Georgetown, Sagadahoc County
County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Prominent Islands · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Church Records · Military Records · Vital Records · Miscellaneous Resources · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Sagadahoc County (set off from Lincoln County in 1854)
Incorporated
1716 from a portion of Arrowsic Island
Previous Designations
From 1716 to 1738 the town was known as "Georgetown on Arrowsic Island." Georgetown Island was known as Parker's Island, and anciently as Erascohegan (Rascohegan) Island.
Boundary Changes
Parker's Island and land west of Kennebec River was annexed in 1738
Small Point (now Phippsburg) was annexed from North Yarmouth in 1741
Bath-called the Second Parish of Georgetown-was set off in 1753, incorporated in 1781
Land was set off to form Phippsburg in 1814, and to form Arrowsic in 1841
Prominent Islands
Beal Island, Georgetown Island (formerly Erascohegan Island, Great Island of Sagadahoc, Parker's Island), Long Island, MacMahan Island, Malden Island, Salter Island, Stage Island (formerly Sagadahoc Island), Webber Island
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Bay Point, Five Islands, Georgetown, Georgetown Center (former post office at Georgetown), Indian Point, Kennebec Point, MacMahan (former post office), Marrtown, North Georgetown (later Riggsville, former post office at Robinhood), Robinhood (formerly Riggsville), Watts Settlement, West Georgetown
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Arrowsic, Boothbay Harbor, Phippsburg, Southport, Westport, Woolwich
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Georgetown
Church Records
Phippsburg, Maine. Congregational Church Records, 1765-1837 — founded as the First Church of Georgetown
Military Records
Georgetown Militia Company, 1757
World War I Soldiers Index: Georgetown
Vital Records
A Few Deaths and Baptisms at Georgetown, 1717-1718
Georgetown Marriage Intentions, 1743-1762
Marriages in Georgetown, 1759-1773
Marriages by Benjamin Riggs of Georgetown, Maine, 1808-1839
Miscellaneous Resources
Kennebec Purchase Petitioners, 1752
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine
Official Website: Town of Georgetown
Maine Memory Network: Georgetown
Bibliography
Andre, Marie Rowe, and Virginia T. Merrill, Early families of Georgetown, Maine (Solon, Me.: V.T. Merrill, [1984])
Baxter, Rev. Joseph, Journal of several visits to the Indians on the Kennebec River by the Rev. Joseph Baxter of Medfield, Mass., 1717 (Boston, Mass.: David Clapp & Son, printers, 1867).
Drummond, Josiah H., The descendants of Alexander Drummond of Georgetown, Maine : including those by the name of Campbell, Chamberlain, Crane, Morse, Eves, Grace, Keith, Marshall, Rogers and Williams (Brattleboro, Vt.: Vermont Print. Co., 1942)
Gilman, Stanwood C., and Margaret C. Gilman, Georgetown on Arrowsic: the ancient dominions of Maine on the Kennebec 1716-1966: 250 anniversary celebration ([Georgetown, Me.?: s.n., 1966?])
Hill, Mary Pelham, comp., Vital records of Georgetown, Maine, to the year 1892 ([Auburn, Me.: Press of Merrill & Webber Company] 1939-1943)
Lemont, Levi P., 1400 historical dates of the town and city of Bath, and town of Georgetown, from 1604 to 1874 (Bath, Me.: Published by the author [Printed by E. Upton & son] 1874)
Mitchell, Harry Edward, et al., comp., The town register: Phippsburg, Georgetown, Arrowsic, West Bath, Westport, 1906 (Brunswick, Me., The H. E. Mitchell co., 1906)
Reed, Parker McCobb, History of the lower Kennebec, 1602-1889 (Bath, Me.: [s.n.], 1889 (Sentinel and Times Print))
Sewall, Rufus King, Popham's town of Fort St. George (Bath Me.: Printed by E. Upton & Son, 1876)
Trafford, E. M., comp., Vital records of Georgetown, Maine (Boston, Mass.: Research publication company, 1903)
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