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Thomas Purchas was the first settler at Pegypscot, [Bruns- wick] probably as early as 1625 or 6. His companion was George Way; and it is said, that in 1632-3, they took from the Plymouth-council, a joint Patent of lands on both sides of the Androscoggin, from the Lower Falls to its mouth; and that he purchased the same tract of the Natives. He lived on the south- erly side of Stevens' river near its head; and was engaged in the fur-trade. He was so much noticed by Gov. William Gorges, as to be selected by him, in 1635, one of his Council. Becom- ing apprehensive for his own safety, however, or supposing himself neglected by Sir Ferdinando, in forming his new admin- istration, he assigned the greater part of his wild lands, to Massachusetts, in 1639; and at the same time, as well as in 1642, he put himself and his plantation under the protection of her government. As this measure probably answered no great purpose, he submitted, in 1654, to the New-Plymouth-govern- ment on the Kennebec; took the oath of allegiance; and was elected sole Assistant to Mr. Prince, the Colony-commissioner. It appears, however, that he was one of those flexible patriots, who could accommodate his politics to the changes of the times, as he accepted the office of Justice under Archdale's brief authority, in 1664; though it is true, he might have justly be-
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lieved, that all the civil and political rights of that Colony, within the Kennebec Patent, had ceased with the sale of it, three years before, and the acceptance of his new appointment perfectly consistent. His house was plundered by the Indians, in September, 1675; when he left Pegypscot, and we know nothing of his return.
Francis Raynes, an inhabitant of York, noticed for his intelli- gence and his friendship to Gorges, was appointed, in 1664, one of Archdale's Justices. Nevertheless, on the re-assumption of government by Massachusetts, in 1668, he was chosen an Asso- ciate, and subsequently took an active part in political affairs.
Nicholas Reynal, who resided on the easterly side of Sagada- hock, is a man whose name is not noticed, till 1665. Yet his character for respectability must have been previously known; as the king's commissioners, while they were at Sheepscot, that year, appointed him a Justice of the peace for the Duke's province.
Edward Rishworth, removed, in 1643, from Exeter, N. H., to Wells, with his minister, Rev. John Wheelwright, whose daughter he had married. Leaving that place in a few years, he finally settled at Agamenticus. He was a man of good educa- tion, and considerable abilities, but what rendered him prin- cipally distinguished was his gentlemanly manners, his penman- ship and clerical correctness. Immediately on the assumption of government in Maine by Massachusetts, in 1652, he was ap- pointed Recorder and one of the Associates, and continued to hold the same offices through a series of years. Also, between 1653 and 1679, both inclusive, he had 13 elections as a Deputy from his town to the General Court at Boston, and one year, 1659, he was returned for Falmouth and Scarborough united; it being no uncommon thing in his days, for towns to elect non-residents, their representatives. Being a professed friend to Massachusetts, he lost some part of her favor, by consenting to accept, as he did, the office of Justice, under Archdale and under the king's commissioners, in 1664 and 5; yet he after- wards so retrieved his reputation and regained his popularity, as to be appointed under President Danforth's administration, in 1680, one of the standing Council and the Recorder. These places he faithfully filled till his death, which occurred probably about the time the Charter of William and Mary arrived. The tragic death of his only daughter, the wife of Rev. Shubacl Dummer, has been previously mentioned.
William Royall, an emigrant to Salem, as early as 1629, be- came subsequently an original settler of North-Yarmouth, near
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the mouth of Westgustego-river, which from him took its new name. On its easterly side, he purchased of Gov. Thomas Gorges, a tract of land, upon which he ultimately established his residence. He was an Assistant, in 1636, under William Gorges' short administration of New-Somersetshire; and again, in 1648, under that of Mr. Cleaves in Lygonia. Though no mention is made of him in the first Indian war, we find the savages made him a prisoner, in 1688; and Baron de Castine, very generously ransomed him and set him at liberty. He had two sons-John, who lived in York, and William, born in 1640, who died in 1724. Hon. Isaac Royall was William's son, born in 1672, who returned from Antigua, in 1737, his previous place of residence several years, and died, 1739.
Robert Sankey, settled at Winter-harbor in Saco, was provost- marshall under the administration of Gov. Thomas Gorges, in 1640; and likewise under that organized by Mr. Cleaves, in 1646, over Lygonia.
Humphrey Scamman, born at Portsmouth, in 1640, resided, after he was 21, successively, at Kittery, at Cape Porpoise, and ultimately at Saco, near the ferry, where he settled, about the year 1680. The fear of suffering from the Indians was at that period by no means imaginary; for in 1697, he and his family were taken and carried away captive by them to Canada; where were detained so long that Mary, one of his daughters, became weaned of home, and married a Frenchman, and never returned. Mr. Scamman was a Representative to the General Court, in 1719, and died in 1727; of whose posterity, there have arisen several distinguished men.
Joshua Scottow-was a freeman in Boston, in 1639; and some years afterwards Captain of the Artillery Company,- also author of a couple of literary tracts. Becoming, in 1660 and 6, the assignee and otherwise, the owner of Abraham and Henry Joscelyn's several farms in Scarboro', he removed thither after the first Indian war and settled at Prout's Neck. At the commencement of President Danforth's administration, in 1680, he was one of the Standing Council; in 1683, the trustee of Scarborough and Falmouth townships; and in 1688, a Judge of Probate under Governor Andros. He died in 1698, at Boston; leaving two daughters, who married in that town, and a third who married Rev. Benjamin Blackman of Saco. He also left one son, Thomas Scottow, a very worthy young man, who, when he had completed his education and taken his degree at Harvard College, in 1677, returned to his father's family; was
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appointed in 1688, Register of Probate, and County-commis- sioner, under Sir Edmund Andros' short administration; and the next year had command of the garrison in his town. But savage hostilities and his father's death, induced him to leave · the place entirely; and in 1728 the estate was conveyed to Tim- othy Prout, Esq. from whom the 'Neck' has derived its name.
Nicholas Shapleigh, an early settler in Kittery, was one of the first, who, in 1652, surrendered to Massachusetts, and con- sented to take the oath of allegiance. His example had great influence; and indeed such was his weight of character, and so great his popularity, that in the course of a few years, he was either appointed or elected to most of the offices, in the power of the government or the people to give him. In the outset, he was a special commissioner for holding courts; first county- treasurer; in 1656, sergeant-major of Yorkshire Militia; also several years, an Associate. But at length, he became so much a proselyte to the sentiments of the Quakers, that after he was elected an Associate in 1663, he refused to be sworn. This raised in Massachusetts, and among many in Maine, a perse- cuting spirit against him which ran to such a height, as to arouse in him a proportionate opposition. He accepted, at the hand of Archdale, the appointment of commissioner, from Gorges, the Lord-proprietor's heir of the Province; espousing boldly his rights, and protesting with great zeal, against all the acts and orders of Massachusetts, within the Province of Maine. His chief colleagues in the opposition, were Joscelyn, Jordan and Champernoon; all of whom were indicted by the Grand- jury, at the ensuing term of Yorkshire court, for divers con- tempts and political misdemeanors. But he utterly refused to hold any office, under the king's commissioners: and his wis- dom, fidelity and conscientious circumspection, apparent in the discharge of every duty, through a period of several years, greatly mitigated the asperity of public feeling; and partially restored him to favor; so that he was appointed, at the close of king Phillip's war, a commissioner to treat with the Indians, -a trust which he executed April 12, 1678. He was also a deputy from Kittery, in 1682, to the General Assembly, under Danforth's administration .- It is supposed, that Benjamin Shap- leigh, born in Boston, 1645, was his only son.
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Abraham Shurte,* when quite a young man, came over to our shores, under the auspices of Gyles Elbridge, and Robert Aldsworth, in 1625; and one of the first acts, we find of his as their agent, was the purchase of Monhegan, the same year. He resided at Pemaquid, was superintendant of their affairs, and sole or chief magistrate of the people, till Thomas Elbridge came over and took possession of the Patent under his brother's will, executed September 11, 1646. We hear little of Mr. Shurte, for the succeeding forty years. He was probably the assistant to Elbridge in the management of affairs, civil and political, before and after his sale of the Patent in 1651 and 7, till the king's Commissioners assumed the government in Sep- tember, 1665. Of those who took the oath of allegiance at that time to the Duke of York, we find the name of Elbridge, not that of Shurte. The latter was a man of great prudence and discretion. As the commissioners had their session at Great Neck, on the Sheepscot, and he had chosen a residence in the wilderness for the sake of liberty, perhaps he thought it fraught with circumspection to remain at home. No notice appears to have been taken of him in any of their measures; nor by Massa- chusetts in 1674, when she established Devonshire; though she made Pemaquid the county-town. His conduct towards the natives was always evincive of good sense, and exhibited exem- plary kindness. In 1631, he restored to Lynn, a Sagamore, his wife, who had been made a captive by a party of Abenaques; and in king Philip's war, he made repeated efforts-not without success, to conciliate the temper of the Indians, and counteract a rising spirit among the whites, incentive to hostilities. He was uniformly a useful man, being in 1686, "town clerk of Pema- quid," when he must have been upwards of 80 years of age. It is said he died in 1690.
Roger Spencer removed from Charleston to Saco in 1658; and two years afterwards, joined Thomas Clark in the purchase of Arrowsick Island. He also joined Major Pendleton in the purchase of the Neck, where he settled, and built the first mill ever erected on Saco-river. At the end of ten years he returned to Boston. He had several children; and it is interesting to know, that one of his daughters had two husbands, the first was John Hull, a trader in that town, and the other was [Sir] WIL- LIAM PHIPS; and another married Doct. David Bennet of Row-
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ley, Massachusetts. Bennet's son, Spencer, adopted by Sir William, who had no child, took his surname and succeeded to his fortune. He heads the list of graduates at Harvard College in 1703; was Province-councillor and Lieutenant-governor; and died April 1757, aged 73 years. His son, William Phips, was graduated at the same college in 1728.
Edward Tyng was the second son of his father, whose chris- tian name he bore, and who came over in 1636, and settled at Boston. The father was an eminent man, being an Assistant 14 years, and Col. of Suffolk regiment. Edward, the son, removed to Falmouth Neck, about 1678-9, where he married the daugh- ter of Thaddeus Clark, son-in-law of George Cleaves. Being a man of more than common intellect, and of great military taste -well acquainted with public affairs, he soon entered upon a political career, which continued to his death. It commenced with the administration of Pres. Danforth, in 1680, when he was immediately appointed to the command of Fort Loyal; a trustee of Falmouth-township, and a member of the Provincial- council ;- offices which he held with honor to himself, till the commencement of the revolutionary changes under Pres. Dud- ley, in 1686, and of Gov. Andros, in 1687. Nor was it very unexpected, that, as the former had married his sister, he should be appointed, as he was, a member of the Council under Mr. Dudley and Mr. Andros, in each of their administrations. The latter also gave him a Colonel's commission, which embraced the militia, both in Maine and the Duke's province; and when the re-organization of government under Pres. Danforth, in May, 1689, was confirmed, Col. Tyng was one of his Council- and re-appointed commander of the Eastern Regiment,-as Major Charles Frost was of the western one. In short, such was the grade he held in public estimation, that he was selected and subsequently appointed Governor of Nova Scotia, after the Province was subdued by Phips, in May, 1690. But in his passage to Annapolis, he was taken prisoner by the French and sent to France where he died. He left two sons and two daughters. 1. Edward, born 1683, was the brave naval Com- modore, at the siege of Louisbourg, (1745); and 2, Jonathan, of Woburn, a member of Andros' Council and a magistrate of influence, who also had two sons. These were, 1, John, who was graduated at Harvard College, 1691, lived at Chelmsford, was a Major, killed by the Indians in 1710, and left a son, John, graduated at the same College, 1725, the eccentric Judge
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Tyng of Tyngsboro, Mass .; and 2, Eleazer, Colonel of the Middlesex Regiment. William Tyng, who was Sheriff of Cum- berland County, Maine, and died some time since, at Gorham, was the son of Commodore Tyng.
Richard Vines, who first visited Maine in 1609, and again in 1616, could boast of having been in the country several years before any other inhabitant that could be found. His voyages hither, were under the direction of Sir Ferdinando Gorges; who induced him and his companions to come over, explore the country and select a place for settlement. Accordingly, they passed the winter 1616-17, at the mouth of the river Saco, since called 'Winter Harbor,' and on the 12th of February, 1629, old style, Vines and John Oldham took from the Plymouth- council, a patent of lands, eight miles on the western side of the river by four on the coast,-Vines having already resided there five or six years, and becoming subsequently sole patentee. He was principal superintendant of the plantation, till the arrival of Gov. William Gorges in 1635, who appointed him one of his Council or Assistants. Next, in 1640, he was con- stituted one of Sir Ferdinando's charter-council, and appointed his steward-general,-places which he filled till the year 1643, when, on the departure of Thomas Gorges, he was appointed to the office of Deputy-governor. He looked with carefulness to his own affairs and was considered at one time a man of con- siderable wealth. But in consequence of heavy losses sustained by d'Aulney and others, at the same time determined never to be a subject of Col. Rigby's government, he sold his whole patent, Oct. 20, 1645, to Doct. Robert Childs, and after a residence of 22 years, at Saco, he removed to the Island of Barbadoes. Though Mr. Vines was an Episcopalian and roy- alist, his sentiments were ingenuous, and he sustained an excel- lent character. Subsequent to his removal, he had a corre- spondence with Gov. Winthrop of Boston, in 1647 and 8, by which, in taking our farewell of him, we are enabled to form a very favorable opinion of his pious principles as well as his good sense.
No. 5. INDEX.
[The numeral letters, i. ii. refer to the volume; the figures, to the page.] A LIST OF COUNTIES AND CORPORATE TOWNS INCLUSIVE.
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Abenaques, Indians, i. 463; tribes of, 465; population, 483; decline, ii. 141; withdrawal to Canada, 209. Absentees, their estates confiscated, ii. 466.
Academies, ii. 573.
Acadia, its name, i. 188; patented to de Monts, ib .; visited by him 190; he abandons it, 205; settled by Sir W. Alexander, 224; resigned to the French by treaty of St. Germains, 247; governed by Razilla, 248; quar- rels of its rulers, 309; taken from the French, 360; resigned to them, 428; subdued by the English, 596; embraced in the Province Charter of Mass. Bay, 601; list of its rulers, ii. 368. [See Nova Scotia.]
Acadians, disliked by the New-Englan- ders, i. 427; character, ii. 101; be- come Neutrals, 264; their disper- sion, 310.
Adams, Samuel, Gov. of Mass. ii. 561; death, 574.
Adams, John, ii. 394; Envoy to France, 464; drafts the State Constitution, 483, President of the U. S. 575.
Adams, James, his crime at York, i. 556. Addison, town of, incorporated, ii. 575. Agamenticus, mount, described, i. 96. " plantation settled, i. 231,
265; made a borougli, 287; adopted by Massachusetts, 345; made a town, 346. [See Gorgiana and York.] Albany, town of, ii. 597.
Albion, town of, ii. 598.
Alcot, Job, a Councillor and Judge, ii. 11.
Aldsworth, Robert, i. 185; a patentee of Pemaquid, 241.
Alden, John, i. 661.
Alexander Sir William, his Nova Sco- tia patent, i. 655; granted, 223; set-
tled, 224; confirmed, 232; grants in it made to La Tour, 245; one of the twelve provinces assigned to Sir William, 256; his character, 662.
Alfred, town of, ii. 565.
Algonquins, Indians, i. 455.
Allen, John, Col. com'r at Machias, ii. 458; discharged, 504.
Allerton, Isaac, i. 663.
Alna, town of, ii. 567.
Anasagunticooks, a tribe of Indians, i. 466; numbers, 481; peace with them, 649; they retire to Canada, ii. 40, 209.
Andover, town of, ii. 699.
Andros, Edmund, Gov. of New-York and Sagadahoek, i. 445; treats with the E. Indians, 552; commissioned Gov. of New-England and New- York, 577; superseded at Sagada- hock by Gov. Dungan, 581; recom- missioned, 584; his expedition and forts eastward, 589; is seized and sent to England, 590.
Androscoggin river, Great, i. 43; Lit- tle, 45.
Animals, or quadrupeds, i. 132-140. Anson, town of, ii. 580.
Antinomians, i. 293; ii. 276.
Appledore, made a town, i. 401. [See Isles of Shoals.] Arumbeck, i. 215.
Archdale, John, agent of Gorges, comes to Maine, i. 403; commissions mag- istrates, 411; his elaim disregarded, 414; eharacter, 663.
Argal, Samuel, visits the coasts of Maine, i. 207; subdues the eastern French, 209.
Armouchiquois, Indians, i. 477. [See Marechites.]
Armstrong, William, projects a settle- ment at Sagadahock, ii. 96.
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. Arnold, Benedict, his expedition through Kennebec to Canada, ii. 440; his treason, 483.
Arrowsick, Island, described, i. 53; its hamlet burnt, 535; fortified, 547; resettled, ii. 81; incorporated, 89. [See Georgetown.]
Arundel, ii. 84. [See Cape Porpoise.] Assistance, writ of, ii. 359.
Assistants, or Councillors, i. 278; 302; 303; 328; 565; ii. 11; 75; 161; 350. [See Councillors.]
Athens, town of, ii, 597.
Atkinson, town of, ii. 674.
Attorneys at Law, made officers of Courts, ii. 73; advocates for civil liberty, 401; number, 688-9.
Augusta, town of, ii. 576-7.
Aulney, M. d.' (de Charnisy) commands westward of St. Croix, i. 262; seats himself at 'Biguyduce, in Penobscot, 308; is limited in his jurisdiction, to the country of the Etechemins, 309; quarrels with La Tour and blockades his fort, 310; repulsed at St. Johns and pursued to Penobscot, 313; is offended with Massachusetts, 314; sends an embassy to Boston, 316; proceeds against St. Johns, plunders a New-England vessel and is repulsed by La Tour, 318; his fort a resort for Jesuits, 322; his death and char- acter, 323.
Avon, town of, ii. 594. .
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Baldwin, town of, ii. 594.
Bangor, town of, ii. 552; visited by the British, 646.
Bane, Lewis and Joseph, i. 664.
Bankrupt act, ii. 588.
Banks, first established, ii. 203; laws regulating them, 595; new banks, 625; 631.
Baptists, i. 379; persecuted, 569; ii. 276; number, 282; 696.
Bashaba, an Indian prince, i. 199; 214. Bath, town of, ii. 488.
Beasts, natives, i. 132.
Becancourt, its situation, ii. 40.
Belcher, Jonathan, Gov. arrives, ii. 167; removed, 204; his character, 205.
Belfast, town of, ii. 398; plundered, 480.
Belgrade, town of, ii. 572.
Bellamont, Lord, arrives Gov. ii. 28; checks piracy, 31; his death, 32. Belmont, town of, ii. 637.
Berlin and Milan decrees, ii. 603.
Bernard, Sir Francis, arrives Gov. ii. 355; his politics, 358; his political difficulties, 359; leaves the Prov- ince, 385.
Berwick, settled, i. 243; destroyed by the Indians, 618; attacked, ii. 44, 56, 65; incorporated, 77; divided, 638. Bethel, town of, ii. 573.
Biard, settles at Mt. Desert, i. 205. Bible Society, established, ii. 616.
Biddeford, town of, [first Saco,] set- tled, i. 227; attacked by the Indians,
522; ii. 42, 81; courts there, 355;
divided, 395-[See Pepperellborough and Saco.]
Betterments, early made, ii. 592; act passed, 606.
'Biguyduce, i. 71. [See Maj. Biguyduce.] Bingham, William, ii. 531.
Bingham, town of, ii. 626.
Birds, native, i. 140.
Blackman, Benjamin, i. 664.
Bloomfield, town of, ii. (37.
Bluehill, a mount, i. 95; a grant, ii. 362; a town, 542.
Bomaseen, i. 640; ii. 69.
Blue, and Black Points, i. 29; settle- ments, 265.
Boothbay, settled, i. 243; taxed, 444; destroyed, 609; resettled, ii. 166 [Townshend]; incorporated, 375 .- [See Cape Newagen.]
Boothe, Robert, i. 665.
Bonighton, Richard, i. 237, 264, 278, 665; John, 301, 389, 391.
Boston massacre, ii. 386. " company, i. 331.
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Bowdoin, town of, ii. 538.
Bowdoin, James, Gov. ii. 513, 533.
Bowdoin College, first proposed to be called Winthrop College, ii. 537; es- tablished, 562.
Bowdoinham, town of, ii. 366-[See Richmond-fort.]
Boxer, taken, ii. 633.
Bracket, Anthony and Thomas, i. 665.
Bradbury, Commander at fort St. Georges, ii. 314; resigns, 328.
Brewer, settled, ii. 538-9; incorporated, 626.
Bridges, John, the first surveyor of the royal woods, ii. 28-9; his conduct reproved, 95.
Bridgeton, a town, ii. 565.
Bristol, the ancient Pemaquid, i. 57; 241, 329; destroyed by the Indians, 612; revived by Dunbar, ii. 166; incorporated, 376; the claims to it by several, settled, 623.
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British [American] system, established, ii. 282, 359; proposes the raising of a revenue, 369; introduces the Stamp-act, 378; also duties on paints, teas, and glass, 382; sends British troops to Boston, 384; occasions the war of the Revolution, 421.
British orders in Council, ii. 603.
Brock, John, Rev. a minister on the Isles of Shoals, i. 401.
Brooks, John, Gov. of Massachusetts, ii. 662.
Brooks, town of, ii. 661.
Brooksville, town of, ii. 668.
Brouillon, Gov. of Nova Scotia, ii. 33. Brown, John, a settler at New-harbor, i. 329, 666; extent of his claim, 330; dispute settled, ii. 623; originates the Brown Right, i. 329, ii. 623.
Brown, Benjamin, a Councillor, ii. 75. Brownfield, town of, 594.
Brunswick, settled i. 266; 290; 573; and ii. 87, burnt, 116, incorporated, 191.
Buckfield, town of, ii. 556.
Bucksport, granted, ii. 362; partly burnt, 479; incorporated, 554.
Bull, Dixy, the pirate, killed, i. 252. Bunkerhill-battle, ii. 427.
Burgoyne, Gen. surrenders, ii. 463.
Burdet, George, settles at York, i. 270. is convicted of crimes and retires to England, 284.
Burnet, William, Gov. arrives, ii. 159, died, 162.
Burroughs, George, preached at Fal- mouth, i. 395; executed for witch- craft, ii. 21, 22.
Burton, Benjamin, Major, fortifies in Cushing, ii. 288, 306, 320; a prison- er at 'Biguyduce, 493; escapes, 494. Buxton, settled, ii. 181; incorporated, 365
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Calais, town of, ii. 612.
Callicott, Edward and Richard, i. 669.
Callieres, Gov. of Canada, ii. 30, his death, 40.
Cambridge-platform, articles of, ii. 276. Camden, town of, ii. 551. Mountains, i. 95.
Cammock, Thomas, i. 236, 666.
Canaan, town of, ii. 540.
Canada, settled, i. 204; taken by the Kirks, 234; a region of New France, 261; Phips' expedition against it, 597; English captives' first sold there,
611; Eastern Indians drawn thither,
ii. 40; list of its Governors, 273; conquered by the English 345; erect- ed into a Province, 367; attacked by the Americans, 439, 443; its line adjoining Maine, in dispute, i. 16. Canada-townships, ii. 187.
Canibas, Indians, name and number, i. 466, 482; tribe broken, ii. 132.
Cape Breton, ii. 101, 220; Cape Eliz-
abeth, i. 30; Cape Small Point, 33. Cape Elizabeth, settled, i. 299; [Purpoo- duck] revived, ii. 29; destroyed by the Indians, 42; incorporated a town, 377. Cape-newagen, described, i. 55; set- tled, 243; taxed 444; [See Boothbay.] Cape Porpoise, described, i. 26; submits to Massachusetts, 351; taxed, 585, ii. 29; destroyed by the Indians, 42; revived, 84; name changed to Arun- del, 85,-which see.
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