Plymouth Rock to Westford

By ageary
  • Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock

    Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock

  • Settlement of Cape Anne/ Salem

    Settlement of Cape Anne/ Salem

  • Establishment of MBC and Boston

    Establishment of MBC and Boston

  • Incorporation of Woburn as a town

    Incorporation of Woburn as a town

  • Settlement of Concord

    Settlement of Concord

  • Settlement of Woburn

    Settlement of Woburn

  • Establishment of the Plantation of Chelmsford

    Establishment of the Plantation of Chelmsford

  • Settlement of Groton

    Settlement of Groton

  • First known allotments of land within Westford's borders are established

    First known allotments of land within Westford's borders are established

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

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

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

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

  • Incorporation of the town of Chelsmford

    Incorporation of the town of Chelsmford

  • First mill in Westford (west chelmsford) is erected on Saw- mill Meadow (links Nab to Stony)

    First mill in Westford (west chelmsford) is erected on Saw- mill Meadow (links Nab to Stony)

  • Period: to

    End of Indian Wars' in MA

  • King Phillip's War begins

    King Phillip's War begins

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

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

  • King Phillip's War ends

    King Phillip's War ends

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

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

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

  • First known petition asking for the establishment of a West precint of Chelsmford submitted

    First known petition asking for the establishment of a West precint of Chelsmford submitted

  • For 1st time, Chelsmford withdraws all opposition and officially recognizes the West Precint (3 years after the General Court did and 14 years the original position)

  • Mass Gen Court gives the people of the western part of the town of Chelmsford permission to form a seperate religious society by the name of the "West Precint of Chelmsford"

  • Incorporation of the town of Littleton (seven Westford families "annexed" to Littleton but return after Westford's incorporated)

    Incorporation of the town of Littleton (seven Westford families "annexed" to Littleton but return after Westford's incorporated)

  • Establishment of the First Parish Chruch of Westford

    Establishment of the First Parish Chruch of Westford

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

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

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

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

  • Incorporation of Westford

    Incorporation of Westford