Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Industry on Bombahook

"… the stream was renamed Vaughan Stream after the Vaughan Family inherited it from Benjamin Hallowell's family in the late 1700's. By Sam Webber"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 2 of 4

"Familial bonds and inheritance held particular importance among the sorts of Boston-area elites who founded the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings

"Knox was able to acquire most of the patent, through purchase and through asserting Lucy’s rights of inheritance."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement

"… there was plenty of land for younger sons to inherit. In 1763 the French and Indian Wars ended with the Paris Peace Treaty which ensured the safety…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 1 of 4

"… baked beans, apple pie, and annual town meetings inherited from long ago ancestors on England's eastern shore."

Bar Harbor Historical Society

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Brick Store Museum

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"Early History - 1719 to 1740 After inheriting the Muscongus Patent from his grandfather, John Leverett arranged for a settlement of families in the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"Marcia later inherited the Old Ell from her Aunt Mame and renovated the house in 1994, converting it into a summer rental."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

"and Emily Savage, eventually inherited the Old House. Gus, his wife Mary and their 5 children also owned and lived most of the year in a large 3,200…"

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… Vaughan, came to advance property interests inherited from Benjamin Hallowell, the Kennebec Proprietor for whom the town was named."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"… was able to afford going to college because of an inheritance received from her father and her aunt."

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"… and her devotion to service, used an unexpected inheritance to build a House of Mercy to care for homeless women and children in Dublin, which…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… they might transmit to posterity the priceless inheritance received from their fathers. This monument is dedicated in grateful recognition of their…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"Benjamin Ryder (1818-1881) who had inherited land on the western side of the harbor, built a small boarding house next to the steamboat wharf in the…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… descendant of the Waldo family, and through her inherited a portion of the Waldo Patent. Knox purchased the remaining shares of confiscated land…"