Mercy Lewis ( fl. 1692) was an accuser during the Salem Witch Trials. She was born in Falmouth, Maine . Mercy Lewis, formally known as Mercy Allen, was the child of Philip Lewis and Mary (Cass) Lewis.
64-706: Lewis and her family were refugees seeking out protection after an attack on her village during King Philip's War. Her family first stayed in Casco Bay , an inlet of the Gulf of Maine , New England, with other refugees. Rev. George Burroughs , a Puritan minister who served in Salem , Massachusetts from 1680–83, was also one of the survivors of the attack by the Native Americans. The Lewis family next settled in Salem . Mercy Lewis's uncle, Thomas Skilling, died from an injury brought on by
128-622: A 2011 survey, and 14 more nests that were deemed potentially active. After 30 years of monitoring produced no evidence of bald eagles in Casco Bay, a nesting pair was spotted in Freeport in 1992, followed by bald eagle pairs in Brunswick and Harpswell in 1994 and 1995. As of 2018, fifteen bald eagle pairs were observed in Casco Bay communities, nine of them in Harpswell. At the time of European contact in
192-609: A Wabanaki attack. Louis de Buade de Frontenac , the Governor General of New France , launched a campaign to drive the English from the settlements east of Falmouth. On May 16, 1690, the fortified settlement on Casco Bay was attacked by a war party of 50 French-Canadian soldiers led by Castin, about 50 Abenaki warriors from Canada, a contingent of French militia led by Joseph-François Hertel de la Fresnière , and 300 to 400 additional natives from Maine, including some Penobscots under
256-472: A contingent of about 300 volunteer militia and indigenous warriors, launching attacks up the Androscoggin River and overseeing the brutal killings of Native Americans who had been left behind in a village, then pulling back to Cape Elizabeth. There, Church's force beat off a Wabanaki attack in what was the last significant clash of King William's War on Casco Bay. Gulf of Maine The Gulf of Maine
320-541: A fur-trading business. In 1632, Gorges awarded Arthur Mackworth the island that became known as Mackworth Island , just off the mouth of the Presumpscot River, in what came to be called Casco, renamed Falmouth in 1658 under the governance of the Massachusetts Bay Colony . Historic Falmouth was split into two municipalities in 1786, creating Portland. In 1632, Thomas Purchase and George Way received
384-642: A grant for Harpswell Neck , a few years after Purchase had established a farm, trading post, and fish salting operation on the Androscoggin River north of Casco Bay. William Royall and his wife, Phoebe, moved in 1636 from Salem, Massachusetts , to present-day Yarmouth, building a homestead and farm along what came to be known as the Royal River . That year, George Jewell purchased the Casco Bay island that became known as Jewell Island . In 1640, John Sears moved from Boston to live on Long Island. Little
448-601: A leadership role. In 1626, John Cousins established a homestead in Casco. In 1635, he moved several miles east to a waterway that became known as the Cousins River . Cousins Island and Littlejohn Island are also named for him. Walter Bagnall settled in 1628 on Richmond Island , south of Cape Elizabeth and Casco Bay, and initiated trade with the Wabanaki. Bagnall was deemed an unscrupulous trader, and in 1631 Scitterygusset led
512-653: A married sister was living; she became a servant in Thomas Putnam 's household. Lewis played a crucial role during the Salem witch trials in 1692, when 20 people were executed for witchcraft, including her former master, George Burroughs. Like the accusation placed on Elizabeth Proctor on March 26, 1692, Mercy was accountable for hindering Mary Eastey 's release from prosecution and eventual execution after all other charges against Eastey had been dropped. Accusations were made against Elizabeth Proctor that she tormented both Abigail Williams and Mercy Lewis in their homes. It
576-523: A number of closed areas have been created in which certain activities are banned for some or all parts of the year. The gulf's relative proximity to Europe compared to other locations on the opposite side of the Atlantic made it an early destination for European colonization. French settlers founded a settlement on St. Croix Island in 1604. English settlers founded the Popham Colony on an island in
640-473: A number of smaller bays and tidal embayments, including Harpswell Sound, Maquoit Bay , Middle Bay, Quahog Bay and New Meadows River , where depths exceed 150 feet in a narrow channel just south of Cundy's Harbor. Casco Bay's topography produces a tidal range of about nine feet on average. Seawater circulates counterclockwise into Casco Bay via the Gulf of Maine Gyre, which is formed from cold water that passes over
704-983: A number of whale sightings in Casco Bay over the years, including the North Atlantic right whale and the humpback whale . The number of water birds in Casco Bay varies by season and migratory cycles, with studies having shown anywhere from less than 5,000 to 32,000 or more across as many as 150 species, and significant nesting areas on 17 islands. Surveys of seabird populations in 1979 and 1980 identified nearly 5,400 nesting pairs of herring gulls across 56 colonies; close to 4,000 pairs of double-crested cormorants in 15 colonies; almost 3,000 pairs of eider ducks in 45 colonies; more than 2,100 pairs of great black-backed gulls in 37 colonies; and about 560 nesting pairs of common terns in nine colonies. Smaller numbers of horned grebes , common loons , ring-billed gulls , Bonaparte's gulls and laughing gulls have been observed. A 1975 survey determined that Upper Goose Island had
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#1732851509975768-544: A small band to the island to kill him and torch the island homestead. In 1630, George Cleeve obtained a patent from the Council for New England on Richmond Island, and established a homestead there alongside his business partner Richard Tucker. After other British investors challenged the patent, Cleeve and Tucker relocated in 1633 to the mainland and began farming land on Casco Neck. Within four years, Cleeve and Tucker had obtained 1,500 acres of land on Casco Neck and established
832-638: A small southern portion of the Canadian province of Quebec , which is less than 1% of the province's area. Significant rivers that drain into the Gulf include, from east to west, the Annapolis , Shubenacadie , Salmon , Petitcodiac , Saint John , Magaguadavic , St. Croix , Penobscot , Kennebec , Saco , Piscataqua , Merrimack and Charles rivers; the Saint John and Penobscot have the greatest discharge. The cold waters, extreme tidal mixing, and diverse bottom of
896-576: A surface area of around 36,000 square miles (93,000 km ), enclosed to the west and north by the North American mainland and communicating with the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. The region's glaciation by the Laurentide Ice Sheet stripped sedimentary soil away from the coastline, leaving a shore that is predominantly rocky and scenic, lacking the sandy beaches found to the south along
960-449: A violent seizure on May 7, 1692, after experiencing torture and threats from Burroughs. This act was brought on by Lewis's refusal to print her name in a book Reverend Burroughs owned in order to clearly state her allegiance to him. Lewis also accused Mary Esty, sister of Rebecca Nurse , who would be tried and hanged. Others accused by Lewis include Giles Corey , Bridget Bishop , Susannah Martin , John Willard , and Sarah Wildes . Lewis
1024-482: Is a large gulf of the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast of North America . It is bounded by Cape Cod at the eastern tip of Massachusetts in the southwest and by Cape Sable Island at the southern tip of Nova Scotia in the northeast. The gulf includes the entire coastlines of the U.S. states of New Hampshire and Maine , as well as Massachusetts north of Cape Cod, and the southern and western coastlines of
1088-557: Is believed that Martin Pring made landfall in Casco Bay as part of a 1603 expedition, with Samuel de Champlain and Pierre Dugua de Mons exploring it in 1605 from a base in Nova Scotia. In establishing the Popham Colony settlement near the mouth of the Kennebec River , George Popham landed in Casco Bay in 1607 while exploring the wider region. After Henry Hudson 's ship Half Moon
1152-468: Is known about Sears. In 1642, Cleeve, Tucker, Mackworth, Royall and Smith were among 30 signers of a petition to the British House of Commons asking for relief from administrators assigned by Gorges to the region who were exercising "unlawful and arbitrary power and jurisdiction over the persons and estate of your petitioners and the said other planters to their great oppression utter impoverishment and
1216-614: Is reported that Mercy Lewis was a victim of child abuse after statements were taken from witnesses such as Abigail Williams and Thomas Putnam. As a member of the Putnam household, Lewis became friends with Ann Putnam, Jr. and her cousin Mary Walcott . Putnam and Walcott's accusations would help launch the witch hysteria. In early April 1692, Lewis claimed that Satan had appeared to her, offering her "gold and many fine things" if she would write in his book; shortly thereafter, Satan appeared to her in
1280-565: The 16th century , Abenaki peoples inhabited the region of present-day Casco Bay, including members of the Almouchiquois or Aucocisco group in the vicinity of the Presumpscot River. Some Casco Bay islands have archaeological evidence of Native American visits and camps extending back 4,000 years, including shell middens and harpoon points. It is uncertain whether early European explorers Giovanni da Verrazzano , John Cabot , Estêvão Gomes , or Bartholomew Gosnold entered Casco Bay. It
1344-570: The Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia , respectively. The gulf was named for the adjoining English colonial Province of Maine , which was in turn likely named by early explorers after the province of Maine in France . Massachusetts Bay , Penobscot Bay , Passamaquoddy Bay , and the Bay of Fundy are all arms of the Gulf of Maine. The Gulf of Maine is a roughly rectangular depression with
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#17328515099751408-518: The Eastern Seaboard . The only significant coastal developments are located in the Boston , Portsmouth , Portland and Saint John metropolitan areas. The underwater features of the seabed sculpted during the lower sea levels of the ice ages make the gulf a semi-enclosed sea bounded to the south and east by underwater banks . Georges Bank in particular, on its southern end, shelters the gulf from
1472-598: The Gulf Stream . Gulf of Maine waters are more strongly influenced by the Labrador Current , making the gulf waters significantly colder and more nutrient-rich than those found to the south. Undersea valleys in the central basin can reach depths of 1,500 feet (500 m), while undersea mountains rise up 800 feet (240 m) from the sea floor, almost reaching the surface in some locations, or even exceeding it, creating islands. There are three major basins contained within
1536-705: The Piscataqua River . The first colonial settlement in Casco Bay was that of Christopher Levett , an English explorer and agent of Gorges, who built a house on House Island in 1623–24. His initial settlement, called Machigonne and made up of veterans of the Wessagusset Colony on Massachusetts Bay, failed. At the time, the sachem of the Almouchiquois along the Presumscot was Scitterygusset, also known as Skitterygusset and other alternate spellings in historic records. Scitterygusset's sister Warrabitta also had
1600-594: The Port of Portland are on Casco Bay's western edge. There are multiple theories about the origin of the name "Casco Bay". Aucocisco , an Anglicisation of the Abenaki name for the bay, means "place of herons", "marshy place", or "place of slimy mud". The explorer Estêvão Gomes mapped Maine's coast in 1525 and named the bay "Bahía de Cascos", translated as "Bay of Helmets", based on its shape. Colonel Wolfgang William Römer , an English military engineer , reported in 1700 that
1664-492: The Scotian Shelf off Nova Scotia , then in and out of the Bay of Fundy . In Casco Bay, tidal currents are stronger between island channels and weaker in smaller bays in the eastern section. The Presumpscot River is the largest single source of non-saline water emptying directly into Casco Bay, flowing south from its headwaters at Sebago Lake , Maine's second-largest lake. In addition to freshwater entering Casco Bay from
1728-635: The Treaty of Casco at Fort Loyal , in present-day Portland, on April 12, 1678, binding the Wabanaki Confederacy to ending King Philip's War. After the Treaty of Casco, settlers began returning to Maine, in some instances setting up farms and homesteads near protective stockades as a fallback option in case of any renewed tensions. In 1700, a stockade that also served as a trading post was built in Falmouth east of
1792-597: The 1960s and 1970s, there was a dispute between Canada and the United States over fishing and other resource rights in the Gulf of Maine, specifically in the Georges Bank region. This dispute was taken to the International Court of Justice , which delineated a maritime boundary through the gulf in 1984. The two nations continue to disagree on the sovereignty of Machias Seal Island and the waters surrounding it in
1856-422: The 1970s. Alongside this decline, the kelp beds have been replaced by invasive turf, defined as macroalgae that provide little three-dimensional structure but form on the bottom layers as filaments, branches, or plumes. In southwestern areas, turf is now covering 50–60% of the ocean floor. This, along with past overfishing, has helped push stocks towards collapse and hampered its recovery despite deep reductions in
1920-561: The 20,000 Wabanaki in Maine and part of present-day New Brunswick survived epidemics that broke out through 1619. On August 10, 1622, King James I of England awarded a land patent to Ferdinando Gorges and John Mason for coastal lands and interiors extending from the Merrimack River to the Kennebec. Gorges and Mason eventually split the patent, with Gorges getting land patent rights north of
1984-410: The 2014 TV series Salem , portrayed by Elise Eberle. Porpentina Goldstein used Mercy Lewis’ name as an expression of surprise and shock in the movie Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them . In the 2020 video game Death end re;Quest 2 , there is a character named Mercy Lewis. Though she does not get accused of witchcraft in the game, her name could be a reference to the character in the play since
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2048-624: The Casco Bay area occurred on September 10, 1675, at a farm north of Falmouth. Native American warriors killed six people and three more went missing. After another attack at Falmouth in October, heavy snow discouraged further action by either side for the rest of the year. Despite concurrent peace talks by tribes to the east, in August 1676 Wabanaki Confederacy warriors raided several farms in Falmouth, killing or capturing 34 people. Settler Thaddeus Clark reported that survivors fled to Cushing Island, known at
2112-588: The Gulf of Maine are rapidly rising due to human-induced climate change . Both the Labrador Current and Gulf Stream are warming, and the Gulf Stream is spreading out and delivering more water to the Gulf of Maine. As a result, it has become too warm for cod as well as kelp forests. Studies found that some areas, such as Ammen Rock Site 1, witnessed a 36.2% decrease in kelp between 1987 and 2015, while nearby shallow coastal kelp populations have been declining since
2176-471: The Gulf of Maine: Wilkinson Basin to the west, Jordan Basin in the northeast, and Georges Basin in the south, which are isolated from each other beneath the 650-foot (200 m) isobath . Georges Basin, just north of Georges Bank, is the deepest of the three at just over 1,200 feet (370 m) and generates a pocket at the end of the Northeast Channel, a deep fissure between Georges Bank and Browns Bank,
2240-556: The Indian attack. In 1683, the Lewis family traveled back to the island in Casco Bay. The second attack of the Native Americans in 1689 resulted in the death of Mercy's parents and made her an orphan. On September 30, 1689, an attack by Native Americans killed her grandparents, aunts, uncles and most of her cousins. As a result, the 14-year-old Mercy was placed as a servant in the household of Rev. Burroughs. By 1691, she had moved back to Salem, where
2304-747: The Kennebec River in 1607, the same year as the Jamestown settlement, followed by the Plymouth Colony on the shores of Massachusetts Bay in 1620. The cod fisheries that flourished in this ecosystem were able to support the Industrial Revolution occurring in Europe as well as playing a role during the 17th through early 19th century’s trade routes between Africa, the Caribbean, North America and Europe. In
2368-563: The New England coast and inland areas beginning in June 1675, including in the Casco Bay region. If prodded into action by Metacom's militant contemporaries drumming up support in northern New England, many local tribes followed their own counsel in planning attacks in the regional conflict that some historians dub the First Abenaki War , or chose not to initiate hostilities. The first attack in
2432-503: The Presumpscot River and called New Casco, with two cairns built to commemorate friendship between the Abenaki people and settlers. The Brothers islands just off present-day Falmouth are thought to have been named for the cairns. The 1678 treaty did little to address simmering disagreements and discord throughout the region between local tribes and settlers, laying the foundation for a renewal of hostilities in 1688. Historians came to consider
2496-508: The Presumpscot River and smaller streams along its length, lower-salinity seawater outside the mouth of the Kennebec River circulates west into Casco Bay. Scientists have defined a distinct Casco Bay Coast Biophysical Region as part of the larger Northeastern Mixed Forest Province. The 2015 Maine Forest Inventory & Analysis determined that the Casco Bay Coast Biophysical Region was 73 percent forested, with red maple
2560-687: The bay had "as many islands as there are days in the year", leading to the bay's islands being called the Calendar Islands, based on the popular myth there are 365 of them. The United States Coast Pilot lists 136 islands; former Maine state historian Robert M. York said there are "little more than two hundred". Casco Bay spans about 229 square miles, with its shore stretching 578 miles. In addition to Portland, Cape Elizabeth, and Phippsburg, municipalities with shorelines fronting Casco Bay include Brunswick , Cumberland , Falmouth , Freeport , Harpswell , South Portland , West Bath , Yarmouth , and
2624-705: The coastline, including a portion of the northern shore of Casco Bay. The Flying Point Fault in Casco Bay is considered part of the Norumbega Fault system, dividing bedrock formations that have distinct geological characteristics. Around 14,000 BCE during the Wisconsin glaciation period at the end of the last glacial cycle , the Laurentide ice sheet covering the Casco Bay region began to recede, according to radiocarbon dating on marine shells and other materials. The glacier's retreat stripped bare underlying bedrock to form
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2688-431: The deeper waters, Agarum clathratum are more abundant in the rocky subtidal zone. The waters of the Gulf of Maine system, particularly at the boundary with the Bay of Fundy , are also home to the summering grounds for many different bird and whale species, most notably the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale . The gulf was home to the sea mink until its extinction in the late 1800s. Water temperatures in
2752-474: The form of Burroughs, who she reported "carried me up to an exceeding high mountain and showed me all the kingdoms of the earth, and told me that he would give them all to me if I would write in his book." No information or medical history was recorded on the mental state of Mercy Lewis during the Salem witch trials. However, it was reported that Mercy suffered from episodes of seizures. One record stated that Lewis had
2816-613: The game has themes that are inspired by Christianity . Casco Bay Casco Bay is an inlet of the Gulf of Maine on the coast of Maine in the United States . The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 's chart for Casco Bay marks the dividing line between the bay and the Gulf of Maine as running from Bald Head on Cape Small in Phippsburg west-southwest to Dyer Point in Cape Elizabeth . The city of Portland and
2880-571: The guise of parley. In 1677, Gorges's grandson sold his land rights in Maine to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. As Wabanaki peoples got word of colonial authorities reaching out to leaders of the Mohawk people for assistance in Maine, they became more amenable to a truce, though significant attacks continued on Maine coastal settlements west of Casco Bay. Leaders of the Penobscot people signed
2944-621: The gulf make it one of the most productive marine environments in the North Atlantic, and it furnishes habitat for more than 3,000 marine species and birds, including most notably large marine species such as haddock , pinnipeds , the Acadian redfish ( Sebastes fasciatus ), the Atlantic herring ( Clupea harengus ), and the American lobster ( Homarus americanus ), which grows to famously large sizes in
3008-490: The gulf. The biodiversity and productivity of the area are supported by kelp forest habitats that are found along the coastal zones of the gulf. In the Gulf of Maine, different kelp macroalgae species are found at various depths. At depths less than 5 meters, Alaria esculenta is most abundant, while the Saccharina species such as S. latissima and S. digita are the species primarily seen at depths of 5–15 meters. In
3072-553: The highest elevation of any Casco Bay island at 201 feet on a hill called Long Reach Mountain, followed by Chebeague Island at 176 feet. In Casco Bay's western reaches, a line of islands extends west from Chebeague to Cushing Island to create protected anchorages for vessels, as do the narrow peninsulas that jut into the bay's eastern section. A number of deep-water channels lead into the bay's inner sections, including Cushing Island Reach, Hussey Sound, Luckse Sound , Broad Sound , and Merriconeag Sound Casco Bay's shoreline creates
3136-430: The hindrance of the plantation in these parts". As settlers built out farms in the Casco Bay region, more commercial fishermen who were familiar with Casco Bay began making it their home port in the second half of the 1630s. Artisan craftsmen also moved to Casco and other towns on Casco Bay in the following decade, as a growing population supported commerce along with existing trade opportunities with indigenous peoples in
3200-491: The island municipalities of Chebeague Island and Long Island . Researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey have dated volcanic material embedded in exposed bedrock in Casco Bay to the Ordovician period roughly 470 million years ago, predating the formation of the Atlantic Ocean by some 320 million years. The Norumbega Fault developed just inland from the Maine coast, with the geologic fault running roughly parallel to
3264-647: The largest number of nesting great blue herons in Maine. Other wading birds in Casco Bay include snowy egrets , black-crowned night herons and the glossy ibis . In addition to eider, other waterfowl in Casco Bay depending on seasons include Canada geese , snow geese , black ducks , goldeneyes , buffleheads , greater scaup , scoters , long-tailed ducks and harlequin ducks . Migratory shorebirds that pass through Casco Bay include sandpipers , plovers , turnstones , dowitchers and greater yellowlegs . Raptor populations on Casco Bay islands and shorelines include osprey , with 86 nesting pairs observed in
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#17328515099753328-512: The leadership of Madockawando . Fort Loyal was attacked at the same time. About 75 men in the Casco settlement fought for four days before surrendering on May 20 on condition of safe passage. Instead, most of the men, including John Swarton, were killed, and the survivors, including Hannah Swarton and her children, were captured. Swarton was ransomed in 1695. Cotton Mather published her story. Church returned to Casco Bay in September 1690 with
3392-527: The most widespread tree species in the region, followed by eastern white pine , eastern hemlock , northern red oak , red spruce and paper birch . Water temperatures in Casco Bay rose by 3 degrees Fahrenheit over a three-decade period through 2022, with some scientists linking the change to shifting mixes of organisms and wildlife in the bay. In a 2019 study of invasive species threatening Casco Bay eelgrass and kelp beds that other organisms and wildlife depend on, researchers found abundant evidence of
3456-641: The mouths of the Harraseeket and Royal Rivers, while James Lane acquired nearby Lanes Island. By 1660, John Bustion had obtained a deed on today's Bustins Island . Will Black Jr. relocated his family from Berwick in 1718 to the island that would become known as Will's Island, and later Bailey Island after its acquisition by Timothy Bailey of Massachusetts. Spurred by the Wampanoag chief Metacom in what came to be known as King Philip's War , Native American warriors attacked colonial farms and settlements along
3520-725: The new conflict in Maine part of the larger King William's War , which in turn marked the first installment of an extended proxy war between England and France that came to be known as the French and Indian Wars , with sporadic raids and atrocities on both sides. In August 1688, in response to an English colonial raid of Penobscot Bay settlements, French officer Jean-Vincent d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin led counter-raids by Acadian militia and Wabanaki Confederacy warriors, including at Yarmouth. In September 1689, English colonial officer Benjamin Church arrived in Falmouth to defend settlers there, fending off
3584-576: The northeastern part of the gulf. In recognition of the gulf's importance to marine habitat, both nations currently maintain complementary embargoes against offshore oil and gas exploration activities on Georges Bank in the southern part of the gulf. As of the past twenty years, however, traditional maritime fisheries focused on large fish species such as cod experienced a stock depletion that hurt commercial fishing. In response, harvesting of lobsters and other invertebrates rose. These changes can largely be attributed to anthropogenic factors. There has also been
3648-411: The number of fish caught, according to a study conducted by the Gulf of Maine Research Institute . Traditional calculations "consistently over-estimated the abundance of cod." From 2004, temperatures rose by more than 0.4 °F (0.22 °C) per year, culminating in an ocean heat wave in the northwest Atlantic in 2012–13. Starting in the early 1990's, to prevent further degradation of the ecosystem,
3712-761: The presence of several types of tunicates , bryozoa , Japanese skeleton shrimp and at one location European green crabs . Casco Bay has an estimated 16,655 acres of intertidal habitats to include mudflats , marshes, beaches and rock formations according to the National Wetlands Inventory, supporting a range of biota and wildlife. Among more than three dozen species of fish found commonly in Casco Bay are bluefin tuna , bluefish , cod , herring , mackerel , menhaden , sharks , smelt , striped bass , and winter flounder . Shellfish include lobsters , crabs , mussels , clams , oysters , scallops and periwinkles . Harbor seal populations have been observed to number between 400 and 500 seals in Casco Bay. There have been
3776-423: The region. In 1659, George Munjoy moved to Casco and built a fortified house on today's Munjoy Hill , which overlooks Casco Bay. In 1666, Munjoy acquired additional land along the Presumpscot River via a deed co-signed by Warrabitta. Islands continued to come under individual settler ownership during the 17th and 18th centuries. In 1658, Hugh Moshier purchased what became Moshier and Little Moshier Islands near
3840-411: The rocky coast of Casco Bay's shore and islands. According to NOAA's soundings, the bay's deepest point is about 204 feet, southwest of Halfway Rock . A Phippsburg hill called Fuller Mountain has the bay's highest elevation along the immediate shoreline, estimated at 269 feet above sea level by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1980, and 277 feet on more recent topographical maps. Sebascodegan Island has
3904-526: The southwestern edge of the Scotian Shelf . The Northeast Channel is the major channel between the Gulf and the rest of the Northwest Atlantic. A secondary, shallower connection to the rest of the Atlantic is the Great South Channel, located between Georges Bank and the Nantucket Shoals. The watershed of the gulf encompasses an area of 69,000 square miles (180,000 km ), including all of Maine, 70% of New Hampshire, 56% of New Brunswick, 41% of Massachusetts, and 36% of Nova Scotia. The watershed also includes
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#17328515099753968-541: The time as Andrews Island for settler James Andrews. On Peaks Island that year, seven were killed in a Wabanaki attack after coming over from Cushing Island in search of food. After colonial militia leader Richard Waldron laid a trap under the guise of peace talks to capture several Wabanaki warriors who were then executed or enslaved, tribes intensified attacks on settlements throughout Maine, causing most settlers to flee south. After talks failed at Maquoit Bay in February 1677, Waldron again ambushed Native Americans under
4032-447: Was damaged in 1608 while attempting to discover a northwest passage to India, Hudson landed in Casco Bay for repairs. In 1616, John Smith published a map of New England that included a depiction of Casco Bay based on his exploration of the region two years earlier. Contact with Europeans exposed Wabanaki peoples to new diseases, with epidemics striking starting in 1616 that produced high mortality rates. By one estimate, just 5,500 of
4096-406: Was the subject of accusations. Ann Putnam Jr. claimed she had seen Lewis' apparition, though she said it had not harmed her. After the trials, Mercy moved to Boston to live with her aunt. There she bore an illegitimate son. By 1701, she had married a Mr. Allen in Boston. Lewis is one of the featured characters in Arthur Miller 's play (and later film) The Crucible . She is also a character in
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