Maine Genealogy
Source: Resolves of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Passed at the Several Sessions of the General Court, Commencing May 31, 1815, and Ending February 20, 1819. (Boston, Mass.: Russell & Gardner, printers, 1819).
Massachusetts (of which Maine was then a part) was obliged to reimburse towns for the support of paupers who lacked "settlement" in the Commonwealth. These were often people born abroad or in other states. The Committee on Accounts reported in June 1817 that "there is now due to the Corporations and persons hereafter mentioned, the sums set to their names respectively; which, when allowed and paid, will be in full discharge of the said accounts, to the several dates therein mentioned."
[p. 453]Town of Arundel, for board and clothing Henry Rolf, to 36th May, 1817, 43 42Augusta, for board and doctoring sundry paupers, to 14th May, 1817, 84 70
[p. 454]Bristol, for board and clothing William Howe, to 20th May, 1817, and Samuel Hill, to 17th May, 1817, 130 20Belgrade, for board, nursing and doctoring Abigail Odlin, to 29th May, 1817, 42 10
Baldwin, for board and clothing Daniel Mickey, to 1st May, 1817, 19 00
Cushing, for support of Peggy Rowley and Mary Henderson, to 27th May, 1817, 96 25
[p. 455]Castine, for board, clothing and doctoring James Buckley and Thomas Dresue, till their death, and funeral charges, 55 75Cape Elizabeth, for board, clothing and doctoring sundry paupers, to 23d May, 1817, 118 42
Dresden, for board and clothing John Cullen, to 1st January, 1817, 67 20
Durham, for board and clothing sundry paupers, to 1st June, 1817, 121 60
Elliot, for support of Jacob Brewer and Abigail Randall, to 2d June, 1817, 67 02
Fayette, for board and clothing William Godfrey Martin, to 21st May, 1817, 44 83
Friendship, for board and clothing James Metcalf, to 1st June, 1817, 62 00
Frankfort, for board and clothing Hatevil Colson, to 31st May, 1817, 27 00
Falmouth, Cumberland county, for board and clothing sundry paupers, to 1st June, 1817, 99 84
[p. 456]Gorham, for support of James T. Cooper, to 22d April, and Robert Gilfilling, to 24th May, 1817, 82 90Gardiner, for board of Thomas W. Doyl, and Elenor Barnes, alias Thoms, and removing Mary Brow to New-Hampshire, to 24th May, 1817, 64 60
Hallowell, for support of sundry paupers, to 1st June, 1817, 419 45
Jay, for board and nursing Elizabeth Bell, Daniel Holland, wife and children, to 19th May, 1817, 74 00
Jonesborough, for board and clothing James Kairoan, to 1st May, 1817, 33 60
[p. 457]Kittery, for board and clothing Sarah Perkins, and Deborah Perkins and child, to 22d May, 1817, 69 53Leeds, for board and clothing sundry paupers, to 24th May, 1817, 70 56
Levant, for support, nursing, doctoring, and funeral charges, of Lawrence Hook, September, 1816, 30 00
Lincolnville, for board, clothing and doctoring sundry paupers, to 21st May, 1817, 93 10
Limington, for board and clothing John O'Ryan, to 1st January, 1817, 67 20
Monmouth, for board and clothing John Sherburn and Peggy Magner, to 11th June, 1817, 72 00
[p. 458]Newry, for board and clothing William Burk, to 22d May, 1817, 37 80North Yarmouth, for board and clothing George Young and Jesse Estees, to 6th June, 1817, 60 77
Newcastle, for support of William Cochran, to 6th May, 1816, 2 50
Peru, for support of James Robbins, to 19th May, 1817, 27 50
Phipsburg, for support of Jacob Wheeler, to 1st June, 1817, 61 29
Portland, for board and clothing sundry paupers, to 1st June, 1817, 2363 84
Readfield, for board, clothing and doctoring Edward Burgess and Colin Comron, to 21st May, 1817, 100 10
[p. 458]Saco, for board, clothing, and funeral charges sundry paupers, to 1st June, 1817, 26 80Starks, for board and clothing James L. Wood, to 22d May, 1817, 67 20
St. George, for board and clothing Robert Hews, to 1st June, 1817, 27 50
South Berwick, for board and clothing Lemuel Woodworth, to 3d June, 1817, 45 00
Topsham, for board and clothing John Duggen, to 24th May, 1817, 45 50
[p. 460]Winthrop, for board and clothing William Gaskel, to 28th May, 1817, 34 42Warren, for board and clothing sundry paupers, to 28th May, 1817, 181 00
Waldoborough, for board and clothing Philip Handle and Phebe Andrews, to 6th June, 1817, 124 90
Westbrook, for support of John Burns, to 8th May, 1817, 67 20
Wiscasset, for board, clothing and doctoring sundry paupers, to 31st May, 1817, 191 94
York, for board, clothing and doctoring sundry paupers, to 31st May, 1817, 339 26
