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)6 Devon Notes and Queries. very tyme of those lands. I will send yo° my petegree dranen for yo" tictter directon w* shalbee verie brietc and onclie to discide questions, together «*<>■ some of my evidences portable w<* uppon the soddyne I could collects together w* will be delivred by my Coteo Drake unto yo" one oF the knights for our Counlie of Devon who alsoe can informe you of his owne knowledge of dyvers of those lands now In Tny possession and have been a longe tyme in my ancestors. I am loath to bee ov' tedious and theirfore will omitte other thing* vnllll 1 shall more larglie sett downe my desuenti and send upp unto yon w*^ coppies of such deeds w<^ shalbee material! for the proffe (heirof. And then (yf you shall hold it litt and substantial!) I shall desire you to haveyo" approbation for w^ I shalbe thankfull and yeeld unto you sufficient recompence And soe I rest Yo* assured lovinge friend to my Wm. Polk. And soe I rest Master Editor at 70' service and commande. Arthur J. Jewers. 13. Atwblland Main Families. — Many early colonists of the present State of Maine were Devonshire men and some effort is now being made to trace their places of birth. John Main came to Maine between 1630 and 16+0, and with him came one John Attwell, who married Main's daughter. They settled at Falmouth and North Yarmouth (the present town of Vork, Maine), having for neighbours, Battens, Felts, Carrals, Prebles, and Corbins. Associated with them were the noted colonists Richard Cleaves, a Devonian, Richard Martin, son of a mayor of Plymouth, and one John Tucker, who named his home Stogumber, after his birthplace in Somersetshire. Richard Corbin and one of the Atwells were killed by the Indians, August 11, 1676. John Atwell is perhaps the man, aged one year in the Visitation of Devonshire, in 1620 (Harleian Society, Vol. V,, p. 12), and as such from Kenton and Mamhead. Can anyone place John Main, his wife. Elizabeth , or any of his children, as bom in Devonshire ? Any information thankfully received and aclinowledged as of great value for a contemplated genealogy. Stuart C. Wade. 308, West 33rd Street, New York City, U.S.A.