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Bay-continued.

of Minas, 8. 137.
of Mothers, 1. 522.

of Naples, 8. 24.

Verte, 8. 135.

Beach Plain road, 2. 140. ridge, 3. 167.

Beaman, the Rev. Dr. Nathaniel S. S., teacher in Lincoln academy, 8. 166; ordained at Portland, 8. 167; lived in Troy, 8. 167.

Smith, 8. 166.

Bean, Daniel, 8. 52.

Capt. David, 5. 367, 370, 374, 375, 377-379.

Capt. James, 7. 195.

Capt. Joseph, taken prisoner, 3. 323n; to act as an interpreter, 3. 413; 4. 149, 169, 176; 8. 211n; mentioned, 3. 171n; see also Bane. the Rev. Joseph, 4. 268.

Bearce, Asa, of Hebron, 4. 303, 304, 360.

Beard, Aaron, signed petition to Massachusetts, 5. 240.

Thomas, received deed from Jocelyn, 3. 67.

Lieut.

4. 388.

Bears, plenty, 1. 459; 3. 91; reward offered for killing them, 3. 142; troublesome on Sandy river, 4. 334. Beast, Ellis, 3. 303. Beath, John, 6. 158. Beattie, James, 4. 324. Beaubassin, 8. 139, 142..

Beaubasin, Sieur de, in command of the French and Indians, 3. 141. Beauchamp, John, Muscongus patent granted to, I. 45, 79; 6. 321; 9. 77, 225; death of, 6. 321; 9. 78, 226; extent of the grant, 9. 77, 225, 226; Gen. Knox in possession of his grant, 9. 227. Beauchamps, the, 5. 304. Beaufort, 9. 198.

Beauharnois, Charles, Marquis de, governor of New France, 7. 92, 92n; letters of, cited, 7. 92; supplied the Indians with belts and hatchets, 7. 92; a natural son of Louis XIV, 7. 92n.

Beausejour, 8. 221.

Beauties of England and Wales, see Nightingale, the Rev. John.

Beauvais, 8. 329.

Beaver, dams, 9. 187

island, 2. 240; 9. 43. river, 8. 20.

skins, a circulating medium, 1. 55-56; sent to England, 1. 57; 4. 23; 8.30; prices of, 1. 72; trade in, profitable, 2. 34a, 68n; price for, high at Albany, 4. 175, 179; purchased by Capt. John Smith, 5. 162.

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Beckford, William, signed the petition
to Massachusetts, 5. 240.
Bedabedec, early name for Owl's
Head, 4. 104.

mountains, 7. 253, 254.
promontory, 7. 253.

Bedford, formerly part of Narragansett township, 2. 145; population of, 2. 145; mentioned, 2. 150; 6. 58n. basin, 8. 126.

Nathan, 3. 16n; bondsman for James Robinson, 3. 71; kept the ordinary at Scarborough, 3. 78, 79; constable, 3. 79; presented for selling liquor, 3. 79; location of his inn, 3. 79; purchased the farm of Boaden, 3. 79; farm in Cauley's hands, 3. 79; his widow married Cauley, 3. 79; death of, 3. 79; probably was murdered, 3. 79-80; signed the petition to Charles II, 3. 129n.

Mrs. Nathan, married Cauley, 3. 79. Bedfordshire, 1. 113; 5. 7n.

Bedwell, John, signed petition to
Massachusetts, 5. 241.

Beech, prevalent in Limerick, 1. 327.
Beer, Nathan Bedford, presented for
selling, 3. 79.
Bejepscot, 1. 548.

Belcher, Andrew, 3. 361.

Capt. Andrew, 9. 62n, 64, 67n.
Hiram, practiced in Farmington, 6.
74; member of Congress, 6. 74;
death of, 6. 74.

Gov. Jonathan, petition of Richard
Fay to, 3. 335; biographical no-
tice of, 3. 335n; mentioned, 4.
123, 127, 128, 130, 133, 136, 137,
140, 144; 6. 15; 8. 212n, 295, 298;
9. 81.
Mary, married George Vaughan, 8.
295.

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granted to, 8. 172; endowed, 8. 172; opened, 8. 172; preceptors of, 8. 172; given up, 8. 172.

bay, probably visited by Waymouth, 5. 313; mentioned, 4. 324;

6. 316.

harbor, 5. 374n.

river, Indian name of, 4. 109. Belgic coins found at Castine, 6. 122; at Portland, 134.

Belgium, 8. 49.

of America, the, 1. 403. Belgrade, 2. 285; 4. 374; 7. 283. Belknap, Jeremy, principal founder of the Massachusetts Hist. Soc., 2. 11a; 4. 5; his opinion of the site of Popham's colony, 3. 300n; assisted by Capt. Williams, 5. 310, 345; a lover of the truth, 5. 345; had an erroneous idea of the harbor visited by Waymouth, 5. 311, 312, .345; his theory examined, 6. 298-300; the chief authority upon the siege of Louisburgh, 8. 302, 303; had uncommon facilities, 8. 302; educated under Thomas Prince, 8. 302-303; his account of the siege, 8. 303-305; mentioned, 4. 256; 5. xlvii; 6. 13, 174n; 8. 116; his American Biography, cited, 1. 27; 2. 18a, 49n; 3. 285, 300n; 5. 153n, 311n, 328n, 334n, 337; 6. 173n, 179n, 180n; 7. 95n; History of New Hampshire, cited, 1. 35, 83, 100; 2. 11a, n, 51a, 52a, 50n, 68n; 3. 34n; 5. 176n, 204n. 247n, 268n, 295n; 6. 112n, 181n; letter of, cited, 7. 213; sermon of, cited, 4. 360, 362, 363, 367.

Bell, a Scotch family name, 6. 14. the Rev. of Farmington, 4. 392, 400, 404.

of London, 9. 351. Belleisle, Sieur Alexander le Borgne de, married Anastatia St. Castine, 7. 70, 71n, 75, 89; mentioned, 7. 6. 71n. Bellingham, 2. 145.

Bellingham, Richard, Cleeves' letter

to, 1. 167-170; his summary way of ending religious disputes, 1. 345; councilor, 1. 369; letter from Godfrey, 9. 337; mentioned, 3. 73; 9. 377. Bellomont, the Earl of, 5. 295, 296; 6. 252; 9. 3.

Bell's edition of Garneau's History of
Canada, cited, 7. 43n, 59n.
Belsham, Thomas, 7. 382.
Belts, symbolic, 1. 425; value of among
the Indians, 1. 425-426; as tokens,

3. 400; Beauharnois supplied the Indians with, 7. 92.

Belyea family, 9. 10.

Beman, John, 7. 585.

Bemis, --, of Livermore, 4. 392.
Benbow, Henry C., 5. 358.

Bendall, Philip, signed petition of
Massachusetts, 5. 240.

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Melshare, owner of the Eagle, 5. 168; licensed to fish, 5. 186n; price paid for the license, 5. 186n. Spencer, son of Dr. David, 9. 7, 67; adopted by Gov. Phips, 9. 7, 63n, 67; changed his name to Spencer Phips, 8. 269; 9. 67.

Benson, Egbert, one of the founders of the New York Hist. Soc., 2. 11a; mentioned, 8. 12.

S. P., 8. 174; his Literature of the Constitution of Maine cited, 8. 239-242.

Bentley, William, his History of Salem cited, 1. 264n.

Benton, Hon. Thomas H., 8. 92, 93, 97-100, 102, 366, 424, 443. Berger, Margaret, widow of Philip, 1. 277.

Philip, arrived at Falmouth, 1. 276,

319; death of, 1. 277; son of, 1. 277. Philip jr., son of Philip, 1. 277;

death of, 1. 277.

Berjon, Jean, published a chart of the
coast of Maine, 7. 247-249.
Berkley, Sir William, 5. 224.
Berks county, 2. 257, 263, 264.
Berkshire Association, 5. xlvi.
Berlin, 4. 17; 7. 432.

Bermudans, the, 9. 18.

Bermudas, the, 7. 201; settled by the English, 1. 33; Strachey wrecked at, 3. 284.

Bern, district of, 7. 41.

Bernard, Gov. Sir Francis, 7. 233; 8.
9, 10, 228n, 278.
Bernardston, 4. 314.
hill, 4. 314.

Berrien, John M., 8. 353.
Berry, Elisha, 3. 208.

George, 3. 173; 4. 164, 166.
Capt. George, 8. 258.
John, 2. 212; 3. 180, 208.
Jonathan, 3. 180.

Joseph, of Georgetown, land deeded
to, 8. 151.

Joseph, of Scarborough, 3. 166, 208.
Lieut. Joseph, of Bath, 2. 208, 211,

218.

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Berwick, England, 1. 355n.
Maine, formerly a part of Piscata-

qua, 1. 94; Roger Plaisted, associate for, 1. 170; formerly a part of Kittery, 1. 269; 4. 202; settlers move to Limerick, 1. 327; the Rev. Jeremiah Wise lived in, 1. 348; 5. liv; the Rev. Nathaniel Lord moved to, 1. 350; formerly Newichwannock, 2. 64a; Peter White moved to, 3. 176n; Governor Sullivan born in, 4. 5; 6. 48n; defended at the sacrifice of one family, 4. 73; destroyed by Indians, 4. 73; the tax of in 1734, 4. 197; tax in 1743, 4. 197; Warren kept a tavern in, 4. 276; first church in, 5. liv; French neutrals in, 6. 342; Baptist church formed in, 7. 222; mentioned, 1. 336, 337; 2. 138; 3. 35, 160n, 212, 225; 4. 104, 107, 155, 242n, 265, 267, 299, 317; 5. xxiv; 7. 220, 225, 385. academy, established, 8. 159, 162; preceptors of, 8. 162-163; land grant to, 8. 162; closed for want of funds, 8. 162; bequest from Hon. John Lord, 8. 162; aid from the state, 8. 163; graduate from,

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Beveridge, William, 7. 448.
Beverly, Peter Morrell's family moved

to, 1. 313; Nathaniel Wallis died in, 1. 317n; mentioned, 2. 144; 6. 358, 364; 7. 19, 369, 371, 372. Lenox, testified against Andros, 5. 268.

Robert, History of Virginia cited, 5. 275n.

Biancourt, Charles de, sent to Europe for supplies, 1. 26; 8. 322; returned to Port Royal and assumed control, 1. 26; 8. 322; first sent to America, I. 428; accused Biard of assisting Capt. Argall, 1. 431; a son of Poutrincourt, 8. 322; his age in 1610, 8. 322; opposed the meddling of the Jesuits, 8. 322, 323; married an Indian, 7. 46; followed by Jesuits, 9. 98; became a wanderer, 9. 98; death

of, 9. 98; left La Tour as his lieutenant, 9. 98-99.

Biand, Father, see Biard, Pere, Pierre. Biard, Pere, Pierre, sent to Port Royal by Madam Guercheville, 1. 26, 26n, 428; 8. 322; returned to France, 1. 26n; visited the Cannibas, 1. 429; 6. 208; met by Quantin and Du Thet, 1. 429; landed on the Penobscot, 1. 430; 7. 58; near the Etchemins, 1. 430; accused of assisting Argal, 1. 431; caused Membertou to be taken to Port Royal, 1. 431-432; left an influence among the Indians, 1. 433; at Mount Desert, 6. 208; at Castine, 7. 25; carried to Virginia, 7. 28; 8. 329; at Sagadahoc, 7. 305, 305n; conceived the idea of planting a colony at Port Royal, 8. 322; set out for Kadesquit, 8. 325; urged to visit Asticou, 8. 324; gave up his plan to visit Kadesquit, 8. 325; place he settled at, 8. 325; with Argal on his second visit north, 8. 329-330; his Relation cited, 1. 288, 430; 7. 299n.

Bickford, George, signed petition to Massachusetts, 5. 241.

Thomas, 3. 110; in the garrison at Black Point, 1. 227n; signed petition to Charles II, 1. 402.

Bickham, William, a referee in R. Jordan's will, 1. 553.

Bickton, Waymouth, signed the petition to Charles II, 1. 402. Biddeford, England, birthplace of

John Parker, 1. 302; mentioned, 1. 355n; 3. 90; 4. 239.

Maine, John Parker died at, 1. 302; home of Isaac Davis, 1. 309; people from settled in Limerick, 1. 327; Gov. James Sullivan lived in, 1. 327n; 2. 201n; 4. 5; 5. xxv; 6. 48n; the Rev. Samuel Emery died in, 1. 348; formerly the property of Vines and Oldham, 2. 73a, 48n; in the Plough patent, 3. 32; Whitfield preached in, 3. 160n; French neutrals sent to, 3. 176n; 6. 242; manufactures in, 4. 27; compared to Kittery, 4. 202; the Rev. Paul Coffin taught school in, 4. 242; court held at, 5. xxiv; mentioned, 1. 44; 2. 24n, 138, 139 141, 146; 3. 163, 216; 4. 243, 249n 270, 273, 293; 5. xxiv; 6. 54; 7. 220; 8. 450; History of, see Folsom, George.

Biddle, Richard, Memoir of the Cabots cited, 5. 145n, 148n, 162n; 7. 130n, 133n.

Bigelow, Abijah, 6. 70n.
Jacob, 3. 252.

Thomas, 8. 389, 441.

Timothy, of Groton, 6. 62n.

Major Timothy, to accompany Ar

nold, 1. 500; to bring up provisions, 1. 473, 474; Arnold's letter to, 1. 474; mentioned, 1. 510, 524. the Rev. 223.

preached in Bath, 2.

Big island, 8. 317. Bigot, Jaques, missionary at Kennebec, 1. 434; in the expedition against New England, 1. 434; his family, 1. 434; his home and manner of life, 1. 435. Vincent, at Penobscot, I. 434. Bigots, the, 1. 435; 7. 58; scanty information concerning, 1. 434; letters of, cited, 6. 213n. Biguatus, see Bagaduce. Biguyduce, Major, said to have lived at Castine, 6. 107-108; only authority for the statement, 6. 108. peninsula, 5. 385n; meaning of, un

known, 6. 107, 109n; home of
Castine, 6. 111; passage from to
Mount Desert, 7. 114, 115; coins
found near, 6. 114; see Baga-
duce.

Bilboa, fish sent to, 1. 538.
Billerica, 2. 146; 4. 265, 342.
Billing, Ann, admonished to live with
her husband, 1. 377-378.

John, lived unpleasantly with his
wife, 1. 377.

Billings, the Rev. Oliver, 4. 392.
Billingsgate, 7. 460.
Bill of credit, 9. 33.

Bill of rights, the, 7. 163.

Bill, Richard, signed treaty of 1714, 6. 258; autograph of, 6. 258. Bingham, 4. 398.

the Hon. James H., 8. 450.
land, by William Allen, 7. 351-360.
purchase, 1. 505.

William, a wealthy patriot, 7. 354, 356; his purchase of Gen. Knox, 7. 354; considerations of the same, 7. 354-355; a few settlers obtained, 7. 355; other large estates, 7. 355; children of, 7. 355; died in Bath, England, 7. 355; his payment unknown, 7. 355; settlers obtained deeds, 7. 355; his claims forfeited, 7. 355; did pay his purchase money, 7. 356; did not receive full payment from the settlers, 7. 356; his agents to sell to others, 7. 357; the affair amicably settled, 7. 358; sent John Black as his agent, 7. 358-359; a good investment, 7. 359-360. Birch abundant at Moosehead lake, 1. 455.

Birckfield, M., signed treaty of 1714, 6. 258; autograph of, 6. 258. Birdseye, the Rev. Nathan, 5. lvn. Biscaie rugs at Monhegan, 5. 172.

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Blackberry Hill, Baptist formed at, 7. 222.

church

Blacketh, Edward, signed treaty of 1714, 6. 258; autograph of, 6. 258. Black island, 7. 10.

Black John, nickname for John Libby 2d, 3. 140n.

Black, John, sent to Maine as clerk for Bingham, 7. 358-359; married Cobb, 7. 359-360; second marriage, 7. 359; death of, 7. 359, 360; had a sub-agent, 7. 360. Mary, daughter of Samuel, 3. 214; married Richard King, 3. 214; children of, 3. 214-215; death of, 3. 215.

Point, granted to Thomas Cammock, 1. 47, 80, 80n, 120, 533; 3. 12; home of Henry Jocelyn, 1. 50, 62, 76, 77, 84n, 159n, 173-175, 177, 220; 2. 64a, 78a, 79a; 3. 13, 30, 35, 322n; 9. 209; John Wilkinson, constable of, 1. SS; 3. 37; the people of in favor of Vines, 1. 92; home of Giles Roberts, 1. 95; a part of Lygonia, 1. 97; 3. 23n; court held at, 1.98; 3. 41, 78; home of Jonas Bailey, 1. 101n; submitted to the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, 1. 106; 2. 63a, 64a; 3.23, 47; presented for not attending the order of the court, 1. 184, 185; home of James Robinson, 1. 187; Jocelyn's property mortgaged at, 1. 198; home of Joshua Scottow, I. 119, 201, 270; a resort for fishermen, 1. 201; described by John Jocelyn, 1. 203, 550; 3. 29n; home of John Mills, 1. 209; home of Elias Oakman, 1. 209; 3. 76; Anthony Brackett escaped to, I. 224; attacked by Indians, 1. 226, 229; 3. 78, 112, 138, 140, 141; 4. 290; people of, 1. 226n, 227n; militia in, 1. 228; besieged by Mugg, 1. 229; people killed, 1. 229; saw mills at, 1. 269; burned, 1. 303n; 3. 138; home of Henry Watts, 1. 383; home of Geo. Dearing, 1. 384; H. Jocelyn a magistrate for, 2. 63a; a former name for Cammock's settlement, 3. 10, 11; early settlers of, 3. 15, 16, 67, 70, 84; the only part of

Black, Point-continued,

Scarborough settled, 3. 16; sometimes called Blue Point, 3. 17, 18; origin of the name, 3. 18; settlers engaged in fishing, 3. 26, 126: settlement increased rapidly, 3. 29, 30, 38, 133, 169; Jocelyn, the principal man in, 3. 30, 35, 36; number of families there in 1640, 3. 38, 38n; John Jocelyn at, 3. 36, 85, 87, 90, 91; denied the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, 3. 44; number of inhabitants in 1671; 3. 67; people of scattered by the Indians, 3. 67; Quakers punished, 3. 70, 71; Joshua Scottow early purchased land at, 3. 72, 132; Michael Maddiver settled at, 3. 74; home of Walter Gendall, 3. 75; home of Arthur Brown, 3. 76; home of Godfrey Sheldon, 3. 76; John Burrage moved to, 3. 80, 81; number of residents prior to 1675, 3. 83; different kinds of fish at, 3. 91, 92; extraordinary story concerning, 3. 92, 93; to give a yearly tribute to the Indians, 3. 102; entirely abandoned by the English, 3. 110; return of the inhabitants, 3. 111, 112; fort at commanded by Lieut. Tippen, 3. 112; flight of the Indians, 3. 112, 113; friendly Indians at, 3. 113; objected to pay the expenses of Scottow's soldiers, 3. 125; Scottow engaged in fishing at, 3. 126; presented for not having a ferry, 3. 128; claypits at granted to Matthew Libby, 3. 130; fortification commenced at, 3. 131, 132; in a flourishing condition, 3. 133; Major Church held a council of war at, 3. 136, 137; the destruction of reported, 3. 138; buried relics of the past at, 3. 139n; Indians attack, 3. 140, 141; defended by Capt. Larrabee, 3. 141; Indians retire, 3. 141, 142; need a clergyman, 3. 153, 159; first preacher at, 3. 153, 154; George Burroughs preached at. 3. 156; site of the first meeting house, 3. 157; controversy concerning the meeting house, 3. 157, 158; meetings held, 3. 159; preachers in, 3. 158-162; school at, 3. 168; the center of prosperity, 3. 169; suffered by two Indian wars, 3. 176; only one newspaper taken in, 3. 205; mentioned, 1. 104; 2. 84n; 3. 15, 16n, 26, 57, 58, 77, 98, 100m, 104, 104n, 106, 107, 114, 117, 120, 121, 122, 151, 166, 212, 216, 219, 221, 222, 231; 5. 32, 198, 233, 234, 260; 6. 138; 9. 312n, 313n,

367; Now Prout's Neck, 9. 209, 210.

Point bay, 3. 139.

Point church, 3. 205, 208, 210, 212, 223, 227.

Point ferry, 3. 166, 218.
Point fight, 4. 73.

Point garrison, surrender of, 3. 109, 348; Jocelyn only in temporary command, 3. 109; occupants of, 3. 110; Indians soon left after the surrender, 3. 111; soldiers withdrew, 3. 138; men recruited for, 3. 150; attacked, 3. 150; Thomas Larrabee killed, 3. 150.

Point graveyard, 3. 159.
Point harbor, 3. 92.

Point neck, a place for drying fish,
3. 9.

Point patent, 3. 13, 229; deed in full, 3. 230.

Point river, boundary of Cammock's grant, I. 47; 3. 229, 230; no ferry at, 3. 128.

Prince, The, built at Bath, 2. 209. Samuel, his daughter married Richard King, 3. 214.

Will, hung, 1. 42, 43; 6. 146. Blackman, the Rev. Adam, early settler of Stratford, 3. 155; death of, 3.155.

the Rev. Benjamin, a trustee, 1. 267; had a saw-mill at Black Point, 1. 269; 3. 167; land conveyed to by Scottow, 3. 155; preached at Scarborough 3. 155; a deputy, 3. 155; Scottow's sonin-law, 3. 155; large land-holder, 3. 155; moved to Saco and then to Boston, 3. 155; the son of the Rev. Adam, 3. 155; a Harvard graduate, 3. 155; lived at Malden, 3. 155. Blacksmith, one wanted by the Indians, 4. 182; see also Gunsmith. Blackstone, William, 2. 47, 48; 9. 308. Sir William, his Commentaries the only law book of the early lawyers, 4. 16; published in Portland, 8. 180; cited, 6. 54.

the Misses, 9. 69. Blackstrap, Will., 2. 162.

Blair family, in Worcester, 6. 13; in Warren, 6. 21.

Robert, 6. 26.

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