daughter, the wife of Col. Nathan- iel Sparhawk. The last Sir Wil- liam (son of Col. Sparhawk,) died in London in 1817. The name and title ace extinct.
Lady Mary Pepperell, relict of Sir William Pepperell, died at her seat in Kittery-, Nov. 25, 1789. She was daughter of- ‘Grove Hirst, Esq. and grand-daughter'of Hon. Judge Sewall. Her natural and acquired powers were said to be very respectable, and she was much admired for her wit and sweetness of manners.
William Pepperell, the fa- ther of the first Sir William, was a native of Cornwall, England, and emigrated to this country about the year 1676, and settled at the Isles of ShQals, as a fisherman. It is said, he was so poor for some time after his arriv’al, that the lady to whom he paid his addresses at the Shoals would not hearken to him. However, in a few years, by his industry and frugality, he' got erjough to send out a brig, which he loaded to Hull. The lady now gave her consent. After his mar- riage, he removed to Kittery, where he became a very wealthy merchant, and died in 1734.
Pequawkctt River, Iff. II.
Pequawkett, written by Belknap Pigwacket, and by Sullivan Pick- wocket, but the true orthography is found to be Pe-quaw-kett; an In- dian name applied to a considerable tract of country, now including Conway, N. H., Fryeburgh, Me., and some of the adjacent towns.— It is also,the name of a river flow- ing into the Saco, from two,ponds in Eaton; and of a mountain be- tween Bartlett and Chatham, for- merly called Kearsarge.'
Perry, Me.
Washington cp. This town Hes on the W. side of St. Croix river, and 5 miles N. W. from Eastport, to which it is connected by a bridge. |
It is favored with good navigable waters, and is a place of considera- ble enterprise in the'fishing busi- ness, ship building, and the coasting and lumber trade. It is 184 miles E. by N. from Augusta, and 25 E. N. E. from Machias. Incorporated, 1818. Population, 1837, 929.
At Pleasant Point, in this town, on the margin of the river, is an Indian reservation, the residence of the remnant of the Openangos, or Passdmaquoddy tribe.. The village contains a Roman Catholic church, about 20 cottages, and 120 souls.— The reservation comprises about
27,000 acres.
Peru, Me.
Oxford co. Peru is bounded on the N. by Androscoggin river, and contains some pleasant ponds and mill streams. It has a good soil and produced, in 1837, 3,457 bushels of wheat. Population, same year, 854. Incorporated, 1821. Peru lies 38 miles W. by N. from Augus- ta, and 17 N. by E. from Paris.
Peru, Vt.
Bennington co. This is a Green Mountain township, high and brok- en. It contains two large fish ponds from which issue beautiful moun- tain streams. First settled, '1773. Population, 1830, 455, It lies 3C miles N. N. E. from Bennington, and 30 S. W. from Windsor.
Peru, Mass.
Berkshire co. This is a rough and mountainous town, wherein branches of Houeatonick and West- field rivers rise. It was formerly called Partridgefield, and incorpo- rated by that name in 1771. The soil is cold but adapted for grazing. The inhabitants are chiefly farm- ers. Population, 1837, 656. In that year 6,127 sheep were sheared in this town ; the value of the wool, which weighed 18*381 lbs., was $ll,948i Peru lies 111 miles W. from Boston, 18 N. E.from Lenox, |