SUTTON'S ISLAND MAINE Bought by Ebenezer Sutton from Indians in 1755 for 2 qts. run, Five Cranberry Isles part of a large land grant by Louis XIV to M. de la Motte Cadillac, 1688. "Acadie", which included present Maine, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, ceded by France to England in 1713(Treaty of Utrecht). Mt. Desert and Cranberries granted by Mass. Bay colony to Gov. Francis Bernard as reward for services, 1762; but grant confiscated in 1776 because Bernard was Tory. Eastern half of Mt.Desert and Cranberries granted, in response to petition of 1787, to Mere. Maria Theresa de Gregoire, granddaughter of Cadillac. She sold Sutton's Island to Henry Jackson,1792 he sold,1796. to n.Bingham of Philadelphia, who died in 1804 Early settlers built before purchase from Bingham heirs: 65A(W end + ctr.strip)by Jos.Lancaster,1835; 39A(NE) by Wm.Moore, 1837, and 42A(SE)by Jos.Moore, his stepsons; 38A(s ctr.)by Isaac Richardson N M E ACRES DATE BUILT BUILDER SUCCESSIVE OWNERS OR OCCUPANTS, and COMMENTS Log cabin, near 1806 present Gilley house 65 (razed) Joseph Lancaster Occupied by J.L. and wife Nancy(widow of Jos Moore, drowned 1805) and her children Nancy(b.1799),william*(b.1801) and Joseph Moore(b.1803), House on site of 1810-20 and J.L.'s son Haskell Lancaster White Hen (burned ca.1850) Isaac Richardson 2 1821 Isaac Richardson* I.R. who m. Nancy Moore in 1820, was son of James R. (b.1730, came to ( R. Lamb) b.1791 d.1874 Somes Sound 1761, d.1807), son of Stephen R. (from Londonderry, Ireland to America in 1738: settled in Mt.Desert,1762 Clara A. (Richardson) Bunker Rice (granddaughter of I.R.;d.1923),1874; Rosamond Lamb, 1922 House near Afterglow 39 ca.1825 William Moore* W.Mr. oldest son of Joseph M.,Sr., m. Eliza Higgins*; daughter Nancy or Farmhouse b.1801 d.1874 L.*, b.1828. W.M. owned, jointly with step-father, dock near present (razed before 1900) Lyman dock, He was in latter years keeper of Bear Island Light. Moore House 25.5 1827 Joseph Moore(jr) J.M. B. Mary Ann Spurling, 1828. Abraham c. Stanley, 1862; Andrew c. (Wornser) b.1803 d.after Wheelright, 1895; Mary ,wife of Charles B. Church, 1909; George L. 1862 Paine, 1932: Carola Paine, 1949 (Wormser, 1953) Bunker House 2.3 ca.1845 William Richardson W.RN was son of Isaac R.*. Daughter Clara A. Bunker, wife of Charles (Hawtin) b.1822 d.1864 Bunker, 1864: Lealie R. Bunker, their son, 1892; his son Philip B., 1924; Elise F. Hawtin,1957(remodeled 1962) The Bunker house was for many years the island postoffice, last run by Mattie L. (Rice) Bunker, wife of Lealie. The White Hen 9 ca.1850 Haskell Lancaster H.L.was son of Joseph L. he m. widow of Joseph Moore(jr),just as (Boardman) his father had m. widow of Joseph Moore(sr). Caroline M. Rice, wife of William Rice, ca.1866; one or more of her children Wilbert,Loring Herbert, and Seth H. Mary c. Wheelright, daughter of Andrew c.,1919; Anita Boardman, 1959: William H. Boardman, son, 1961. Pernald house, near ca.1852 Abraham C. Fernald* A.C.F.* n. Nancy L. Moore*, daughter of William Moore*, about 1853. town dock (razed) Infant daughter Nancy* d. ca.1853. House later occupied by Capt.Black John Gilley house 28 ca.1852 John Gilley J.G. bought, in 1853 from Jos.Lancaster 53A and a house built "a few (Lyman) b.1822 d.1896 years before", then m. Harriet Wilkinson who died young, then m. her sister Mary Jane. Estate to wife and 3 daughters, Hattie M. (m.Springs) Mary E. (n.Stanley) and Laura A. (m. Orrin Donnell) on death of J.G. by drowning, 1896. Mrs.Henry (Elizabeth c.) Lynan, 1924 Kendall House 25 1854 Albion Moore A.M., son of Joseph and Mary Ann (Sperling) Moore, m. Hannah Stanley. (Harvard University) b.1830 Daughter Mary E. wife of Edward J. Stanley: 2nd daughter Hannah Boulger: Phoebe Mitchell (astronomer, wife of Joshua Kendall), 1885 (purchased for $500): William M. Kendall, son, 1931: K. gave to Harvard University, 1941. The Schoolhouse 8 ca.1887 Town of Bought by George L. Paine, 1929: moved across road and enlarged,1931; (Paine) Cranberry Isles occupied by the Landreth H. Kings, 1932-57. Bunchberry Bungalow 1 1887-93 Freeman and Woodworth F. and W. bought 51A from Nancy(Mrs.A.C.) Fernald in 1887; Caroline B. (Fry) Fry, 1922: Louise Fry, daughter, 1941 The first of the summer houses. Windemere 13.5 1889 Wn. and Emma Burnham William Burnham Stimson, 1928; Ochaenschlager and Turner, 1953: (Rosenthal) Lawrence Rosenthal, 1960. Rice House 1.8 1891 Wilbert Rice W.R.,son of Wilbert A. Rice(b.1791,d.1874), m. Clara A. Bunker, widow (Manley) of Charles, Ida C. Rice their daughter, 1902 (m.Seth Rice; their children lived on island until 1921): Clara M. Paine*, 1911; George L. Paine, 1948; Ruth King Manley, daughter of Landreth H. King, 1951. Church House 6.5 1895 Mary Warren Church, M.W.C. was sister of William Burnham, Allen R. Memhard, 1925; Henry (Lange) wife of Charles B. Chatfield, 1948; Victor Lange, 1962. The Tea House 1.5 1895 Andrew C. Wheelright Nelson Rockefeller, ca.1930: given by R. to Ernest M. Hopkins, Presi- dent of Dartmouth College, 1935: R. retained about 8A The Parmhouse 1.3 ca.1898 William Burnham Built by B. for Wilbert Rice; occupied by Hermann M. Hessenbruch, 1903-4, by Landreth H. King, 1907-30, by A.Gano, 1931. Bought by daughters of Gano, the Mmes. W. S. Silsby, C. M. Closz, and T. J. Nussdorfer, 1948. Rachel Field House 1 1898 William Burnham Built by B. for daughter and son-in-law, Willian Worchester, a (Kenniel) Swedenborgian minister: Rachel Field, 1924: Walter B. Kahn, now Kenniel, 1941. Occupied by Wyncie King* and Hortense Flexner King until 1960 Afterglow 10.5 1899 William Burnham Built by Burnham for Charles A. Gilchrist; Persis Furbush, daughter (Hottel) of 7.8.2902 (m. William H. Eades, 1925); Hoyt c. Hottel, 1955 The Cabin 0.5 1900 William Burnham Built by B. for daughter Persis, who m. Dr. Lincoln Furbush, 1902, (Eades) and m. William H. Eades, 1925; William H. Eades(m.Honor Gano, 1948), 1948. The Cow Barn 1.5 ca.1900 William Burnham Philip Bunker, 1924 Mason Fernald, 1954 ( remodeled 1956) (Pernald) Lanman House 8 1902 Charles R. Lanman C.L., Harvard professor and Sanskrit scholar, bought land in 1887 (razed, 1952) from Gilley on advice of Pres. Chas. W. Eliot; Mrs. Henry Lynan, 1915 Buena Vista 53.8 1902 George L. Paine Lots bought from Woodworth and from Gilley heirs. (Paine) Gilley house 1904 Mrs. John Gilley, nee Occupied by daughters Hattie M. Springer and Mary E. Stanley bought (Lyman) Mary Jane Wilkinson by Mrs Henry Lyman, 1924, with Gilley daughters retaining right of d.1918 occupancy during life. Fir-Lea 1 1904 Ida M. Hessenbruch, Hernann M. Hessenbruch, Jr.igiven to Princeton University, 1961 (Princeton University wife of Hermann M. Talley House 10.5 1908 William Burnham Built by B. for his doctor, Dr. James E. Talley; Persis Eades,ca. 1925; James H. Shaw, 1955. Lamb House 9.5 1924 Horatio A. Lamb Land bought by Prof. Byerly, Harvard mathematician, in 1884 on advice of Pres.Chas. W. Eliot, but he never built; Horatio A.Lamb, ca.1923; Aimee and Rosamond Lamb, daughters, 1950. The Dory 2.3 1931 William B. Stimson W.B.S. had cabin built by Jin Sprague for Eloise s. as guesthouse (Campbell) for Windemere; Charles I. Campbell, 1957. "The Natural Bridge Bought 1886 by Prof. P. B. Goodwin of Harvard, Greek scholar, on advice of Pres. Eliot, with a 3.2 acre lot;Mrs.Henry lyman, 1932. . Buried on the island. Prepared 1963 by George L. Paine and Hoyt c. Hottel