Deacon Pease Clark

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Pease Clark (1703 - 1782)

Born in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States on 2 Aug 1703 to Uriah Jr. Clark and Martha Pease. Pease Clark married Abigail (Wedge) Clark "Abigail & Peace Were Step-Siblings" and had 8 children. He passed away on Jan 1782 in Hallowell, Kennebec, Maine, United States.

Parents

Uriah Jr. Clark 1677 - 1725

Martha Pease 1681 - 1721

Spouse(s)

Abigail (Wedge) Clark "Abigail & Peace Were Step-siblings" 1705 - 1782

Children

Jonas Clark, Revd. 1744 - 1815

Peter Clark 1735 - 1797

Simeon Clark 1746 - 1813

Isaac Clark "Revolutionary War - Captain's Timothy's Company - Colonel David Leonard's Regiment" 1741 - 1824

Uriah Clark 1728 - 1814

Abigail Clarke 1732 - 1807

David Clark 1739 - 1783

Susannah (Randall) Cowing 1737 - 1800

Abigail (Wedge) Clark "Abigail & Peace Were Step-siblings" 1705 - 1782 Born in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States in 1705 ...

Children

Jonas Clark, Revd. 1744 - 1815

Peter Clark 1735 - 1797

Simeon Clark 1746 - 1813

Isaac Clark "Revolutionary War - Captain's Timothy's Company - Colonel David Leonard's Regiment" 1741 - 1824

Uriah Clark 1728 - 1814

Abigail Clarke 1732 - 1807

David Clark 1739 - 1783

Isaac Clark "Revolutionary War - Captain's Timothy's Company - Colonel David Leonard's Regiment" 1741 - 1824 Born in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States in 1741 ...

Uriah Clark 1728 - 1814 Abigail Clarke 1732 - 1807 David Clark 1739 - 1783 Susannah (Randall) Cowing 1737 - 1800

Susannah (Randall) Cowing 1737 - 1800 Born in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States in 1737 ...

David Clark 1739 - 1783 Born in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States in 1739 ...

Simeon Clark 1746 - 1813 Born in Attleboro, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, United States in 1746 ...

Children Jonas Clark, Revd. 1744 - 1815 Born in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts in 1744 ...

Uriah Clark 1728 - 1814 Born in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA in 1728 ...

Peter Clark 1735 - 1797 Born in Attleboro, Massachusetts in 1735 ...

Abigail Clarke 1732 - 1807 Born in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States in 1732 ...

PEASE CLARK rem. from Framingham to Attle-

boro', and m. Nov. 2, 1727, ABIGAIL WEDGE, his step-

father's daughter. He was a Deacon of Rev. Abijah Weld's

church, and was conspicuous for his piety, and his just and

honorable character.

Soon after the close of the French and Indian war he had

occasion to visit Maine, and was so much pleased with the

valley of the Kennebec that on his return he obtained from

the Plymouth company a grant of land at the head of tide

water, where the city of Hallowell is now located. In the

spring of 1762 he embarked for Maine with nearly all the

members of his family, a great variety of cattle, horses, &c,

and the frames of two houses, with the workmen who were to

erect them. He reached his settlement May 3, 1762, and on

that day laid the foundation of the beautiful city of Hallowell.

From this time until his death he was one of the most influen-

tial men in that part of the State, and took a leading part in

the incorporation of Hallowell, and its subsequent improve-

ment.

He died Jan. 1782, universally respected and beloved. His

wife died a short time previous.

from "Records of the descendants of Hugh Clark, of Watertown, Mass. 1640-1866"

Children: Uriah, born in Framingham (1728), Abigail (1732), Peter (1735), Susanna (1737), David (1739), Issac (1741), Jonas (1744) Simeon (1746), The rest of the children were born in Attleborough.

Notes: - Taken from Old Hallowell on the Kennebec by Emma Huntington Nason Augusta Maine, 1909:

"In the year 1754, Fort Western was erected on the east bank of the Kennebec, and garrisoned with twenty men under the command of Captain James Howard.  Around the fort a few small log houses were soon built, but until the year 1762, which must ever stand prominent in our local history, no dwelling of any sort existed within what are now the limits of Hallowell.

It was the third of May of this momentous year, 1762, that Deacon Pease and his wife, with their son, Peter Clark, and his wife and one little child, landed upon the shore of the Kennebec and made a path for themselves to the spot where the old cotton factory now stands in Hallowell. No hearth fire burned for their welcome; no door opened at their coming; no home stood ready to receive them. And so the intrepid Pease Clark and his son Peter took one rude cart which they had brought with them and turned it bottom upwards. Then, with their brave wives and the one little child, they crept under it and passed the night. In the morning they arose and began the settlement of Hallowell.

The Clarks had evidently not come to this new country entirely ignorant of its location and requirements. According to family tradition, Peter Clark, the son of Pease Clark, had been a lieutenant in charge of a company of sixty soldiers, probably a part of Gen. Shirley's force, sent to guard the workmen who built Fort Western in 1754. Peter Clark, being pleased with the country and the terms offered the settlers, first induced his father to make a prospecting trip to the Kennebec valley, after which, they both decided to establish a home here for themselves and their families. Pease Clark secured a grant of land of one hundred acres, fifty rods wide and one mile long extending through what is now the central part of Hallowell. His son Peter was granted an adjoining lot at the south.

The first efforts of the Clarks were devoted to making a small clearing and to the erection of a temporary dwelling. They then planted corn and rye upon the burnt land. Before the snows of the following winter fell, these energetic first settlers had hewn timber, procured boards and planks from the mill at Cobbossee, and built a comfortable frame house of two stories in front and one at the rear, according to the fashion of the times; and eve after that, the hospitable doors of the Clark house stood open to welcome all newcomers to the locality.

Probably no thought of founding a city, small or great, entered into the heads of the Clarks at the time of their coming to the Kennebec; but they unconsciously carried out the first great fundamental principle of civic history, namely, that the establishment of the individual home is the true foundation of the commonwealth. Pease Clark now rightfully bears the distinction of having been the father of the present city of Hallowell; while to James Howard, the first settler at Fort Western, is accorded the honor of having been the founder of Augusta.

As we look back to the arrival of Pease Clark and his family in this newly-opened country, we can easily imagine the intense interest with which they regarded the other newcomers who were destined to be their neighbors and fellow-townsmen; and our own interest is warmly excited in these first families of old Hallowell. An old chart, made from Winslow's plan of Cushnoc in 1761, gives us an excellent idea of the division of the territory and the location of the settlers. Fort Western, occupied by Captain James Howard and his family, stood two miles above the Clarks' clearing and on the opposite side of the river. Three sons of Pease Clark, who soon followed their father to the Kennebec, settled above the fort. A fourth brother, David Clark, received lot 15 on the west side of the river, and a sister, a widow of Asa Fiske of Providence, afterwards married to David Hancock, settled on lot 29 on the west side. A nearer neighbor of the Clarks at the north was Josiah French who kept an inn where is now the intersection of Green and Grove streets in Augusta; Ephraim Cowan lived on a lot where the State House now stands, and Samuel Howard, whose estate included Howard Hill, located a little farther to the south; but these lots were not within the present limits of Hallowell. Here the land was divided into two large sections of 32,000 acres each, extending from the river to Cobbossee Great Pond. Lot 23 was owned by Dr. Sylvester Gardiner and lot 22, by Benjamin Hallowell. Out of these large sections, Pease Clark and Peter Clark had received adjoining corner lots bordering the river. Their nearest and only neighbors on the south were Jonathan and Job Philbrook two miles below the present town of Farmingdale. With the exception of the Philbrooks, there were no other settlers on the west side of the Kennebec between the Clarks and the Cobbossee stream in the Gardiner…..They may be regarded as the pioneer settlers of Hallowell. They were the brave souls who ventured their all in a new and almost unknown country. They cleared forests, planted cornfields, and literally blazed the trail for future generations.

The every-day life of these pioneers was marked, even in the most prosperous families, by hardship, privation, and self-sacrifice…..

The settlers worked energetically and perseveringly, and the land was soon cleared and cultivated to the distance of a half a mile from the river. In the adjoining forests, the bear still ranged, and frequently made destructive raids on the cornfields of the farmers. Terrifying rumors, and sometimes a glimpse of wolves of the dead loup-cervier, often alarmed the men as well as the women and children. (Loup-cervier is the Canada lynx.) The houses of the period, with a few notable exceptions, were built of logs. Huge fireplaces, scantily supplied with cooking utensils, tested the housewife's art, and doubtless at times sorely tried her patience. As there were no roads, the social intercourse of the people must have been very limited; and our sympathies constantly revert to the women and children who naturally suffered most from their isolated location, and restricted circumstances.

There was, moreover, for the first decade after the coming of Pease Clark and his immediate followers, no opportunity for religious service on the Sabbath. The people, consequently, lacked both the social and religious uplift that comes from laying aside the work-a-day cares of life and going in clean attire and goodly company to the house of God. The Clarks must have missed the privileges of the sanctuary, for they had been prominent members of the First Congregational Church at Attleboro, Mass., where they worshiped under the ministrations of Rev. Habijah Weld, a pastor "distinguished for his usefulness and highly respected both at home and abroad." That they thus felt the deprivation of the Sabbath services is shown by the efforts made by Pease Clark to establish religious worship at the new settlement on the Kennebec. From the earliest town records, kept by Jonathan Davenport, we learn that "at a meeting of the inhabitants of Kennebec River, Cobbiseconte and upwards, held at the house of Mr. Pease Clark, Feb.1st, 1763, articles of agreement were entered into to procure preaching. A committee was appointed to raise money for the purpose. The minister to divide his time between Cobbiseconte and Fort Western, or upwards as is most convenient.

On May 21, 1771 the town was incorporated, Pease Clark was made selectman. Pease Clark was the moderator at the meeting of freeholders and other inhabitants and Peter Clark was made surveyor of highways.

The life-story of Pease Clark remains especially identified with that part of Old Hallowell of which he was the first settler; and his name will long be remembered and honored in the community which he founded. The early records show that he was a man of ability, integrity, and public spirit. He had a prominent part in public affairs at the time of the incorporation of the town, and was zealous in his efforts for the public welfare.

Deacon Pease Clark has been characterized as "a pious man, just and honorable in his dealings." He erected his altar in the wilderness and there dwelt, with his sons and daughters around him, like a veritable patriarch of old. He lived to see his home surrounded by other pleasant dwellings, with fruitful gardens and orchards on the sloping hillsides; and his own fertile fields became the inheritance of his descendents. He was a worthy representative of that sturdy, indomitable class of pioneers who, with faith in God and their fellow-men, cleared forests for the dwelling place of succeeding generations.

Pease Clark died in January, 1782. His life work was fittingly commemorated in a funeral sermon preached by the Rev. Eaton of Winthrop , from the not inappropriate text: "Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree: and it shall be to the Lord for a name that shall not be cur off."

In the old burying-ground in Hallowell, there is a large table-shaped tomb, covered with moss and lichens, and yellowed by the rain and sunshine of more than a hundred years. It stands in a picturesque spot overlooking the blue water-course of the Kennebec and the curving river shore shut in and sheltered by the point of Bombahook. This was the fair domain chosen by Hallowell's first settler for his home; and it is fitting that Deacon Pease Clark, whose name is carved on this ancient tomb, should here rest beside the Kennebec.

Another most worthy monument to the memory of Deacon Pease Clark is the Hallowell City Building. This noble memorial edifice was erected by Mrs. Eliza Clark Lowell, in honor of her revered ancestor, and presented to the city of Hallowell in 1899. A marble tablet in its entrance hall bears this inscription:

This Building Is The Gift Of Eliza Clark Lowell A Lineal Descendent of Deacon Pease Clark The First Settler of Hallowell 1762"

The History of Augusta Maine by James W. North A facsimile of the 1870 edition with a new forward by Edwin A. Somersworth: New England History Press, 1981 pg. 831: Dea. Pease Clark of Hallowell, was the first settler within the present limits of the city of Hallowell. He came from Attleboro, MA, with his wife and son Peter and his wife and one child. They arrived 3 May 1762, in the Province vessel, which came with stores for the forts. He settled on the south-west corner of great lot. No. 23, where he had a grant of one hundred acres, dated 28 April 1762. This lot was fifty rods wide on the river and one mile long, and covers the central and ost compactly built part of the city of Hallowell. There he built a framed house and cleared lanad. He was moderator of the first town meeting held in Hallowell, and chairman of the first board of selectmen. He was a pious man, just and honorable in his dealings; was a deacon at Attleboro in Rev. Habijah Weld's church. Mr. Weld and Mr. Clark were about the same age, and died nearly at the same time; the latter Jan 1782, and the formet in May following. Dea. Clark m. 2 Nov 1727, Agigail Wedge, dau. Of John Wedge, who married for his second wife the deacon's mother.

This from "Welcome to Historic Hallowell Maine" http://hallowell.govoffice.com on the internet:

"The story of Hallowell is the story of America, with science and industry, and not infrequently the weather, dictating the pace of growth, the accumulation of wealth, and the loss of vast fortunes. First to settle here was Deacon Pease, who immigrated with his wife and son Peter from Attleborough, Massachusetts in the spring of 1762. Legend has it that after disembarking on the west side of the Kennebec, near present day Water Street, the Clarks took shelter in their overturned cart. On a riverfront lot measuring 50 rods (about 175 yards) the Clark family raised corn, rye, and other crops. The land which the fire department now stands was the first to be cleared." - History of old Hallowell on the Kennebec (Internet)

Deacon Pease has land deeded in 1762 where now stands the Henry Gretchel house, 40 Union Street in Hallowell, Maine. The Fire Station c. 1828 was Hallowell's City Hall until 1899. It was erected on land cleared by Deacon Pease.

Hallowell City Hall c. 1899, resplendent with granite trim and an imported cypress interior, this buff-brick structure was built with $20,000 donated by Mrs. Eliza Clark Lowell, a frugal widow and descendent of Hallowell's first settler, Deacon Pease Clark. Mrs. Clark died at age 95, midway through its construction. One Winthrop Street. A descendent of Deacon Pease Clark, Mrs. Lowell made just one request "Build it good and strong, that it may stand for years to come." It was dedicated on July 12, 1899. The following are excerpts from the Boston Globe article: "The building is composed of buff-colored brick with granite trimmings. The granite ornaments above the windows and the balcony of granite over the main entrance are distinct features. The entrance faces Winthrop Street and is reached by an easy flight of granite steps. On either side of the entrance are brass lamp posts of unique design."

The interior finish is in cypress with wainscoating and elaborate carving. On entering the rotunda one is impressed by the richness of the effect of the purple tinted wall in conjunction with the highly polished natural wood. On the south wall is a tablet of marble inscribed: "1898. This building is a gift of Eliza Clark Lowell, a lineal descendent of Deacon Pease Clark, the first settler of Hallowell, 1762."

DAR Patriot Index (Vol. 1 A-F): Clark, Pease: b. 1703 d, 1--1782 MA m (1) Abagail Wedge PS MA Vital Records of Attleborough Massachusetts to the end of year 1849 Wedge (Wede,Wedg, Weedge), Abigail, of A., d. John, and Peas Clark, Nov 2, 1727 Vital Records of Hallowell Maine to the year 1892 (Vol V. Marriages and Deaths) Pease, Dea., the first settler of Hallowell, Jan. ---, 1782, a. 79 G.R.1. The Descendents of Hugh Clark of Watertown, MASS. 1640 - 1866 by John Clark, A.B. pg. 53 Pease Clark, rem. From Framingham to Attleboro, and m. Nov 2, 1727, Abigail Wedge, his step-father's daughter. He was deacon of Rev. Abijah Weld's church, and was conspicuous for his piety, and his just and honorable character.

Soon after the close of the French and Indian War he had occasion to visit Maine, and was so much pleased with the valley of Kennebec that on his return he obtained from the Plymouth company a grant of land at the head of the tide water, where the city of Hallowell is now located. In the spring of 1762 he embarked for Maine with nearly all the members of his family, a great variety of horses, &c., and the frames of two houses, with the workmen who were to erect them. He reached his settlement May 3, 1762, and on that day laid the foundation of the beautiful city of Hallowell. From this time until his death he was one of the most influential men in that part of the State, and took a leading part in the incorporation of Hallowell, and its subsequent improvement.

He died Jan 1782, universally respected and beloved. Pg. 35 Children: Jonas, b. 26 June 1744

History of Framingham, Massachusetts 1640-1885 by Josiah H. Temple A special Centennial Year reprinting of the 1887 edition. New England History Press: Pease, s. Uriah, settled in Attleboro'; deacon of Rev. Abijah Weld's Ch. In 1672 he rem. To Maine, and laid the foundation of the beautiful city of Hallowell, where he d. Jan., 1782. He m. 2 Nov 1727, Abigail Wedge, dau. Of john of Attleboro', who d. before her husband. They had 8 chil. P. 503
Massachusetts Officers in the French and Indian Wars 1748-1763 Edited by Nancy S. Voye, Published by the society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: CLARK, Pease Lt. Residence: Attleboro Military Expedition: Eastern Frontier Service year: 1754 (p) Time Period: 6/14-9/13 Length of service: 3m 1w 1d Company Captain: Nathaniel Perry Regiment: Col. Winslow

Illustrated History of Kennebec County Maine 1625 1799 1892 by Henry D. Kingsbury and Simeon L. Deyo New York: H.W. Blade & Co 1892.:

"Augusta: Eleven years before (1762), Pease Clark and his son, Peter, had come from Attleboro with their families and settled on adjoining lots of land at a place that is now near the center of the densest part of the present city of Hallowell. Presently other settlers, including five of Pease Clark's son, followed the first comers to the place. They set up a saw mill on the Kedumcook (Vaughan stream, from Benjamin Vaughan, died in 1835), and soon the tiny settlement began to grow like the older one two miles above. The two settlements were too infantile for any rivalry such as afterward grew up, and the new one at the Hook (from Kedumcook) began its career as a loyal suburb of the parent village two miles above." Pg. 389

"Before the arrival of the famous year of 1776, the premonitions of the war of the revolution had been felt in every part of the thirteen colonies. The Boston massacre (March 5, 1770) had sent a thrill of horror up the Kennebec; the tea had been thrown overboard (1773); Paul Revere had taken his midnight rife, and blood had flowed at Lexington (April 19, 1775). These ominous events aroused the sturdy yeomen of ancient Hallowell to patriotic action. As early as January 25, 1775 , they had assembled at the fort in town meeting, in response to an order of the provincial congress calling for the arming of the colonies. A strong tory influence, reflected from the powerful Plymouth Company (whose members were nearly all tories), was encountered by the patriots, greatly to their vexation, but it was finally overcome, and a military company for the revolutionary cause successfully formed. Some of the officers were: Captain William Howard (son of James, the pioneer), Daniel Savage (great-grandfather of Daniel Byron Savage, of Augusta), and James Cox; and Lieutenants Samuel Howard (brother of William), David Thomas, John Shaw, sen., and Josiah French. The rolls of those who served under them have not been preserved. A safety committee, composed of principal citizens, clothed with much power, was given the charge of all matters connected with the public disorder, including correspondence with the revolutionary leaders. Among the members of this committee were: James, William and Samuel Howard (father and sons), Pease Clark, Ezekiel Page ( son of the deacon), Samuel Bullen, Levi Robinson, Samuel Cony (great-great-grandfather of ex-Mayor Daniel A. Cony, died 1892), Robert Kennedy (Kennedy brook named after him), Jonas Clark, Abisha Cowan. Pg. 391

Hallowell: The present town of Hallowell is bounded east by Kennebec River, north Augusta, west by Manchester, and south by Farmingdale. To distinguish it from the Fort settlement, in early times it was called "The Hook," said to be an abbreviation of Bombahook, (The Indian name of Hallowell was Medumcook, said to mean "a shallow place." Bombahook may have been an English corruption of this name, which was also given to the brook that enters the Kennebec at Hallowell.), a work of unknown etymology and significance.

ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF KENNEBEC COUNTY MAINE 1625 - 1799 - 1892 BY Henry D. Kingsbury and Simeon L. Deyo New York: H.W. Blake & Co. 1892 pgs 389-400, pg. 489:

The first settler in Hallowell was Deacon Pease Clark, who came from Attleboro, MA in May 1672, in a ship belonging to the province of Massachusetts Bay, which came to the Kennebec with supplies for Forts Western and Halifax. What induced Mr. Clark to seek this particular spot which to erect a home is unknown at this date. The Plymouth proprietors were at this time making vigorous efforts to colonize their land on the Kennebec; were making generous offers to first settlers, and no doubt Mr. Clark heard of them and thought this a good opportunity to secure land for himself and his family of stalwart sons. He was put on shore where Water street now is, with his son, Peter, his wife and one other child, and there then being no building within the present limits of the city of Hallowell, they spent their first night under the body of a cart which they had brought along with them. Clark constructed a camp of boughs near where the cotton factory now is, and lived there until he could provide a better home. I6 is said that his son, Peter, had been on the Kennebec before; had come here as an officer with men to guard the workmen on the forts, and it is also said that Deacon Clark came here to see the country, prior to his moving here. He received a grant of land from the Plymouth Company of one hundred acres, it being fifty rods wide and a mile long, embracing the central part of the present city of Hallowell. His son, Peter, had the lot adjoining his father's on the south, part of the grant to Benjamin Hallowell, of whom or his assigns, he must have purchased it.

The first clearing made by Clark was near the present city hall, and here he raised a crop of corn and rye. This season he also erected a framed house, the timber for which was cut ad hewn upon the spot and boards floated up from Gardiner, where a sawmill had just been erected. This house, the first built within the limits of Hallowell, stood on the side hill on Academy Street, and was two stories in front and one in the rear, after a prevailing fashion of those days. Here he lived for many years, and his house was headquarters for new settlers as they arrived on their way to their locations. Pease Clark had six sons, all of whom came to Kennebec. Uriah was a cordwainer, and settled on land now in Augusta. Simeon moved to Belgrade and then to Ohio. David was a joiner, he obtained a lot in Hallowell, afterward moved to Readfield, but on the death of his father, moved back to Hallowell. Peter Clark, born in 1735, who came with his father, married Zerviah Sweatland; he became insane, wandered away into the woods a second time and never returned. Six years after, in 1803, his remains were found in a thicket and buried with leaves, nearly two miles from home. They had five children. Issac and Jonas settled on Augusta lands; the former removed to Hallowell and built the first two story house there, on the spot where Mark Means 'bake-house stood, and this was the first tavern in Hallowell. Jonas was one of the throng which about this time had the "western fever" and emigrated to Ohio.

Eleven Years before (1762) Pease Clark and his son, Peter, had come from Attleboro with their families and settled on adjoining lots of land at a place that is now near the center of the densest part of the present city of Hallowell. Presently other settlers, including five of Pease Clark's sons, followed the first comers to the place. They set up a saw mill on the Kedumcook (Vaughan stream, from Benjamin Vaughan, died in 1835), and soon the tiny settlement began to grow like the older one two miles above. The two settlements were too infantile for any rivalry such as afterward grew up, and the new one at the Hook (from Kedumcook) began its career as a loyal suburb of the parent village two miles above.

Many of the early settlers were godly men, and imbued with the doctrines - more or less relaxed - of their puritan life, none was less resignedly borne than the absence of stated public worship; their poverty forbade such a luxury, and meetings for the cultivation of religious grace were necessarily limited to a few persons, and held at private houses.

A safety committee, composed of principal citizens, clothed with much power, was given the charge of all matters connected with the public disorder, including correspondence with the revolutionary leaders. Among the members of this committee were: James, William and Samuel Howard (father and sons), Pease Clark, Ezekiel Page (son of the deacon), Samuel Bullen, Levi Robinson, Samuel Cony (great-great-grandfather of ex-Mayor Daniel A. Cony, died 1892), Robert Kennedy (Kennedy brook named after him), Jonas Clark, Abisha Cowan.

The first division of the town into school districts was in 1787, when four were made on each side of the river, and a "committee appointed in each district to provide schooling, and see that the money is prudently laid our." The northern one on the east side of the river wxtended southerly to a rangeway between lots 37 and 38 (about half a mile northerly from Rigg's brook); Jonas Clark, Robert Denison and Beriah Ingraham were appointed to the committee.

Maine Cemetary Inscriptions Kennebec Co. Maine Vol. 3 Picton Press Rockport, Maine 1999:

Deacon Clark, Pease, "Who came to Hallowell from Attleborough, MA in 1762 the first settler," d. Jan 1782, aged 79 years. [Rev. soldier]