Devonshire County, Maine Genealogy

United States Maine  Devonshire County

As a result of the, in 1673 Massachusetts claimed New York's former Cornwall County in present-day Maine from the Atlantic coast to the Quebec border. In 1674 Massachusetts split-off Devonshire County between the and  in what is now Maine.

During in 1675 the  attacked white settlements in both Devonshire County and the remaining part of Cornwall County. Both counties were abandoned and lost to the Indians.