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The  First  Capital  of  the  Colony 
(  A  Marker  in  a  City  Street ) 


Historical  Markers 

Crected  by 

Massachusetts  Bay  Colony 
Tercentenary  Commission 


TEXT  OF  INSCRIPTIONS 
AS  REVISED  BY 

SAMUEL  ELIOT  MORISON 

Professor  of  History  in  Harvard 
University 

WITH  A   FOREWORD  BY 

CHARLES  KNOWLES  BOLTON 

Librarian  of  Boston  Athenaeum 


THE  COMMONWEALTH  OF  MASSACHUSETTS 
BOSTON     •     MCMXXX 


-^oSTd;^ 


COPYRIGHT  1930 
BY 

THE   SECRETARY    OF  THE   COMMONWEALTH 
OF  MASSACHUSETTS 


"No  labor  of  historian^  no  eloquence  of 
orator^  will  stir  the  heart  of  youth  to  the  love 
of  country^  and  a  desire  to  emulate  the  great 
deeds  of  the  past^  like  a  visit  to  the  spot  which 
has  been  familiar  with  the  presence  of  great 
men,  or  the  scene  where  great  deeds  have  been 
enacted. ^^ 

George  Frisbie  Hoar. 


MASSACHUSETTS  BAY  COLONY 
TERCENTENARY  COMMISSION 

appointed  by 

His  Excellency  Frank  G.  Allen 

Governor  of  the  Commonwealth 


Herbert  Parker,  Lancaster 
Chairman 

Frank  Roe  Batchelder,  Worcester 
Vice  Chairman 

Sybil  H.  Holmes,  Brookline 
Secretary 

*Robert  B.  Choate,  Boston 

tJoHN  Cifrino,  Boston 

Henry  Colt,  Pittsfield 

Allan  Forbes,  Boston 
tEowARD  A.  McLaughlin,  Jr.,  Newton 

Frederic  Winthrop,  Boston 


*  Appointed  June  27, 1930  vice  Wellington  Wells,  resigned 

t  Appointed  March  5, 1930  vice  Henry  V.  Cunningham,  deceased 

J  Appointed  March  19,  1930  vice  A.  C.  Ratshesky,  resigned 


^An  Introduction 


The  travellers  who  shall  pass  by  the  many  storied  ways  through  the 
lands  of  the  Puritan  occupations  in  the  ancient  days  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Bay  Colony,  may  now  read  on  tablets  set  by  roadsides  or  in  city 
streets  the  tales  which  the  ocean  shores,  the  hills,  the  fields,  the  churches, 
the  garrison  houses  and  the  old  hearthstones,  have  to  tell  of  the  heroism,  of 
the  romance  and  of  the  tragedies,  and  of  the  unfaltering  faith,  of  the 
ancestors  of  our  Commonwealth. 

These  waymarks  of  our  history,  as  the  following  pages  of  this  book 
disclose,  ha-ce  been  provided  for,  by  enactment  of  the  Massachusetts 
General  Court,  with  the  sympathetic  approval  of  His  Excellency  the 
Governor,  directing  the  State  Department  of  Public  Works  to  procure, 
erect  and  maintain,  the  permanent  monuments,  which  are  now  estab- 
lished in  form,  and  in  place,  as  determined  by  the  Massachusetts  Bay 
Colony  Tercentenary  Commission. 

To  Frank  Roe  Batchelder,  a  member  and  Vice-Chairman  of  that 
Commission,  is  to  be  accorded  the  commendation  which  the  consumma- 
tion of  this  very  interesting,  appropriate  and  lasting  feature  of  the 
State's  Tercentenary  commemoration,  has  so  well  merited.  Every 
detail  of  the  design,  manufacture  and  erection  of  the  existing  tablets 
has,  with  the  generous  cooperation  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works, 
been  carried  forward,  under  his  constant  oversight. 

His  colleagues  in  a  common  public  service  with  him,  commend  this 
excellent  example  of  his  efficiency  in  that  service,  to  the  favorable  judg- 
ment of  his  fellow  citizens  and  to  the  interested  readers  of  this  memorial 

publication. 

Herbert  Parker, 

Chairman,  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony 

Tercentenary  Commissio?j. 


Resolves  of  1930,  Chapter  10 

Resolve    Authorizing    the    Department    of    Public    Works 
TO  Erect  Signs  and  Markers  at  Historic  Places 

Resolved^  The  department  of  public  works  is  hereby  authorized 
to  prepare  and  erect  suitable  signs  and  markers,  including  such  as 
may  be  submitted  by  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony  Tercentenary 
Commission,  with  suitable  inscriptions  thereon,  indicating  the 
ancient  ways  of  the  Puritan  times  and  the  structures  or  places 
relating  to  or  associated  with  the  early  settlements  within  the 
commonwealth.  After  erection,  these  signs  and  markers  shall  be 
maintained  by  said  department  from  appropriations  made  for  the 
maintenance  of  highways.  For  such  purpose  said  department  may 
expend  a  sum  not  exceeding  fifteen  thousand  dollars  to  be  paid  from 
item  six  hundred  and  eighty-eight  of  the  general  appropriation 
act  of  the  current  year. 

Approved  March  26,  jgjo 


yU)reliVord 


The  historic  spots  of  the  Commonwealth  which  the  Massachusetts 
Bay  Colony  Tercentenary  Commission  has  marked  by  inscriptions, 
are  associated  with  events  in  the  lives  of  our  people.  They  are  silent 
witnesses,  and  only  as  they  rekindle  in  us  a  veneration  for  the  pioneers 
of  a  new  country  are  they  worthy  of  our  attention. 

The  reader  will  find  in  the  pages  of  this  book  tales  of  adventure, 
stories  of  suffering,  and  records  of  death  nobly  met.  But  these  are  not 
the  only  chronicles  to  be  found  within.  Here  are  reminders  of  labor 
that  made  a  tree-clad  land  a  vista  of  plowed  fields,  green  meadows,  and 
cultivated  lawns  and  flowers;  reminders  of  home  life  and  domestic 
virtues,  of  industry,  of  public  service,  and  of  faith  in  God.  The  happi- 
ness of  a  people  finds  expression  in  brick,  in  clapboard,  and  in  stone, 
as  well  as  in  literature  and  in  art. 

On  the  tomb  of  Sir  Christopher  Wren,  in  St.  P aid's  Cathedral,  is  the 
admonition— If  you  would  see  his  monument  look  about  you.  In 
much  the  same  spirit  the  visitor  to  New  England  is  now  urged  to  make 
real  to  himself  the  heroism  and  self-sacrifice  of  the  founders  of  our 
Commonwealth  by  a  sympathetic  and  understanding  study  of  the 
visible  memorials  which  they  have  left  to  us.  But  let  us  refnember  that 
the  glory  of  past  achievement  is  no  better  than  ashes  unless  it  lights  the 
fire  of  patriotic  endeavor. 

Charles  Knowles  Bolton. 


Illustrations 


The  First  Capital  of  the  Colony 

(A  Marker  in  a  City  Street) Frontispiece 

The  Rooftree  of  the  Bradstreets, 

North  Andover Facing  Page  9 

The  First  Landing,  Beverly 10 

Harried  by  Tomahawk  and  Torch,  Deerfield 15 

Still  Defying  the  Tooth  of  Time,  Bedham 17 

Where  the  Regicides  Dwelt 

(A  Marker  at  the  Entrance  to  a  Town) 18 

Before  the  Days  of  Bridges,  Medford 23 

The  Refuge  OF  THE  Exiles  FROM  France,  0;c/"or^ 27 

The  Captive  of  King  Philip,  Princeton 28 

The  Famous  Maypole,  ^uincy 30 

The  Seat  of  Chickatawbut,  ^uincy 23 

A  Praying  Indian  Town,  Webster 2^ 


The  illustrations  are  from  photographs  made 
expressly  for  this  book  by  the  Vice  Chairman  of  the 
Massachusetts  Bay  Colony  Tercentenary  Commission. 


^  > 


Massachusetts  Bay  Colony  Tercentenary 

MARKERS  of  PLACES  WHICH  PLAYED  A  LEADING  PART 
IN  THE  HISTORY  OF  THE  COLONY 


ACTON 

Captain  Thomas  Wheeler  House 

Site  of  first  house  in  Acton,  built 
by  Captain  Thomas  Wheeler  in 
1668.  He  was  commissioned  to 
keep  fifty  cattle  for  the  inhabitants 
and  at  night  protect  them  in  a 
yard  from  wild  beasts.  He  was 
wounded  by  the  Indians  in  King 
Philip's  War. 

{Concord  Street  near  Route  2,  North  Acton) 

Faulkner  Homestead 

Site  of  garrison  house  built  before 
1700.  Opposite,  Ammi  Ruhamah 
Faulkner  had  his  saw  and  grist 
mill  and  woolen  mill  in  1735. 

{Main  and  High  Streets,  South  Acton) 

Captain  John  Heald 

Here  was  the  home  of  Captain 
John  Heald,  first  selectman  of 
Acton,  who  on  April  19,  1689, 
marched  to  Boston  with  a  military 
company  to  assist  in  the  overthrow 
of  Sir  Edmund  Andros. 

{Road  of  Main  Street,  North  Acton) 

AMESBURY 

Macy-Colby  House 

Thomas  Macy,  first  town  clerk  of 
Amesbury,  erected  this  house  prior 


to  1654.  Persecuted  for  harboring 
Quakers  he  sold  the  house  and  fled 
to  Nantucket,  becoming  the  first 
white  settler  as  related  in  Whittier's 
poem  "The  Exiles." 

{Main  Street) 

ANDOVER 

Andover 

Indian  region  called  Cochichawick, 
settled  1643,  named  after  Andover 
in  Hampshire  in  1646.  The  home 
of  two  famous  American  women, 
Anne  Bradstreet  and  Harriet 
Beecher  Stowe.  Seat  of  Phillips 
Andover  Academy. 

(/.     Route  2S,  Main  Street,  Andover-North  Reading 
line) 

{2.     Route  12^ — Andover-North  Andover  line) 

ARLINGTON 

Captain  Cooke's  Mill  Lane 

The  road  to  Captain  Cooke's  grist 
mill,  built  in  1638;  the  first  water 
mill  in  this  vicinity. 

{Massachusetts  Avenue  corner  Water  Street) 

Jason  Russell  House 

Built  by  Martha,  widow  of  William 
Russell,  about  1680.  Occupied 
until  1890  by  her  descendants,  of 
whom  Jason  Russell  lost  his  life 
in  the  conflict  of  April  19,  1775. 

{Jason  Street  near  Massachusetts  Avenue) 


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Historical  Markers  of  the 


ASHLAND 

The  Bay  Path 

An  Indian  trail  before  1630.  Path- 
way of  the  Pioneers. 

{Route  IJS  {Union  Street)  and  Frankland  Road) 

BERNARDSTON 

Burke  Fort 

Six  rods  easterly  stood  Burke  Fort 
the  first  and  largest,  and  also  the 
first  building  in  Fall  Town.  Built 
in  1738/39  by  John  Burke  it  was 
six  rods  square  and  contained  eight 
houses.  Fifty  persons  took  shelter 
here  during  the  old  French  and 
Indian  War. 

{Route  5) 

Connable  Port 

Site  of  the  second  fort  and  building 
in  Fall  Town,  erected  in  1739  by 
Samuel  Connable.  Its  original 
timbers  are  still  in  the  house  on  a 
knoll  to  the  northwest. 

{Route  5) 

Deacon  Ebenezer  Sheldon's  Fort 
The  Lieutenant's  son  Ebenezer, 
later  deacon  of  the  church  and 
first  town  treasurer,  built  a  fort 
ten  rods  east  of  here  in  1740/41. 
It  was  unsuccessfully  attacked  by 
Indians  in  1746  during  King 
George's  War. 

{Road  to  Huckle  Hill) 

Lieut.  Ebenezer  Sheldon's  Fort 

Built  in  1 740  on  this  site.  The 
first  Proprietor's  Meeting  in  Fall 


Town  was  held  here  in  1741.  The 
Lieutenant's  son  Eliakim  was  shot 
by  Indians  in  1747  while  working 
west  of  the  fort  walls. 

{On  road  to  Northfield) 

BEVERLY 

Coming  of  the  Arbella 

This  walk  of  half  a  mile  leads  to  a 
beach  off  which  the  "Arbella" 
anchored  on  June  12,  1630.  Her 
passengers  landed  near  by,  for  the 
first  time  in  two  months,  and 
gathered  wild  strawberries. 

{Route  I2J — Corner  Loring  Avenue) 

Pride's  Crossing 

Four  acres  granted  in  1636  to 
John  Pride,  said  to  have  been  a 
nephew  of  Colonel  Thomas  Pride 
the  regicide. 

{Route  I2J — near  Pride's  Crossing  Railroad  Station') 

Balch  House 

Built  in  1638  by  John  Balch,  who 
came  over  in  162,3  with  Captain 
Robert  Gorges.  The  "old  planters" 
received  this  land  in  exchange  for 
their  settlement  at  Salem. 

{Route  I A — Cabot  Street  corner  Balch  Street) 

Planters  Path  to  Their  Landing 
Place 

The  Old  Planters,  Roger  Conant, 
John  Woodbery  and  John  Balch 
used  this  path  from  their  home- 
steads to  the  cove  at  the  head  of 
Bass  River. 

{McKay  Street) 


-{lo}- 


-A  '7 

The  First  Laxdixg 
(  Beverh  ) 


Massachusetts  Bay  Colony 


Hale  Farm 

This  house  was  built  in  1694  by 
the  Reverend  John  Hale,  first 
minister  of  the  First  Church  in 
Beverly.  A  charge  of  witchcraft 
made  against  his  wife  convinced 
the  minister  of  the  folly  and  wicked- 
ness of  the  crusade  and  ended  all 
witchhunting  in  Beverly. 

(J9  Hale  Street) 

Conayit  House 

Roger  Conant  was  a  prudent  and 
religious  man  who  led  the  Old 
Planters  from  Gloucester  to  Salem 
in  1626,  and  held  them  together 
until  the  Bay  Colony  was  founded. 
This  house  was  built  on  land  given 
by  him  to  his  son  Exercise  Conant 
in  1666. 

{634  Cabot  Street) 

BILLERICA 

John  Rogers  Homestead 

Near  this  spot  stood  the  John 
Rogers  homestead,  which  was  de- 
stroyed in  the  Indian  massacre  of 
1695,  and  the  entire  family  killed. 

{Billerica  Avenue) 

Danforth  Homestead 

Site  of  homestead  of  Captain  Jona- 
than Danforth,  pioneer  of  Billerica 
and  famous  surveyor.  "He  rode 
the  circuit,  chain'd  great  towns  and 
farms  to  good  behavior;  and  by 
well-worked  stations  he  fixed  their 
bounds    for    many    generations. " 

{Route  J  near  Billerica  Town  Center) 


Billerica 

Early  name  Shawshin,  originally  a 
part  of  Cambridge,  set  off  as  a 
town  in  1655.  Named  after  Bil- 
lerica in  Essex. 

(/.     Concord  Road  at  Billerica-Bedford  line) 
{2.     Route  J  at  Billerica-ChelmsJ ord  line) 

BRAINTREE 

Braintree 

This  region,  settled  in  1625,  was 
granted  to  Boston  in  1634  and  in 
1640  was  set  off  as  the  town  of 
Braintree. 

(/.     Route  jj  at  Braintree-Holbrook  line) 
{2.    Independence    Avenue    and    Holmes     Street, 
Braintree-^uincy  line) 

BRIMFIELD 

Steerage  Rock 

Four  miles  distant  on  the  summit 
of  East  Waddaquodduck  Moun- 
tain is  Steerage  Rock,  a  landmark 
on  the  Indian  trail  which  became 
known  as  the  Bay  Path  and  a 
guidepost  to  the  pioneer  settlers 
of  the  Connecticut  Valley  from 
Massachusetts    Bay    in    1636. 

{Brimfield  Center,  Route  iji) 

Indian  Hill 

Two  miles  distant  on  Indian  Hill 
is  the  site  of  an  Indian  stronghold 
and  storehouse  for  corn,  Quaboag 
Old  Fort,  and  of  the  Indian  village 
of  Ashquoach. 

{Brimfield  Center,  Route  /ji) 


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Historical  Markers  of  the 


BROOKFIELD 

Brookfield 

Settled  in  1660  by  men  from  Ips- 
wich on  Indian  lands  called  Qua- 
boag.  Attacked  by  Indians  in 
1675,  one  garrison  house  defended 
to  the  last,  reoccupied  twelve  years 
later. 

(/.     Route  20,   Brookfidd-West   Brookfield  line) 
(2.     Route  20,  Brookfield-East   Brookfield  line) 

BROOKLINE 

House  of  Edward  Devotion 

Built  by  him  in  1680  and  occupied 
until  1685.  He  served  for  Muddy 
River  (which  became  the  town  of 
Brookline  in  1705)  as  perambulator, 
constable,  fence  viewer  and  tyth- 
ing  man.  House  owned  in  suc- 
cession by  his  sons  John  and 
Edward  until  1744. 

{Harvard  Street) 

Zabdiel  Boy  Is  ton 

House  built  in  1736  by  Zabdiel 
Boylston,  the  first  physician  in 
America  to  inoculate  for  smallpox. 
In  1721  he  inoculated  his  own  son 
and  two  slaves.  Despite  popular 
prejudice  the  result  was  decisive 
and  the  courage  of  Dr.  Boylston 
saved    untold    life    and    suffering. 

{617  Boylston  Street) 

CAMBRIDGE 

Way  to  Charlestown 

Washington  Street,  Somerville,  and 
Kirkland  and  Brattle  Streets,  Cam- 


bridge, "skirting  marshes  and  river" 
follow  the  old  Indian  trail  from 
Charlestown  to  Watertown.  Along 
this  way  in  1636  went  the  Reverend 
Thomas  Hooker  and  his  congrega- 
tion on  their  exodus  from  Cam- 
bridge to  Hartford  in  Connecticut. 

{Cambridge  Common,  Massachusetts  Avenue) 

Oldest  House  in  Cambridge 

At  number  21  Linnaean  Street  is 
the  Cooper-Austin  house  built  in 
1657,  at  what  was  then  the  north- 
ern end  of  the  Cambridge  Cow 
Common,  by  John  Cooper,  select- 
man, town  clerk,  and  deacon  of  the 
church. 

{Massachusetts  Avenue  and  Linnaean  Street) 

Early  Buildings 

Two  blocks  south  stood  the  house 
built  in  1 63 1  by  Governor  Thomas 
Dudley  and  later  occupied  by 
Herbert  Pelham,  first  treasurer  of 
Harvard  College.  At  the  corner  of 
Dunster  and  Mount  Auburn  Streets 
stood  the  first  meetinghouse,  where 
Thomas  Hooker  and  Thomas  Shep- 
ard  preached. 

{Massachusetts  Avenue  and  Dunster  Street) 

First  Settlement 

Site  of  first  settlement  of  Water- 
town  in  1630.  Here  at  the  first 
meetinghouse  the  Reverend  George 
Phillips  protested  against  taxation 
without    representation    in     1632, 


-{12}- 


Massachusetts  Bay  Colony 


which  resulted  in  the  people  par- 
ticipating in  the  law-making  power. 

{Mt.  Auburn  Street) 

Sir  Richard's  Landing 

Here  at  the  river's  edge  the  settlers 
of  Watertown  led  by  Sir  Richard 
Saltonstall  landed  in  June  1630. 
Later  this  spot  became  known  as 
Gerry's  Landing,  for  Elbridge 
Gerry,  signer  of  the  Declaration  of 
Independence  and  Governor  of 
Massachusetts  who  lived  in  "Elm- 
wood"  nearby. 

(Mt.  Auburn  Street  and  Gerry's  Landing) 

Cambridge 

Location  chosen  in  1630  to  be  the 
capital  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay 
Colony.  Settled  in  1631  under 
leadership  of  Thomas  Dudley  and 
called  the  New  Town.  The  College 
ordered  to  be  here,  1637.  Name 
changed  to  Cambridge  after  the 
English  University  Town,  1638. 

(/.     Massachusetts  Avenue  near  Harvard  Bridge) 
{2.     Mt.   Auburn   Street  at  Cambridge-Watertown 
line) 

CANTON 

Ponkapoag  Plantation 

The  north  line  of  Ponkapoag  Plan- 
tation second  of  the  Apostle  Eliot's 
Praying  Indian  towns,  set  apart  by 
the  Dorchester  Proprietors  in  1657. 

{Washington  Street) 

Roger  Sherman 

In  this  town  Roger  Sherman,  signer 
of  the  Declaration  of  Independence 


from  Connecticut,  and  framer  of 
the  Federal  Constitution,  passed 
his  childhood  and  youth  in  a  house 
on  Pleasant  Street,  and  there  was 
taught  by  his  father  the  shoe- 
maker's trade. 

{Route  ijS  and  Washington  Street) 

CHELMSFORD 

Chelmsford 

Settled  in  1653  by  people  from 
Concord  and  Woburn.  Named 
after  Chelmsford  in  Essex. 

(/.     Junction  of  Route  4  and  Route  no) 
{2.     Route  J,  Princeton  Boulevard  and  Middlesex 
Street) 

CHELSEA 

Bellingham-Cary  Mansion 

Six  hundred  feet  from  this  point 
is  the  mansion  built  by  Governor 
Richard  Bellingham  in  1659,  re- 
built and  enlarged  by  Samuel  Cary 
in  1 79 1.  Here  Washington  sta- 
tioned the  last  outpost  of  the  left 
wing  of  the  Continental  Army 
besieging  Boston. 

{Broadway  and  Parker  Street) 

Thomas  Pratt  House 

One  hundred  twenty-four  rods  east 
is  the  Thomas  Pratt  House  erected 
in  1652.  The  land  on  which  it 
stands  was  once  owned  by  Gover- 
nor Sir  Henry  Vane,  exponent  of 
toleration  and  free  speech  in  Eng- 
land, and  subject  of  a  sonnet  by 
John  Milton. 

{Washington  Avenue  and  Revere  Beach  Blvd.) 


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Historical  Markers  of  the 


Chelsea 
The  Indian  region  called  Win- 
nisimmet.  Samuel  Maverick  erect- 
ed a  trading  house  and  palisade 
about  1625.  Settled  by  the  Puri- 
tans 1630. 

(/.     Broadway  opposite  U.  S.  Naval  Hospital) 
{2.     Broadway  at  the  Chelsea-Revere  line) 

CONCORD 

Musketaquid-Concord 
"It  is  ordered,  that  there  shalbe 
a  plantacion  att  Musketequid, .  .  . 
&  the  name  of  the  place  is  changed, 
&  hereafter  to  be  called  Concord. " 
Order  of  the  General  Court  Sep- 
tember 12,  1635.  This  plantation 
was  the  first  inland  settlement  in 
New  England. 

{Route  2  at  Concord-Lincoln  line) 

The  First  Settlement— 163s 
Westward     to     the     meetinghouse 
along  the  sunny  slope  of  this  ridge 
the  settlers  of  Concord  built  their 
first  dwellings. 

{Route  2  near  Meriam's  Corner) 

The  Milldam 
This  short  stretch  of  street  still 
known  as  the  Milldam  was  the  site 
of  an  Indian  fishing  weir  and  was 
laid  out  along  the  dam  built  soon 
after  the  settlement  of  the  town  in 

{Routes  2  and  126,  Monument  Square) 

Jethro's  Tree 
Near  this  spot  stood  the   ancient 
oak  known  as  Jethro's  Tree  beneath 


which  Major  Simon  Willard  and 
his  associates  bought  from  the 
Indians  the  "6  myles  of  land 
square"  ordered  by  the  General 
Court  for  the  plantation  of  Concord 
September  12,  1635. 

{Routes  2  and  126,  Monument  Square) 

DANVERS 

Endecott  Pear  Tree 

One-eighth  of  a  mile  distant,  on  a 
part  of  the  300  acres  granted  to 
Governor  John  Endecott,  is  the 
Pear  Tree  planted  by  the  Governor 
in  1632.    This  tree  still  bears  fruit. 

{Water  and  Endicott  Streets) 

The  Church  in  Salem  Village 

To  this  church,  rent  by  the  witch- 
craft frenzy,  came  in  1697  the 
Reverend  Joseph  Green,  aged 
twenty-two.  He  induced  the  mis- 
chief makers  to  confess,  reconciled 
the  factions,  established  the  first 
public  school,  and  became  noted 
for  his  skill  at  hunting  game  and  his 
generous  hospitality. 

{Centre  and  Hobart  Streets) 

Home  of  George  Jacobs 

Convicted  of  witchcraft  in  1692, 
George  Jacobs  was  hanged  at 
Salem  and  buried  on  this  farm, 
where  he  had  lived  for  thirty-five 
years.  It  is  still  in  possession  of 
the  Jacobs  family. 

{Water  Street) 


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DEDHAM 

Fairbanks  House 

Oldest  house  in  Dedham,  a  part  of 
it  built  about  1636.  Homestead  of 
Jonathan  Fairbanks,  who,  with  his 
sons  John,  George,  and  Jonathan, 
Junior,  signed  the  Dedham  Cove- 
nant September  10, 1636.  Ancestral 
home  of  the  late  Vice-President 
Fairbanks. 

{Eastern  Avenue  and  East  Street) 

Dedham 

Settled  in  1636  by  people  from 
Watertown  and  Roxbury.  In  early 
years  the  town  extended  to  the 
Rhode  Island  line. 

(/.     Route  I  at  Dedham-Westwood  line) 
{2.     Route  IJJ  at  Dedham-Westwood  line) 

DEERFIELD 

Old  Deerfield 

Indian  land  called  Pocomtuck, 
settled  by  men  from  Dedham  in 
1671.  Attacked  by  Indians,  burnt, 
and  abandoned  in  1675.  ^^" 
occupied  and  attacked  in  1704  by 
French  and  Indians,  who  took 
47  lives,  and  carried  off  112  cap- 
tives to  Canada,  of  whom  60  were 
later  redeemed. 


Route  J  near  northern  entrance  to  Old  Deerfield^ 
Route  5  near  southern  entrance  to  014  Deerfield) 


DORCHESTER 

Bird-Sawyer  Homestead 

Homestead    occupied    since    1637 
by  Thomas  Bird  and  his  descend- 


ants, soldiers  and  public  servants. 
It  served  as  American  Army  head- 
quarters during  the  fortifying  of 
Dorchester  Heights  in  March, 
1776. 

{Humphreys  Street) 

DUNSTABLE 

Dunstable 

Settled  before  1673,  a  town  in 
1680,  divided  by  the  New  Hamp- 
shire-Massachusetts boundary,  the 
northern  part  becoming  Nashua, 
New  Hampshire  in  1741. 

(/.     Route  //J,  Dunstable-Pepperell  line) 
{2.     Route  If  J,  Dunstable-Tyngsborough  line) 

ESSEX 

Shipyard  of  1668 

In  1668  the  town  granted  the 
adjacent  acre  of  land  "to  the 
inhabitants  of  Ipswich  for  a  yard  to 
build  vessels  and  to  employ  work- 
men for  that  end. "  The  ship- 
building industry  has  continued 
uninterruptedly  in  Essex  since  that 
date. 

{Route  121,  Main  Street  and  Route  22) 

Free  School 

A  free  school  for  Chebacco  Parish 
was  opened  in  an  upper  room  of  this 
house  in  1695  by  the  appointed 
master,  Nathaniel  Rust,  Junior. 
The  town  gave  "six  acres  of 
pasture  land  for  the  benefit  of  the 
school  and  one-quarter  acre  for 
Mr.  Rust's  house." 

{Route  121,  Northern  Avenue) 


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Historical  Markers  of  the 


John  Wise  House 

Erected  in  1701  by  John  Wise, 
pastor  of  the  Chebacco  Parish  of 
Ipswich,  now  Essex.  Son  of  a 
laborer,  Harvard  graduate,  army 
chaplain,  protestant  against  taxa- 
tion without  representation  and 
against  the  witchcraft  delusion, 
defender  of  democracy  in  the 
church,  and  a  brilliant  prose  writer. 

{Route  121,  Northern  Avenue) 

FRAMINGHAM 

Thomas  Eames 

While  Thomas  Eames  sought  help 
from  Boston  February  i,  1676,  the 
Indians  attacked  his  house  which 
stood  near  by.  His  wife  and  five 
children  were  slain  and  four  chil- 
dren captured. 

{Mt.  Wayte  Avetiue) 

Pike-Haven  Homestead 

Built  in  1693  by  Jeremiah  Pike. 
He  and  his  descendants  were  town 
and  militia  officers,  yeomen  and 
makers  of  spinning  wheels,  in  the 
colonial  period.  This  house  has 
been  occupied  by  the  same  family 
for  eight  generations. 

[Grove  and  Belknap  Streets) 


setts,  President  of  the  District  of 
Maine  and  Treasurer  of  Harvard 
College.  Named  after  Framing- 
ham,  Suffolk,  in  1675. 

(/.     Route  /J5,  Framingham-Natick  line) 
{2.     Route  126,  Hollis  Street  Framingham-Ashland 
line) 

GEORGETOWN 

Goodrich  Massacre 

Ten  rods  east  stood  the  house  of 
Benjamin  Goodrich  who,  with  his 
wife  and  two  children,  was  slain  by 
the  Indians  on  October  23,  1692. 

{North  Street  off  Route  97) 

GLOUCESTER 

Samuel  de  Cham^plain 

In  September,  1606,  Samuel  de 
Champlain  landed  at  Rocky  Neck 
in  what  is  now  Gloucester  Harbor, 
to  caulk  his  shallop,  and  made  an 
accurate  chart  of  the  harbor  which 
he  called  Le  Beauport. 

{Eastern  Port  Road  and  Rocky  Neck  Avenue) 

First  House 

Site  of  first  house,  erected  in  1623, 
taken  down  and  rebuilt  in  Salem 
in  1628  as  the  "great  house"  of 
Governor  Endecott. 

{Stage  Fort  Park) 


Framinghayn  Settlement  of  Cape  Ann 

In  1660  and  1662  a  large  part  of  the  On  this  site  in  1623  the  Dorchester 

present      town  was     granted      to  Adventurers   founded   the  nucleus 

Thomas   Danforth  of  Cambridge,  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony, 

Deputy    Governor    of    Massachu-  and    the    fishing    industry.      Here 

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Roger  Conant  averted  bloodshed 
between  two  factions  contending 
for  a  fishing  stage,  a  notable  ex- 
ample of  arbitration  in  the  begin- 
ning of  New  England. 

{Route  I2J  at  entrance  to  Stage  Fort  Park) 

Planters  Neck 

Here  in  1630-31  a  company  from 
Plymouth,  under  Abraham  Robin- 
son, established  a  fishing  station 
and  built  curing  stages.  For  nearly 
two  centuries  and  a  half  Annis- 
quam  was  a  fishing  and  ship- 
building center. 

{River  Road,  Annisquam) 

GRAFTON 

Hassanamesit 

John  Eliot  established  here  in  1651 
a  village  of  Christian  Indians  called 
Hassanamesit — "  at  a  place  of  small 
stones."  It  was  the  home  of 
James  the  Printer  who  helped 
Eliot   to   print   the   Indian   Bible. 

{Route  140,  Grafton  Common) 

Tho?nas  Hooker  Trail 

Crossing  the  highway  at  this  point 
is  the  Indian  trail  followed  by  the 
Reverend  Thomas  Hooker  in  1636 
when,  with  his  invalid  wife  borne 
on  a  litter,  he  led  a  company  of 
Massachusetts  settlers  to  found 
Hartford,  Connecticut. 

{Route  122  and  Pullard  Road) 


Indian  Reservation 

These  four  and  one-half  acres  have 
never  belonged  to  the  white  man, 
having  been  set  aside  in  1728  as 
an  Indian  Reservation  by  the  forty 
proprietors  who  purchased  the  Pray- 
ing Indian  town  of  Hassanamesit. 

{Brigham  Hill  Road  off  Route  122) 

GREENFIELD 

Eunice  Williams 

Eunice  Williams,  wife  of  the  Rev- 
erend John  Williams  "^'the  redeemed 
captive,"  was  killed  at  this  place 
on  March  i,  1704,  during  the 
Deerfield  massacre. 

{Meadows  Road) 

GROTON 

Grot  on 

Settled  as  a  frontier  town  in  1655 
in  the  Indian  region  called  Petapa- 
wag.  When  attacked  by  Indians 
of  King  Philip  in  1676  all  houses 
but  four  were  burned,  and  the 
town  was  temporarily  abandoned. 
Again  attacked  in  1689,  1704  and 
1723. 

{Route  iig  in  front  of  High  School) 

Parker  House 

Near  by  stood  a  garrison  house, 
residence  of  Captain  James  Parker, 
Commander  of  the  town  forces  in 
King  Philip's  War.  Here  Captain 
Parker  parleyed  with  the  Indian 
Chief  John  Monoco  regarding  his 


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Historical  Markers  of  the 


threat  to  burn  Groton  and  Boston, 
March  13,  1676. 

{Route  iig  and  Mollis  Street) 

HADLEY 

Hadley 

Indian  land  called  Norwottock. 
Settled  in  1650  by  families  from 
Hartford.  The  Regicides  Generals 
Goffe  and  Whalley  were  concealed 
for  fifteen  years  in  the  Pastor's 
house. 

(/.     Route  log  at  Hadley-Amherst  line) 

{2.     Route  log  at  Hadley -Northampton  line) 

HAMILTON 

The  Covered  Wagon 

On  December  3,  1787,  the  first 
covered  wagon  to  leave  Massa- 
chusetts for  the  West  set  forth  from 
this  spot  arriving  the  next  Spring 
in  the  Northwest  Territory  and 
founding  Marietta,  Ohio. 

{Route  I A  and  Farms  Road) 

HATFIELD 

Hatfield 

Before  1 670  part  of  Hadley.  Thrice 
attacked  by  Indians  during  King 
Philip's  War. 

(/.     Road  from  Route  J  to  Hatfield  Center) 
{2.     Route  S  at  Hatfield-Whately  line) 

HAVERHILL 

Rowley  Village 

Rowley  Village  on  the  Merrimack, 
named  Bradford  in  1672,  was 
settled  about  1650  by  residents  of 
Rowley.    The  first  burying  ground 


and  site  of  the  first  meetinghouse 
are  about  one  mile  to  the  right  on 
Salem  Street. 

{Route  12^  and  Salem  Street) 

Pentucket-Haverhill 

On  this  spot  the  Indians  signed  a 
deed  granting  Pentucket,  now 
Haverhill,  to  the  white  settlers 
for  three  pounds  ten  shillings.  The 
original  deed  dated  November  15, 
1642,  is  now  in  possession  of  the 
Haverhill  Historical  Society. 

{24-26  Mill  Street) 

John  Ward  House 

This  house  built  about  1645  by  the 
settlers  for  their  first  minister, 
John  Ward,  was  the  first  framed 
house  in  Haverhill. 

{Water  Street) 

Haverhill 

Indian  region  called  Pentucket, 
settled  1641  by  men  from  Ipswich 
and  Newbury  under  leadership  of 
the  Puritan  clergyman  John  Ward 
of  Haverhill,  England. 

(/.     Route  I/O  at  Haverhill-Merrimac  line) 

{2.     Route  12s  at  Haverhill-North  Andover  line) 

HINGHAM 

Old  Ship  Church 

The  Old  Ship  Church,  built  in 
1 68 1,  is  one  of  the  oldest  meeting- 
houses in  New  England  which  has 
been  used  continuously  for  the 
worship  of  God. 

{Main  and  Elm  Streets) 


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(  A  Marker  at  the  F.ntrance  to  a  Town  ) 


Massachusetts  Bay  Colony 


Lincoln  House 

This  dwelling  was  once  a  garrison 
house  1 638-1 640.  Nine  generations 
of  the  Perez  Lincoln  family,  who 
settled  inHinghami633-i635,have 
lived  under  its  roof. 

{North  Street) 

Samuel  Lincoln  House 

Samuel  Lincoln,  ancestor  of  Presi- 
dent Abraham  Lincoln,  and  one  of 
the  eight  early  settlers  of  Hingham 
bearing  that  name,  purchased  this 
land  in  1649.  Seven  generations  of 
Lincoln  descendants  lived  here. 

{Lincoln  and  North  Streets) 

Hingham 

Early  name  Barecove,  settled  1634 
under  leadership  of  the  Puritan 
clergyman  Peter  Hobart  of  Hing- 
ham, England.  Name  changed  to 
Hingham  1635. 

(/.     Route  18  at  Hingham-Norwell  line) 

{2.     Route  3 A  and  Road  to  Hingham  Center) 

HOPKINTON 

The  Bay  Path 

An  Indian  trail  before  1630.  Path- 
way of  the  Pioneers. 

{Route  fjj  in  front  of  Town  Hall) 

HULL 

Hull 

Indian  region  called  Natascot,  a 
fishing   station  as    early   as    1622 


settled     by     the     Puritans     1630. 
Name  changed  to  Hull  1644. 

(/.     Atlantic  Avenue) 

{2.     Main  Street  and  Highland  Avenue) 

IPSWICH 

Agawam-Ipswich 

Among  the  founders  and  early  resi- 
dents of  Ipswich — 1 630— were  John 
Winthrop,  Junior,  scientist  and  in- 
dustrial pioneer;  Nathaniel  Ward, 
lawmaker  and  wit;  Richard  Bel- 
lingham  and  Richard  Saltonstall, 
magistrates  who  defended  popular 
rights;  Simon  Bradstreet  and  his 
wife  Anne,  who  wrote  poetry  of 
enduring  beauty. 

{Route  I A  and  Ward  Street) 

Pillow  Lace 

From  the  date  of  its  settlement 
by  John  Winthrop  and  twelve 
associates,  1630,  Agawam  (Ipswich) 
was  the  seat  of  pillow  lace  making. 
By  1790  the  annual  production 
was  41,979  yards.  This  craft 
continued  until  the  introduction 
of  lace  machinery. 

{High  Street) 

Revolution  of  i68q 

Here  on  August  23,  1687,  the  citi- 
zens of  Ipswich,  led  by  the  Rever- 
end John  Wise,  denounced  the 
levy  of  taxes  by  the  arbitrary 
government  of  Sir  Edmund  Andros, 
and  from  their  protest  sprang  the 
American  Revolution  of  1689. 

{North  Main  Street  near  Route  I  A) 


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LANCASTER 

Rowlandson  Rock 

On  the  crest  of  George  Hill,  near 
by,  is  situated  Rowlandson  Rock 
where  the  captives  from  the  Row- 
landson Garrison  House  passed  their 
first  night  after  the  burning  of 
Lancaster  by  the  Indians  February 
lo,  1675-76. 

{Main  Street  and  Narrow  Lane) 

Lancaster 

The  Plantation  of  Nasheway  em- 
bracing this  and  several  adjoining 
towns  was  granted  to  a  group  of 
"Undertakers"  in  search  of  iron 
deposits,  in  1644.  John  Prescott 
the  first  settler  made  a  success  of 
frontier  farming  under  great 
difficulties. 

(/.     Route  iiy  at  Lancaster-Bolton  line) 
(2.     Sterling  Road  at  Lancaster-Sterling  line) 

LEXINGTON 

Lexington  Battle  Green 
The  birthplace  of  American  liberty. 

(/.     Route    2,    Marrett   Road  and  Massachusetts 
Avenue) 

{2.     Waltham  Street  and  Marrett  Road) 

Lexington  Battle  Green 
Historic  route  to  Concord. 

{Route  4.  and  Route  2) 

LITTLETON 

Praying  Indian  Town 

A  stone  post  on  the  near-by 
hillside    is    the    northwest    corner 


of  Nashobah,  one  of  the  Praying 
Indian  towns  established  by  John 
Eliot,  in  1654. 

{Route  2  at  Littleton-Ayer  line) 

LOWELL 

Meetinghouse  Hill 

Site  of  chapel  erected  in  1653  for 
John  Eliot,  the  Apostle  to  the 
Indians.  Here  he  preached  to  the 
Wamesit  and  Pennacook  Indians, 
converting  many  and  establishing 
a  village  of  Christian  Indians  called 
Wamesit. 

{Summer  and  Haver  Streets) 

Merrimack  Canal 

Site  of  canal  around  Pawtucket 
Falls,  built  by  "Proprietors  of  the 
Locks  and  Canals  on  Merrimack 
River,"  1793-96  for  the  floating 
of  loss  down  the  Merrimack  River 
to  Newburyport  shipyards.  In 
1822  Merrimack  Canal  was  tapped 
from  it,  furnishing  power  to  the 
Lowell  cotton  mills. 

{School  Street  at  Pawtucket  Bridge) 

Wannalancet 

On  Wickasee  Island  (now  Tyng's 
Island)  in  the  Merrimac  dwelt 
Wannalancet,  last  sachem  of  the 
Pennacook  Confederacy,  and  like 
his  father  Passaconaway,  a  faithful 
friend  to  the  English. 

{Pawtucket  Boulevard  at  Vesper  Country  Club) 


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LYNN 

Lynn 

The  Indian  region  called  Saugus, 
settled  1629  by  people  from  the 
Puritan  colony  at  Salem,  named 
for  Lynn  Regis  in  England,  1637. 
First  place  in  North  America  to 
make  boots  and  shoes  for  export. 

(/.     Washington  Square) 
(2.     Breed  Square) 
{j.     Broadway) 

Lynn  Public  Market 

Opened  as  early  as  1633  by  order 
of  the  General  Court. 

{Lynn  Cotnmon  on  Route  I2g) 

Saugus  Bridge 

The  town  of  Lynn  built  a  bridge 
over  Saugus  River  at  this  site  on  the 
old  Boston  road,  the  General  Court 
allowing  £50  for  its  construction, 
1639. 

{Boston  Street) 

MALDEN 

Old  Indian  Trail 

The  milestone  near  this  tablet 
marks  the  Old  Indian  Trail  over 
which  by  tradition  William,  Rich- 
ard and  Ralph  Sprague  journeyed 
on  their  way  from  Salem  (Naum- 
keag)  to  Charlestown  (Mishawam) 
in  1629.  They  were  the  first  white 
men  known  to  have  passed  through 
this  region. 

{Route  I  near  Broadway) 


MARBLEHEAD 

Fort  Sewall 

Built  in  1742  for  defence  against 
French  cruisers.  U.S.S.  "Con- 
stitution" sought  shelter  under  the 
fort's  guns  when  chased  by  H.M.S. 
"Tenedos  "  and  "  Endymion  "  April 
3,  1 8 14.  Named  after  Samuel 
Sewall  of  Marblehead,  Chief  Justice 
of  Massachusetts  in  18 14. 

{Front  Street) 

Agnes  Surriage  Well 

Belonging  to  the  Fountain  Inn, 
where  Sir  Harry  Frankland,  col- 
lector of  the  Port  of  Boston,  while 
supervising  the  erection  of  Fort 
Sewall,  met  Agnes  Surriage  in 
1742.  Agnes,  a  poor  fisherman's 
daughter,  later  becameLady  Frank- 
land  and  returned  with  her  husband 
to  England. 

{Orne,  Street) 

Old  Burial  Hill 

Established  in  1638,  one  of  the 
oldest  graveyards  in  New  England. 
Site  of  first  meetinghouse.  Six 
hundred  Revolutionary  heroes  and 
several  early  pastors  were  interred 
at  the  top  of  the  hill. 

{Orne  Street  and  Pond  Lane) 

Indian  Village 

One  of  the  largest  Indian  villages 
in    Essex    County    stood    on    this 


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tract,  which  was  owned  by  Wine-  Historic   Winslow   House   is    open 

poykin,  son  of  Nanepashemet,  Sa-  to  visitors  in  the  summer  months, 
chem  of  the  Nipmuc  Indians.  {RQutejA  at  Training  Field) 

{Ocean  Street) 


MARLBOROUGH 

Williams  Tavern 

The  first  tavern  was  erected  on 
this  site  by  Lieutenant  Abraham 
WiUiams  in  1665.  Destroyed  by 
Indians  in  1676,  it  was  promptly 
rebuilt  and  managed  by  the 
Williams  family  until  1829.  Here 
the  early  circuit  courts  convened, 
stage  coaches  changed  horses,  and 
historic  personages  tarried. 

{Route  20,  West  Main  Street  and  fVilliams  Street) 

Marlborough 

Settled  by  Sudbury  people  in  1655 
and  first  called  WhipsuflFerage.  A 
fur  trading  center  in  early  days,  an 
important  industrial  town  during 
the  last  century. 

(/.     Route  20  at  Marlborough-Northborough  line) 
{2.     Route  20  at  Marlborough-Sudbury  line) 

MARSHFIELD 

Old  Marshfield  Training  Field 

The  Old  Marshfield  Training  Field 
and  Meetinghouse  of  the  First 
Parish  where  Daniel  Webster  at- 
tended church. 
Home  of  Daniel  Webster. 
Home  of  Governor  Edward  Win- 
slow. 


Marshfield 

Residence  of  Daniel  Webster.  Win- 
slow  Cemetery  and  Webster  Tomb. 
Site  of  Meetinghouse  of  the  First 
Church. 

{Webster  Street) 


Marshfield 

Home  of  Edward  Winslow    1636- 

1646    Governor    of   Plymouth 

Colony. 

The    historic    Winslow    House    is 

open    to    visitors    in    the    summer 

months. 

Home    of   Daniel    Webster    1831- 

1852. 

(/.     Route  3,  Pembroke  at  Road  to  Marshfield) 
{2.     Route  J  A,  Buxbury  at  Road  to  Marshfield) 
Ij.     Route  J  A  near  Spring  Street) 


MEDFIELD 

Peak  House 

The  original  house,  built  in  1651, 
was  burned  when  King  Philip's 
Indians  burnt  the  town  of  Medfield 
in  1676.  Seth  Clark,  the  owner, 
received  indemnity  from  the  colo- 
nial government  and  in  1680  rebuilt 
the  present  Peak  house,  so  called 
because  of  its  architecture. 

{Route  ijj,  Main  Street  and  Pound  Street) 


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MEDFORD 

Roy  all  House 

Mansion  built  by  Isaac  Royall 
who  came  here  from  Antigua  with 
his  slaves  in  1737.  His  son  Isaac 
Royall,  a  loyalist,  founded  at 
Harvard  the  oldest  law  professor- 
ship in  the  United  States.  Head- 
quarters of  General  John  Stark 
during  the  siege  of  Boston. 

{Main  and  Royall  Streets) 

Old  Ford — Mystic  River 

Site  of  old  ford  over  the  Mystic 
River  used  until  the  building  of  the 
bridge  at  Medford  Center  by  Gov- 
ernor Matthew  Cradock  in  1637. 

{Mystic  Valley  Parkway  near  Main  Street) 

Rock  Hill 

Site  of  lodge  and  lookout  of  Nane- 
pashemit.  Sachem  of  the  Nipmuc 
Indians.  Mystic,  his  stockaded 
village,  was  about  half  a  mile  to 
the  westward  near  High  and  Grove 
Streets,  West  Medford.  He  was 
killed  in  161 9  and  succeeded  by 
his  widow,  the  Squaw  Sachem. 

{Mystic  Valley  Parkway  near  Winthrop  Street) 

Medford      . 

Settled  1630  by  employees  of 
Matthew  Cradock,  Merchant  of 
London,  first  Governor  of  the 
Massachusetts  Bay  Company.  He 
remained    in    England    but    con- 


tributed largely  to  the  expense  of 
the  Puritan  migration. 

(/.    High  Street  near  Mystic  Valley  Parkway) 
{2.     Fellsway  near  Revere  Beach  Parkway) 

MELROSE 

Ensign    Thomas    Lynde    House 

Erected  in  1670  by  Ensign  Thomas 
Lynde  the  first  settler  in  Melrose, 
son  of  Deacon  Lynde  who  came 
to  Charlestown  in  1634.  This 
house  was  occupied  by  his  direct 
descendants  until  1881. 

{86  Main  Street) 

MENDON 

First  Meetinghouse 

Here  stood  Mendon's  first  meet- 
inghouse, built  in  1668  and  de- 
stroyed by  Indians  in  1676.  Joseph 
Emerson,  the  minister,  was  an 
ancestor  of  Ralph  Waldo  Emerson. 

{Route  126  and  Main  Street) 

Mendon 

The  plantation  of  Qunshapage  set- 
tled in  1663.  Named  Mendon  in 
1667.  Burned  and  abandoned  dur- 
ing King  Philip's  War,  resettled 
about  1677. 

(/.     Route  126  at  Mendon-Uxbridge  line) 
{2.     Route  126  at  Mendon-Hopedale  line) 

MIDDLEBOROUGH 

The  Wading  Place 

Site  of  the  ford  or  wading  place 
where  the  Indian  trail  from  Ply- 


\n\ 


Historical  Markers  of  the 


mouth  to  "Middleberry"  (Middle- 
borough)  crossed  the  Nemasket 
River.  When  the  town  was  estab- 
lished, 1669,  its  southern  boundary- 
was  described  as  extending  "Six 
mile  from  the  wadeing  place." 

{Route  joi.  East  Main  Street  at  Montello  Street) 

Old  Fort 

Fifty  rods  east  is  the  site  of  the 
Old  Fort  built  about  1670  as  a 
place  of  defense  and  refuge  in  time 
of  need.  During  King  Philip's 
War  an  Indian  making  insulting 
gestures  on  Indian  Rock  across  the 
Nemasket  River  was  shot  from 
the  fort. 

{Route  101,  North  Main  Street  at  High  School) 

MILTON 

Indian  Trail 

Churchill's  Lane.  When  the  In- 
dians sold  their  land  near  the  mouth 
of  the  Neponset  River  they  removed 
to  the  territory  south  of  the  Blue 
Hills,  which  they  called  Ponkapoag, 
sweet  water. 

{Adams  Street  and  Churchills  Lane) 

Bridge  and  Grist  Mill 

The  Neponset  River  was  first 
bridged  at  this  point,  and  a  grist 
mill  erected  in  1634  by  Israel 
Stoughton,  a  deputy  of  Dorchester 
who  was  censured  by  Governor 
Winthrop  for  defending  popular 
rights. 

{Adams  Street  and  Baker's  Court) 


Country  Highway 

The  "country  heigh  weye"  pro- 
vided for  by  the  General  Court 
in  1639  to  connect  the  Plymouth 
and  Bay  Colonies.  This  portion 
was  laid  out  in  1654  on  the  line  of 
an  old  Indian  trail. 

{Adams  Street) 

First  Powder  Mill 

Near  this  site  stood  the  "mill  for 
making  of  powder  ...  at 
Unkety  or  Dorchester  Mill"  where 
gunpowder  was  manufactured  for 
carrying  on  King  Philip's  War  in 
1675.  After  serving  in  several 
colonial  wars  it  blew  up  in  1744. 

{Adams  and  Eliot  Streets) 

NATICK 

Indian  Meetinghouse 

On  this  site  John  Eliot  helped  his 
Indian  converts  to  build  their 
first  meetinghouse  in  1651,  with 
a  "prophet's  chamber"  where  he 
lodged  on  his  fortnightly  visits 
to  preach  to  them  in  their  language. 
His  disciple  Daniel  Takawambait 
succeeded  to  the  pastoral  office 
in  1698. 

{Route  16,  Pleasant  Street,  South  Natick) 

Natick 

'A  place  of  God's  providing.' 
Estabhshed  1651  by  the  Apostle 
Eliot  as  a  village  for  the  Christian 
Indians  from  Nonantum,  and  gov- 


A^aY 


Massachusetts  Bay  Colony 


erned  by  them  and  their  descend- 
ants for  almost  a  century. 

(/.     Route  16  at  the  Natick-Wellesley  line) 
{2.     Route  ijs  "t  'fif  Natick-Wellesley  line) 

NEW  BRAINTREE 

Wheeler  s  Surprise 

One  mile  to  the  southwest,  off  the 
North  Brookfield  road,  Edward 
Hutchinson's  company  seeking  a 
parley  with  the  Nipmucs  was 
ambushed  by  Indians  August  2, 
1675,  ^^^  more  than  half  were 
slain.  Captain  Hutchinson  died 
from  his  wounds.  Captain  Thomas 
Wheeler  was  wounded  but  escaped. 

{Route  67  at  Road  to  North  Brookfield) 

NEWBURY 

Landing  Place  of  First  Settlers 

Landing  place  on  River  Parker  of 
the  men  and  women  who  settled 
in  Newbury  between  1635  ^^^ 
1650. 

{Route  lA  and  Cottage  Road) 

Newbury 

Indian  region  called  Quascacun- 
quen,  settled  1635  under  leadership 
of  the  Puritan  clergyman  Thomas 
Parker. 

(/.     Route  I A  at  Newbury-Rowley  line) 
{2.     Route  I  at  Newbury-Newburyport  line) 

NEWBURYPORT 

Watts'  Cellar 

Near  this  spot  was  "Watts'  Cellar, " 
a  landmark  before   the  settlement 


of  Newbury  in  1635.  ^^  excava- 
tion, used  for  the  storage  of  fish 
by  fishermen  who  visited  the  New 
England  coast. 

{Merrimac  Street  at  Market  Square) 

Goody  Morse  House 

Near  this  spot  lived  Goody  Morse, 
condemned  for  witchcraft  in  1679, 
but  reprieved  by  Governor  Brad- 
street.  She  was  allowed  to  return 
to  her  home,  "provided  she  goe 
not  above  sixteen  rods  from  her 
owne  house  and  land  at  any  time 
except  to  the  meetinghouse. " 

{Water  Street  at  Market  Square) 

Dal  ton  House 

Built  in  1746  by  Michael  Dalton, 
later  the  residence  of  his  son, 
Tristram  Dalton,  one  of  the  first 
two  United  States  Senators  from 
Massachusetts.  Here  were  enter- 
tained George  Washington  and 
other  distinguished  men. 

{State  Street) 

Approach  to  Carrs  Ferry 

First  ferry  across  the  Merrimack 
River  from  Newbury  to  Salisbury, 
established  about  1639,  and  the 
only  route  from  Boston  to  the 
eastern  frontier.  In  1641  George 
Carr  was  appointed  ferryman  with 
rights  which  continued  in  his  family 
for  generations. 

{Jefferson  and  High  Streets) 


-i^sY 


Historical  Markers  of  the 


Edward  Rawson 

On  this  site  dwelt  Edward  Rawson, 
Secretary  of  the  Bay  Colony  for 
thirty-six  years,  Deputy  to  the 
General  Court  for  twelve  years, 
elected  Clerk  of  the  House  of 
Deputies  in  1645.  He  died  in 
Boston  1693. 

{High  Street) 

NEWTON 

Site  of  Early  Meetinghouse 

The  original  meetinghouse  of  the 
First  Church  in  Newton  was  built 
in  this  burying  ground  in  1660. 
The  first  pastor  was  John  Eliot,  Jr., 
son  of  the  Apostle  to  the  Indians. 

{Cotton  and  Centre  Streets) 


NORTHAMPTON 

Northam-pton 

land     called     Nonotuck, 
1653,     the    home    of 


m 


Indian 

bought 

Jonathan  Edwards,  Joseph  Hawley 

and    Timothy    Dwight.      Seat    of 

Smith  College. 


{2. 


Route  log  at  Northampto7t-WilUamsburg  line) 
Route  5  at  Northampton-Easthampton  line) 


NORTH  ANDOVER 

Simon  and  Anne  Br  ad  street 

Simon  Bradstreet  and  his  wife 
Anne,  aged  18,  came  over  in  the 
"Arbella,"  and  built  this  house  in 
1667.  Simon  served  the  Colony 
for  nigh  sixty  years  as  Assistant 
and  Governor.    Anne  wrote  poetry 


of  enduring  beauty  while  bringing 
up  her  eight  children. 

{Route  125  and  Academy  Road) 

NORTHBOROUGH 

Mary  Goodnow  s  Grave 

Mary  Goodnow  who  lived  here  with 
her  parents  was  lame  and  unable  to 
run  to  the  garrison  house  for  safety 
when  the  Indians  attacked  North- 
borough  on  August  18,  1707.  A 
short  path  leads  through  the  woods 
to  her  grave  near  the  place  where 
she  fell. 

{Route  20  near  Northborough-Marlborough  line) 

NORTHFIELD 

Captain  Richard  Beers 

Grave  of  Captain  Richard  Beers, 
killed  by  Indians  on  September  4, 
1675.  His  monument  is  on  the 
mountain-side  above. 

{Route  Sj) 

First  Settlement 

Here,  enclosed  by  a  stockade,  the 
first  settlement  was  made  in  1673. 
Nine  rods  to  the  westward  a  fort 
was  built  in  1685  and  eight  rods 
southeast  stood  the  Indians'  Coun- 
cil Rock. 

{Route  10) 

Nathaniel  'Dickinson  House 

Nathaniel  Dickinson  lived  here 
nineteen  years  in  a  fortified  house 


-{26}- 


y.    -y: 


Massachusetts  Bay  Colony 


but  was  scalped  and  killed  by  the 
Indians  on  April  15,  1747,  at 
Pachaug  Hill. 

{Route  10) 


King  Philip's  Hill 

Philip,  second  son  and  successor  of 
Massasoit,  Sachem  of  the  Wam- 
panoag,  camped  on  this  hill  during 
the  winter  of  1675-6.  The  stump 
of  a  large  look-out  tree  together 
with  defence  trenches  are  to  be 
seen  on  top. 

{Route  10) 

Indian  Council  Fires 

Two  hundred  and  fifty  yards  east- 
ward are  the  sites  of  three  large 
Indian  council  fires.  The  Beers 
Massacre  of  September  4,  1675, 
took  place  in  a  gorge  one-quarter 
mile  to  the  northeast. 

{Route  63) 


OXFORD 

Huguenot  Settlement 

Up  this  road  on  Mayo's  Hill,  are  the 
remains  of  a  bastioned  fort  built 
by  Huguenots  driven  from  France 
by  the  Revocation  of  the  Edict  of 
Nantes.  Their  prosperous  settle- 
ment was  interrupted  by  Indian 
attacks  in  1696,  and  finally  aban- 
doned in  1 704. 

{Route  12  and  Huguenot  Road) 


The  Johnson  Massacre 

John  Johnson  and  three  children 
were  killed  by  Indians  in  his  house 
on  this  spot  August  25,  1696.  His 
wife  was  saved  by  her  brother. 

{Route  12) 

Old  Maanexit  Ford 

From  this  ford  branched  trails  to 
Woodstock,  Brookfield  and  Stur- 
bridge.  This  way  ran  the  Post 
Route  established  in  1672  "to 
goe  monthly"  from  New  York  to 
Boston.  Here,  June  5,  1676,  Major 
Talcott's  Connecticut  troops  passed 
to  join  the  final  campaign  against 
King  Philip. 

{Country  Road  from  Webster  to  Oxford) 

Clara  Barton  s  Birthplace 

One  mile  westward  Clara  Barton, 
"The  Angel  of  the  Battlefield," 
was  born  in  1821.  A  volunteer 
nurse  in  the  Civil  War,  she  served 
the  International  Red  Cross  in 
the  Franco-Prussian  War,  founded 
the  American  Red  Cross  and  served 
as  its  President  for  23  years. 

{Route  12) 

PEABODY 

Downing  Farm 

One  and  one-quarter  miles  west- 
ward is  Downing  Farm  where  lived 
John  Proctor  who  was  granted  a 
license  by  the  selectmen  of  Salem 


-{27}- 


Historical  Markers  of  the 


in  1666  "to  entertain  travelers." 
He  was  condemned  and  executed 
during  the  witchcraft  frenzy  of 
1692. 

{Peabody  Square) 

PRINCETON 

Redemption  Rock 

Upon  the  rock  50  feet  west  of  this 
spot  Mary  Rowlandson,  wife  of 
the  first  minister  of  Lancaster,  was 
redeemed  from  captivity  under 
King  Philip.  The  narrative  of  her 
experience  is  one  of  the  classics 
of  colonial  literature. 

{Route  64,  near  East  Princeton) 

OUINCY 

William  Hutchinson  s  Grant 

In  William  Hutchinson's  house 
near  this  spot  his  wife  Anne  tarried 
on  her  way  to  Rhode  Island,  exiled 
from  Massachusetts  by  the  General 
Court  in  i\pril,  1638. 

{Beak  Street) 

Moswetuset  Hummock 

Moswetuset  Hummock  was  the 
seat  of  Chickatawbut,  Sagamore 
of  the  Massachusetts  Indians;  ad- 
joining were  their  planting  grounds. 
"Massachusetts"  means  "at  the 
Great  (Blue)  Hills. "  With  Chicka- 
tawbut Governor  Winthrop  made 
a  treaty  which  was  never  broken. 

{^uincy  Shore  Reservation  and  Squantum  Street) 


Merrymount 

Thomas  Morton,  a  merry  English- 
man, set  up  an  eighty-foot  maypole 
here  in  1627,  named  the  place 
Ma-re  Mount,  and  dispensed  good 
cheer.  The  Puritans,  scandalized 
by  his  revels  and  endangered  by 
his  arms  traffic  with  the  Indians, 
deported  him  and  cut  the  maypole 
down. 

{Pilgrim  Boulevard) 

^uincy 

Site  of  Thomas  Morton's  "  Merry- 
mount,"  1625.  Set  off  from  Brain- 
tree  in  1792.  Birthplace  of  two 
presidents  of  the  United  States. 

(/.     Furnace  Brook  Parkway  and  Southern  Artery) 
{2.     Old  Colony  Parkway) 

READING 

The   Old  Parker    Tavern — 1680 

One-eighth  of  a  mile  to  "the 
simple  home  of  an  ordinary  man, 
not  wealthy,  not  particularly  dis- 
tinguished, but  a  type  of  the  God- 
fearing yeomanry.  ...  As 
Ephraim  Parker  left  it,  it  remains 
today  an  unchanged  relic  in  the 
midst  of  a  changing  world." 

{Route  28  and  IVashington  Street) 

Reading 

Formerly  part  of  Lynn,  called 
Lynn  Village,  set  off  as  a  separate 
town  1644. 


(/.     Route  28  at  Reading-Stoneham  line) 

{2.     Route  28  at  Reading-North  Reading  line) 


■{  28  }- 


The  Captive  of  KixNg  Philip 
(  Princeton  ) 


Massachusetts  Bay  Colony 


REVERE 

Tidewater  Grist  Mill 

The  Slade  Mill  near  by  stands  on 
the  site  of  a  grist  mill  built  by 
Lieutenant  Thomas  Pratt  in  1734, 
and  operated  by  the  rise  and  fall 
of  tides. 

{Route  I  A) 

Church  of  Christ — lyio 

Meetinghouse  of  the  Church  of 
Christ  in  Rumney  Marsh,  erected 
in  1 7 10.  Thomas  Cheever,  the 
first  settled  minister,  died  Decem- 
ber 27,  1749,  aged  ninety-one  years. 

{Beach  Street) 

Rumney  Marsh  Burying  Ground 

Two  hundred  yards  north,  off 
Harris  Street,  is  the  Rumney  Marsh 
Burying  Ground.  The  oldest  stone 
standing  is  dated  1694. 

{Route  I A  and  Harris  Street) 


ROCKPORT 

Old  First  Parish  Burying  Ground 

Original  plot  given  by  the  first 
settler,  Richard  Tarr,  who  was 
buried  here  in  1732.  Here  lie 
most  of  the  early  settlers  and  many 
of  the  officers  and  soldiers  of  the 
French  and  Indian,  Revolutionary 
and  1 8 12  Wars. 

{Beach  Street) 


First  Settler 

Here  stood  the  cabin  of  Richard 
Tarr,  founder  of  the  Tarr  family  on 
Cape  Ann.  He  came  to  Marble- 
head  in  1680,  then  settled  in  Saco, 
Maine.  Driven  thence  by  Indians, 
he  became  the  first  settler  of  Sandy 
Bay  (Rockport)  in  1690. 

{Main  Street) 

John  Pool 

Here  stood  the  first  framed  house 
in  Sandy  Bay  (Rockport)  built  in 
1700  by  the  second  settler  John 
Pool.  He  built  the  first  sawmill, 
bridge  and  vessel  in  this  settlement, 
and  furnished  the  lumber  used  in 
building  Long  Wharf,  Boston,  in 
1710. 

{King  and  Smith  Streets) 

Old  Stone  Fort 

Site  of  the  stone  fort  erected  by 
public  subscription  as  a  protection 
against  British  warships  during  the 
War  of  1812. 

{Bear  Skin  Neck) 

Bear  Skin  Neck 

Named  from  a  bear  caught  by  the 
tide  and  killed  in  1700.  Com- 
mercial and  shipbuilding  center  of 
Rockport  for  150  years.  First 
dock  built  here  1743,  Sandy  Bay 
Pier  Company  organized  1809. 
Site  of  stone  fort  and  Sea  Fencibles 
Barrack  during  War  of  181 2. 

{Dock  Square) 


-{29}- 


Historical  Markers  of  the 


Samuel  de  Cham-plain 

Due  east  from  here  on  July  i6, 
1605,  the  Sieur  de  Monts  sent 
Samuel  de  Champlain.^  ashore  to 
parley  with  some  Indians.  They 
danced  for  him  and  i  traced  an 
outline  map  of  Massachusetts  Bay. 
These  French  explorers  named  this 
promontory  "The  Cape  of  Islands. " 

{South  Street) 

Benjamin  Tarr  House 

Answering  a  sudden  alarm  to 
meet  at  the  house  of  Lieutenant 
Benjamin  Tarr,  grandson  of  Rich- 
ard Tarr  the  first  settler,  sixty-six 
men  from  this  village  under  Captain 
John  Rowe,  marched  to  Charles- 
town  and  fought  in  the  Battle  of 
Bunker  Hill. 

{South  Street) 

ROWLEY 

First  Fulling  Mill 
Ten  rods  west  is  the  site  of  the 


diah  Jewett,  the  earliest  ministers 
of  the  town,  and  nearly  all  the 
original  settlers. 

{Route  I A  near  Route  /jj) 

Rowley 

Settled  1639  under  leadership  of 
the  Puritan  clergyman  Ezekiel 
Rogers  of  Rowley,  England,  with 
a  company  of  cloth  workers  from 
the  West  Riding  of  Yorkshire. 

(/.     Route  I  at  Rowley -N ewbury  line) 
{2.     Route  I A  at  Rowley-Ipswich  line) 

SALEM 

Witch  Jail 

This  house  contains  the  frame  and 
timbers  of  the  jail  where  those 
accused  of  witchcraft  were  im- 
prisoned in  1692. 

{Federal  Street) 


Witch  House 

Take  this  road  to  the  Old  Witch 
House,  310  Essex  Street 
owned    in    1692    by 


one 


It  was 
of    the 


first    fulling    mill    in    the    English  trial  judges,  Jonathan  Corwin,  and 

colonies,  built  about  the  year  1643  there  some  of  the  witnesses  were 

by  John  Pearson.  examined. 

{Route  I  and  Glen  Road)  {Route  I2()  and  Loring  Avenue) 


Rowley  Burial  Ground 

The  Burial  Ground  set  apart  at  the 
settlement  of  the  Town  of  Rowley 
in  1639.  Here  are  buried  Ezekiel 
Rogers,  Samuel  Phillips,  Samuel 
Shepard,  Edward  Payson  and  Jede- 


Hugh  Peter 

On  this  site  lived  from  1635  to  1642 
Reverend  Hugh  Peter,  minister  of 
the  First  Church,  friend  of  the 
fishing  industry,  patron  of  ship- 
building and  overseer  of  Harvard 


-{30 


The  Famous  Maypole 

( ^uincy  ) 


Massachusetts  Bay  Colony 


College.  Later  a  chaplain  and 
adviser  to  Oliver  Cromwell,  he 
was  executed  by  order  of  Charles  II. 

{IVashington  and  Essex  Streets) 

Simon  Bradstreet 

On  this  site  Simon  Bradstreet, 
Governor,  Deputy-Governor,  and 
Assistant  of  Massachusetts  Bay 
for  nearly  sixty  years,  dwelt  from 
1676  to  his  death  in  1697.  The 
house  belonged  to  his  second  wife, 
a  niece  of  Governor  Winthrop. 

{Essex  Street) 

Salem 

The  Indian  region  called  Naum- 
keag.  First  settled  by  "Old  Plant- 
ers" from  Cape  Ann  under  Roger 
Conant  1626.  Seat  of  London's 
Plantation  in  the  Massachusetts 
Bay  under  Governor  John  Ende- 
cott,  1628.  Governor  John  Win- 
throp landed  here  in  the  Arbella 
June  12,  1630,  bringing  the  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  Charter. 

(/.     Route  I  A) 
{2.     Route  loj) 

SALISBURY 

Robert  Pike  Homestead 

Near  by  stood  the  house  built  in 
1639  by  Robert  Pike,  a  leader  in 
civil  and  military  affairs  who  rep- 
resented Salisbury  for  thirty-seven 
years  in  the  General  Court. 

{Route  I  and  Elm  Street) 


First  Meetinghouse 

Site  of  the  first  meetinghouse  built 
on  the  open  green  in  1640.  The 
bell,  hung  in  1642,  is  said  to  have 
been  brought  from  England  by 
order  of  the  Reverend  William 
Worcester,  who  settled  here  in 
1639. 

{Elm  Street  and  Mudnork  Road) 

Garrison  House  and  Court  House 

Near  by,  built  in  1640,  stood  the 
Garrison  House  and  Court  House. 
Christopher  Batt,  who  named  this 
town  for  Salisbury,  England, 
whence  he  came,  trained  soldiers 
in  this  field. 

{Elm  Street) 

Salisbury 

Early  name  Colechester  settled 
1638.  Name  changed  to  Salisbury 
1 640  in  compliment  to  its  Puritan 
clergyman  William  Worcester  of 
Salisbury,  England. 

(/.     Route  I  at  Salisbury-Seabrook  line) 
{2.     Route  I  at  Salisbury-Newburyport  line) 

SAUGUS 

Adam  Hawkes 

Adam  Hawkes,  the  first  white 
settler  in  Saugus,  built  on  this  site 
about  1 630.  President  John  Adams 
was  his  great-grandson. 

{Route  I  and  Walnut  Street) 

Appletons  Pulpit 

In  1687  Major  Appleton  of  Ipswich 
made  a  speech  on  this  rock  denounc- 


-{31}- 


Historical  Markers  of  the 


ing  the  tyranny  of  the  Royal 
Governor,  Sir  Edmund  Andros.  A 
watch  was  stationed  on  the  hill 
to  give  warning  of  any  approach 
of  the  Crown  Officers. 

{Appleton  Street  near  Central  Street) 


Stockade 

On  this  site  stood  a  stockade 
erected  about  1642,  enclosing  two 
buildings,  one  for  soldiers  and  the 
other  for  women  and  children. 

{Woods  off  Fahens  Street) 

Stockade 

One-quarter  of  a  mile  southwesterly 
is  the  site  of  a  stockade  erected 
about  1642,  enclosing  two  build- 
ings, one  for  soldiers  and  the  other 
for  women  and  children. 

{Route  12^  and  Edison  Street) 

The  Scotch  House 

Erected  in  161 5  or  1651  by  The 
Undertakers  of  the  Iron  Works  in 
Lyn  (Saugus)  to  house  Scotch 
prisoners  captured  by  Cromwell 
at  the  Battle  of  Dunbar  and  sold 
into  seven  years'  service  in  New 
England  as  indentured  servants. 

{Howard  Street) 

Tide-Mill 

Benjamin  Potter,  Jacob  Newhall 
and  WiUiam  Curtis  were  granted 
the  privilege  of  conducting  a  tide 


mill  at  the  bridge  at  East  Saugus 
1721.  On  this  site  in  1722  Thomas 
Cheever  and  Ebenezer  Merriam 
built  a  mill  for  grinding  corn. 

{Lincoln  Avenue) 

Iron  Works 

"The  Company  of  Undertakers  for 
the  Iron  Works,"  consisting  of 
English  gentlemen  and  colonists, 
erected  a  furnace  on  this  site  in 
1 643.  Joseph  Jenks,  their  employe, 
built  a  forge  here  in  1647,  invented 
the  modern  type  of  scythe,  and 
built  Boston's  first  fire  engine. 

{Cabot  Street) 

Saugus 

Before  1615  headquarters  of  Nane- 
pashemet,  Chief  of  the  Nipmuc 
tribes.  Here  were  established  in 
1643  the  first  Ironworks  in  New 
England,  called  Hammersmith,  or- 
ganized by  John  Winthrop,  Junior 
and  managed  by  Richard  Leader 
an  ironmaster  of  Ireland. 

(/.     Route  I  at  Saugus-Lynnfield  line) 
{2.     Route  I  at  Saugus-Melrose  line) 

SCITUATE 

Early  Boundary  Line 

Boundary  line  between  Norfolk 
and  Plymouth  Counties,  originally 
established  in  1640  as  the  boundary 
between  the  colonies  of  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  and  New  Plymouth. 

{Route  J  A  at  Scituate-Cohasset  line) 


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Third  Cliff 

The  first  plantations  at  "Satuit" 
were  laid  out  by  the  Men  of  Kent 
before  1628  on  this  cliff,  which  was 
then  much  more  extensive. 

{Collier  Road) 

North  River 

In  more  than  twenty  shipyards 
on  the  banks  of  this  river  between 
1640  and  1872  many  famous  vessels 
were  built. 

This  bridge  marks  site  of  ferry 
established  in  1637  by  William 
Vassallj  an  early  exponent  of  reli- 
gious liberty. 

{Route  3 A  at  Scituate-Marshfield  line) 

Site  of  Stockbridge  Mansion 

The  Stockbridge  mansion,  built 
before  1660,  stood  on  this  site.  It 
was  a  garrison  house  in  King 
Philip's  War  for  protection  of 
the  mills,  and  was  successfully 
defended. 

The  pond  and  mill  were  made 
famous  by  Woodworth's  poem 
"The Old  Oaken  Bucket." 

{Route  J  A  near  Route  /2j) 

Kent  Street 

Laid  out  by  the  Men  of  Kent 
in  1633.  Six  house  lots  of  four 
acres,  extending  eight  rods  along 
the  street,  and  eighty  rods  "up 
into  the  woods." 

{Kent  Street  and  Edward  Foster  Road) 


Williams-Barker  House 

A  portion  of  the  house  built  by 
John  Williams  in  1634  is  incor- 
porated in  the  present  house.  It 
was  a  "garrison"  or  place  of 
refuge  and  defense  during  King 
Philip's  War. 

{Wellesley  Road) 

Gannetf  s  Corner 

Settled  by  Mathew  Gannett  in 
1651. 

{Route  3 A  and  Booth  Hill  Road) 

Satuit  Brook 

From  which  the  town  derived  its 
name.  The  Indian  word,  first 
written  Satuit  or  Seteat,  meaning 
cold  brook,  was  changed  in  1640 
to  Scituate. 

{Front  Street  and  Edward  Foster  Road) 

The  Old  Oaken  Bucket 

Homestead  and  well  made  famous 
by  Samuel  Woodworth  in'  his  poem 
"The  Old  Oaken  Bucket. "  Home- 
stead erected  by  John  Northey 
in  1675;  poet  born  in  Scituate 
January  13,  1785. 

{Old  Oaken  Bucket  Road) 

SHERBORN 

Sherborn 

Settled  in  1652  and  called  Bog- 
gastow,  became  a  town  in  1674. 

(/.     Junction  Routes  15  and  16) 
{2.     Route  15  and  Main  Street) 


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SHIRLEY 

The  Revolutionary  Tavern 

Built  before  1747  and  kept  from 
1758  to  1790  by  Obadiah  Sawtell, 
"the  old  landlord."  He  was  a 
delegate  to  the  Provincial  Congress. 
Here  the  men  gathered  at  the  alarm 
on  April  19,  1775. 

{Route  2  and  Barrett  Hill) 

Old  Parsonage 

The  house  of  the  first  minister  of 
Shirley,  Phinehas  Whitney.  Doro- 
thy Quincy  and  Madam  Lydia 
Hancock  visited  here;  and  here 
also  in  1773  came  John  Hancock 
to  accompany  them  home.  Moved 
to  this  site  in  1906  it  became  the 
Rectory  of  St.  Anthony's  Church. 

{Phoenix  Street) 

SOMERVILLE 

Powder  House 

This  stone  windmill  built  by  John 
Mallet  about  1703  was  sold  to  the 
Province  for  a  gun  powder  maga- 
zine in  1747.  Rifled  by  General 
Gage  of  the  Colony's  powder  on 
I  September  1774,  it  became  a 
magazine  of  the  American  Army  in 
1775-76. 

{Broadway  and  College  Avenue) 

Blessing  of  the  Bay 

Here  Governor  John  Winthrop 
built  a  bark  of  thirty-six  tons, 
named  the  "Blessing  of  the  Bay," 
which  was  launched  July  4,  1631. 


This  was  probably  the  first  vessel 
built  in  Massachusetts. 

{Mystic  Avenue) 

Governor  Winthrop  House 

On  Governor  Winthrop  Road  is 
the  site  of  the  house  on  Governor 
John  Winthrop's  "Ten  Hills 
Farm. "  This  estate  included  six 
hundred  acres,  and  was  granted  to 
the  Governor  by  the  General  Court 
of  Massachusetts  Bay. 

{Fellsway) 

SOUTHBOROUGH 

John  Matthews'  Garrison 

On  Gilmore  Road  near  this  spot  the 
John  Matthews'  Garrison  was 
erected  prior  to  171 1.  A  garrison 
in  colonial  New  England  was  a 
private  house  designated  as  a 
place  of  refuge  and  defense  in  case 
of  Indian  attack. 

{Route  11^  and  Parkerville  Road) 

STOW 

Stow 

The  plantation  called  Pompositti- 
cut,  settled  about  1660,  became  a 
town  and  received  its  present 
name,  1685. 

(/.     Routes  62  and  ///  at  Stow-Maynard  line) 

{2.     Route  62  and  High  Street  at  Stow-Hudson  line) 

STURBRIDGE 

Tantiusques 

The  graphite  or  black  lead  deposit 
near  by  was  valued  by  the  Indians 


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for  face  paint,  and  by  the  white 
men  for  pencils  and  other  uses. 
John  Winthrop,  Jr.,  was  "granted 
the  hill  at  Tantousq"  in  1644,  and 
began  to  exploit  the  mine  in  1658. 

{Route  12^  and  Road  to  Lead  Mine  Pond) 

SUDBURY 

Hop  Brook  Mill 

To  the  right  is  the  site  of  Hop  Brook 
Mill,  erected  in  1659  by  virtue  of 
a  town  grant  to  Thomas  and  Peter 
Noyes,  "to  build  and  maintain 
a  mill  to  grind  the  corn  of  the 
settlers."  It  is  now  the  property 
of  Henry  Ford. 

{Route  20  and  Concord  Road) 

Sudbury  Fight 

One-quarter  mile  north  took  place 
the  Sudbury  Fight  with  King 
Philip's  Indians  on  April  21,  1676. 
Captain  Samuel  Wadsworth  fell 
with  twenty-eight  of  his  men; 
their  monument  stands  in  the 
burying  ground. 

{Route  20  and  Concord  Road) 

The  Goodenow  Garrison  House 

Portion  of  the  Goodenow  Garrison 
House  in  which  the  settlers  took 
refuge  from  King  Philip's  Indians 
during  the  battle  of  April  18-21, 
1676. 

{Route  20,  East  Sudbury) 

Haynes  Garrison  House 

One-eighth  of  a  mile  north  is  the 
site  of  the  Haynes  Garrison  House 


the  home  of  Deacon  John  Haynes. 
Here  the  settlers  by  their  brave 
defense  saved  the  town  when  King 
Philip  and  his  Indian  warriors 
attacked  Sudbury  in  April,  1676. 

{Wayland  Road  and  Water  Row) 

Sudbury 

Settled  1638  by  a  company  of 
Puritans  who  arrived  in  the  ship 
"Confidence"  and  were  attracted 
by  the  meadows  on  the  Musketa- 
quid  River.  Named  after  Sudbury 
in  Suffolk. 

(/.     Route  20  at  Sudbury-lVayland  line) 
{2.     Route  20  at  Sudbury -Framingham  line) 

TOPSFIELD 

Parson  Capen  House 

One-half  mile  west  of  here  is  the 
Parson  Capen  House.  Built  in 
1683  for  the  minister,  and  a  fine 
specimen  of  domestic  architecture 
of  the  Puritan  century.  Now  the 
home  of  the  Topsfield  Historical 
Society. 

{Routes  I  and  97) 

TYNGSBOROUGH 

Mansion  House 

This  mansion  was  built  in  1675 
by  Colonel  Jonathan  Tyng  for 
whom  this  town  was  named.  It 
was  the  northerly  outpost  to  the 
garrison  house  which  stood  a 
quarter-mile  down  stream  opposite 
Wicassee  Falls  and  Island  where 
the  Pawtucket  Indians  were  settled. 

{Routes) 


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WALTHAM 

First  Cotton  Cloth  Mill 
Here  stands  the  original  factory 
built  by  the  Boston  Manufacturing 
Company  in  1813,  the  first  mill 
in  which  all  the  operations  for 
making  cotton  cloth  were  carried 
on  in  one  place,  and  by  power. 

{Moody  Street) 

WATERTOWN 

Roger  Clap's  Layiding 
Near  this  spot  Roger  Clap  and 
other  passengers  of  the  "Mary  and 
John,"  coming  by  boat  from  Nan- 
tasket  landed  their  goods  "with 
much  labor  and  toil"  in  June, 
1630.  They  shortly  rejoined 
their  companions  at  Mattapan 
who  had  founded  there  the  town 
of  Dorchester. 

{Charles  River  Road  and  Beechwood  Avenue) 

Watertown 
Settled  by  Puritans  in  1630  under 
the  leadership  of  Sir  Richard  Sal  ton- 
stall  and  the  Rev.  George  Phillips 
who  stood  firmly  for  religious 
toleration  and  the  right  of  the 
people  to  a  representative  govern- 
ment. 

(/.     Watertown  Square) 

{2.     Route  20  at  Watertovon-Waltham  line) 

WAYLAND 

First  Town  Center 
Site     of    first    meetinghouse    and 
center  of  settlement  of  the  Sudbury 
Plantation,  1638. 

{Old  Sudbury  Road) 


WEBSTER 

Chaubunagu  ngamaug 

Site  of  Praying  Indian  town  estab- 
lished by  John  Eliot  and  Daniel 
Gookin  in  1674  and  known  as 
Chaubunagungamaug. 

{Thompson  Road  near  Lake  Street) 

WENHAM 

Wenham 

Settled  about  1636,  called  Enon, 
"because  there  was  much  water 
there"  (St.  John  iii,  23).  Set  off 
from  Salem  and  name  changed  to 
Wenham  1643. 

(/.     Route  I A  at  W enham-Beverly  line) 

{2.     Route  I A  near  Wenham-Hamilton  line) 

Wenham  Lake 

Early  called  The  Great  Pond. 
Favorite  resort  of  the  Indians. 
Hugh  Peter  preached  on  its  shores 
in  1638. 

{Route  J  A) 

WESTBOROUGH 

The  Old  Connecticut  Path 

An  Indian  trail  before  1630  left 
the  road  here  to  go  over  Fay 
Mountain. 

{Ruggles  and  Mt.  Pleasant  Streets) 

WEST  BROOKFIELD 

Fort  Gilbert 

Here  stood  Fort  Gilbert,  built 
about  1688  to  protect  the  second 
settlement  of  Brookfield  from  In- 
dian raids. 

{North  Main  Street) 


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WEYMOUTH 

Weymouth 

Indian  region  called  Wessagusset. 
Site  of  Thomas  Weston's  Colony, 
1623.  Attacked  by  Indians  and 
rescued  by  Captain  Miles  Standish. 
Named  after  Weymouth  in  Dorset, 
from  which  many  of  its  settlers 
came  in  1635. 

(/.    Route  3  A) 

(2.     Route  J  at  Weymouth-Braintree  line) 

WILBRAHAM 

The  Bay  Path 

An  Indian  trail  before  1630  left  the 
road  here  to  go  over  Steerage 
Rock  Mountain. 

{Route  20  and  River  Knoll) 

WINCHESTER 

The  Symmes  Farm 

Farm  of  about  three  hundred  acres 
granted  to  the  Reverend  Zachariah 
Symmes,  first  minister  of  Charles- 
town,  in  1634.  This  portion  of  the 
farm  is  still  owned  by  his  descend- 
ants. 

{Main  Street) 

The  Squaw  Sachem's  Reservation 

The  Squaw  Sachem  of  the  Nipmucs 
sold  (1639)  all  her  people's  land 
excepting  "the  ground  we^t  of  the 
two  great  ponds  called  theMysticke 
Ponds,  for  the  Indians  to  plant  and 
hunt  upon,  and  the  weare  above  the 
ponds  for  the  Indians  to  fish  at. " 

{Route  J  at  Winchester-Arlington  line) 


John  Harvard's  Land 

In  1638  this  tract  of  about  one 
hundred  and  twenty  acres  was 
granted  by  the  town  of  Charles- 
town  to  its  Teaching  Elder  John 
Harvard.  He  died  the  same  year, 
aged  thirty-one,  leaving  half  his 
property  to  the  College  which  was 
then  named  after  him. 

{Washington  and  Forest  Streets) 

Site  of  First  House 

Built  in  1640  by  Edward  Converse, 
who  led  the  party  sent  out  by 
Charlestown  to  explore  "Water- 
field."  Selectman  twenty-four 
years,  deacon  nineteen  years, 
arrested  in  1662  for  speaking  dis- 
respectfully of  the  King's  letter. 

{Route  jB,  Main  Street  and  Converse  Place) 

Increase  NowelVs  Farm 

Increase  Nowell,  nephew  to  a  Dean 
of  St.  Paul's  Cathedral,  and  an 
original  officer  of  the  Massachusetts 
Bay  Company,  emigrated  with 
Winthrop,  settled  in  Charlestown 
and  served  as  Assistant  of  the 
Colony  until  his  death  in  1655. 
This  farm  was  granted  to  him 
in  1638. 

{Route  3  and  High  Street) 

WINTHROP 

Deane  Winthrop  House 

In  1637  WiUiam  Peirce,  Captain 
of  the   ship   "Lion"   erected   this 


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house  which  was  occupied  from 
1647  to  1703  by  Deane  Winthrop, 
younger  son  of  Governor  Winthrop. 

(Shirley  Street) 

Governor  Winthrop  House 

Site  of  house  erected  by  Governor 
Winthrop  about  1634  and  occupied 
for  a  time  previous  to  1647  by  his 
son  Deane  who  estabHshed  on  the 
nearby  hill  a  ship  signaling  station 
by  hoisting  a  bush  to  the  top  of  a 
pole. 

{Shirley  Street) 

WOBURN 

Woburn 

Settled  by  men  from  Charlestown 
under  Captain  Edward  Johnson. 
Named  in  1642  after  Woburn, 
Bedfordshire.  Here  were  born 
and  grew  up  together  Colonel 
Loammi  Baldwin,  the  Engineer, 
and  Benjamin  Thompson  (Count 
Rumford),  Philanthropist  and 
Scientist. 

(/.     Routes  128  and  J B) 
{2.     Routes  J  and  128) 

WORCESTER 

Worcester 

The  first  settlement  of  this  lonely 
region  called  Quinsigamond  was 
attempted  in  1673,  but  abandoned 
during  King  PhiHp's  War.  A 
second  settlement,  attempted  in 
1684,  soon  named  Worcester,  was 


also  temporarily  abandoned  be- 
cause of  Indian  hostility.  Perma- 
nent occupation  was  effected  in 
1713- 

(/.     Route  20,  Belmont  Street  and  Shrewsbury  Street) 

(2.     Route  20,  Lincoln  Square) 

(j.     Route  20,  Main  and  Stafford  Streets) 

First  Attempted  Settlement 

Here  Ephraim  Curtis  white  settler 
built  in  1673  ^^'i  lived  until 
driven  off  by  the  Indians. 

{Lincoln  Street) 

Second  Attempted  Settlement 

One-half  mile  westward  stood  the 
home  of  Digory  Sergent,  one  of 
the  second  group  of  pioneers,  whose 
attempted  settlement  was  broken 
up  by  the  natives.  The  name 
Worcester  replaced  the  Indian 
Quinsigamond,  pickerel  lake,  at 
the  time  of  this  settlement  on 
October  15,  1684. 

{Rice  Square) 

Jonas  Rice 

On  the  slope  of  the  hill  one-half 
mile  west  stood  the  house  of  Jonas 
Rice,  the  first  permanent  dwelling 
in  Worcester,  built  in  17 13.  He 
served  as  schoolmaster  and  his 
son,  Adonijah,  was  the  first  white 
child  born  in  Worcester. 

{Rice  Square) 

Samuel  Leonards  on 

At  the  end  of  Hamilton  Street  is  the 
site  of  the  Leonardson  house  from 


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which  in  1695  Samuel,  aged  twelve, 
was  taken  captive.  Two  years 
later  he  was  with  his  Indian 
master  at  the  burning  of  Haverhill 
and  helped  Hannah  Dustin  to 
make  her  escape. 

{Hamilton  and  Graf  Ion  Streets) 


First  Mill 

A  few  rods  east  stood  the  house 
and  mill  of  John  Wing  built  in 
1684.  This  was  the  only  house 
left  standing  after  the  breaking  of 
the  second  settlement  of  Worcester. 

{Route  122 A,  at  Armory) 


Wigwam  Hill 

One  mile  north  on  Wigwam  Hill 
was  one  of  the  three  Indian  villages 
on  Worcester  ground.  The  heirs 
of  Sagamore  Pennasanet  sold  their 
rights  to  Captains  Gookin,  Hench- 
man and  Prentice  on  December  6, 
1677. 

{Route  20  and  Lake  Avenue) 


Indian  Village  Pakachoag 

One-half  mile  up  Malvern  Road 
is  the  Indian  spring  and  the  site 
of  the  Indian  village  Pakachoag, 
clear  spring,  one  of  the  three 
Indian  villages  on  Worcester 
ground.  John  EHot  preached  here 
in  1674. 

{Malvern  Road  and  Southbridge  Street) 


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1  HE  Historical  Markers  erected  by  the  Massachusetts 

Bay  Colony  Tercentenary  Commission  during  the  year  igjo  are  oj cast  iron,  both 
the  post  and  the  tablet.  They  were  made  by  the  Carlisle  Foundry  Company, 
Carlisle,  Pennsylvania. 

The  tablet  and  post  were  designed  by  Charles  R.  Greco,  Chairman  of  the 
Art  Cofnmission  of  the  Commonwealth. 

The  legend  is  the  same  on  both  sides  of  the  tablet  which  is  erected  perpendicu- 
lar to  the  road  in  order  that  a  passer-by  from  either  direction  may  read  the  in- 
scription without  descending  from  his  car. 

All  the  tablets  are  thirty-six  inches  in  width;  those  bearing  the  longer  in- 
scriptions are  forty-Jive  inches  high  to  the  top  of  the  coat  of  arms;  those  with  the 
shorter  inscriptions  are  thirty-five  inches  high  to  the  top  of  the  coat  of  arms. 

The  background  of  the  tablet  is  painted  with  alu77iinum;  the  letters  and  the 
trim  in  black;  the  coat  of  arms  of  the  Commonwealth  in  blue  and  gold.  The  post 
is  painted  with  aluminum. 

Those  tablets  erected  in  the  country  or  in  less  crowded  thoroughfares  are  on 
shorter  posts,  the  bottom  of  the  tablet  being  sixty  inches  from  the  ground — this 
position  bringing  the  center  of  the  tablet  on  a  level  with  the  eyes  of  the  passing 
motorist.  In  city  streets  and  places  where  many  pedestrians  pass,  the  tablets  are 
erected  on  longer  posts  to  bring  the  bottom  of  the  tablet  seven  feet  above  the 
ground  and  thus  give  head  room. 

The  weight  of  the  larger  tablet  is  about  200  pounds;  the  weight  of  the 
smaller  tablet  is  about  j6^  pounds. 


^chnd^pledgment 


As  a  feature  of  the  observance  of  the  Tercentenary  of  the  founding 
of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony^  the  Commission  appointed  by  His 
Excellency  the  Governor  to  initiate  and  promote  such  observance  on  the 
part  of  the  Commonivealth  provided  for  the  erection  of  nearly  three 
hundred  Historical  Markers  within  the  territory  of  the  original  Bay 
Colony. 

The  Legislature  appropriated  $i^fiOO  to  enable  the  Department 
of  Public  Works  to  erect  the  Markers^  under  the  direction  of  the  Ter- 
centenary Commission. 

Because  of  the  comparatively  short  time  available  for  the  searching 
out  of  the  most  important  of  the  eligible  sites  to  be  marked^  the  difficult 
and  arduous  work  of  preparing  arid  revising  the  text  of  inscriptions^  the 
manufacture  and  the  erection  of  the  Markers  themselves^  it  was  deemed 
necessary  to  limit  the  number  of  Markers  to  be  set  up  to  a  maximum 
of  three  hundred^  and^  with  a  few  exceptions^  to  confine  these  to  the 
territory  of  the  original  Bay  Colony  and  to  the  period  preceding  I'/S'^- 
The  City  of  Boston  having  undertaken  to  erect  Markers  within  the 
municipality^  the  Commission  placed  only  one  therein. 

This  book  reproduces  the  text  of  the  inscriptions  which  appear  on 
the  tablets^  as  well  as  photographs  of  a  number  of  the  Markers  as 
erected. 

The  Commission  desires  to  make  grateful  acknowledgment  of  the 
cordial  cooperation  and  assistance  it  has  received  in  connection  with 
this  work  from  His  Excellency  Governor  Frank  G.  Allen,  the  Legisla- 
ture, the  Administrative  Departments,  the  officials  and  public-spirited 
citizens  of  the  cities  and  towns  in  which  Markers  have  been  erected, 
and  to  the  following  named  individuals: 

To  Professor  Samuel  E.  Morison  of  Harvard  University,  the  eminent 
historian,  who  revised  and  edited  the  text  of  the  inscriptions,  at  great 
personal  sacrifice  of  time  and  labor; 


To  Charles  Knowles  Bolton,  Librarian  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum, 
for  invaluable  counsel  and  advice  throughout  the  Tercentenary  year; 

To  Albert  H.  Hall,  Chief  Archivist  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of 
the  Commonwealth,  Professor  U.  Waldo  Cutler,  Librarian  of  the 
Worcester  Historical  Society,  and  J.  Pearl  Spears  of  Worcester,  for 
their  assistance  in  research  and  in  the  preparation  of  text; 

To  Charles  R.  Greco,  Chairman  of  the  Art  Commission  of  the 
Commonwealth,  who  designed  the  tablet  and  post  for  the  Markers; 

To  Commissioner  Frank  E.  Lyman  of  the  Department  of  Public 
Works,  George  H.  Delano,  Maintenance  Engineer,  Edgar  F.  Copell, 
Assistant  Civil  Engineer,  James  Bain,  Superintendent  " D"  Street 
Garage,  Bernard  B.  Twombly,  Engineer  and  others  of  that  Department 
who  contributed  in  many  ways  to  the  success  of  the  Commission  s 
work; 

To  Dr.  H.  J.  Eckenrode  and  E.  0.  Fippin  of  the  Conservation  and 
Development  Commission  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Virginia,  who  gave 
valuable  information  and  advice  in  the  early  stages  of  the  Commission  s 
program; 

To  Frederick  W.  Benker,  Recording  Secretary,  Albert  R.  Rogers, 
Executive  Secretary,  Mrs.  N.  S.  Bell  and  Miss  Ethel  M.  Haigh  of  the 
Commission  s  staff,  for  enthusiastic  and  effective  support  of  the  Com- 
mission s  program; 

And  to  other  individuals  whose  suggestions  and  contributions  were 
important  and  useful. 


Index 


Captions  of  Towns  in  Small  Capitals  (Acton) 
Title  of  Markers  in  Italics  {Dunstable) 


Acton 9 

Adam  Hawkes  (Salisbury)  .      .      .      .31 

Adams,  President  John       .      .      .      •  31 
Adventurers,  Dorchester     ...      .16 

Agawam-Ipswich  (Ipswich)       .      .      .  19 

Agnes  Surriage  Well  (Marblehead)      .  21 

American  Army 34 

Liberty,  Birthplace  of  .      .  20 

Amesburv 9 

Andover       9 

Andover  (Title  of  Marker)        ...  9 

Andros,  Sir  Edmund      .      .      .      9,  19,  32 

"Angel  of  the  Battlefield"       ...  27 

Annisquam    . 17 

Antigua 23 

Appleton,  Major 31 

Appletons  Pulpit  (Saugus)       .      .      .31 
Approach  to  Carr's  Ferry  (Newbury- 

port) 25 

"Arbella,"  Ship       ....     10,  26,  31 

Arlington 9 

Army,  American 34 

Continental         13 

Headquarters,  American    .      .  15 

Ashland 10 

Ashquoach 11 

Balch  House  (Beverly) 10 

Balch,  John 10 

Baldwin,  Colonel  Loammi        ...  38 

Barecove  (Hingham) 19 

Barton,  Clara ^  .      .  27 

Bass  River 10 

Batt,  Christopher 31 

Battle  of  Bunker  Hill 30 

Dunbar 32 

Lexington 20 

Green,  Lexington     ....  20 
Bay  Colony,  Massachusetts 

II,  16,24,26,32 


Bay  Path,  The  .... 
Bay  Path,  The  (Ashland)  . 
(Hopkinton) 
(Wilbraham) 
Bear  Skin  Neck  (Rockport) 
Beauport,  Le  (Gloucester) 
Beers,  Captain  Richard 

Massacre 
Bellingham-Cary  Mansion  (Chelsea) 
Bellingham,  Governor  Sir  Richard     i 
Benjamin  Tarr  House  (Rockport) 

Bernardston 

Beverly        

BiLLERICA       

Billerica  (Title  of  Marker) 
Bird-Sawyer  Homestead  (Dorchester) 

Bird,  Thomas 

Birthplace  of  American  Liberty     . 

Presidents 
Blessing  of  the  Bay  (Somerville) 
Blue  Hills      .      .      .      .      . 
Boggastow  (Sherborn) 
Boston,  First  Fire  Engine 
Long  Wharf 

Manufacturing  Company 
mentioned  .      .    11,  16,  i 

Port  of 

Road 

Siege  of 13,23 

Boundary    Line,    Norfolk    and    Ply- 
mouth   32 

Boylston,  Zabdiel 12 

Bradford  (Haverhill) 18 

Bradstreet,  Anne      .      .      .      .      9,  19,  26 
Governor  Simon  19,  25,  26,  31 

Braintree II 

5r«/«/r^^  (Title  of  Marker)       .      .      .11 

Braintree  mentioned 28 

Bridge  and  Grist  Mill  (Milton)       .      .     24 
Bridge,  Saugus 21 


[8,  2 


II 
10 
19 
37 
29 
16 
26 
27 

13 
3>  19 
30 
10 
10 
II 
II 
15 

15 
20 

28 

34 
24,  28 

33 

32 
29 

3^ 

5,26 
21 
21 


Index 


Brimfield II 

British  Warships 29 

Brookfield 12 

5roo/t/^/^  (Title  of  Marker)     ...  12 

Brookfield  mentioned 27 

Brookline 12 

Bunker  Hill,  Battle  of 3° 

Burial  Grounds,  Old      .    18,  21,  22,  29,  30 

Burke  Fort  (Bernardston)    ....  10 

Burke,  John 10 

Cambridge 12 

Cambridge  (Title  of  Marker)     ...  13 

Cambridge  Cow  Common  ....  12 

mentioned n 

Canada,  captives  carried  to                  .  15 

Canton 13 

Cape  Ann 29,  31 

Settlement  of     ....  16 

of  Islands 30 

Capen,  Parson 35 

Capital  of  the  Colony 13 

Captain  Cooke's  Mill  Lane  (Arlington)  9 
Captain  Richard  Beers  (Northfield)     .  26 
Captain  John  Heald  (Acton)     ...  9 
Captain  Thomas  Wheeler  House  (Ac- 
ton)         9 

Carr,  George 25 

Cary,  Samuel 13 

Cellar,  Watts' 25 

Champlain,  Samuel  de  .      .      .      .     16,  30 

Charles  II 3^ 

Charlestown,  mentioned  21,  23,  30,  37,  38 

Way  to 12 

Charter  of  the  Colony 31 

Chaubunagungamaug  (Webster)     .      .  36 
Chebacco  Parish  (Essex)     .      .      .     15,  16 

Cheever,  Reverend  Thomas      ...  29 

Thomas 32 

Chelmsford 13 

Chelmsford  (Title  of  Marker)    ...  13 

Chelsea        13 

Chelsea  (Title  of  Marker)    ....  14 

Chickatawbut  (Sagamore)  Seat  of       .  28 
Church  in  Salem  Village,   The  (Dan- 

vers) 14 

Church  of  Christ — ijio  (Revere)   .      .  29 

Church,  Old  Ship 18 

St.  Anthony's 34 


Churchill's  Lane 24 

Civil  War 27 

Clap,  Roger         36 

Clara  Barton's  Birthplace  (Oxford)      .     27 

Clark,  Seth 22 

Cloth  Workers 30 

Cochichawick 9 

Colechester  (Salisbury) 31 

College,  Harvard      .    12,  13,  16,  23,  30,  37 

Smith 26 

Colony,  Massachusetts  Bay 

II,  16,  24,  26,  32 

Plymouth    .  .     17,  22,  24,  32 

Coming  of  the  Arbella  {^t\&r\y)     .      .      10 

Conant,  Exercise n 

Roger    .      .      .      .    10,  II,  17,  31 
Conant  House  (Beverly)       ....11 

Concord 14 

mentioned        .      .  .     13,  20 

"Confidence,"  Ship 35 

Congress,  Provincial 34 

Connable  Fort  (Bernardston)     ...      10 

Connable,  Samuel lO 

Connecticut  Path,  The  Old       ...     36 

Connecticut  Valley n 

"Constitution,"  U.  S.  S 21 

Converse,  Edward 37 

Cooper-Austin  House 12 

Cooper,  John 12 

Corwin,  Jonathan 30 

Cotton  cloth,  first  mill  for  making  .  36 
Council  Rock,  Indians'  ....  26 
Country  Highway  (Milton)        ...     24 

Covenant,  Dedham 15 

Covered  Wagon,  The  ^^-mXtorC)  .  .  18 
Cow  Common,  Cambridge  .  .  .12 
Cradock,  Governor  Matthew   ...     23 

Cromwell,  Oliver 3i>  32 

Crown  Officers 3^ 

Curtis,  Ephraim 38 

William         3^ 

Dalton  House  (Newburyport)         .      .  25 

Dalton,  Michael 25 

Tristram 25 

Danforth  Homestead  (Billerica)  .  .  1 1 
Danforth,  Captain  Jonathan    .      .      .11 

Thomas 16 

Danvers 14 


Index 


Deacon  Ebenezer  Sheldon's  Fort  (Ber- 

nardston) lo 

Deane  Winthrop  House  (Winthrop)     .     37 
Declaration  of  Independence,  Signers 

of 13 

Dedham         15 

Dfd'/^flOT  (Title  of  Marker)        .      .      .15 

Dedham  Covenant         15 

Deerfield 15 

Deerfield  mentioned 17 

Deputies,  House  of 26 

Devotion,  Edward 12 

John         12 

Dickinson,  Nathaniel 26 

Dorchester 15 

Dorchester  Adventurers      .      .      .      .      16 
mentioned   .      .      .      .     24,  36 

Mill 24 

Proprietors        .      .      .      .      13 

Dorset,  England 37 

Downing  Farm  (Peabody)  ....      27 
Dudley,  Governor  Thomas       .      .     12,13 

Dunbar,  Battle  of 32 

Dunstable 15 

D«wj/(2^/^  (Title  of  Marker)      .      .      .15 

Dustin,  Hannah 39 

Dwight,  Timothy 26 

Eames,  Thomas 16 

Early  Boundary  Line  (Scituate)     .      .     32 
Early  Buildings  (Cambridge)   .      .      .12 

East  Saugus 32 

Waddaquodduck  Mountain  .  .  11 
Edict  of  Nantes,  Revocation  of  .  .27 
Edward  Rawson  (Newburyport)     .      .      26 

Edwards,  Jonathan 26 

Eliot,  Reverend  John  13,  17,  20,  24,  2,'^^  39 

Jr 26 

Elmwood 13 

Emerson,  Ralph  Waldo       ....     23 

Reverend  Joseph       ...      23 

Endecott,  Governor  John   .      .     14,16,31 

Endecott  Pear  Tree  (Danvers)  .   -,  .      .      14 

"Endymion,"  H.  M.  S 21 

Enon  (Wenham) ijo 

Ensign  Thomas  Lynde  House  (Melrose)     23 

Essex 15 

Essex 16 

County 21 

Eunice  Williams  (Greenfield)  .      .      .17 


oncord) 


Fairbanks  House  (Dedham) 
Fairbanks,  George    . 

John        .      . 

Jonathan 

Vice  President 
Fall  Town  (Bernardston) 
Faulkner  Homestead  (Acton) 
Faulkner,  Ammi  Ruhamah 
Fay  Mountain     .... 
Ferry,  Carr's       .... 

North  River 
Fire  Engine,  Boston's  First 
First  Attempted  Settlement  (Worcester) 
First  Cotton  Cloth  Mill  (Waltham) 
First  Fulling  Mill  (Rowley) 
First  House  (Gloucester)     . 
First  Meetinghouse  (Mendon) 
First  Meetinghouse  (Salisbury) 
First  Mill  (Worcester) 
First  Powder  Mill  (Milton) 
First  Settlement  (Cambridge) 
First  Settlement  (Northfield) 
First  Settlement — i6j^.  The  (C 
First  Settler  (Rockport) 
First  Town  Center  (Wayland) 
Fishing  Industry 
Ford,  Henry 

Maanexit  . 

Old  (Medford) 
Fort,  Burke  . 

Connable  . 

Gilbert       .      . 

Huguenot  . 

Old  (Middleborough) 

Old  Stone  (Rockport) 

Quaboag  Old 

Sewall 

Fort  Gilbert  (West  Brookfield) 
Fort  Sewall  (Marblehead)    . 
Fountain  Inn       .... 
Framingham       .... 
Framingham  (Title  of  Marker) 
Franco-Prussian  War     . 
Frankland,  Sir  Harry     . 
Free  School  (Essex)  . 
French  and  Indian  War 

Explorers 
Fulling  Mill,  First    .      . 


6,1 


15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
10 

9 
9 
36 
25 
ZZ 
32 
38 
36 

30 
16 

23 
31 

39 

24 

12 
26 

14 
29 

36 

25 
35 
27 
23 
10 
10 

27 

24 
29 
II 
21 

36 
21 
21 
16 
16 
27 
21 

15 

o,  15 

30 
30 


Index 


Gage,  General 34 

Gannett,  Mathew 23 

Gannett' s  Corner  (Scituate)        ■      ■      ■     22 
Garrison  House  and  Court  House  (Salis- 
bury)      31 

General  Court     .   14,  21,  24,  26,  28,  31,  34 

George  Hill 20 

Georgetown 16 

Gerry,  Elbridge 13 

Gerry's  Landing 13 

Gilbert,  Fort 36 

Gloucester 16 

Gloucester  mentioned 11 

Goffe,  General  (Regicide)    .      .      .      .      18 
Goodenow  Garrison  House^  The  (Sud- 
bury)      35 

Goodnow,  Mary 26 

Goodrich,  Benjamin 16 

Goodrich  Massacre  (Georgetown)   .      .      16 

Goody  Morse  House  (Newburyport)    .      25 

Gookin,  Captain  Daniel      ...     36,  39 

Gorges,  Captain  Robert      ....      10 

Governor  Winthrop  House  (Somerville)     34 

Governor  Winthrop  House  (Winthrop)      38 

Governor  Sir  Richard  Bellingham      13,  19 

Simon  Bradstreet    19,  25,  26,  31 

Matthew  Cradock     ...     23 

Thomas  Dudley        .      .     12,  13 

John  Endecott     .      .     14,16,31 

Elbridge  Gerry    ....      13 

Sir  Henry  Vane  ....      13 

Edward  Winslow       ...     22 

John  Winthrop 

19.  24,  28,  31,  34,  37,  38 

Grafton 17 

Graphite  Mine 34 

Great  Pond,  The 36 

Green,  Reverend  Joseph     ....     14 

Greenfield        17 

Groton 17 

Groton  (Title  of  Marker)     ....      17 
Gunpowder,  Manufacture  of    .      .      -24 


Hancock,  John 34 

Madam  Lydia     ....  34 

Hartford,  Conn 12,  17,  18 

Harvard  College       .   12,  13,  16,  23,  30,  37 

John 37 

Hassanamesit  (Grafton)       .      .      .      .  17 

Hatfield 18 

///z//^/^  (Title  of  Marker)  .      ...  18 

Haverhill 18 

//fly^rA/V/ (Title  of  Marker)       ...  18 

Haverhill,  Burning  of 39 

Historical  Society    .      .      .18 

Hawkes,  Adam 2^ 

Hawley,  Joseph 26 

Haynes,  Deacon  John 35 

Haynes  Garrison  House  (Sudbury)       .  35 

Heald,  Captain  John 9 

Henchman,  Captain 39 

Hill,  George 20 

Indian .      .  ll 

King  Philip's 27 

Mayo's 27 

Pachaug 27 

Rock 23 

HiNGHAM 18 

^/w^/zflw  (Title  of  Marker)      ...  19 

Historical  Society,  Haverhill    ...  18 

Topsfield    ■      ■      •  2^ 

Hobart,  Reverend  Peter     .      .  19 

Home  oj  George  Jacobs  {T>3invQTs)        .  14 
Hooker,  Reverend  Thomas       .           12,  17 

Hop  Brook  Mill  (Sudbury)       ...  35 

HOPKINTON              19 

House  of  Deputies 26 

House  of  Edward  Devotion  (Brookline)  12 

Hugh  Peter  (Salem) 30 

Huguenot  Settlement  (Oxford)   ...  27 

Hull 19 

Hull  (Title  of  Marker)        ....  19 

Hutchinson,  Captain  Edward        .      .  25 

Anne 28 

William 28 


Hadley 18 

//«^/0'  (Title  of  Marker)    ....  18 

Hale  Farm  (Beverly) 11 

Hale,  Reverend  John 11 

Hamilton 18 

Hammersmith  (ironworks) ....  32 


Increase  Nowell's  Farm  (Winchester)  37 
Indian  Attacks  10,  11,  12,  15,  16,  17,  18,  20, 
22,  23,  25,  26,  27,  35,  37,  38,  39 
Bible,  printer  of  ....  17 
Indian  Council  Fires  (Northfield)  .  .  27 
Indian  Hill  (Bnmfield)  ....  11 
Indian  Meetinghouse  (Natick)        .      .     24 


Index 


Indian  Reservation  (Grafton)    .      .      .17 

Indian  Rock 24 

Indian  Trail  (Milton) 24 

Indian  Trails  11,  12,  17,  21,  23,  24,  36,  37 
Indian  Village  (Marblehead)  ...  21 
Indian  Village  Pakachoag  (Worcester)     39 

Indians'  Council  Rock 26 

Indians,  Nipmuc      .      .    22,  23,  25,  32,  37 

Pawtucket 35 

Pennacook 20 

Wamesit 20 

Wampanoag 27 

Ipswich 19 

Ipswich  mentioned  .  12,  15,  16,  18,  31 
Ireland,  An  ironmaster  of  .      .      .      •     3- 

Iron  Deposits 20 

Works 32 

Iron  Works  (Saugus) 32 

Island,  Tyng's 20 

Wicassee       .      .      .      .      .     20,  35 


Jacobs,  George 

James  the  Printer     .... 
Jason  Russell  House  (Arlington) 

Jenks,  Joseph 

Jethro's  Tree  (Concord) 

Jewett,  Reverend  Jedediah 

John  Harvard's  Land  (Winchester) 

John  Matthews'   Garrison    (Southbor 

ough)    

John  Pool  (Rockport)    . 
John  Rogers  Homestead  (Billerica) 
John  Ward  House  (Haverhill) 
John  Wise  House  (Essex)    . 
Johnson,  Captain  Edward 

John 

Johnson  Massacre,  The  (Oxford) 
Jonas  Rice  (Worcester) 


14 
17 
9 
32 
14 
30 
37 

34 

29 

II 

18 
16 

38 

27 
27 

38 


Kent,  Men  of 2)2 

Kent  Street  (Scituate) 1,1, 

King  Philip's  Hill  (Northfield)      .      .  27 

King  Philip's  War  9,  17,  18,  2i,  23,  24,  27, 

28,  ZZ^  zs^  38 

Lace,  Pillow 19 

Lancaster 20 

Lancaster  (Title  of  Marker)      ...  20 

Lancaster  mentioned 28 


Landing  Place  of  First  Settlers  (New- 
bury)       25 

Leader,  Richard 32 

Leonardson,  Samuel 38 

Lexington 20 

Lexington  Battle  Green  (Lexington)       .  20 

Lexington,  Battle  of 20 

Lieut.   Ebenezer  Sheldon's  Fort  (Ber- 

nardston) 10 

Lincoln,  Abraham 19 

Perez 19 

Samuel 19 

Lincoln  House  (Hingham)  .      .      .      .  19 

"Lion,"  Ship 3-7 

Littleton 20 

London's  Plantation 31 

Long  Wharf,  Boston 29 

Lowell 20 

Lynde,  Deacon 23 

Ensign  Thomas       ....  23 

Lynn 21 

Ljyww  (Title  of  Marker)       ....  21 
Lynn  Public  Market  (Lynn)      .      .      .21 

Lynn  Regis 21 

Village 28 

Maanexit  Ford 27 

River 27 

Macy-Colby  House  (Amesbury)      .      .  9 

Macy,  Thomas 9 

Maine,  District  of 16 

Malden         .      .      : 21 

Mallett,  John 34 

Mansion  House  (Tyngsborough)    .      .  35 

Marblehead 21 

Marblehead  mentioned        ....  29 

Ma-re  Mount 28 

Marietta,  Ohio 18 

Marlborough 22 

Marlborough  (Title  of  Marker)       .      .  22 

Marshfield 22 

Marshfield  (Title  of  Marker)    ...  22 

"Mary  and  John,"  Ship     ....  36 

Mary  Goodnow's  Grave  (Northborough)  26 

Massachusetts  Bay 11 

Charter     .      .      .31 

Colony 

II,  16,  24,  26,  32 

Company        .     23,  37 

Map  of     ...  30 


Index 


"Massachusetts,"  meaning  of       .      .  28 

Massasoit  (Sachem) 27 

Mattapan 36 

Maverick,  Samuel 14 

Mayo's  Hill 27 

Maypole,  Thomas  Morton's     ...  28 

Medfield 22 

Medford 23 

M^^or^  (Title  of  Marker)        ...  23 

Meetinghouse  Hill  (Lowell)       ...  20 

Melrose 23 

Mendon 23 

Mendon  (Title  of  Marker)        ...  23 

Men  of  Kent 23 

Merriam,  Ebenezer 32 

Merrimack  Canal  (Lowell)        ...  20 

Merrimack  River 18,  25 

Merrymount  (Quincy) 28 

"Middleberry"  (Middleborough)        .  24 

MiDDLEBOROUGH 23 

Milldam,  The  (Concord)      ....  14 

Mill  Lane,  Captain  Cooke's     ...  9 

Milton ;      ...  24 

Milton,  John 13 

Mine,  Black  Lead 34 

Mishawam  (Charlestown)  ....  21 

Monoco,  Chief  John 17 

Monts,  Sieur  de 30 

Morse,  Goody 25 

Morton,  Thomas 28 

Moswetuset  Hummock  (Quincy)      .      .  28 

Mountain,  East  Waddaquodduck       .  1 1 

Fay 36 

Steerage  Rock  ....  37 

Muddy  River  (Brookline)  ....  12 

Musketaquid-Concord  (Concord)    .      .  14 

Musketaquid  River 35 

Mystic  River 23 

(Village) 23 

Mysticke  Ponds 37 

Nanepashemet  (Sachem)    .      .    22,  23,  32 

Nantasket 36 

Nantucket 9 

Nasheway,  Plantation  of  (Lancaster)  20 

Nashobah  (Littleton) 20 

Nashua,  New  Hampshire    .      .      .      .  15 

Natascot  (Hull) 19 

Nathaniel  Dickinson    House    (North- 
field)     26 


Natick 24 

Natick  (Title  of  Marker)     ....  24 

Naumkeag  (Salem)        .      .      .      .     21,  31 

Nemasket  River 24 

Neponset  River 24 

New  Braintree 25 

Newbury 25 

Newbury  (Title  of  Marker)       ...  25 

Newbury  mentioned 18 

Newburyport 25 

Newburyport  mentioned     ....  20 

Newhall,  Jacob 32 

New  Hampshire  line 15 

Newton 26 

New  York 27 

Nipmuc  Indians        .      .    22,  23,  25,  32,  37 

Nonantum 24 

Nonotuck  (Northampton)        ...  26 

Norfolk  County 32 

Northampton 26 

Northampton  (Title  of  Marker)      .      .  26 

North  Andover 26 

northborough        26 

Northey,  John 22 

NORTHFIELD 26 

North  River  (Scituate) 23 

Northwest  Territory i8 

Norwottuck  (Hadley) i8 

Nowell,  Increase 37 

Noyes,  Thomas  and  Peter        •      •      •  35 

Old  Burial  Hill  (Marhlehead)        .      .21 
Old    Connecticut    Path,     The    (West- 
borough)     36 

Old  Deerjield  (DecrMd)      ....  15 
Old    First    Parish    Burying    Ground 

(Rockport) 29 

Old  Ford— Mystic  River  (Medford)  .  23 
Old  Fort  (Middleborough)  ....  24 
Old  Indian  Trail  (Maiden)  ...  21 
Old  Maanexit  Ford  (Oxford)  .  .  .  l-j 
Old  Marshfield  Training  Field  (Marsh- 
field)     22 

Old  Oaken  Bucket,  The  (Scituate)        .  23 
Old  Parker  Tavern— 1680,  The  (Read- 
ing)         28 

Old  Parsonage  (Shirley)       ....  34 
Old  Planters,  The     .      .      .      .10,11,31 

Old  Ship  Church  {l\:\ng\viLm)     ...  18 

Old  Stone  Fort  (Rockport)  ....  29 


Index 


Oldest    House    in    Cambridge    (Cam- 
bridge)          12 

Oxford 27 

Pachaug  Hill 27 

Pakachoag 39 

Parker,  Captain  James        .      .      .      .  17 

Ephraim 28 

Parker  House  (Groton)        .      .      .      .  17 

Parker,  Reverend  Thomas        ...  25 

River 25 

Parson  Capen  House  (Topsfield)    .  2S 

Passaconaway  (Sachem)     ....  20 

Path,  Planters 10 

The  Bay    ....    10,  11,  19,37 

The  Old  Connecticut      .      .      .  2^ 

Payson,  Reverend  Edward       ...  30 

Pawtucket  Falls 20 

Indians         35 

Peabody        27 

Peak  House  (Medfield)        ....  22 

Pear  Tree,  Endecott 14 

Pearson,  John 30 

Peirce,  Captain  William      ....  37 

Pelham,  Herbert 12 

Pennacook  Indians 20 

Pennasanet  (Sagamore)       .      .      .      •  39 

Pentucket-Haverhill  (Title  of  Marker)  18 

Pen  tucket  (Haverhill) 18 

Petapawag  (Groton) 17 

Peter,  Reverend  Hugh  .      .      .      ■     30,  36 
Philip,  King  {See  King) 

Phillips  Andover  Academy       ...  9 
Phillips,  Reverend  George                   12,36 

Samuel        ...  30 

Pike-Haven  Homestead  (Framingham)  16 

Pike,  Jeremiah 16 

Robert 31 

Pillow  Lace  (Ipswich) 19 

Planters  Neck  (Gloucester)        .      .      -17 
Planters  Path  to  Their  Landing  Place 

(Beverly) 10 

Plymouth      .      .      .      .17,  22,  23,  24,  32 

County 32 

Pocumtuck  (Deerfield)        .      .      .      .  15 

Pompositticut  (Stow) 34 

Ponkapoag I3>  24 

Ponkapoag  Plantation  (Canton)     .  13 

Pool,  John 29 

Post  Route 27 


Potter,  Benjamin 32 

Powder  House  (Somerville)       ...  34 

Powder  Mill,  First 24 

Pratt,  Thomas 13 

Lieut.  Thomas 29 

Praying  Indian  Town  (Littleton)         .  20 

Praying  Indian  Towns  .    13,  17,  20,  24,  36 

Prentice,  Captain 39 

Prescott,  John 20 

Presidents,  Birthplace  of    .      .      .      .28 

Pride,  Colonel  Thomas       .      .      .  10 

John 10 

Pride^s  Crossing  (Beverly)        .      .      .  10 

Princeton 28 

Printer,  James  the 17 

Proctor,  John 27 

Proprietors,  Dorchester       .      .      .      .  13 

Provincial  Congress 34 

Public  Market  (Lynn) 21 

Puritans  14,  19,  21,  23,  25,  28,  30,  31,  35,  36 

Quaboag 12 

Old  Fort n 

Quakers,  Harboring 9 

Quascacunquen  (Newbury)      ...  25 

QuiNCY 28 

^uincy  (Title  of  Marker)    ....  28 

Quincy,  Dorothy 34 

Quinsigamond  (Worcester)       ...  38 

Qunshapage  (Mendon)        ....  23 

Rawson,  Edward 26 

Reading 28 

Reading  (Title  of  Marker)        ...  28 

Red  Cross 27 

Redeemed  Captive,  The      .      .      .  17 

Redemption  Rock  (Princeton)    ...  28 

Regicides 10,  18 

Revere 29 

Revocation  of  the  Edict  of  Nantes     .  27 

Revolution,  American 19 

Revolution  0/ i68g  (Ipswich)     .      .      .19 

Revolutionary  Tavern,  The  (Shirley)    .  34 

Rhode  Island 15,  28 

Rice,  Adonijah 38 

Jonas 38 

River,  Bass 10 

Maanexit 27 

Merrimack 18,25 

Muddy 12 


Index 


Musketaquid 35 

Mystic 23 

Nemasket 24 

Neponset 24 

North 22 

Parker 25 

Robert  Pike  Homestead  (Salisbury)      .  31 

Robinson,  Abraham 17 

Rock  Hill  {Mtdiord) 23 

Rock,  Indian 24 

Indians'  Council        ....  26 

Redemption 28 

Rowlandson 20 

Steerage    n 

RocKPORT 29 

Rocky  Neck  (Gloucester)   ....  16 

Roger  Clap's  Landing  (Watertown)       .  36 

Roger  Sherman  {Canton)           .      .      .  13 

Rogers,  Reverend  Ezekiel         ...  30 

Rowe,  Captain  John 30 

Rowlandson  Rock  (Lancaster)  ...  20 

Rowlandson,  Mary 28 

Rowley 3° 

/^ow/^j- (Title  of  Marker)    ....  30 

Rowley  Burial  Ground  (Rowley)     .      .  30 

Rowley  Village  (Haverhill)        ...  18 

Roxbury  mentioned 15 

Roy  all  House  (Medford)      ....  23 

Royall,  Isaac 23 

Rumford,  Count  (Benjamin  Thomp- 
son)         38 

Rumney  Marsh 29 

Rumney    Marsh     Burying    Ground 

(Revere) _    .      .  29 

Russell,  Jason,  Martha  and  William    .  9 

Rust,  Nathaniel,  Jr 15 

Sachem,  Squaw 23,  37 

Saco,  Maine 29 

St.  Anthony's  Church,  Rectory  of      .  34 

St.  Paul's  Cathedral,  Dean  of       •      ■  37 

Salem 3° 

5a/fw  (Title  of  Marker)      ....  31 
Salem  mentioned  10,  11,  14,  16,  21,  27,  2^ 

Salisbury 3^ 

^a//j^«r>'  (Title  of  Marker)      ...  31 

Salisbury  mentioned 25 

Saltonstall,  Sir  Richard       .      .     13,  19,  36 

Samuel  de  Champlain  {GXoMCtsttt)      .  16 

Samuel  de  Champlain  (Rockport)        .  30 


Samuel  Leonardson  (Worcester)     .      .  38 

Samuel  Lincoln  House  {Hmgham)       .  19 

Sandy  Bay  (Rockport)        ....  29 

Satuit  (Scituate) 22 

Satuit  Brook  (Scituate)        .      ...  22 

Saugus 31 

Saugus  (Title  of  Marker)    ....  32 

Saugus  Bridge  (Lynn) 21 

Saugus  (Lynn) 21 

Sawtell,  Obadiah 34 

Scituate 32 

Scotch  House,  The  (Saugus)      .  -32 

Scythe,    modern    type,    invented    at 

Saugus 3^ 

Sea  Fencibles 29 

Second    Attempted    Settlement    (Wor- 
cester)    38 

Sergent,  Digory 38 

Servants,  Indentured 32 

Seteat  (Scituate) 22 

Settlement  of  Cape  Ann  (Gloucester)   .  16 

Sewall,  Chief  Justice  Samuel    ...  21 

Fort 21 

Shawshin  (Billerica) ii 

Sheldon,  Deacon  Ebenezer       ...  10 

Eliakim 10 

Lieut.  Ebenezer    ....  10 

Shepard,  Reverend  Samuel      •      •      •  30 

Thomas 12 

Sherborn 22 

Sherborn  (Title  of  Marker)       ■      ■      •  22 

Sherman,  Roger 13 

Shipbuilding        ....    15,29,33,34 

Shipyard  of  1668  {Essty.)     ....  15 

Shirley 34 

Simon    and  Anne    Bradstreet  (North 

Andover) 26 

Simon  Bradstreet  (Salem)    .      .      .      ■2'^ 

Sir  Richard's  Landing  (Cambridge)     .  13 

Site  of  Early  Meetinghouse  (Newton)  26 

Site  of  First  House  (Winchester)    .      .  37 

Site  of  Stockbridge  Mansion  (Scituate)  22 

SladeMill 29 

Slaves,  Inoculated  for  Smallpox    .      .  12 

Isaac  Royall's 23 

Smallpox,  First  Inoculation  for     .      .  12 

Smith  College 26 

Somerville 34 

southborough  34 

Spinning  wheels  manufactured      .      .  i6 


Index 


Sprague,  William,  Richard  and  Ralph     21 

Squaw  Sachem 23 

Squaw     Sachem's     Reservation,      The 

(Winchester)    . 
Standish,  Captain  Miles 
Stark,  General  John 
Steerage  Rock  (Brimfield) 
Steerage  Rock  Mountain 
Stockade  (Saugus) 
Stockbridge  Mansion     . 
Stoughton,  Israel 

Stow 

Stow  (Title  of  Marker) 
Stowe,  Harriet  Beecher 
Sturbridge  .... 
Sturbridge  mentioned    . 
Sudbury        .... 
Sudbury  (Title  of  Marker) 
Sudbury  mentioned 
Sudbury  Fight  (Sudbury) 
Sudbury  Plantation. 
Surriage,  Agnes  . 
Symmes  Farm,  The  (Winchester) 
Symmes,  Reverend  Zachariah 


37 
37 
23 
II 

37 
32 

2Z 

24 

34 

34 

9 

34 

27 

35 
35 

11 

2S 
36 
11 

37 
37 


Takawambait,  Daniel 24 

Talcott,  Major 27 

Tantiusques  (Sturbridge)     ....  34 

Tantousq 35 

Tarr,  Lieut.  Benjamin         ...  30 

Richard 29,  30 

Taxation  without  Representation,  pro- 
test against 12 

"Tenedos,"H.  M.  S 21 

Ten  Hills  Farm 34 

Third  Cliff  (Scituate) 22 

Thomas  Fames  (Framingham)        .      .  16 
Thomas  Hooker  Trail  (Grafton)     .      .  17 
Thomas  Pratt  House  (Chelsea)        .      .  13 
Thompson,   Benjamin    (Count   Rum- 
ford)      38 

Tide-Mill  (Saugus) 32 

Tidewater  Grist  Mill  (Revere)  -      .      .  29 

TopsFiELD 35 

Topsfield  Historical  Society     ■      ■      ■  3S 

Training  Field,  Old  Marshfield      .      .  22 

Treaty  with  Chickatawbut       ...  28 

Tyng,  Colonel  Jonathan      ■      ■      ■      ■  3S 

Tyngsborough   35 

Tyng's  Island 20 


Undertakers 20,  32 

Unkety  Mill 24 

Vane,  Governor  Sir  Henry                   -13 
Vassall,  William ^3 


Wading  Place,  The  (Middleborough)        23 
Wadsworth,  Captain  Samuel   •      •      •     35 

Waltham 36 

Wamesit  Indians 20 

Wampanoag  (Indians) 27 

Wannalancet  (Lowell) 20 

War,  Civil 27 

Franco-Prussian 27 

French  and  Indian     ...     10,  29 

King  George's 10 

Philip's  9,  17,  18,  23,  24,  27,  28 

33.  35.  38 
ofi8i2 29 

Revolutionary 29 

Ward,  Nathaniel 19 

Reverend  John 18 

Washington,  George      .      .      .      .     13,  25 

Waterfield 37 

Watertown 36 

Watertown  (Title  of  Marker)    ...  36 

Watertown  mentioned         .      .      .     12,  15 

Watts'  Cellar  (Newburyport)    ...  25 

Way  to  Charles  town  (Cambridge)  .      .  12 

Wayland 2(> 

Webster 36 

Webster,  Daniel 22 

Wenham 2(> 

Wenham  (Title  of  Marker)       ...  36 

Wenham  Lake  (Wenham)    .      .      .      .  '^d 

Wessagusset  (Weymouth)  ....  37 

Westborough 36 

West  Brookfield         36 

West  Medford 23 

Weston,  Thomas 37 

Weymouth 37 

Weymouth  (Title  of  Marker)     ...  37 

Whalley,  General  (Regicide)    .      .      .18 

Wheeler,  Captain  Thomas        .      .       9)  25 

Wheeler  s  Surprise  (New  Brain  tree)    .  25 

Whipsufferage  (Marlborough)        .      .  22 

Whitney,  Reverend  Phinehas  ...  34 

Whittier,  John  Greenleaf    ....  9 


Index 


Wicassee  Falls 35 

Island 20,  35 

Wigwam  Hill  (Worcester)         •      •      •  39 

WiLBRAHAM 37 

Willard,  Major  Simon H 

William  Hutchinson  s  Grant  (Quincy)  28 

Williams-Barker  House  (Scituate)       .  22 

Williams,  Eunice i? 

John 22) 

Lieut.  Abraham        ...  22 

Reverend  John    ....  17 

Williams  Tavern  (Marlborough)    .      .  22 

Winchester 21 

Winepoykin         22, 

Wing,  John 39 

Winnisimmet  (Chelsea)       ....  14 

Winslow,  Governor  Edward     ...  22 

WiNTHROP 37 

Winthrop,  Deane 3^ 

Governor  John   19,  24,  28,  31, 

34,  37,  38 
John,  Jr.       .     .      .19,3^,35 


Wise,  Reverend  John     .      .      .           16,  19 

Witchcraft     .      .      .    11,  14,  16,  25,  28,  30 

Witch  House  (Salem) 30 

Witch  Jail  (Salem)         30 

WOBURN 38 

Woburn  (Title  of  Marker)  ....  38 

Woburn  mentioned 13 

Woodbery,  John 10 

Woodstock,  Connecticut     ....  27 

Woodworth,  Samuel 23 

Worcester 3^ 

Worcester  (Title  of  Marker)      ...  38 

Worcester,  Reverend  William        .      .  31 


Yorkshire,  West  Riding  of 


Zabdiel  Boylston  (Brookline) 


30 


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