David Cargill
Abt 1690 - 1748 (~ 58 years)-
Name David Cargill [1, 2] Birth Abt 1690 Aghadowey, Londonderry, Ulster, Northern Ireland 
[3] Gender Male Death 1748 At sea [3] - Drowned at sea with his eldest son, John. [3]
Notes - David Cargill came to America with his parents in the expedition of 1718 and is listed as one of the first proprietors of Londonderry who helped "plant" the town. Like his father and his other kinsmen he received considerable acreage from the town and afterward bought lands which were sold to newcomers. He seems to have been trained for civil engineering for the old town records describe him as a "sirveyer" and one of those who helped lay out the town boundaries.
In 1730 he saw greater opportunities in the Province of Maine and moved there to become surveyor for Christopher Tappan who was then opening up a large colonization project. He located in the Sheepscot-Newcastle are of York County, where his descendants lived for the next one hundred and fifty years. He made frequent trips back to Londonderry and some of his children were born there. After his father's death in 1734 he moved permanently to Newcastle.
The town records describe David Cargill as a man of considerable influence in the Sheepscot-Newcastle district. He was Justice of the Peace for many years, his commission having been granted 17 Jul 1733. He was engaged in the shipping business, supplying Boston and New York with staves and lumber. This business was expanded in the next decades to include foreign trade, carrying merchandise from Bristol, England, to Boston. After his death in 1748 this business was carried on by his son David, who resided in Bristol.
He received from Gov. David Dunbar a grant of land at "Frederick's Fort," dated 10 May 1732, comprising 175 acres. He also received from Christopher Tappan 100 acres on the Sheepscot River as far south as the "Ovens Mouth." He was Commander of the garrison at Damariscotta and Walpole during the French and Indian Wars, and the historians say that had it not been for Captain Cargill and his militia, the Indians would have obliterated the little river settlement. After one of their raids David Cargill and his wife Mary took into their home a young child, Mary Whitten. It is probable that the child's parents were killed by the Indians and that David assumed the responsibility of rearing her. She became "Aunt Polly" to members of the Cargill family and remained with the widow Cargill after David's death, and later in Boston with their daughter, Jean (Cargill) Melville, until her death in 1815. Mary Whitten is buried in Kings Chapel Burying Ground in Boston. Much of the information pertaining to the older generations of the Cargill family in this history was told to members of the Melville family by this Mary Whitten. [3]
Person ID I5619 The John and Tuly Huntington Family Last Modified 29 Jan 2018
Father Capt. David Cargill, b. Abt 1661, Scotland d. 3 Apr 1734, Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire (Age ~ 73 years) Mother Janet Smith, b. 1664, Macosquin, Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland d. 5 Oct 1745, Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire (Age 81 years) Marriage 1680 [3] Family ID F2204 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Abernethy d. Sep 1781, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts [3] Marriage 21 Jun 1722 Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire [3] Family ID F2213 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 28 Jan 2018
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Sources - [S2125] John and Helen Cargill, "Capt. David Cargill of Londonderry, N.H. and Some of His Descendants," October 1963, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 117, pp. 241-261, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 9 Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts).
Name recorded as "David Cargill" - [S2126] Will of David Cargill, 19 June 1733, Londonderry, New Hampshire.
Name recorded as "David" - [S2125] John and Helen Cargill, "Capt. David Cargill of Londonderry, N.H. and Some of His Descendants," October 1963, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 117, pp. 241-261, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 9 Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts).
- [S2125] John and Helen Cargill, "Capt. David Cargill of Londonderry, N.H. and Some of His Descendants," October 1963, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 117, pp. 241-261, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 9 Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts).