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In 1G51 the Massachusetts Bay Colony put forth a claim 

 under their grant to a point as far East as Goose Rock (on the 

 line which still divides Falmouth and Cumberland) and Split 

 Rock on the Northern part of Upper Clapboard Island (Stur- 

 tevants). 



Massachusetts proceeded to enforce its government over the 

 inhabitants of the Provinces of Mayne and Lygonia. 



Massachusetts later — 1671 — under another survey claimed 

 East as far as Whitehead Island in Penobscot Bay. 



In 1676 Gorges and Mason obtained a decision on their com- 

 plaint against Massachusetts Bay instituted in 1659 extinguish- 

 ing the claim of Massachusetts Bay Colony to Maine, but 

 leaving the rightful ownership of the Province undetermined. 



On May 6, 1677, Gorges gave John Usher for the Massachu- 

 setts Colony an assignment of the Province of Maine as granted 

 to Gorges by Charter of King Charles i, April 3, 1639, "except- 

 ing grants made by the original proprietor or his agents." 



Note: Under this assignment Massachusetts claimed the 

 Province of Mayne — New Hampshire line to the Kennebec. 



Duke of York Grant. 



March 12, 1664: The King granted to his brother James, 

 Duke of York the whole region between the St. Croix and Pema- 

 quid, and then to the Kennebec "The Territory of Sagadahoc 

 "New Castle" "the County of Cornwall." 



This was an encroachment on the Kennebec Patent, The 

 Pemaquid Patent, Muscongus Patent, Sheepscot Plantation and 

 others. 



This patent was confirmed by a new patent to James, June 

 22, 1674. 



Reverted to the Crown on James' abdication in 1688. 



On May 6, 1692, the Province of Massachusetts Bay, The 

 Pilgrim Colony at Plymouth, The Province of Maine (New 

 Hampshire line to the Kennebec) together with Sagadahoc 

 (between the Kennebec and Nova Scotia) and Acadia, (Nova 

 Scotia including New Brunswick) were incorporated into the 

 Royal Province of Massachusetts Bay by the Charter of William 

 and Marv. 



