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Smith College is a private, independent women's liberal arts college with coed graduate and certificate programs, located in Northampton, Massachusetts, United States. It is the largest member of the Seven Sisters. In 2015, U.S. News & World Report ranked it 19th among the best National Liberal Arts Colleges.Smith is also a member of the Five Colleges consortium, which allows its students to at...
Hope Cemetery, established in 1852, is an historic rural cemetery owned by the City. Its landscaping and funerary art are exemplars of the rural cemetery movement inspired by romantic perceptions of nature, art and the themes of death; visitors can contemplate monuments and statues while strolling through a setting of fine trees and plantings. Hope Cemetery replaced as many as six earlier buri...
Wikipedia The Boston Latin School is a public exam school in Boston, Massachusetts. Established on April 23, 1635, it is both the first public school and oldest existing school in the United States. The Public Latin School was a bastion for educating the sons of the Boston elite, resulting in the school claiming many prominent Bostonians as alumni. Its curriculum follows that of the 18th centur...
Nantucket is an island 30 miles south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in the United States. The history of Nantucket's settlement by the English did not begin in earnest until 1659, when Thomas Mayhew sold his interest to a group of investors, led by Tristram Coffin, "for the sum of thirty Pounds...and also two beaver hats, one for myself, and one for my wife". The "nine original porchasers" were T...
This cemetery is located on Webb Road, New Braintree, Worcester County, Massachusetts. It's also known as Southeast Cemetery . Find a Grave
William Bradford is considered by historians to be one of the most influential of the Pilgrim settlers for his outstanding leadership, his desire to steadfastly hold to his religious and moral ideals and his determination to keep Plymouth a thriving and independent colony.he wrote: >" Being thus arrived in a good harbor and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of...
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Salem, located at the mouth of the Naumkeag river at the site of an ancient Native American village and trading center, was first settled by Europeans in 1626, when a company of fishermen from Cape Ann led by Roger Conant arrived. Conant's leadership had provided the stability to survive the first two years, but he was immediately replaced by John Endecott , one of the new arrivals, by order of...
Dukes County is a county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. As of the 2010 census, the population was 16,535, making it the second-least populous county in Massachusetts. Its county seat is Edgartown.The county consists of the island of Martha's Vineyard (including Chappaquiddick Island), the Elizabeth Islands (including Cuttyhunk), the island of Nomans Land, and other associated islet...
Bring your ancestor profiles on over! Must be set to "public." Settlement of Salisbury From the "Records of Massachusetts," we find that, on petition of "Mr. Bradstreete, Mr. Dudley Jr., Capt. Dennison, Mr. Clarke of Newbury, Mr. Woodbridge, Mr. Battye (Batt), Mr. Batter, Mr. Winsley, Hen: Bilye, Giles Firman, Richard Kent, and John Sanders,"[1] permission "to begin a plantation at Merrimack"...
This cemetery is located on 1830 East Broadway, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. Find a Grave
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Official Website History The Mahican (Muh-he-ka-neew) Native American tribe lived in the area that now makes up Berkshire County until the early 18th century, when the first English settlers and frontiersmen appeared and began setting up farms and homesteads. On April 25, 1724, “The English finall...
The founding heritage of the Chandler family is in the Anglo-Saxon culture that once dominated in Britain. The name Chandler comes from when one of the family worked as a person who makes and sells candles. More rarely, the surname Chandler may have been applied to someone who had the responsibility of lighting the candles in a large house or someone who owed rent in the form of wax or candles....
The Green River Cemetery remains one of the most beautiful and historic cemeteries in New England due to uniquely sacred founding principles, planning philosophies and stewardship, all of which continue from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It is located atop a high wooded bluff encompassing the complete panorama of the serenity of nature overlooking the Green River, from which th...
This cemetery is located on 101 Winter Street, Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Find a Grave
A place to collect the families and individuals who settled Taunton, Massachusetts and examine where they came from in England and their marriage patterns. "Probably the early settlers of this region came largely from the southwest of England, for we there find the familiar names of Norton, Dorchester, Weymouth, Wareham, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Barnstable, Somerset, Dartmouth, Berkley, Tiver...
Pembroke is an historic town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. Pembroke is a South Shore suburb of the Boston metropolitan area. The town is located about halfway between Boston and Cape Cod. The town is considered rural with pockets of suburban neighborhoods. The population was 18,361 at the 2020 census with a median household income of $119,827.[1] Location in Plymouth Count...
Chatham is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. Chatham is located at the southeast tip of Cape Cod and has historically been a fishing community. First settled by the English in 1664, the township was originally called Monomoit based on the indigenous population's term for the region.[1] Chatham was incorporated as a town on June 11, 1712, and has become a summer resort...
This cemetery is referred to as GR12 St. Mary's Cemetery in the "Vital Records of Salem Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Volume V - Deaths" and SAL.802 Saint Mary's Cemetery in the "MACRIS survey of Massachusetts Cemeteries". It's located on 226 North Street, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. Find a Grave
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts is the oldest chartered military organization in North America and the third oldest chartered military organization in the world. While it was originally constituted as a citizen militia serving on active duty in defense of the northern British colonies, it has become, over the centuries primarily an honor guard and a social and cerem...
This project is for those buried in North Beverly Cemetery, Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts. This cemetery is referred to as GR6 North Beverly Meeting House Cemetery in the "Vital Records of Beverly Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849". The Massachusetts Historical Commission does not refer to this cemetery in MACRIS. The cemetery is also known as the North Beverly Meeting House C...
This cemetery is referred to as GR1 Old Cemetery in the "Vital Records of Wenham Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849" and WNH.801 Wenham Cemetery in the "MACRIS Survey of Massachusetts Cemeteries". It is located in Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts. Find a Grave Wenham Cemetery Commission
We are the town cemetery where generations of Danvers inhabitants have chosen to spend eternal life. Located in the heart of Danvers, Walnut Grove provides the ideal location for local families to visit and remember their loved ones. The peaceful, beautiful and historic grounds have served as a sanctuary in which to honor the memories of the departed since 1843. Walnut Grove is a non-denominat...
This cemetery is located on 446 Valley Road, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Find a Grave
Groton is a town in northwestern Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, within the Greater Boston metropolitan area. The population was 11,315 at the 2020 census.[3] It is home to two prep schools: Lawrence Academy at Groton, founded in 1792 and the third-oldest private school in Massachusetts; and Groton School, founded in 1884.[4][5] Groton is served by state routes 40, 111, 119 and...