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The Plymouth Company granted a land patent to Thomas Purchase, the first settler of Pejepscot, Maine, settling at the site of Fort Andross.
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Plymouth Company
Division of the Virginia Company
The Plymouth Company, officially known as the Virginia Company of Plymouth, was a company chartered by King James in 1606 along with the Virginia Company of London with responsibility for colonizing the east coast of America between latitudes 38° and 45° N.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Thomas Purchase
English settler in Maine (1577–1678)
Thomas Purchase (1577–1678), also known as Thomas Purchis and Thomas Purchas, was the first English settler to occupy the region of Pejepscot, Maine in what is now Brunswick, Topsham and Harpswell. In 1628 he set up a trading post at the site of Fort Andross to barter with the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Settler
Person who has migrated to an area and established permanent residence there
A settler or a colonist is a person who establishes or joins a permanent presence that is separate to existing communities. The entity that a settler establishes is a settlement. A settler is called a pioneer if they are among the first settling at a place that is new to the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Pejepscot
Historical village in Maine
Pejepscot is a historical settlement first occupied by a subset of the Androscoggin Native Americans known as the Wabanaki. The region encompasses the current towns of Brunswick, Topsham and Harpswell, Maine in Sagadahoc and Cumberland counties and was first settled by English…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Fort Andross
Site of colonial forts & cotton mills, Brunswick Maine
Fort Andross, also known as Fort George and Cabot Mill, was initially established as a trading post and later converted into a historic garrison by the colonial British Empire as a defensive measure against the Wabanaki Native Americans who were allied with France during King…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
June 16
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