Israel, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, aged 25 years old served as a private in Captain Stephen Whipple's Company of Colonel Plaisted's Regiment at Fort Edwards in 1755. (French and Indian War)
Reference
The Haskell Family in the Armed Forces, Volume 2
Editor: Peter P. Haskell, 2004
Page 21
William moved to Harpswell, Maine in 1761. He settled on the mainland adjacent to Haskell's Island, which he later purchased and which has since borne his name.
William was a successful deep sea fisherman and kept at it until he died "with his boots on." He was "drowned off Cape Ann when past 80 years of age."
Reference
Chronicles of the Haskell Family
Ira J. Haskell
Ellis Printing Company, Lynn, Massachusetts, 1943
Pages 184-185
Ordination: 24 Nov 1762 at Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts
Thomas was ordained "at the hands of the Boston Presbytery, ... a delegation from the [Scarborough] parish accompanying." First Church of Scarborough agreed to "adopt Presbyterian forms of worship" during Thomas' pastorate.
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Thomas Pierce, A.B., A. M. 1762, Presbyterian clergyman, was born in Newbury, Massachusetts on , October 11, 1737, the son of Abigail and Thomas Pierce. Young Thomas matriculated at the College on September 20, 1755. During his years there purchased copies of the standard textbooks, such as Thomas Salmon's compendium, A New Geographical and Historical Grammar, and Robert Dodsley's The Preceptor, with its introduction by Dr. Johnson.After graduation Pierce studied theology. In 1759 the Congregational parson at Scarborough, Maine, William Tompson (Harvard 1718) had died. Although Tompson had joined other members of the Congregational Eastern Association of York County in denouncing itinerant New Light preachers, he with "much of uneasiness" permitted George Whitefield to preach three times from his pulpit. Some theological dissension apparently existed within the parish, for only after several other candidates had proved unsatisfactory did the Scarborough congregation settle in 1762 on Thomas Pierce as their new minister. Pierce accepted the all, but only on the condition that the church assume the Presbyterian form of ecclesiastical organization. The congregation agreed, and Pierce was ordained by the Presbyterians in his home town of Newbury.
Settled in Scarborough, in 1762 Pierce married Anne Haskell. Pierce built his bride a fine two story house. The couple had two sons. Pierce died in Scarborough on January 26, 1775 and was buried beside his predecessor. His parishioners then abandoned the Presbyterian form of church organization and resumed the Congregational one.
Princetonians
1748-1768
A Biographical Dictionary
Princeton University Press
Princeton, New Jersey, 1976
Pages 285,286
Philemon is shown on a petition signed by David Pierce of Cape Ann, owner of the schooner "Speedwell" (Privateer) bound on voyage to Cape Francois, to bring military stores from that place asking that said Philemon be commissioned as commander of said schooner; ordered in Council, 14 November 1776, and commission issued.
Philemon is shown on a petition, dated Boston, February 2, 1781, signed by said Philemon in behalf of David Peirce, of Gloucester, asking that said Philemon Haskell be commissioned as commander of the ship "Betsey"(privateer); age, 34 years, stature, 5 ft. 9 in.; complexion, light; advised in Council February 2, 1781, that a commission be issued.
Reference
The Haskell Family in the Armed Forces, Volume 2
Editor: Peter P. Haskell, 2004
Pages 54, 75
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Philemon, who after going to sea for a few years, kept a tavern on Middle Street. It did a thriving business about the time of the Revolution, and knowing that these inns were the center of activities of their towns, we can picture the coming and going of the townspeople, great and small. We quote again: "About this time and before the regular post office was established, the people assembled twice a week at Philemon Haskell's tavern to receive the mail which was brought from Salem by messenger via the Beverly ferry.Again to quote, this time from the Days of the Spinning-wheel by Brooks: "May 24, 1788. Thirty young ladies met at the home of Capt. Philemon Haskell for the Federal spinning match and during the afternoon spun 99 skeins of excellent yarn.
Reference
Chronicles of the Haskell Family
Ira J. Haskell
Ellis Printing Company, Lynn, Massachusetts, 1943
Pages 183-184