A History of the Towns of Bristol and Bremen in the State of Maine, Including the Pemaquid Settlement |
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21st Inf acres afterwards Andros appear appointed authority Boston Bremen Bristol Broad Cove called Capt captain capture Castine church claim coast Coll colonies command commissioners court Damariscotta Damariscotta river deed died Dunbar early east Elbridge England English erected French George George's river governor Gyles harbor Indians inhabitants island James John Brown Kennebec Kennebec river killed known land lived Maine Hist married Mass Massachusetts meeting house miles Monhegan Muscongus natives Nobleboro Nova Scotia parties patent peace Pema Pemaquid Penobscot petition Plymouth present Private probably received residence Richard Richard Pearce river Robert Round Pond Samuel Samuel Tucker sent settled settlements settlers Sheepscott Shem Drowne ship side soon Sproul subsequently territory Thomas Thomas Johnston tion town meeting town of Bristol tract treaty tribes vessels vicinity voted Waldoboro Walpole Wiscasset York
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Page 69 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
Page 35 - I seized upon. They were all of one nation, but of several parts, and several families. This accident must be acknowledged the means, under God, of putting on foot and giving life to all our plantations.
Page 513 - ... shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; and it shall be the duty of said officers to...
Page 104 - York, his heirs and assigns, all that part of the main land of New England, beginning at a certain place called or known by the name of St. Croix, next adjoining to New Scotland in America...
Page 62 - Somerset, a sagamore, one that hath been found very faithful to the English, and hath saved the lives of many of our nation, some from starving, others from killing.
Page 60 - He very boldly came all alone, and along the houses, straight to the rendezvous ; where we intercepted him, not suffering him to go in, as undoubtedly he would out of his boldness.
Page 18 - ... to seek out, discover, and find whatsoever isles, countries, regions, or provinces of the heathen and infidels, whatsoever they be, and in what part of the world soever they be, which before this time have been unknown to all Christians.
Page 43 - And also, for that we have been further given certainly to know, that within these late years, there hath, by God's visitation, reigned a wonderful plague, together with many horrible slaughters and murders, committed amongst the savages and British people there heretofore inhabiting, in a manner to the utter destruction, devastation, and depopulation of that whole territory, so as there is not left, for many leagues together...
Page 36 - Sonday, the chief of both the shipps, with the greatest part of all the company, landed on the island where the crosse stood, the which they called St. George's Island, and heard a sermon delivered unto them by Mr. Seymour, his preacher, and soe returned abourd againe.
Page 28 - ... and shot both to defend and offend ; we went from our ship up to that part of the river which trended westward into the main, to search that : and we carried with us a cross, to erect at that point, which (because it was not daylight) we left on the shore until our return back when we set it up in manner as the former.