Add YOUR Family To This Page
History of Scituate, Massachusetts, USA
Journey back in time to Scituate, Massachusetts, USA
Visit Scituate, Massachusetts, USA. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
The William-Barker House, which still remains near the harbor, was built in 1634. Twelve homes and a sawmill were destroyed in King Philip's War in 1676.
kids.kiddle.co
Scituate includes: Egypt, First Cliff, The Glades, Green Brush, Hatherly, Hummarock, Minot, North Scituate Village (Gannet Corner), Rivermoore, Sandhill, Shore Acres, and Sodham.
netronline.com/mass_lookup.htm
There is MUCH more to discover about Scituate, Massachusetts, USA . Read on!
Where is Scituate, Massachusetts, USA ?

Not the place you are looking for? Try again!


Search for Your Family by Place
Old Photos, Pictures, Advertisements and Postcards from Scituate, Massachusetts, USA
Family Historian 6 Genealogy and Family Tree Software by Calico Pie
History and News of Scituate, Massachusetts, USA
Add History/News-
1630 - Scituate is settled
Scituate was settled by a group of people from Plymouth about 1627, who were joined by immigrants from the county of Kent in England.
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
-
1636 - Scituate is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
-
In 1640 Isaac Stedman dammed the First Herring Brook and built a sawmill beside the pond.
scituatehistoricalsociety.org/ mill/
-
1810 - In the year 1810 the United States Congress voted $4000 to build a lighthouse at Scituate Harbor.
The Light, of split granite blocks with a one and one half story house attached, was activated in 1811.
scituatehistoricalsociety.org/ light/
-
1845 - SCITUATE. [Pop. 3,886. Inc. 1636.]
Scituate is supposed to be a corruption of the Indian word Satuit, meaning Cold Brook.
Nineteen houses in this town were burned in... Read MORE...
-
1854 - Scituate
Scutate, a post-township in Plymouth co., Massachusetts, 22 miles S. E. by S. from Boston. Population, 2149.
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.
1880 - Best Butter Cow
The Jersey Belle, owned by a Mr. Ellms, of Scituate, Mass., is claimed to be the best "butter cow" living. She is described as being a beautiful... Read MORE...
-
Scituate Massachusetts, 1890
Scituate lies in the northeast part of Plymouth County and is bounded on the north by Cohasset; the east by the ocean, on the south by Marshfield and ... Read MORE...
-
1895 - Scituate
Scituate, or Scituate Harbor, a post-village in Scituate township, Plymouth co., Mass., on the Atlantic Ocean, nearly 1 mile from the Old Colony... Read MORE...
-
1906
Scituate, or Scituate Harbor, a post-village and bathing-resort in Scituate township (towm), Plymouth co., Mass., on the Atlantic Ocean and on the... Read MORE...
-
Welcome to Scituate MA
Welcome to Scituate MA (www.youtube.com)
Scituate, Massachusetts, USA Genealogy
Ancestors Who Were Born in Scituate, Massachusetts, USA
We currently have information about ancestors who were born in Scituate.View Them Now (sorted by year of birth)
Ancestors Who Died in Scituate, Massachusetts, USA
We currently have information about ancestors who died in Scituate.View Them Now (sorted by year of death)
Ancestors Who Were Married in Scituate, Massachusetts, USA
We currently have information about ancestors who were married in Scituate.View Them Now
Updated: 11/18/2019 11:46:31 AM
Are you from Scituate? Do you have ancestors from there? Tell us YOUR story!
If you'd like to be contacted by others who have ancestors from Scituate, leave a message here!The comments you read here belong only to the person who posted them. We reserve the right to remove off-topic and inappropriate comments.