Plymouth Rock to Westford

By mfowler17

  • Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock

    Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock

  • Settlement of Cape Anne/Salem

    Settlement of Cape Anne/Salem

  • Establishment of the MBC and Boston

    Establishment of the MBC and Boston

  • Settlement of Woburn

    Settlement of Woburn

  • Incorporation of Woburn as a town

    Incorporation of Woburn as a town

  • Settlement of Concord

    Settlement of Concord

  • Establishment of the Plantation of Chelmsford

    Establishment of the Plantation of Chelmsford

  • Incorporation of the town of Chelmsford

    Incorporation of the town of Chelmsford

  • Settlement of Groton

    Settlement of Groton

  • 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

    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 known permanent settler of Westford, Solomon Keyes, builds a house on Frances Hill

    First known permanent settler of Westford, Solomon Keyes, builds a house on Frances Hill

  • First mill in Westford [then West Chelmsford] is erected on Saw-mill Meadow Brook

    First mill in Westford [then West Chelmsford] is erected on Saw-mill Meadow Brook
    This links Nab Lake to Stony Brook

  • King Philip's War begins

    King Philip's War begins

  • King Philip's War ends

    King Philip's War ends

  • Groton abandoned

    Groton abandoned
    Settlers flee to Concord after an Indian attack that burns much of the town

  • First mill in Forge Village is erected

    First mill in Forge Village is erected
    Then part of the town of Groton

  • First known petition asking for the establishment of a West Precinct of Chelmsford submitted

    First known petition asking for the establishment of a West Precinct of Chelmsford submitted

  • Incorporation of the town of Littleton

    Incorporation of the town of Littleton
    7 Westford families "annexed" to Littleton but return after the incorporation of Westford

  • Petition

    Petition
    Members of the West part of Chelmsford petition the Mass. General Court to become a distinct parish/precinct

  • Surveying of the site for Westford's first meeting house

    Surveying of the site for Westford's first meeting house
    Near the present site of the First Parish Church

  • First known allotments of land within Westford's borders are established

    First known allotments of land within Westford's borders are established

  • Mass General Court gives the people of the western part of the town of Chelmsford permission to for m a separate religious society by the name of the "West Precinct of Chelmsford"

    Mass General Court gives the people of the western part of the town of Chelmsford permission to for m a separate religious society by the name of the "West Precinct of Chelmsford"

  • For the 1st time Chelmsford withdraws all opposition and officially recognizes the West Precinct

    For the 1st time Chelmsford withdraws all opposition and officially recognizes the West Precinct
    3 years after the General Court did and 14 years after the original petition

  • Establishment of the First Parish Church of Westford

    Establishment of the First Parish Church of Westford

  • Incorporation of Westford

    Incorporation of Westford

  • End of Indian Wars' in Massachusetts

    End of Indian Wars' in Massachusetts