Captain Christopher Levett (15 April 1586 – 1630) was an English writer, explorer and naval captain, born at York, England. He explored the coast of New...
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where they remain today. The first European to attempt settlement was Christopher Levett, an English naval captain who was granted 6,000 acres (24 km2) from...
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English explorer Christopher Levett built a blockhouse on the island, part of 6,000 acres (24 km2) granted him by the English King. Levett left behind a...
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England, Christopher Levett of York. In Whitaker's will of 1610, and proved following his death in 1616, Whitaker noted that he owed "Christopher Levite...
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derivation for these English sailors. In 1623, the English naval captain Christopher Levett, exploring the New England coast, wrote: "The first place I set my...
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as Sherborne Castle. Sherborne became home to Yorkshireman Captain Christopher Levett, who came to the West Country as His Majesty's Woodward of Somersetshire...
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(“at the fish hook”) in Penobscot. The first European settler was Christopher Levett, an English naval captain granted 6,000 acres (2,400 ha) in 1623 to...
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voyage to England. Kui Lee (1932–1966), American singer-songwriter. Christopher Levett (1586–1630), English explorer of modern–day New England, buried at...
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settlement was attempted in 1623 by English explorer and naval Captain Christopher Levett at a place called York, where he had been granted 6,000 acres (24 km2)...
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needed] The first colonial settlement in Casco Bay was that of Captain Christopher Levett, an English explorer, who built a house on House Island in 1623–24...
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the site of an early European house, believed that built by Capt. Christopher Levett, an English explorer of the region.[1][2] The island sold for $5.35m...
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of the Eastland Company and father of English explorer Capt. Christopher Levett. Levett was born in Harewood, Yorkshire, and removed early to the city...
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venture by Capt. Christopher Levett, an agent for Gorges and a member of the Council for New England. With the King's blessing, Levett embarked on a scheme...
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was initially known as Levett's River, so named by the first English settler of the Casco Bay region, Capt. Christopher Levett. But shortly afterwards...
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(died in 1642), the father-in-law of the English explorer, Captain Christopher Levett. Patrick Brontë and Maria Branwell were married at St Oswald's and...
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Gorges and his nephew established Maine's first court system. Capt. Christopher Levett, early English explorer of the New England coast, was an agent for...
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explorer and naval Captain, Christopher Levett, who was attempting a settlement at Portland, Maine, which also later failed. Levett was named to advise Gorges...
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a child named Ruhama. [citation needed] In 1624, English Captain Christopher Levett entertained Samoset and other Indian leaders in the harbor of Portland...
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Levett is a surname of Anglo-Norman origin, deriving from [de] Livet, which is held particularly by families and individuals resident in England and British...
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County by Massachusetts in 1668 York, England, the birthplace of Christopher Levett who first attempted to settle the area. 218,586 1,271 sq mi (3,292 km2)...
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first recorded landfall of an Englishman was that of explorer Captain Christopher Levett, whose 300 fishermen in six ships discovered that the Isles of Shoals...
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Capt. Christopher Levett, one of the earliest explorers of New England. His book is dedicated to a member of the Suffolk gentry, and perhaps Levett was...
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Fort Levett was a former U.S. Army fort built on Cushing Island, Maine, beginning in 1898. Located in Cumberland County, Maine, in Casco Bay near Portland...
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band known as the Aucocisco living in Casco Bay. English explorer Christopher Levett met with the Aucocisco Sagamore Skittery Gusset at his summer village...
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George Baker Leavitt Sr., whaling captain, arctic explorer Capt. Christopher Levett, English explorer of Casco Bay, founded first settlement Francis Pettygrove...
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in a home built by explorer Capt. Christopher Levett, who had been granted land to found an English colony. Levett's settlement also failed, and the fate...
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appointed Admiral to New England, where he served alongside Capt. Christopher Levett, Governor of Plymouth, on a three-man council under Capt. Robert Gorges...
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Sir Richard Levett (died 1711) was an English merchant, politician and slave trader who served as Lord Mayor of London in 1699. Born in Ashwell, Rutland...
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Hahn Team Hahn Oxxo Racing 4 R1 Nürburgring July 24–25 Christopher Levett Christopher Levett Truck Sport Lutz Bernau R2 David Vršecký Buggyra Int. Racing...
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William B. Franklin (1823–1903) a career US Army officer. Captain Christopher Levett (1586–1630), explorer of New England, first settler of York (present-day...
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