Plymouth Rock to Westford Time Line

Nov 27, 1620

Pilgrims land on Plymouth Rock
Nov 27, 1625

Settlement of Cape Anne/ Salem
Nov 27, 1630

Establishment of the MBC and Boston
Nov 27, 1635

Settlement of Concord
Nov 27, 1640

Settlement of Woburn
Nov 27, 1642

Incorporation of Woburn as a town
Nov 27, 1655

Incorporation of the town of Chelmsford
Nov 27, 1655

Settlement of Groton
Nov 27, 1655

Establishment of the plantation of Chelmsford
Nov 27, 1659

First known allotments of land within Westford's borders are established
Nov 30, 1660

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, 1664

First known permanent settler of westford, Solomon Keyes, builds a house on Frances Hill
Nov 30, 1669

first mill in westford ( then west chelmsford) is erected on saw-mill meadow brook (links nab lake to stony brook)
Nov 30, 1675

King Philips War begins
Nov 30, 1676

King philip's war ends
Nov 30, 1676

Groton abandoned (settlers flee to concord) after an indian attack that burns much of the town
Nov 27, 1678

End of Indian Wars' in Massachusetts
Nov 30, 1680

First mill in Forge Village is erected (then part of the town of groton)
Nov 27, 1713

Members of the 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 Precint of Chelmsford submitted
Nov 30, 1714

incorporation of the town of littleton ( 7 westford families "annexed" to littleton, but return after westford's incorp.)
Nov 30, 1724

surveying of the site for westford's first meeting house ( near present site of first parish church)
Nov 30, 1729

Establishment of the First Parish Church of Westford
Nov 30, 1729

for 1st time, Chelmsford withdraws all oppositiong and officially recognizes the west precinct (3 years after the general court did and 14 years after the original petition)
Nov 30, 1729

mass general court gives people of the western part of town of chelmsford permission to form a seperate religious society by the name of the "west precinct of chelmsford"
Nov 30, 1729

incorporation of westford

Pilgrims land on Plymouth Rock

Settlement of Cape Anne/ Salem

Establishment of the MBC and Boston

Settlement of Concord

Settlement of Woburn

Incorporation of Woburn as a town

Incorporation of the town of Chelmsford

Settlement of Groton

Establishment of the plantation of Chelmsford

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

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

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

first mill in westford ( then west chelmsford) is erected on saw-mill meadow brook (links nab lake to stony brook)

King Philips War begins

King philip's war ends

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

End of Indian Wars' in Massachusetts

First mill in Forge Village is erected (then part of the town of groton)

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 Precint of Chelmsford submitted

incorporation of the town of littleton ( 7 westford families "annexed" to littleton, but return after westford's incorp.)

surveying of the site for westford's first meeting house ( near present site of first parish church)

Establishment of the First Parish Church of Westford

for 1st time, Chelmsford withdraws all oppositiong and officially recognizes the west precinct (3 years after the general court did and 14 years after the original petition)

mass general court gives people of the western part of town of chelmsford permission to form a seperate religious society by the name of the "west precinct of chelmsford"

incorporation of westford