The Early History of the Wilson Family of Kittery, Maine (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Early History of the Wilson Family of Kittery, Maine Explorations upon the coast of Maine became frequent soon after 1600. In 1603 Martin Pring was there with two vessels. George Weymouth visited the shores, and sailed up the rivers in 1605. It was he who began the outrages against the Indians, which ended in savage antagonism to the colonists resulting in bloodshed and sorrow for generations. In 1607 the Plymouth Company made an attempt to plant a colony at the mouth of the Kennebec River. This was called the Popham Colony, after Lord John Popham, chief justice of England, and a prominent member of the Plymouth Company. It failed because its people were reckless, care-naught adventurers, picked up at random in the seaports of England. When the settlement was finally abandoned, the colonists carried back to England the most deplorable reports of the character of the country and its inhabitants. The disastrous issue of this attempt discouraged colonization for several years, although there were many private expeditions for the benefits accruing from the fishing and fur trade. In the year 1620, the year the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock, seven English ships made voyages to the coast of Maine to trade. Two years later over thirty vessels went to fish there, and made good trips. The thought of colonies in these northern latitudes grew familiar. It is probable that settlements were made at Saco, Pemaquid, Damariscotta, and other places in Maine in 1623. From this time on settlements rapidly increased in number along the coast, and began to spread inland. In 1635 the Plymouth Company, oppressed with losses, expenses and trouble, 1 surrendered its patent to the king. A new company was formed, and Sir Ferdinando Gorges 2 was appointed governor of the whole of New England. The nature of Gorges was generous. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.