Married Deborah Soule, April 28, 1763, North Yarmouth, Maine.
From Stone Sloops: [number by name is the generation from John the settler]
HAMILTON, AMBROSE (2) (1735-1795) 'grandfather' himself and grandfather to all Chebeague--about. He with his wife Homestead along the shore west of division Point. He was down east around Belfast looking at other lands when he died in 1795.
Donna (Miller) Damon's research: Ambrose died in a area that was known as Belfast, Ducktrap and eventually became the Town of Ducktrap. We have his will and letters written while and after he died by a neighbor. It is assumed he is in an unmarked grave in Northport maybe in a back yard on the 200 acres he owned abutting Penobscot Bay. All of us Hamilton's wish we owned it now!
Ambrose, the old stock, went away to Belfast to make a suitable living. While there, he was taken sick, and Betsy, his wife, got one of the boys to row her to Belfast. She found him dead and buried when she arrived.
Not all of the following agrees with later research by many but it gives an overview of the early Hamiltons on Chebeague.
....."HAMILTON, AMBROSE. Private, Capt. Benjamin Parker's co.; Enlisted July 3, 1775; service to Dec. 31,1775, 6 mos. 13 days.; company stationed on seacoast of Cumberland Co.; roll sworn to at North Yarmouth; also company order on Henry Gardner, Treasurer, payable to John Hayes, dated North Yarmouth, Oct. 16,1775, for wages for 2 mos. service in Capt. Benjamin Parker's co. on the seacoast in Cumberland Co."
Ambrose Hamilton
Ambrose Hamilton was in the Revolutionary War.
This is from ISLANDS OF MAINE by Bill Caldwell--Great Chebeague, the biggest of some 180 islands in Casco Bay, is four and a half miles long, a mile wide, with a land area of 2,800 acres. The recorded history of the island dates back to before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. Then Chebeague was listed as a "colony of the Royal Crown of England" and its first white proprietor was the father of Maine, Sir Ferdinando Gorges. But not for long. In 1650, he sold out to a Boston merchant named Merry, thereby starting a trend of island selling. Merry never set foot on the island, but he boosted his ego by changing its name from Chebeague (Indian word for cold spring water) to Merry Island. However, money spoke louder than vanity to Merry. He sold the island at a profit for $500 to another Boston businessman named John King. Then King sold at a profit to Walter Gendall of Yarmouth. He held it despite the inconvenience that he was charged with treason at the time by a Massachusetts court, and had to pay over 20 pounds to buy his pardon. But the Indians didn't pardon Gendall; they killed him. And soon Chebeague's name changed again, strangely this time. The island was given to two deacons of the First Church of Boston as "recompense for their goodly deeds," and was renamed "Recompense Island."
But only briefly. On shore, where Stroudwater stands now, between downtown Portland and the jetport, big money was being made in cutting and shipping tall pines for the masts of the English navy. Since 1691, all white pines with a diameter of 24 inches at one foot above the ground, were reserved for the English Crown and marked with the King's Broad Arrow. Colonet Thomas Westbrook was one of the men making small fortunes from shipping out the tall white pines. A mast tree 120 feet tall was worth $500. A 75-foot tree for a bowsprit fetched $200, and a spar fetched up to $100. In 1772 Maine shipped 382 masts, 69 bowsprits and 451 spars to England and earned over $200,000, a very big sum in those days. With some of those profits, Col. Westbrook bought Great Chebeague. But business on the mainland was too hectic for him to settle out on an island. None of the early owners had the good sense of the Indians to really enjoy this lovely island. That had to wait until Scotsman Ambrose Hamilton arrived.
Hamilton built a log house on the north end, fathered 12 children and became grandfather to 71. Hamiltons built and made famous the Chebeague stone fleet. By the 1850s, over thirty Hamilton stone sloops, the Mack trucks of their time, were hauling heavy loads of granite from Maine quarries to be made into some of the greatest buildings of their time. One Chebeague stone sloop, the Addie Snow, is believed to have sent the 291-foot passenger ship Portland to the bottom in the great storn of 1898, one of the worst tragedies at sea. The theory is that the Portland, in zero visibility, heavy seas and a howling gale, collided with the granite-laden Addie Snow, caved in from the impact, and sank with the loss of 175 lives.
Exactly how or where the Portland was lost had been a mystery for half a century. Then in November 1944, a scalloper out of Rockland was dragging off Cape Cod and brought up the Portland's bell in her net. With the ship's bell as evidence of exactly where the Portland sank, Edward Rowe Snow, who has written fine books on New England's coast, sent down divers to find out if any more of the Portland lay on the bottom. The divers found the bow of the Addie Snow embedded in the side of the Portland, indicating a terrible collision and immediate sinking. All lives on both ships were lost. In another tragedy in the winter sea, ocean spray froze on the masts and decks of a Chegeague stone sloop outside of Boston Harbor. Tons of ice weighed her down till she became helpless in the breaking, freezing seas. Capt. John Ross and his two sons, John and Walter were found aboard, frozen to death, encased in ice on the rigging.
Three brothers emigrated from Scotland in the year 1760. Their names were Ambrose, Roland, and John Hamilton. Roland settled at Walnut Hill, John at Cousins Island, and Ambrose on Chebeague Island. His wife was Nancy Ramsey from Ganzy. From this union were born Ambrose, James, Jonathan, Lemuel, John, Jinnie, Lucy, Deborah, Amy, Lydia, and Betsy. Betsy died in infancy. Ambrose married Ruth Sawyer. From this union were born David, Charles, Ambrose, Dorcas, and Lydia. Ambrose married a second wife, Annie Sawyer. From this union were no children. James Hamilton married Polly Webber, from whom were born Jack, James, Simeon, Reuben, Benjamin, Mary, Eliza, Rebecca, and Sarah. James Hamilton married for his second wife, Sarah Littlefield. One child, Sophriana was born of this union.
Jonathan Hamilton married Betsy Dyer. From them were born Ambrose, Edward, Sallie, Betsy, Lucas, and Dorcas.
John Hamilton married Anna Sawyer. From this union were born Soloman, Richard, Robert, Enoch, Ambrose, John, and Jinnie, a daughter. He married for his second wife, Mehitable Soule. Of this union were born Barnwell, Porter, Alfred, Phlinda, and Ann.
Jinnie Hamilton married John Curit. From this union were born Stephen, John, Deborah, and Jane. She lived to the advanced age of 100 years, 10 months.
Lucy Hamilton married Eben Hill, by whom she had Eben, Abner, Joseph, Rachael, and Eunice. She lost a daughter, Rachael, who lived to be 13 years old.
Deborah Hamilton married Richard Hutchinson of whom were born Sallie, Amy, Samuel, Stephen, and William.
Amy never married. Her lover was lot at sea. She dressed in deep mourning for some time, and then changed to white. Her room was furnished in white, and she wore white from head to foot.
Lydia and Betsy died in infancy.
Ambrose, the old stock, went away to Belfast to make a suitable living. While there, he was taken sick, and Betsy, his wife, got one of the boys to row her to Belfast. She found him dead and buried when she arrived.Notes for Deborah (Spouse 1) 1Marriage ceremony was performed by David Mitchell, Esq.
From Stone Sloops: [number by name is the generation from John the settler]
HAMILTON, AMBROSE (2) (1735-1795) 'grandfather' himself and grandfather to all Chebeague--about. He with his wife Homestead along the shore west of division Point. He was down east around Belfast looking at other lands when he died in 1795.
Donna (Miller) Damon's research: Ambrose died in a area that was known as Belfast, Ducktrap and eventually became the Town of Ducktrap. We have his will and letters written while and after he died by a neighbor. It is assumed he is in an unmarked grave in Northport maybe in a back yard on the 200 acres he owned abutting Penobscot Bay. All of us Hamilton's wish we owned it now!
Ambrose, the old stock, went away to Belfast to make a suitable living. While there, he was taken sick, and Betsy, his wife, got one of the boys to row her to Belfast. She found him dead and buried when she arrived.
Not all of the following agrees with later research by many but it gives an overview of the early Hamiltons on Chebeague.
....."HAMILTON, AMBROSE. Private, Capt. Benjamin Parker's co.; Enlisted July 3, 1775; service to Dec. 31,1775, 6 mos. 13 days.; company stationed on seacoast of Cumberland Co.; roll sworn to at North Yarmouth; also company order on Henry Gardner, Treasurer, payable to John Hayes, dated North Yarmouth, Oct. 16,1775, for wages for 2 mos. service in Capt. Benjamin Parker's co. on the seacoast in Cumberland Co."
Ambrose Hamilton
Ambrose Hamilton was in the Revolutionary War.
This is from ISLANDS OF MAINE by Bill Caldwell--Great Chebeague, the biggest of some 180 islands in Casco Bay, is four and a half miles long, a mile wide, with a land area of 2,800 acres. The recorded history of the island dates back to before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. Then Chebeague was listed as a "colony of the Royal Crown of England" and its first white proprietor was the father of Maine, Sir Ferdinando Gorges. But not for long. In 1650, he sold out to a Boston merchant named Merry, thereby starting a trend of island selling. Merry never set foot on the island, but he boosted his ego by changing its name from Chebeague (Indian word for cold spring water) to Merry Island. However, money spoke louder than vanity to Merry. He sold the island at a profit for $500 to another Boston businessman named John King. Then King sold at a profit to Walter Gendall of Yarmouth. He held it despite the inconvenience that he was charged with treason at the time by a Massachusetts court, and had to pay over 20 pounds to buy his pardon. But the Indians didn't pardon Gendall; they killed him. And soon Chebeague's name changed again, strangely this time. The island was given to two deacons of the First Church of Boston as "recompense for their goodly deeds," and was renamed "Recompense Island."
But only briefly. On shore, where Stroudwater stands now, between downtown Portland and the jetport, big money was being made in cutting and shipping tall pines for the masts of the English navy. Since 1691, all white pines with a diameter of 24 inches at one foot above the ground, were reserved for the English Crown and marked with the King's Broad Arrow. Colonet Thomas Westbrook was one of the men making small fortunes from shipping out the tall white pines. A mast tree 120 feet tall was worth $500. A 75-foot tree for a bowsprit fetched $200, and a spar fetched up to $100. In 1772 Maine shipped 382 masts, 69 bowsprits and 451 spars to England and earned over $200,000, a very big sum in those days. With some of those profits, Col. Westbrook bought Great Chebeague. But business on the mainland was too hectic for him to settle out on an island. None of the early owners had the good sense of the Indians to really enjoy this lovely island. That had to wait until Scotsman Ambrose Hamilton arrived.
Hamilton built a log house on the north end, fathered 12 children and became grandfather to 71. Hamiltons built and made famous the Chebeague stone fleet. By the 1850s, over thirty Hamilton stone sloops, the Mack trucks of their time, were hauling heavy loads of granite from Maine quarries to be made into some of the greatest buildings of their time. One Chebeague stone sloop, the Addie Snow, is believed to have sent the 291-foot passenger ship Portland to the bottom in the great storn of 1898, one of the worst tragedies at sea. The theory is that the Portland, in zero visibility, heavy seas and a howling gale, collided with the granite-laden Addie Snow, caved in from the impact, and sank with the loss of 175 lives.
Exactly how or where the Portland was lost had been a mystery for half a century. Then in November 1944, a scalloper out of Rockland was dragging off Cape Cod and brought up the Portland's bell in her net. With the ship's bell as evidence of exactly where the Portland sank, Edward Rowe Snow, who has written fine books on New England's coast, sent down divers to find out if any more of the Portland lay on the bottom. The divers found the bow of the Addie Snow embedded in the side of the Portland, indicating a terrible collision and immediate sinking. All lives on both ships were lost. In another tragedy in the winter sea, ocean spray froze on the masts and decks of a Chegeague stone sloop outside of Boston Harbor. Tons of ice weighed her down till she became helpless in the breaking, freezing seas. Capt. John Ross and his two sons, John and Walter were found aboard, frozen to death, encased in ice on the rigging.
Three brothers emigrated from Scotland in the year 1760. Their names were Ambrose, Roland, and John Hamilton. Roland settled at Walnut Hill, John at Cousins Island, and Ambrose on Chebeague Island. His wife was Nancy Ramsey from Ganzy. From this union were born Ambrose, James, Jonathan, Lemuel, John, Jinnie, Lucy, Deborah, Amy, Lydia, and Betsy. Betsy died in infancy. Ambrose married Ruth Sawyer. From this union were born David, Charles, Ambrose, Dorcas, and Lydia. Ambrose married a second wife, Annie Sawyer. From this union were no children. James Hamilton married Polly Webber, from whom were born Jack, James, Simeon, Reuben, Benjamin, Mary, Eliza, Rebecca, and Sarah. James Hamilton married for his second wife, Sarah Littlefield. One child, Sophriana was born of this union.
Jonathan Hamilton married Betsy Dyer. From them were born Ambrose, Edward, Sallie, Betsy, Lucas, and Dorcas.
John Hamilton married Anna Sawyer. From this union were born Soloman, Richard, Robert, Enoch, Ambrose, John, and Jinnie, a daughter. He married for his second wife, Mehitable Soule. Of this union were born Barnwell, Porter, Alfred, Phlinda, and Ann.
Jinnie Hamilton married John Curit. From this union were born Stephen, John, Deborah, and Jane. She lived to the advanced age of 100 years, 10 months.
Lucy Hamilton married Eben Hill, by whom she had Eben, Abner, Joseph, Rachael, and Eunice. She lost a daughter, Rachael, who lived to be 13 years old.
Deborah Hamilton married Richard Hutchinson of whom were born Sallie, Amy, Samuel, Stephen, and William.
Amy never married. Her lover was lot at sea. She dressed in deep mourning for some time, and then changed to white. Her room was furnished in white, and she wore white from head to foot.
Lydia and Betsy died in infancy.
Ambrose, the old stock, went away to Belfast to make a suitable living. While there, he was taken sick, and Betsy, his wife, got one of the boys to row her to Belfast. She found him dead and buried when she arrived.Notes for Deborah (Spouse 1) 1Marriage ceremony was performed by David Mitchell, Esq.
Married Deborah Soule, April 28, 1763, North Yarmouth, Maine.
From Stone Sloops: [number by name is the generation from John the settler]
HAMILTON, AMBROSE (2) (1735-1795) 'grandfather' himself and grandfather to all Chebeague--about. He with his wife Homestead along the shore west of division Point. He was down east around Belfast looking at other lands when he died in 1795.
Donna (Miller) Damon's research: Ambrose died in a area that was known as Belfast, Ducktrap and eventually became the Town of Ducktrap. We have his will and letters written while and after he died by a neighbor. It is assumed he is in an unmarked grave in Northport maybe in a back yard on the 200 acres he owned abutting Penobscot Bay. All of us Hamilton's wish we owned it now!
Ambrose, the old stock, went away to Belfast to make a suitable living. While there, he was taken sick, and Betsy, his wife, got one of the boys to row her to Belfast. She found him dead and buried when she arrived.
Not all of the following agrees with later research by many but it gives an overview of the early Hamiltons on Chebeague.
....."HAMILTON, AMBROSE. Private, Capt. Benjamin Parker's co.; Enlisted July 3, 1775; service to Dec. 31,1775, 6 mos. 13 days.; company stationed on seacoast of Cumberland Co.; roll sworn to at North Yarmouth; also company order on Henry Gardner, Treasurer, payable to John Hayes, dated North Yarmouth, Oct. 16,1775, for wages for 2 mos. service in Capt. Benjamin Parker's co. on the seacoast in Cumberland Co."
Ambrose Hamilton
Ambrose Hamilton was in the Revolutionary War.
This is from ISLANDS OF MAINE by Bill Caldwell--Great Chebeague, the biggest of some 180 islands in Casco Bay, is four and a half miles long, a mile wide, with a land area of 2,800 acres. The recorded history of the island dates back to before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. Then Chebeague was listed as a "colony of the Royal Crown of England" and its first white proprietor was the father of Maine, Sir Ferdinando Gorges. But not for long. In 1650, he sold out to a Boston merchant named Merry, thereby starting a trend of island selling. Merry never set foot on the island, but he boosted his ego by changing its name from Chebeague (Indian word for cold spring water) to Merry Island. However, money spoke louder than vanity to Merry. He sold the island at a profit for $500 to another Boston businessman named John King. Then King sold at a profit to Walter Gendall of Yarmouth. He held it despite the inconvenience that he was charged with treason at the time by a Massachusetts court, and had to pay over 20 pounds to buy his pardon. But the Indians didn't pardon Gendall; they killed him. And soon Chebeague's name changed again, strangely this time. The island was given to two deacons of the First Church of Boston as "recompense for their goodly deeds," and was renamed "Recompense Island."
But only briefly. On shore, where Stroudwater stands now, between downtown Portland and the jetport, big money was being made in cutting and shipping tall pines for the masts of the English navy. Since 1691, all white pines with a diameter of 24 inches at one foot above the ground, were reserved for the English Crown and marked with the King's Broad Arrow. Colonet Thomas Westbrook was one of the men making small fortunes from shipping out the tall white pines. A mast tree 120 feet tall was worth $500. A 75-foot tree for a bowsprit fetched $200, and a spar fetched up to $100. In 1772 Maine shipped 382 masts, 69 bowsprits and 451 spars to England and earned over $200,000, a very big sum in those days. With some of those profits, Col. Westbrook bought Great Chebeague. But business on the mainland was too hectic for him to settle out on an island. None of the early owners had the good sense of the Indians to really enjoy this lovely island. That had to wait until Scotsman Ambrose Hamilton arrived.
Hamilton built a log house on the north end, fathered 12 children and became grandfather to 71. Hamiltons built and made famous the Chebeague stone fleet. By the 1850s, over thirty Hamilton stone sloops, the Mack trucks of their time, were hauling heavy loads of granite from Maine quarries to be made into some of the greatest buildings of their time. One Chebeague stone sloop, the Addie Snow, is believed to have sent the 291-foot passenger ship Portland to the bottom in the great storn of 1898, one of the worst tragedies at sea. The theory is that the Portland, in zero visibility, heavy seas and a howling gale, collided with the granite-laden Addie Snow, caved in from the impact, and sank with the loss of 175 lives.
Exactly how or where the Portland was lost had been a mystery for half a century. Then in November 1944, a scalloper out of Rockland was dragging off Cape Cod and brought up the Portland's bell in her net. With the ship's bell as evidence of exactly where the Portland sank, Edward Rowe Snow, who has written fine books on New England's coast, sent down divers to find out if any more of the Portland lay on the bottom. The divers found the bow of the Addie Snow embedded in the side of the Portland, indicating a terrible collision and immediate sinking. All lives on both ships were lost. In another tragedy in the winter sea, ocean spray froze on the masts and decks of a Chegeague stone sloop outside of Boston Harbor. Tons of ice weighed her down till she became helpless in the breaking, freezing seas. Capt. John Ross and his two sons, John and Walter were found aboard, frozen to death, encased in ice on the rigging.
Three brothers emigrated from Scotland in the year 1760. Their names were Ambrose, Roland, and John Hamilton. Roland settled at Walnut Hill, John at Cousins Island, and Ambrose on Chebeague Island. His wife was Nancy Ramsey from Ganzy. From this union were born Ambrose, James, Jonathan, Lemuel, John, Jinnie, Lucy, Deborah, Amy, Lydia, and Betsy. Betsy died in infancy. Ambrose married Ruth Sawyer. From this union were born David, Charles, Ambrose, Dorcas, and Lydia. Ambrose married a second wife, Annie Sawyer. From this union were no children. James Hamilton married Polly Webber, from whom were born Jack, James, Simeon, Reuben, Benjamin, Mary, Eliza, Rebecca, and Sarah. James Hamilton married for his second wife, Sarah Littlefield. One child, Sophriana was born of this union.
Jonathan Hamilton married Betsy Dyer. From them were born Ambrose, Edward, Sallie, Betsy, Lucas, and Dorcas.
John Hamilton married Anna Sawyer. From this union were born Soloman, Richard, Robert, Enoch, Ambrose, John, and Jinnie, a daughter. He married for his second wife, Mehitable Soule. Of this union were born Barnwell, Porter, Alfred, Phlinda, and Ann.
Jinnie Hamilton married John Curit. From this union were born Stephen, John, Deborah, and Jane. She lived to the advanced age of 100 years, 10 months.
Lucy Hamilton married Eben Hill, by whom she had Eben, Abner, Joseph, Rachael, and Eunice. She lost a daughter, Rachael, who lived to be 13 years old.
Deborah Hamilton married Richard Hutchinson of whom were born Sallie, Amy, Samuel, Stephen, and William.
Amy never married. Her lover was lot at sea. She dressed in deep mourning for some time, and then changed to white. Her room was furnished in white, and she wore white from head to foot.
Lydia and Betsy died in infancy.
Ambrose, the old stock, went away to Belfast to make a suitable living. While there, he was taken sick, and Betsy, his wife, got one of the boys to row her to Belfast. She found him dead and buried when she arrived.Notes for Deborah (Spouse 1) 1Marriage ceremony was performed by David Mitchell, Esq.
From Stone Sloops: [number by name is the generation from John the settler]
HAMILTON, AMBROSE (2) (1735-1795) 'grandfather' himself and grandfather to all Chebeague--about. He with his wife Homestead along the shore west of division Point. He was down east around Belfast looking at other lands when he died in 1795.
Donna (Miller) Damon's research: Ambrose died in a area that was known as Belfast, Ducktrap and eventually became the Town of Ducktrap. We have his will and letters written while and after he died by a neighbor. It is assumed he is in an unmarked grave in Northport maybe in a back yard on the 200 acres he owned abutting Penobscot Bay. All of us Hamilton's wish we owned it now!
Ambrose, the old stock, went away to Belfast to make a suitable living. While there, he was taken sick, and Betsy, his wife, got one of the boys to row her to Belfast. She found him dead and buried when she arrived.
Not all of the following agrees with later research by many but it gives an overview of the early Hamiltons on Chebeague.
....."HAMILTON, AMBROSE. Private, Capt. Benjamin Parker's co.; Enlisted July 3, 1775; service to Dec. 31,1775, 6 mos. 13 days.; company stationed on seacoast of Cumberland Co.; roll sworn to at North Yarmouth; also company order on Henry Gardner, Treasurer, payable to John Hayes, dated North Yarmouth, Oct. 16,1775, for wages for 2 mos. service in Capt. Benjamin Parker's co. on the seacoast in Cumberland Co."
Ambrose Hamilton
Ambrose Hamilton was in the Revolutionary War.
This is from ISLANDS OF MAINE by Bill Caldwell--Great Chebeague, the biggest of some 180 islands in Casco Bay, is four and a half miles long, a mile wide, with a land area of 2,800 acres. The recorded history of the island dates back to before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. Then Chebeague was listed as a "colony of the Royal Crown of England" and its first white proprietor was the father of Maine, Sir Ferdinando Gorges. But not for long. In 1650, he sold out to a Boston merchant named Merry, thereby starting a trend of island selling. Merry never set foot on the island, but he boosted his ego by changing its name from Chebeague (Indian word for cold spring water) to Merry Island. However, money spoke louder than vanity to Merry. He sold the island at a profit for $500 to another Boston businessman named John King. Then King sold at a profit to Walter Gendall of Yarmouth. He held it despite the inconvenience that he was charged with treason at the time by a Massachusetts court, and had to pay over 20 pounds to buy his pardon. But the Indians didn't pardon Gendall; they killed him. And soon Chebeague's name changed again, strangely this time. The island was given to two deacons of the First Church of Boston as "recompense for their goodly deeds," and was renamed "Recompense Island."
But only briefly. On shore, where Stroudwater stands now, between downtown Portland and the jetport, big money was being made in cutting and shipping tall pines for the masts of the English navy. Since 1691, all white pines with a diameter of 24 inches at one foot above the ground, were reserved for the English Crown and marked with the King's Broad Arrow. Colonet Thomas Westbrook was one of the men making small fortunes from shipping out the tall white pines. A mast tree 120 feet tall was worth $500. A 75-foot tree for a bowsprit fetched $200, and a spar fetched up to $100. In 1772 Maine shipped 382 masts, 69 bowsprits and 451 spars to England and earned over $200,000, a very big sum in those days. With some of those profits, Col. Westbrook bought Great Chebeague. But business on the mainland was too hectic for him to settle out on an island. None of the early owners had the good sense of the Indians to really enjoy this lovely island. That had to wait until Scotsman Ambrose Hamilton arrived.
Hamilton built a log house on the north end, fathered 12 children and became grandfather to 71. Hamiltons built and made famous the Chebeague stone fleet. By the 1850s, over thirty Hamilton stone sloops, the Mack trucks of their time, were hauling heavy loads of granite from Maine quarries to be made into some of the greatest buildings of their time. One Chebeague stone sloop, the Addie Snow, is believed to have sent the 291-foot passenger ship Portland to the bottom in the great storn of 1898, one of the worst tragedies at sea. The theory is that the Portland, in zero visibility, heavy seas and a howling gale, collided with the granite-laden Addie Snow, caved in from the impact, and sank with the loss of 175 lives.
Exactly how or where the Portland was lost had been a mystery for half a century. Then in November 1944, a scalloper out of Rockland was dragging off Cape Cod and brought up the Portland's bell in her net. With the ship's bell as evidence of exactly where the Portland sank, Edward Rowe Snow, who has written fine books on New England's coast, sent down divers to find out if any more of the Portland lay on the bottom. The divers found the bow of the Addie Snow embedded in the side of the Portland, indicating a terrible collision and immediate sinking. All lives on both ships were lost. In another tragedy in the winter sea, ocean spray froze on the masts and decks of a Chegeague stone sloop outside of Boston Harbor. Tons of ice weighed her down till she became helpless in the breaking, freezing seas. Capt. John Ross and his two sons, John and Walter were found aboard, frozen to death, encased in ice on the rigging.
Three brothers emigrated from Scotland in the year 1760. Their names were Ambrose, Roland, and John Hamilton. Roland settled at Walnut Hill, John at Cousins Island, and Ambrose on Chebeague Island. His wife was Nancy Ramsey from Ganzy. From this union were born Ambrose, James, Jonathan, Lemuel, John, Jinnie, Lucy, Deborah, Amy, Lydia, and Betsy. Betsy died in infancy. Ambrose married Ruth Sawyer. From this union were born David, Charles, Ambrose, Dorcas, and Lydia. Ambrose married a second wife, Annie Sawyer. From this union were no children. James Hamilton married Polly Webber, from whom were born Jack, James, Simeon, Reuben, Benjamin, Mary, Eliza, Rebecca, and Sarah. James Hamilton married for his second wife, Sarah Littlefield. One child, Sophriana was born of this union.
Jonathan Hamilton married Betsy Dyer. From them were born Ambrose, Edward, Sallie, Betsy, Lucas, and Dorcas.
John Hamilton married Anna Sawyer. From this union were born Soloman, Richard, Robert, Enoch, Ambrose, John, and Jinnie, a daughter. He married for his second wife, Mehitable Soule. Of this union were born Barnwell, Porter, Alfred, Phlinda, and Ann.
Jinnie Hamilton married John Curit. From this union were born Stephen, John, Deborah, and Jane. She lived to the advanced age of 100 years, 10 months.
Lucy Hamilton married Eben Hill, by whom she had Eben, Abner, Joseph, Rachael, and Eunice. She lost a daughter, Rachael, who lived to be 13 years old.
Deborah Hamilton married Richard Hutchinson of whom were born Sallie, Amy, Samuel, Stephen, and William.
Amy never married. Her lover was lot at sea. She dressed in deep mourning for some time, and then changed to white. Her room was furnished in white, and she wore white from head to foot.
Lydia and Betsy died in infancy.
Ambrose, the old stock, went away to Belfast to make a suitable living. While there, he was taken sick, and Betsy, his wife, got one of the boys to row her to Belfast. She found him dead and buried when she arrived.Notes for Deborah (Spouse 1) 1Marriage ceremony was performed by David Mitchell, Esq.
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