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Category: Massachusetts

Categories: United States of America

Name: Massachusetts
Timeframe:(1780 - Present)
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Chronological Place Names

Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628 – 1691)
Dominion of New England (1686 – 1692)
Province of Massachusetts Bay (1692 – 1774)
(revolutionary) Massachusetts (1775 – 1779)
Massachusetts (1780 - )

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1780- Europeans came to what is now Massachusetts in 1620. The Pilgrims famously landed at Plymouth in their ship, The Mayflower. Their colony became the second in the New World, after Jamestown in Virginia. Massachusetts was admitted to the union on February 6, 1788 as the 6th state to ratify the Constitution. Massachusetts is the 7th smallest, but the 14th most populous and the 3rd most densely populated of the 50 United States. Boston is its largest city and capital. Massachusetts is part of the US region of New England.

Here are pages and subcategories for towns and other things related to the Bay State.

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Subcategories (39)

Massachusetts Project (2, 1, 1)
Massachusetts, African-American Family History (4, 0, 2)
Massachusetts, Cemeteries (14, 0, 0)
Massachusetts, Census Records (32, 0, 0)
Massachusetts Companies (11, 0, 1)
Massachusetts, Disasters (2, 6, 1)
Massachusetts, Education (3, 0, 0)
Massachusetts, Emigrants (5, 1, 0)
Massachusetts Genealogy Resources (9, 0, 6)
Massachusetts, Health (5, 0, 0)
Massachusetts History (29, 0, 4)
Massachusetts Images (1, 0, 0)
Massachusetts, Immigrants (22, 11, 0)
Massachusetts, Notables (5, 375, 0)

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Native American Tribes of Massachusetts (9, 0, 0)
Massachusetts, Occupations (12, 0, 0)
Massachusetts, Place Studies (16, 0, 16)
Massachusetts Projects (1, 0, 4)
Massachusetts, Religious Congregations (12, 0, 0)
Massachusetts Research Assistance (1, 4, 0)
Massachusetts, Sources (71, 1, 166)
Massachusetts, State Government (7, 0, 0)
Massachusetts, Unsourced Profiles (0, 1483, 0)

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Barnstable County, Massachusetts (45, 589, 1)
Berkshire County, Massachusetts (39, 128, 6)
Bristol County, Massachusetts (34, 152, 3)

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Dukes County, Massachusetts (13, 37, 0)

E

Essex County, Massachusetts (49, 585, 11)

F

Franklin County, Massachusetts (34, 96, 0)

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Hampden County, Massachusetts (31, 80, 1)
Hampshire County, Massachusetts (33, 98, 1)

M

Martha's Vineyard (9, 3, 1)
Middlesex County, Massachusetts (70, 430, 4)

N

Nantucket County, Massachusetts (8, 14, 1)
New Marblehead, Massachusetts (0, 3, 0)
Norfolk County, Massachusetts (35, 120, 5)

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Plymouth County, Massachusetts (36, 223, 3)

S

Suffolk County, Massachusetts (26, 218, 2)

W

Worcester County, Massachusetts (69, 243, 1)
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Pages (32)

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A Sketch of a Pioneer and Veteran - Stephen Messer
Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1687-1745

B

Boston E-Cards

C

Chronicles of the First Planters of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay
Collections of the Bostonian Society

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Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800

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Genealogical Notes, or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts

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Hinsdale genealogy : descendants of Robert Hinsdale of Dedham, Medfield, Hadley and Deerfield, with an account of the French family of De Hinnisdal
History and Complete Roster of the Massachusetts Regiments
History of Swansea, Massachusetts

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John White, The Patriarch of Dorchester and The Founder of Massachusetts, 1575-1648

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Massachusetts

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Massachusetts Genealogy and History Guide
Massachusetts Project Members
Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850
Massachusetts in The Great War

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Nantucket Founders and Descendants
Nantucket Founders and Descendants

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Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society
Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts

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Records of the Court of Assistants of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, 1630-1692
Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England

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Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts

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Sketches of the Judicial History of Massachusetts
Sources-Massachusetts

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Team Massachusetts - Source-a-Thon
The Mayflower
The Minutemen of Massachusetts
Three Episodes of Massachusetts History
Townsend, Massachusetts

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US Census - Massachusetts
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Person Profiles (80)

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abt 1718 Massachusetts Bay Colony - abt 1790

Living Allen

Living Allen

Living Allen

Living Allen

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11 Jun 1706 - 12 Mar 1730

abt 1778 Massachusetts, United States - 02 Jul 1850

02 Apr 1814 West Boylston, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States - 06 Dec 1879

20 May 1820 Attleborough, Massachusetts - 20 Nov 1898

18 Sep 1771 Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States - 03 Dec 1852

C

20 Feb 1770 Duxbury, Massachusetts - 31 May 1846

06 Jun 1764 Salem, Massachusetts - 22 Feb 1837

abt 1796 Salem, Massachusetts - 16 Aug 1886

05 Jun 1874 Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States - 06 Nov 1931

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26 Aug 1733 Attleborough, Massachusetts - aft 11 Jan 1794

09 Nov 1783 - 08 Jan 1844

21 Feb 1736 Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 15 Jul 1809

03 Jan 1791 Attleborough, Massachusetts - 21 Nov 1871

E

abt 1709 - 10 Oct 1791

20 Feb 1752 Beverly, Massachusetts - 19 Feb 1842

F

10 Feb 1773 Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 29 Dec 1831

G

Living George

23 Jul 1789 Plymouth County, Massachusetts - 06 Nov 1855

02 Nov 1726 Pembroke, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay - 20 Aug 1787

24 Aug 1819 - 22 Oct 1894

abt 1684 - 09 May 1724

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abt 1737 Salem, Massachusetts - 03 Jan 1811

16 Mar 1828 Salem, Massachusetts - 25 Jun 1868

J

16 Dec 1772 Smithfield, Rhode Island - 13 Apr 1814

04 Sep 1742 Malden, Massachusetts - 04 Sep 1775

1809 Rehoboth, Massachusetts - 17 Nov 1842

27 Nov 1782 Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States - 20 Jul 1870

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10 Apr 1701 Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts - 07 May 1736

M

abt 1738 Salem, Massachusetts - 18 May 1828

P

08 Nov 1796 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States - 06 Nov 1879

07 Oct 1726 Stoughton, Massachusetts - abt 29 Nov 1797

07 Apr 1740 Duxbury, Massachusetts - 02 Feb 1820

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05 Dec 1742 Attleborough, Massachusetts - aft 07 Dec 1784

abt 1862 St. John, New Brunswick - 12 Jun 1904

09 Jan 1886 Springfield, Massachusetts

S

28 Aug 1777 - abt 12 Jul 1840

12 Jul 1861 Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America - 07 Mar 1938

abt 1855 Douglass, Massachusetts

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abt 22 Mar 1824 Great Barrington, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States - 1914

abt 1862 Douglass, Massachusetts

Living Thompson

18 May 1689 Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America - 26 Feb 1787

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abt 28 May 1821 Douglass, Massachusetts - 17 Jul 1884

18 Aug 1718 Lynn End, Massachusetts - 09 Jan 1781

abt 1703 Lynn End, Massachusetts - abt Feb 1766

1910s - 1970s

02 Oct 1781 Lynnfield, Massachusetts - 19 Apr 1819

07 Jan 1813 Salem, Massachusetts - Jan 1859

25 May 1856 Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

15 May 1883 Douglass, Massachusetts

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10 Aug 1808 Attleborough, Massachusetts - 31 Dec 1893

16 Mar 1805 Attleborough, Massachusetts - 01 Aug 1854

07 Mar 1850 Oakham, Massachusetts - 17 Sep 1872

23 Feb 1886 East Washington, New Hampshire

06 Feb 1752 Lynnfield, Massachusetts - 07 Dec 1816

21 May 1782 Attleborough, Massachusetts - 04 Apr 1869

09 Mar 1848 Salem, Massachusetts - 04 Jun 1872

26 Oct 1848 Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

07 Feb 1840 Attleborough, Massachusetts - 30 Nov 1901

10 May 1723 Lynn End, Massachusetts - 18 Dec 1808

abt 1719 Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony - bef 06 Dec 1791

23 Jun 1832 Attleborough, Massachusetts - 11 Feb 1899

22 Sep 1747 Lynn End, Massachusetts - 06 Feb 1822

abt 1775 Wrentham, Massachusetts

20 Feb 1793 Gill, Massachusetts - 18 Mar 1855

27 Nov 1862 Douglass, Massachusetts

26 Aug 1845 Seekonk, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

01 Jan 1847 Taunton, Massachusetts

04 Aug 1787 Salem, Massachusetts - 05 Oct 1836

03 Oct 1798 Salem, Massachusetts - abt 1842

08 Feb 1818 Salem, Massachusetts - 14 Jun 1895

20 Jun 1752 Sutton, Massachusetts - 21 Jun 1803

27 Oct 1791 Beverly, Massachusetts - 19 Dec 1855

01 Nov 1817 Attleborough, Massachusetts - 04 May 1891

12 Jan 1808 Rehoboth, Massachusetts - 28 Jun 1892