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Pilgrims Land at Plymouth Rock
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Settlement of Anne/Salem
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Establishment of the MBC and Boston
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Settlement of Concord
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Settlement of Woburn
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Incorporation of the town of Woburn
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Establishment of the Plantation of Chelmsford
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Settlement of Groton
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First known allorments of land within Westford's borders are established
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Indians sign treaty with Chelmsford and the MGC giving up their claim/right to use the land of Westford as their hunting grounds
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First known permanent settler of Westford, Solomon Keyes, builds a house on Frances Hill
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Incorporation of the town of Chelmsford
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First mill in Westford [then West Chelmsford] us erected on Saw-mill Meadow Brook
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King Philip's War begins
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End of Indian Wars' in Massachusetts
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King Philip's War ends
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Groton abandoned after an Indian attack that burns much of the town
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First mill in Forge Village is erected
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Members of the West part of Chelmsford petition the MGC to become a distinct parish/precinct
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First known petition asking for the establishment of a West Precinct of Chelmsford submitted
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Incorporation of the town of Littleton
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Surveying of the site for Westford's first meeting house
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MGC gives the people of the western part of the town of Chelmsford permission to form a separate religious society by the name of the "West Precinct of Chelmsford"
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Establishment of the First Parish Church of Westford
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Incorporation of the town of Westford