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Saco (Maine, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-maine
ement made at Monhegan......1622 Permanent settlement at Saco......1623 Gorges procures a patent from Plymouth council, 1640 First general court under the charter opened at Saco......June 25, 1640 Gorges founds in Agamenticus a city osions George Cleaves deputy president, who opens a court at Saco styled The General Assembly of the province of Lygonia, whiery, and Edward Rishworth, of York......May, 1653 Wells, Saco, and Cape Porpoise declared towns......1653 English, und and massacres in King Philip's War begin, Sept. 12; attack Saco, Sept. 18, and burn Scarborough......Sept. 20, 1675 King Indians under French leaders attack Wells, Cape Porpoise, Saco, Scarborough, Casco, Spurwink, and Purpooduck; the last twoion by the name of Georgetown......June 13, 1716 Name of Saco changed to Biddeford......Nov. 18, 1718 First violence oporated......April 26, 1771 Pepperellborough, afterwards Saco, incorporated......June 9, 1772 Belfast incorporated; fi
York, Pa. (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-maine
arter to all lands south of a line drawn eastward from a point 3 miles north of the source of the river Merrimac, found this point by survey to lie in lat. 43° 43′ 12″, with its eastern point on Upper Clapboard Island, in Casco Bay, and confirms it by assumption of jurisdiction......Oct. 23, 1652 Isle of Shoals, and all territory north of Piscataqua belonging to Massachusetts, erected into county of Yorkshire......1652 Kittery, incorporated in 1647, and Agamenticus made into the town of York......1652 General court of elections at Boston admits for the first time two representatives from Maine: John Wincoln, of Kittery, and Edward Rishworth, of York......May, 1653 Wells, Saco, and Cape Porpoise declared towns......1653 English, under Major Sedgwick subdue Penobscot and Port Royal, 1654, and the whole Acadian province is confirmed to the English, who hold it for thirteen years......1655 Towns of Scarborough and Falmouth erected (see 1786)......1658 Quakers hold thei
Mare Point (Maine, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-maine
then in England, to negotiate the purchase of the province of Maine, who concluded a bargain, took an assignment, and gave Georges £ 1,250; original indenture bears date......May 6, 1676 Indian hostilities continue throughout 1677; affair at Mare Point, Feb. 18; Pemaquid, Feb. 26. Indians attack Wells several times; again attack Black Point, May 16-18, and ambush a party of ninety men near that point, killing sixty......June 29, 1677 Sir Edmund Andros, fearing French aggression in the Dukastin, capture the fort at Pamaquid......July 15, 1696 Eastern Sagadahoc claimed by the French as part of Nova Scotia under the treaty of Ryswick......Sept. 11, 1697 Treaty of Aug. 11, 1693, signed and ratified with additional articles at Mare Point (now in Brunswick) between the whites and Indians......Jan. 7, 1699 Indians under French leaders attack Wells, Cape Porpoise, Saco, Scarborough, Casco, Spurwink, and Purpooduck; the last two entirely destroyed. Thus opened the third Indian
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-maine
oscoggin, assigns to Governor Winthrop, of Massachusetts, all the tract of Pejepscot, on both sidesng an order to the governor and council of Massachusetts to restore his province in Maine......Jan.mpshire and Maine probably belonged not to Massachusetts colony, but to the terre-tenants ......167at Fort Loyal, he returns with the rest to Massachusetts......1689 Newichawannock (now Salmon Fa, April 4, 1733, by royal instruction, and Massachusetts resumes jurisdiction of Sagadahoc territoronnecticut sea-captain, and 1,500 men from Massachusetts under General Lovell, arrive at Penobscot,nsider the separation of the district from Massachusetts meets at Falmouth......Oct. 5, 1785 Contement of particulars......Jan. 4, 1786 Massachusetts lands, 1,107,396 acres, between Penobscoine surveyed and divided between Maine and Massachusetts......1826 Boundary north and east of Ma Maine purchases for $362,500 the share of Massachusetts in wild lands in the State......1853 Ac[17 more...]
Sheepscot (Maine, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-maine
Pemaquid, May 26, and unsuccessful attacks on forts Frederick and St. George......September, 1747 Indian hostilities in Maine brought to an end by the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, signed......Oct. 7, 1748 A treaty based on Drummer's treaty of 1725 made with Indians at Falmouth by commission from Massachusetts......Oct. 16, 1749 Indians attack Fort Richmond, on the Kennebec, but, hearing that the garrison had been reinforced, they retire, but attack Dresden, Swain Island, Wiscasset, Sheepscot, and Georgetown, and withdraw with twenty or thirty captives......Sept. 11-25, 1750 Commissioners meet the Indians at St. George's Fort, Aug. 3, and proclaim a cessation of hostilities......Sept. 3, 1751 New Castle incorporated, the first of the towns in the territory of Sagadahoc......June 19, 1753 Fort Halifax, on the Kennebec River below the Teconnet Falls; Fort Western, at Augusta; and Fort Shirley, or Frankfort, in Dresden, all built during the year ......1754 In consequen
Falmouth (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-maine
Penobscot and Port Royal, 1654, and the whole Acadian province is confirmed to the English, who hold it for thirteen years......1655 Towns of Scarborough and Falmouth erected (see 1786)......1658 Quakers hold their first meeting in Maine, at Newichawannock, or Piscataqua......December, 1662 Ferdinando Gorges, grandson o Sieur Artel, and fifty-four settlers captured and the settlement burned......March 18, 1690 Five hundred French and Indians under Castin attack Fort Loyal at Falmouth; the people abandon the village and retire to the garrison, May 16, which capitulates on the 20th, when the French, after burning the town, retire to Quebec withtilities in Maine brought to an end by the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, signed......Oct. 7, 1748 A treaty based on Drummer's treaty of 1725 made with Indians at Falmouth by commission from Massachusetts......Oct. 16, 1749 Indians attack Fort Richmond, on the Kennebec, but, hearing that the garrison had been reinforced, they re
Sheepscot River (Maine, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-maine
eneral and vice-admiral over the whole of New England, New York, and the Jerseys......March, 1688 Andros seizes upon Penobscot, and sacks house and fort of Baron de St. Castin, aiding to precipitate an Indian war......April, 1688 First outbreak of King William's War at the new settlement of North Yarmouth on Royals River. Indians surprise and break up the settlement, Aug. 13. They attack and burn New Dartmouth (New Castle), and destroy the fort and break up the settlement on the Sheepscot River......Sept. 5-6, 1688 Governor Andros using unwise measures in opposing Indians, arouses the people, who restore Danforth to the office of provincial president, appoint a council for the safety of the people, and resume the government according to charter rights......April 18, 1689 Garrison at Pemaquid attacked by Indians and forced to surrender......Aug. 2, 1689 Maj. Benjamin Church, with 600 men raised by Massachusetts, proceeds to the Kennebec, and, ranging along the coasts,
Thomaston, Me. (Maine, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-maine
k, which force the Americans to burn their vessels and disperse......Aug. 13, 1779 Six hundred troops raised to protect the Eastern Department, between Piscataqua and St. Croix, and command given to Gen. Peleg Wadsworth, with headquarters at Thomaston......1780 Bath incorporated, the first town established by the new government......Feb. 17, 1781 General Wadsworth captured at Thomaston and imprisoned at Castine, Feb. 18; escapes......June 18, 1781 Land office is opened at the seat oThomaston and imprisoned at Castine, Feb. 18; escapes......June 18, 1781 Land office is opened at the seat of government, and State lands in the district of Maine are sold to soldiers and emigrants at $1 per acre on the navigable waters; elsewhere given, provided settlers clear sixteen acres in four years......1784 First issue of the Falmouth gazette and weekly Advertiser, the earliest newspaper established in Maine......Jan. 1, 1785 Mount Desert, confiscated from Governor Bernard, is reconfirmed in part to his son John and to French claimants......1785 Convention to consider the separation
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-maine
....April 10, 1606 Lord John Popham, chief-justice of England, and Sir Ferdinando Gorges, fit out two ships and 100 emigopham, and the burning of their storehouse, they return to England in the spring of......1608 Two French Jesuits, Biard anh territory.] Capt. John Smith arrives at Monhegan from England. Building seven boats, he explores the coast from Penobsce......Jan. 11, 1664 A part of the grant of the King of England to the Duke of York includes the territory between the St. Massachusetts employs John Usher, a Boston trader then in England, to negotiate the purchase of the province of Maine, who c things in these parts belonging to France are ceded to Great Britain......March 30, 1713 Berwick incorporated out of the at St. Andrew's of joint commission, Thomas Barclay for Great Britain, Cornelius Van Ness for the United States, to determineaty concluded at Washington between Lord Ashburton, for Great Britain, and Daniel Webster, Secretary of State, for the United
St. George River (Maine, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-maine
turing this prize O'Brien sails into the Bay of Fundy, and on his return captures a schooner and tender which were in search of the Margranetto......June, 1775 Col. Benedict Arnold, with a force of about 1,100 men, passes up the Kennebec to attack Quebec......September, 1775 Captain Mowatt arrives in Falmouth (now Portland) with four armed vessels, Oct. 17, with orders from Admiral Graves to destroy the town, which he burns......Oct. 18, 1775 Warren incorporated; first town on St. George River......Nov. 7, 1776 Fryeburg, scene of Lovewell's fight in 1725, incorporated......Jan. 11, 1777 Counties of York, Cumberland, and Lincoln, by vote of Congress, erected into the District of Maine ......1778 British General McLane and 900 troops take possession of the Peninsula of Major Biguyduce (now Castine), begin a fort, and station three sloops-of-war under Captain Mowatt......Jan. 12, 1779 Pittston, the fortieth and last town established by the general court under the roy
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