Plymouth Rock to Westford

By mahannasabitch
  • pilgrims land in plymouth rock

    pilgrims land in plymouth rock

  • Settlement of Cpae Anne/Salem

    Settlement of Cpae Anne/Salem

  • Establishment of the MBC and Boston

    Establishment of the MBC and Boston

  • Settlement of Concord

    Settlement of Concord

  • settlement of woburn

    settlement of woburn

  • Incorporation of Woburn as a town

    Incorporation of Woburn as a town

  • Establishment of the Plantation of Chelmsford

    Establishment of the Plantation of Chelmsford

  • Incorporation of the town of Chelmsford

    Incorporation of the town of Chelmsford

  • settlement of groton

    settlement of groton

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

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

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

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

  • First mill in Westford is erected on Saw-mill Meadow Brook

  • King Philip's War begins

  • End of Indian Wars' in Massachusetts

  • King Philip's War ends

  • Groton Abandoned

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

  • Incorporation of the town of Littleton [7 Westford families"annexed" to littleton but return after Westfords Incorporation]

  • 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

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

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

  • Surveying of the site for Westford's first meeting house

  • Mass Genreal Court gives the people of the Western part of thw town of Chelmsford permission to form a seperate religious society

  • Establishment of the First Parish Church of Westford

    Establishment of the First Parish Church of Westford

  • For 1st time, Chelmsford withdraws all opposition and officially recognizes the West Precinct

    For 1st time, Chelmsford withdraws all opposition and officially recognizes the West Precinct

  • Incorporation of Westford

    Incorporation of Westford