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Pioneer Cemetery (Yarmouth, Maine)
Pioneer Cemetery, also known as the Pioneers Burial Ground and the Indian Fighters Cemetery, is a historic cemetery in Yarmouth, Maine, United States. Dating to 1731, it was the first public burial place in Old North Yarmouth, which was then part of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.''Ancient North Yarmouth and Yarmouth, Maine 1636-1936: A History'', William Hutchinson Rowe (1937) It stands on Gilman Road, around northeast of the Ledge Cemetery, and almost directly across Gilman Road from the Cutter House, which was completed a year earlier. Notable burials *Ebenezer Eaton (1674–1735), killed by Indians *Captain Peter Weare (1695–1743) * Joseph Weare (1737–1774), Indian fighter, son of Captain Peter, nicknamed ''the Scout'' *Deacon Jacob Curry Mitchell (1672–1744) *Captain James Parker (1689–1732), one of five local men tasked in 1727 with the management of the new town of North Yarmouth. Their affairs included laying out the highways. He was also the town's first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yarmouth, Maine
Yarmouth is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, twelve miles north of the state's largest city, Portland. When originally settled in 1636, as North Yarmouth, it was part of Massachusetts, and remained as such for 213 years. In 1849, twenty-nine years after Maine's admittance to the Union as the twenty-third state, it was incorporated as the Town of Yarmouth. Yarmouth is part of the Portland– South Portland-Biddeford Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town's population was 8,990 in the 2020 census. The town's proximity to the Atlantic Ocean, and its location on the banks of the Royal River (formerly ''Yarmouth River''), which empties into Casco Bay less than one mile away, means it is a prime location as a harbor. Ships were built in Yarmouth's harbor mainly between 1818 and the 1870s, at which point demand declined dramatically. Meanwhile, the Royal River's four waterfalls within Yarmouth, whose Main Street sits about above sea level, resulted in the foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Mitchell (deacon, Born 1672)
Jacob Curry Mitchell ( – December 21, 1744) was an American deacon who became prominent in what is now Yarmouth, Maine. Early life Mitchell was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Bay Colony, to Jacob Mitchell I and Susannah Pope, both of whom died in 1675, when Jacob was around three years old, during the early stages of King Philip's War. He was raised by his uncle, Edward.George Lincoln, et al., (published by the Town of Hingham, 1893) He married twice, to Deliverance Kingman (daughter of John Kingman and Elizabeth Edson), firstly, then in 1701 (after moving to Kingston, Rhode Island) to Rebecca Cushman, with whom he had at least four children: Jacob III (born 1696), Rebekah (1704), Seth (1705) and Isaac (1715), the latter named for his father-in-law. In 1727, the couple moved north to North Yarmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay, where Mitchell became a founder of the Meetinghouse under the Ledge, which stood between 1729 and 1836. The younger Mitchell also became a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broad Cove, Maine
Broad Cove is a prominent cove in Yarmouth, Maine, United States. It is around across at its widest point, its confluence with the waters of inner Casco Bay. It sits between Sunset Point, at the southern end of Yarmouth, and the eastern edge of Cumberland Foreside, Maine, Cumberland Foreside. Maine State Route 88, State Route 88 (formerly the New_England_road_marking_system#Route_1, Atlantic Highway) runs beside the cove (as Foreside Road south of the Yarmouth line and Lafayette Street beyond it). History In 1643, Englishman George Felt, who came to what was then North Yarmouth, Maine, North Yarmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, from Charlestown, Boston, eleven years earlier, purchased in Broad Cove from Welshman John Phillips.''Ancient North Yarmouth and Yarmouth, Maine 1636-1936: A History'', William Hutchinson Rowe (1937) Later in the 17th century, Walter Gendall's farm incorporated the western end of the cove, at Duck Cove.''Collections of the Maine Historical Society'', Volu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland Press Herald
The ''Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram'' is a morning daily newspaper with a website that serves southern Maine and is focused on the greater metropolitan area around Portland, Maine, in the United States. Founded in 1862, its roots extend to Maine’s earliest newspapers, the ''Falmouth Gazette & Weekly Advertiser'', started in 1785, and the ''Eastern Argus'', first published in Portland in 1803. For most of the 20th century, it was the cornerstone of Guy Gannett Communications, before being sold to The Seattle Times Company in 1998. Today, it is the flagship of MaineToday Media publications, headquartered in South Portland, and is part of the state’s largest news-gathering organization, including the newspapers of the Lewiston-based Sun Media Group. History 19th century origins ''The Portland Daily Press'' was founded in June 1862 by J. T. Gilman, Joseph B. Hall, and Newell A. Foster as a new Republican paper. Its first issue, published June 23, 1862, annou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Native Americans In The United States
Native Americans, also known as American Indians, First Americans, Indigenous Americans, and other terms, are the Indigenous peoples of the mainland United States ( Indigenous peoples of Hawaii, Alaska and territories of the United States are generally known by other terms). There are 574 federally recognized tribes living within the US, about half of which are associated with Indian reservations. As defined by the United States Census, "Native Americans" are Indigenous tribes that are originally from the contiguous United States, along with Alaska Natives. Indigenous peoples of the United States who are not listed as American Indian or Alaska Native include Native Hawaiians, Samoan Americans, and the Chamorro people. The US Census groups these peoples as " Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders". European colonization of the Americas, which began in 1492, resulted in a precipitous decline in Native American population because of new diseases, wars, ethni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abenaki
The Abenaki (Abenaki: ''Wαpánahki'') are an Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands of Canada and the United States. They are an Algonquian-speaking people and part of the Wabanaki Confederacy. The Eastern Abenaki language was predominantly spoken in Maine, while the Western Abenaki language was spoken in Quebec, Vermont, and New Hampshire. While Abenaki peoples have shared cultural traits, they did not historically have a centralized government. They came together as a post-contact community after their original tribes were decimated by colonization, disease, and warfare. Names The word ''Abenaki'' and its syncope, ''Abnaki,'' are both derived from ''Wabanaki'', or ''Wôbanakiak,'' meaning "People of the Dawn Land" in the Abenaki language. While the two terms are often confused, the Abenaki are one of several tribes in the Wabanaki Confederacy. The name is spelled several ways including Abnaki, Abinaki, and Alnôbak. ''Wôbanakiak'' is derived from ''wôban'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Catholic Historical Society Of Philadelphia
The American Catholic Historical Society (ACHS) is a historical society based at 263 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1884, it is the oldest Catholic historical society in the United States. The goal of the society is to collect, research, and maintain historical records relating to the contribution of the Catholic Church to American society and culture. The American Catholic Historical Society was founded in response to Pope Leo XIII's 1883 pastoral letter on historical studies, '' Saepenumero considerantes''. The society was organized on July 22, 1884, received the blessing of the pope on January 10, 1886, and formally approved by the Archbishop of Philadelphia, Patrick John Ryan, on September 6, 1886. The Catholic Historical Research Center of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia houses the society's manuscript collections. ''American Catholic Studies'' The American Catholic Historical Society issues the oldest continuously published Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustus W
Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian, was the first Roman emperor; he reigned from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. He is known for being the founder of the Roman Principate, which is the first phase of the Roman Empire, and Augustus is considered one of the greatest leaders in human history. The reign of Augustus initiated an imperial cult as well as an era associated with imperial peace, the ''Pax Romana'' or ''Pax Augusta''. The Roman world was largely free from large-scale conflict for more than two centuries despite continuous wars of imperial expansion on the empire's frontiers and the year-long civil war known as the "Year of the Four Emperors" over the imperial succession. Originally named Gaius Octavius, he was born into an old and wealthy equestrian branch of the plebeian ''gens'' Octavia. His maternal great-uncle Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC, and Octavius was named in Caesar's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Weare
Joseph Weare (March 9, 1737 – 1774) was a noted 18th-century fighter against Native American who was from North Yarmouth, Maine, North Yarmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Yarmouth, Maine, Yarmouth, Maine). He was nicknamed ''the Scout''. Life and career Weare was born to Captain Peter Weare (1695–1743) and Sarah Felt (1701–1768). His father drowned while attempting to cross the Royal River when Joseph was six years old; his mother lived for a further twenty-five years.''Ancient North Yarmouth and Yarmouth, Maine 1636-1936: A History'', William Hutchinson Rowe (1937) Weare's hostility to the Native Americans (whom he "pursued at every opportunity with unrelenting hate") began when he learned that they killed his maternal grandfather, Joseph Felt, in 1722. He married Mary Noyes on March 20, 1760. They had one known child, Nathaniel, born that December, who was named for Joseph's paternal grandfather. Around 1760, Weare was splitting logs with an axe near his hom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
