Suffolk County, Massachusetts

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For Geni projects related to Suffolk County, please see:

Community Projects

• City of Boston
• Early & Notable Families of Charlestown
• Early Families of Roxbury
• Original Settlers of Dedham
• Scots at the Braintree Furnace (1653)
• Braintree Iron Works (1643-1736)
• Settlers of Weymouth (1623)
• Early Settlers of Hingham
• Original Founders of Mendon

Revolutionary War Projects

• The Boston Massacre (1770)
• The Boston Tea Party (1773)
• The Boston Campaign (1774-1776)
• The Siege of Boston (1775-1776)
• The Battle of Bunker Hill (1775)

The county was created by the Massachusetts General Court on May 10, 1643, when it was ordered "that the whole plantation within this jurisdiction be divided into four shires". Suffolk initially contained Boston, Roxbury, Dorchester, Dedham, Braintree, Weymouth, and Hingham. The county was named after Suffolk, England, which means "southern folk."

Adjacent Counties

• Essex County
• Norfolk County
• Middlesex County

Communities

• Boston (Capital City, County Seat)
• Brighton
• Charlestown
• Chelsea
• Dorchester
• Hyde Park
• Revere
• Roxbury
• West Roxbury
• Winthrop

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Massachusetts

Links

Wikipedia

USS Suffolk County LST-1173

Nat'l Reg. of Hist. Places

Boston African American National Historic Site

Boston National Historic Park

Genealogy Trails

Roots Web

MA Gen Web

RAOGK

American Ancestors Database News

Forebears.io

New Horizons Genealogy

Suffolk County Historical Society