrary of the others, should have ascribed to him the term of Short Metre Jonathan. These nominal oddities of distinction served to differentiate ever afterward these personages until death them did sever forever.
Capt. Jonathans sons all seemed to inherit their fathers trait and disposition to follow the sea, as all were captains or served officially in other capacities of maritime pursuit. Particular Jonathan retired to the old homestead where he died Dec. 19, 1830, at the age of about 70 years, and for many years prior to his decease he never lay down, on account of chronic asthma, but rested semi-recumbent on pillows. His wife died later and both are buried in the Old Settlers Cemetery.
He married Miss Dorothy Shute, a daughter of the Shute who settled on Sandy Point, now in the town of Stockton, Maine, and after her death, which occurred in Dec. 23, 1849, the real estate was divided among his heirs. Their children were born at Deer Isle.
Esther Eaton was unmarried.
Samuel Eaton was unmarried.
Elias Davis was a mariner.