Dear WRG: I sent this material last night in one large chunk, but evidently it was too big for one message, so I'm trying again by breaking it up into smaller units. Allan E. Green **************************************Begin Copy History of Paris, Maine from Its Settlement to 1880 with a History of the Grants of 1736 & 1771 Together with Personal Sketches, a Copious Genealogical Register and an Appendix. by David Livermore The following is a list of the grantees, sixty in number, in the order in which they appear upon the petition: Samuel Jackson. John Spring. Thomas Greenwood. Ebenezar Stearns. Oaks Angier. Isaac Jackson. William Trowbridge. William Williams. Thomas Quiner. Thomas Harris. David Sanger. John Burridge. Joshua Fuller. Peter Durell. Samuel Shattuck. Nathaniel Smith. William Coolidge. Oliver Livermore. William Brown. Josiah Goddard. Richard Park. William Park. David Whitney. John Stowell. Benjamin Bond. James Dix. George Harrington. George Harrington, Jr. Thomas Bisco. Samuel Stowell. Ebenezar Brown. Jonas Coolidge. Nathaniel Spring. Christopher Grant. Isaac Fuller. Ebenezar Goddard. William Dana. Jonathan Learned. Jonathan Bemis. Moses Hastings. Nathaniel Stone. Josiah Mixer. Daniel Robbins. Richard Coolidge. Joseph Coolidge. Josiah Fuller. Joseph Mason. Daniel Bond. John Whitney. Thaddeus Coolidge. David Learned. Samuel Randall. Richard King. Joseph Allen. John Coolidge. Thomas Frost. Mr. Caleb Trowbridge. Mr. Edward Jackson. David Coolidge. **************************************** The following are individual entries with the Whitney name. The website allows one to view the entire context of such entries, by going to another page, but insists upon delivering cookies from sites like advertising and doubleclick, which I will not accept. Therefore, anyone who feels the need to explore any of these entries further will need to access ancestry.com themselves and follow the link to the context. Each space between items marks one of the 57 entries found for Whitney. A few uses of Whitney as a given or middle name were omitted. Allan E. Green **************************************** Ezekiel Whitney; 25-26; 1; 13; 5; 1; 3 Abraham Whitney; 17-18; 2; 6; 1; 4; 4 April 3, 1788, Wm. Clark Whitney and Nathan Nelson were added to the committee for building a bridge at Bisco's Falls. The next meeting was June 4th, 1788, at the residence of Isaac Bolster in No. 4. It was voted to accept and pay the account of Israel Whittemore for work done on the roads. A committee was chosen to take a view of the land on each side of the line between the second and third number of lots at the south end of the township, in order to find the most convenient place for a road, with the view of discontinuing the road leading near the house of Capt. Isaac Bolster to the land of Daniel Whitney and Seth Morse. On the committee were Lemuel Jackson, Reuben Hubbard and Thomas Stevens. Joel Robinson, James Morse, Allen Dwelly, Abijah Hall, Cyprian Stevens, Seth Morse, Samuel Durell, John Billings, Abijah Warren, Malachi Barrows, Daniel Whitney, Asa Barrows, Jonathan Hall, John Daniels, Thomas Stevens, Samuel Stowell, Reuben Hubbard, William Stowell, Levi Hubbard, Phillip Donohue, James Lebroke, Barzillai Dwelly, Jesse Briggs, Lemuel Perham. Isaac Bolster, Lemuel Jackson, Josiah Bisco, Daniel Clark, Wm. C. Whitney, Solomon Bryant, Solomon Bryant, Jr. Isaac Jackson, David Andrews, Barnabas Jackson, Edmund Dean, Abiezar Andrews, Caleb Cushman, James Lebroke, Levi Jackson, Luther Pratt, Nathaniel Pratt, Asa Sturtefant, Joseph Cole, Silas Maxim, John Besse, Nathan Pierce, Stephen Robinson, Edward Andrews, Z. Washburn, James Bowker, Soloman Jordan, Joseph Perry, Asa Dean, Samuel Bennett, Joshua Besse, Nicholas Chesley, Asa Perry, John Tuell, Peter Brooks, Josiah Smith, John Willis, Samuel Gardner, John Jackson, John Besse, Jr. Benj. Ham, John Gray, Eleazer Cole, Calvin Cole, Joseph Swift, Elisha Cummings, Wm. Swan, Jaqueth Washburn, Abner Shaw, Nathaniel Haskell. The next meeting was held at the house of Nathan Nelson on the 18th of September, 1793. Daniel Whitney, Israel Whittemore and Seth Morse were made a committee on accounts. A committee was also chosen to settle with the Agents appointed to settle the township, and the committee last chosen was made the committee for this duty. The next adjourned meeting was holden January 1, 1794, at the house of Reuben Hubbard. The committee appointed to correct the lines of the town made a report which was accepted. There was now a manifest lack of interest at the meetings, indicating that the work of the Proprietary was well nigh done. About the only business transacted at several adjourned meetings was the reception of the reports of the committees on accounts for labor on the roads, and for other services. At a meeting June 10th, it was voted that a further tax of seven shillings and six pence on each single lot, and twice this sum on each double lot, be raised to meet expenses. Dec. 10, 1794, a vote was passed directing the committee on sales to defend the Proprietary in certain suits which had been brought by parties whose lands had been sold for delinquent taxes. Several adjourned meetings were now held, but no business was transacted, either because they had none to transact or because no quorum was present. At a meeting, March 31, 1795, the vote raising a tax of seven and sixpence on each single lot and fifteen shillings on each double lot, was reconsidered and declared null and void. Ezekiel Whitney became a grantee in the right of his uncle David Whitney, who was born to John and Abigail (Hagar) Whitney, June 16, 1697, and who had died prior to 1745. Ezekiel was the son of John and Susan Whitney, and was baptized April 12, 1741. He married April 13, 1768, Catharine Draper of Roxbury, and lived in Watertown. Nathaniel Coolidge became a proprietor on the right of his uncle Thaddeus, who was the son of Richard and Mary (Bond) Coolidge, born Oct. 6, 1710 and died Aug. 3, 1744. Nathaniel, above-named, an innholder, was the son of Nathaniel, who was born in March, 1701-2, married Grace Bowman and died in 1766. Nathaniel, Jr., was born Dec. 7, 1728, married Dorothy Whitney and was also an innkeeper at Watertown Bridge from 1764 to 1770. Abraham Whitney, whose father John Whitney was a grantee of 1735, was born Aug. 8, 1716, and married Tabitha Allen. He descended from John and Elinor Whitney who came from Ipswich, England, 1635, and was then aged 35 years. He settled in Watertown, and his descendants are very numerous. Daniel Whitney of Worcester, March 3, 1785, bought of Joshua Whitney of same, number 2 in the 5th range. Wm. C. Whitney of Worcester, Apr. 21, 1788, bought of Joshua Whitney the westerly half of 21-22 in the 5th. Robert Wightman of Westboro', January 23, 1786, bought of Joshua Whitney of Worcester, No. 7, in the 9th range, agreeing to build a house and perform the other settling duties prior to the December following. Lemuel And Joseph Holmes of Paris, formerly of Plymouth, bought of Daniel Clark of Newton, May 5, 1794, lot No. 13, in the first range. Oct. 11, 1794, they bought of Wm. C. Whitney, No. 14, in the first range. Field Driver, Daniel Whitney. 1795. Tythingmen, Daniel Whitney, Nathan Nelson, Japheth Washburn, Lemuel Jackson, Jr., John Besse and Joseph Swift. 1797. For Fence viewers, Daniel Staples and Daniel Whitney. 1797. For Hogreeves, Nathaniel Pratt, Eleazer Cole, Daniel Whitney, John Billings, John Daniels and Edward Andrews. 1797. For Field drivers, Daniel Whitney, Samuel Hammond and Lemuel Perham. 1798. Isaac Bolster, Levi Hubbard and Jonathan Bemis were made selectmen, and Daniel Stowell, Jairus Shaw and Abijah Hall, assesors. Lemuel Jackson, Jr., again bid off the taxes and was chosen collector and constable. For surveyors, Jonathan Hall, Isaac Bolster, Timothy Smith, Edward Andrews, James Bowker, Elias Partridge, Asa Perry, Lemuel Jackson, Jr., Jonathan Bemis, Asa Barrows and Samuel King. For Fence viewers, Nathan Pierce, Isaac Bolster and Ebenezer Rawson. For Hogreeves, Caleb Prentiss, Abraham Bolster, David Ring, Jacob Gurney, Joseph Hammond, Wm. Faunce and Job Lurvey. For Field drivers, Robert Wightman, Daniel Whitney and Lemuel Perham. Simeon Pond, Samuel King, Thomas Stevens and Jairus Shaw, were chosen surveyors of lumber. For School committee, Lemuel Jackson, Jonathan Hall, Caleb Prentiss, John Besse, Lemuel Holmes, Caleb Cushman, David Andrews and Simeon Pond. Surveyors of brick moulds, Thomas Stevens and Job French. 1798. Daniel Whitney; 100; 400." 1799. The meeting was at Lemuel Jackson's, on the 4th of March. Seth Morse, Levi Hubbard and Ebenezer Rawson, were chosen selectmen, and Jairus Shaw, Daniel Stowell and Abijah Hall assessors. Abijah Warren bid off the taxes and was chosen collector and constable. The road surveyors this year, were James Morse, Isaac Bolster, Joseph Holmes, Jacob Gurney, Nathan Pierce, Daniel Staples, Benj. Hammond, Lemuel Jackson, Simeon Pond, John Robinson and Thomas Stevens. Tythingmen, John Willis and Job Lurvey. Fence viewers, Nicholas Chesley, Simeon Pond and Isaac Bolster. Hogreeves, Samuel King, John Robinson, Caleb Swift, Seth Benson, Barzillai Dwelley, Henry Hill, Philip Caldwell and Samuel Bryant. For School committee, Lemuel Jackson, Seth Morse, Daniel Stowell, Solomon Jordan, Lemuel Holmes, Edmund Dean, David Andrews and William Stearns. For Field Drivers, Daniel Whitney, Edmund Dean, Caleb Swift and Aaron Fuller. For Surveyors of Lumber, Solomon Bryant, Samuel King, Jairus Shaw and Jacob Twitchell. Voted three hundred dollars for the support of Schools, and two hundred pounds for the repair of roads. The accounts against the town this year were rendered in dollars, dimes and cents. Forty dollars were raised for town charges. Forty-eight votes were thrown for Governor, forty-seven being for Gov. Sumner. Seventy votes were thrown for senators, Stephen Longfellow 30, Daniel Ilsley 24, and Daniel Davis 16. The assessors were directed to go to each person's house in the discharge of their duty. The committee on the contested road before referred to, reported that in their judgment the inhabitants in the northeast part of the town would be better accommodated by the location that led by Caleb Fuller's house and to Bemis' Mills. The report was accepted. ************** End Part 1