Goodyear (Minutes of Council).-These patentees ejected Cleves and Tucker, and formed a plantation at the mouth of the Spurwink. This, Blue Point (No. 9), Black Point (No. 15), and Stratton's Islands (mentioned in connexion with No. 17) were all annexed to Massachusetts in 1658, and consolidated into the township of Scarborough. 19. December 2, 1631. Grant to Gorges and Norton and others, on which Agamenticus was settled (Minutes of Council). 20. February 29, 1632. Grant to Robert Aldsworth and Giles Eldridge of 12,000 acres of land at Pemaquid.-There is a very full account of this settlement in the fifth volume of the Maine Historical Society. It continued at times incorporated with Massachusetts, at times subject to the proprietorship of the Duke of York. It was converted into an outpost against the French and their Indian allies. 21. June 16, 1632. Grant to Way and Purchase of land on the river Bishopscott.-Afterwards sold by the patentees to Massachusetts (see p. 292). After the transfer Purchase continued to occupy the soil. Massachusetts, having secured other and more effectual hold over the land beyond the Merrimac, ceased to value this. In 1652 Prince was sent by the Plymouth government to administer their territory on the Kennebec, and at the same time Purchase placed himself and his settlement under the jurisdiction of Plymouth. Besides the plantations made under these grants three settlements or groups of settlements were made under grants from Gorges: 1. When Cleves and Tucker were ejected by Goodyear and Trelawny they obtained from Gorges a grant of land on Casco Bay. This with other settlements near it became the township of Falmouth (Williamson, vol. i. p. 393; Willis, p. 22). 2. When Massachusetts annexed Exeter Wheelwright removed northward within the jurisdiction of Gorges and formed the settlement of Wells. The deed of grant from Thomas Gorges, acting on behalf of the Proprietor, to Wheelwright and his associates is published in an Appendix to Sullivan's ' History of Maine,' p. 408. 3. A number of scattered plantations on the north-east bank of the Piscataqua were in 1647 incorporated to form the township of Kittery. No writer has, as far as I know, satisfactorily explained the origin of the name Maine. It has been said that the name was bestowed as a compliment to Henrietta Maria. I cannot find that she was in any way connected with Maine, save that she was a French princess. The name seems to be first used in the grant to Gorges and Mason, August 10, 1622. (No. 2 in the above list.) New Hampshire was the name given by Mason to his grant of November 7, 1629. The name was always used to describe the tract between the Merrimac and the Piscataqua claimed by Mason's heirs, and containing the four townships of Dover, Exeter, Hampton, and Strawberry Bank. The name was only geographical, and had no political meaning till the territory was constituted a separate colony in 1679. INDEX ΤΟ THE FIRST VOLUME. ACADIA, 303 ACA Agamenticus, settlement at, Aldsworth, Robert, 291, 433 Amsterdam, English refugees at, 39; Anne, Cape, fishing station at, 87, Antinomians, first appearance of, in Aquednek, settlement at, 246; as- Atherton, Humphrey, 390 BRO Banks, Sir John, 193 Batchelor, Stephen, 286 Baxter, George, of New Netherlands, Beauchamp, John, 431 Belknap, Dr., his history, 268 Bishopscott, see Pejebscot. Blackwell, Francis, his emigration Block Island, expedition against, 220 Brewster, William, of Plymouth, 41, - Jonathan, 207 - Bright, Francis, a minister, 123, 136 BACKUS, Isaac, his history, 239, Brown of Plymouth, a Federal Com- note, 357, note Bancroft, Bishop, 38 missioner, 341, 346 Browne, Robert, his book, 18 Chancewell, voyage of, 37 Charles, Prince, names New England, Charles River, dispute about, 297 Childe, Dr., 357, 372; fined, 377, Childe, Major, 357 Church, membership of, required as Clarke, John, 358; emigrates to Cleve, George, 291, 406, 432 Cocheco, settlement at, 272, 277; 65 to Pocasset, 246; appointed judge, Coggeshall, John, 181 DUD Colmer, Abraham, 272 Conant, Roger, 112, 119 Confederation of the four New Eng- Cotton, John, 145, 171, 296; his Cromwell, a sea-captain, 336 Dand, John, 378 Davenport, John, 255, 259 Delaware, English settlements on, Denison, Daniel, a Commissioner in Deputies, institution of, in Massachu- Dermer, Captain, 35 Dispute with Assistants in 1634, 145; in Massachusetts, emigration from See Cocheco Coke, Sir Edward, 34; patronizes Dudley, Thomas, 134, 296; elected Roger Williams, 154 Governor, 145 HAMPTON, settlement of, 285 Harding of Massachusetts, 388 FAIRFIELD, settlement at, 301, Harley, Captain, 27 401 Harris, William, 426 Hartford, settlement of, 213; treaty Hathorne, William, a Federal Com- Hawkins, Captain, 334 Hayes, John, Governor of Massachu- Hazel of Rhode Island, 419 Hewes, nis dispute with Plymouth, Higginson, Francis, 123 Hilton, Edward, 272, 431 - William, 272, 431 Hingham, Massachusetts, 297; dis- Hobart, Peter, 354 Hobson, Captain, 27 Hocking, 295 Holder, Randal, 362, 414 Holland, Independents in, 45 Holmes, Obadiah, 417; flogged in Massachusetts, 418 Holyman, Ezekiel, 244 Hooker, Thomas, 163, 171 Hopewell, voyage of, 37 Housatonic River, settlement on, 301 |