The following is an account from the early days of the Revolutionary War:
The St. Francis tribe of Indians had a trail passing through this town, (Maidstone) and were a great annoyance to the early inhabitants. During the Revolutionary War these Indians received a five dollar bounty for each live captive, or scalp, taken by them. The young wife of Caleb Marshall, after seeing the most valuable of her household goods buried in the earth, mounted her horse, with a child of about two years (Benjamin) and an infant of three weeks old, and went on unattended through the wilderness to her own and her husband's parents in Hampstead N. H., a distance of 160 miles, where she arrived safely. The infant of three weeks (Sarah) became the good and faithful wife of Col. Moody Rich. [Gazetteer of Caledonia and Essex Counties, VT 1764-1887, Hamilton Child, Syracuse, N. Y. The Syracuse Journal Company, Printers and Binders May, 1887]
Surveyor; In the month of June, 1803, he (Samuel Fowler), in company with Benjamin Marshall and four others, made a survey of the town (Brownville, Piscataquis County) [A History and Description of New England, General and Local, Vol. 1, 1859]
Surveyor; Plan of ten thousand acres of land exclusive to the water of Aroostook River laid out to William Eaton Esq. by a scale of four hundred rods to an inch November 6th 1807 by Benjamin Marshall, surveyor. [Maine State Archives]
Surveyor; The town (New Limerick, Aroostook County) was surveyed in 1809, by Benjamin Marshall, and was incorporated in 1839. [A History and Description of New England, General and Local, Vol. 1, 1859]
Surveyor; 05 Sep 1809 Benjamin Marshall signed the petition for incorporation of Houlton Township, Aroostook County, Maine [History of the town of Houlton, Maine, from 1804 to 1883, 1884]
Guide; September 7, 1814, Dea. Samuel Kendall and family left New Salem for Houlton, Sep 1814 At Old Town, twelve miles above Bangor, we hired seven men, five of whom were Indians, with bark canoes, to convey the family and goods, accompanied by Messrs. Marshall and Butterfield [History of the town of Houlton, Maine, from 1804 to 1883, 1884]
A second petition for the incorporation of Houlton Township was sent 30 Oct 1818 which was not signed by Benjamin Marshall and subsequent town records of the same period do not record Benjamin Marshall or any other Marshall living there.
Drowned in New Brunswick as reported by his sister Mary Marshall; [History of the Town of Stratford New Hampshire 1773 – 1925 By Jeannette R Thompson Published by Vote of the Town 1925 Printed by the Rumford Press; Concord, New Hampshire] [Letter written by Mary Marshall dated 01 Feb 1842]
My eldest brother 23 and another 17 went to the Province of Main, Surveyers – The eldest was head surveyer for many years – he surveyed hundreds of miles in the British dominions – and there was drowned. [Mary Marshall Feb 1842 Letter pg 2 Original]
Drowned during the Great Miramichi River fire.
October 7, 1825, was signalized by a fire, which prevailed in this region of country and in the Province of New Brunswick, Miramichi appeared the most distinguished for its dreadful ravages, hence, it derived the appellation of the "Miramichi fire." So great was the destruction of that place, that hundreds of the inhabitants perished. Mr. Newman, a native of Miramichi, but a resident of Houlton, who witnessed that tragical scene, that the village of Newcastle, and Douglasstown, three miles below, were both consumed. The fire came upon them so suddenly that they could make no preparation, —surprising them, as it did, in the night, the people were obliged to flee from their houses, for refuge, to caves and wells...
The scene, to the inhabitants of Miramichi, who, at that time, were an amalgamation of different nations, must have been not unlike that which was fore told of the destruction of Jerusalem... Many who fled to the river were drowned, among whom a family, (husband, wife and children,) while endeavoring to cross the river in a canoe, from Douglass to Chatham, a distance of about two miles, were over whelmed by the waves and all lost. [History of the town of Houlton, Maine, from 1804 to 1883; 1884; By an Old Pioneer; Haverhill, Mass. : C. C. MORS 2 & SON, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS. 1884]
Biography © 2019 Ronnie Miller
The St. Francis tribe of Indians had a trail passing through this town, (Maidstone) and were a great annoyance to the early inhabitants. During the Revolutionary War these Indians received a five dollar bounty for each live captive, or scalp, taken by them. The young wife of Caleb Marshall, after seeing the most valuable of her household goods buried in the earth, mounted her horse, with a child of about two years (Benjamin) and an infant of three weeks old, and went on unattended through the wilderness to her own and her husband's parents in Hampstead N. H., a distance of 160 miles, where she arrived safely. The infant of three weeks (Sarah) became the good and faithful wife of Col. Moody Rich. [Gazetteer of Caledonia and Essex Counties, VT 1764-1887, Hamilton Child, Syracuse, N. Y. The Syracuse Journal Company, Printers and Binders May, 1887]
Surveyor; In the month of June, 1803, he (Samuel Fowler), in company with Benjamin Marshall and four others, made a survey of the town (Brownville, Piscataquis County) [A History and Description of New England, General and Local, Vol. 1, 1859]
Surveyor; Plan of ten thousand acres of land exclusive to the water of Aroostook River laid out to William Eaton Esq. by a scale of four hundred rods to an inch November 6th 1807 by Benjamin Marshall, surveyor. [Maine State Archives]
Surveyor; The town (New Limerick, Aroostook County) was surveyed in 1809, by Benjamin Marshall, and was incorporated in 1839. [A History and Description of New England, General and Local, Vol. 1, 1859]
Surveyor; 05 Sep 1809 Benjamin Marshall signed the petition for incorporation of Houlton Township, Aroostook County, Maine [History of the town of Houlton, Maine, from 1804 to 1883, 1884]
Guide; September 7, 1814, Dea. Samuel Kendall and family left New Salem for Houlton, Sep 1814 At Old Town, twelve miles above Bangor, we hired seven men, five of whom were Indians, with bark canoes, to convey the family and goods, accompanied by Messrs. Marshall and Butterfield [History of the town of Houlton, Maine, from 1804 to 1883, 1884]
A second petition for the incorporation of Houlton Township was sent 30 Oct 1818 which was not signed by Benjamin Marshall and subsequent town records of the same period do not record Benjamin Marshall or any other Marshall living there.
Drowned in New Brunswick as reported by his sister Mary Marshall; [History of the Town of Stratford New Hampshire 1773 – 1925 By Jeannette R Thompson Published by Vote of the Town 1925 Printed by the Rumford Press; Concord, New Hampshire] [Letter written by Mary Marshall dated 01 Feb 1842]
My eldest brother 23 and another 17 went to the Province of Main, Surveyers – The eldest was head surveyer for many years – he surveyed hundreds of miles in the British dominions – and there was drowned. [Mary Marshall Feb 1842 Letter pg 2 Original]
Drowned during the Great Miramichi River fire.
October 7, 1825, was signalized by a fire, which prevailed in this region of country and in the Province of New Brunswick, Miramichi appeared the most distinguished for its dreadful ravages, hence, it derived the appellation of the "Miramichi fire." So great was the destruction of that place, that hundreds of the inhabitants perished. Mr. Newman, a native of Miramichi, but a resident of Houlton, who witnessed that tragical scene, that the village of Newcastle, and Douglasstown, three miles below, were both consumed. The fire came upon them so suddenly that they could make no preparation, —surprising them, as it did, in the night, the people were obliged to flee from their houses, for refuge, to caves and wells...
The scene, to the inhabitants of Miramichi, who, at that time, were an amalgamation of different nations, must have been not unlike that which was fore told of the destruction of Jerusalem... Many who fled to the river were drowned, among whom a family, (husband, wife and children,) while endeavoring to cross the river in a canoe, from Douglass to Chatham, a distance of about two miles, were over whelmed by the waves and all lost. [History of the town of Houlton, Maine, from 1804 to 1883; 1884; By an Old Pioneer; Haverhill, Mass. : C. C. MORS 2 & SON, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS. 1884]
Biography © 2019 Ronnie Miller
The following is an account from the early days of the Revolutionary War:
The St. Francis tribe of Indians had a trail passing through this town, (Maidstone) and were a great annoyance to the early inhabitants. During the Revolutionary War these Indians received a five dollar bounty for each live captive, or scalp, taken by them. The young wife of Caleb Marshall, after seeing the most valuable of her household goods buried in the earth, mounted her horse, with a child of about two years (Benjamin) and an infant of three weeks old, and went on unattended through the wilderness to her own and her husband's parents in Hampstead N. H., a distance of 160 miles, where she arrived safely. The infant of three weeks (Sarah) became the good and faithful wife of Col. Moody Rich. [Gazetteer of Caledonia and Essex Counties, VT 1764-1887, Hamilton Child, Syracuse, N. Y. The Syracuse Journal Company, Printers and Binders May, 1887]
Surveyor; In the month of June, 1803, he (Samuel Fowler), in company with Benjamin Marshall and four others, made a survey of the town (Brownville, Piscataquis County) [A History and Description of New England, General and Local, Vol. 1, 1859]
Surveyor; Plan of ten thousand acres of land exclusive to the water of Aroostook River laid out to William Eaton Esq. by a scale of four hundred rods to an inch November 6th 1807 by Benjamin Marshall, surveyor. [Maine State Archives]
Surveyor; The town (New Limerick, Aroostook County) was surveyed in 1809, by Benjamin Marshall, and was incorporated in 1839. [A History and Description of New England, General and Local, Vol. 1, 1859]
Surveyor; 05 Sep 1809 Benjamin Marshall signed the petition for incorporation of Houlton Township, Aroostook County, Maine [History of the town of Houlton, Maine, from 1804 to 1883, 1884]
Guide; September 7, 1814, Dea. Samuel Kendall and family left New Salem for Houlton, Sep 1814 At Old Town, twelve miles above Bangor, we hired seven men, five of whom were Indians, with bark canoes, to convey the family and goods, accompanied by Messrs. Marshall and Butterfield [History of the town of Houlton, Maine, from 1804 to 1883, 1884]
A second petition for the incorporation of Houlton Township was sent 30 Oct 1818 which was not signed by Benjamin Marshall and subsequent town records of the same period do not record Benjamin Marshall or any other Marshall living there.
Drowned in New Brunswick as reported by his sister Mary Marshall; [History of the Town of Stratford New Hampshire 1773 – 1925 By Jeannette R Thompson Published by Vote of the Town 1925 Printed by the Rumford Press; Concord, New Hampshire] [Letter written by Mary Marshall dated 01 Feb 1842]
My eldest brother 23 and another 17 went to the Province of Main, Surveyers – The eldest was head surveyer for many years – he surveyed hundreds of miles in the British dominions – and there was drowned. [Mary Marshall Feb 1842 Letter pg 2 Original]
Drowned during the Great Miramichi River fire.
October 7, 1825, was signalized by a fire, which prevailed in this region of country and in the Province of New Brunswick, Miramichi appeared the most distinguished for its dreadful ravages, hence, it derived the appellation of the "Miramichi fire." So great was the destruction of that place, that hundreds of the inhabitants perished. Mr. Newman, a native of Miramichi, but a resident of Houlton, who witnessed that tragical scene, that the village of Newcastle, and Douglasstown, three miles below, were both consumed. The fire came upon them so suddenly that they could make no preparation, —surprising them, as it did, in the night, the people were obliged to flee from their houses, for refuge, to caves and wells...
The scene, to the inhabitants of Miramichi, who, at that time, were an amalgamation of different nations, must have been not unlike that which was fore told of the destruction of Jerusalem... Many who fled to the river were drowned, among whom a family, (husband, wife and children,) while endeavoring to cross the river in a canoe, from Douglass to Chatham, a distance of about two miles, were over whelmed by the waves and all lost. [History of the town of Houlton, Maine, from 1804 to 1883; 1884; By an Old Pioneer; Haverhill, Mass. : C. C. MORS 2 & SON, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS. 1884]
Biography © 2019 Ronnie Miller
The St. Francis tribe of Indians had a trail passing through this town, (Maidstone) and were a great annoyance to the early inhabitants. During the Revolutionary War these Indians received a five dollar bounty for each live captive, or scalp, taken by them. The young wife of Caleb Marshall, after seeing the most valuable of her household goods buried in the earth, mounted her horse, with a child of about two years (Benjamin) and an infant of three weeks old, and went on unattended through the wilderness to her own and her husband's parents in Hampstead N. H., a distance of 160 miles, where she arrived safely. The infant of three weeks (Sarah) became the good and faithful wife of Col. Moody Rich. [Gazetteer of Caledonia and Essex Counties, VT 1764-1887, Hamilton Child, Syracuse, N. Y. The Syracuse Journal Company, Printers and Binders May, 1887]
Surveyor; In the month of June, 1803, he (Samuel Fowler), in company with Benjamin Marshall and four others, made a survey of the town (Brownville, Piscataquis County) [A History and Description of New England, General and Local, Vol. 1, 1859]
Surveyor; Plan of ten thousand acres of land exclusive to the water of Aroostook River laid out to William Eaton Esq. by a scale of four hundred rods to an inch November 6th 1807 by Benjamin Marshall, surveyor. [Maine State Archives]
Surveyor; The town (New Limerick, Aroostook County) was surveyed in 1809, by Benjamin Marshall, and was incorporated in 1839. [A History and Description of New England, General and Local, Vol. 1, 1859]
Surveyor; 05 Sep 1809 Benjamin Marshall signed the petition for incorporation of Houlton Township, Aroostook County, Maine [History of the town of Houlton, Maine, from 1804 to 1883, 1884]
Guide; September 7, 1814, Dea. Samuel Kendall and family left New Salem for Houlton, Sep 1814 At Old Town, twelve miles above Bangor, we hired seven men, five of whom were Indians, with bark canoes, to convey the family and goods, accompanied by Messrs. Marshall and Butterfield [History of the town of Houlton, Maine, from 1804 to 1883, 1884]
A second petition for the incorporation of Houlton Township was sent 30 Oct 1818 which was not signed by Benjamin Marshall and subsequent town records of the same period do not record Benjamin Marshall or any other Marshall living there.
Drowned in New Brunswick as reported by his sister Mary Marshall; [History of the Town of Stratford New Hampshire 1773 – 1925 By Jeannette R Thompson Published by Vote of the Town 1925 Printed by the Rumford Press; Concord, New Hampshire] [Letter written by Mary Marshall dated 01 Feb 1842]
My eldest brother 23 and another 17 went to the Province of Main, Surveyers – The eldest was head surveyer for many years – he surveyed hundreds of miles in the British dominions – and there was drowned. [Mary Marshall Feb 1842 Letter pg 2 Original]
Drowned during the Great Miramichi River fire.
October 7, 1825, was signalized by a fire, which prevailed in this region of country and in the Province of New Brunswick, Miramichi appeared the most distinguished for its dreadful ravages, hence, it derived the appellation of the "Miramichi fire." So great was the destruction of that place, that hundreds of the inhabitants perished. Mr. Newman, a native of Miramichi, but a resident of Houlton, who witnessed that tragical scene, that the village of Newcastle, and Douglasstown, three miles below, were both consumed. The fire came upon them so suddenly that they could make no preparation, —surprising them, as it did, in the night, the people were obliged to flee from their houses, for refuge, to caves and wells...
The scene, to the inhabitants of Miramichi, who, at that time, were an amalgamation of different nations, must have been not unlike that which was fore told of the destruction of Jerusalem... Many who fled to the river were drowned, among whom a family, (husband, wife and children,) while endeavoring to cross the river in a canoe, from Douglass to Chatham, a distance of about two miles, were over whelmed by the waves and all lost. [History of the town of Houlton, Maine, from 1804 to 1883; 1884; By an Old Pioneer; Haverhill, Mass. : C. C. MORS 2 & SON, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS. 1884]
Biography © 2019 Ronnie Miller
Family Members
Siblings
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Sarah "Sally" Marshall Rich
1777–1858
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Abigail Marshall Bailey
1778–1870
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Mary Marshall Dyer
1780–1867
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CPT William Marshall
1781–1833
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Caleb Marshall II
1782–1866
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Betsey Marshall Tillotson
1784–1852
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Susan H. Marshall Harvey
1788–1850
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Rhoda Marshall
1790–1804
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Nancy Marshall Byron
1792–1884
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Fannie M Marshall Bowker
1794–1880
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Silas Marshall
1794–1876
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