Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"Then the coming of the English settler, bearing the ax as well as the musket. Then the calm of peace and the growth of log huts, the ring of the ax…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Lost Gardens of Eden

"European settlers made broad use if its natural resources, but the discovery by artists in the 19th century brought word and vision of its powerful…"

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

"… posts and drove away the small number of English settler colonists there. The original four shareholders and their descendants gradually sold off…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 3 of 5

"… sign deeds for the same land, with different settlers. For example, “Robin Hood” or Ramegin, appeared on more than fifteen agreements, often with…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 4 of 5

"… governmental officials looking to bring White settlers into the region to bolster British control."

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

"The settlers spent more time exploring the area and felling trees to clear the land. They returned to Topsham a different way this time by following…"

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

"In 1895 the colony of settlers in New Sweden became an official town of the State of Maine. Settlement and development of New Sweden, and other towns…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… of Maine map, 1795Maine Historical Society Local settlers cultivated potatoes and vegetable gardens, hunted game in nearby woods and lived on fish…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"The early Scottish settlers in Nova Scotia came from the Lodge of Edinburgh. In 1704, Johathan Belcher, later Governor of Massachusetts, was made a…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… to the island for many years after the white settlers came, but of late, since their number has so decreased, they have ceased altogether.” Swan’s…"

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

"… of contact between Indigenous people and European settlers; the role each collection plays in documenting Maine’s path to statehood; and their…"

Historic Hallowell - The Hallowell Union Fire Club

"He was one of the first settlers in Hallowell, Maine. Benjamin and Abigail Page had one child named John Odlin Page."

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilders, Sailors and Whaling Men

"… Men The Drews and the Pierces Among the first settlers to arrive in what is now Hallowell were shipbuilders from southern New England who soon…"

Historic Hallowell - Solid Foundations - Lasting Legacies

"The qualities settlers brought -- a spirit of enterprise, a respect for education and a recognition of the importance of living by example -- were…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farmington's Agricultural Pursuits

"… Titcomb, Jr., the son of Farmington’s first settler Stephen Titcomb patented a bee hive. U.S. patent # 6,285)."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"… Province sloop kept in the area for transport of settlers and supplies, but there is no written record of trading vessels being constructed in…"

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

"… to grant away more land to attract more settlers, with greater numbers enabling schools, prosperity, and, on a still-contested frontier, safety in…"

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

"… or Tresspassing" These letters were given to many settlers on disputed land when the Plymouth Company began establishing their claim."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village

"The village of New Portland had its first settler. In 1900 a descendant, Elias Hutchins, placed a stone marking the spot of this homestead."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"In turn, the settlers had to agree to stay seven years. Initially these settlers came to cut timber for boat building and to cultivate the land for…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"The first settlers to the region were Jonathan Keyes and his sons, Ebenezer and Francis, who came from Massachusetts in June, 1782."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"Despite these trials, settlers continued to come to the area so that by 1859, the state legislature agreed to the incorporation of Presque Isle as a…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - People

"… Titcomb 1752-1847: One of Farmington's first settlers Athletes Dan Simoneau born 1959: Olympic cross-country skier Seth Wescott born 1976…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… nor did they find welcome among the early settlers. Many of these pioneers had seen hard service in the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars…"