Westford History Timeline

Pilgrims Land at Plymouth Rock

Jul 14, 1620

Settlement of Cape Ann / Salem

Jul 14, 1630

Establishment of MBC and Boston

Jul 14, 1630

Settlement of Concord

Jul 14, 1635

Settlement of Woburn

Jul 14, 1640

Incorporation of Woburn

Jul 14, 1642

Incorporation of Chelmsford

Jul 14, 1655

Settlement of Groton

Jul 14, 1655

First known allotments of land within Westfords Borders are Established

Jul 14, 1659

Indians Sign Treaty with Chlemsford and Mass General Court giving up thier claim to use land of Westford as thier hunting grounds

Jul 14, 1660

First Mill in Westford is erected on Saw-mill Meadow Brook (links Nab Lake to Stony Brook)

Jul 14, 1664

First Known permanet settler of Westford, Solomon Keyes, builds house on Francis Hill

Jul 14, 1664

King Philip's War Begins

Jul 14, 1675

End of Indian Wars in Massachusetts

Jul 14, 1676

King Philip's War Ends

Jul 14, 1676

Groton Abandoned (settlers flee to Concord) after and Indian Attack that burns everything to the ground

Jul 14, 1676

First mill in Forge village is erected

Jul 14, 1680

Members of the West Part of Chelmsford petition the MGC to become a distinct Parish/ Precints

Jul 14, 1713

Incorporation of the Town of Littleton

Jul 14, 1714

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)

Jul 14, 1724

Surveying of the site fo Westford's first meeting house

Jul 14, 1724

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

Jul 14, 1724

First known petiton asking for the establishment of a West Precint of Chelmsford submitted

Jul 14, 1727

Establishment of the First Parish Church of Westford

Jul 14, 1727

Incorporation of Westford

Jul 14, 1729