List of Maine land patents
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This a list of land patent
s provided by the British crown for land in what is now the state of Maine
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See also: Province of Maine
Land patent
A land patent is a land grant made patent by the sovereign lord over the land in question. To make a such a grant “patent”, such a sovereign lord must document the land grant, securely sign and seal the document and openly publish the same to the public for all to see...
s provided by the British crown for land in what is now the state of Maine
Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
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- Gorges-Mason Grant, 1622
- First Kennebec Patent, 1627
- Mason's LandsProvince of New HampshireThe Province of New Hampshire is a name first given in 1629 to the territory between the Merrimack and Piscataqua rivers on the eastern coast of North America. It was formally organized as an English royal colony on October 7, 1691, during the period of English colonization...
, 1629 - Gorges Patent, (de factoDe factoDe facto is a Latin expression that means "concerning fact." In law, it often means "in practice but not necessarily ordained by law" or "in practice or actuality, but not officially established." It is commonly used in contrast to de jure when referring to matters of law, governance, or...
1629; official 1639) - Comnock's Patent, 1629
- Second Kennebec Patent (also known as the Kennebec Purchase or Plymouth Patent), 1629
- Lygonia Patent, 1630
- Muscongus PatentWaldo PatentThe Waldo Patent, a letters patent also known as the Muscongus Patent or the Lincolnshire Patent, was an area of land 36 miles square in what is now the U.S...
(also known as the Waldo Patent, and, eventually, the Bingham PurchaseBingham PurchaseThe Bingham Purchase refers to several tracts of land in the U.S. state of Maine, formerly owned by William Bingham.These lands were granted to early colonizers in the 1630s, and became part of the larger Waldo Patent, named after Samuel Waldo, who acquired the land grants in 1720...
), 1630 - Pemaquid Patent, 1631
- Black Point Grant, 1631
See also: Province of Maine
Province of Maine
The Province of Maine refers to several English colonies of that name that existed in the 17th century along the northeast coast of North America, at times roughly encompassing portions of the present-day U.S. states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, as well as the Canadian provinces of Quebec...