Fort Mary (Maine) Explained

Fort Mary was a British fort built in 1688 that saw action during Queen Anne's War and was located in Saco, Maine overlooking Winter Harbor / Biddeford Pool.[1] [2] The fort replaced Fort Saco (1708), which was built at Saco Falls during King William's War. The commander of the fort during King William's War was Captain John Hill.[3] The fort was attacked in the Northeast Coast Campaign (1703) and natives killed 11 English and took 24 prisoner.[4] Saco was raided again in 1704 and 1705.[5] [6] They overwhelmed the garrison in the fort at Winter Harbor (in present-day Biddeford near Biddeford Pool), forcing them to submit to terms of capitulation. Winter Harbor was raided two more times, in 1707 and 1710.[5] [7]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/me4.html#saco2 Forts of Maine
  2. http://hillfamilyweb.com/hill/fort%20mary_ii.pdf Fort Mary, Biddeford Pool, Down East Magazine, Vol. 51, Issue 4, Nov. 2004, p. 76
  3. Web site: Capt. John Hill. 15 November 2022 .
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=0ngUAAAAYAAJ&dq=fort+john+hill+saco&pg=PA40 Owen. Old Times in Saco: A Brief Monograph on Local Events p. 43
  5. History of York County. 52-53
  6. https://archive.org/stream/borderwarsnew00drakrich#page/167/mode/1up Dec 20 raid on Saco
  7. https://books.google.com/books?id=0ngUAAAAYAAJ&dq=fort+john+hill+saco&pg=PA40 Charles Frost correspondence