Towns of New England and old England, Ireland and Scotland .. connecting links between cities and towns of New England and those of the same name in England, Ireland and Scotland; containing narratives, descriptions, and many views, some done from old prints; also much matter pertaining to the founders and settlers of New England and to their memorials on both sides of the Atlantic; . church of St. Michael datesback to II99. BRIDGEWATER, MASSACHUSETTS ON the roll of Mayors and members of Parhament of the town of Bridge-water in Somersetshire, England, are found the names of Allen, Bryant,Hoope
Towns of New England and old England, Ireland and Scotland .. connecting links between cities and towns of New England and those of the same name in England, Ireland and Scotland; containing narratives, descriptions, and many views, some done from old prints; also much matter pertaining to the founders and settlers of New England and to their memorials on both sides of the Atlantic; . church of St. Michael datesback to II99. BRIDGEWATER, MASSACHUSETTS ON the roll of Mayors and members of Parhament of the town of Bridge-water in Somersetshire, England, are found the names of Allen, Bryant,Hooper and Mitchell, and because these names are familiar in the annalsof Bridgewater, Massachusetts, it is supposed that it was so called for EnghshBridgewater in honour of that lovely village from which staunch Puritans emigratedto American shores. The town of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, was mcorporatedin 1656 and at first included territory now comprised by Brockton (formerly NorthBridgewater), East Bridgewater, West Bridgewater and parts of the towns ofAbington and Hanson. The land was originally a part of what was known asDuxbury New Plantation, which Miles Standish and others m 1645 had receivedpermission from the Old Colony Government to purchase from the Indians. Soonafter the purchase, some of the Duxbury proprietors, of whom there were m all 56 BRIDGEWATER, MASSACHUSETTS. Photographed by Valentine 6* Co., Dundee, Scotland BRIDGEWATER, ENGLAND Kindness Ian Forbes-Robertson, Esq. fifty-four, became settlers here, and among the first to be associated with them wasDeacon Samuel Edson, of Salem, the owner of their first mill, who became a pro-prietor and settled with the Duxbury men near the Town River, where TavernBridge crosses it. And, continues the chronicler, because this was the richestland in the whole region, some of the Duxbury people who had taken shares in thepurchase settled near him, about the same time, on scattered farms from belowthe present village of West Brid
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