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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Second Generation & Permanent Structures at Asticou

"… -- later bought out all of his siblings’ and their heirs’ interests in Lot 67 after his father, John II, died in 1868. Third Generation..."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 4 of 7

"Sale and division to heirs of the original proprietors meant that by 1750, both the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors consisted of numerous men and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond

"… and his wife, Maria Theresa Cadillac DeGregoire, heirs to the 1691 French Grant of Mount Desert Island from King Louis XIV."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 4 of 5

"… Nanudemance retained “liberty unto me and my heirs to fish, fowl, and hunt also to set otter traps without molestation.” In a 1684 deed that is…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"… their animals, later deeding these lots to their heirs. A 1784 survey of the marsh by Moses Banks noted owners of marsh lots at that time."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 2 of 2

"… Proprietors Biographies Later Proprietors, Heirs and Assignees Colonel Moses Little Moses Little was born on May 8, 1724, the son of Moses and…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"… again in 1883 when it was sold to the Burleigh heirs by the Samuel Hersey Estate for $395.80. In 1881 a few families moved north from New Sweden…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"… Colonel John Black of Ellsworth, Attorney for the heirs of the William Bingham estate (see Hancock County Registry of Deeds, Book 85, Page 163-164…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"… of Evalyn Walsh McLean (whose husband was the heir to the Washington Post), Edsel Ford, or various members of the Rockefeller family."

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… wou’d Please to grant your Petitioners and their Heirs, a Township to be bounded as follows, beginning about three Miles above Casteens River, at a…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"In 1651, Jane and her brother, as heirs of Wackwarreska, sold about 1,000 acres of land in what is now the Dunstan area of Scarborough to brothers…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"… had moved ashore and purchased the tract from the heirs of Wackwarreska, Sagamore of Owascoag. Tradition says the purchase price was a bushel of…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 1 of 2

"… and respectable and for his children and heirs to learn about -- and learn from -- his times and experiences."

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"… death in 1882, the building was owned by his heirs until 1887. In 1887, Moses’ Estate formed the Sagadahoc Real Estate Association."

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"The General’s heirs continued to “run the road” until the European and North American Railroad bought it out in 1869."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… in 1944, purchased the farm from various Dolloff heirs. Sometime in the late 1940’s, the farm became known as “Skyline Farm,” perhaps originating…"