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I have some information for a family tree but not enough. I know that there was a tree done already. Who has a copy?
This tree below was made by Jonathan Loesch (age 13) for the family reunion. It hung at Janet's house during the cookout.
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Below is the information I know so far:
In 1755 there were 29 cabins of permanent settlers along the shore from Eggemoggin Reach to Campbell's Neck. By 1762 the settlers were ready to file a petition with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to get legal title to the land they occupied.The gathering political storm and subsequent Revolution delayed any action on this until after the war. By then, there were about 100 families within what was to be, Deer Isle. In 1789 land titles were settled and each owner of five years or more was granted 100 acres in exchange for the cost of surveying and filing of deeds. Also in 1789 an act creating the town of Deer Isle passed the General Court of Massachusetts. The first town meeting was held April 6, 1789. (from "Deer Isle Remembered").
In 1793, Ignatius Haskell, a successful businessman who helped frame Maine's constitution, built one of the most impressive homes on Deer Isle. Haskell chose a site between his saw mill pond and the Northwest Harbor for the massive colonial salt box style home. Five generations of Haskell children were born and raised on the original homestead.
William "Cush" Harrison Pressey Haskell (1858 - 1915), a seaman, was lost off the coast of Cape Hatteras in 1915. His wife, Elizabeth E. Richardson (1861 - 1944), converted their huge clapboard home into a year round boarding house, by then known as "The Ark." For the next thirty years, Elizabeth and the boarding house offered shelter to local working people and summer visitors. After Elizabeth died in 1944, The Ark was left unoccupied and fell into a state of disrepair.
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