the connection with it of some of those who were later influential in England in organizing the Massachusetts colony. Footnote 244: _Ibid._, p. 142. Footnote 245: Haven, _Lowell Lectures_, p. 154; Adams, _Three Episodes_, vol. I, p. 144; Hazard, _Historical Collections_, vol. I, p. 391. In regard to the settlement by Thompson, we have documentary evidence in _New Hampshire State Papers_, vol. XXV, pp. 715, 734; but there is no such proof of the traditionary settlement by Hilton, until 1628, although it is accepted by the earlier historians. _Cf._ W. H. Fry, _New Hampshire as a Royal Province_ (New York, 1908), pp. 18, 32. Also, J. G. Jenness, _Notes on the First Planting of New Hampshire_ (Portsmouth, 1878), pp. 4, 14 _ff._ Footnote 246: Burrage, _Colonial Maine_, pp. 169-75; J. P. Baxter, _Christopher Levett of York_, Gorges Society, Portland, 1893; Bradford, _Plymouth_, p. 154. Footnote 247: J. W. Thornton, _The Landing at Cape Anne_ (Boston, 1854), pp. 31 _ff._ Footnote 248: Smith, _Works_, vol. II, p. 783; Bradford, _Plymouth_, pp. 168, _f._; John White, _The Planter's Plea_ (Force Tracts, Washington, 1838), vol. II, pp. 38 _ff._; Wm. Hubbard, _History of New England_ (Cambridge, 1815), pp. 102 _ff._ About 1625, individuals also seem to have established themselves at Shawmut, at Noddle's Island, and on the Mystic River; and, a year later, Thompson removed from the Piscataqua, and settled on the island which has since borne his name in Boston Harbor.[249] Farther eastward, John Brown, by 1625, had founded a settlement at New Harbor, on the eastern shore of Pemaquid; and in the next five years, eighty-four families had located there, on St. Georges River, and at Sheepscot.[250] A station had also been established at Old Orchard Bay, while the importance of Monhegan as a centre for Indian trading is proved by large transactions there as early as 1626.[251] Footnote 249: J. Winsor, _Memorial History_, vol. I, pp. 78, 83; C. F. Adams, “Old Planters about Boston Harbor,” _Mass. Hist. Soc. Proceedings_, Series I, vol. XVI, p. 206. Footnote 250: Burrage, _Colonial Maine_, pp. 78, 83. Footnote 251: _Ibid._, pp. 183, 199. Thus, the inhabitants of Plymouth, after the middle of the first decade of their settlement, were evidently outnumbered by the other permanent settlers, who were likewise founding New England. Some of these we know to have been of the established Church, as were Gorges and Mason, the proprietors of a large section of the territory; while of the majority, we know only that they were traders and planters, who were quite evidently in New England to make their fortunes, and for no other reason.