Isaac Barton Sr. April 28, 1756 ~ May 18, 1814

     Isaac Barton, Sr.. was the son of Penewell and Mary (Burnell) Barton. His family came from England and settled in Boston, Ma and then to Falmouth, Me (now Portland) where he was born on April 28, 1756. 

     His brother, Ebenezer Barton came to Falmouth, Me after the Boston Tea Party of December 1773. "In the burning of what is now Portland, Me in 1775, Ebenezer's home was destroyed. Carrying the oldest child and a featherbed mattress, their only belonging, they walked to Windham, Me. In 1776 Ebenezer enlisted for 3 years in the Continental Army serving under Captain Richard Mayberry. 

     On February 1, 1777 Isaac Barton, Sr. enlisted for one year to serve under Captain Ballard of the 6th Massachusetts Regiment, (often referred to as the 7th). Barton also appears on a muster list of men raised for the Continental Army, serving in Captain Joseph Dingley's Company under Colonel Timothy Pike's 4th Cumberland County Regiment.

     After the war Isaac purchased land from Elizabeth Orne, a widow of Salem, Ma. for $25. According to the Raymond plan of 1791 he purchased Lot #3 in the 9th range. He registered his deed on April 24, 1800. 

    On January12, 1781 He married Hepzibah Davis, the daughter of John Davis III and Mary (Elden) Davis. Isaac Barton, Sr. died on May 18, 1814. His gravestone in the Raymond Hill Cemetery, pictured at right, reads: 

"Solider of the Revolution"

     Daniel Brackett was once a resident of Raymond, ME. He is listed on the return of men who enlisted in the Continental Army from Capt. Joseph Dingley's Co., Col. Timothy Pike's 4th Cumberland Co. Regt. enlisting on 1/29/1777 for 3 years.

     He was at Valley Forge the winter of 1778, and at Providence Rhode Island for March and April of 1779.

     Daniel Brackett is named on the 1790 census for Raymond and he was included on the list of the first 30 settlers given to George Pierce for inclusion on the plan he was supposedly preparing and this list was also translated into deeds for the settlers once the Winslow plan had been made and brought up to date:

     Daniel Brackett one Lot 100 Acres no 19 second Range, deed dated 29 March 1794. The Crooked River ran through this particular lot and would now be considered part of Naples, Me near the Songo Locks. 

     On March 19, 1802 he sold to Richard Manning, Jr. his settlers' lot. On this deed transfer, he states his address as Springfield in the county of Kennebeck & Commonwealth of Massachusetts. To this date this is all the knowledge we have about Daniel Brackett. Having lived in Raymond and serving in Capt. Joseph Dingley's company, he is being included as one of Raymond, Maine's Revolutionary War Patriots.

     Andrew Brown was born at Black Point, Scarborough, Maine on 12/24/1752. He was the son of Joshua and Hannah (Pollow) Brown.

     Enlisting as a private on July 21, 1775 in service until December 31, 1775 with Capt. David Strout's Co.; stationed at Cape Elizabeth and Scarborough.

     On October 18, 1775 the city of Falmouth, now Portland, ME was attacked and burned by the British Fleet commanded by Capt. Mowatt. Following this Andrew Brown enlisted as a private in Capt. William Crocker's Co.; Cumberland County Regiment on March 1, 1776 until August 31, 1776, a term of 6 months. He states in his records that this time was employed constructing a fort on Mount Joy (Munjoy Hill) where the Portland Observatory is now located.

    At the age of 24 he married Rachel Small, daughter of Capt. John and Mary (McKenney) Small on November 20, 1777.

     Enlisting on June 23, 1778 under Capt. Benjamin Lemont's and Capt. Benjamin Parker's Co., Col. Nathaniel Wade's Regt. in service at Rhode Island until discharged December 31, 1778. He had an additional enlistment in Rhode Island until expiration January 1, 1779.

     In the later part of 1779, together with his brothers Joshua II and John, they secured land in Raymond, erecting first log cabins then timber frame dwellings. Andrew and Rachel were the parents of 14 children. At seventy-nine years he applied for a pension. Andrew died 5/2/1838, after his death Rachel applied for a widow's pension. They are buried in the old part of the Raymond Village Cemetery. There is a Revolutionary War marker with a flag on Veteran's Day marking his service.

Jesse Brown, Jr. was the son of Jesse Brown, Sr. and Lydia (Smith). He was born in Falmouth, ME on 10/15/1764.

At the age of seventeen, he enlisted in the Continental Army as he states in his pension declaration: "Sometime in the month of January 1781 at Gorham, I enlisted into the army of the United States for the term of three years, as a private soldier in Capt. Fox's Co.; Col. Henry Jackson's Regt.; General Patterson's Brigade. I served chiefly in the state of New York, until the month of December 1783 when I received at West Point, NY a discharge from General Henry Knox, which was lost."

Elcy Strout the daughter of George and Rebecca (Freeman) Strout married Jesse Brown, Jr. in Gorham on 12/14/1786. She was only fifteen years of age to his twenty-two. They were residing in Raymond sometime before 1800, noting they were listed on this census. They were the parents of at least five children.

In May of 1818 Jesse applied for a Revolutionary Soldiers pension. His application included statements from Daniel Small of Raymond and Levi Morse of Gray, each had served with him. After Jesse's death on 12/10/1831, his widow Elcy applied for a soldier's widow land grant of 100-acres, which was sold to Nathaniel Jordan.

Jesse Brown, Jr. and Elcy Brown are buried in the Raymond Hill Cemetery, Raymond, Me. It should be noted that there is not a Revolutionary Marker for his resting place.

John Cash was the son of Samuel P. Cash, Jr. and Alice (Small/Smalley) Cash. He was born in 1752 in Cape Elizabeth, ME where the family settled after moving from Turo, Barnstable, MA. On January 8, 1774 at Cape Elizabeth, he married Kesiah Strout, daughter of George and Keziah (Doane) Strout.

The city of Falmouth, ME now Portland was attacked and burned on October 18, 1775 by the British fleet commanded by Capt. Mowatt. Soon after this destruction serving as a private under Capt. William Crocker’s Co., Cumberland County Regt., from March 1, 1776 until August 31, 1776, John Cash, Andrew Brown (another Raymond patriot) were engaged in building fortifications on Munjoy Hill, near where the Portland Observatory is now located.

Leaving Falmouth in August 1776, Cash went to Watertown, MA with Capt. John Wentworth’s Co. Enlisting on 1/8/1777 as private for 3 years he arrived at Bennington, VT with 72 days travel. He was transferred to the light infantry in April 1779. From September thru October of 1779, he was in Boston; reported lame in the leg; Col. Lewis Nichola’s regiment of invalids. He was discharged from service Jan. 8, 1780.

That spring the Cash family moved to Raymond, living near Rattlesnake Mountain. John Cash was listed among the first settlers along with Ben Smith, who was known as “Rattlesnake Ben”. John caught them for their oil which he rendered. Ben kept them as pets.

John Cash received a military pension and a grant of 200 acres for his service. He died on 12/8/1839 and is buried in the Raymond Hill Cemetery. His grave is marked with a Revolutionary marker and a flag Veteran’s Day honoring his patriotic service.