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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"… of the General Court’s Committee of Eastern Claims when the petition for the confirmation of title was originally received, and when it came before…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Background

"Draper's claim northeast of Bath, 1795Maine Historical Society In 2020, Maine Historical Society (MHS) was awarded a nearly $350K National Endowment…"

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

"… tied to the Plymouth Colony to justify their claim. David Jeffries (1714-1785) David Jeffries was born on October 23, 1714 in Boston."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 5 of 5

"… of Domestic Commissions, on International Claims," vol. 2, Modern Series. New York: Oxford University Press, 1930. Bilodeau, Christopher."

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

"In asserting his claim to the Waldo Patent, Knox had ongoing problems with Revolutionary War veterans and other settlers, who, in his absence while…"

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

"He claimed all rights to fishing and "fowling" and apportioned land to tenants from whom he collected fees and rents."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… some veterans used government-backed grants to claim land elsewhere in the state, others remained and pushed outward to North Scarborough."

Skowhegan Community History - Early Settlement in Skowhegan

"The land they claimed included islands along the Kennebec river. This land was already cleared out by the Indian tribe know as the Abennakis."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"… the Androscoggin River listed in the Pejepscot Claim. This tribe was friendlier with the English, so historians speculated that he learned English…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"… and clam diggers, boaters and fishermen who claimed that dikes shut out the overflowing tides of the marshes, resulting in streams becoming…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"… many of the town’s people take special pride in claiming the Holmans as their ancestors. Peter Holman’s legacy lives on through his…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Overview: Road to Statehood

"… and was gradually absorbed by Massachusetts land claims beginning in 1651. Maine's population grew over the next century, particularly in coastal…"

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

"The French, however, still claimed the territory east of the Penobscot River and endeavored to make the Penobscot river their last opening to the sea…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… James Sullivan and George Thatcher, were drawn to the town were here to work on real estate, business needs, and land and water claims. Next...."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"Mattie never actually lived in Guilford but claimed it as her home of record during and after her military career."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"The town of Southwest Harbor claims many Carroll, Stanley, Reed, Worcester, and Corson descendants while Bar Harbor counts among its first white…"

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… the one and one-half million acres of land claimed by the Proprietors as successors to the Plymouth Patent of 1629."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… of Islesboro, most of this southern land had been claimed by members of the William Pendleton and Thomas Pendleton families."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… he could live on it, but he could not sell it or claim ownership. By 1825, surveyors noted that approximately 20 families lived along the Aroostook…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… of Mount Desert Island, to settle conflicting claims to land ownership.Mount Desert Island Historical Society After the Revolutionary War, on…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… for a century and a half over their competing claims -- including the island. Lumber Mill at the Mill Pond, Somesville, ca."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"But an accident, and resulting claims, signaled the beginning of the end for the bridge. On October 2, 1915, a cargo truck from F."

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"… crowded streets of Dublin that year, at one point claiming 600 lives per day. The spread of the epidemic was eventually contained."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"He was called upon to settle land claims as Maine was being settled. By 1799, with an education system in place and music being performed at the…"