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Gill, incorporated September 28, 1793, was originally part of Deerfield and was included in the portion set off from Deerfield June 9, 1753, as the district of Greenfield, which became a township that same year. The first settlers on the land that became Gill, who arrived before 1753 and lived later that 1793, were therefore inhabitants of the towns of Deerfield, Greenfield and Gill, successively, even though they never moved. gillmass.org
Gill includes: French King and Riverside.
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May 19, 1676 - The Peskeompscut Massacre
On the sleepy morning of May 19, 1676 in present-day Gill, Massachusetts, a band of English colonists under the command of Captain William Turner fell...Read MORE...
Fireplace in the Pine Room of The Old Red House, Riverside, Gill, Mass. Built 1736.
Postcard- 1776 - Gill is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1793 - The town of Gill is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1845 - GILL. [Pop. 798. Inc. 1793.]
This town, originally a part of Deerfield, was named in honor of Moses Gill, Lieut. Governor of the State at the time the town was incorporated.
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This town was formerly a part of Deerfield; it was incorporated in 1793. It received its name in honor of Lieutenant Governor Moses Gill. The church r...Read MORE... - 1854 - Gill
Gill, a post-township of Franklin co., Massachusetts, on the W. side of Connecticut river, 10 miles W. S. W. from Boston. Population, 754.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. - 1859
GILL, a township in Franklin co., in the state of Massachusetts, 98 m. W by N of Boston, on the W side of the Connecticut river. Pop. 798.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859 - Gill Massachusetts, 1890
Gill is a very beautiful town lying in the north central part of Franklin County, 97 miles from Boston by the Fitchburg Railroad, which runs along its...Read MORE... - 1895 - Gill
Gill, a post-township of Franklin co., Mass., about 40 miles N. of Springfield, is bounded on the E. and S. by the Connecticut River. It has 2 churche...Read MORE... 
Entrance to Mt. Hermon Schools
"Northfield Mount Hermon, commonly referred to as NMH, is a co-educational college-preparatory boarding and day school for students in grades 9–12 and postgraduates. The school is located on the banks of the... Read MORE...
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Gill, a post-township (town) of Franklin co., Mass., about 40 miles N. of Springfield. Pop. in 1900, 1015. The name of the post-office is Turners Fall...Read MORE... 
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Fireplace in the Pine Room of The Old Red House, Riverside, Gill, Mass. Built 1736.
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"Northfield Mount Hermon, commonly referred to as NMH, is a co-educational college-preparatory boarding and day school for students in grades 9–12 and postgraduates. The school is located on the banks of the Connecticut River in Gill, Massachusetts, United States.
Originally two neighboring schools — the Northfield School for Girls, founded in 1879, and the Mount Hermon School for Boys, founded in 1881 — NMH merged into a single institution in 1972 and consolidated on one campus in 2006...
The school was originally founded by Protestant evangelist Dwight Lyman Moody as the Northfield Seminary for Young Ladies in 1879 (later called the Northfield School for Girls) and the Mount Hermon School for Boys in 1881. Moody built the girls' school in Northfield, Massachusetts, the town of his birth, and the boys' school a few miles away in the town of Gill. Moody's goal was to provide the best possible education for young people without privilege, and he enrolled students whose parents were slaves as well as Native Americans and people from other countries, which was unprecedented among elite private schools at that time..." wikipedia)
Entrance to Mt. Hermon Schools
"Northfield Mount Hermon, commonly referred to as NMH, is a co-educational college-preparatory boarding and day school for students in grades 9–12 and postgraduates. The school is located on the banks of the... Read MORE...
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May 19, 1676 - The Peskeompscut Massacre
On the sleepy morning of May 19, 1676 in present-day Gill, Massachusetts, a band of English colonists under the command of Captain William Turner... Read MORE...
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1776 - Gill is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1793 - The town of Gill is incorporated
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1845 - GILL. [Pop. 798. Inc. 1793.]
This town, originally a part of Deerfield, was named in honor of Moses Gill, Lieut. Governor of the State at the time the town was... Read MORE...
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1848 - Gill
This town was formerly a part of Deerfield; it was incorporated in 1793. It received its name in honor of Lieutenant Governor Moses Gill. The church... Read MORE...
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1854 - Gill
Gill, a post-township of Franklin co., Massachusetts, on the W. side of Connecticut river, 10 miles W. S. W. from Boston. Population, 754.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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GILL, a township in Franklin co., in the state of Massachusetts, 98 m. W by N of Boston, on the W side of the Connecticut river. Pop. 798.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
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Gill Massachusetts, 1890
Gill is a very beautiful town lying in the north central part of Franklin County, 97 miles from Boston by the Fitchburg Railroad, which runs along... Read MORE...
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1895 - Gill
Gill, a post-township of Franklin co., Mass., about 40 miles N. of Springfield, is bounded on the E. and S. by the Connecticut River. It has 2... Read MORE...
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1916
Gill, a post-township (town) of Franklin co., Mass., about 40 miles N. of Springfield. Pop. in 1900, 1015. The name of the post-office is Turners... Read MORE...
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