Betsey, 7. 235, 236.

Mrs. E., 7. 236n. John, 7. 231, 235, 236.

Mary, married W. D. Powell, 7. 234. Sarah, married Jeremiah D. Powell, 7. 234, 238; death of, 7. 238. Brongniart, Alexandre, 6. 409, 411. Brook farm, 8. 442.

Brookfield, 2. 145; 4. 249n, 261, 344. Brookin, Henry, 3. 110; in the garri

son at Black Point, 1. 226n. Brookline, 2. 145; 5. xlv, lv; 6. 363. Brooklyn, 1. 352n.

Brook, Nathan, 2. 8, 10, 11.
Brooks, the Rev. Edward, preached in
North Yarmouth, 2. 187.

Brookson, William, 7. 287.
Brooksville, 4. 105; 5. 384n.

Brosseilant island, same as Brewster's
island, 6. 284.
Bross river, 1. 449.

Brother's islands, the, 1. 152.
Brouage, 7. 248.

Brouillan, M. de, governor of Acadia, 7.66.

Brown, a Scotch-Irish name, 6. 19.
Alexander, killed, 2. 278.
Amos, died, 1. 333.

Capt. Andrew, in the garrison at Black Point, 1. 227n; submitted to Massachusetts, 1. 386; 3. 46, 75, 76; a witness against Phippen, 3. 75; lived at Black Point, 3. 76; site of his farm, 3. 76; children of, 3. 76; his house guarded by Capt. Wincoll, 3. 106; trustee for Scarborough, 3. 130, 233; led a company to break up the settlement at Norridgewock, 3. 153; mentioned, 3. 110, 124, 155. Andrew jr., 3. 110; in the garrison at Black Point, 1. 227n; son of Capt. Andrew, 3. 76.

Arthur, 1. 85; witness against Cleeves, 1. 73; declaration of, 1. 73n; referee in the case of Cleeves vs. Winter, 1. 74. Benjamin, 7. 283; 8. 356. Betsey, 4. 284.

Charles, 3. 110; in the garrison at Black Point, 1. 227n; son of Andrew, 3. 76.

claim at Pemaquid, 2. 87n; settled, 4.233.

Dorothy, 9. 299n, 301, 370.

Eliza, married Augustin John, 1.244. Elizabeth, daughter of Ezekiel, 4. 317.

Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. H. Y. 4. 280n, 284; married Col. J. B. Osgood, 4. 280n.

Ezekiel, 4. 317.

the Rev. Thomas, 7. 433. the Rev. Francis, taught divinity to Jonathan Greenleaf, 1. 352; president of Dartmouth college, 5. xlviii; mentioned, 2. 121; 7. 372; 8. 175, 180.

Capt. Henry Y., owner of the present Brownfield, 4. 279, 280n; had a fine house for that time, 4. 279, 280; biographical notice of, 4. 280n; daughter of, 4. 280n, 284; site of his house, 4. 281n, 286; controversy about his boundary line, 4. 281n; owner of West India plantation, 4. 282; numbered the people of Fryeburg, 4. 283; planted a large tract. 4. 286; mentioned, 4. 281, 283, 283n, 284, 286, 288.

Lieut. Jacob, 6. 338.

John, of Bristol, England, 7. 135; acquired a title to Pemaquid, 7. 135; title set aside, 7. 135. John, of New Harbor, purchased land on the Pemaquid river and Muscongus island, 1. 36; 5. 185, 186; 9. 122; in the garrison at Black Point, I. 227n; signed the petition to Gov. Bradstreet, 1. 1. 283n; lived at Purpooduck, 1. 319, 320; lived at New Harbor, 2. 50a, 87n; Pemaquid point granted to, 2. 50a; deed executed by Somerset to, 2. S7n, 237; 5. 191, 192; his deed conflicted with that of Aldworth and Eldridge, 2. 87n; the cause of many controversies, 4. 233; claims compromised, 4. 233; united with John Pierce, 5. 185, 186; deposition of, 5. 188n; sent to New England by Pierce and Jenness, 5. 191; called "of New Harbor," 4. 233; 5. 191; his deed from Samoset a boundary between barbarism and civility, 5. 193; his family, 5. 194n; not a hermit, 5. 194; completed the formality of Samoset's sale, 5. 195, 197; moved to the Kennebec River, 5. 224; purchased land of Robinhood, 5. 224; signed petition to Mass., 5. 240; his purchase from the Indians, 9. 122, 123; his daughter married Richard Pierce, 9, 122; probably came over with John Pierce, 9. 122; mentioned, 1. 247; 4. 229, 230; 5. 57. John, of Bath, purchased land and settled at Nequasset, 2. 190; 4. 232; site of his house, 4. 231, 232; lived at Pemaquid, 4. 232; mentioned, 2. 194.

John, of Sheepscot, 2. 235. John, of Watertown, his daughter married Augustin John, 1. 244.

Brown-continued

Lieut. John, 1. 501n, 521.
John jr., signed petition to Brad-
street, 1. 283n.

John, son of Andrew, 3. 76.
John Carter, 5. 440.

John M., 6. 347, 361.

Gen. John Marshall, 8. iii; his coasting voyage of Champlain to Maine, 8. 243, 266.

Joseph, son of Andrew, 3. 76, 110;
in the garrison at Black Point, 1.
227n; settled at Sandy River, 4. 37.
Mary, wife of Ezekiel, 4. 317.
Capt. Moses, 9. 178, 180.
Nathaniel, a baker, 7. 285.
Nathaniel, of Charlestown, 4. 373.
Samuel, 2. 208, 211.

Sara, 9. 299n, 301, 370, 371.
Thomas, signed the petition to Gov.

Bradstreet, 1. 283n; wounded, 1. 296n; lived in Falmouth, 1. 320. the Rev. Thomas, of Falmouth, 4. 332.

the Rev. Thomas, of Westbrook, 7. 219.

University, the Rev. Geo. Burgess graduated from, 7. 430; Burgess a tutor in, 7. 432; Thomas Burgess, graduated from, 7. 430; Lemuel Paine, graduated from, 6.70; Ezekiel William, graduated from, 7. 475; mentioned, 7. 433, 437; 8.450.

William, 9. 372, 373; served in the Continental Army, 2. 214. the Hon. Col., married

ter, 7. 405.

Lieut.

5. 381.

Mrs., 7. 409.

Sylves

married the daughter of John Ingersoll, 1. 312.

married Elizabeth Godfrey, 9.

301. Brownfield, visited by the Rev. Paul Coffin, 4. 250; owned by Capt H. J. Brown, 4. 279, 280n; named, 4. 280n; how to be settled, 4. 280n; first minister in, 4. 280n; called the Plantation, 4. 283n; first officers of, 282n; embraced a part of Fryeburg, 282n; old and new line of, 4. 282n; Daniel Webster taught school in, 4. 282n; incorporated, 4. 282n; mentioned, 4. 116, 277n; 289n.

Brown's Ferry, 2. 219.

Island, 2. 284.

Brows and Butts, meaning of, 2. 281,

281n.

Brudenell, E., 2. 11.

Bruges, 7. 141n.

Brumhall, see Bramhall.

Brunswick, Germany, 9. 85.

Maine, Thomas Purchase settled

in, 1. 40; 84n, 236n; formerly Pe

jepscot, 1. 211; French Neutrals in, 3. 176n; 6. 342; burned by the Indians, 2. 197; 3. 313; 6. 16; people massacred, 3. 313; reason for the destruction, 3. 313n; sent a deputation to meet Rallé, 3.314; Fort George built at, 3. 314, 315, 355; the site of probably visited by Weymouth, 5. 323; Rutherford preached in, 6. 33; Dunlap preached in, 6. 33, 155; 7. 367; mentioned, 1. 59n; 2. 122, 151, 162, 180, 208, 219, 223, 242; 3197, 208, 225, 241, 311, 320, 373; 4. 51, 36, 104, 106, 305, 331, 332; 5. xx, xxiv, 214n, 314n, 327, 335, 355; 6. 4, 58, 160, 161, 171, 201, 203, 356, 358, 359, 360, 362, 365, 379, 402, 404, 405, 435; 7. 182, 183, 193, 220, 370, 371, 397; 8. 178, 180, 211n, 238, 251, 252n, 256, 256n, 260, 266, 266n, 267, 268, 284, 369, 492, 508.

Records, cited, 3. 314n.

the House of, 4. 74.

Bryant, Bartholomew, 3. 180. family killed by Indians, 2. 147. John, died, 1. 333.

the Rev. Solomon, 4. 271. William Cullen, his Thanatopsis, cited, 8. 449.

Bullock, John, 8. 190.
Bullock's Inn, 4. 296.

Bully, Nicholas, signed petition to
Cromwell, 1. 395.

Bunch of Grapes Tavern, 8. 211n.
Bungomungomug river, 2. 167, 180.
Bunker Hill, 4. 79.

Battle of, Jeremiah Hill, and Sam-
uel Merrill at the, 2. 139.
Lodge, 3. 253, 254.
Monument, name of the projectors

unknown, 3. 243; small sum given by the State of Mass. to, 3. 243; reared by voluntary contributions, 3. 243; William Tudor conceived the idea of, 3. 244; public attention called to, 3. 244; land purchased, 3. 245, 249; circulars published, 3. 245; association organized, 3. 245, 246; corner stone laid, 3. 249; 250; La Fayette present, 3.250; design offered, 3. 251; style of adopted, 3. 252; new foundation, 3. 252, 255; Solomon Willard architect and superintendent, 3. 253, 254; J. S. Savage the builder 3. 254; transportation of stone for, 3.254; foundation finished, 3. 255; work suspended and resumed, 3. 255, 266; proposals to shorten its height, 3. 265; to be built according to the original plan, 3. 268; finished, 3. 269; celebration, 3. 269; notes upon, 3. 269n. Monument Association, organized, 3. 245; purchased Bunker Hill, 3. 255, 249; members of, 3. 246; Gov. Brooks president of, 3. 246; preliminary work, 3. 246, 247; money called for, 3. 248, 249;

mean action of a landholder, 3. 249; Daniel Webster president of, 3. 250; received designs for the monument, 3. 251; design adopted, 3. 252,-256; purchased a quarry and built a railroad, 3. 254; suspended the work, 3. 255; out of money, 8. 255; embarrassments, 3. 256, 264; amount raised, 3. 257; lottery proposed, 3. 258; proposition of Mrs. S. J. Hale, 3. 258; proposal of Amos Lawrence, 3. 262, 263; speech of Edward Everett, 3. 264; land sold, 3. 265; work resumed, 3. 266; new proposal by Amos Lawrence, 3. 266, 267; fears that the monument would not be completed for a long time, 3. 267; fairs held in aid of, 3. 268; finished, 3. 268. Bunsen, C. K. J. Baron, 8. 493 Burbank, Eleazer, served in the Revolution, 3. 204.

Capt. Silas, served in the Revolution, 3. 203.

of Fryeburg, 4. 281.

Burbeck, engineer of the fort on the Penobscot, 5. 384. Burdett, George, indicted for slander,

1. 88, 365, minister at Agamenticus, 1.365, 547; Mary Puddington accused of keeping his company, 1. 364, 365, 366; fined, 1. 366; to pay John Puddington ten pounds, 1.365, 366; biographical notice of, I. 89n.

Buren, George, signed the petition to Charles II, 1. 402. Burgess, the Rev. A., Memoir of the Rev. George Burgess, 7. 447n. Ebenezer, son of Jacob, 7. 429, moved to Wareham, 429; father of Ebenezer 2d, 7. 429. Ebenezer 2d, son of Ebenezer, 7. 429; father of Prince, 7. 429. the Rev. Dr. Ebenezer, his Burgess genealogy cited, 7. 429. family Congregationalists, 7. 431; became Episcopalians, 7. 431. the Rev. Dr. George, ancestry of, 7. 429; parents of, 7. 430; birth, 7. 429; an intellectual boy, 7. 429, 430; early fitted for college, 7. 430; taken from school, 7. 430; graduated from Brown University, 7. 430; communicant at St. John's Church, 7. 431; studied law, 7. 432; tutor, 7. 432; studied theology, 7. 432; spent three years in Europe, 7. 432; ordained, 7. 432; preached in various places, 7. 432, 433; married Sophia Kipp, 7. 433; had one daughter, 7. 433. degrees conferred upon, 7. 433; his life in Hartford, 7. 433, 436; Bishop of Maine, 7. 436, 440, 441;

Burgess, the Rev. Dr. George-cont'd interested both in the past and present, 7. 437, 442, 448; his poetical ability, 7. 437, 438; had great interest in Trinity College, 7. 438, 439; his studies, 7. 445, 449; his style, 7. 449; sympathized with the Muhlenburgh Memorial,7. 453; visited Hayti, 7. 456; publications of, 7. 436, 438, 439, 440, 454, 455; characteristics of, 7. 435, 437, 443447, 450, 451, 456; his influence, 7. 452, 453, death of, 7. 456; wrote pages for the Ecclesiastical History of New England, 7. 431; mentioned, 3. 312n; address before the Maine Hist. Soc., 4. 63, 91; biographical notice of Robert Hallowell Gardiner, 7. 403, 428. Jacob, son of Thomas, 7. 429; father of Ebenezer, 7. 429. Josiah, 4. 349, 372.

Prince, son of Ebenezer, 7. 429; grandfather of the Rev. Dr. Geo., 7. 429; religious and patriotic, 7. 429, 430; father of Thomas, 7. 430.

Richard, amount of land granted to, 9. 378.

Thomas of Cape Cod, 4. 372.

Thomas, arrived at Salem, 8. 429; moved to Sandwich, 8. 429; chief man among the settlers, 8. 429; death of, 8. 429; father of Jacob, 8. 429.

Thomas, son of Prince, 7. 430; graduated from College, 7. 430; settled in Providence, 7. 430; married Mary Mackie, 7. 430; became a judge, 7. 430; character of, 7. 430; father of Thomas M. and the Rev. George, 7. 430.

Thomas Mackie, son of Thomas, 7. 430; mayor of Providence, 7. 430. of Fairfield, 4. 401.

Burgoyne, Gen. Sir John, followed by the Abenakis, 6. 242; mentioned, 1. 517; 3. 203; 8. 287. Burial, modes among the Indians, 3. 95, 96, 100n; 5. 189n. Burke, Edmund, 6. 88.

Sir John Bernard, his Peerages, cited, 7. 143n, 447. 5. xviii.

Burleigh, Dr.

Burlington, 9. 184.

bay, 9. 188, 198.

heights, 9. 187, 188, 190, 194, 195. Burmingham, of Maine, the, 4. 215. Burnam, Daniel, son of Job, 3. 209;

children of, 3. 209. Daniel jr., 3. 209.

Job, 3. 151, 166, 180,; biographical
notice of, 3.208.
Job jr., 3. 209.
Job 3d, 3. 209.
Rebecca, 3. 209.

Samuel, 3. 180, 209.
Thomas, 3. 209.
Burnett, the Rev. Gilbert, 6. 25.
Burnham, 9. 226.

Edward P. 8. 399.
Burniffe, Mons., 1. 301,
Burns, Anthony, 5. 422.

Col. 9. 186, 187, 190, 195, 196. Burnt islands, the, 4. 231; 9. 133. Meadow brook, 4. 276, 277, 289. Burpey, —, of Rowley, 4. 322. Burr, Col. Aaron, in the expedition under Arnold, 1. 447, 500; obtained the journal of Montressor, 1. 447; messenger for Arnold, 1. 497, 498; at Fort Halifax, 8. 277, 278; admired Sarah Lithgow, 8. 277; used poor rhymes, 8. 277; mentioned, 1. 501, 515; 7. 270; 8.264.

Burrage, Benjamin, 3. 81.

John, moved to Black Point, 3. 80, 81; leased the farm of Jocelyn, 3. 81; father of William, 3. 81; died, 3.81; his widow married Thomas Hannuct, 3. 81.

Mrs. John, 3. 81.

William, in the garrison at Black Point, 1. 227n; a son of John, 3. 81; held town offices, 3. 81; had a valuable farm, 3. 81; sent to obtain a minister, 3. 81n, 155; trustee for Scarborough, 3. 129, 233; made a townsman, 3. 130; mentioned, 3. 110.

Burras, see Burroughs.
Burrell, Bela, 4. 401, 404.
Burridge, a spelling of Burrage, 3. 80n.
Burrish, Onslow, 6. 327.

Burroughs, Charles, a son of the Rev.
George, 1. 263.

Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. George, 1. 263; married Peter Thomas, 1. 263, 264; baptised at Danvers, 1. 264.

the Rev. George, minister at Falmouth, 1. 216, 217, 261, 263; 3. 156; 6. 189n; land given to, 1. 216, 217; educated at Harvard College, 1.217, 264n; 3. 156; asked Henry Jocelyn for assistance, 1. 220; sold land to Peter Bowdoin, 1. 248, 276; land confirmed to, 1. 248; exchanged land with John Skillings, 1. 243, 249, 315; site of his house, 1. 249, 320; relinquished the land which the town had granted to him, 1. 261, 262; a man of pure character, 1. 262, 263; 3. 156; his long pastorate, 1. 262; preached at Salem, 1. 262; tried and executed for witchcraft, 1. 263, 264, 317, 347; 3. 156; 7. 115; his great strength, 1. 263, 317; had three wives, 1. 263; his children, 1. 263; his descendants, 1.

263; his estate sold, 1. 264; doubts concerning his age, 1. 264n; his mother. 1. 264; a member of John Eliot's church, 1. 264; lived on the Neck, 1. 320; money paid to, 1. 323; preaching at Wells during the witchcraft excitement, 1. 347; 7. 155; driven from Falmouth, 3. 156; preached at Black Point, 3. 156; labored to protect the distressed, 7. 115; mentioned, 1. 217n, 222.

George jr., son of the Rev. George,

1. 263; lived at Ipswich, 1. 263; baptized at Roxbury, 1. 264; conveyed land to N. Winslow, 1. 263, 264.

Hannah, married

Fox, 1. 263; baptized at Salisbury, 1. 264. Jeremiah, son of the Rev. George, 1. 263; insane, 1. 263. Mary, daughter of the Rev. George, married in Attleborough, 1. 263. Rebecca, mother of the Rev. George, 1. 264; joined John Eliot's church, I. 264.

Rebecca, daughter of the Rev. Geo., married Tolman, 1. 263; baptised at Roxbury, 1. 264. Richard, in the garrison at Black Point, 1. 227n; 3. 110. Thomas, of Newburyport, conveyed land to N. Winslow, 1. 263, 264. Burt, the Rev. John, 4. 269. Burton, Barth., 2. 264.

Benjamin, a native of Wales, 7. 323;

in Cromwell's army, 7. 323; came to America, 7. 325; died at sea, 7.

325. Benjamin 2d, erected a blockhouse

on Georges' river, 5. 367n; 7. 327; Indians lurking around his garrison, 5.368; surprised by Indians, 7.327; escaped, 7. 327; a son of Benjamin, 7. 325; came to America, 7.325; at the seige of Louisburgh, 7. 325; in command at St. Georges, 7. 325; killed Captain Morris, 7. 326; opposed Smith's returning home, 7. 326; settled at Cushing, 7. 327; death of, 7. 327. Col. Benjamin 3d, birth of, 7. 325; ancestry of, 7. 325, 327; lived in Cushing and Warren, 7. 325; an orphan, 7. 327; at the Boston tea party, 7. 327, 328; commissioned a lieutenant and captain, 7. 328; served in Rhode Island, 7. 328; served as major, 7. 328; a messenger for Gen. Wadsworth, 7. 328; captured by the English, 7. 328; carried to England, 7. 328, 329; prepared to escape, 7. 329332; escaped, 7. 332-334; went to Boston, 7. 334; captain of marines, 7. 334; captured off Cape Clear,

7. 334; released, 7. 334; went to France, 7. 335; in New London, 7. 335; reached his home, 7. 335; held civil and political offices, 7. 335; married, 7. 335; physique, character and tastes, 7. 335; death of, 7. 335; Memoir of, by Joseph Williamson, 7. 323, 335. Richard, 3. 76, 77.

Thomas, of Boston, 7. 146n. Thomas, killed at Falmouth. 1. 295n. Burton's fort, 5. 367n, 327.

point, 1. 263.

Bush, Grace, married Richard Palmer, 1. 198; 6. 186.

John, received a grant of land at Cape Porpus, 1. 97; one of the first settlers of Wells, 1. 362; a grand juryman, 1. 371.

the Rev. Dr. John, preached at Wells, 1. 346; his salary, 1, 346; moved to Oyster river, 1. 346; died at a great age, 1. 347. Bussey, Benjamin, purchased land of Gen. Knox, 9. 233; his land for sale, 9. 233.

Buswell, Henry C. married Elizabeth Osgood, 4. 279n.

Jacob, settled at Bangor, 9. 223. Buterman, Edward, purchased land and settled at Nequasset, 2. 190. Butler, Benjamin F., 8. 416. M. M., 8. 398.

the Misses, 4. 396. Butler's battery, 7. 124. cove, 2. 201; 3. 313. parish, 4. 239.

point, 2. 213.

Butter produced in Franklin county, 4. 32, 33.

Butterfield, the Rev. Paul Coffin in, 4. 361; now Sumner, 4. 361; mentioned, 4. 304, 339.

the Rev. 4. 366, 383, 400, 404.
Betterment Act, the, 5. lxiv.
Butternuts, 1. 510.
Buttery, John, 5. 106.
Butt Falls, 2. 236.

Button, Wavaad, sold land to the whites, 1. 129.

Butts and Brows, 2. 281, 281n.
Buxton, England, 2. 141; 4. 239.

Maine, formerly Narragansett township No. 1, 2. 138; 4. 242, 242n, 243; settled, 2. 138, 139; first newspaper in, 2. 139; topography of, 2. 140, 141; manufacturing in, 2. 140, 141; incorporated, 2. 141; 4. 245; origin of the name, 4. 141, 245; first child born in, 4. 141; clergymen of, 4. 141; first schoolmaster in, 4. 142; unmolested by Indians, 4. 143; patriotic, 4. 143; sent many soldiers to the Continental Army, 4. 143; part of annexed to Standish, 4. 143; Methodists in, 3. 165;