Penobscot, Hancock County, Maine Genealogy

Guide to Penobscot, Hancock ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Town Clerk
Town of Penobscot Town Clerk 1 Southern Bay Road Penobscot, ME 04476 Phone: (207)326-4364 Penobscot Website

Brief History
Penobscot was first organized from Township Number 3 East of Penobscot River, Livermore Survey (T3 EPR LS) (also known as Township Number 3 West of Union River) as Majorbigwaduce Plantation (also known as Magorbigwaduce, aka Magabagwaduce, aka Maja Bagadoose) prior to 1787. In 1787 this plantation was incorporated as the Town of Penobscot. Penobscot is a town and former plantation on the southwest side of Hancock County on the eastern shore of the Penobscot River and surrounding the headwaters of the Bagaduce River. It was settled in the 1760s by British subjects from west of the Penobscot River. It is named for the Native Americans who were there when European settlement began (first in Castine in 1613).

Town boundary changes: Penobscot set off land to form Castine in 1796; and more land to the same in 1817, 1839, and 1927. Penobscot set off land to form Brooksville in 1817. Land was also set off to Surry in 1843. Parts of Surry and Blue Hill were annexed in 1845; and part of Sedgwick was annexed in 1857.

Libraries and Historical Societies
Local genealogy may be accessed at http://sites.rootsweb.com/~mecpenob/ and http://www.penobscot-maine.com/genealogy.