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Name: Lydia Plaisted Titles and Terms: Event Type: Birth Event Date: 04 Jan 1696 Event Place: York, , Maine, United States Gender: Female Father's Name: James Plaisted Father's Titles and Terms: Mother's Name: Mary Rishworth Mother's Titles and Terms: GS Film Number: 000009844 Digital Folder Number: 004049359 Image Number: 04017
'Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921,' database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:2HJP-M53 : 4 November 2017), Mary Rishworth in entry for Lydia Plaisted, Birth 04 Jan 1696; citing Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm 9,844.
The name Maine is probably a practical nautical term which refers to the region being a mainland (separate from the many surrounding islands). Reference to the area as 'Maine' in writing first appeared in 1622. (statesymbolsusa.org)
Prior to 1685 - New England 1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England 1690 - 1775 - New England 1776 - 1820 - Massachusetts (District of Maine) March 15, 1820 - Maine becomes 23rd U.S. state
The name Maine is probably a practical nautical term which refers to the region being a mainland (separate from the many surrounding islands). Reference to the area as 'Maine' in writing first appeared in 1622. (statesymbolsusa.org)
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