CHAPTER II.
This town of Palermo was first called Great Pond Settlement from
the fact that the first settlement was near the Sheepscott Great Pond.
The first settlers of Palermo were principally persons from New
Hampshire. Some of those persons which my grandfather referred to
as the "first settlers"[1789]were Stephen Belden, Christopher Erskines, David
Turner, Benjamin Turner, Jonathan Greeley, Jacob Greeley, Jacob
Worthing, John Johnson, John Bradstreet, Jonathan Bartlett, Joseph
Rust, Stephen Harden and James Harden.
~A History of the Early Settlement of Palermo, Maine, pub. 1896 by Allen Goodwin
A History of the Early Settlement of Palermo, Maine is also available in full text here.
This town of Palermo was first called Great Pond Settlement from
the fact that the first settlement was near the Sheepscott Great Pond.
The first settlers of Palermo were principally persons from New
Hampshire. Some of those persons which my grandfather referred to
as the "first settlers"[1789]were Stephen Belden, Christopher Erskines, David
Turner, Benjamin Turner, Jonathan Greeley, Jacob Greeley, Jacob
Worthing, John Johnson, John Bradstreet, Jonathan Bartlett, Joseph
Rust, Stephen Harden and James Harden.
~A History of the Early Settlement of Palermo, Maine, pub. 1896 by Allen Goodwin
A History of the Early Settlement of Palermo, Maine is also available in full text here.
- In 1785, John Bradstreet and Judith Hale sold their farm in Rowley Massachusetts and purchased a parcel of land in the Great Pond Settlement, part of the Kennebec Purchase.
- Ebenezer Hale was ten years old when he and his family moved to the new farm, and he grew up helping establish apple trees and farming near the lake.
- When Eben was 24 years old, he married Betsy Foye and took ownership of a nearby parcel of land, "100 acres more or less" establishing Bradstreet Farm.
- Stuart A. (Alex) Bradstreet and Amy B. Bradstreet, purchased the 125 acre farm on Oct 1, 2012. The farm has been in the family continuously now for seven generations.
