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Lygonia was a proprietary province in pre-colonial Maine, created through a grant from the Plymouth Council for New England in 1630 to lands then under control of Sir Ferdinando Gorges. The province was named for his mother, Cicely (Lygon) Gorges. It was one of the early provinces of Maine and was absorbed by the Massachusetts Bay Colony by 1658.

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Lygonia

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Lygonia was a proprietary province in pre-colonial Maine, created through a grant from the Plymouth Council for New England in 1630 to lands then under...

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List of Maine land patents

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Patent (also known as the Kennebec Purchase or Plymouth Patent), 1629 Lygonia Patent, 1630 Muscongus Patent (also known as the Waldo Patent, and, eventually...

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Province of Maine

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the kings of England during this era, and included New Somersetshire, Lygonia, and Falmouth (now Portland, Maine). The province was incorporated into...

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District of Maine

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the kings of England during this era, and included New Somersetshire, Lygonia, and Falmouth. The province was incorporated into the Massachusetts Bay...

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Maine

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A disputed 1630 patent split off the area around present-day Saco as Lygonia. Justifying its actions with a 1652 geographic survey that showed an overlapping...

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List of colonial governors of Maine

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1607–08, portions of Maine's territory were styled the Province of Maine and Lygonia, and subjected to colonial governments in the 17th century. Other portions...

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Historical regions of the United States

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(or Sagadahoc Colony)† Gorges-Mason Grant† Mason Lands Gorges Patent† Lygonia Patent† New Somersetshire† Muscongus Patent (also known as the Waldo Patent...

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George Cleeve

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of today's Portland, Maine. He was Deputy President of the Province of Lygonia from 1643 until the final submission of its Maine towns to Massachusetts...

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New England Colonies

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Wessagusset Weymouth 1622-1623 Proprietary Colony Joined Plymouth Colony - Lygonia Portland Saco Scarborough 1630-1658 Proprietary Colony Territory contested...

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History of Maine

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bounds of a 1630 land grant led in 1643 to the short-lived formation of Lygonia on territory that encompassed a large area of the Gorges grant (modern...

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Lygon

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containing Lygon Ligon (disambiguation) Lygon Street, Melbourne, Australia Lygonia, a proprietary province in pre-colonial Maine This page lists people with...

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Stephen Bachiler

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Maine from the Plymouth Council for New England. The colony was called "Lygonia" after Cecily Lygon, mother of New England Council president Sir Ferdinando...

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Alexander Rigby

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army in 1643. Also in 1643 he purchased the Plough Patent for land in Lygonia, Maine between Cape Porpoise and Kennebec River, which includes the area...

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