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Natick, Middlesex, MA
Natick was first settled in 1652 by John Eliot, a Puritan missionary born in Widford, Hertfordshire, England who received a commission and funds from England's Long Parliament to settle the Massachusett Indians on both sides of the Charles River, on land deeded from the settlement at Dedham. They were called Praying Indians – Natick was the first and for a long time served as the center of Eliot's network of praying towns. While the towns were largely self-governing under Indian leaders, the praying Indians were subject to rules governing conformity to English Puritan culture (in practice Natick, like the other praying towns, evidenced a combination of traditional and English culture and practices). Eliot and Praying Indian translators printed America's first written Bible in the Algonquian language. The town was officially incorporated in 1781. kids.kiddle.co
Natick includes: Felchville, Morseville, Navy Yard, Nebraska Plain, and Walkerville.
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1718 - Natick is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1781 - Natick is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1845 - NATICK. [Pop. 1,285. Inc. 1781.]
Natick is one of the few towns of Massachusetts that retain their original Indian names. The word Natick is said to mean 'The Hill Country.'
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1848 - Natick
This township was originally granted by the general court to the Indians, as a place for a permanent residence. It was incorporated into an English... Read MORE...
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1854 - Natick
Natick, a post-township in Middlesex co., Mass., on the Boston and Worcester railroad, 17 miles W. S. W. from Boston. Pop., 2744.
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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Natick Massachusetts, 1890
Natick is a large and flourishing town in the southerly part of Middlesex County, noted chiefly for its shoe manufacture. The Boston and Albany... Read MORE...
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1895 - Natick
Na'tick, a post-town of Middlesex co., Mass., on the Boston & Worcester Railroad, at the junction of the Saxonville Branch, 18 miles W.S.W. of... Read MORE...
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1906
Natick, a post-town of Middlesex co., Mass. on the Boston and Albany R., 17 miles WSW. of Boston. It is at the S. end of Cochituate Lake. It has... Read MORE...
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