Sir William Pepperrell, 1st Baronet (27 June 1696 – 6 July 1759) was an American merchant and soldier in colonial Massachusetts. He is widely remembered...
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The William Pepperrell House is a historic house at 94 Pepperrell Road (Maine State Route 103) in Kittery Point, Maine. Built about 1682 and later enlarged...
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Bray House was the birthplace of the mother of Sir William Pepperrell, whose father William Pepperrell Sr. married John Bray's daughter Margery, but it...
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United States Pepperrell Air Force Base, U.S. military base in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada from 1941 to 1960 William Pepperrell (1696–1759), merchant...
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which operated from 1941 to 1961. The base was named in honour of Sir William Pepperrell (1696–1759) of Kittery, Maine, commander of a force of 4,200 soldiers...
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striped of their identities The Maine Historical Society calls Sir William Pepperrell (1696 – 1759) of Kittery "Maine's most prolific and infamous slave...
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from the chamber. Shirley appointed a reluctant William Pepperrell to command the expedition, William Vaughn was appointed colonel, but without a command...
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twelve. He moved to Kittery, Maine, and was cared for by his uncle, William Pepperrell. As a young man he went to sea in one of his uncle’s ships. He was...
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George's War where he served in the 1745 Siege of Louisbourg under William Pepperrell, and was a lieutenant in the Provincial troops which were sent to...
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Lady Mary Pepperrell, widow of Sir William Pepperrell, the house is one of the finest examples of Georgian architecture in New England. Pepperrell was the...
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incorporated as its own town in 1775. The founders named it after Sir William Pepperrell, a Massachusetts colonial soldier who led the Siege of Louisbourg...
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Pennsylvania and New Jersey funds. The force was under the command of William Pepperrell of Kittery (in the portion of the Massachusetts colony that is now...
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census. Like the town of Pepperell, East Pepperell is named for Sir William Pepperrell, a Massachusetts colonial soldier who led the Siege of Louisbourg...
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1745 Battle of Louisbourg, in which Massachusetts militiamen led by William Pepperrell, who was made the first American baronet for his role, sacked the...
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built with the support of merchant William Pepperrell, Sr., the father of French and Indian War hero, William Pepperrell, also an active member of the congregation...
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colonial militia organised by Massachusetts Governor William Shirley, commanded by William Pepperrell of Maine (then part of Massachusetts), and assisted...
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grandchild Foster Hutchinson Jr., Chief Justice, died 1815, William Pepperrell's grandson William Pepperrell, died 1837, 34th Regiment of Foot Chief Justice Sampson...
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Major Pomeroy answered Governor William Shirley's call for volunteers. He was part of the expedition led by William Pepperrell that captured Fortress Louisbourg...
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family's shipping empire, notably run in the mid-18th century by Sir William Pepperrell. Converted into a ship chandlery in the 19th century, it was sold...
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Kleinbauer, Medieval Academy of America – 1989 "NRHP nomination for William Pepperrell House". National Park Service. Retrieved August 25, 2015. "The Jamesburg...
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not attempt any additional attacks on Spanish possessions. In 1745, William Pepperrell of New England led a colonial expedition, supported by a British fleet...
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King George's War (1744 to 1748), an army of New Englanders led by William Pepperrell mounted an expedition of 90 vessels and 4,000 men against Louisbourg...
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governor Robert Pagan, merchant involved in shipbuilding William Paine, physician Sir William Pepperrell, merchant Benjamin Pickman Sr., merchant James Putnam...
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Colonial Village, (1948), pg. 69 archive.org "NRHP nomination for William Pepperrell House". National Park Service. Retrieved August 25, 2015. "Historic...
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significant action was an expedition organized by Massachusetts Governor William Shirley that besieged and ultimately captured the French fortress of Louisbourg...
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(March 24, old style); Under the command of British Army General William Pepperrell, the first 4,300 American colonists in the New England Army depart...
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Biddeford separated as the District of Pepperrellborough, named for Sir William Pepperrell, hero of the Battle of Louisburg and late proprietor of the town....
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1574) 1596 – Maximilian, Prince of Dietrichstein (d. 1655) 1696 – William Pepperrell, American merchant and soldier (d. 1759) 1717 – Louis-Guillaume Le...
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site date to the late 17th century when shipbuilder William Pepperell (father of William Pepperrell) acquired the property and erected crude defense works...
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Austrian Succession: New England colonial troops under the command of William Pepperrell capture the Fortress of Louisbourg in Louisbourg, New France (Old...
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