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pilgrims land in plymouth rock
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Settlement of Cpae 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 Woburn as a town
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Establishment of the Plantation of Chelmsford
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Incorporation of the town of Chelmsford
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settlement of groton
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First known allotments of land within Westford's borders are establish
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Indians sign treaty with Chelmsford and Mass General Court giving up their claim/right to use the land of Westford as their hunting grounds.
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First known permanent settlement of Westford, Solomon Keyes, builds a house on Frances Hill
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First mill in Westford is 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
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First mill in Forge Village is erected [then part of the town of Groton]
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Incorporation of the town of Littleton [7 Westford families"annexed" to littleton but return after Westfords Incorporation]
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Members of the West part of Chelmsford petition the Mass. General Court 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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Surveying of the site for Westford's first meeting house
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Mass Genreal Court gives the people of the Western part of thw town of Chelmsford permission to form a seperate religious society
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Establishment of the First Parish Church of Westford
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For 1st time, Chelmsford withdraws all opposition and officially recognizes the West Precinct
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Incorporation of Westford
