Sedgwick (Sedgewick)
Sedgwick is a town in Hancock County, incorporated in 1789 and was settled in 1759 by Andrew Black, the town's modern name is in honor of Major Robert Sedgewick who captured three important trading posts from the French: Pentagoet (Castine) and Saint John and Port Royal, now in Canada. The original name, Naskeag, derives from the Indian term for the end or the extremity. Naskeag Point, now in the adjoining town of Brooklin, extends into Blue Hill Bay. The southern portion of Sedgwick fronts on Eggemoggin Reach and the broad lower portion of the Benjamin River.
- January 14, 1789 incorporated from the township of Naskeag or T4, EPR.
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A Survey of Hancock County, Maine By Samuel Wasson 1876: Sedgwick.—Incorporated (2-59, that is, the
2d in the county and the 59th in the State), January 12, 1789. Population,
1,113. Decennary loss, 150. Wealth, per capita, $180. State valuation,
$197,706. United States valuation, $285,696. Named in honor of Maj. Robert
Sedgwick. Plantation name "Naskeag." By the earlier adventurers it was
called "Nasket." In a " census of the people in this region," in 1688, two
French families, of eight souls, were found at Naskeag Point. The first
permanent settler was Andrew Black, in 1759. Four years after, came
Goodwin Reed, John and Daniel Black, and two years later Reuben Gray "
moved in" from Penobscot. The first white child, Elizabeth (who lived to a
great age), was born in 1759. First minister, Daniel Merrill. The
descendants of Reuben Gray are exceedingly numerous. They preserve their
prolificness, and other family traits, unimpaired down to the latest
generation. In 1817, 5,000 acres were cut off and annexed to Brooksville.
In 1849, about 8,800 acres were taken off to form the town of Brooklin.
Benjamin, its only river, is little else than a spur of Eggmoggin Reach.
Its first post office was established in 1812. Now, it boasts of a
telegraph station. Union soldiers, 120 ; State aid, $1,464 ; town bounty,
$8,712 ; cost per recruit, $85. |
