Pepperrell, William, Sir, 1696-1759
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Pepperrell, Sir William, bart., 1696-1759
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Army officer and Colonial governor, of Kittery, Me.
Pepperrell was a merchant, politician and soldier who served in the colonial governments in Massachusetts. Israel Williams was a soldier and commander of a Hampshire County regiment in King George's War and in the French and Indian Wars.
Colonial merchant and army officer; of Kittery, Me.; president of the Massachusetts Council.
Justice of the peace in York County, Me.
Merchant, shipowner, army officer, and governor of Massachusetts, of Kittery and York County, Me.; owner of vessels sailing out of Kittery and Portsmouth, N.H.
Massachusetts merchant, government official, and soldier. During the French and Indian War he was made commander of all Massachusetts forces and in August 1757 was sent to raise troops along the frontier.
Merchant, politician, and military leader, of Kittery Point, Me.
Merchant, army officer, and colonial governor of Massachusetts; of Kittery Point, Me.
Native of Kittery, Me. (then part of Massachusetts); merchant and army colonel who fought in the Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, campaign in 1745 and during the French and Indian War in America; knighted 1747.
British army officer.
Merchant, army officer, and Colonial governor of Massachusetts; of Kittery Point, Me.
Sir William Pepperrell (1696-1759) was the son of Col. William Pepperrell (1646-1734). Sir William was taught to do business, to survey land, to sail a ship, to act as clerk, and to manage men. He became very wealthy by trading in fish, lumber and West India goods, by extensive ship-building, and by the purchase and sale of large tracts of land in Saco and Scarborough, Maine. He was a commander of the Maine militia. In 1745 he was appointed to command the expedition against Louisburg in Nova Scotia. For his success there he was knighted in London.
Christopher Kilby was a merchant in Boston and was elected by the General Court as provisional agent for Massachusetts in London. He became acquainted with Sir William Pepperrell in London and became his intermediary and chief informant in matters of official and quasi-official nature.
John Bradstreet, a Nova Scotian, fought with Pepperrell at Louisburg.
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Kittery (Me.)
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Louisbourg (Cape Breton Island, N.S.)
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Kittery Point (Me.)
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Maine--Kittery
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Maine
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Maine--Kittery Point
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Kittery (Me.)
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New England
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Barcelona (Spain)
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Barbados
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Boston (Mass.)
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Louisbourg (N.S.)
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Maine
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Louisbourg (N.S.)
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Cádiz (Spain)
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Massachusetts
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Kittery (Me.)
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York County (Me.)
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Kittery (Me.)
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Louisbourg (N.S.)
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