Ebenezer Small (abt. 1760 - aft. 1820)

Born about 1760 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Leighton) Small — married 23 Feb 1781 in Cherryfield, Maine

Descendants

Died after 1820 after about age 60 in Cherryfield, Washington, Maine, USA

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Biography

Private Ebenezer Small served with 6th Lincoln County Regiment, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Small, Ebenezer, MA Capt Dyer's Co. 1S [Page 717] Soldiers, Sailors, and Patriots of the Revolutionary War Maine. Carlton and Sue Fisher

Small, Ebenezer. Private, Capt. Reuben Dyer's co. ; enlisted Oct. 14, 1777; discharged Dec. 6, 1777; service, 1 mo. 24 days; company raised for expedition against St. Johns, N. S., and continued in service at Machias for its defence. Vol. 14; Page 311. Mass Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution;

Payroll at Machias.

Captain Reuben Dyer's Company Payroll at Machias https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJ7-W3M9-B?i=590&cat=729681

John Small married second wife, Priscilla (Strout) Small on 28 Oct 1757 in Falmouth, " ... Issue by second wife XI Elisha5 b. about 1758 ..." XII Ebenezer5 b in Falmouth; he married Nabby Leighton ... " pages 1547 & 1548 Descendants of Edward Small of New England, and the allied families, with tracings of English ancestry

XII. Ebenezer(5), b. Falmouth; he married Nabby Leighton, and lived at Milbridge. Their children were: Deborah, Samuel, Thomas, Lydia, Nabby, John, Eben, Peggy, Sally, and Anna. Page 1548 Volume 3; Addenda, See reference; Family of John4 Small; Page 101; Vol. 1. Descendants of Edward Small of New England, and the allied families, with tracings of English ancestry by Lora Altine Woodbury Underhill. Published 1910 by Priv. print. at the Riverside Press in Cambridge.

1786 Township of Cherryfield.

[Ebenezer Small] "..; received a settler's lot at Cherryfield in 1788 [CFD 1790-1800], then moved to Lubec {1811};..." Page 85 Early Narraguagus Families...; Darryl B. Lamson and Leonard F. Tibbetts, 2002, Picton Press.

Research Notes

Washington Co. Deed Volume 5 Folio 159 Ebenezer Small to Benjamin Small

Lot Number One

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSRH-CSJ2-P?cat=122803

"Cherryfield, originally called Township No. 11, is located on the southwestern border of Washington County. Our community was settled in 1757 and was one of the fifty “lottery townships,” located between the Penobscot and St. Croix Rivers, which were included in the land lottery of 1786. It wasn’t until 1816 that our town was incorporated. .... " "The Census of 1790 [page 185] lists the following additional heads of families in Township No. 11: John Jordan, Moses Roff, Gowen Wilson, John Anderson, John [Small] Elisha [Small], and Ebeneezer [Small] and John Small, Jr. Our population peaked in 1900 at 1859 persons, and since that time declined to a low of 771 persons in 1970. More recently, the population has rebounded some extent to 1157 persons in 2000." Cherryfield/ComprehensivePlan/B-History-Cherryfield.pdf

Another early settler, here [Milbridge, Maine], about the same time as Mr. Wallace, was a person whose surname was "Whaugh" we do not know who he was, or where he came from. He settled on the west bank of the river a half-mile below Wallace's Creek. As late as 1835 his house was standing, and known as the "Whaugh" Place , it is said that, during the Revolutionary War, an English brig came up the river one evening, but seeing a light on each bank of the river, she retreated, thinking it was from two forts. The two lights were from the homes of Major Wallace and Mr. Whaugh. About 1762 John Small came here from Cape Elizabeth, and settled on a lot on the west bank of the river [the Narragaugus river], near the "Whaugh" homestead. Jonathan Small, a half brother of his, took out a lot near him. [page 15] The Milbridge register, 1905 by Mitchell, Harry Edward,

Notes: Milbridge is a small town on the west side of the river about 2 miles northward of Wyman. A cannery is just inside the entrance to Wallace Creek, which emptiesinto the west side of Narraguagus River over the mudflats, about 1.6 miles above Mitchell Point. The cannery wharf dries at low water, and the narrow crooked channel leading to it is marked by stakes. page 181    U.S. Coast Pilot 1, Chapter 5 12 NOV 2017 https://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/publications/coast-pilot/files/cp1/CPB1_WEB.pdf

ANCIENT NARRAGUAGUS. BY THE HONORABLE JAMES A MILLIKEN, OF CHERRYFIELD.* A glance at the map of the western part of Washington County will show that any treatment of the early settlement upon the Narraguagus River, necessarily involves more or less of the histories of Steuben, Milbriclge, Harrington and Cherryfield.

Steuben was formerly township No. 4, East of Union River," and No. 5 comprised the territory now included in the towns of Milbridge and Harrington. The town of Cherryfield is composed of No. 11, Middle Division, Bingham Purchase, and of the northeastern part of what was formerly Steuben. All that part of Cherryfield lying south of the mills on the first or lower clam was, prior to 1826, a part of Steuben, and was called Narraguagus to distinguish it from the settlement in the southwestern part, which was called "Head of the Bay," and the postoffice at Cherryfield was called "Narraguagus" until within some twenty-five years past. What is now the flourishing town of Milbridge was a part of Harrington until 1848. Harrington (No. 5) was incorporated as a town in 1791 Steuben (No. 4) in 1795, Cherryfield (No. 11) in 1816, and the northeast part of Steuben was annexed to Cherryfield in 1826. I find that prior to the incorporation of Harrington, that township and No. 11, Cherryfield, held their plantation meetings and kept their records as one organization. At that time most of the settlers in Harrington lived at Mill River, where the earliest settlement was made._ There was no settlement at what is now Harrington village until several years later. I have found it impossible to ascertain the date of the very earliest settlement upon the river, or the name of the man or men who felled the first tree and erected the first rude dwelling. The Maine Historical Magazine, Volume 7 page 162

[Leighton] "Elder Thomas preferred to settle at No.5,; he bought from the commissioners 100 acres of land and marsh, lot 25 at Harrington, on 4 June 1794 (Wash Co. Deeds, 4: 219-220). On 26 Sept. 1805 he sold Ebenezer Small of Cherryfield a portion of lot 25 in Steuben east of the mill stream, with house, barn and mill privileges; and to his son Benjamin land granted as his settler's right (4:220-3). On 8 Feb . 1806, Small sold back most of lot 25; on 17 Feb. Thomas sold to his son James "one quarter of the land dyked by me, James and Benjamin," northwest of Benjamin's land " (5: 37-38). page 54 A Leighton genealogy : descendants of Thomas Leighton of Dover, New Hampshire [No, 5 later Township of Harrington, Thomas Leighton settled at the Steuben/Harrington town line. See Leighton Mill at Pinkham's Creek, in Steuben & Lot # 25, Marsh Creek, Pidgon Hill Bay, Harrington, now Milbridge, Maine, incorporated1848.] https://archive.org/details/leightongenealog01leig/page/54/mode/2up?q=Murray Deed to Ebenezer Small Volume 4 Folio 220 Washington County https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVL-X3D7-P?i=411&cat=122803

Cherryfield Narraguagus Historical Society ca. 1785 Federal Colonial This property was originally owned by John Sprague and sold to John Small in 1782. It was also the Narraguagus Inn used by sportsmen who fished salmon here on the river. This historic building is now home to the Cherryfield - Narraguagus Historical Society. https://cdn.elebase.io/dbcc75a2-4b9f-4a0e-8e4b-cfa273624e10/5c0a6a40-810f-44dc-a366-0ff191fc3bfd-cherryfield-walking-tour.pdf

Deed John Sprague to John Small Jr. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVL-XG9B?i=186&cat=122803

Sources

• (Wash Co. Deeds), [Volume 1, Folio 54 of Washington County Deeds Deed to Stephen Waite Image 38 of 585.] https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVL-XGB2?i=37&cat=122803

• Washington County Deeds Volume 4 Folio 219 Agents to Leighton https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVL-X3DW-1?i=410&cat=122803

• The Narraguagus Valley : some account of its early settlement and settlers by Milliken, James Alphonso, 1813-1891 Publication date 1886 https://archive.org/details/narraguagusvalle00mill/page/5

• Early Narraguagus River families of Washington County, Maine by Lamson, Darryl Byron pages 852 & 853 https://archive.org/details/earlynarraguagus02lams/page/852/mode/2up?q=Ebenezer+Small&view=theater

• CHERRYFIELD/Township No. 11 East of Machias_1790 "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYY-94Q4?cc=1803959&wc=3XT9-3TT%3A1584070931%2C1584070905%2C1584071510 : 14 May 2015), Maine > Washington > Township east of Machias > image 10 of 11; citing NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• MACHIAS/"United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RZ5-9955?cc=1804228&wc=3V1X-SBJ%3A1585148803%2C1585148326%2C1585150000 : 10 June 2015), Maine > Washington > Machias > image 1 of 22; citing NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• EASTPORT/"United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YYD-SLVH?cc=1803765&wc=QZZC-1VK%3A1588182202%2C1588179923%2C1588182396 : 1 December 2015), Maine > Washington > Eastport > image 13 of 15; citing NARA microfilm publication M252, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Cherryfield /Plantation No. 11 _ 1820 "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBH-1YV?cc=1803955&wc=3L7F-VXZ%3A1586988102%2C1586984707%2C1586988632 : 16 July 2015), Maine > Washington > Plantation 9 > image 2 of 2; citing NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• The Milbridge register1905 by Harry Edward Mitchell Published 1905 https://archive.org/stream/milbridgeregiste00mitc#page/15/mode/1up/search/Small

• Descendants of Edward Small of New England, and the allied families, with tracings of English ancestry by Underhill, Lora Altine Woodbury, 1844- Publication date 1910 Volume 3 https://archive.org/details/descendantsofedw03unde/page/1546

• The Maine historical magazine 1891-1892 [Volume 7 page 162] https://archive.org/details/mainehistoricalm18911892bang/page/n214

• A Leighton genealogy : descendants of Thomas Leighton of Dover, New Hampshire; Volume One; by Perley M. Leighton https://archive.org/details/leightongenealog01leig/page/104/mode/1up?q=Murray

• Ebenezer Small to Thomas Leighton_8 Feb 1806_Image 26 of 782_Volume 5 page 37 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSRH-CSVD-4?i=25&cat=122803

• John Small Homestead Ebenezer Small to Benjamin Small_25 May 1807_Image 89 of 782_Volume 5 page 159_Deeds 1785-1903; index 1785-1895 Authors: Washington County (Maine). Register of Deeds https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSRH-CSJ2-P?i=88&cat=122803

• Ebenezer Small to Jacob Townsley_8 Feb 1806_Image 27 of 782 Volume 5 p 40 Mill Privilege in Harrington [Land was set off to form Milbridge in 1848] https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSRH-CSVF-V?i=26&cat=122803

• Town of Cherryfield, Maine Wild Blueberry Capital of the World Comprehensive Plan 2017 pdf

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CZIC-hd211-m3-t6-1977/html/CZIC-hd211-m3-t6-1977.htm

• A STORY OF THE WASHINGTON COUNTY UNORGANIZED TERRITORIES Prepared by John Dudley for Washington County Council of Governments DODGE FAMILY OF BLUE HILL March 2017 [page 20?] https://www.washingtoncountymaine.com/images/places/UTHistory.pdf

• Descendants of John and Sarah (Hopkins) Small, Jr. Bob Small https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~smalljd/lines/jssh.htm

• Descendants of Daniel and Abigail Snow Small Son of Francis and Elizabeth Leighton Small By Jim Small https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~smalljd/lines/3ii.htm

• Harrington, Washington County Genealogy https://www.mainegenealogy.net/place_record.asp?place=harrington

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQZ-FHKC-H?cc=2548057&wc=QZZQ-MHJ%3A1589088707 : 20 September 2019), Slarrow, Joseph - Smith, Dudley > image 837 of 2762; Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

• Payroll of Captain Francis Shaw 1775 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJ7-W3L9-J?i=287&cat=729681

Acknowledgments

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