Description: John Gilley would have been remembered for many things, but his death by drowning on October 12, 1896 between Northeast Harbor and Suttons Island and the memorial to him written by President Charles Eliot of Harvard insured his reputation.
Description: The earliest settlers on Sutton's Island were Joseph Lancaster of Sullivan and Isaac Richardson, son of James Richardson of Mount Desert. William and Joseph Moore were early settlers, also. William later moved to Bear Island and was the first keeper of the Bear Island light. Sutton, from whom the island now takes its name, was, perhaps, a squatter. It is thought that he removed to the Maritime Provinces. - “Mount Desert, A History” by George E. Street, Edited by Samuel A. Eliot, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905. [show more]
Description: August 3, 1918 Map prepared by Franklin & Co., Civil Engineers, from copies of original deeds and from various old maps and sketches provided by Mr. Edward G. McCollin of Sutton Island.
Description: Brief biography and review of the works of Hortense Flexner, poetess, of Sutton Island. Mr. Little quotes Marguerite Yourcenar for details of Flexner's life and works, some of which Madam Yourcenar translated. Published in "Island Journal", Volume Seven, 1990
Description: Ecological and demographical notes in the development of Sutton Island; families include Lancaster, Wheelwright, Burnham, King, Gilley, Moore, Hawtin, & Stimson.
Description: Brief notes of Hattie Springer about several homes & properties on Sutton Island. Families names: Moore, Lamb, Bunker, Wheelwright, Gilley, Lancaster, & Black
Description: Article published, in part, by the Island Institute. This is Mr. Little's complete article of the development of Sutton Island from a working class, year-round place to a summer enclave. Story begins with an account of John Gilley.