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Rochester, Plymouth, MA
Rochester was settled in 1679 on the lands called "Sippican" by the local Wampanoags, along the coast of Buzzards Bay. (Sippican was the name of the local tribe.) It originally included the lands of Mattapoisett, Marion and parts of Wareham (which was lost when Wareham was founded in 1739). The town was officially incorporated on June 4, 1686 as Rochester, and was renamed for Rochester, England, from which early settlers to the town came. kids.kiddle.co
Rochester includes: Bisbee's Corner and Pierceville.
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- 1638 - Rochester is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1686 - Rochester is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1845 - ROCHESTER. [Pop. 3,864. Inc. 1686.]
This is a very large township, originally called by the Indians Sippican, and named Rochester, after Rochester in England, from which some of its ...Read MORE... - 1854 - Rochester
Rochester, a post-village of Plymouth co., Massachusetts, near the head of Rochester harbor, in Buzzard's bay, on the Cape Cod Branch railroad, 50...Read MORE... - Rochester Massachusetts, 1890
Rochester is a large farming town in the southwesterly part of Plymouth County, 50 miles southeast of Boston. It is bounded on the north by Lakeville ...Read MORE... 
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Rochester, a post-village in Rochester township, Ply mouth co., Mass, about 9 miles N.E. of New Bedford, 3 miles from Buzzard's Bay, and 3 miles W....Read MORE... 
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Rochester, a post-village in Rochester township (town), Plymouth co., Mass., about 9 miles NE. of New Bedford and 3 miles from Buzzard's Bay. Pop. of ...Read MORE...
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1638 - Rochester is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1686 - Rochester is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1845 - ROCHESTER. [Pop. 3,864. Inc. 1686.]
This is a very large township, originally called by the Indians Sippican, and named Rochester, after Rochester in England, from which some of its ... Read MORE...
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1854 - Rochester
Rochester, a post-village of Plymouth co., Massachusetts, near the head of Rochester harbor, in Buzzard's bay, on the Cape Cod Branch railroad, 50... Read MORE...
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Rochester Massachusetts, 1890
Rochester is a large farming town in the southwesterly part of Plymouth County, 50 miles southeast of Boston. It is bounded on the north by Lakeville ... Read MORE...
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1895 - Rochester
Rochester, a post-village in Rochester township, Ply mouth co., Mass, about 9 miles N.E. of New Bedford, 3 miles from Buzzard's Bay, and 3 miles W.... Read MORE...
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1906
Rochester, a post-village in Rochester township (town), Plymouth co., Mass., about 9 miles NE. of New Bedford and 3 miles from Buzzard's Bay. Pop. of ... Read MORE...
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