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the territory of the Council not deeded into eight Royal Prov- 

 inces, four of which were in Maine. Gorges obtained Western 

 Maine, being all the territory between the Piscataqua and the 

 Kennebec. 



There were six permanent settlements at that time : 



1. Agamenticus (York). 



2. Piscata([ua (Kittery Point and North half of Isle of 



Shoals). 



3. Black Point in Scarboro. 



4. Lygonian Plantation or Casco (Portland and vicin- 



ity). 



5. Pejepscot Settlement on lower Androscoggin. 



6. Kennebec Patent. 



5. April 3, 1639: Gorges obtained a Provincial Charter of 

 his territory "All that par, purport and porcon of the Mayne 

 Lands of New England aforesaid, beginning at the entrance of 

 Pitcatway Harbor, extending up that River and through New- 

 ichawannock and Salmon Falls River Northwestward one hun- 

 dred twenty miles, and then overland to the utmost Northerly 

 end of the line first mentioned, including the North half of the 

 Isle of Shoals — also all the islands and inlets zvithin five leagues 

 of the Mayne, along the coast between said River Piscataquay 

 and Sagadahoc, all of which par, purport or porcon of the 

 Mayne Land we do for us our heirs and successors create and 

 incorporate into one province or county, and we do name ordain 

 and appoint that the porcon of the Mayne Lande and premises 

 aforesaid shall forever hereafter be called and named The Prov- 

 ince or Countie of Mayne." 



In addition to the Gorges and Mason Grant — Portsmouth to 

 the Kennebec — and the grant to the Pilgrim Colony — 15 miles 

 each side of the Kennebec — and any right the Massachusetts 

 Colony might have under its grant from headwaters of the 

 Merrimac, — the Council of Plymouth made twelve other grants 

 as follows : 



1630. 



I. To Lewis and Bonythan on the North side of the Saco 

 River four miles along the coast and eight miles inland, with 

 adjoining islands. 



