History of York County, Maine With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers . egislatunin 1869, and was an active and efficieof that body. In 1870 he was again elected rep-resentative. His speech, at the session in thewinter of 1871, in favor of the biU for the oPthe Boston and Maine Railroad to Port-land, was noticed by one of the leading dailies as again of th. ; effecti speeches of the Cousens has taken a prominent and activepart in all local improvements, and particularlyin the Kennebunkport Sea Shore Company,which has for its object
History of York County, Maine With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers . egislatunin 1869, and was an active and efficieof that body. In 1870 he was again elected rep-resentative. His speech, at the session in thewinter of 1871, in favor of the biU for the oPthe Boston and Maine Railroad to Port-land, was noticed by one of the leading dailies as again of th. ; effecti speeches of the Cousens has taken a prominent and activepart in all local improvements, and particularlyin the Kennebunkport Sea Shore Company,which has for its object the establishment of asummer resort upon the beach, extending fromKennebunk to Cape Porpoise. He purchased forthis company, in 1872, about seven hundred acresof land upon the sea shore; and as its superin-tendent erected the Ocean Bluff Hotel in 1873,which was enlarged by the addition of MusicHall, and other buildings, in 1874. He has beena member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,and class-leader, for more than forty years, andenjoys in the highest degree the esteem and confi-dence of his fellow-citizens. Residence or HON. ENOCH COUSENS .kennebunkport. me. TOWN OF KENNEBUNKPORT. 379 River, by Wm. Scadlock and Morgan Howell, about several years Mr. Scadlock acted with the settlers atWinter Harbor, but when the line between the two townsbecame established, his house was found to be on the westside. No doubt, for a course of years before, fishermenhad visited the islands and harbor of Cape Porpoise duringthe summer months, and it is not improbable that a settle-ment was efiFected here a few years prior to that of Scad-locks, but there are scarcely any records left of this earlyperiod. It is said to have been called Cape Porpoise firstby Capt. John Smith, from the fact that a school of por-poises was seen by him off the cape in 161-4. The records of the courts from 1640 and down shownames and some doings of the earliest settlers. In Sep-tember, 1640, Wm. Scadlock is prese
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