-
Pilgrims Land at Plymouth Rock
-
Settlement of Cape Anne/Salem
-
Establishment of the MBC and Boston
-
Settlement of Concord
-
Settlement of Woburn
-
Incorporation of Woburn as a town
-
Establishment of the Plantation of Chelmsford
-
Settlement of Groton
-
Incorporation of the town of Chelmsford
-
First known allotments of land within Westford's border
-
Indians sign treaty with Chelmsford and the Mass General Court giving up their claim/right to use the land of Westford as their hunting grounds
-
First mill in Westford [then West Chelmsford] is erected on Saw-mill Meadow Brook
-
First known permanent settler of Westford, Solomon Keyes, builds a house on Francis Hill
-
King Philip's War begins
-
Groton abandoned (settlers flee to Concord) after an Indian attack that burns much of the town
-
End of Indian Wars in MA
-
King Philip's War Ends
-
First mill in Forge Village is erected [then part of the town Groton]
-
Members of West part of Chelmsford petition the Mass. General Court to become a distinct parish/precinct
-
First known petition asking for the establishment of a West Precinct of Chelmsford submitted
-
Incorporation of the town of Littleton
-
Mass General Court gives the people of the western part of the town of Chelmsford permission to form a separate religous society by the name of the "West Precinct of Chelmsford"
-
Surveying of the site for Westford's first meeting house (near present site of First Parish Church)
-
For the first time, Chelmsford withdraws all opposition and officially recognizes the West Precinct
-
Establishment of the First Parish Church of Westford
-
Incorporation of Westford