Some Early Settlers of Barnard, Piscataquis County, Maine , Vol 3 page 220 220 SPRAGUE'S JOURNAL OF MAINE HISTORY For some years, from 1794 to 1834, Barnard was a part of the town of Williamsburg. In the latter year its was set off as a sepa- rate town by act of Legislature. Some of the early settlers came from Sebec, some from Bruns- wick and vicinity, and some from the green little isle of Erin. Clearings were made in various part of the town and homes and school houses built. Edmund, Thomas and William Ladd came from Saco. William settled on what is now the Robert Williams place in Williamsburg, later moving to "Ladd Hill" in Barnard. Thomas settled over the line in Sebec on the "Mount Misery Road." He froze to death one bitterly cold night on his way home from mill at Milo. The various branches of the Ladd family in Piscataquis county are descended from these three brothers. Moses Head came from Bowdoinham with a large family of girls. Ruth married Elias Dean and Elizabeth married William Ladd. Over on the Ridge Road there were several families-Reuben Higgins, William Smith, Thomas LeMont, Edward Clexton,, James Nowlen, William Welch, Patrick McElroy and two of the name of Babcock and Lee. John Waterhouse ran a lumber mill on Bear Brook where he sawed boards, shingles and clapboards. He was an uncle to the late Frank Hamlin of Milo. Thomas Pollard later ran this mill. A sad incident of these early days occurred in his family. Four of his children were ill with diphtheria and (lied within a few days, two little boys being buried the same (lay. Out in the "settlement" proper the tide of life flows on, Bear Brook still flows noisily on its way; but the mill it turned is gone. The trees have overgrown the Clearings and only an occasional half filled cellar with a lilac bush or a hill of rhubarb growing near is left to tell the story of the early settlers on the Ridge Road. MADEL L. TRUE. (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.