First known allotments of land within Westfords Borders are Established
Indians Sign Treaty with Chlemsford and Mass General Court giving up thier claim to use land of Westford as thier hunting grounds
First Mill in Westford is erected on Saw-mill Meadow Brook (links Nab Lake to Stony Brook)
First Known permanet settler of Westford, Solomon Keyes, builds house on Francis Hill
King Philip's War Begins
End of Indian Wars in Massachusetts
King Philip's War Ends
Groton Abandoned (settlers flee to Concord) after and Indian Attack that burns everything to the ground
First mill in Forge village is erected
Members of the West Part of Chelmsford petition the MGC to become a distinct Parish/ Precints
Incorporation of the Town of Littleton
For the 1st time, Chelmsford withdraws all oppotion and offical recognizes the West Precint ( 3 years after the GC did and 14 years after the original petition)
Surveying of the site fo Westford's first meeting house
MGC gives the people of the Western part of the town of Chelmsford permission for a seprerate religious society by the name of West Precint of Chelmsford
First known petiton asking for the establishment of a West Precint of Chelmsford submitted
Establishment of the First Parish Church of Westford