Explains his investigations of wills in records of York Co. Common Pleas Office. Isle of Shoal called Smith's Island 1614. Accounts for courts at Saco before 1629; forming of two new counties within York; incorporation of town Pownall. Thomas Pownall then Gov. of Mass. Names appointees to Probate and Common Pleas courts; Registers of Deeds. Towns Hallowell, Vassall, Winthrop incorporated 1771. Claims against Plymouth Company Proprietors before 1750, law-suits, releases on Kennebec River. Large grant in Georgetown [Bath] to Dr. Sylvester Gardner [Gardiner]. 1 s. (4 p.) Old p. 13.