APPENDIX TO THE "EXTRACTS FROM THE JOURNALS KEPT BY THE REV. THOMAS SMITH, LATE PASTOR OF THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST CONTAINING A VARIETY OF MATTERS, COLLECTED BY SAMUEL FREEMAN, ESQ. PORTLAND : PRINTED BY A. SHIRLEY, PREFACE. IT was not contemplated when I made the extracts from Mr. Smith's Journals, to collect any other matters; but considering it would give an additional interest to the work, I have thought it proper to collect some things, which, though they have been already published, are in but few hands—and some others, not before published, which I thought would be useful and entertaining, and which would probably never be otherwise presentted to the public view. Among the former is an account of the Indian Wars, so far as they related to Falmouth, or Casco Bay, and the vicinity, and were anterior to the war events mentioned in the Journals. Among the latter, are, extracts of letters— proceedings of the town of Falmouth-accounts of religious and charitable societies, &c. which it is needless to enumerate here They will be seen in the following pages, and a list of them (with an Index to shew their places) given at the end of the book. JULY, 1821. S. F. APPENDIX. FALMOUTH. THE town of Falmouth, formerly called Casco Bay, origin-ally embraced the present towns of Falmouth, Cape Elizabeth, Portland and Westbrook. It began to be settled at an early period. It is noticed in Governor Hutchinson's history of Massachusetts (as will be seen in a subsequent page) as early as the year 1645. The settlement of it therefore commenced before that year.-Mr. Hubbard, in his narrative of the Indian Wars, from 1607 to 1677, speaking of Casco Bay, says, “On the south side of it is a small village, called Falmouth; all or most of it, lately destroyed by the Indians." The following account of it is transcribed from Sullivan's History of Maine : "CASCO BAY," says he, "or what is now called Falmouth and Portland, was taken up very early, by traders and fishermen, who did not expect to make permanent settlements, but who sold their privileges, or rights of preoccupancy, from one to another, as suited their convenience. "In the year 1643, Sir Alexander Rigby sent George Cleaves over, as governor of the plough-patent, or province of Ligonia*. This tract had not been under any regular government. The patent on Kennebeck did not extend to it; the patents on Saco river, were within the bounds of it; and those, together with Camock's patent in Scarborough, were much in the way of Rigby's charter. The Massachusetts took advantage of these controversies, and extended their claim so as to comprehend Casco Bay, or a great part of it. When Cleaves set his commission on foot, he was opposed by Vines, who held the patent on the west side of Saco river, granted to him and Oldham in the year 1629. Cleaves, as agent to Rigby, mate a deed to Michael Mitten, in the year 1643, of two thousand acres of the land which is *Note. "The province of Ligonia extended south of the river Sagadahock (now Saco river) i. e. from the west of Cape Porpus to the east of Cape Eliza-beth, 40 miles-and 40 miles back from the sea. |