Kittery, York, Maine

Notes:
English settlement around the natural harbor of the Piscataqua River estuary began about 1623. By 1632 it was protected by Fort William and Mary on today's New Hampshire side of the river; in 1689 defensive works that later became Fort McClary in Kittery Point were added on today's Maine side to the north.

Kittery was incorporated in 1647, staking a claim as the "oldest incorporated town in Maine."[4] It was named after the birthplace of a founder, Alexander Shapleigh, from his manor of Kittery Court at Kingswear in Devon, England. Shapleigh arrived in 1635 aboard the ship Benediction, which he co-owned with another prominent settler, Captain Francis Champernowne,[5] a cousin of Sir Ferdinando Gorges, lord proprietor of Maine.[6] Together with the Pepperrell family, they established fisheries offshore at the Isles of Shoals, where fish were caught, salted, and exported back to Europe. Other pioneers were hunters, trappers, and workers of the region's abundant timber. The settlement at the mouth of the Piscataqua River was protected by Fort McClary.[7]

In 1705, during Queen Anne's War tribes of the Wabanaki Confederacy raided the town killing six citizens and taking five prisoners.[12]

During the Revolution, the first vessels of the U.S. Navy were constructed on Badger's Island, including the 1777 USS Ranger commanded by John Paul Jones. The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, the nation's first federal navy yard, was established in 1800 on Fernald's Island. It connects to the mainland by two bridges. The facility rebuilt the USS Constitution, and built the Civil War USS Kearsarge. Seavey's Island was annexed and became site of the now defunct Portsmouth Naval Prison.[13]

Birth

Matches 1 to 10 of 10

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Birth	Person ID
1	CURTIS, Hannah	1 Jan 1639	I9041
2	DEERING, Sarah	9 Jan 1657	I10446
3	FERNALD, Archelaus	4 Dec 1749	I47214
4	FERNALD, Hercules “Hermes”	8 Sep 1713	I40320
5	GRANT, Grizzel	10 Jul 1664	I7146
6	HICKS, Joseph	Abt 1693	I4243
7	JENKINS, Reynald	10 Apr 1680	I620
8	KEAY, Mary	15 Dec 1701	I573
9	LORD, Mary	Abt 1660	I3935
10	TUCKER, Mary	23 Mar 1719	I40319

Death

Matches 1 to 8 of 8

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Death	Person ID
1	CURTIS, Hannah	18 Feb 1714	I9041
2	DEERING, Sarah	Jan 1728	I10446
3	DOWNES, Sgt Thomas	1711	I3934
4	FERNALD, Hercules “Hermes”	Abt 1794	I40320
5	HICKS, Dennis	15 Nov 1725	I10445
6	JENKINS, Jabez	2 Nov 1697	I9040
7	JENKINS, Reynald	9 Jan 1735	I620
8	TUCKER, Mary		I40319

Death

Matches 1 to 1 of 1

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Death	Person ID
1	JENKINS, Reginald	Abt 1691	I4838

Marriage

Matches 1 to 3 of 3

	Family	Marriage	Family ID
1	FERNALD / TUCKER	18 Mar 1736	F28023
2	HICKS / DEERING	1689	F3575
3	JENKINS / CANNEY	19 May 1712	F225