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Leeds, Maine
(Littleborough)

Last Updated Dec-2008

Wabanaki Family Names Known Here

Wabanaki Events That Occurred Here

  • 1860 Census - Elizabeth & Franklin Peal found in the household of Solomon Libby

Bits & Pieces from Books, news-clippings, etc.

  • In Littleborough in 1779, there was a wigwam village (on the site where Pocasset and his clan had formerly dwelt) occupied by the old chief, Sabattis, and certain [Abenaki] tribesmen.
  • In 1780 Indians were quite plentiful in Leeds
  • An encampment was located by the river near the place now [abt.1900] owned by the Deane Brothers
  • An encampment was located on land owned by Reuben Campbell [abt.1900] by the mouth of Dead River.
  • An encampment was located on the east side of the road, north of land now owned by D.P. True [abt.1900].
  • An encampment was located at the south end of the Lake, on land now owned by Herbert Parker [Abt. 1900]
  • An encampment was located at Stinchfield Point
  • You can see the carry-over on the Dead River at North Leeds even today [1969] ... it is under an old iron railroad bridge.

Ne-Do-Ba Comment - - - Pocasset is the name of a Massachusetts Tribe and we have found no documentation to suggest any from that group ever lived in Maine. Some of the locations mentioned may represent prehistoric sites rather than 18th Century sites.

 

The first settlers in this area were Thomas Stinchfield and his younger brother, Robert [Roger ?], both of New Gloucester. ... He [Thomas] took a most unusual attitude for those days, towards the Indians. He held that by a more kindly attitude toward them and treating by acts showing honest purpose on the part of the white men, they could secure their confidence and friendship.

On Dead River near what is now North Leads was located an Indian Village of which Sabattus was Chief. They urged Thomas to settle among them and offered to give him the land occupied by their village. He accepted the offer and the Indians moved their village to another spot in the vicinity.

Source: Lewiston Journal Magazine Section - April 17, 1954

General Items of Interest to Researchers

  • Organized as Littleborough in 1801
  • Part of Lincoln County until Androscoggin County was created in 1854
  • Local names include Dead River, Curtis Corner, and High Moor
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