Devonshire County, Maine Genealogy

Devonshire County, Massachusetts (now Maine) was created as a result of the, in 1673 when Massachusetts claimed New York's former Cornwall County in present-day Maine from the Atlantic coast to the Quebec border. In 1674 Massachusetts created a split-off called 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.

For information about residents of Devonshire County 1674-1675 (now in Maine), try searching records of:


 * New England Historic Genealogical Society
 * Maine State Archives
 * County records of the present-day Maine county which now includes the former Devonshire County land where a white ancestor lived 1674-1675.
 * The present-day Maine counties which partially included former Devonshire County land are: Aroostook, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Sagadahoc, Somerset, and Waldo.