The 25-year movement to separate the district of Maine from the state of Massachusetts culminates with Maine's 1820 admission to the Union.

Hezekiah served three enlistments in the Continental Army, seeing services in the Battles of Trenton and Princeton

Following his war service, Stetson joined other Massachusetts families in settling Oxford County in the Maine territory

Brutal killings of Massachusetts tribal leaders by Miles Standish at a colony adjacent to Plymouth

Cornet Robert Stetson was aboard the Griffin in 1634 among a group who settled a land grant along the North River near Scituate