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Anna Woodward Gray was

portrayed by Sallie Huot of

Saco. Dressed in costume

of the mid 1800s, Sallie (as

Anna) recounted what life was like in

North Waterborough. Sallie allowed

The Pied Cow to reproduce her inter-

esting discourse. Sallie, a historian

from Saco, had researched the times

and life of Anna Woodward Gray solic-

iting the help of Linda Hanscom and

Kitty A Chadbourne.

Her story was told with charm as

she drew the audience into the moment

as if she was sharing a visit with

friends. She took liberty with some of

her descriptions based on stories she

had researched of the times but might

not have been specific to people or

place. Sallie assumed Anna was born in

York, but that is not certain. She knew

that Anna was a member of the Old

Corner Church but wasn’t sure where

the Woodwards went to church. The

story of the wildcat and fox were actu-

al for the area and the accounts of ad-

dressing non-Christian acts by mem-

bers of the church actually occurred,

but not at Elder Gray.

Our thanks to Sallie for sharing her

discourse of Anna Woodward Gray

with us.

ANNA WOODWARD GRAYMy name, for those of you who don’t

know me, is Anna Woodward Gray and

I’m pleased to be here with you today,

June 17, 1855. You’ve asked me to

The Chadbourne Family Associationmet October 15–16, 2006, at Verrillo’sConvention Center, Portland, Mainefor the 22nd Annual Reunion. Themeeting on the 15th coincided with theMaine Genealogical Society Confer-ence. Nearly thirty attended on the 15thwith somewhat fewer the following day.

Minutes of the GeneralAssembly MeetingBy Howard Kaepplein, Secretary

The meeting was called to

order by President Herbie

Geiler at 11 a.m. The Secre-

tary’s Report as printed in

The Pied Cow was accepted. The Trea-

surer’s Report as printed in The PiedCow was accepted. The Auditor’s

Report as printed in The Pied Cow was

accepted.

Vol. 23 No. 1 Issue 43 265 Chadbourne’s Ridge Road, North Waterborough, Maine 04061 Spring 2007 ISSN 0741-0360

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Inside…Membership.............................2New Officers....................................2President’s Message.......................5Outgoing President’s Report.........4Young Chads’ Corner..............10–11From the Editor.............................12 See GRAY, page 6

See REPORT, page 3

2006 Reunion revisited Reunion Report Elder Gray Meeting House

Bicentennial Celebration

Photo: Shawn Patrick Ouellette

Sallie Huot as Anna Woodward Gray

Officers Elected to serve 2006-8

PRESIDENT: George Langlais, 367 North St., Georgetown, MA01833 T: 978-352-8559 E: [email protected]

VICE-PRESIDENT/REUNION CHAIR: Arlene Verity, 502 IndianHead Rd., Hanson, MA 02341 T: 781-294-8603 E: [email protected]

2ND VICE PRESIDENT:

TREASURER/ FINANCE CHAIR: Rick Morgan, 5257 Big HollowRd., Starksboro, VT 05487 T: 802-434-6631 E: [email protected]

ASST. TREASURER/WEBMASTER/DIGITAL ARCHIVIST: HerbieGeiler, 17 Green St., Somersworth, NH 03878 T: 603-692-5437E: [email protected]

RECORDING SECRETARY & ED/PUB. CHAIR: Howard Kaepplein,33 Jacob Gates Rd., Harvard, MA 01451 T: 978-456-3637 E: [email protected]

CORPORATION CLERK: Linda Hanscom, 265 Chadbourne ridgeRd., N Waterborough, ME 04061 T: 207-247-3123

GENEALOGIST/MEMBERSHIP CHAIR: Toby Hurley, 14925 NWRidgetop Crt., Beaverton, OR 97006 T: 503-690-1981 E: [email protected]

DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE: Kent Verity, 502 Indian Head Rd., Hanson,MA 02341 T: 781-294-8603 E: [email protected]

DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE: Larry M. Chadbourne, 1221 Funstan Ave.#202, San Francisco, CA 94122 T: 414-664-3556 E: [email protected]

GENEALOGICAL EDITOR: Deborah Chadbourne, 22 Alton Crt. #2,Brookline, MA 02446 T: 617-566-3183 E: [email protected]

GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH/ENGLISH ROOTS CHAIR: Ted Chad-bourne, 50 Stockholm Dr., Cumberland Center, ME 04021 T: 207-829-6384 E: [email protected]

NEWSLETTER EDITOR: Kitty A Chadbourne, 50 Stockholm Dr.,Cumberland Center, ME 04021 T: 207-829-6384 E: [email protected]

AUDITOR: Martha Giles, 79 Bramhall St. #2-C, Portland, ME 04102 T: 207-773-1224 E: [email protected]

CHAD’S STORE: Howard KaeppleinCHADBOURNE WEBSITE: www.CHADBOURNE.orgCHADBOURNE/GOODWIN/ONLINE DISCUSSION:

http://www.rootsweb.comCHADBOURNE ARCHAELOGICAL WEBSITE:

www.salem.mass.edu/~ebaker/chadbourne.htm

Board of Management meetings set: Place, Counting House,south Berwick, ME, Time: 1:00 p.m.—Sat. January 13, 2007; Sat.April 21, 2007; Sat. July 14, 2007; Sat. or Sun. Oct. 13/14, 2007.

Membership in the CFA is open to all

descendants of William Chad-

bourne, immigrant from England to

the Piscataqua River area in 1634.

Membership is also open to descendants’ spouses or

other interested persons, including those unlinked to

William Chadbourne.

Annual dues, payable in U.S. Currency, are

$15/individual, $20/family, and $100/lifetime, one-

time payment. Membership runs from July 1 to June

30. Your mailing label will denote when member-

ship expires. Donations are welcome and can be des-

ignated for research, publications, reunions, conser-

vation dig, or as a memorial.

If you would prefer to receive The Pied Cow in

e-message form, please notify Herbie Geiler.

NOTE INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP FEES.

LET THE CFA COMPILEAND PRINT YOUR

CHADBOURNE GENEALOGY

We will extract all of the ancestors in your direct

line from William Chadbourne down to you from

The Chadbourne Family in America: A Genealogy.Included will be all the historic text for each indi-

vidual as it appears in the 1994 book and 2004 Ad-

dendum and later updates in our internal files. We

will then print it on about 10 pages of high quality

paper and insert those pages in a booklet of clear

plastic foils. Your cost will be:

$25.00 (loose pages) or $40.00 (booklet)Make check payable to CFA and mail to:

Herbie Geiler, 17 Green St., Somersworth, NH 03878-2518

Membership

NEW BUSINESS1. A motion was made by Kitty Chad-

bourne to increase the individual mem-

bership fee from $10.00 to $15.00 and

the family fee to be set at $20.00, as an-

nounced in The Pied Cow. Howard

Kaepplein seconded the motion and it

was approved by unanimous vote.

2. Herbie read from a 10/09/06 Inven-

tory of items sent to the CFA by Jeff

Davis, grandson of John Sinkinson

(Life member, recently deceased)

which was prepared by Linda Han-

scom. Linda and Kitty explained more

about the materials. It was a box of re-

search material, old deeds of Waterbor-

ough lands, some pictures and a few ar-

tifacts applicable to the Chadbourne

mills in North Waterborough. The re-

port requests various dispositions of

the items between Waterborough His-

torical Society and the CFA archives. A

motion was made by Howard Kaep-

plein to follow the recommendations as

contained in the Inventory. It was sec-

onded by Kent Verity and approved by

unanimous vote.

3. A motion was made by Howard and

Seconded by Ann Gorham that Herbie

Geiler be appointed Digital Archivist

for the CFA, and that he begin by scan-

ning the Sinkinson Papers. All other

documents in the CFA Archives to be

scanned during the next four years at

the convenience of Ted & Kitty Chad-

bourne and Herbie Geiler. Herbie, Ted

and Kitty accepted the proposal, and

the motion was amended by George

Langlais that appropriate funds be

made available to complete the assign-

ment. The motion was approved by

unanimous vote.

4. George Langlais moved that the

CFA continue to support the Old

Berwick Historical Society in the

archeological dig ($500/yr.) for up to 3

years or as long as the dig continues.

Kitty seconded the motion and it was

approved by unanimous vote.

5. Howard Kaepplein reported on his

conversations with member John

Chadbourne of North Hills, CA who

requested that the CFA re-print addi-

tional copies of The Chadbourne

Family in America: A Genealogy.

Howard agreed to search for small vol-

ume book printers and get quotes for

various small quantities, and to bring

the results to the next BOD meeting for

appropriate action.

6. Howard spoke about the importance

of The Pied Cow to the survival of the

CFA, and lauded Kitty Chadbourne for

all the work she has done for many

years to produce this newsletter. He

suggested that the work might be

shared with a coeditor who might take

responsibility of one issue per year, and

suggested two possible candidates for

the job. Kitty stated that she appreciat-

ed the suggestion and would welcome

the help. Anyone interested can contact

her.

7. Herbie read the President’s Report

Chadbourne Reunion 2006

Clockwise from top left: First vice presi-dent Arlene Verity; speaker, MargaretWhyte Kelly as Sarah Goodwin; Secre-tary, Howard Kaepplein

Photos courtesy of Herbie Geiler

REPORT, continued from page 1

See REPORT 2, page 9

Iwould like to thank you all for

attending, it is only a small

group; but it is well worth the fel-

lowship for those that are here.

I took over as President following

the 2004 major reunion. The outgoing

president, Howard Kaepplein, had just

finished the castings of the replicas of

the spoon and swan seal. It was hard

following in his footsteps.

The supplement of the Chad-

bourne book was completed and out

for distribution by Christmas. We

thank Deborah Chadbourne and every

one else that helped in that process. It

came out great! She immediately start-

ed adding female lines into the geneal-

ogy. Starting with a large Goodwin list

that I gave to her. This was followed up

with anything that was found on fe-

male lines from the CFA archives, as

well as members supplying new data.

The next item on my agenda was

to get the membership database cleared

up. It was a mess when I received it, it

hadn’t been updated in two years and

there were many entries that didn’t

have any backing as to why they were

members. Our rules said if any member

was in arrears for due more than 18

months, they would be removed. After

careful consideration by the commit-

tee, letters were written to all on the

list, approximately 65 names were re-

moved. This process continued again

this year with another 28 letters issued.

We received no replies. Several of the

Board members personally knew some

of the 28 and said they would get in

touch with them in hope to get them up

to date. Sorry to say, once again no

replies. Hopefully at today’s Board

meeting we will know more.

Carolyn and I have been tour

guides for several Chadbourne descen-

dants this year; Linda and Roger Tie-

man from Lake Zurick, IL, Barbara

Goodell Pierce and her sister Kathleen

Goodell Brown from southern CA,and

Barbara Lydick from NC with her

mother from FL. There was another

tour planned but was rained out. It was

the worst storm in the area in along

time. That would have included,

William & Gretta Chadbourne,from

Washington, DC, Robert & Kirsten

Chadbourne from Germany, Betty

Chadbourne from AL and Del & Sally

(Chadbourne) Davis from ME.

As with my first term, are still

looking for people to serve on commit-

tees, and we are not having much luck.

If any of you know of anyone that is

willing to serve on committees, please

let any of the Board know.

I look forward to a happy and

healthy term for our incoming

President.

—Respectfully submitted,Herbie Geiler

The Membership Committee

has been meeting via e-mail

as well as at the Board meet-

ings. The original ruling was

that past due members would stay on

the membership list for18 months, be

notified of non- compliance and if they

aren’t brought up to date at that time,

they will be dropped from membership.

135 letters were mailed after the

first meeting. 4 became Life members,

16 renewed, 22 sent in dues for one

year, 14 returned with no forwarding

addresses, 13 will be given until June

2006 to pay. The remained were

dropped as of July 23.

We sent out more letters on June

2006, which consisted of 28 more peo-

ple. There were no responses. Several

of the Board members personally knew

several of these people and were going

to get in touch with them. As of now,

still no responses. Hopefully at today’s

Board meeting we might hear more or

those 28 people will be dropped. We

have also lost 3 life members this year.

Respectfully submitted,

Herbie Geiler/Toby Hurley—Chairs

Oct. 15, 2006

Report from outgoing President Herbie Geiler

Report from Membership

Committee Chair Toby HurleyMissing Chads

This is a list of returned

mail with no address.

If any members can

supply updated

addresses for these members,

please send them to Toby Hur-

ley, Herbie Geiler or Kitty A.

Chadbourne. Thanks.

Jennifer Derosier Blake

Richard McClain Chadbourne

Priscilla Chadbourne

Ringenburg

Arthur Robert Chadbourne

Frank B DeMaria & Caroline M.

Chadbourne DeMaria

See page 5

My name is George

Langlais, the son of the

late Elsia Chadbourne.

Since 1984, I have been

a member of The Chadbourne Family

Association and have served in some

capacity to help put together one of the

finest family associations in the coun-

try. That didn’t just happen by chance.

We have a great family history and we

have been served by a number of dedi-

cated members over the years. It has

been a great pleasure to work with and

to become close friends of these rela-

tives.

It is very difficult to keep a family

association alive and vibrant. We have

had many goals that have helped to

keep this possible. Research in Eng-

land has taken us back to roots of our

family and a little is still on going. Re-

searching and producing an all encom-

passing and highly acclaimed book,

The Chadbourne Family in America, a

Genealogy, was the tool that got us in

touch with so many of our relatives and

built up the membership base. Of

course, technology changed and im-

proved while we were working which

made the CD a viable alternative to the

book and something that can be updat-

ed more frequently. For the past 12

years we have had the dig in South

Berwick to peak our interest. This has

been my greatest joy and is one thing

that very few family associations have

to bring the relatives together. How

lucky can we be to have so many arti-

facts from our very early ancestors.

The Pied Cow is something that most

of our members look forward to. It is

the lifeblood of our organization and I

can’t praise Kitty Chadbourne enough

for all the countless hours she has spent

producing this.

Where do we go from here? It has

always been difficult to get the youth

involved in the association. I would

greatly appreciate any thoughts you

have to help increase their interest for

they are the future of this association.

Work on the female lines is ongoing

and any additional information you

have would be appreciated by Deborah

Chadbourne. As always, we have an

important need for people to step for-

ward and volunteer, for it takes many

hours of work and dedication to make

this all possible.

If you are still wondering after all

this is it still worth sending in the dues

every year please consider this. With

your dues we have also been able to

keep up our commitment to Old

Berwick Historical Society to help de-

fray the cost of conserving uncovered

artifacts. There is a very expensive

process necessary for conserving metal

objects and it is a commitment of the

archaeologist Emerson Baker that we

conserve all objects found.

My Goal—We have found thou-

sands of wonderful artifacts and many

are on display in the Counting House.

Still others are waiting to be put to-

gether like so many pieces of a puzzle.

My concern is the very large metal ob-

jects, tools and saw mill parts, that

have been conserved and placed in two

large sealed boxes awaiting to be dis-

played. It is so disheartening to greet

relatives, some from very long dis-

tances away who can only afford to

come to Maine once, and to have to tell

them what is in the two large boxes in-

stead of showing them the contents.

This happens because we are commit-

ted to keeping these boxes sealed until

we can properly display the artifacts

they contain in Climate Controlled

Cases. These display cases are very ex-

pensive, especially because of the large

objects we have to display. I have be-

come a member of the Board of The

Old Berwick Historical Society and I

have their commitment and I have

promised them our commitment to

make this outcome possible. Together

we have started an account with some

generous donations of our members. If

you happen to be in a position to help

with a contribution, it would be greatly

appreciated. Remember, these artifacts

have become a very important teaching

tool to show and tell about the history

of early settlers in America.

—George Langlais, President

A Message from President, George Langlais

Photo:

President George Langlais

Wayne R Hovdestad

Richard G. & Alice Martin

Hilda Flanner Olsen

Laurie Quint

David Smith

Caroline M & John Viernes

More missing Chads

continued from page 4

speak about my life with Elder James

Gray, preacher here at this meeting

house for many years. Today is the first

year’s anniversary of his passing but I

would like to remind you that we

should not spend the day in sadness.

He is with our father and watching over

us, waiting for the day when we will all

be reunited with him in glory.

As most of you know, I was born

in York but my family moved to Wa-

terborough when I was a young child.

My father purchased a 65-acre lot with

plans and dreams for a new life. He

worked hard, clearing the land, build-

ing a house and surrounding his pas-

tures with rock walls. He enjoyed the

challenge of the frontier and worked

hard to unite the community. I remem-

ber how excited my family was when

Waterborough became incorporated as

a town. I still recall how I, at age seven,

and my sister Sally, age five, and even

my youngest sister, one-year-old Polly,

danced and celebrated at that important

event. My father was appointed the

community’s first Warden as well as

Auditor for the town’s treasurer. The

position of Warden was relatively sim-

ple in those early days because very

few strayed from the straight and nar-

row.

Still, there were ways to get around

the law. Wildcats and foxes were a con-

stant threat to the farmers and a bounty

was quickly established consisting of

$2 for the skin of a wildcat and 50

cents for a fox. My father told me

about a man who presented the skin of

a wildcat to one of the town’s clerks

and collected his $2 bounty. He then

went to another town clerk, presented

the same skin and collected another $2.

The town clerks quickly established a

way to identify the skins once the

bounty was collected.

My father was a farmer and a tan-

ner of leather, and although he never

mentioned it, he must have been disap-

pointed that his first three children

were girls. He didn’t need to be con-

cerned because the next four out of five

were sons who helped him around the

farm.

When we first moved here, we did-

n’t regularly attend church, but after

the Old Corner Baptist Church was

built, we sometimes attended the ser-

vice. Whenever we did attend, I re-

member Mrs. Olive Gray, with her

welcoming smile as she met us at the

front door. Her son, James, was always

kind to me and our friendship devel-

oped, over the years, into romance. We

were later married by Elder Henry

Smith, Pastor of that church.

We lived in Lyman for the first six

years of our marriage, the hometown of

my husband’s family. In 1813, we

moved, with our two boys, three-year-

old Samuel and one-year-old William,

to Huff’s Lane on Bradeen’s Ridge.

Now today many of you know this area

as Chadbourne’s Ridge but I still like to

call it Bradeen’s Ridge. When the Lord

said go out and multiply, the Chad-

bournes took it much too seriously. Just

because they have more children, it

doesn’t seem right that the Bradeens

name was dropped. I’ve always had a

problem with change. Still, I have no

qualms with the Chadbournes. My sis-

ter and daughter both married into that

family and they are kind folk.

Our move to Huffs Lane was a

happy occasion for me. My father, who

married Anna Linscott after my moth-

er’s death, lived in the neighborhood.

We also were near my sister, Polly, and

her husband, William Mills. The Lewis

family, the same one my sister Patience

married into, were also in the general

area and I felt very much at home.

Our homestead consisted of a com-

fortable post and beam house with a

large barn seated on a 50 acre lot -

plenty of room for our family. The only

down side to our new dwelling was the

71 cents we had to pay on taxes.

Shortly after our move, our first

daughter was born and we named her

Mary, after my mother. Three years

later, James Junior was added to our

family.

When Joan, our second daughter

was born, I was so happy that Mary

would have a sister to play with. Un-

fortunately, their relationship lasted

only 6 years when the Lord called Joan

back to heaven. We had one more son,

Ichabod, who blessed our house for

only four short years. He, too, was

called home by God. It was a difficult

time, watching those two small pine

boxes being lowered into our family

plot on the farm. The only comfort was

the saving grace of our Lord and Sav-

ior.

James was a faithful member of

the Baptist Church but a Freewill Bap-

tist revival came through this area, stir-

ring up all kinds of questions and pro-

viding some answers. The more James

heard, the more he became interested

in the church. Reverend Hobbs and

Elder Tingley, at the Freewill Baptist

Church, encouraged James and he

joined their new church at Ossipee

Hills. He was asked to help out with

sermons and talks whenever he could

and before long, the church submitted a

letter of recommendation to the Quar-

terly Meeting of the Freewill Baptist,

stating that James was a member in

good standing at the Henry Hobbs

Church and had exhibited a “Public

gift” for preaching. A committee was

appointed to hear a trial sermon, which

must have been well received for they

voted to proceed with his ordination. I

think all of you here today have heard

GRAY, continued from page 1

See GRAY 2, page 7

Elder James preach and know of his

great ability for zealous prayer and ser-

mons. He remained with the Henry

Hobbs Church until he came over here

to this meeting house, where he stayed

for the remainder of his life. This be-

came our spiritual home for all the

Gray family.

As I’m sure you all know, this

meeting house once sat at the bottom of

the hill but the area was growing and

families were springing up all over the

top of the ridge. It was difficult for

everyone, including Elder James, to go

down the hill, particularly in the cold of

winter, and even more difficult getting

up the hill to go back home. The mem-

bers voted to move the church up

Bradeen Ridge to be nearer the mem-

bers of the church and the Elder as

well.

I will never forget the day they

moved the church. It had been raining

for many days and the ground oozed

with slush and muck. I suggested that

the move be postponed because of the

weather but Elder James reminded me

that oxen and men had previously been

secured from all over York county and

it would take weeks before another

move could be arranged.

Elder Gray left early that morning,

hitching a ride with our neighbor,

James Mills Chadbourne. Before he

left, I reminded him to watch over the

keg of rum placed in the church for the

men moving the building. Certainly a

cup of rum has no ill effect upon a man

but an excess can certainly be trouble.

When Elder James came home for

lunch, he told me about all the prob-

lems that had occurred. From time to

time, the tow chains broke, which

caused the church to slip backwards.

Several times the building became

mired in the mud. I could tell my hus-

band was discouraged. I fed him a

good bowl of hot black bean soup and

he returned, more determined than

ever. After clearing the table and doing

the dishes, I hitched the gig up to our

gray mare and headed down to watch

the procedure. It was amazing to see.

Logs were placed in front of the build-

ing and the oxen pulled with all their

might, tugging and forcing the struc-

ture forward, little by little. After

reaching the last log, the oxen rested,

with bundles of hay offered as payment

for their hard work. The men also were

rewarded, not with hay but mugs of

rum. The logs were once again placed

in front of the building and the move

continued. Just as I was ready to return

home, the church had reached about a

rod from where it stands today. The

men were exhausted, not to mention

thirsty because the rum keg was empty.

The oxen were tired and the hay de-

pleted. To make plans for another day -

plans for more oxen and more men -

appeared to be hopeless. Finally Joseph

Bradeen said, wiping the perspiration

rolling down his face, said “If you want

to leave it over there, I’ll donate the

land.” I have never seen so many men

nod their heads in unison as I did after

that suggestion. One of the workers,

and I can’t remember who, asked about

a graveyard. Without hesitation,

Joseph’s brother, Samuel Bradeen, of-

fered the land on the other side of the

road for a cemetery which was quickly

accepted. Although the oxen could not

talk, there’s no doubt in my mind that

they were more than willing to return

to their warm barns for new clumps of

hay. And here this lovely church has

sat, ever since. May it be here for gen-

erations to come.

It was here that Elder James mar-

ried our daughter, Mary, to James Mills

Chadbourne. What a lovely day that

was. I always wish that the happiness

shown on the day of a wedding could

remain with everyone ever after. We

couldn’t have picked out a better hus-

band for Mary if we had tried. James,

as many of you know, has several mills

- saw, shingle, planing and grist - in

and around Little Ossipee Pond. He is

active in the town’s business and often

reminds me of my father.

My oldest son, Samuel, also stayed

in the area, allowing me to see and

know my lovely four granddaughters.

Several years ago, Samuel planted four

trees along his property line, proudly

saying they represented each of his

four lovely girls. He named those trees

- one for each daughter- and I have en-

joyed watching them grow to maturity,

just as I have his daughters.

My son William is now a high fal-

lutin’ doctor in Massachusetts. He de-

cided that the name “Gray” looked

more distinguished if it were spelled

with an “e” rather than an “a” so he

changed our family name. I told his

wife, Mariah, that they are going to

confuse folks right into the 21st centu-

ry with that change in spelling. As I’ve

said before, I have a hard time with

change.

James Junior, as you probably re-

member, died very early in Charles-

town Massachusetts. He was only 29

years old and a great lost to the family.

We made arrangements for his body to

be brought home and placed in the

churchyard. There’s comfort in know-

ing that he’s now with his father.

Much has changed in the last 40

years since we’ve moved here to

Bradeen Ridge. When Elder James first

served this church, the number of

members varied but there was a steady

stream of loyal and faithful people. We

worked hard, keeping the name of the

Lord before the families in and around

the church. When Brother Buzzell

GRAY 2, continued from page 6

See GRAY 3, page 8

came through the area, with his inspir-

ing revival meetings, people were

swept up in his movement. I remember

Elder James saying, “I cut and pile, cut

and pile, then Brother Buzzell comes

along puts a torch to it.” I reminded

him that there would be no pile to light

if he had not done all the ground work.

One of Elder Gray’s Christian du-

ties was to act upon unchristian con-

duct. Many problems were laid at the

door of the church - lying, cheating,

anger and horse swapping. One woman

was brought before the committee for

the improper dressing of fowl. Praise

God, she promised to be more careful

in the future, eliminating the need for

further punishment.

I remember the last sermon Elder

James gave. It was one of his best,

making me wonder if he knew it would

be his last. We first met at the doorway

of the meeting house, as we do every

Sunday, greeting and catching up with

our friends. Then, after our song of

praise, the 25 psalm was read—“Shew

me thy way, O Lord, teach me thy

paths. Lead me in thy truth and teach

me; for thou art the God of my salva-

tion; on thee do I wait all the day.” In

his sermon, he stressed the necessity of

a change in heart. He said we must be-

come the humble, cross-bearing disci-

ples. The question is not who is the

greatest but who is the most humble.

Do not judge thy neighbor but let us be

tender toward our brother’s feelings.

After all, our neighbor might be right

and we wrong.

On the way home, I told Elder

James that I thought it was one of his

best sermons. The next day, Monday,

Elder James woke up with a headache

so I made him a simple with valerian

and St. John’s wort. By nightfall, he

felt better. The next day, however, his

headache returned and his energy

spent. Using my mother’s recipe, I

made a tonic by steeping colt’s foot,

red clover, dandelion greens and bitters

in water. After it cooled, I added honey

and the oldest brandy I could find. He

took this, three or four times a day, for

the rest of the week. On Saturday, he

took a short walk, hoping the fresh air

would revitalize his body. After he

came back into the house, he went to

his bed for a rest. When I entered the

room to call him to supper, he had

passed over to the Lord.

We have spent many years here at

Huff’s lane and enjoyed our family and

friends. We have always felt blessed.

Fifteen years ago, we gave our house

and land to our daughter Mary, and her

husband, James Mills Chadbourne,

with the understanding that they pro-

vide for us during our remaining years.

Now that Elder James has departed, I

still have their love and support. I also

thank you, my good friends, for your

love and caring that you’ve always

shown. With the Lord’s blessings and

guidance, we’ll keep this house in good

order - spreading God’s word to gener-

ations yet to come.

GRAY 3, continued from page 7

Memorial Donations for the Conservationof Artifacts:

Elaine Chadbourne Bacon by The CFA

Elsia Chadbourne Langlais by George Langlais

Alton Benson Jr. by Kitty A Chadbourne

Dorothy Seaman by Charles Littlefield Seaman

Everett Giles by The CFA

Donald McEwen Smith by Diane Mather

Melvena Chadbourne Hanscom by Linda Hanscom

Margaret Hubbard Holmes by Donald Holmes

Aaron Chadbourn by Kitty A Chadbourne

Marjorie Chadbourne Ahlquist by Kitty A Chadbourne

Ruth Benson Landon by The CFA

Elizabeth Chadbourne Verrill by Dorothea Moseley Thompson

John E. “Jack” Chadbourne by Ted & Kitty Chadbourne

Marjorie Chadbourn Barden by Kitty A Chadbourne

For Conservation Cabinet:

Pam Ritter, in memory of : Elaine C. Bacon, Melvena C. Hanscom, Aaron

Chadbourn, Ruth B. Landon, Jack Chadbourne, Donald M Smith, Margaret

H Holmes, Everett Giles and Dorothy Seaman

Ted & Kitty Chadbourne, in memory of: John Hanlon, John Sinkinson, Janet

Ross, and Phil & Mary Chadbourne

George & Karen Langlais, in memory of Elsia Chadbourne Langlais

(attached) and it was accepted by unan-

imous vote.

8. Herbie read the Membership Report

and it was accepted by unanimous vote.

9. The Treasurer’s Report was distrib-

uted and accepted by unanimous vote.

10. Herbie read the Nominating Com-

mittee Report. Kitty moved that all

nominees be elected, plus Linda Han-

scom as Corporate Secretary. Roger

Chadbourne seconded the motion and it

was accepted by unanimous vote.

11. Herbie turned the meeting over to

the new president, George Langlais,

who spoke briefly about his plans and

desires for the next two years. He want-

ed to promote the educational values of

the Humphrey and Lucy Chadbourne

archeological project and to help the

Old Berwick Historical Society to raise

the necessary funds to acquire environ-

mental display cases for the artifacts.

12. The meeting was adjourned at

12:15 pm.

REPORT, continued from page 3

It was brought to the attention of

the CFA that members and others

are worried about the possibility

of identity theft through possible

searches of our website by unscrupu-

lous people looking for information

such as mother’s maiden name, etc..

Our website, however, has posted on it

only the first six generations of the

Chadbourne Family in America. Even

so, the Board recently adopted a policy

that The CFA shall not place data on

our web-site nor provide data to others

who might place it on their web-site of

any individual whose date of birth is

less than 100 years ago. This policy

will hopefully bring peace to the minds

of the CFA membership.

Another item that members should

be aware of and can handle on their

own if they have internet service is that

Google has implemented a new feature

to help find households. If you type in

http://www.google.com. Type your

own phone number in the search bar

and hit enter. Very likely your name

and address will come up, along with

an option to link with MapQuest, so

anyone can have directions to your

house. If you do not want that informa-

tion divulged, simply click on your

telephone number and then click on the

Removal Form. Removal takes 48

hours.

Membership in the CFA is open to

all descendants of William Chad-

bourne, immigrant from England to the

Piscataqua River area in 1634. Mem-

bership is also open to descendants’

spouses or other interested persons, in-

cluding those unlinked to William

Chadbourne.

Annual dues, payable in U.S. Cur-

rency, are $15/individual, $20 family,

and $100/ a lifetime, one-time pay-

ment. Your mailing label denote when

membership expires. Donations are

welcome and can be designated for re-

search, publication, reunions, conser-

vation dig, or as a memorial. The fiscal

year is from July 1 to June 30.

If you would prefer to receive ThePied Cow in e-message form, please

notify Herbie Geiler.

A Word from our GenealogistToby Hurley

The biggest find from the

2006 dig was uncovered in

the lab, when we identified

the Aucilla polychrome

ware, a tableware made in Mexico

City, ca. 1650-1690. This is the first

known discovery of Spanish colonial

ware on a site in the northeast, and sug-

gests the Chadbournes were directly or

indirectly involved in clandestine trad-

ing with the Spanish in the Caribbean

(presumably they had ties down there

due to their lumber trade).

We were able to confirm the size

and the building technique for Struc-

ture 4, which I continue to believe is a

barn. It was a wood lined cellar. We

also found a major posthole for this

earth-fast building.

We exposed a large section of the

clay flooring that runs between Struc-

ture 1 and 3. Nothing really exciting

here—it ran exactly as expected. We

did not have time to excavate the pal-

isade line we believe is under this clay.

Finally, thanks to Peter Sablock’s

ground penetrating radar, we also dis-

covered an area about 20 feet to the

west of the palisade. This area included

several post holes, and the corner of a

wattle and daub fence. Overall, this ap-

pears to be an area of either livestock

pens or garden plots enclosed by fence.

We believe the red clay pipes found

this year are made in Charlestown,

Mass, an early potting center. Howev-

er, that has not yet been confirmed.

The dig is expected to continue

mid-August this year.

Archaeological Dig Report from Emerson Baker, PhD.

Young Chads’ Corner…

From A Coloring Book of the 13 Colonies by Bellerophon Books, PO Box 21307, Santa Barbara, CA 93121

www.bellerophon books.com we reproduce with permission the seal of New Hampshire and its story. The

book can be purchased by contacting the company for $4.95. Our thanks to Bellerophon Books for their

educational books.

Captain John Smith first discovered the Pascatagua River, and there he found a safe

harbor. In 1606 King James’ patent of Virginia divided the territory into North and

South Virginia; South Virginia was granted to adventurers of London, and North Vir-

ginia to adventurers of Bristol, Plymouth and Exeter. The latter became “The coun-

cil established at Plymouth in the county of Devon for the planting, ruling and governing of New-

England in America.” Their territories extended from 40° to 48° of northern latitude. “Their patent,

or charter, was the foundation of all the grants that were made of the country of New-England.”

Captain Weymouth had been searching for a northwest passage when he put in at Pemaquid.

From there he returned to old Plymouth with five natives. Sir Fernando Gorges, the captain of

the fort at Plymouth, was also a member of the council. He took the Indians into his service and

from them learned much about their country.

Captain John Mason had been a London merchant, a sea captain, governor of Newfoundland,

and then governor of Portsmouth in hampshire. In 1621 he received from the council a grant of

the territory from Naumkeag (now Salem) to the Merrimack, and all the way up to the beginning

of those rivers, the territory being called Mariana. In 1622 Sir Fernando Gorges and Captain

Mason received a grant together of the lands between the Merrimack and the Sagadehock (Ken-

nebec) rivers. This was called Laconia (the name of ancient Sparta). Gorges and Mason, with

other adventurers, became the Company of Laconia in 1623 to establish a colony and fishery on

the Pascataqua River. That year the first settlements were made at Portsmouth (Strawberry

Banks) and Dover (Hilton’s Point).

In 1629 settlers from Massachusetts bought land in the neighborhood of Pascatagua from

chiefs Passaconaway, Runnaawitt, Wahongnonawit and Rowls. During this year Captain Mason

received a new patent from the council at Plymouth for the land from the middle of the river to

its beginning, then northwestward; and through the Merrimack river to its beginning, and then

westward. This was to be called NEW HAMPSHIRE. Gorges received the territory east of the

Pascatagua River, Maine. Other patents were made, and these sometimes conflicted with each

other.

The people of New Hampshire soon found problems with the different proprietary claims, and

unable to do anything about it themselves, they decided in 1641 to be governed by Massachusetts.

This situation continued until 1679, when it was determined in England that the Massachusetts au-

thority over New Hampshire was unlawful. Then New Hampshire became a separate province.

New Hampshire

Today I visited some ceme-

teries in anticipation of

Memorial Day at the end of

the month. Last Fall my

DAR chapter planted 750 red, white

and blue spring-flowering bulbs. We

hoped they would be blooming in time

for Memorial Day.

We searched out soldier’s graves

from throughout the county. We

cleaned up old forgotten cemeteries,

some hidden away in obscure loca-

tions, and some in old cemeteries

where no family members were alive

any longer to leave flowers at the

grave. We decided not to limit our care

to only patriarchs from the Revolution-

ary War, we included soldiers from

every war, including our most recent

conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan. And

we planted bulbs— tulips, white nar-

cissus, and hyacinth—red, white and

blue.

Our project served multiple pur-

poses. Not only did this work serve to

honor and beautify the graves, it also

provided a sense of caring to any

passerby who trafficked along the

cemetery pathways. And, inevitably,

where flowers are blooming there

seems to be a marked decrease in either

vandalism or abuse—less trash left

around to mar the sacredness of the lo-

cale.

Memorial Day, originally called

Decoration Day, goes back to the close

of the Civil War—a time of the worst

division known to the United States. As

the war closed a group of women from

Columbus, Mississippi honored both

Confederate and Union graves by plac-

ing flowers on the graves of both.

When word of this act of kindness

reached the North women from Water-

loo, New York did the same and in-

cluded all war-dead. All of these acts of

compassion did a lot to heal the bro-

kenness of the nation. It soon became a

national holiday.

The Civil War had ended in April,

many of the soldiers had returned

home in May, and the last Monday of

May was chosen because of the abun-

dant flowers available.

From Sarah—Her Story* the June

29, 1887 entry in Sarah Goodwin’s

Journal of the antebellum period in

Portsmouth, NH, she wrote: “Mr. El-

dridge came in last evening to tell us

about the decisions of the Committee

on the Soldiers & Sailors monument—

It is to be of white bronze, 42 feet high,

base 12 ? feet square—two figures, a

sailor & soldier, each six feet high—at

the top a figure of the Goddess of Lib-

erty, eight feet high—also a medal-

lion.” This notation referenced the

memorial parks and statues that were

being erected throughout the country to

commemorate the war-dead as Decora-

tion Day became an effective means to

heal the country after the Civil War and

incorporate remembrance of all depart-

ed friends and family.

Presently many patriotic groups

also make added efforts to put Ameri-

can flags at the graves of those who

have served in the Armed Forces. The

American Legion and VFWs are al-

ways available to remind us of proper

etiquette concerning the flag. A little

known fact is that on Memorial Day

the flag is to be flown at half-staff until

noon, as a way to honor all war-dead.

Though flags are often seen at veter-

an’s graves on that special day, it is

nice to see that many people have

come to tend and decorate all graves of

loved ones on Memorial Day.

It is unfortunate that so many peo-

ple have let their anger or confusion

over the current war become translated

into not displaying the American flag at

special events. Individually we may all

be at odds with party politics and

politicians at any given time. That’s

natural and the mark of a thinking soci-

ety. But I would urge all members to

never be disrespectful of the dead, by

not remembering the price they paid

for us to enjoy the freedom we now

hold dear. Clean up the nearby ceme-

teries. Fly the flag on Memorial Day.

And teach the children why we do

these things.

Kitty Ahlquist Chadbourne,

Editor

* Sarah~Her Story: The Life Story. Sarah Park-

er Rice Goodwin, wife of Ichobod Goodwin,

New Hampshire’s Civil War Governor. Pg. 252.

Edited and compiled by Margaret Whyte Kelly.

Back Channel Press. Portsmouth, NH. 2006.

(www.backchannelpress.com) Margaret spoke

at the 2006 CFA Reunion sharing Sarah Good-

win’s story. The book beautifully presents the

life story of Sarah Goodwin’s life from 1805-

1896.

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