Brunswick information

Brunswick is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 21,172 at the 2000 census. Located at the head of tide and head of navigation on the Androscoggin River, Brunswick is home to Bowdoin College, and to Naval Air Station Brunswick. =History= Settled in 1628 by Thomas Purchase and other fishermen, the area was called by its Indian name, Pejepscot, meaning "the long, rocky rapids part of the river." In 1639, Purchase placed his settlement under protection of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. During King Philip's War, Pejepscot in 1676 was burned and abandoned, although a garrison called Fort Andros was built on the ruins during King William's War. The Treaty of Portsmouth of 1713 then brought peace to the region between the Abenaki Indians and English settlements.
In 1714, a consortium from Boston and Portsmouth bought the land, thereafter called the Pejepscot Purchase. The Massachusetts General Court constituted the township in 1717, naming it Brunswick in honor of the House of Brunswick and its scion, King George I. A stone fort called Fort George was built in 1715 near the falls. But on July 13, 1722, warriors from Norridgewock burned the village. Consequently, Governor Samuel Shute declared war on the Abenakis. In 1724, 208 English troops left Fort Richmond (now Richmond) and sacked Norridgewock during Dummer's War. Brunswick was again rebuilt in 1727, and in 1738 incorporated a town. It became a prosperous seaport, where Bowdoin College would be chartered in 1794. (...) more....

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