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This was once territory of the Anasagunticook (or Androscoggin) Abenaki Indians, whose main village was Rockameko, located on Canton Point. They were decimated by smallpox in 1757. The township was then granted by the Massachusetts General Court to Captain Joseph Phipps and 63 others for their services in the French and Indian War. Called Phipps-Canada, the plantation was not settled until after the Revolutionary War. On February 26, 1795, Phipps-Canada was incorporated as Jay for John Jay, the first chief justice of the Supreme Court. In 1821, Canton was set off and incorporated as a town.
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- In 1793, a tavern was constructed at Jay Hill.
wikipedia.org - 1795 - On February 26, 1795, Phipps-Canada was incorporated as Jay.
- 1839 - Jay
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Franklin county. Jay lies at a bend of Androscoggin river, 29 miles W. by N. from Augusta and 12 S.S.W. from Farmington. There is much...Read MORE... - 1854 - Jay
Jay, a township of Franklin co., Maine, on the Androscoggin river, about 28 miles N. W. from Augusta. Population, 1733.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. - In 1857, the Maine Central Railroad reached the town of Jay.
wikipedia.org - Jay had a population of 1,490 in 1870.
wikipedia.org - 1886 - Jay
Jay is the south-western town of Franklin County, and is 30 miles north of Lewiston. It is bounded north by Wilton, east by Chesterville, south by...Read MORE... - In 1888, industrialist Hugh J. Chisholm built at southern Jay the Otis Falls Pulp & Paper Company mill, then the 3rd largest paper mill in the country
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Jay, a post-village of Franklin co., Me., in Jay town ship, on the Androscoggin River, and on the Maine Central Railroad, at Jay Bridge Station, 39...Read MORE... 
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Jay, a post-village of Franklin co., Me., in Jay town ship (town), on the Androscoggin River and on the Maine Central It., 39 miles N. of Lewiston....Read MORE... 
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Postcard- (Jay, Maine) - In 1965, International Paper opened the Androscoggin Mill. It is an integrated pulp and finished paper goods plant employing 990 people operating 5 paper machines.
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In 1793, a tavern was constructed at Jay Hill.
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1795 - On February 26, 1795, Phipps-Canada was incorporated as Jay.
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1839 - Jay
Jay, Maine
Franklin county. Jay lies at a bend of Androscoggin river, 29 miles W. by N. from Augusta and 12 S.S.W. from Farmington. There is much... Read MORE...
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1854 - Jay
Jay, a township of Franklin co., Maine, on the Androscoggin river, about 28 miles N. W. from Augusta. Population, 1733.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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In 1857, the Maine Central Railroad reached the town of Jay.
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Jay had a population of 1,490 in 1870.
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1886 - Jay
Jay is the south-western town of Franklin County, and is 30 miles north of Lewiston. It is bounded north by Wilton, east by Chesterville, south by... Read MORE...
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In 1888, industrialist Hugh J. Chisholm built at southern Jay the Otis Falls Pulp & Paper Company mill, then the 3rd largest paper mill in the country
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1895 - Jay
Jay, a post-village of Franklin co., Me., in Jay town ship, on the Androscoggin River, and on the Maine Central Railroad, at Jay Bridge Station, 39... Read MORE...
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1916
Jay, a post-village of Franklin co., Me., in Jay town ship (town), on the Androscoggin River and on the Maine Central It., 39 miles N. of Lewiston.... Read MORE...
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(Jay, Maine) - In 1965, International Paper opened the Androscoggin Mill. It is an integrated pulp and finished paper goods plant employing 990 people operating 5 paper machines.
wikipedia.org
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