This a list of land patents provided by the British crown for land in what is now the state of Maine:
- Gorges-Mason Grant, 1622
- First Kennebec Patent, 1627
- Mason's Lands, 1629
- Gorges Patent, (de facto 1629; official 1639)
- Comnock's Patent, 1629
- Second Kennebec Patent (also known as the Kennebec Purchase or Plymouth Patent), 1629
- Lygonia Patent, 1630
- Muscongus Patent (also known as the Waldo Patent, and, eventually, the Bingham Purchase), 1630
- Pemaquid Patent, 1631
- Black Point Grant, 1631
See also: Province of Maine
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