

Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
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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
Communities
Links
USS Suffolk County LST-1173
Boston African American Nat'l Hist. Site