Tidbits of History - York County
Last updated 11-Sep-02
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Parsonsfield ME
- 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 |
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| 1785 |
incorporated |
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aka |
Kezar Falls, Ossipee |
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