Book/Printed Material History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family register.
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Image 1 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an …
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 2 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … EflHH
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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- Date: 1840
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Image 4 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an …
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- Date: 1840
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Image 5 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an …
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 6 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an …
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 7 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … HISTORY OF THE EARLY SETTLEMENT BRIDGEWATER, IN PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS, INCLUDING AN EXTENSIVE FAMILY REGISTER. By NAHUM MITCHELL BOSTON: PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR BY KIDDER WRIGHT, 32 CONGRESS STREET. 1840.
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 8 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … ^7f Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1840, Br Nahum Mitchell, In the Clerk s Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 9 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … PREFACE. 7 There was formerly among all nations, as well christian as pagan, a great diversity not only with regard to the commence- ment of the year, some adopting the autumnal and…
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 10 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … CORRECTIONS. Page 37. l^o the Senators there mentioned may be added the names of Hon. Wilham Baylies, Aaron Hobart, Abel Kingman, and John A. Shaw. Page 73. 1702, last line but one,…
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 11 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … HISTORY OF THE EARLY SETTLEMENT OF BRIDGEWATER, ORIGINAL GRANTS, ADDITIONS, AND BOUNDARIES. Bridgewater was originally a plantation granted to Duxbury^ s When the township of Marshfield became a separate and distinct corporation,…
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 12 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … 10 IIISTOUY OI THE thought good ])y the court, that there be a view taken of the hinds described by them, immely, twelve miles up into the woods from Plymouth bounds at…
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 13 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … EARLY SETTLEMENT OF BUIDGEWATEU. 11 John pAvnoDV, John Irish, AViLLiAM Paybody, Philip Delano, Francis Sprague, Arthur Harris, f~°*- William Bassett, Mr. John Alden, John Washburn, John Fobes, John Washburn, Jr., Samuel Nash,…
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 14 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … 12 HISTOUY OF THE given, granted, enfeofed, and sold unto the said Miles Standish, Samuel Nash, and Constant Southworth in the behalf of all the townsmen of Duxbury as aforesaid, with all…
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 15 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … EARLY SETTLEMENT OF BRIDGEWATER. 13 Seth Latham formerly lived, now owned and occupied by David Kingman. The Indian name of the place was Wonnocooto. The wear, which was made the central point…
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 16 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … 14 HISTORY OF THE locating Capt. StancUsli s grant, that the court had so urgently called on 15ndge\vater to fix and set up their centre. In the jjpring of lOoS the court…
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 17 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … EARLY SETTLEMENT OF CRIDGEWATER. 15 the court s committee at last, and not the town, fixed the centre, as the monmnental tree bore the initials of Constant Southworth, (C. S.,) who no…
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 18 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … 16 HISTORY OF THE whether the purchase would include the lands prayed for by the town. It is here subjoined The town (Duxbury) appointed me with others to purchase of Ossamequin a…
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 19 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … EARLY SETTLEMENT OF BRIDGEWATEU. 17 This has been commonly called the two miles additional grant, and the first one, the old four mile grant. It would seem by this grant, as well…
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 20 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … 18 HISTORY OF THE deposition of five Indians taken before Increase Nowell, John Eliot, and John Hoare in 1650, as follows We do all affirm, that Chickatabut s bounds did extend from…
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 21 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … EARLY SETTLEMENT OF BRIDGEWATER. 19 sold, and by these presents do bargain, and sell for myself, my heirs and assigns forever, unto Nicholas Byram, sen., Samuel Edson, sen., and William Brett, sen.,…
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 22 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … 30 HISTORY OF THE Esq., Governor of his Majesty s Colony of New Plymouth, in New England, sendeth greeting. Whereas, at his Majesty s general court held at Plymouth the 4th of…
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 23 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … EARLY SETTLEMENT OF KRIDGEWATEH. 21 the centre, and running north from station to station, till it meet with the line of the colonies and from said heap of stones south, to a…
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 24 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … 22 HISTORY OF THE by the honorable council at Plymouth, in the county of Devon, for the planting, ordering, and governing of New England, derivatory from his Majesty King James the first…
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 25 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … EARLY SETTLEMENT OF BRIDGEWATER. 23 forever to have and to hold, occupy and enjoy, as their proper right, forever, without any claim, title, interest or molestation to be made by me, my…
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 26 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … 24 HISTORY OF THE ever belonging to Bridgewater in its greatest extent. The greatest part of Abington, and what is now Hanson, at. that period, belonged to Bridgewater, which must then have…
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 27 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … EARLY SETTLEMENT OF BRIDGEAVATER. 25 which was finally settled by court June 8, 1716, when the great river was constituted the boundary between them. This seems to have been done in pursuance…
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 28 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … 26 HISTORY OF THE the river, from where Scth Lotlirop lately lived, dovi n to John- son s four corners, a little easterly of where Capt. Rider now lives. The proprietors or…
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 29 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … EARLY SETTLEMENT OF BRIDGEWATER. 27 thirty-five of the Leyclen people, with their famihes, arrived at Plymouth and in 1630, sixty more came. Many of the Bridge- water proprietors were doubtless among these.…
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 30 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … 28 HISTORY OF THE These had taken the Freeman s oath probably before the incor- poration of the plantation. In 1C57 we find among the freemen of Bridgewater, th^se additional names, viz…
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 31 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … EARLY SETTLEMENT OF BRIDGEWATER. 29 Their proprietary concerns were managed in town meetings in the same way their other town aftairs Avere conducted, and all the records and votes respecting their lands…
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 32 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … 30 HISTORY OF THE the east, fourteen on the w est, and ten on the south and the proprietors in each division were authorised to lay out their lands among themselves in…
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 33 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … EARLY SETTLEMENT OF BIIIDGEWATER. 31 \f Widow (of Sam l.) Wads- worth, John Willis, Jr., Widow (of John) Robbins, _17 1ots. And from the extent of this seven miles of those on…
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 34 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … 32 history of the William Snow, Elisha Hayward, William Orcutt, Dea. Samuel Edson. Joseph Bassett, And the ten on the south are to begin at Taunton, (now Raynham,) hne, and to run…
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 35 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … EARLY SETTLEMENT OF BRIDGEWATER. 33 tlie existing grants, and procure to himself a title to it in the same way. Instances of common land ha\ing been found and thus taken up, have…
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 36 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … 34 HISTORY OF THE be sixty-four in number, shall be proprietors and full purchasers in the lands at Titicut, which had been bought of the Indians but the division was not actually…
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 37 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … EARLY SETTLEMENT OF BRIDGEWATER. 35 All these, except the Wadsworths, Thatcher, Gannett, and Partridge, were residents in the town at this period, which was as early at least as 1680. But shares…
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 38 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … 36 HISTORY OF THE 1689 Thomas Hayward William Brett, 2d. 1C90 William Brett, 1691 Josiah Edson. From 1691 the Representatives to the General Court of Massachusetts, are as follows 1692 Josiah Edson…
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 39 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … EARLY SETTLEMENT OF BRIDGEWATER. 37 1778 Nathan Mitchell Oakes Angier, 1779 Oakes Anuier 6c Josiah Hayden, 1780 Nathan Mitchell «fc David Kingman, 1781 Nathan Mitchell, 17S2 Hugh Orr, 1783 Nathan Mitchell, to…
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
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Image 40 of History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an … 38 HISTORY OF THE PHILIP S WAR. Many of the early settlers of Bridgewater were young men, born in this country, well acquainted with the Indian character, and therefore well calculated to…
- Contributor: Mitchell, Nahum
- Date: 1840
About this Item
Title
- History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family register.
Names
- Mitchell, Nahum, 1769-1853.
Created / Published
- Boston, Kidder & Wright, 1840.
Headings
- - Bridgewater (Mass.)--History
- - Bridgewater (Mass.)--Genealogy
Notes
- - "Family register": p. [85]-390.
- - Also available in digital form.
Medium
- 400 p. 24 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- F74.B7 M6
Library of Congress Control Number
- 01011251
OCLC Number
- 2139393
Online Format
- image
- online text