George Gladden, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 17… (1911)
“ In 1671 Governor Francis Lovelace, of New York, appointed Mayhew governor for life of Martha’s Vineyard; in 1683, the island, with Nantucket, the Elizabeth Islands, No Man’s Land, and Chappaquiddick Island were erected into Dukes county, and in 1695 the county was re-incorporated by Massachusetts with Nantucket excluded. Under the new charter of Massachusetts Bay (1691) , after some dispute between Massachusetts and New York, Martha’s Vineyard became a part of Massachusetts. ”
