Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Volume 3 of the Pejepscot Proprietors Papers is the town book of Brunswick, Maine. The volume contains many of the first official records of the division of the lands at Maqoit & Merriconeag Marshes, the construction of town roads, grant of the town commons, land grants, list of inhabitants, receipts, and meeting minutes.
The Town Book documents the evolution of Brunswick in its early stages to its official constitution as a township by the Massachusetts General Court in 1738/39.
This volume is part of a larger archival collection (Coll. 61), which is completely digitized. To search the entire collection visit our Beyond Borders search page.
To learn more about the history of the Pejepscot Proprietors or MHS's Beyond Borders project, please visit our project website.
About This Item
- Title: Pejepscot Company Records, Volume 3, 1717-1781
- Creator: Proprietors of the Township of Brunswick
- Creation Date: 1717–1781
- Subject Date: 1717–1781
- Location: Brunswick, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 34.6 cm x 19.7 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 61, vol. 3
- Collection: Pejepscot Proprietors papers
- Object Type: Text
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Androscoggin River (N.H. and Me.)
- Brunswick (Me.)
- Cathance River (Me.)
- Deeds -- Maine
- Kennebec River (Me.)
- Land companies
- Land grants--Maine
- Land settlement -- Maine
- Land speculation -- Maine
- Land subdivision -- Maine
- Larrabee, Benjamin, ca. 1700-1748.
- Maine -- History -- 1775-1865
- Maine -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- McKeen, John, 1789-1861.
- Noyes, Belcher.
- Pejepscot Proprietors--Maps
- Purchase, Thomas, 1571?-1678.
- Stock companies
- Surveying -- Maine
People
- Cowell,
- Fayrweather, Hannah
- Fuller, Joshua
- Gibbs, Henry
- Heath, Joseph
- Lewis, Job
- Norton, Caleb
- Noyes, Belcher
- Royall, Isaac
- Savidge, Nicholas
- Skinner, William
- Stinson, John
- Stinson, Robert
- Stratton, Samuel
- Thomas,
- Wadsworth, Joseph
- Watts, John
- Wentworth, Benning
- Wharton, Richard
- Winthrop, Adam
Other Keywords
- Amoscoggin River
- Androscoggin River
- Cathance Point
- Cow Island
- Fort George
- Maquoit
- Maquoit Bay
- Merriconeag Neck
- New Meadows
- Sebascodegan Island
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