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Kittery, York, Maine, USA



 


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Kittery has the distinction of being the oldest town in the State of Maine, incorporated in 1647 -- more than a century and a quarter before the birth of the United States

English settlers first made their home in this area in 1623. The town’s name is derived from Kittery Court, the family home of early inhabitant Alexander Shapleigh in Kingswear, England. The earliest European settlers were hunters, trappers, workers of timber and men of the sea.

Kittery METhe area was previously known as the Piscataqua Plantations. For a time the southern part of Kittery was called Champernowne’s, after Capt. Francis Champernowne, another local pioneer. 

Before the arrival of Europeans this area was known to Native Americans as Amiciskeag, which in the Algonquin dialect translated roughly into “fishing point.”

Kittery originally included what are now the towns of Eliot, Berwick, North Berwick and South Berwick. It was considered part of Massachusetts Bay Colony after 1652 and over time became a key center for trading and shipbuilding.

Latitude: 43.0881, Longitude: -70.7362


Media

Photos
Piscataqua River 		Piscataqua River
English map of Maine and New Hampshire, c. 1670
Maine historian James Phinney Baxter commissioned the map to be copied from the original in the late 19th century. The original surveyor and creator of the map is unknown, except that the original map carries the initials 'J.S.' from its creator. The map was apparently created during the tenure of King Charles II of England's brother James as the Duke of York, which places its creation sometime around 1670. The map shows the region of the Piscataqua River. Courtesy of the Maine State Archives. Retouched by MarmadukePercy

Documents
Old Kittery and Her Family		Old Kittery and Her Family
Written by Everett S. Stackpole in 1903
A Brief History of Kittery, Maine		A Brief History of Kittery, Maine


Birth

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Birth    Person ID 
151 WARREN, Gilbert  1654Kittery, York, Maine, USA I6772
152 HILTON, William  28 Jun 1653Kittery, York, Maine, USA I6744
153 JENKINS, Stephen  Apr 1653Kittery, York, Maine, USA I4384
154 DONNELL, Sarah  1652Kittery, York, Maine, USA I7671
155 DONNELL, Sarah  1652Kittery, York, Maine, USA I7675
156 SPINNEY (NORMAN), Mary  9 Feb 1651Kittery, York, Maine, USA I9698
157 GREEN, Mary  1651Kittery, York, Maine, USA I17062
158 NASON, Sarah  1650Kittery, York, Maine, USA I9768
159 JENKINS, Sarah  1650Kittery, York, Maine, USA I9123
160 DONNELL, Nathaniel  1648Kittery, York, Maine, USA I7710
161 RHODES, Thomas  1647Kittery, York, Maine, USA I4958
162 NASON, Jonathan  1645Kittery, York, Maine, USA I9824
163 GREEN, Elizabeth  1645Kittery, York, Maine, USA I9102
164 STONE (WADELSTENSTEEN), Daniel  31 Aug 1644Kittery, York, Maine, USA I8453
165 FERNALD, Samuel  1644Kittery, York, Maine, USA I9682
166 DOWNING, Joshua  1644Kittery, York, Maine, USA I19469
167 PAUL, Stephen  1643Kittery, York, Maine, USA I9094
168 NASON, Benjamin  1641Kittery, York, Maine, USA I9134
169 FROST, Elizabeth  10 May 1640Kittery, York, Maine, USA I16405
170 NASON, John  1640Kittery, York, Maine, USA I9133
171 NASON, John  1640Kittery, York, Maine, USA I16417
172 MASON OR NASON, John  1640Kittery, York, Maine, USA I16056
173 DONNELL, Mary  1640Kittery, York, Maine, USA I7688
174 NASON, Richard  1639Kittery, York, Maine, USA I9132
175 PAUL, Abigail  1638Kittery, York, Maine, USA I9093
176 FROST, Catherine  1637Kittery, York, Maine, USA I16406
177 FERNALD, Mary  8 May 1634Kittery, York, Maine, USA I9685
178 FERNALD, Thomas  1 Jul 1633Kittery, York, Maine, USA I9686
179 FOSTER THOMPSON, Hannah  1633Kittery, York, Maine, USA I16320
180 Hannah  1633Kittery, York, Maine, USA I16297
181 TETHERLY, Ann  Apr 1632Kittery, York, Maine, USA I6738
182 NEWCOMB, Elizabeth  18 Sep 1631Kittery, York, Maine, USA I6768
183 EMERY, James  18 Sep 1631Kittery, York, Maine, USA I6771
184 SAUNDERS, Sarah  Abt 1631Kittery, York, Maine, USA I9396
185 RANDALL, Margery  7 Oct 1630Kittery, York, Maine, USA I9705
186 EDGE, Patience  1630Kittery, York, Maine, USA I19448
187 JULIA, Judith or  1622Kittery, York, Maine, USA I10522
188 THOMPSON, Priscilla  23 Oct 1616Kittery, York, Maine, USA I6761
189 JOHNSON, James  1602Kittery, York, Maine, USA I19087

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