DAR to honor Chandler’s River residents for support of war

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Hannah Weston Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, of Machias will honor the men and women of Chandler’s River “for their courageous support of the American cause in the War for Independence, 1775-1783.”

Descendants and all those interested in the history of that area are invited to a reception at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, at the Jonesboro Union Church.

You may know that Chandler’s River is the area now known as Jonesboro, Jonesport and Roque Bluffs.

The early settlers to be recognized for their contributions during the Revolutionary War include:

For military service:

. Abner Bean.

. Joseph Drisko Jr.

. Jonathan Knight.

. Isaac Larrabee.

. David Libbee.

. Josiah Libbee.

. Elihu Norton.

. Anthony Schoppe.

. George Tenney.

. William Tupper.

. David Watts.

. Samuel Watts Jr.

. Josiah Weston.

. Joel Whitney.

. Samuel Whitney.

For patriotic service:

. Manwarren Beal.

. Josiah Noyes.

. Hannah (Watts) Weston.

. Rebecca (Weston) Libbee.

A plaque with these names will be unveiled and then placed in some suitable location in the town of Jonesboro. If there are other early residents of the original Chandler’s River that should be listed, contact Valdine Atwood at 255-4432.

Preceding the 2 p.m. reception there will be a 1 p.m. wreath-laying ceremony at the Jonesboro Village Cemetery to mark the 200th birthday anniversary of Sabrina (Watts) Hall.

She was a member of Hannah Weston Chapter DAR as a “Real Daughter,” one of the early members who actually was a daughter of a Revolutionary War soldier. Her father was Samuel Watts Jr., one of the men who took part in the Battle of the Margaretta.

A daughter from late in Samuel’s life, Sabrina was born Sept. 6, 1805, and died on Nov. 22, 1906, at the age of 101. In 1905, the members of the DAR chapter traveled to Jonesboro to help her celebrate her 100th birthday.

And yes, there still are descendants of Samuel Watts Jr. in Hannah Weston Chapter.

Sally Furber Nelson of Belgrade responded to last week’s column on the Angel Gabriel, which was shipwrecked in 1635 off Pemaquid (By the way, that’s 370 years ago, not the 470 years I had computed in my head.) Her ancestor, William Furber, was among the passengers who survived.

“William Furber went to Ipswich where he worked for John Cogswell for two years,” Nelson wrote. “From there he went to Dover, N.H., where he and his descendants were prominent in town affairs for many years. In 1813 Moses Furber, one of his descendants, left Stratham, N.H., and came to Harmony, Maine, with his wife Elizabeth (Robinson) and their children.

“Moses later moved to Palmyra, and then to Clinton where he died and is buried in the Noble Ferry Cemetery. His son Moses ran the hotel in Canaan and his great-grandson, F. Omar Furber, owned a grocery store in Skowhegan.”

Great-great-grandson Robert Furber, Nelson’s dad, was an engineer with the Maine State Highway Department and designed a portion of I-95 from Augusta to Newport. She also has a brother who lives in Kingsbury.

“My genealogy research has uncovered other Furbers who lived in Winslow, Athens, New Sharon, Belfast and Bath,” Nelson wrote. “Mark Furber, who now lives in Sidney, has a double connection to the Angel Gabriel because he also descends from the Burnhams.

“In one of those great genealogical coincidences, my maternal grandmother was a Blaisdell who descended from Ralph Blaisdell, who arrived on the Angel Gabriel. So I, too, have a double connection.”

3334. CONRAD. Newspaper clippings in my grandmother’s Bible tell of my uncle, Emmett E. Conrad, a baker on a Navy ship who was killed at age 37 in action in World War II in the South Pacific on July 25, 1945. A native of Missouri, he was from Long Beach, Calif., and was survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. King Conrad, wife Mary Lee Conrad, daughters Paula and Marilyn, brothers Charles of Fresno and Harry of South Gate, and sisters Alva McGlimm of South Gate and Lucy Sheek of Patterson. He was buried in Sanger, Fresno County, Calif. Would appreciate more information about him and the service he gave to his country. Ernest Sheek, 46 Maple St., Dexter, Maine 04930.

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