Daniel Y. McFarland Genealogy of the McFarland Family of Hancock County, Maine

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Even before the above grants were legalized by the General Court settlements began to be made in different parts of the county. In the Spring of 1761, Capt. Abraham Somes of Gloucester, Mass. Took up a land grant at the head of the inlet now known as Somes' Sound in Mount Desert, where he built a mill and made other improvements. In 1762, Col. Jonathan Buck and four other men from Haverhill, Mass., settled in Township No. 1, now Bucksport. Joseph Goss moved to No. 2 in 17 64 and gave it the name Orland. The first per manent settler in Penobscot was Charles Hutchings in 1768. Town ship No. 5, now Blue Hill, was settled in 1762 by Joseph Wood and John Roundy from Beverly, Mass. In the same year a settlement was begun at Sullivan by Sullivan, Bean, Simpson and others. Ben jamin Milliken settled in Ellsworth in 1763, which is also the date of the settlement of Eden by the Thomas family.