. Some of the ancestors and the children of Nathaniel Wilson, raised at £681, and consisted of ahomestead in the town plot of New London, and two considerablefarms. Caulkins New London mentions him as one of the newinhabitants that appeared between 1670 and 1700. In KingPhilips War, 1675, his house was fortified for defence of the neigh-borhood (Main Street, each side of Federal street). He was oneof the patentees of Indian lands or Mohegan reservation. Ridlons11 istory of iSaco Valley, Me., Settlements and Families says (p. 642): It lias been assumed that this John of New London, and Ni
. Some of the ancestors and the children of Nathaniel Wilson, raised at £681, and consisted of ahomestead in the town plot of New London, and two considerablefarms. Caulkins New London mentions him as one of the newinhabitants that appeared between 1670 and 1700. In KingPhilips War, 1675, his house was fortified for defence of the neigh-borhood (Main Street, each side of Federal street). He was oneof the patentees of Indian lands or Mohegan reservation. Ridlons11 istory of iSaco Valley, Me., Settlements and Families says (p. 642): It lias been assumed that this John of New London, and Nicholas ofScarborough, Me., were relatives — that they were brothers. Now I findthat a John Edgecomb was an inhabitant of Kittery, Me., as early as 1640,and as there is no record of any grant of land to him there, as was the casewith permanent settlers, he probably soon went away. As no other familyof the name was settled in New England besides those of the two emigrantsmentioned above, it may be assumed with plausibility that John of Kittery *Y * °A r V v>. O a z: o Ay -V Fold-outPlaceholder This fold-out is being digitized, and will be inserted at a future date. ** * 0/. T- #
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