20. Abigail BRADEEN (James , James Bryant , James Bryant ) was born Sep 12 1728.

Abigail married Benjamine WELCH on Mar 16 1758.

They had the following children:

 

	29	F	i	Marther WELCH was born Dec 1 1758. Marther married Dan Jr IHOMPSON on 1796.
	30	M	ii	Paul WELCH was born Dec 1 1759.
	31	M	iii	James WELCH was born Dec 2 1761.
	32	M	iv	Joseph WELCH was born Dec 15 1963.
	33	M	v	Philip WELCH was born Feb 28 1768.

Joseph married Anna NEWHALL, daughter of Jonathan NEWHALL and Abigail NORWEED, on May 26 1763. Anna was born Sep 11 1743.

They had the following children:

 

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John BRADEEN was born Jun 19 1762.

Per Bradeen Book of Genealogy by Effie Bradeen Ridley :

While a resident of York District, then a part of Massachusetts, he enlisted in the Revolutionary War, April 1775, and served eight months as a private in Captain Samuel Derby's Company, Col. Scammon's Mass. Regiment, and was in the battle of Bunker Hill.

He enlisted again in March or April 1776 and served two months as a private in Capt. Abel Moulton's Co., Col. Prescott's Mass. Regiment. He enlisted about November 1777 and served three months as a private in Capt Abel Moulton's Co., Col. John Frost's Regiment.

Robert Bradeen is buried in the Elder Gray Cemetery in North Waterboro, the first person to be buried there. Recently , a bronze plaque, issued by the United States Government, commemoratiang this Revolutionary War soldier, was placed beside the grave by Raymond Bradeen. The marble foot for the plaque was given by Dr. Ansel Davis of Springvale, a great-great-grandson of Robert Bradeen.

Copies of pension records have been obtained.

History of Waterboro:

Social Studies Committee of S.A.D.# 57

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Waterboro is an inland town in York County, Maine, containing 22,928 acres of land and 3, 563 acres
covered by water. It was originally known as Massabesick Plantation, which included a port of Alfred. It took its name from
Massabesick Pond which is now Shaker Pond, and according to legend is said to have gotten its name from an Indian Chief
that lived on its western shore around 1764.

Prior to 1768 it was a vast wilderness crossed by only Indian trails and logging roads. The logging roads were built through various parts of the town by settlers from the Atlantic coast who came for the giant pines and oaks to use in shipbuilding. This
area was visited only by lumbermen and Sokokis Indians who came for fish and game.

The first permanent white settler was Captain John Smith who came from Kittery in 1768. He settled a short distance from Old
Waterborough Corner where he lived until his death. During the next two years he was joined by seven other families who
came from the southwestern part of the county, New Hampshire and Mass. to engage in lumbering.

Alexander Jellerson and his son, George settled on the Mast Camp Road leading from Waterboro to Biddeford.

John Scribner settled near the Waterboro Old Corner center.

Robert Harvey settled near the brook that runs east of the North Waterboro Baptist Church.

William Deering settled on what is known as Deerings Ridge. The road was originally know as the highway between North
Waterboro Center and Hollis Center.

William Nason and Scammon Hodgdon settled in the northern part of town on the road west of the present highway between
Waterboro Center and Limerick.

William Philpot settled on the ridge east of Waterboro Center known as Roberts Ridge frequently called Warren’s Ridge.

The land which comprises the present town of Waterboro was originally a part of a large tract of land which was purchased by
Major William Phillips from the following Indians: Indian Chief Hombinowitt, Indian Chief Fluellan, Mogg Heigon, and
Meeksombe also know as Captain Sunday, during the years of 1660 to 1664.

Major Phillips died in Boston in 1683. By his last will, he bequeathed his lands to his widow and sons Samuel and William.
Under the Wills of his sons, the title to the territory passed to a propriety of ten members, one of whom was Col. Josiah
Waters, and for whom the town was named.

Josiah Waters purchased most of the land from the other nine proprietors. The remainder of the land was divided into lots and
sold to settlers.

The plantation of Massabesick became incorporated as a town to be known as Waterborough on March 6, 1787 by an act of
the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

The largest of the early settlements in Waterboro was at Waterboro Center, then know as “Carle’s Corner” because of the
several Carll Families in residence at the time of the town’s incorporation. John Carle was the first settler and at the first town meeting he was elected Hayward and Fence Viewer. Ossipee Lake was long known as “Carle’s Pond”.

John’s don Peter, built the “Old Tavern House” at the junction of the five roads accommodated travelers and stage coaches
that ran between Boston and Portland. The stage line operated until 1840 when the hotel and stable was run by Porter Gilman.

First in Waterborough:

The first town meeting was held on April 5, 1787.
The first church was organized at the Waterborough Old Corner, on October 27, 1791. The church is still active today.
The first doctor was Dr. Thomas Chase who moved here from Berwick and died in 1825.
The first lawyer, Grove Catlin who came here from Sanford and practiced law here for 15 years.
The first innkeeper was Samuel Dam. The first village was started at Waterborough’s Old Corner and the second village
was Carl’s Corner which is now known as Waterboro Center.
The first school opened in Waterborough in a barn in 1784 taught by Samuel Robinson. Private schools were continued
by 3 other male teachers, until 1795 when the town appropriated money for a town school and employed Nathan
Hanson as the teacher.

The Railroad:

The early railroad was organized and begun in 1848 in Portland but didn’t reach Waterboro until 1863. When the
railroad was being built between Alfred and Waterboro, there were plans to build it across a marsh at the upper end of
Shaker Pond. Piling was driven into the soft ground and rails were layed. Three carloads of gravel were thrown onto the
end of the track to be used as filling. When the men went to work the next day, the cars were missing and had sunk into
the ground without a trace. So they had to rebuild the track on solid ground a short distance away. Some years later the
railroad was built to Rochester, N.H. and was known as the Rochester and Portland Railroad.

The Shakers:

The Alfred colony of Shakers was established in 1792 by John Cotton. The adjoining towns of Alfred, Waterboro, and
Lyman contained a number of small groups of people with Shakers’ beliefs, so they decided to unite, on what’s now
called Shaker Hill, 1000 acres between Shaker and Bunganut Ponds.

Certain rules were followed by the Shakers such as refraining from marriage and every candidate for admission was
required to contribute all his worldly goods to the common ownership. All material things were held in common and no
individual had possessions. Open confession was another feature - the men confessing to an elder man, the women to an
elder woman.

Ossipee Mountain Fire Tower:

In 1918 a tower was built on 1600 ft. Ossipee Mountain to allow the control man to watch the surrounding lands for
fires. Then in 1954 the tower was condemned. This was after the 1947 fire that wiped out much of southern Maine,
which caused the public to be concerned about fire prevention. In 1954 a new tower was built in the same place as the
old tower.

When Robert was born york was york country mass as at that time this was part of mass.
in 1776 robert moved to waterborough mass and lived there till he dide in 1787 it was incorprated as a town
in 1820 maine became a state and on march 10 1895 they changed the name to waterboro
he dide in waterboro me at the age 87
he was a revolutionary soldier
he lived in waterboro for 56 years

They had the following children:

 

+	35	F	i	Lois BRADEEN was born Apr 2 1770.
+	36	M	ii	Isaac BRADEEN was born Mar 2 1772 and died Apr 9 1835.
	37	F	iii	Mary Polly BRADEEN was born about 1780 in Waterboro, Maine. She died Feb 2 1857. Mary married Lemuel FOSS on Aug 29 1802. Lemuel was born in Saco, Maine. He died Jan 17 1859.
+	38	M	iv	Henry BRADEEN was born about 1781 and died Aug 1849.
+	39	M	v	Samuel BRADEEN was born Sep 30 1783 and died Mar 15 1853.
+	40	M	vi	Joseph BRADEEN was born Aug 11 1787 and died Jan 2 1852.
	41	M	vii	Robert BRADEEN was born Aug 30 1790 in Waterboro, Maine.

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