John Randall of Scituate

Biography

"Southward into the newly opened lands of Sippican went John Randall, third son of William Randall, the Scituate immigrant. In this region covering the western and northern shores of Buzzard's Bay on the underside of Cape Cod the Randalls were to live until 1768 , the year in which Job Randall was to die. Sippican gradually was purchased from the Indians and divided by the buyers into homesteads. The homesteads grew into isolated villages an d these in turn merged to form the town of Rochester. At present time [1943] "Rochester" is only an inland farm, while towns which succeeded it, such as Wareham, Marion and Mattapoisett, are thriving communities." (1)

Sources

1. Randall and Allied Families, by Frank A. Randall, 1 943