Trenton
Trenton is a town in Hancock County, incorporated 1789 from Plantation #1 EUR (Thorndyke Plantation).
Named for the Battle of Trenton (New Jersey) in the American Revolution
- February 16, 1789 Incorporated from Plantation Number One East of the Union River
- March 3, 1809 the "northerly part" of Trenton was set of to Ellsworth
- February 21, 1828 a part of the town was set off and included in the new town of Hancock.
- June 27, 1849 Thompson's Island and a small portion of Eden annexed as petitioned by William Thompson.
- February 11, 1870, the easterly part of the town was set off and incorporated into the new town of Lamoine.
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Settlers mentioned in the 1764 Resolve Confirming the Grant of of the 6 Townships East of Union River (Plantation #1) |
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Paul Thorndike, Samuel Freeman, David Alden, Samuel Cates, Andrew Simonton, Joseph Wilson, John Thorndike, Joshua Woodbury, Nathaniel Jordan Junr, Ezekiel Cushing Esqr, Jeremiah Cushing, Ezekiel Cushing Junr, Robert Thorndike Junr, Stephen Hutchinson, John Bradbury, Stephen Hutchinson, Theophilus Herrick, Ebenezer Thorndike, Nicholas Thorndike, Benjamin Thorndike, Anthony Dyer, George Dyer, William Dyer, Nathaniel Milliken, Joseph Milliken, Thomas Milliken, Jonathan Milliken, John Robinson Junr, Joseph Wallis, Benjamin Robbins, John Mulberry Milliken, Edward Milliken Esqr, Edward Milliken Junr, Nathaniel Ingersol, Benjamin Milliken, William Meserve, Joseph Brown, William Morgan, Robert Haskill, Paul Thorndike, Ebenezer Ellingswood, Henry Herrick, Lemuel Smith, Edward Milliken Esqr, John Roundy, William Bartlet, Joseph Herrick, Isaac Woodbury, Ebenezer Thorndike, Ebenezr Thorndike, Nathaniel Harmon, Thomas Milliken, Joshua Herrick Junr, Henry Herrick Junr, Jer Powel, Elisha Jones |
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Early History of Trenton from the THE MAINE HISTORICAL MAGAZINE 1893
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A Survey of Hancock County, Maine By Samuel Wasson 1876: Trenton.—Incorporated (5-65 town) Feb. 16, 1789. Population, 678. Wealth, per capita, $175. Derived its name from Trenton, N. J. First settlements by English settlers, about 1763. Anterior to this, French settlements were commenced at Trenton and Oak Points. This town was first granted by Plymouth Colony, in 1752, to Eben Thorndike et als. Massachusetts confirmed it to Paul Thorndike in 1785. Thompson's and Alley's islands are within its limit. In 1870 it was divided into two towns, and the eastern half incorporated as Lamoine.State valuation, $260,729. U. S. valuation, $375,449. Union soldiers, 149; State aid, $2,361; town bounty, $29,600; cost per recruit, $207. |
Town line, Topographic and Satellite Maps or Trenton
| Trenton in the 1790 Census | |||||
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| Free Whites | Slaves | Other Free Persons | |||
| Males 16 & over | Males 1-15 | Females | |||
| Head of Household | -1785 | 1785-1790 | |||
| Job Anderson | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Joseph Bark | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Joanna Beal | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Edward Berry | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Edmund Black | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Joseph Card | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Silas Coolidge | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Samuel Debeck | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jesse Dutton | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jonas Farnsworth | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Farrington Farrell | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Fletcher | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| John Ford | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jacob Foster | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Rogers Googins | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Googins | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| John Green | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ephraim Haines | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Parley Haines | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Haines | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Hapworth | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| John Harding | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| George Haslem | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Edward Hodgkins | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| James Hopkins | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| William Hopkins | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Nathaniel Jealoson | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| John Jealouson | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Wm Jealouson | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Theodore Jones | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Ebenezer Jordan | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Meletiah Jordan | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Solomon Jordan | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Marten Killpatrick | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Robert Killpatrick | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Samuel Killpatrick | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| George Lord | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Isaac Lord | 1 | 7 | 2 | ||
| James Lord | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Henry Maddox | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| James McFarlin | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Thomas McFarlin | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Robert Millikin | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Joseph More | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Joseph Morrison | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| John Murch | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| John Junr Murch | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Edward Sinclair | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| James Smith | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Nathaniel Smith | 1 | 7 | 3 | ||
| John Springer | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| John Tinker | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Elisha Whitaker | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benja Wiggins | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 75 | 92 | 144 | 1 | ||