<sod>This was once territory of the Anasagunticook (or [[Androscoggin (tribe)|Androscoggin]]) [[Abenaki]] [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indians]], whose main village was Rockameko, located on Canton Point. They were decimated by [[smallpox]] in 1757. The township was then granted by the [[Massachusetts General Court]] to Captain Joseph Phipps and 63 others for their services in the [[French and Indian War]]. Called Phipps-Canada, the plantation was not settled until after the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]. On February 26, 1795, Phipps-Canada was incorporated as Jay for [[John Jay]],<ref>{{cite book | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA168#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=168}}</ref> the first [[Chief Justice of the United States|chief justice]] of the [[United States Supreme Court|Supreme Court]]. In 1821, [[Canton, Maine|Canton]] was set off and incorporated as a town.<ref name=Coolidge>{{Cite book  | last = Coolidge  | first = Austin J.|author2=John B. Mansfield  | title = A History and Description of New England| year = 1859| location = Boston, Massachusetts| pages = 164–165| url = http://books.google.com/books?id=OcoMAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA9&dq=coolidge%20mansfield%20history%20description%20new%20england%201859&pg=PA164#v=onepage&q&f=false}}</ref><eod>
<sod>This was once territory of the Anasagunticook (or [[Androscoggin (tribe)|Androscoggin]]) [[Abenaki]] [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indians]], whose main village was Rockameko, located on Canton Point. They were decimated by [[smallpox]] in 1757. The township was then granted by the [[Massachusetts General Court]] to Captain Joseph Phipps and 63 others for their services in the [[French and Indian War]]. Called Phipps-Canada, the plantation was not settled until after the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]. On February 26, 1795, Phipps-Canada was incorporated as Jay for [[John Jay]],<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA168#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=168}}</ref> the first [[Chief Justice of the United States|chief justice]] of the [[United States Supreme Court|Supreme Court]]. In 1821, [[Canton, Maine|Canton]] was set off and incorporated as a town.<ref name=Coolidge>{{Cite book  | last = Coolidge  | first = Austin J.|author2=John B. Mansfield  | title = A History and Description of New England| year = 1859| location = Boston, Massachusetts| pages = 164–165| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=OcoMAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA9&dq=coolidge%20mansfield%20history%20description%20new%20england%201859&pg=PA164#v=onepage&q&f=false}}</ref><eod>