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Actress Jennifer Aniston's maternal grandfather was a native of Aroostook County.
Jennifer Joanne Aniston is the daughter of John Anthony Aniston (born Ioannis Antonio Anastassakis in Chaniá, Crete) and Nancy Ellen Dow. Her mother was born in New York City, the daughter of Gordon McLean Dow and Louise M. Grieco.
Gordon McLean Dow, the son of
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[Source: William Berry Lapham, The History of Woodstock, Maine: with family sketches and an appendix (Portland Me.: S. Berry, printer, 1882)]
[p. 58] The territory formerly comprising Hamlin's Gore or "Hamlin's Grant," as it was sometimes incorrectly called, was a long and narrow strip 249 rods wide at the east end, next to Milton Plantation, and 294 rods wide…
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[Source: Edward E. Bourne, The history of Wells and Kennebunk: from the earliest settlement to the year 1820, at which time Kennebunk was set off, and incorporated: with biographical sketches (Portland Me.: B. Thurston & Co., 1875)][p. 406] It will be seen from the foregoing that the great sin of the South, for which the day of wrath, predicted by Jefferson, came upon the whole…
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The homestead of one of my ancestors, John Shepard of Kittery,
was excavated in spring 2002 as a joint project of the History Department of Salem State College and the Kittery Historical & Naval Museum. A map drawn in the 17th century helped in the excavation.
William Godsoe had drafted a map of this specific area in 1689. The map shows Shepard’s house, barn, an outbuilding and the orchard, as well as…
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Real EstateA part of lot numbered eleven in the 7
th range of lots (approximately 90 acres) $100
“Deceased’s interest in the farm recently and for a long time occupied and improved by him, consisting . . . in the buildings erected thereon by said deceased, fences and other lasting beneficial improvements by him therein and thereon made, estimated at $600.”
Livestock… Continue
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Know all Men by these Presents, That
I Lydia A. Dunham, wife of Lemuel Dunham of Greenwood, County of Oxford and State of Maine in consideration of the sum of
Seven Hundred Dollars, paid by
Lemuel Dunham of Greenwood County and State aforesaid the receipt whereof
I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell, and convey unto the said
Lemuel Dunham his heirs and assigns forever,…
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Know all Men by these Presents,
That I Elton L. Dunham of Greenwood county of Oxford and State of Maine in consideration of
Eight hundred dollars paid by
Lemuel Dunham of Greenwood, County and state aforesaid the receipt whereof
I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell, and convey unto the said
Lemuel Dunham his heirs and assigns forever,
a certain lot of land… Continue
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Know all Men by these Presents, That
I Eleazer A. Morgan of Greenwood in the County of Oxford & State of Maine in consideration of the sum of
eight hundred dollars, paid by
Lydia A. Dunham of Woodstock in the County & State aforesaid the receipt whereof
I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell, and convey unto the said
Lydia A. Dunham her Heirs and assigns…
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Know all Men by these Presents, That
I, Amos S. Bryant of Woodstock, County of Oxford, and State of Maine, in consideration of the sum of
Four hundred And Seventy-five dollars, paid by
Lydia A. Dunham, wife of Lemuel Dunham of Hartford, County and State aforesaid the receipt whereof
I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell, and convey unto the said
Lydia A. Dunham, her… Continue
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Know all Men by these Presents, That I
Lemuel Dunham of Hartford in the County of Oxford and State of Maine in consideration of the sum of
seven hundred dollars paid by
Betsy Dunham of Hartford aforesaid the receipt whereof
I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said
Betsy Dunham her heirs and assigns forever
a certain piece of land situated in… Continue
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Know all Men by these Presents, That
James Starbird of Hartford County of Oxford and State of Maine, in consideration of the sum of
seven hundred dollars, paid by
Lemuel Dunham of Hartford aforesaid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell, and convey unto the said
Lemuel Dunham, his heirs and assigns forever a certain piece or parcel of land situated in said… Continue
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Know all Men by these Presents,
That James E. Starbird of Hartford in the County of Oxford and State of Maine in consideration of the sum of
two hundred & fifty dollars paid by
Lemuel Dunham of Hartford in the County of Oxford and State of Maine the receipt whereof
I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell, and convey unto the said
Lemuel Dunham his heirs and…
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