Brewer, Penobscot County
County · Incorporated · Incorporated as a City · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Vital Records · Miscellaneous Resources · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Penobscot County (set off from Lincoln County to Hancock County in 1789, to Penobscot County in 1816)
Incorporated
1812 from part of Orrington
Incorporated as a City
1889
Previous Designations
Segeunkedunk; Knapp's Plantation; Knapp's Square
Boundary Changes
Parts of Orrington, Dedham, and Bucksport were annexed in 1841
Land was set off to Eddington in 1846 and 1855
Land was set off to form Holden in 1852
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Brewer, Brewer Village (former post office at South Brewer), North Brewer, South Brewer
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Bangor, Eddington, Hampden, Holden, Orrington, Veazie
Maps
Vital Records
Marriages Intentions in New Worcester Plantation, 1785-1788
Some Intentions of Marriage in Brewer, 1812-1820
Miscellaneous Resources
Heads of Family on Penobscot River, 1776
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Brewer
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Brewer, Penobscot, Maine
Official Website: City of Brewer
Digital Maine: Brewer Collections
Bibliography
______, 1919 Directory of Bangor and Brewer (Bangor, Me.: Cannon & Co., 1919)
______, Early church records First Congregational Church, Brewer, Maine: organized Sept. 9, 1800 with 100 years of the church membership, 1813-1913 (Bangor, Me.: Frances Dighton Williams Chapter DAR, 1948)
______, 150th anniversary of the city of Brewer 1812-1962: Aug. 26 through Sept. 3rd, 1962 ( [S.l.: s.n., 1962])
Bacon, George Fox, Bangor: its points of interest and its representative business men; including an historical sketch of Brewer (Newark, N.J.: Glenwood Publishing Company, 1891)
Chenard, Robert E., comp., Marriages of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Old Town, Maine (1860-1960): including 1836-1892 Franco-American marriages recorded in the civil registers of Bangor, Bradley, Brewer, Old Town, and Orono and death records of St. Joseph to 1946 ([Waterville, Me.?: R.E. Chenard, 1993?])
Kenney, Howard F, Past times in Brewer, Maine ([S.l.: s.n.] ; [n.d.])
Saucier, Neil, The City of Brewer, Maine, centennial 1889-1989: its history and observance for its centennial year 1989 (Brewer, Me.: L. H. Thompson Printing, 1989)
Thayer, Mildred N., and Mrs. Edward W. Ames,Brewer, Orrington, Holden, Eddington: history and families (Brewer, Me.: L. H. Thompson, inc., c1962)
Vickery, James B., A pictorial history of Brewer, Maine (Brewer, Me.: published under the auspices of Brewer Bicentennial Committee, 1976)
Ward, Jean R., comp., Church records and history North Brewer-Eddington United Methodist Church ([Eddington, Me.: The Church, 1990])
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