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	Province of Massachusetts Bay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Province of Massachusetts Bay was a crown colony organized October 7, 1691 in North America by William and Mary the joint monarchs of England and Scotland.
		From 1691, the history of the Province of Massachusetts Bay is usually considered to be the same as that of Massachusetts.
		The Province of Massachusetts Bay existed until approximately October 7, 1774 when the General Court of Massachusetts established a provincial congress in response to the tightening control of the crown, and as a preceding act to the revolt of the American Revolutionary War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay (326 words)

	Encyclopedia: Massachusetts Bay Colony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Massachusetts Bay Colony (sometimes called the Massachusetts Bay Company, for the institution that founded it) was an English settlement on the coast of North America in the 1600s, centered around the present-day city of Boston, which is now in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, one of the 50 United States.
		The writing of the Mayflower Compact and the founding of the Plymouth Colony are taught in the United States as seminal events in the history of the nation.
		Richard Bellingham (1592 - December 7, 1672) was a colonial magistrate, laywer, and several-time governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Massachusetts-Bay-Colony (3721 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Massachusetts
		The settlement at Plymouth began with the landing of the Pilgrims, 22 December 1620; the Colony of Massachusetts Bay was established under John Endicott at Salem in 1628.
		In 1905 the ratio of increase in the native and in the foreign-born of the population was 6.46 per cent and 8.47 per cent respectively; the number of native-born in the total population being 2, 085,636, and that of the foreign-born being 918,044, an increase of the latter of 459.7 per cent since 1850.
		Massachusetts, as well as new York and Philadelphia, experienced the storm: a convent was burned, churches were threatened, monuments to revered heroes of the Church were razed, and cemeteries descrated.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/10024c.htm (4959 words)

	Massachusetts -> History on Encyclopedia.com 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In 1820 Maine was separated from Massachusetts and admitted to the Union as a separate state under the terms of the Missouri Compromise.
		In the same year the Massachusetts constitution was considerably liberalized by the adoption of amendments that abolished all property qualifications for voting, provided for the incorporation of cities, and removed religious tests for officeholders.
		Massachusetts soldiers were the first to die for the Union cause when the 6th Massachusetts Regiment was fired on by a secessionist mob in Baltimore.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/massach_history.asp (2956 words)

	MASSACHUSETTS BAY--COLONIZATION--NEW ENGLAND
		To this the Massachusetts Bay Company agreed, and John Winthrop, a gentleman of wealth and education, one of the strongest and most admirable characters in the pioneer history of America, was chosen governor.
		The settlers of the Bay colony had their hardships, --the long, harsh winters, the unfertile soil, the lurking red man, often hostile, and other obstacles common to pioneer life, --but the growth of the colony was phenomenal.
		Massachusetts grew and prospered greatly, and by the time of the Restoration in England, in 1660, the colony had become a powerful commonwealth.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/topic/colonial/book/chap5_2.html (3087 words)

	Massachusetts Bay Company on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In 1629 the New England Company obtained a royal charter as the “Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England.” Almost immediately the emphasis changed from trade to religion, as the Puritan stockholders conceived of the colony as a religious and political refuge for their sect.
		Attempts were made by the Council for New England, under the leadership of Sir Ferdinando Gorges, to annul the colony's land claims, but the efforts were unsuccessful.
		The company and the colony were synonymous until 1684, when the charter was withdrawn, and the company ceased to exist.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/m/massachb1c1.asp (573 words)

	Massachusetts Bay Colony
		Virtually all growth of the colony after 1640 was by natural reproduction, which is why once you've found yourself a descendant of a pre-Revolution New Englander, you very likely have a bunch of immigrant ancestors.
		The Massachusetts Bay Colony was dominated from the beginning by the followers of the Puritan ideals and members of the church.
		A list of Massachusetts church records and the correlating LDS film numbers are at the Massachusetts Congregational Churches.
	members.aol.com /ntgen/hrtg/mass.html (2579 words)

	From Revolution to Reconstruction: Outlines: American History (1994): Chapter One: Massachussetts (7/12) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A new wave of immigrants arrived on the shores of Massachusetts Bay in 1630 bearing a grant from King Charles I to establish a colony.
		The Massachusetts Bay Colony was to play a significant role in the development of the entire New England region, in part because Winthrop and his Puritan colleagues were able to bring their charter with them.
		Thus the authority for the colony's government resided in Massachusetts, not in England.
	odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/H/1994/ch1_p7.htm (691 words)

	Massachusetts Bay Colony -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		In 1629 the Massachusetts Bay Company had obtained from Charles a charter empowering the company to trade and colonize in New England between the Charles and Merrimack rivers.
		Between 1628 and 1640 the Massachusetts Bay Colony was developed as a covenant community.
		E-text of this document that the Massachusetts Bay Company, formed by the migrating Pilgrims, had obtained from King Charles of England empowering the company to trade and colonize in New England between the Charles and Merrimack rivers.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9051297?tocId=9051297 (841 words)

	Massachusetts Bay Colony
		Preliminary voyages were made in 1628 and 1629, and resulted in the establishment of a small colony on Cape Ann and later at Salem.
		The Massachusetts Bay Company and the colony were one and the same until 1684, when the charter was taken away.
		Later, in 1691, a new royal charter was granted to Massachusetts; the Plymouth Colony and Maine were absorbed.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h572.html (834 words)

	History Day Part 3. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Massachusetts was the second of England's thirteen American Colonies.
		Massachusett, Nauset, Wampanoag, Nipmuc, Pocomtuc, and Pennacook were some of the main Indians tribes that lived in the region of Massachusetts.
		Like the Indians in the other Colonies, the women in most of these tribes were the ones that cooked and farmed, the daughters helped their mothers and learned the way of life.
	www.geocities.com /SiliconValley/Way/9301/HistoryDay3.html (3860 words)

	Massachusetts Colony
		They built log-houses, using oiled paper instead of glass for the windows, and in the spring were able to buy corn of the Indians, who pitied their sufferings, for in the space of a few weeks one-half of the Pilgrims had died.
		The minister was the most important man in the colony, and no one was allowed to vote unless a member of the church.
		The most formidable war in which the early colonies of New England were involved was with King Philip, who was the son of Massasoit, a firm friend of the settlers until his death.
	colonialancestors.com /ma/colony.htm (1722 words)

	Timeline Massachusetts
		After the survival of their first colony through a bitter winter and the subsequent gathering of the harvest in the autumn of 1621, Plymouth Colony Governor William Bradford issued a thanksgiving proclamation.
		She refused to leave the colony and was hanged in 1660.
		Daniel Shay led a rebellion in Massachusetts to protest the seizure of property for the non-payment of debt.
	timelines.ws /states/MASSACHUSET.HTML (15420 words)

	Winthrop, John, 1588-1649, governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		A member of the Massachusetts Bay Company, he led the group that arranged for the removal of the company’s government to New England and was chosen (1629) governor of the proposed colony.
		He was—with the possible exception of John Cotton—the most distinguished citizen of Massachusetts Bay colony, serving as governor some 12 times.
		The force of his influence on the history of Massachusetts was enormous.
	www.bartleby.com /65/wi/WinthrpJ1.html (325 words)

	Talk:Massachusetts Bay Colony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This article is part of WikiProject Massachusetts, an effort to create, expand, and improve Massachusetts-related articles to a feature-quality standard.
		The Charlestown, Massachusetts article says that city was founded in 1628, which doesn't mesh well with the chronology here, which is a bit vague.
		Also, I found contradictory information about the transition between the Dorchester Company and its successors.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Massachusetts_Bay_Colony (112 words)

	colony of massachusetts and other massachusetts related information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Governors of the Massachusetts Bay Colony [ edit ] Previous nearby settlements Given the overlapping land patents that various colonial groups obtained from English kings and companies, and later...
		Colony), Massachusetts this image is a portion of an image retrieved from University of New Hampshire Dimond Library Historic USGS Maps of New England online collection.
		Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1640-1700 The Oath of a Freeman.
	www.nethorde.com /massachusetts/colony-of-massachusetts.html (323 words)

	PlYMOUTH MA - ITS HISTORY AND PEOPLE
		The pilgrims founded Plymouth on Dec. 21, 1620, establishing a settlement that became the seat of Plymouth Colony in 1633 and a part of Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691.
		In 1640, Bradford and the group of original settlers known as the "old comers" turned over to the colony the proprietary rights to its lands, which had been granted (1630) to him by the Warwick Patent and then shared by him with the old comers.
		He strove to sustain the religious ideals of the founders and to keep the colony's settlements compact and separate from the larger neighboring colonies.
	pilgrims.net /plymouth/history (1465 words)

	The Avalon Project : The Charter of Massachusetts Bay-1691
		The Charter of Massachusetts Bay - 1691 (1)
		TREVOR C. The charter of 1629 had been cancelled by a judgment of the high court of chancery of England June 18, 1684.
		The Charters and General Laws of the Colony and Province of Massachusetts Bay, Published by order of the General Court, Boston, T. Wait and Cc,., 1814, pp.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/states/mass07.htm (242 words)

	Springfield -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		William Pynchon, one of the original patentees of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, founded a...
		The third largest city in Massachusetts is the industrial city of Springfield, located in the southwestern part of the state.
		Group of four museums in Massachusetts, U.S. Includes the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, and the Springfield Science Museum.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9069255 (810 words)

	Massachusetts Bay Colony
		John Winthrop was the first governor of Massachusetts Colony.
		He chose Boston as the the capital and the seat of the General Court and the legislature.
		In 1628 we procured a patent from His Majesty for our planting between the Massachusetts Bay and Charles River on the south and the river of Merrimac on the north and three miles on either side of those rivers and bay.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USABmapM.htm (1277 words)

	Daniels of Massachusetts Bay Colony 1636 - 2004 INDEX
		This site is designed to provide a chronological review of my Daniell/Daniels lineal ancestral history from the arrival in the Colony of my 7th great grandfather, Robert Daniell through to my father.
		We are fortunate that many activities and events surrounding each generation have been preserved through various documents, including town, colony and state records, maps, published genealogical articles and books.
		Over the past 6 years I have collected, scanned and digitized over 3.5 gigabytes of documents, articles, photographs, maps and other relevant information concerning the Robert Daniell family’s ancestors and/or descendents so others may easily research the family heritage.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~danielsofmassachusettsbaycolony (507 words)

	The Winthrop Society: Descendants of the Great Migration
		At the bottom of this page are alphabetically arranged links to vital data of the first settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Commonwealth who are known to have had children.
		Contributions and arguments are especially welcome concerning ALL early Massachusetts Bay Commonwealth planters, since the purpose of the Winthrop Society is to establish true histories of this epic migration.
		The Society is in the process of constructing a database of pre-1634 planters of the Massachusetts Bay Commonwealth.
	www.winthropsociety.org /settlers.php (1187 words)

	Massachusetts Local History
		Massachusetts 36th Volunteer Infantry by Deanna Quinn Hancock (composed of volunteers from the counties of Worcester, Suffolk and Hamden)
		Colonizing Massachusetts - from the 1630 landing at Salem of John Winthrop and the Puritans, until 1660.
		The Bay Colony from 1660, when the Stuarts were restored to the throne, through the Revolutionary Battle of Bunker Hill on March 17, 1776 which eliminated enemy troops from within the borders of the Bay Colony.
	home.att.net /~Local_History/MA_History.htm (6482 words)

	Plimoth Plantation
		Opened on JULY 29TH 1995, this exhibit concentrates on the 1620-1692 period, rather than just the 1620's decade, as do the other sites and exhibits at the Plantation.
		The exhibit uses an interactive enviornment, which visitors can use to ask questions and hear first person accounts from two of the periods' inhabitants, Mary Allerton Cushman and Wampanoag Squaw Sachem Awashonks, to explore the evolution of both the colony and Native Americans in the period of expansion after the 1620's decade.
		A view of several houses showing the organic nature of the architecture at this colonial settlement.
	pilgrims.net /plimothplantation/vtour/index.htm (376 words)

	Boston.com / News / Local / Mass. / Mayor officially asks Legislature to repeal archaic anti-Indian law
		The Boston City Council passed a resolution in favor of repeal last year, but the final action must be taken by the state Legislature.
		It was the colonial Legislature, the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, that approved the statute on Oct. 13, 1675.
		Menino has filed a home rule petition, setting the legislative process in motion.
	www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/11/24/mayor_officially_asks_legislature_to_repeal_archaic_anti_indian_law (369 words)

	Massachusetts Bay Company
		Massachusetts Bay Company, English chartered company that established the Massachusetts Bay colony in New England.
		, to annul the colony's land claims, but the efforts were unsuccessful.
		Massachusetts Files Suit Against Tampa Bay, Fla.-Area Telemarketing Company.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0832127.html (492 words)

	John Winthrop, 1588–1649, governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony
		Winthrop, John, 1588–1649, governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony, b.
		, he led the group that arranged for the removal of the company's government to New England and was chosen (1629) governor of the proposed colony.
		—the most distinguished citizen of Massachusetts Bay colony, serving as governor some 12 times.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0852497.html (313 words)

	Colony Massachusetts under authority of English crown mounted October 23 in History
		Colony Massachusetts under authority of English crown mounted October 23 in History
		Colony Massachusetts under authority of English crown mounted
		Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
	www.brainyhistory.com /events/1684/october_23_1684_38641.html (49 words)

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