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The town's archive states that Branch later took his own life in 1813. [63] Allegedly, his wife died within three weeks due to mysterious causes which left their 9 children orphaned. [ 63 ] At some point in time in the late 19th century, the house was moved from Tupper Road to Main Street and was raised to its present two-story size. [ 62 ]
1630s establishments in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (10 C) 0–9. 1630 in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1 C) 1631 in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1 C, 1 P)
A New England Town: The First Hundred Years: Dedham, Massachusetts, 1636–1736 (1985), new social history online; Perlmann, Joel, Silvana R. Siddali, and Keith Whitescarver. "Literacy, Schooling and Teaching Among New England Women" History of Education Quarterly (1997), 37:117–139. online; Perlmann, Joel, and Dennis Shirley.
The Kimball Tavern is among the oldest buildings in Massachusetts, and one of the oldest buildings in the city of Haverhill. A plaque identifies it as the site of the founding of Bradford College in 1802. Stanley Lake House: Topsfield 1693 Stanley Lake House, built in 1693, is a historic house at 95 River Road in Topsfield, Massachusetts.
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded by the owners of the Massachusetts Bay Company, including investors in the failed Dorchester Company, which had established a short-lived settlement on Cape Ann in 1623. The colony began in 1628 and was the company's second attempt at colonization.
A New England Town: The First Hundred Years: Dedham, Massachusetts, 1636–1736 (1970), new social history online; Miller, John C. Sam Adams: Pioneer in Propaganda (1936) Nagl, Dominik. No Part of the Mother Country, but Distinct Dominions - Law, State Formation and Governance in England, Massachusetts and South Carolina, 1630-1769 (LIT, 2013 ...
In Massachusetts, the 'old planters' proved through their hard work that settlement was possible; subsequent to this, there was a major influx of 'new planters' that continued over a decade. [1] The early expansions centered around Plymouth and what is now Essex County, Massachusetts but eventually spawned the westward movements.
John Winthrop (January 12, 1588 [a] – March 26, 1649) was an English Puritan lawyer and a leading figure in the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the second major settlement in New England following Plymouth Colony.