Editing North Yarmouth, Maine (section)

==History==
The area embracing North Yarmouth, first settled in 1636, was abandoned twice before successful final settlement in 1713.  In 1646, [[William Royall (settler)|William Royall]] ({{circa|1595}}–1676) purchased a farm on the river that, since, has borne his name. [[John Cousins]] ({{circa|1596}}–1682), a few years previous, occupied a neck of land between branches of a stream and owned an island, both now bearing his name.  These settlements were established in the vicinity, called by the Wabanakis, as "Wescustogo". Yarmouth originally constituted the eastern portion of North Yarmouth; the "North" in the name intended to differentiate it from [[Yarmouth, Massachusetts|Yarmouth]], [[Massachusetts]], on Cape Cod (Maine then being a part of Massachusetts).  North Yarmouth was chartered on September 22, 1680, encompassing the area of the present Town of North Yarmouth and the future towns of [[Harpswell, Maine|Harpswell]] (until 1750), [[Freeport, Maine|Freeport]] (until 1789), [[Pownal, Maine|Pownal]] (until 1808, from Freeport), [[Cumberland, Maine|Cumberland]] (until 1821), and [[Yarmouth, Maine|Yarmouth]] (until 1849).<ref name=rowe1936>''Ancient North Yarmouth and Yarmouth, Maine 1636-1936: A History'', William Hutchison Rowe (1937)</ref>

In 1980, to coincide with the tricentennial celebration of the incorporation of the Town of North Yarmouth, a new printing of the [[William Hutchinson Rowe]] original 1937 book ''[[Ancient North Yarmouth and Yarmouth, Maine 1636–1936: A History]]'' was made.