Excerpt from Poland Spring Centennial: A Souvenir Rickers in the United States, a numerous, far-reaching family, the Rickers of Poland Spring being in the direct line from Maturin, the younger. George, the elder. Came over first, advised to come by Parson Reyner, who paid his passage. He arrived about the year 1650. After repaying the parson, his next earnings went to pay for bringing Maturin over, which was a few years later than his own arrival. The brothers married here, and George had nine children, Maturin at least four. They built garrison houses near by each other on Dover Point. Tradition tells us that they were very much attached to each other, and frequently declared that neither wanted to hear of the other's death, because the one left would be unhappy alone. The Indians, so the story runs, heard of this feeling, and planned to kill them both one morning. Accordingly, the savages lay in wait, an Indian at each garrison house. Ivhen one of the brothers appeared at his door in the morning, one Indian drew up and shot him. The other brother, hearing the report of the gun, came to his door, when another Indian sprang from his hiding-place and shot him also, so that they died within five minutes of each other. The Journal of Rev. John Pike, the minister in Dover at that time, relates this incident somewhat differently. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.