Contents of Old Times (1877-1884) Part 1

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North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Freeport, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Pownal, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Cumberland, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Year range
1877 - 1884

Contents

Introduction

This article is linked to Source:Old Times (Corliss, Augustus W), which contains further information and links to volumes 1 to 8 of this publication. This article is divided into two parts: Part one contains information on volumes 1-4; Part two contains information on volumes 5-8.

Augustus W Corliss edited and published this quarterly journal from 1877-1884. The subhead of the Old Times masthead describes, "A magazine devoted to the preservation and publication of documents relating to the early history of North Yarmouth, Maine, including as far as possible, any incidents worthy of record relative to the towns of Harpswell, Freeport, Pownal, Cumberland and Yarmouth, all offshoots of the old town. Also genealogical records of the principal families and biographical sketches of the most distinquished residents of the town."


Contents

Vol 1 and 2 (1877 and 1878)

Vol 1, No 1 (Jan. 1877)

  • Notice of sales from the direct tax of 1813 (from Eastern Argus, Jan. 12, 1815): 1
  • Tombstone Inscriptions: 4
  • The Old Meeting-House: 6
  • Old Postage Account: 9
  • North Yarmouth Light Infantry Company: 11
  • Westcustogo (Royal River, Yarmouth): 13
  • Joseph Weare, The Scout: 14
  • North Yarmouth, Maine: 17
  • The North-West Religious Society of North Yarmouth, Maine: 22
  • The True Family (Henry: 27
  • Notes and Queries: 32
  • Old Times in North Yarmouth Maine: 34

Vol 1, No 2 (April 1877)

  • Notice of sales from the direct tax of 1813 (from Eastern Argus, Jan. 12, 1815): 35
  • Tax-List, 1759, North Yarmouth, Maine: 38
  • School List, North Yarmouth, Maine, 1838-9: 40
  • The Greely Family: 42
  • North Yarmouth Light Infantry Company: 44
  • Tax-List, 1823, North Yarmouth, Maine: 46
  • Shipping Interest of North Yarmouth, Maine: 49
  • The Prince Family: 52
  • Rev. Tristram Gilman: 55
  • First Universalist Society of North Yarmouth, Maine: 56
  • Casco Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, North Yarmouth, Maine: 57
  • General Musters: 58
  • Notes and Queries: 62

Vol 1, No 3 (July 1877)

  • N Yarmouth Privateers: 65
  • The Post Office: 66
  • Direct Tax, North Yarmouth, 1815 (continued): 67
  • Tax-List, 1759, North Yarmouth, Maine (continued): 70
  • Tax-List, 1823, North Yarmouth, Maine (continued): 73
  • Capt. Walter Gendall: 76
  • The Prince Family (additions): 78
  • Old Deed: Cornelius Soul to Jacob Mitchell: 79
  • Extracts from Journal of the Provincial Congress: 80
  • Army and Navy Record, N Yarmouth and Yarmouth, War of 1861-5: 82
  • Congregationalist Church at Cumberland, Maine: 86
  • North Yarmouth Light Infantry Company (continued): 93
  • Notes and Queries: 97

Vol 1, No 4 (Oct. 1877)

  • Old Almanac Sketches: 101
  • Tax-List, 1794, North Yarmouth, Maine: 106
  • Direct Tax, North Yarmouth, 1815 (continued): 108
  • The Bucknam Family: 111
  • North Yarmouth Fraternity: 112
  • Old Letter: 116
  • Early Churches in Maine: 117
  • Old Land Lots: 120
  • The Drinkwater Family: 123
  • North Yarmouth Lawsuits: 128
  • Tax-List, 1823, North Yarmouth, Maine (continued): 131
  • Army and Navy Record, N Yarmouth and Yarmouth, War of 1861-5 (continued): 137
  • Notes and Queries: 139

Vol 2, No 1 (Jan. 1878)

  • North Yarmouth Fraternity (continued): 141
  • The Old Church: 144
  • Old Petition: 146
  • The Old Church Under the Ledge: 148
  • Privateer "Satisfaction:" 149
  • Joseph Weare (corrections): 152
  • Army and Navy Record, N Yarmouth and Yarmouth, War of 1861-5 (continued): 153
  • North Yarmouth Light Infantry Company (continued): 157
  • Wyman Family: 161
  • Scales Family: 163
  • Incident of the Revolutionary War: 164
  • List of Burials, 1833 to 1868: 165
  • History of North Yarmouth: 169
  • Notes and Queries: 172

Vol 2, No 2 (April 1878)

  • The Old Meeting-House of North Yarmouth, Maine: 175
  • The Vane on the Ledge: 191
  • History of North Yarmouth (continued): 192
  • North Yarmouth Light Infantry Company (continued): 196
  • Epistle to the Cascoites: 201
  • Army and Navy Record, N Yarmouth and Yarmouth, War of 1861-5 (continued): 203
  • Notes and Queries: 207

Vol 2, No 3 (July 1878)

  • Old Land-Lots: 209
  • List of Burials, 1833 to 1868 (continued): 212
  • Book of Eastern Claims: 215
  • The First Sawmill: 220
  • Old Deed: 221
  • North Yarmouth's First Boundary Line: 222
  • Extracts from Old Petitions: 223
  • History of North Yarmouth (continued): 227
  • North Yarmouth Light Infantry Company (continued): 232
  • Army and Navy Record, N Yarmouth and Yarmouth, War of 1861-5 (continued): 237
  • Notes and Queries: 244

Vol 2, No 4 (Oct. 1878)

  • The Mitchell Family: 247
  • List of Burials, 1833 to 1868 (continued): 256
  • History of North Yarmouth (continued): 260
  • North Yarmouth Light Infantry Company (continued): 266
  • North Yarmouth Academy: 271
  • North Yarmouth: 274
  • Notes and Queries: 282

Vol 3 and 4 (1879 and 1880)

Vol 3, No 1 (Jan. 1879)

  • Corliss Family: 285
  • Soldiers of the Revolutionary War from North Yarmouth, Maine: 293
  • Soldiers of the War of 1812-15 from North Yarmouth, Maine: 296
  • Hayes Family: 299
  • List of Burials, 1833 to 1868 (continued): 301
  • Notes on Tax-list, 1759: 303
  • List of Burials, Walnut Hill, 1822 to 1862, North Yarmouth, Maine: 306
  • Adventures of John Drinkwater (descendant of Joseph): 309
  • Sunset: 312
  • Capt. Peter Weare's Inventory: 312
  • Islands in North Yarmouth, Maine: 315
  • Corrections to article on the Old Church: 316
  • Notes and Queries: 318

Vol 3, No 2 (April 1879)

  • The last of the Pilgrims, David Prince: 321
  • Corliss Family (continued): 326
  • Capt. William A Howard: 333
  • List of Burials, 1833 to 1868 (continued): 334
  • Descriptive List of Men received in the county of Cumberland, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to serve in the Army of the United States: 339
  • List of Burials, Walnut Hill, 1822 to 1862, North Yarmouth, Maine (continued): 340
  • Notes on Tax-list, 1759 (continued): 343
  • Genealogical Notes (Russell, Larrabee, Seabury, Stockbridge, Cutter, Royall, Byram, Hill): 344
  • The Gray Family: 346
  • Real Actions in Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas: 347
  • The Indians: 351
  • The Old Garrison House: 354
  • Russell-Phillips: 355
  • Notes and Queries: 358

Vol 3, No 3 (July 1879)

  • History of Cumberland Royal Arch Chapter No 35, Yarmouth, Maine: 361
  • Old Deposition (regarding Richard Carter): 364
  • Real Actions in Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas (continued): 365
  • List of Burials, 1833 to 1868 (continued): 367
  • Old Deed (Noah Mitchell): 372
  • Seabury Family: 373
  • Items -- White, Wallis, Cousins, etc.: 379
  • The Christian Pilot: 381
  • Book of Eastern Claims (continued): 382
  • Religious Revival 1791: 383
  • Drinkwater Family (revised): 386
  • Notes and Queries: 393

Vol 3, No 4 (Oct. 1879)

  • Drinkwater Family (continued): 397
  • Seabury Family (continued): 403
  • Early Conveyances of Land in North Yarmouth, Maine: 410
  • List of Burials, 1833 to 1868 (continued): 413
  • Peculiar People (of Pownal): 417
  • Real Actions in Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas (continued): 422
  • Derivation of Titles in North Yarmouth, Maine: 424
  • North Yarmouth & Falmouth Social Library: 427
  • Baptist Meeting House: 429
  • Notes and Queries: 434

Vol 4, No 1 (Jan. 1880)

  • The Old Planters of Westcustogo: 437
  • Book of Eastern Claims (continued): 444
  • North Yarmouth Books: 447
  • The Field Family: 448
  • The Old Church: 453
  • Early Conveyances of Land in North Yarmouth, Maine (continued): 465
  • Pot-Pourri
    • Joshua Strout deposition
    • Inventory of Reuben Carver
    • Survey of bounds of North Yarmouth
  • Notes and Queries: 473

Vol 4, No 2 (April 1880)

  • The Weare Family of Hampton, New Hampshire and North Yarmouth, Maine: 475
  • Proprietors' Plan of North Yarmouth, Maine: 482
  • Proprietors' Records, North Yarmouth, Maine: 484
  • Record of Baptisms at the First Church, North Yarmouth: 490
  • John Angier Hyde, MD
  • The Old Vane: 495
  • Early Conveyances of Land in North Yarmouth, Maine (continued): 496
  • Notes on Tax-list, 1759 (continued): 499
  • North Yarmouth Books (continued): 500
  • The Old Burial Ground, North Yarmouth, Maine: 501
  • Pot-Pourri: 503
    • Loring Funeral expenses
    • Flying Point Road, Freeport
    • Inn holders in North Yarmouth
    • Mutual Relief Fire Society
    • Thomas French
    • Road for Flying Point
    • 1763 Valuation totals
    • Jurors 1760
    • Division of North Yarmouth, 1828
  • Notes and Queries: 509

Vol 4, No 3 (July 1880)

  • Capt. Walter Gendall: 511
  • Proprietors' Records, North Yarmouth, Maine (continued): 537
  • Militia Rolls, 1820: 546
  • Direct U.S. Tax, 1821, Pownal, Maine: 551
  • Lines Addressed to my Grandfather (Ebenezer Corliss): 556
  • John True (descendant of Henry): 557
  • Pot-Pourri: 558
    • School Fund 1821
    • Innholders 1821-1823
    • Mill Valuation 1813-1823
    • Harrisickett Cadets
  • Notes and Queries: 561

Vol 4, No 4 (Oct. 1880)

  • The Prince Family (or Prence): 563
  • The Royall Family: 573
  • Division of Cumberland from North Yarmouth, Maine: 580
  • The Merrill Road, Pownal, Maine: 589
  • Proprietors' Records, North Yarmouth, Maine (continued): 592
  • Pot-Pourri: 600
    • Job Allen
    • Will of Henry Woolfe
    • First Coffee
    • Old Prices (1766-67)
    • Johnson-Fogg
    • Jeremiah Dummer Powell
    • Bromfield
    • Cousins-Bray
    • Wentworth (includes son of Timothy)
  • Notes and Queries: 605