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. On some accounts, the English first settled Sagadahoc in 1608–09. A part of the grant of King Charles II in 1664 to his brother the

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included the territory between the

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and Pemaquid and northward, variously called the "Sagadahoc Territory" and "New Castle". The area was later absorbed into the

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. In 1691, a new charter of Massachusetts was granted by

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and

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and included the Province of Maine, the "territory of Sagadahoc", and also

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.''House of Commons papers'', vol. 61 (1843), p. 85

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Pre-statehood history of Maine History of the Thirteen Colonies Former English colonies Colonial settlements in North America 1664 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies {{Maine-geo-stub