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
Francis and Elizabeth moved to Deer Isle in 1770 and settled on the southeast side, on a lot adjoining his father's. It would seem that all the living children came with the family to Deer Isle and most remained there for the rest of their lives.In 1773, the church was organized at Northwest Harbor on Deer Isle, and Francis was chosen as one of the deacons. He was ever afterwards called Deacon Francis.
Reference
Ancestral History of the Pioneers of Deer Isle and their Descendants
Series 2, Volume 15, Haskell
By Benjamin Lake Noyes; 1899
Captain Mark Haskell, Jr. emigrated to Deer Isle with his family in 1778 from Newburyport, Massachusetts. Upon his arrival, he commenced business with his two sons, Ignatius and Solomon, and the land they occupied was purchased by them about (1772) six years before settling here, from Ezekiel Marshall, another of Deer Isles pioneers. This purchase included what has since become the most valuable land at Northwest Harbor, known as Haskell's Point; and it is now the property and lots upon which are located the stores and business centers of the present town of Deer Isle.Captain Haskell took his two eldest sons, Ignatius and Solomon, into partnership, and the firm was known as Messrs. Mark Haskell and Sons. They profited well by their saw mill as logs were then in abundance and the demand for lumber was good. The saw and grist mills stood until about the year 1858, and were then the property of John P. Johnson, Esq.
They were also the principal promoters of the ship-building industry here, constructing brigs, schooners and other craft, one of which was a ship of about four hundred tons burthen, a large one for those days. Considering the era in which they lived, it can be justly stated they were a very flourishing firm and extensive property owners, controlling at one time more than a thousand acres of land. Solomon, the junior partner, removed to Newburyport and extended the business there in which his father and brother had an interest. Captain Haskell died in 1810 and the partnership was then dissolved. Solomon remained in Newburyport, but continued, with zealous interest, his business and real estate affairs at Deer Isle in connection with his brother until his death, which took place in the former town, in the year 1828. The control of the Deer Isle property then fell to the care of Ignatius Haskell, the surviving member of the firm.
Reference
Ancestral History of the Pioneers of Deer Isle and their Descendants
Series 2, Volume 15, Haskell
By Benjamin Lake Noyes, 1899.
Aaron Stickney Haskell and his first wife, Hannah (Marshall) Haskell, had no children.
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The following notes are from World Family Tree, Vol 85, pedigree 746:Aaron's second marriage was to a widow, Margaret McDaniel Atwood, who married him 15 August 1837, as Margaret McDaniel. She was many years younger than Aaron and came from Nova Scotia with Captain John McGrath, who was engaged to marry her. During a trip McGrath made to New York, his fiance made the acquaintance of Aaron S. Haskell and married him before McGrath's return. McGrath was soon after drowned, with all his crew.
Historian Hosmer says the following regarding Mr Haskell. "Aaron S. Haskell was the eldest son of Ignatius Haskell Esq., and lived here from the time of the removal of the family here in 1778, when he was but three years of age, till his death in 1864, at the age of 89 years. He was a tanner by trade. The name of his first wife was Hannah Marshall, a daughter of Ezekiel Marshall, one of the early settlers. She had no children and died many years ago. In 1836 he married a widow who came here from Cape Breton Island. Her place of residence there was the town known as Arichat, not far from Louisburg. She was nearly forty years his junior, and they had a family. Only one of her sons by her marriage with Mr. Haskell remains here, and one by her former marriage - the present Captain Dennis Haskell, as he is called. They are both energetic and capable master mariners. The house built by Mr. Haskell near the Northwest Harbour is still known as the Aaron Haskell house." Aaron was 63 years of age when his first child, Mary, was born. He was eighty years of age when his youngest was born.