History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume 1Duane Hamilton Hurd J. W. Lewis & Company, 1890 - Middlesex Co. (Mass.) |
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... Colony , it may be well to hastily recount its chief incidents occurring before the incorporation of the county which includes a part of its territory . tory between Central New Jersey and the Gulf of St. Lawrence on the Atlantic coast ...
... Colony , it may be well to hastily recount its chief incidents occurring before the incorporation of the county which includes a part of its territory . tory between Central New Jersey and the Gulf of St. Lawrence on the Atlantic coast ...
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... Colony who came by water from Plymouth on an ex- pedition , partly to trade and partly to conclude peace with the Massachusetts Indians . It is probable that on this expedition Point Allerton and the Brewsters , at the entrance of ...
... Colony who came by water from Plymouth on an ex- pedition , partly to trade and partly to conclude peace with the Massachusetts Indians . It is probable that on this expedition Point Allerton and the Brewsters , at the entrance of ...
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... Colony provided for at an early date were treasurer , commissioners of the Uni- ted Colonies , secretary and beadle or marshal . The treasurers were : Richard Bellingham , May 17 , 1637 , and June 6 , 1639 ; Wm . Coddington , May 14 ...
... Colony provided for at an early date were treasurer , commissioners of the Uni- ted Colonies , secretary and beadle or marshal . The treasurers were : Richard Bellingham , May 17 , 1637 , and June 6 , 1639 ; Wm . Coddington , May 14 ...
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... Colony into counties in 1643. On the 10th of May in that year it was enacted " that the whole plantation within this jurisdiction is divided into four shires . | came a royal province , and its Massachusetts towns were annexed to Essex ...
... Colony into counties in 1643. On the 10th of May in that year it was enacted " that the whole plantation within this jurisdiction is divided into four shires . | came a royal province , and its Massachusetts towns were annexed to Essex ...
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... Colony , which was not included in the commission of Dudley . He appointed thirty - nine members of his Council ... Colonies , in 1692 . On the 7th of October , 1691 , a new charter was issued , which embraced Massachusetts , Plymouth ...
... Colony , which was not included in the commission of Dudley . He appointed thirty - nine members of his Council ... Colonies , in 1692 . On the 7th of October , 1691 , a new charter was issued , which embraced Massachusetts , Plymouth ...
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