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  Maine, Massachusetts Bay, British America  

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Massachusetts (Maine), United States

 


State/Province : Latitude: 45.5002806, Longitude: -69.2502806

Maine, Massachusetts Bay, British America Links

Maine Historical Society
A Brief History of Maine
Sprague's Journal of Maine History
Maine.gov
Maine History Resources
Visit the Colonies


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Death

Matches 1 to 2 of 2

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Date and Place    Person ID   Tree 
1 Ingersoll, George  Aft 22 Jun 1694 I7159 Duane's Ancestors 
2 Weeks, Nicholas  Abt 1720 I5198 Duane's Ancestors 

Abducted

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Date and Place    Person ID   Tree 
1 Littlefield, Lt. Josiah  23 Apr 1708while on his way from Wells to York and then carried off to Canada. I1774 Duane's Ancestors 

Appointed

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Date and Place    Person ID   Tree 
1 Fryer, Capt. Nathaniel  From Oct 1686 to Dec 1687judge on the bench I17080 Duane's Ancestors 

Occupation

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Date and Place    Person ID   Tree 
1 Ingersoll, George  Between 1683 and 1685representative I7159 Duane's Ancestors 

Office

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Date and Place    Person ID   Tree 
1 Norton, Henry  24 Mar 1645/6Provost Marshall I6725 Duane's Ancestors 

Maine, Massachusetts Bay, British America Timeline

1603
Martin Pring surveys the Maine coast and names the Fox Islands.NH
1604
26 Jun:  The French settle on Saint Croix Island in what is now Maine.tCE NPS
1607
19 Aug:  Popham Colony is established in New England. It survives for only a year.CSM MFS
1638
11 Jun:  The Earthquake of 1638 occurs bringing terror to the Colonies.WO-BC USGS
1691
7 Oct:  Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth Colony, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, Maine, and parts of Nova Scotia become the Province of Massachusetts Bay by royal charter.MAArchive
1717
27 Feb:  A series of four successive snowstorms create the Great Snow of 1717.NEHS NWS
1722
25 Jul:  Dummer's War.GoogleBooks UMaine
1744
15 Mar:  King George's War: French Colonies vs Great Britain 1744-1748, ended by the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.UoP F&IWS
1758
27 Jul:  British and colonial forces defeat French and Canadian forces at the Battle of Louisbourg in Nova Scotia.BB CTHist
1775
18 Oct:  Falmouth is burned by the British.MM UMaine
1779
19 Jul:  Massachusetts begins the ill-fated Penobscot Expedition.ME AR.org
14 Aug:  The Penobscot Expedition: the American Naval forces are defeated.JAR CHS
1780
9 Oct:  An expedition sets off from Harvard College to observe a solar eclipse from Penobscot Bay in Maine which is still controlled by Britain.USNA JSTOR