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Title: History of York County, Maine. With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Clayton, W. W. (W. Woodford)
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Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

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of water at Newichawannock, called by thename of Swamjj her/oii, within the township of Kittery, which wasimproved by an Indian Sagamore, Mr. Rowley, and sold by him toThos. Spencer, of Ncwichawannick, and said Thomas Spencer soldsd. parcel of land and half the fall of water unto Mr. Thos. Brough-ton, which purchase and sale of sd. Broughton, made by Thos. Spen-cer unto him, is approved to be legal by the whole town of Kitteryat a town-meeting there and then holden. By me. UuSIrHREY CHADCOrRXE. All wanting timber received a permit to cut it uponthe common lands by applying to the townsmen. In De-cember, 1652, it was voted that all the marsh known bythe name of the fowling marsh, lying above Birchen Point,shall be and remain common to this town forever. Theboundaries of the common were further defined in 1656 toexcept the grants for mills at Great Works; and the In-terest line, extending back two miles from Salmon FallsRiver, was established as the western boundary. t TTillia , p. 2U.
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TOWN OF SOUTH BERWICK. 315 Richard Leader was granted, in 1650, all the right tothe privilege or mill-power on the little river known asNewiehawannock, with the liberty and like property in alltimber not yet appropriated to any town or person. Heimmediately erected a large mill, carrying eighteen saws,atid from the vastness of his operations gave to the riverits present name of Great Works. In 1654 there wasgranted to him all the pine-trees up the little river, so faras the town bounds went, for the accommodation of hismill, excepting Tom Tinkers swamp and the next greatswamp above it on the east side. For the privilege ofcutting all this pine timber he was to pay to the town anannual tax or royalty of £15 currency. In 1G62 hewasrestricted by the town to a limit of one-half mile each sideof his river. For protection against waste, it was ordered, in 1656,that if any inhabitant should fall any pipe-stave or clap-board timber, and let it lay unused up above one month,any other inhabita

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