New France, which resented encroachment into territory it considered part of Acadia. The area was deserted. Small took part in the Ossipee Excursion in this war. About 1700, Small moved from Kittery to Truro, Massachusetts to live with his son, Daniel. Major Nicholas Shapleigh died in 1682, followed 32 years later by Small. Then in 1770, the original unrecorded deed from Wesumbe to Francis Small was found by Small's heirs. Together with the heirs of Shapleigh, in 1772 they appointed a committee to recover the land. Accompanied by a surveyor and chairman, the committee marked what became the towns' boundaries. Represented by attorney James Sullivan, Small's heirs took possession of Cornish, Limington, Newfield and half of Limerick, while Shapleigh's heirs took possession of Parsonsfield, Shapleigh and the remainder of Limerick, the latter town presented by both sets of heirs to Sullivan as his fee. Wesumbe deed Wesumbe deed, November 28, 1668; Maine Historical Society References External links Francis Small Heritage Trust Category:1625 births Category:1714 deaths Category:People of colonial Maine Category:Native American history of Maine Category:People from Bideford Category:People from Kittery, Maine Category:American fur traders Category:People of pre-statehood Maine Category:People from Harpswell, Maine