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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maine, (search)
nce of Maine in France. In 1636 Gorges sent over his nephew, William Gorges, as governor of his domain, and he established his government at Saco, where, indeed, there had been an The old jail at York. organized government since 1623, when Robert Gorges was governor under the Plymouth Company. In 1639 Sir Ferdinando was appointed governor-general of New England, and his son Thomas was sent as lieutenant to administer the laws in 1640. He established himself at Agamenticus (now York), whenf the freeholders in five towns took the oath of allegiance to the Bay State. The latter province then assumed supreme rule in Maine, and continued it until the restoration of the Stuarts (1660), when Charles II., on the petition of the heirs of Gorges, sent over a commission to re-establish the authority of the grantees. Massachusetts. after long resistance, purchased the interests (1677) of the claimants for £12,000 sterling. In 1674 the Dutch conquered the territory eastward from the Pen
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts (search)
Two ships, Anne and Little James, of forty-four tons, the latter built for the colony, arrive at Plymouth, bringing sixty passengers......August, 1623 Capt. Robert Gorges, son of Sir Ferdinando Gorges, with Mr. Morrell, an Episcopal minister, and many others, arrive and select a site at Wessagusset for settlement......Septembf forty-four tons, with smaller boats; large tracts of land under cultivation, and enclosures for the cattle, goats, swine, and poultry......spring, 1624 Capt. Robert Gorges returns to England early in......1624 A few settlers remain at Wessagusset; some families come from Weymouth, England, and the name is changed to Weymoutssachusetts with an address......Oct. 30, 1676 Proceedings of England against Massachusetts charter......January, 1677 Massachusetts purchases the claims of Gorges to Maine for about $6,000......May 6, 1677 Governor Leverett dies in office......March 16, 1679 Simon Bradstreet made governor, then seventy-six years of ag