Weestford History Project Honors

By jwalsh2013
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    Plymouth Rock to Westford

  • Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock

    Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock

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  • Settlement of Cape Anne/ Salem

    Settlement of Cape Anne/ Salem

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  • Establishment of the MBC and Boston

    Establishment of the MBC and Boston

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  • Settlement of Concord

    Settlement of Concord

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  • Settlement of Woburn

    Settlement of Woburn

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  • Incorporation of Woburn as a town

    Incorporation of Woburn as a town

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  • Establishment of the Plantation of Chelmsford

    Establishment of the Plantation of Chelmsford

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  • Settlement of Groton

    Settlement of Groton

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

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

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

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

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  • First Settler in Westford, Solomon Keyes, Builds a House on Frances Hill

    First Settler in Westford, Solomon Keyes, Builds a House on Frances Hill

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  • Incorporation of the town of Chelmsford

    Incorporation of the town of Chelmsford

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  • First mill in Westford (then west Chelmsford) is erected on Saw-Mill Meadow Brook Road (links Nab Lake to Stoney Brook)

    First mill in Westford (then west Chelmsford) is erected on Saw-Mill Meadow Brook Road (links Nab Lake to Stoney Brook)

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  • King Philip's War Begins

    King Philip's War Begins

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

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

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  • King Philip's War Ends

    King Philip's War Ends

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  • End of Indian Wars in Massachusetts

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  • First Mill in Forge Village is Erected

    First Mill in Forge Village is Erected

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  • 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

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  • First known petition asking for the establishment of a west precinct of Chelmsford is submitted

    First known petition asking for the establishment of a west precinct of Chelmsford is submitted

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  • Incorporation of the town of Littleton (Seven Westford families "annexed" to Littleton, but return after Westford's Incorp.)

    Incorporation of the town of Littleton (Seven Westford families "annexed" to Littleton, but return after Westford's Incorp.)

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

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

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  • Mass General 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 Precinct of Chelmsford"

    Mass General 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 Precinct of Chelmsford"

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  • For first time, Chelmsford withdraws all opposition and officially recognizes the West Precinct (three years after the general court did and 14 years after the original petition)

    For first time, Chelmsford withdraws all opposition and officially recognizes the West Precinct (three years after the general court did and 14 years after the original petition)

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  • Establishment of First Parish Church of Westford

    Establishment of First Parish Church of Westford

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  • Incoporation of Westford

    Incoporation of Westford

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