This date in Massachusetts history:
Feb 2, 1732 Town Of Dudley incorporated from part of Oxford and unincorporated land.

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This date in Massachusetts history:
Jan 31, 1751 A new District was incorporated from The Braintree Grant and parts of Hardwick and Brookfield. Later that year this District was named New Braintree.

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This date in Massachusetts history:
Jan 30, 1808 Town Of West Boylston inc from parts of Boylston, Holden, and Sterling.

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Declaration of Independence or US Constitution will be enough

Yes please, I don't have more in that line than is in the 1960s Steeves genealogy. Thank you !

This date in Massachusetts history:
Jan 28, 1764 Town Of Newburyport set off of Newbury.

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it doesn't bore me at all

I have been interested in family history since going to the Steeves reunion in 1966.

WOW!
I don't have this info. Is this line on internet?

I know Jacob Ricker, but who is Richard Smith?

This date in Massachusetts history:
Jan 27, 1747 Part of Massachusetts Bay Colony was annexed to Rhode Island Colony.

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Yes, from his first marriage to Jane Jonah, their daughter Annie was my mother's grandmother.

Jane was also a Steeves descendant, her mother was Nancy Steeves.

Is there a Town you are interested in ?

Thank you.

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This date in Massachusetts history:
Jan 26, 1737 An Equivalent Grant was made to Narragansett Township #6 on the northwestern part of the Township. Narragansett Township #6 was inc as the Town Of Templeton in 1762.

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This date in Massachusetts history:
Jan 25, 1754 District of Montague set off of Sunderland.

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This date in Massachusetts history:

Jan 5, 1874 Town Of Brighton, and City Of Charlestown, annexed from Middlesex Co to Boston in Suffolk Co, and Town Of West Roxbury annexed from Norfolk Co to Boston in Suffolk Co

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This date in Massachusetts history:

Jan 5, 1868 City Of Roxbury annexed from Norfolk Co to Boston in Suffolk Co

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this date in Massachusetts history

Jan 1, 1912, the entire Town Of Hyde Park, Norfolk County, was annexed to Boston, Suffolk County.

this date in Massachusetts history

Jan 1, 1680, the New Hampshire proprietors took over jurisdiction of most of the Towns in Norfolke County.

The remaining Towns in Norfolke County were annexed to Essex County Feb 4, 1680, except for part of Appledore, which was annexed to Kittery in 1696.

Meet Massachusetts' Official State Dinosaur The 'swift-footed lizard' won 60 percent of 35,000 total online votes

we have a state dinosaur ?!

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this date in Massachusetts history

Franklin County established Dec 2, 1811, set off of Hampshire County

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This day in Massachusetts history - The Portland Gale, a deadly storm so powerful that altered the coastline at Marshfield and Scituate, in Plymouth County, Nov 27, 1898. Named after The Portland, a passenger ship that was lost in the storm.

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This day in Massachusetts history - William III and Mary II issued a new charter for Massachusetts Bay Colony, annexing to it Plymouth Colony and Dukes County NY, 1691.

Dukes was divided into 2 Counties in 1695.

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My father was in the US Army in WW2, in the Pacific. He got this edition in Saipan, 80 years ago this month.

These age verification methods can lead to identity theft. If blue sky asks for it, I may decline.

Was he reaching for a butterfly ?

A map of Hampden County, Massachusetts, as the County and Town boundaries were when Hampden County was established, Aug 1, 1812.

this date in Massachusetts history

Aug 1, 1812, the establishment of Hampden County went into effect. Hampden County was set off of Hampshire County.

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YouTube video by The Geography Bible 30 Geography Facts That Make No Sense

some interesting geography lessons

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Today would have been my parents' 75th wedding anniversary.