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Town of Topsham History Committee

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 6 of 7

"… number of free plots of land in Brunswick and Topsham between 1715 and 1722, and continued a policy of selling initial plots of 100 acres for £5…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"William lived with the Porters in Topsham until 1800 when he married Ann Frazier of Boston and relocated to Bath."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"… Stephen Titcomb and four other residents of Topsham, Maine set out to explore the Sandy River Valley for potential settlement."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… Phippsburg, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Richmond, and Topsham, County offices in the Courthouse include: The Emergency Movement Agency, County…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 1 of 7

"They influenced the location of towns in Maine, their layout, and often, in various ways, the quality of life within those communities."

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

"… While claiming ownership to hundreds of thousands of acres in Maine, most of the presiding members of the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors lived…"

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

"1760Maine Historical Society Similarly, some of the maps within these collections contain vital placenames and locations, including documentation of…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 5 of 7

"… as an agent for the company in their first town, present-day Dresden. At times, company agents clashed with their employers, disobeying directives…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"Andrews on an important Passamaquoddy site in 1783. Neptune and other tribal members who participated in the border work of the 1790s worked…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"He originally worked at a sawmill in Topsham, eventually owning it. He next set up a partnership with his brother-in-law, Dr."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"The early inhabitants from Topsham, Augusta, Hallowell, Damariscotta, Dunstable (MA), Martha’s Vineyard (MA), and other areas of New Hampshire and…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Measuring Rock

"Famous hunter, Thomas Wilson, led the party consisting of Stephen Titcomb, Jr., Robert Gower, James Henry, Robert Alexander, and James McDonnell…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Further Reading

"… of Dresden, Maine: Formerly a Part of the Old Town of Pownalborough from Its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900. Dresden, Me.: Jennie G."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866

"… for the brig Hope; records of churches founded in towns settled by the Pejepscot Proprietors and histories of their ministers; material pertaining…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"Edward Winslow (1714-1784) Edward Winslow was a 4th generation descendant of Plymouth Governor Edward Winslow and a large shareholder in the Plymouth…"