History of York County, Maine With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers . t,till June, 1762, when the territory and inhabitants on theeast side were incorporated under the name of Pepperell-borough, from Sir William Pepperell. On the 23d of Feb-ruary, 1805, the name was changed to Saco, which it hassince borne, with the addition of a city government, whichwas chartered Feb. 18, 1867. EARLY after the granting of the Lewis and Bonythonpatent, the record of book of a rate for the minister, in 1636,was as follows: Thomas Lewis, £3; Capt. Richard
History of York County, Maine With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers . t,till June, 1762, when the territory and inhabitants on theeast side were incorporated under the name of Pepperell-borough, from Sir William Pepperell. On the 23d of Feb-ruary, 1805, the name was changed to Saco, which it hassince borne, with the addition of a city government, whichwas chartered Feb. 18, 1867. EARLY after the granting of the Lewis and Bonythonpatent, the record of book of a rate for the minister, in 1636,was as follows: Thomas Lewis, £3; Capt. Richard Bony-thon, £3 ; Henry Warwick, £1; Clement Greenway, £1;Henry Watts, £1 10s.; Richard Foxwell, £1 10s. Thelast two were located at Blue Point, and when the commis-sioners established the town line iu 1659, they were left inSearborougli. These were probably some of the first set-tlers. For many years the inhabitants were located nearthe sea, at Old Orchard Beach, and towards the mouth ofthe river, and were chiefly descendants of the old families,as the Scammans, Edgeeombs, Townsends, Youngs, Sharps,. CITY OP SACO. Bankses, Sands, and Googins, to whom were added respect-able Scotch emigrants, from the north of Ireland, that cameover about 171S, and after. Capt. Scamman, and personsemployed at the mill, with their iamilies, were all that weresettled about the Falls until 1731. During that year, sold three-quarters of his right in land and mill toRichard Berry, John Elden, and John Sellea, and soon after,one-eighth to Thomas Dearborn, and the balance to Abra-ham Tyler and Jeremiah Moulton, who, with the exceptionof the two latter, became residents. In 1736, Sellea soldone-half of the lot lying above Main Street to Joseph Hillfor £400, reserving twenty feet square for a was two miles in length and forty rods in width. Theburying-place was on the lower side of Storer Street. Butfew, if any, headstones remain to mark the spot. Dearbornsold in part to
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