History of York County, Maine With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers . of this Book to be a faithfull Servant and Councellor untoSir Ferdinando Gorges Knight my Lord of the Province of Mayne,and to his heirs and assigns, to do and perform to the utmost of mypower all dutifull respects to him or them belonging, concealing theirCouncells, and without respect of persons to do, perform, and give myopinion in all causes according to my conscience and best understand-ing both as I am a Councellor for hearing of causes, and otherwisefreely to give him or them m
History of York County, Maine With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers . of this Book to be a faithfull Servant and Councellor untoSir Ferdinando Gorges Knight my Lord of the Province of Mayne,and to his heirs and assigns, to do and perform to the utmost of mypower all dutifull respects to him or them belonging, concealing theirCouncells, and without respect of persons to do, perform, and give myopinion in all causes according to my conscience and best understand-ing both as I am a Councellor for hearing of causes, and otherwisefreely to give him or them my opinion as I am a Councellor for mat-ters of State or Commonwealths, and that I will not conceal from himor them and their Councell any matter of conspiracy or mutinouspractice against my said Lord and his heirs but will instantly aftermy knowledge thereof discover the same, and prosecute the authorsthereof with all diligence and severity according to Justice, and there-upon do humbly kiss the Book. Of the deputy Governor and councilors, Thomas Gorges,Edward Godfrey, and William Ilooke were residents of. TOWN OF YORK. 217 Agamenticus. Richard Vines lived at Winter Harbor,Henry Jocelyn at Black Point, Francis Champernoon* atPiscataqua, now Kittery, and Richard Bonython at Gorges, whom Sir Ferdinando calls his trusty andwell-beloved cousin, arrived in the province in 1640, andwas Governor about four years, or until the recognition ofthe Plough Patent, and the establishment of the rival gov-ernment under Alexander Rigby. He built his house atAgamenticus, on the point of land still known as GorgesPoint, between the confluence of a creek known as Judica-ture Creek and the Agamenticus River, about three and ahalf miles from the sea, where he resided till 1644, whenhe returned finally to England. The remains of the oldcellar of his house are still pointed out to visitors. It is said by Williamson that on the arrival of ThomasGorges at Agamenticus he found affairs, both p
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