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Georgetown, Sagadahoc, ME
Georgetown is a town in Sagadahoc County, incorporated on June 13, 1716 from a portion of Arrowsic Island.
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- 1649 (Georgetown) - John Parker, a fisherman from Bedfordshire, England, purchased it in 1649 from Chief Mowhotiwormet, commonly known as Chief Robinhood, for a hogshead of rum and some pumpkins.
Parker built the first permanent homestead on what eventually became known as Parker's Island.
www.georgetownme.com - The town of Newtown-on-Arrowsic was rebuilt in 1714 on the southern end of Arrowsic Island, which was incorporated in 1716 by the Massachusetts General Court as Georgetown-on-Arrowsic, named for Fort St. George.
www.wikipedia.org - In 1738 Georgetown annexed Parker’s Island, and followed with Small Point in 1741.
maineanencyclopedia.com/ georgetown/ - Georgetown was renamed in 1741 in honor of English King George I.
maineanencyclopedia.com/ georgetown/ - (Georgetown) - Abandoned during Dummer's War and beleaguered during the French and Indian Wars, the region resettled slowly in the 1750s until peace was assured with the 1759 Fall of Quebec.
www.wikipedia.org - (Georgetown) - The Stone Schoolhouse on Bay Point Road, small and primitive, was built by Irish stonemasons in 1820 under the direction of General Joseph Berry, a local shipowner and builder.
maineanencyclopedia.com/ georgetown/ - In 1836, Georgetown’s Joseph Berry built a new lighthouse tower and station for the U.S. government at Fort Point in Stockton Springs.
maineanencyclopedia.com/ georgetown/ - 1854 - Georgetown
Georgetown, a post-township of Lincoln county, Maine, composed of two islands, 35 miles S. by E. from Augusta, possesses excellent advantages for...Read MORE... - 1859
GEORGETOWN, a township of Lincoln co., in the state of Maine, 50 m. S of Augusta. It consists of 2 considerable islands formed by the confluence of...Read MORE... - 1886 - Georgetown
Georgetown is an island and a town. It forms the southeastern part of Sagadahoc County, lying between Sheepscot River and the mouth of the Kennebec....Read MORE... - 1895 - Georgetown
Georgetown, a post-township of Sagadahoc co, Me, is an island 12 miles long (sometimes called Parker's Island), at the mouth of the Kennebec River,...Read MORE... 
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Georgetown, a post-township (town) of Sagadahoc co., Me., is an island 12 miles long (sometimes called Parker's Island), at the mouth of the Kennebec ...Read MORE...
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1649 (Georgetown) - John Parker, a fisherman from Bedfordshire, England, purchased it in 1649 from Chief Mowhotiwormet, commonly known as Chief Robinhood, for a hogshead of rum and some pumpkins.
Parker built the first permanent homestead on what eventually became known as Parker's Island.
www.georgetownme.com
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The town of Newtown-on-Arrowsic was rebuilt in 1714 on the southern end of Arrowsic Island, which was incorporated in 1716 by the Massachusetts General Court as Georgetown-on-Arrowsic, named for Fort St. George.
www.wikipedia.org
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In 1738 Georgetown annexed Parker’s Island, and followed with Small Point in 1741.
maineanencyclopedia.com/ georgetown/
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Georgetown was renamed in 1741 in honor of English King George I.
maineanencyclopedia.com/ georgetown/
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(Georgetown) - Abandoned during Dummer's War and beleaguered during the French and Indian Wars, the region resettled slowly in the 1750s until peace was assured with the 1759 Fall of Quebec.
www.wikipedia.org
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(Georgetown) - The Stone Schoolhouse on Bay Point Road, small and primitive, was built by Irish stonemasons in 1820 under the direction of General Joseph Berry, a local shipowner and builder.
maineanencyclopedia.com/ georgetown/
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In 1836, Georgetown’s Joseph Berry built a new lighthouse tower and station for the U.S. government at Fort Point in Stockton Springs.
maineanencyclopedia.com/ georgetown/
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1854 - Georgetown
Georgetown, a post-township of Lincoln county, Maine, composed of two islands, 35 miles S. by E. from Augusta, possesses excellent advantages for... Read MORE...
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1859
GEORGETOWN, a township of Lincoln co., in the state of Maine, 50 m. S of Augusta. It consists of 2 considerable islands formed by the confluence of... Read MORE...
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1886 - Georgetown
Georgetown is an island and a town. It forms the southeastern part of Sagadahoc County, lying between Sheepscot River and the mouth of the Kennebec.... Read MORE...
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1895 - Georgetown
Georgetown, a post-township of Sagadahoc co, Me, is an island 12 miles long (sometimes called Parker's Island), at the mouth of the Kennebec River,... Read MORE...
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1916
Georgetown, a post-township (town) of Sagadahoc co., Me., is an island 12 miles long (sometimes called Parker's Island), at the mouth of the Kennebec ... Read MORE...
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