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	Gosnold, Massachusetts - Definition, explanation
		Gosnold is a town located in Dukes County, Massachusetts.
		The islands were discovered in 1602 by Bartholomew Gosnold.
		Gosnold was first settled in 1641 and was officially incorporated in 1864.
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	Gosnold, Massachusetts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Gosnold is a town located in Dukes County, Massachusetts.
		Most of the residents live in the village of Cuttyhunk, while most of the land in the town is owned by the Forbes family.
		Gosnold was first settled in 1641 and was officially incorporated in 1864.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gosnold,_Massachusetts (439 words)

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		In Gosnold’s mind, the ideal spot for such a settlement was at a bay discovered and glowingly described by Giovanni da Verrazzano, a Florentine explorer who had sailed along America’s east coast in 1523-24.
		Gosnold was said to be the first European to see and set foot on Cape Cod, which received its name for its great quantity of codfish, and built a small fur trading station there.
		Gosnold had shown the way to the New England coast, even though he did not receive fame for it, and he took no credit for the event.
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	What's In A Name?
		Falmouth is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts and is the south-westernmost town on Cape Cod.
		In the 1890 “Massachusetts Gazetteer”, a reference with historical information on many of the towns of Massachusetts written by Elias Nason and George J. Varney, the origin of the name Chatham was indicated as being in honor of the Earl of Chatham, in England.
		As Chatham, Massachusetts is a town on the south-eastern part of Cape Cod, it may have seemed appropriate to name it for a port town on the south-eastern part of England.
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	PHOTOS: Cuttyhunk - UrbanPlanet.org
		The history of Gosnold also differs from other cities and towns, since the clustered chunks of land were so small they were usually not named separately in the grants and sales of the properties of the New World, but changed owners attached to one or another vast holding.
		In 1688 a permanent settler in Gosnold, Ralph Earle Jr., built his house, the first of a small, hardy island population, while Captain Kidd anchored in one of Gosnold's harbors in 1699 just before he was captured for piracy.
		Massachusetts is a small state with a ton of nooks and crannys.
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		Gosnold's expedition set out from Falmouth, England, and was financed in part by the Earl of Southampton, a patron of Shakespeare.
		Gosnold named Cape Cod for the abundance of fish he observed there; he named Martha's Vineyard for his beloved daughter, Martha, and named the Elizabeth Islands for his queen, Elizabeth I. Some historians place Gosnold's landing on New Bedford's mainland shore at "Smoking Rocks," a rocky outcropping that once existed approximately west-northwest of Palmer's Island.
		Gosnold's men built a small stockade on the little islet in West End Pond on Cuttyhunk Island, from which they set forth to explore the surrounding islands and the mainland.
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	Gosnold, Massachusetts -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Gosnold is a town located in (Click link for more info and facts about Dukes County, Massachusetts) Dukes County, Massachusetts.
		Most of the residents live in the village of Cuttyhunk, while most of the land in the town is owned by the (Click link for more info and facts about Forbes family) Forbes family.
		The islands were discovered in 1602 by (Click link for more info and facts about Bartholomew Gosnold) Bartholomew Gosnold.
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	Timeline Massachusetts
		Daniel Shay led a rebellion in Massachusetts to protest the seizure of property for the non-payment of debt.
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	Penikese Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Penikese Island lies off the coast of Massachusetts, United States, in Buzzards Bay.
		It is part of the Elizabeth Islands, which form the town of Gosnold, Massachusetts.
		This Massachusetts state location article is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Penikese_Island (73 words)

	Ancestors of Some Gray's of Ohio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Robert GOSNOLD, son of Robert GOSNOLD and Mary VESEY, was born in 1534 in Swyland, Ottley, Suffolk County, England and died in Oct 1615 in Earleshall, Otley, Suffolk County, England, at age 81.
		William BITFORD was born in 1599 in Newbury, Massachusetts and died on 10 Sep 1660 in Newbury, Massachusetts, at age 61.
		Elizabeth PARKER was born in 1601 in Newbury, Massachusetts and died on 30 Sep 1669 in Newbury, Massachusetts, at age 68.
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	Open Directory - Regional:North America:United States:Massachusetts:Localities:G
		Gosnold consists of a chain of a dozen islands running westward from Woods Hole between Buzzard's Bay and Vineyard Sound.
		In 1863, the 16 legal voters of Gosnold claimed they were not being fairly represented and finally succeeded in getting permission to establish an autonomous town.
		Today, Gosnold provides summer homes to some and year-round homes to a handful, as one of the smallest communities in the Commonwealth.
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	Gosnold Proclamation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The English Explorer, Bartholomew Gosnold set out from Falmouth, England on March 26, 1602 (of the Julian Calendar) in the good ship, Concord, being sponsored by the Earl of Southampton, who also was then a patron of William Shakespeare; and
		Captain Gosnold gave to this land, names we use to this day, being, to wit: Cape Cod (for its abundance of fish), Martha's Vineyard (for his beloved daughter, Martha), and the Elizabeth Islands (for his queen, Elizabeth I); and
		Captain Gosnold also explored New Bedford Harbor, landing at a place called "Smoking Rocks;" and these events were later commemorated in great paintings by famed New Bedford artists, William Allen Wall and Albert Bierstadt; and
	www.ci.new-bedford.ma.us /TOURISM/NewTourism/gosnoldday.asp (187 words)

	Gosnold, Massachusetts MA, town profile (Dukes County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
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		At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Gosnold was $15,265, compared with $21,587 nationally.
		Median rent in Gosnold, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $425.
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	Colonial History…
		Excavations in Massachusetts reveal that the earliest human inhabitants arrived about 3,000 years ago.
		The first European mention of Native Americans dates from about 1500 A.D. The Native Americans in Massachusetts were mostly from the Algonquian Nation; tribes included the Massachuset, Nauset, Nipmuc, Pennacook, Pocumtuc, and Wampanoag.
		The following year a royal charter was granted to the Massachusetts Bay Company, to promote the settlement of the territory "from sea to sea" that had been granted to the Puritans, and to govern its colonies.
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	Gosnold Massachusetts, 1890
		Bartholomew Gosnold, with about 20 colonists, built a storehouse on the rocky islet in what is now called "Gosnold's Pond," in Cuttyhunk, in the spring of 1602; but discontent arising, the settlement was soon abandoned.
		Gosnold called the enclosing island "Elizabeth," in honor of the reigning queen; which name has been extended to the whole group.
		These islands were long a part of the town of Chilmark, but were incorporated as the town of Gosnold, March 17, 1864.
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	Red Sox Massachusetts State Lottery Commission Trophy Tour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		On Friday, June 24, the Trophy made its way to Gosnold (population 86) in the Elizabeth Islands at the southwestern tip of Cape Cod, the smallest town in the state and the 351st and final stop on the unprecedented Trophy Tour.
		Lucchino, Massachusetts State Treasurer and Lottery Chairman Timothy P. Cahill, and Massachusetts State Lottery Executive Director Joseph C. Sullivan celebrated the milestone at a Fenway Park send-off for the Trophy before Lucchino transported the Trophy via helicopter to Gosnold.
		The tour culminatedin Gosnold, the least-populated municipality in Massachusetts, which comprises a chain of small islands along the eastern boundary of Buzzards Bay known as the Elizabeth Islands.
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	Information about the Town of Gosnold, MA Massachusetts from the Buzzards Bay NEP
		The Town of Gosnold is composed of a chain of small islands along the eastern boundary of Buzzards Bay known as the Elizabeth Islands.
		The Town of Gosnold is part of Dukes county, which includes Marthas Vineyard.
		It is the least populated municipality in Massachusetts.
	www.buzzardsbay.org /gosnold.htm (336 words)

	Gosnold On Cape Cod .: A Bridge Back :. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Gosnold on Cape Cod is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization that has provided addiction and mental health treatment since 1972.
		Gosnold is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
		At Gosnold we treat addiction as a chronic disease that requires life-long management.
	www.gosnold.org /faqs.htm (465 words)

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	Dukes County, Massachusetts History and Genealogy Research Guide and Links
		Dukes County is located off the southeastern coast of Massachusetts, with the Massachusetts counties of Nantucket to the east, Barnstable, Plymouth and Bristol to the north.
		In 1602 Bartholomew Gosnold made landfall at Cuttyhunk, one of the larger islands, and gave the Elizabeth Islands group its name...The islands were under the control of the Dutch in New York until 1691 when they passed by charter into the hands of the English of the Massachusetts Bay Colony..."
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	Outtakes - The Smallest Towns - Massachusetts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Ellen Veeder hasn't had a vacation in six years: "Folks here take their mail pretty seriously." Ellen is postmistress for Gosnold, a town that is technically stretched out along the 133 Elizabeth Islands, which form a fringe along the nape of Buzzards Bay.
		Last year, of the 351 cities and towns in Massachusetts, Gosnold was rated the "financially strongest." And it's generally a quiet place.
		Remarkably in the 14 years that Ellen has served, she has never run dry -- either with running commentary or whatever it is that makes those stamps stick.
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