Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Maine” in alphabetic letter D, entry group 1, entry danforth-thomas of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...in 1622; settled in New England in 1634; was an assistant under the governor of Massachusetts in 1659-78; became deputy governor in 1679; during the same year was elected president of the province of Maine ; and was also a judge of the Superior Court, in which capacity he strongly condemned the action of the court in the witchcraft excitement of 1692.
He died in Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 5, 1699.
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