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Ferdinando Gorges

c. 1565–1647 · 17th century · Also known as Sir Ferdinando Gorges

Sir Ferdinando Gorges was an English soldier and colonial promoter, long governor of the fort at Plymouth, who backed English settlement in New England for decades. A leading member of the Plymouth Company and the Council for New England, he received a grant with John Mason in 1622 and a royal charter for the Province of Maine in 1639. He never visited America, and Massachusetts absorbed his province after his death.

Ferdinando Gorges
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Province of Maine

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