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Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock
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Settlement of Cape Anne/Salem
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establishment of the MBC and Boston
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Settlement of Concord
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Settlement of Woburn
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Incorporation of Woburn as a town
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incorporation of the town of chelmsford
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Settlement of Groton
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First known allotments of land within Westford's borders are established
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Indians sign treaty with Chelmsford and the MGC giving up their claim/right to use the land of Westford as their hunting grounds
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First Mill in Westford [Then West Chelmsford] is erected on saw-mill meadow brook [links Nab Lake to Stony Brook]
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First known permanent settler of westford, Solomon Keyes, Builds a house on frances hill
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King Philip's War begins
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End of Indian Wars' in Massachussetts
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King Philip's War ends
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Groton abandoned(settlers flee to concord) after an Indian attack that burns much of the town
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First mill In Forge Village is erected [then part of the town of groton]
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Establishment of the Plantation of chelmsford
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Members of the West Part of chelmsford petition mass general court to become a distinct parish/precinct
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Incorporation of the town of Littleton[ 7 Westford families "annexed" to Littleton, but return after Westford's incorp.]
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Surveying of the site for westfords First meeting house (near present site of first parish church)
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For 1st time, chelmsford withdraws all opposition and oficially recognizes the west precinct (3 years after the general court did and 14 years after the original petition)
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MGC gives the people of the western part of the town of Chelmsford permission to form a seperarate religious society by the name of the "West Precinct of Chelmsford"
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Firtst known petition asking fo the establishment of a west precint
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Establishment of the first precinct church of Westford
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Incorporation of Westford
