Fryeburg, Oxford County
County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Church Records · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Oxford County (set off from York County in 1805)
Incorporated
1777
Previous Designations
Pequawket (Pegwacket, Pequaket, Piggwackett, etc.); the Frye Tract
Boundary Changes
Part of Brownfield Plantation (now Brownfield) was annexed in 1802
Land was set off to Denmark in 1813
An area known as "Texas" was set off from this town and Denmark to Bridgton in 1847
Villages, Locations and Settlements
East Fryeburg, Fish Street, Fryeburg, Fryeburg Center, Harbor (Fryeburg Harbor), Highland Park, Menotomy, North Fryeburg, Pinehurst, West Fryeburg
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Bridgton, Brownfield, Chatham (N.H.), Conway (N.H.), Denmark, Lovell, Stow, Sweden
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Fryeburg
Church Records
Rev. William Riley French Marriage and Funeral Records (1840 to 1893)
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Fryeburg
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Fryeburg, Oxford, Maine
Official Website: Town of Fryeburg
Maine Memory Network: Fryeburg
Bibliography
Barrows, John Stuart, Fryeburg, Maine: an Historical Sketch (Fryeburg, Me.: Pequawket Press, 1938)
Davies, Charles Stewart, An address delivered on the commemoration at Fryeburg, May 19, 1825 (Portland Me.: J. Adams, Jr., 1825)
Gordon, William, History of Fryeburg: copied from William Gordon's writings, newspaper clippings, etc. ([Norway, Me.: G. W. Libby, 1933)
Jones, Diane L., History & Memories of North Fryeburg, Maine & Fryeburg Harbor (2020)
Lewis, Alonzo F., Festival of the Fryeburg septuagenarians, born in 1834 (Fryeburg, Me.: A. F. Lewis, 1904)
Mitchell, Harry Edward, The Town Register: Fryeburg, Lovell, Sweden, Stow and Chatham (Brunswick, Me.: H.E. Mitchell Co., 1907)
Ridlon, Gideon Tibbetts, Saco Valley settlements and families: historical, biographical, genealogical, traditional, and legendary... (Portland, Me.: G.T. Ridlon, 1895)
Souther, Samuel, The Centennial Celebration of the Settlement of Fryeburg, Me. (Worcester Mass.: Printed by Tyler & Seagrave, 1864)
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