Plymouth Rock to Westford

Pilgrims Land at Plymouth Rock

Nov 30, 1620

Settlement of Cape Anne/Salem

Nov 30, 1623

Establishment of the MBC and Boston

Nov 30, 1630

Settlement of Concord

Nov 30, 1635

Settlement of Woburn

Nov 30, 1640

Incorporation of Woburn as a town

Nov 30, 1642

Establishment of the Plantation of Chelmsford

Nov 30, 1654

Settlement of Groton

Nov 30, 1655

Incorporation of the town of Chelmsford

Nov 30, 1655

First known allotments of land within Westford's border

Nov 30, 1659

Indians sign treaty with Chelmsford and the Mass General Court giving up their claim/right to use the land of Westford as their hunting grounds

Nov 30, 1660

First mill in Westford [then West Chelmsford] is erected on Saw-mill Meadow Brook

Nov 30, 1664

First known permanent settler of Westford, Solomon Keyes, builds a house on Francis Hill

Nov 30, 1664

King Philip's War begins

Nov 30, 1675

Groton abandoned (settlers flee to Concord) after an Indian attack that burns much of the town

Nov 30, 1676

End of Indian Wars in MA

Nov 30, 1676

King Philip's War Ends

Nov 30, 1676

First mill in Forge Village is erected [then part of the town Groton]

Nov 30, 1680

Members of West part of Chelmsford petition the Mass. General Court to become a distinct parish/precinct

Nov 30, 1713

First known petition asking for the establishment of a West Precinct of Chelmsford submitted

Nov 30, 1713

Incorporation of the town of Littleton

Nov 30, 1714

Mass General Court gives the people of the western part of the town of Chelmsford permission to form a separate religous society by the name of the "West Precinct of Chelmsford"

Nov 30, 1724

Surveying of the site for Westford's first meeting house (near present site of First Parish Church)

Nov 30, 1724

For the first time, Chelmsford withdraws all opposition and officially recognizes the West Precinct

Nov 30, 1725

Establishment of the First Parish Church of Westford

Nov 30, 1729

Incorporation of Westford

Nov 30, 1729