From The Gazetteer of the State of New Hampshire (in three parts), compiled from the best authorities, by Eliphalet Merrill and the Late Phinehas Merrill, Esq., Printed by C. Norris & Co. , Exeter, NH, ©1817, pg 51-52 Part I - General View- History 1635 - Sir Ferdinand Georges and Capt. Mason, having bestowed upon these settlements more pains and expense than the other members of the grand council of Plymouth, and seeing no prospect of any equivalent reward, fearing also from the great clamour in England against monopolies that they should soon be forced to resign their charter, entered this year upon a new project, which was to procure a general governor for the whole territory of New England, to be immediately sent over, and to have jurisdiction from St. Croix to Maryland. In this plan however they did not succeed. Submitted by T.C. Parziale 5/30/00 **************************************************************************** * * * * Notice: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.