Tidbits of History - York County

Last updated 11-Sep-02

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The early white hunters found a well-trodden trail across Parsonsfield from Cornish into Effingham. The northern Indians doubtless passed over this route in their traffic with the white traders ...
Away back in 1661 - Fluellen, Sundy, and Hobinowell, three noted Sagamores, conveyed to Maj. Win. Phillips of Saco, a tract of land bounded in part as follows: "From the Saco River up the Ossipee to Ossipee Pond, thence to Ossipee Mountain, thence to Humphrey Chadbourne's logging camp."
Captain Sandy, ... living in Berwick, deeded all lands between the Ossipees, to Francis Small, February 28, 1668.
Capt. Sundy in 1668 deeded to Francis Small of Kittery, a tract containing twenty square miles, between the Great and Little Ossipee, and from the river Newichawannock to the Saco River.
... about 1761, ... Chocorua and a younger brave returned to avenge the blood of their kindred, only to meet tragic deaths.

Important Facts About This Place For Researchers
Date	Fact	Notes
1652	York County
1785	incorporated
	aka	Kezar Falls, Ossipee

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