Elizabeth Mayhew of Bangor, Maine Sprague's Journal of Maine History No. II Vol. VII AUG. SEPT. OCT 1919 pages 111 Miss Elizabeth Mayhew, says the Commercial, who died in Bangor, November 29th, 1918, was a descendant of Mary Howard the first white child born there. It is "an unusual fact" says this writer. that although Bangor has not been settled quite 150 years, there are few descendants of the earliest settlers here. Many of the so-called older families of Bangor date back only 100 years, and representatives of the earliest families, before the Revolution for instance, are rare in this vicinity. Miss Mayhew, however, claimed descent from one of the very first settlers. Her great grandmother, Mary Howard, the first white child born in Bangor, then Kadesquit, first saw the light of day here on June 30, 1772. That was three years after Jacob Buswell, Bangor's first permanent white inhabitant, built his log cabin near the junction of York and Newbury streets. Mary Howard's father, Thomas Howard, was one of a party that came to Bangor in 1771, numbering Jacob Dennett, Simon Crosby, Thomas, John and Hugh Smart, Andrew Webster, Joseph Rose, David Rowell, Solomon and Silas Harthorn, and Joseph Mansell. Thomas Howard, Miss Mayhew's great-great-grandfather, built one of the first frame houses in Bangor. It is now standing the oldest house in the city. A. H. Thaxter, the Exchange street grain merchant, who now owns it, has improved it to such an extent that the old lines are hardly recognizable, but the nucleus of the original house is still there. (c) 1998 Courtesy of the Androscoggin Historical Society ************************************************* * * * * NOTICE: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.