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Dedham (/ ˈ d ɛ d ə m / DED-əm) is a town in, and the county seat of, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Located on Boston 's southwestern border, the population was 25,364 at the 2020 census .
The history of Dedham, Massachusetts from 1700 to 1799 saw the town become one of the largest and most influential country towns in Massachusetts. As the population grew and residents moved to outlying areas of the town, battles for political power took place.
Seeing a need for greater cemetery space, Dedham's Annual Town Meeting of 1876 established a committee to look into establishing a new cemetery. [13] The committee, composed of the selectmen and Eratus Worthington, Eliphalet Stone, [f] Royal O. Storrs, Winslow Warren, Edwin Whiting, and Alfred Hewins, was charged with determining how large the cemetery should be, locating land for it, and all ...
However, "even though no more than 58 men were eligible to come to the Dedham town meeting and to make the decisions for the town, even though the decisions to which they addressed themselves were vital to their existence, even though every inhabitant was required to live within one mile (1.6 km) of the meeting place, even though each absence ...
By the 1840s, it was no longer considered necessary and the use was discontinued. [6] By the 250th anniversary of the Town in 1886, it was said that "so thoroughly is Powder House Rock identified with the social life of this community that it has come to be regarded as almost a sacred spot dear to the present dwellers in the village and to the sons and daughters of Dedham scattered throughout ...
In 2011 the Town of Dedham celebrated its 375 anniversary. A steering committee was appointed by the Selectmen to coordinate a year's worth of activities marking the occasion. The Committee was composed of Marie-Louise Kehoe, Donna Greer, Nancy Baker, Mayanne Brigss, Dan Hart, Michele Heffernan, Joan Jolley, Brian Keaney, Vicky Kruckeberg, and ...
Woodward was a member of a prominent family from Dedham, Massachusetts. [1] He married his first wife, Susannah (née Luce), on April 2, 1747, by Rev. Samuel Dexter.[2] [a] The couple had several sons, [1] [5] including Richard Jr., a teacher in Dedham [3] and soldier in the Revolutionary War.
The history of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1635–1699, begins with the first settlers' arrival in 1635 and runs to the end of the 17th century.The settlers, who built their village on land the native people called Tiot, incorporated the plantation in 1636.