Seth Hathorn

[1] At the time of the donation, Mary remarked to Cheney, "I have been hoping and praying that God would open the way for a portion of our property to be disposed of where it would do good after our death.

None of the Hathorns' children lived to adulthood, but their grand-nephew, Henri J. Haskell attended the Bates College's Latin department.

[2] After Seth Hathorn's death, his widow, Mary Hathorn, was sued due to his grave becoming a nuisance, and the case was appealed to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.

[3] After her death in 1868, litigation over the use of property she owned was also appealed to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.

[4] Mary Hathorn left a large amount of her estate to the Free Will Baptist Foreign Home Society and Free Will Baptist Foreign Mission Society.