Maine Memory Network

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 2 of 7

"1719Maine Historical Society The Kennebec Proprietors traced their title back to a 1629 grant by the Council of New England (granting land from King…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 2 of 6

"… a million-acre claim (later called the Waldo Patent) to the west of Penobscot Bay. For these proprietors and others like them who spearheaded…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 1 of 5

"… Alan Taylor observed: In 1800 the Pejepscot Patent's settlers complained that "each claimant comes producing pompus Parchmints of royal patents or…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 3 of 6

"… the other potential sources of legal title: the patents and grants written by provincial or royal officials who most often were wholly ignorant of…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 2 of 4

"… and sometimes by vague agreements and grants or patents from even more distant courts or monarchies, and the noble English-speaking farmer-settlers…"

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

"… was lured to Thomaston by the land in the Waldo Patent, a 576,000 acre tract of land in midcoast Maine that had been granted to Brigadier General…"

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

"… worked for the proprietors locating copies of old patents and deeds within governmental archives, as well as the company patent appeal to the King…"

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

"When the bounds of the patent were surveyed, it was discovered that Foxwell and Watts had instead settled within what was then called Black Point."

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

"… proprietorship of his 1500-acre Black Point Patent in 1633. On a voyage to the West Indies in 1643, Cammock died, leaving his estate to his wife…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"He built and patented a boring machine, which was used in the wood turning industry. The last thing he patented was a spring-tooth rake."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"R.S. Morse applied for a patent for a “Cabbage Slicer” and received one on May 24, 1870 for his “favorite” Washtub Agitator."

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

"Land patents were only profitable to their owners if families were enticed to clear the land and build permanent homes, and various offers were often…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… in the area came as a result of the Muscongus Patent, a 30-square-mile grant of lands, including the Georges River, which was given by the Council…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"Alvin designed the patents and his brother built the inventions. The Log Hauler’s patent was designed in 1901."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"This patent included 3 million acres of land and a 15-mile strip along the Kennebec River. After the Abenakis were driven from the area, the…"

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… by the Proprietors as successors to the Plymouth Patent of 1629. The Vaughans were long-time supporters of American independence."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"Mr. Haskell was the inventor and holder of the patent for the modern golf ball. Annie Clough’s 1952 Blue Hill history, Head of the Bay, listed 135…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… War, began acquiring large parcels of the Waldo Patent, the before-mention tract of land comprising most of present-day Knox and Waldo Counties."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… instead the province of New Brunswick gave him a patent to the land so he could live on it, but he could not sell it or claim ownership."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… in this area for the businesses he ran, the patents he developed, and his association with a new railroad."