History of York County, Maine With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers . or a business life. In 1800, Capt. Hatch purchased forty-five acres of land ofJacob Wakefield, in that portion of the town called Kenne-bunk, and erected the same year the house now occupied byhis daughters. The Wakefield house, of one story, stoodbetween the new house and the road, which at that time wasmerely wide enough for the passage of an ox-team ; subse-quently, when building a new fence on the opposite side, theowner threw into the highway fifteen feet of land, which,with the
History of York County, Maine With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers . or a business life. In 1800, Capt. Hatch purchased forty-five acres of land ofJacob Wakefield, in that portion of the town called Kenne-bunk, and erected the same year the house now occupied byhis daughters. The Wakefield house, of one story, stoodbetween the new house and the road, which at that time wasmerely wide enough for the passage of an ox-team ; subse-quently, when building a new fence on the opposite side, theowner threw into the highway fifteen feet of land, which,with the site of the old house, made the road its presentwidth. About the year 1802 he retired from a seafaringlife, but, retaining his interest in several vessels, continuedto prosecute the West India trade until the war of 1812rendered it no longer profitable. He then entered morefully into agricultural pursuits, adding to his farm by pur-chasing the estate of John Chadbourne (now owned andoccupied by his son, Daniel L. Hatch), and also woodlandof Joseph Storer, now owned by the Boston and MaineRailroad Phuto, by ConaDt, Portland. STEPHEN H. BERRY.
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