Castine, past and present; the ancient settlement of Pentagöet and the modern town . The Indians probably continued to occupy theplace, as Captain Cox on his visit here killed and scalpedtwo. Undoubtedly the French settlers left soon afterBaron Castings departure, though the two Frenchmenknown to have been in this vicinity did not live on thispeninsula, but two leagues distant, probably either atNorthern Bay, Penobscot, or at Walkers Pond, Brooks-ville. Governor Pownal came over here from FortPoint in 1759, and gives the following description of theplace at that time : About noon left Wasumkea
Castine, past and present; the ancient settlement of Pentagöet and the modern town . The Indians probably continued to occupy theplace, as Captain Cox on his visit here killed and scalpedtwo. Undoubtedly the French settlers left soon afterBaron Castings departure, though the two Frenchmenknown to have been in this vicinity did not live on thispeninsula, but two leagues distant, probably either atNorthern Bay, Penobscot, or at Walkers Pond, Brooks-ville. Governor Pownal came over here from FortPoint in 1759, and gives the following description of theplace at that time : About noon left Wasumkeag pointand went in sloop Massachusetts to Pentaget, with Cap-tain Cargill and twenty men. Found the old abandonedFrench fort and some abandoned settlements. Wentashore and drank the kings health. In another placehe says : To the east (of Long Island) is another bay,called by the French Pentagoet or Pentooskeag, whereI saw the ruins of a French settlement, which from thesite and nature of the houses, and the remains of fieldsand orchards, had been once a pleasant habitation. Ones. MR. JOHN PERKINS, CASTINE.(From an old painting.) The First Permanent Settlers. 25 heart felt sorrow that it had ever been destroyed. Inthe Governors Address, Jan. 2,1760, he says that thereare a great many families stand ready to go down to Pe-nobscot, and, as every other obstacle is removed, you willtake care that no uncertainty to the titles of the grantsthey may have, may be any objection to settlementswhich will be so greatly beneficial to the strength of theProvince. The first permanent settlement of the place was accord-ingly commenced in the year 17G1, under the name of thesettlement of Maja-bagaduce, or as it was more commonlywritten, Majorbiguaduce. The first settlers were Pauland Caleb Bowden, or Booden, as the name was thenspelled, John Connor, Andrew, John, Joshua, Reuben,and Samuel Veazie, Thomas Wescott, and JeremiahWitham. The next year Andrew Webber came and tookup a lot. In 1766 Andr
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