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York Cliffs, Maine
York Cliffs is a village in the town of York in York County, Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and ..., United States. It lies east of the village of Cape Neddick, Maine, Cape Neddick and north of York Beach, Maine, York Beach. References York, Maine Villages in York County, Maine Populated coastal places in Maine {{maine-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passaconaway Inn, York Cliffs, ME
Passaconaway was a 17th century sachem and later ''bashaba'' (chief of chiefs) of the Pennacook people in what is now southern New Hampshire in the United States, who was famous for his dealings with the Plymouth Colony, Plimouth and Massachusetts Bay Colony, Massachusetts Bay Colonies. Name 17th century records spell his name in a variety of ways, including Papisseconewa, Papisseconeway, Passeconneway, Papisseconneway, Passeconewa, Passaconaway, and Peasconaway. In New English Caanan, New English Canaan (1637) Thomas Morton (colonist), Thomas Morton wrote the name as "Papasiquineo". At some point in the late 1830s American author Samuel Gardner Drake, Samuel G. Drake either theorized, or encountered someone else's theory, that these names are all derived from words for "child" and "bear" - he make the claim for the first time in the 1841 8th edition of his ''Indian Biographies''. Chandler Potter's 1856 ''History of Manchester'' derived the name from ''papoeis'' "a child" and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
