Jefferson, Lincoln County
County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Vital Records · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Lincoln County (set off from York County in 1760)
Incorporated
1807 from part of Ballstown Plantation (the remainder incorporated in 1809 as Whitefield)
Previous Designations
The westerly part of the town was claimed by the proprietors of the Kennebec Purchase (the Plymouth Company); Ballstown; Lincoln Academy Grant; that part bordering the lake was called Damariscotta Pond, with parts of Nobleboro
Boundary Changes
Land was set off to Alna in 1816 and 1824 (the latter tract returned in 1907 when the act was repealed)
Part of Patricktown Plantation (now Somerville) was annexed in 1829
Land was set off to Newcastle in 1858
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Benner (former post office), Browntown, Bunker Hill, Dyers (former post office), East Jefferson (former post office at Jefferson), Jefferson, Kennedy Corner, North Jefferson, South Jefferson, West Jefferson (former post office)
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Alna, Newcastle, Nobleboro, Somerville, Waldoboro, Washington, Whitefield, Windsor
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Jefferson
Vital Records
Early Vital Records of Jefferson (Part 1)
Early Vital Records of Jefferson (Part 2)
Deaths from the Records of the First Baptist Church of Jefferson
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Jefferson
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Jefferson, Lincoln, Maine
Official Website: Town of Jefferson
Maine Memory Network: Jefferson
Bibliography
Ames, Fred M., The Ames or Eames families of Woburn, Mass. and Jefferson, Maine (1913)
Bennett, Alberto A., comp., Centennial celebration of the town of Jefferson, Lincoln County, Maine, U.S.A., August 21, 1907 (Lewiston, Me., Journal printing company, 1908)
Bond, Harold L., Genealogical Records of the Town of Jefferson, Lincoln County, Maine (Unpublished handwritten transcription, 1898)
Mitchell, Harry Edward, et al., comp., The town register: Waldoboro, Nobleboro and Jefferson, 1906 (Brunswick, Me., The H. E. Mitchell co., 1906)
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