Hope Holdershaw

The town clerk’s return of Orrington marriages to the Lincoln County Court of General Sessions, “A True Return Orrington May 15th 1790.” Among them: “Richard Ellinwood and Hope Holdershaw Married Decemr 24th 1787.” The clerk apologizes for sending only part of the fee, “as Money is Scarce.” On the facing page are returns from Woolwich and Vassalborough.

Pages 77 and 78 of the first census. At the foot of page 77, “Richard Ellingwood 2 1 1”: two men of 16 and over, a boy, and a woman, that is, Richard, his infant son Richard, Hope, and perhaps his brother Ralph. On page 78, “John Haldershaw” and “John Haldershaw jun”, Hope’s father and brother.

Page 119 of George Halliburton’s division. “Rich’d Ellingwood”: two boys under 10, one 10 to 16, a man 26 to 45; two girls under 10, one 10 to 16, and two women 26 to 45. In the column “From whence emigrated” his line carries a ditto under “Cape Cod”. John Haldershaw is four lines above.

The back of the folded inventory of Richard Ellingwood’s estate, as filed. The writing runs down the right-hand panel: “Inventory / Richard Ellinwood,” then a clerk’s note, “not sworn to having been dd [delivered?] into ye Office by Judge Gordon [?],” and the file number “#2056” twice. The inventory itself, of 24 May 1803, lists his store goods, the dwelling house and barn, 72 acres of homestead land and three-quarters of the schooner Hope. Hope Ellenwood, his widow and executrix, swore to it at Castine in November 1803. The faint columns of figures showing through are the inventory on the other side.