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From: "Angelina Bittues" <>
Subject: [MAINE] Re: History of Aroostook by Wiggins - Collins #7
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 14:07:44 -0500


I personally will be unable to do look-ups, but I am making arrangements
with an individual to do look-ups for those that need them. Please watch
these postings, as soon as the individual has the information I will post
their e-mail address, so you may contact them. ( to those that have already
sent queries - I will forward your request when the individual has the
info.)

Angel .

HISTORY OF AROOSTOOK * This is a 2 part book - researched by Mr. Wiggin;
supplemented and published by Mr. Collins *** VOL I ** Comprising Facts,
Names, and Dates relating to the early settlement of all the different Towns
and Plantations of the County. Compiled and Written by Hon. Edward Wiggin
306 pages *** VOL I Part 2 Sketch of Development of Aroostook since
the period covered by the Early History by Mr. Wiggin By George H.
Collins. 122 pages originally published in 1922 *** *** THIS BOOK
IS NOTED AS BEING THE ONLY COMPLETE COMPILATION OF FACTS COVERING THE EARLY
SETTLEMENT OF AROOSTOOK COUNTY MAINE, an excellent historical reference with
genealogy information on the early settlers. *** I will list each of the
towns and the surnames mentioned in this History of Aroostook, Maine. In
most instances a notation of where these individuals / families initially
came from is mentioned - many of the families settled in this area to "help
secure the Maine border" the boundary was settled by the "Bloodless
Aroostook War" - the early settlers were from Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Central Maine, Southern Maine, Western Maine, New
Brunswick, Miramichi area of New Brunswick, etc. *****************

*** IT SHOULD BE NOTED that Mr. Wiggin; a true Maine Historian of his
times and consistent with the then "Historical Ideals of Americanization";
wrote of the individuals who were of English - Anglo/Saxon non-Catholic
descent who had settled in the area. Brief mention if any was given to the
"New Brunswick squatters" who were living in the area prior to the influx of
"American settlers", also mention is made in many towns of the Acadian
refugees and French "immigrants", but no effort is made to mention their
names. This is also true of the "Swedes that were brought to Aroostook to
form a colony in 1870, most settling in New Sweden - the overflow settled in
Woodland. ********************************

TOWNS IN INITIAL POSTING : Houlton, Hodgdon, Weston, Amity
TOWNS IN #2 POSTING : Linneus, New Limerick, Smyrna, Ashland.
TOWNS IN #3 POSTING : Haynesville, Fort Fairfield, Presque Isle, Orient
TOWNS IN #4 POSTING : Bridgewater, Caribou, Washburn, Sherman
TOWNS IN #5 POSTING : Woodland, Ludlow, Mars Hill, Masardis, Monticello,
Littleton
TOWNS IN #6 POSTING : Fort Kent, Upper St. John River Country, Limestone,
Dyer Brook, Island Falls

TOWNS IN THIS #7 POSTING : Molunkus & Benedicta, Silver Ridge, Hersey,
Blaine, New Sweden, Oxbow, Glenwood

MOLUNKUS AND BENEDICTA, Me. : Brade, Broderick, Burnham, Byrne, Cobb,
Coburn, Crocker, Davis, Dorsey, Finnegan, Johnson, Keegan, Lawlor, Leavitt,
Libby, McAvoy, McDonald, Millmore, Perry, Qualey, Rivers, Rush, Smith,
Wing.******************************************************

SILVER RIDGE, Me. : McAvoy, Millmore, Seals,
Smith.************************************

HERSEY, Me. : Allen, Bates, Blynn, Bragg, Brown, Campbell, Cooper,
Darling, Doe, Fish, Hale, Hall, Houghton, Huston, Jameson, Kennedy, Lowell,
McGibney, Monteith, Palmer, Sargent, Stetson, Thomas.*

BLAINE, Me. : Bell, Brown, Bubar, Chandler, Collins, DeMerchant, Freeman,
Getchell, Hotham, Hume, Hussey, Jackson, Jones, Joy, Lake, Levine, Lowell,
McFarland, Monroe, Noble, Nutter, Oakes, Orcutt, Perkins, Perry, Preble,
Rideout, Roake, Robinson, Sherman, Tapley, Thorncraft, Valley.**************

NEW SWEDEN, Me. : Borgesson, Clase, Ericsson, Harleman, Hard, Jacobson,
Janasson, Johansson, Johnson, Julen, Langgrane, Lindberg, Lundvall,
Malmquist, Mansson, Morell, Ohlson, Persdotter, Persson, Pilts, Stenstrom,
Svenson, Svensson, Thomas, Ulrich, Uppling,
Voss.*****************************
Names of the Swedes in WOODLAND: Petersson, Johansson, Boden, Planck,
Wesbergren.***********

OXBOW, Me. : Anderson, Boody, Bottin, Cunningham, Day, Fish, Fleming,
Goss, Hardison, Hayden, Junkins, Libby, McLean, Pollard, Purvis, Sawyer,
Scribner, Smith, Trafton, Willard, Winslow.**********

GLENWOOD, Me. : Gilpatrick, Hall, Jenkins, Lane, Leighton, Moulton,
Oliver, Plummer, Spaulding, Straw, Tobin, Tuck,
Twombly.***********************************************************

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