Pittsfield, Maine, USA (Plymouth Gore) (Plantation of Sebasticook) (Warsaw)
1795 - Moses Martin

The first permanent settler, Moses Martin, established a home in Pittsfield in 1795 just a mile down river from the present Edwards Plant. He brought with him, from the older settlement at Norridgewock, his wife, Anna Parker, two boys, and two girls. He was a skilled woodsman, hunter, trapper, and fisher and was well liked by the Indians "for he was superior to them where they excelled most."

Other settlers began to arrive in 1800, mostly from other parts of Maine such as Norridgewock, Fairfield, Vassalboro, etc. A small mill was built where the Edwards plant is now located. At that time, Pittsfield was called Plymouth Gore. It became Sebasticook Plantation in 1816, and it was incorporated as the town of Warsaw in 1819. The first town meeting was at the home of John Webb on the Snake Root Road. Maine was almost ready to separate from Massachusetts and become the State of Maine.

The town was responsible for roads and bridges and five school districts. In 1824, the name of the town was changed to Pittsfield, in honor of William Pitts, Esquire, of Belgrade, who was a large landowner in the town. The early settlers were farmers who paid their taxes in corn and wheat.



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