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	Norfolk County, Massachusetts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Norfolk County is a county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
		In the county the population was spread out with 23.40% under the age of 18, 7.00% from 18 to 24, 31.60% from 25 to 44, 23.50% from 45 to 64, and 14.40% who were 65 years of age or older.
		Norfolk County, Massachusetts is the birthplace of four of the 42 individuals who have held the office of President of the United States: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, John F. Kennedy, and George H.W. Bush.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Norfolk_County,_Massachusetts (673 words)

	Norfolk County Massachusetts, 1890
		Millis, Milton, Needham, Norfolk, Norwood, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton, Walpole, Wellesley, Weymouth and Wrentham.
		Norfolk County is divided between the 2nd, 3rd, and 9th Congressional districts.
		Norfolk County is bounded on the northwest by Middlesex, on the northeast by Suffolk, by Worcester County on the west, by Plymouth and Bristol counties on the southeast, and by the State of Rhode Island on the southwest.
	www.capecodhistory.us /Mass1890/NorfolkCo1890.htm (1119 words)

	COMMUNITY LINKS - Norfolk County, Massachusetts Attorney, MA Community Resources
		Norfolk, MA, (population 650,308 in 2000) is called the "County of Presidents".
		Norfolk, Massachusetts, is approximately ten miles south of Boston in the Neponset Valley.
		The Norfolk and Bristol Turnpike (est 1803), the Hartford and Dedham Turnpike (chartered 1804), stage lines, the Boston and Providence Railroad(1835), the Norfolk County Railroad(1848), the Boston and New York Central (1854), served as a catalyst for the establishment of taverns for the convenience of travelers.
	www.consultwebs.com /kantrovitz/norfolk.html (495 words)

	Norfolk County Massachusetts, Location and Maps
		The County was incorporated as a regional governmental entity in 1793, and has its county seat at the town of Dedham.
		Norfolk County Re-incorporation, Massachusetts History An act to re-incorporate Norfolk County was approved by Gov. Hancock on March 26, 1793.
		Norfolk county is the Birthplace of 4 United States Presidents: George Bush - Milton, MA, John Adams - Mass Bay Colony, John Quincy Adams - Braintree, John F Kennedy - Brookline.
	www.massachusettsvisitorsnetwork.com /norfolk/are.html (203 words)

	St. Clair County Biographies
		THOMAS ANDERSON, M.D., a native of Morgan County, Indiana, was born August 7, 1839, and is a son of Joel P. Anderson, a Virginian by birth, whose father, Eli Anderson, was a son of Joshua, of Puritan blood.
		HENRY G. was born March 26, 1836, in Camden County, Missouri, and was the son of Henry and Lucy J. Bollinger, nee Evans, the former a native of North Carolina, born in 1788, and the latter born May 2, 1800, in East Tennessee.
		The former was born in Albermarle County, Virginia, in 1755, and was a farmer by occupation.
	www.looktothepast.com /stclairbios.html (18106 words)

	McAdoo - aqwg56
		was born 1646 in Of New Castle, Norfolk, Massachusetts Colony.
		Mary married Samuel ROBYE on 1678 in Newcastle, Norfolk, Nh.
		Prior to that, it was probably known as Norfolk County of Massachusetts Colony.
	home.houston.rr.com /lunz/mcadoo/aqwg56.htm (621 words)

	The Benner, Cleaveland and Related Families - Person Page 45
		She married Joseph Adams, son of Joseph Adams and Abigail Baxter, on 2 March 1688 in the Massachusetts Colony.
		Abigail Smith was born on 23 November 1744 in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Colony.
		She died on 28 October 1818 in Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
	www.rgcle.com /SS/p45.htm (783 words)

	The Benner, Cleaveland and Related Families - Person Page 61
		Deborah Thayer was born in the Massachusetts Colony.
		She married Edmund Littlefield, son of Nathaniel Littlefield and Deborah Thayer, on 6 October 1750 in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Colony.
		Edmund Littlefield was born on 2 February 1755 in Colrain, Franklin County, Massachusetts Colony.
	www.rgcle.com /SS/p61.htm (890 words)

	Massachusetts County Court Record Descriptions
		Composed of the freemen of the colony, the General Court chose the governor, deputy, and assistants all of whom met as the Court of Assistants.
		Ten years later, county inferior quarter courts of first instance were established and composed of the magistrates with a jury in each county, but dividing functions between civil actions in courts of common pleas and criminal actions in courts of general sessions.
		This three tier court system (individual magistrates, county courts, Court of Assistants) continued until reorganization in 1692 which provided for courts of general sessions and common pleas for each county, with one superior court of judicature (1692-1780) overseeing the entire colony.
	www.mymassachusettsgenealogy.com /ma_records/court.htm (1401 words)

	St. Louis Public Library: Gateway Family Historian Winter 2002: They Came from Massachusetts
		Population of Massachusetts Bay Colony is approximately 16,000.
		Massachusetts becomes a Royal Province with a governor appointed by the English monarch.
		Massachusetts started recording the names of immigrants arriving at its ports and continued the practice until 1891, when federal record-keeping superseded that of the state.
	www.slpl.lib.mo.us /libsrc/gfh0201p5.htm (468 words)

	Local History: Towns and Counties of 17th C. Massachusetts
		The history of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., from the grant of its territory to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1860, Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868, 2 p.l., iv, [iii]-x, [7]-677 p.
		This may be a partial explanation for the fact that most of the records for the earliest towns begin in 1633 or 1634 (although in some cases the first few leaves of the volume may have been lost).
		In general, then, the county copy, as represented by the misnamed "Early Records of Boston," is much inferior to the copy retained by the town.
	puritanism.online.fr /puritanism/towns.html (3059 words)

	Massachusetts Books
		Barnstable County Berkshire County Bristol County Dukes County Essex County Franklin County Hampden County Hampshire County Middlesex County Nantucket County Norfolk County Plymouth County Suffolk County
		The fep is detached and ragged, otherwise the interior is in VG condition.
		Prescott, a Massachusetts town, was incorporated in 1822 from portions of Pelham and New Salem and located in Hampshire County.
	www.jonathansheppardbooks.com /Booklists/Massachusetts_Books.htm (7588 words)

	Freeman/Chubb
		Thomas Wilmouth of Attleborough was appointed as his guardian and on 16 May 1732 in Attleborough, Massachusetts, Samuel Freeman was listed as "under 14" and the son of Benjamin Freeman, deceased.
		He served as a Lieutenant of the Massachusetts troops in the French and Indian Wars in 1763.
		Samuel Freeman was descended from Ralph Freeman of Dedham and Attleborough, Massachusetts.
	www.obliquity.com /family/records/frechu01.html (681 words)

	Berg & Frank Families - Person Page 280
		Hannah was born in 1693 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Colony.
		Ebenezer was born in 1716 in Sunderland, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Colony.
		Enos was born on December 11, 721 in Sunderland, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Colony.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~blberg/p280.htm (2513 words)

	Norfolk County, Massachusetts History and Genealogy Research Guide and Links
		A Gazetteer of the State of Massachusetts with Numerous Illustrations, by Rev. Elias Nason, M.A.; revised and enlarged by George J. Varney.
		The Genealogies of the Families of Cohasset, Massachusetts", by George Lyman Davenport and Elizabeth Osgood Davenport, published under the auspices of The Committee on Town History, 1909.
		Massachusetts Facts - Review of the History, Government, and Symbols of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Published by William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth.
	home.att.net /~Local_History/MA-Norfolk-Co.htm (1831 words)

	New England Colonists - The Washburn Family
		John and Elizabeth Mitchell were among the original settlers in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
		Samuel Washburn was born in 1651 and died in 1720.
		Samuel was born on June 6, 1662 in Braintree, Norfolk County, MA.
	www.angelfire.com /mi4/polcrt/Washburn.html (497 words)

	USGenWeb Plymouth County Massachusetts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Susan has spent years building an impressive set of resources for Plymouth County researchers, and she continues to serve as host for the county's premier site for the Town of Plymouth, as well as maintaining her genealogy website and her other web pages.
		Plymouth County is bounded by Norfolk County on the north, Barnstable County and Buzzards Bay on the south, Cape Cod Bay on the east, and Bristol County on the west.
		Please note that although I was born in Plymouth County I now live hundreds of miles away and do not have easy access to the county.
	www.rootsweb.com /~maplymou (828 words)

	Southern New York-book 2-part77
		Eunice, born in England, came to Massachusetts Bay colony with her mother; married William Butter, and died in 1648.
		The early settlers of Salisbury, which town was established October 7, 1640, commenced a settlement at Pentucket the same year, and the Indians deed for this land was witnessed by Tristram Coffin in 1642, and in 1643, he removed to the place which was established at the town of Haverhill, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
		Enoch, 1678; was chief justice of Dakes County; married Beulah Eddy, about 1700, and they had eleven children, all of whom lived to the ages of seventy-six and upwards.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/topic/historical/SouthernNewYork2/sny2_pt77.htm (3778 words)

	Norfolk County, Massachusetts Genealogical Records Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Haverhill and Salisbury were sent back to Essex county on 4 Feb 1680 and the Original County of Norfolk ceased to exist.
		Norfolk County was created, in 1793, from Suffolk County.
		Nichols and Related Families of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virgina, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Delaware.
	www.mymassachusettsgenealogy.com /ma_county/no.htm (985 words)

	Reliable Title Company of New Hampshire - title research for Rockingham County, NH
		The Rockingham County Registry of Deeds was established in 1769 by the NH legislature.
		All land records for New Hampshire that had been recorded in Norfolk County were brought to Exeter which had become the County seat for Rockingham County.
		Therefore, early land records for all of New Hampshire are to be found in the Rockingham County Registry.
	www.nhtitle.com /home.htm (415 words)

	Miscellaneous Norfolk County, Massachusetts Obituaries
		Waldron was a retired administrative assistant for the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in Boston where she worked for 15 years.
		He was involved with veterans organizations for more than 50 years through the Disabled American Veterans and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, in which he held numerous positions at the post and state level.
		Nash was born in County Kerry, Ireland, and lived in Florence for 20 years before moving to Hingham.
	www.obitcentral.com /obitsearch/obits/ma/ma-norfolk11.htm (2535 words)

	coffinfam
		Tradition has it that Tristram Coffin was the first man to plow land in the town of Haverhill in Norfolk county, Massachusetts Bay Colony, he having constructed his own plow.
		The property of his son, Peter who was living in New Hampshire, is said to have soon after exceeded in value that of the original proprietor, the family together owning about one-quarter of the island and the whole of Tuckernock.
		By 1728 there had been born to him one thousand five hundred and eighty-two descendants, of whom one thousand one hundred and twenty-eight were living.
	www.cartar.com /papers/coffinfam/coffinfam.htm (2234 words)

	Andrew Clark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		They came from Norwich, Norfolk county, England, and were cabinet-makers by trade.
		In 1687 he was, by commission from James II., chief justice of the court of common pleas for the province of Maine.
		He was the author of two tracts, "Old Men's Tears," printed in 1691, and "Planting of the Massachusetts Colony, 1694." His house was in Sudbury street, and he died January 20, 1698, aged eighty-three.
	xpda.com /family/ind00691.htm (430 words)

	Massachusetts Counties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Old Norfolk was created 10 May 1643 and was claimed by New York but later given to Massachusetts.
		Old Norfolk parts were taken for Essex and southern New Hampshire.
		Plymouth - 8 Jun 1685 from Plymouth Colony lands.
	www.sampubco.com /wills/ma/massachusetts.htm (149 words)

	Massachusetts History-ALHN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The first Europeans to reach Massachusetts were probably Vikings led by Leif Ericson in about the year 1000.
		In 1605 and 1606, Samuel de Champlain of France drew maps of the New England shoreline.
		John Smith, an English sea captain, sailed along the Massachusetts coast in 1614.
	patsabin.com /MA_History (438 words)

	Susannah FULLER
		Part of the town lies in the parish of Mendham, which is chiefly in Suffolk; the Norfolk portion of this parish has an area of 720 acres, with a population, in 1831, of 341, one-fourth agricultural; giving a total for Harleston of 2,330 acres, with a population of 2,125.
		There were in 1833, in the parish of Redenhall and the Norfolk portion of Mendham parish, two infant or dame schools, with 33 to 38 children; a national day and Sunday school, partly endowed, with 90 children in the week and 134 on Sundays; two day-schools, with 40 children; and one Sunday-school with 145 children.
		The land the Pilgrims chose to settle on was abandoned land that had been settled by the Patuxet tribe, which subsequently was completely wiped out by a plague.
	homepage.mac.com /james_keller/PS41/PS41_260.HTML (1679 words)

	Open Directory - News: Newspapers: Regional: United States: Massachusetts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly - For attorneys; includes legal news, opinions, verdicts and settlements, and analysis.
		Old Colony Memorial - Provides local news for Plymouth, including classifieds, death notices, and subscription information.
		Parent and Baby Journal of Eastern Massachusetts - Includes family-oriented news, events, and information about parents, babies, and raising children.
	dmoz.org /News/Newspapers/Regional/United_States/Massachusetts (1411 words)

	AllRefer.com - Quincy, Massachusetts (MA) (Norfolk County) - (city) - Facts and Information
		84,985), Norfolk co., E Mass., a suburb of Boston, on Boston Bay; 42°16'N 71°01'W. It has plants that make power transmissions, machinery, soaps, textile prods., detergents, chemicals, and printing and publishing.
		The Plymouth Colony broke up (1627) a trading post est.
		Capital city or county seat is shown by the symbol
	reference.allrefer.com /gazetteer/Q/Q00627-quincy.html (267 words)

	Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		An act to re-incorporate Norfolk County was approved by Gov. Hancock on March 26, 1793.
		Norfolk county is the Birthplace of 4 United States Presidents
		You are our 125862nd Norfolk County visitor since Jan, 19, 1997 -- thanks for stopping by!
	www.rootsweb.com /~manorfol/manorfol.htm (295 words)

	Gregory Belcher to Nina Shaw
		Of that Colonial thoroughfare, in the late 19th Century William Dana Orcutt notes: "As nearly as can be estimated, this must have been the road which now runs over Milton Hill, from Quincy, to the Lower Mills, and then over Washington Street, in Dorchester, to Roxbury." No mean engineering feat in 1655.
		He was born in County Warwick in 1606 and received a land grant in Braintree in 1639.
		Weymouth, Norfolk Co. He was a Husbandman and resided in Braintree, inheriting his father's homestead.
	www.dunfeeinfo.com /gregory_belcher.htm (11491 words)

	Windham County Mailing Lists
		Any topic relating to the genealogy or history of Vermont is a welcome topic of discussion on this list.
		Also acceptable are postings relating to (1) areas in bordering states that affect Vermont ancestry and (2) areas in the region from which large numbers of people emigrated to Vermont, e.g., Bristol County or Berkshire County, Massachusetts, or various areas in Connecticut or New York.
		The purpose of this Connecticut River Valley list is for genealogy as well as history of the Connecticut River Valley area which is: New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/vt/county/windham/mailinglists.html (143 words)

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