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In 1669, the town of Braintree, located southeast of Boston, voted that each household would be granted an equal interest in the 6000 acres purchased to the west and shall be known as "Braintree Farms." In ensuing years additional tracts of land which were formerly part of Brookfield and Hardwick were acquired and in 1751 the town was incorporated as New Braintree.
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- 1709 - New Braintree is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1839 - New Braintree
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Worcester county. Ware river and other streams water this town, and afford it good mill privileges. The soil of the town is good, particularly for grazing: it has become celebrated for its good farmers, and for its excellent beef cattle, butter and cheese. There is a...Read MORE... - 1845 - NEW BRAINTREE. [Pop. 752. Inc. 1751.]
Part of New Braintree was granted to the inhabitants of old Braintree, in Norfolk county, for public services, and this tract, with a portion of Hardwick and Brookfield, made the new town.
This town was a rendezvous of the Indians in Philip's War, when they burned Brookfield and...Read MORE... - 1848 - New Braintree
The general court having granted 6,000 acres of land to certain persons of the ancient town of Brain tree, in the county of Suffolk, for services rendered to the public, it was called and known by the name of Braintree Farms. This tract, together with a part of Brookfield and a part of Hardwick,...Read MORE... - 1854 - New Braintree
New Braintree, a township in Worcester co., Massachusetts, 60 miles W. from Boston. Population, 852.
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. - New Braintree Massachusetts, 1890
New Braintree is situated in the western part of Worcester County, its northwest side lying on Ware River, which separates it from Hardwick and Ware. The territorial form is mainly triangular, with apex to the north and its base line east and west. Barre and Oakham bound it on the north east, and...Read MORE... - 1895 - New Braintree
New Brain'tree, a post-village in New Braintree township, Worcester co., Mass., about 20 miles W. by N. of Worcester. It has a church and a cheese-factory. The township is bounded on the N.W. by the Ware River. Pop. of the township, 606.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott 
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New Braintree, a post-village in New Braintree township (town), Worcester co., Mass., about 20 miles W. by N. of Worcester. The town is bounded on the NW. by the Ware River. Pop. of the town in 1900, 500.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906 
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1709 - New Braintree is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1839 - New Braintree
New Braintree, Massachusetts
Worcester county. Ware river and other streams water this town, and afford it good mill privileges. The soil of the town is good, particularly for grazing: it has become celebrated for its good farmers, and for its excellent beef cattle, butter and cheese. There is a... Read MORE...
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1845 - NEW BRAINTREE. [Pop. 752. Inc. 1751.]
Part of New Braintree was granted to the inhabitants of old Braintree, in Norfolk county, for public services, and this tract, with a portion of Hardwick and Brookfield, made the new town.
This town was a rendezvous of the Indians in Philip's War, when they burned Brookfield and... Read MORE...
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1848 - New Braintree
The general court having granted 6,000 acres of land to certain persons of the ancient town of Brain tree, in the county of Suffolk, for services rendered to the public, it was called and known by the name of Braintree Farms. This tract, together with a part of Brookfield and a part of Hardwick,... Read MORE...
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1854 - New Braintree
New Braintree, a township in Worcester co., Massachusetts, 60 miles W. from Boston. Population, 852.
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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New Braintree Massachusetts, 1890
New Braintree is situated in the western part of Worcester County, its northwest side lying on Ware River, which separates it from Hardwick and Ware. The territorial form is mainly triangular, with apex to the north and its base line east and west. Barre and Oakham bound it on the north east, and... Read MORE...
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1895 - New Braintree
New Brain'tree, a post-village in New Braintree township, Worcester co., Mass., about 20 miles W. by N. of Worcester. It has a church and a cheese-factory. The township is bounded on the N.W. by the Ware River. Pop. of the township, 606.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
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1906
New Braintree, a post-village in New Braintree township (town), Worcester co., Mass., about 20 miles W. by N. of Worcester. The town is bounded on the NW. by the Ware River. Pop. of the town in 1900, 500.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906
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