Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA
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Where is Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA? Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Dorchester is a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is named after the town of Dorchester in the English county of Dorset, from which Puritans emigrated. Dorchester, including a large portion of today's Boston, was separately incorporated in 1630. It was still primarily rural and had a population of 12,000 when annexed to Boston in 1870. Railroad and streetcar lines brought rapid growth, increasing the population to 150,000 by 1920. It is now a large, diverse working class community with many Caucasians, African Americans, Caribbean Americans, Latinos, and East and Southeast Asian Americans, and is still a center of Irish American immigration.wikipedia
Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA
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"The Baker Chocolate Company is the oldest producer of chocolate in the United States. The company was initially established when a physician named Dr. James Baker met John Hannon on the banks of the Neponset River. Irishman John Hannon was penniless but was a skilled chocolatier, a craft which he had learned in England and which was, until now, exclusive to Europe. With the help of Baker, Hannon was able to set up a business where he produced “Hannon’s Best Chocolate” for 15 years. In 1779, Hannon went on a trip to the West Indies and never returned. His wife sold the company in 1780 to Dr. Baker who changed the name to Baker Chocolate Company. The Baker's Chocolate brand now belongs to Mondelez International..." wikipedia)
Walter Baker Chocolate Mills (Webb Mill, and Baker Mill), Dorchester, Mass.
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Walter Baker & Co.
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January 1898
Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA
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Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA
First Parish Church and Lyceum Hall, Dorchester, Mass.
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1630 - In September 1630, Governor John Winthrop and the Massachusetts Bay Colony settlers traveled to the peninsula, known as Shawmut by the Algonquins, and founded Dorchester, the first part of the city of Boston.
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1639 - May 20 - The first free American public school, the Mather school, was founded in Dorchester, a neighborhood of Boston
The Boston History Project: Upham's Corner in Dorchester
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1717 - March 7 - The Great Snow, a composite of four winter storms to hit the eastern U.S. in nine days, finally came to an end.
Snow depths averaged 60 inches following the storm. Up to four feet of snow fell around Boston MA,...Read MORE...
Snow depths averaged 60 inches following the storm. Up to four feet of snow fell around Boston MA,...Read MORE...
2. DORCHESTER. [Pop. 4,875. Inc. 1630.]
NORFOLK COUNTY
Dorchester was named after Dorchester in England, from which some of the...Read MORE...
NORFOLK COUNTY
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1869 - Dorchester Annexed to Boston
Dorchester the Indian name of which was Mattapan, was named in honor of the Rev. John White, of...Read MORE...
Dorchester the Indian name of which was Mattapan, was named in honor of the Rev. John White, of...Read MORE...
1873 - For the Love of "Rob"A widow in Dorchester, Mass., has been three times married. Her first husband was Robb, the second...Read MORE...
1891 - SIX LIVES LOST. A PLEASURE PARTY THROWN INTO THE WATER BY THE VESSEL OVERTURNING.Boston, Aug. 10. - A sad accident occurred on Dorchester Bay yesterday afternoon by which six...Read MORE...
1916
Dorchester, a former town of Suffolk co., Mass., situated on Massachusetts Bay, 4 miles S. of...Read MORE...
Dorchester, a former town of Suffolk co., Mass., situated on Massachusetts Bay, 4 miles S. of...Read MORE...
Ancestors Who Were Born Here
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Ancestors Who Were Married Here
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Thomas HOLCOMB (7 April 1605 - 7 September 1657) &
Elizabeth FERGUSON (11 November 1617 - 7 October 1679)
married 14 May 1634 |
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John STRONG (October 1605 - 14 April 1699) &
Abigail FORD (8 October 1619 - 6 July 1688)
married 30 December 1636 |
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Henry LAKE (08/14/1611 - 02/21/1673) &
Alice IREOD? (abt. 1620 - 6/05/1658)
married abt. 1640 |
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John MINOT (2 April 1626 - 12 August 1669) &
Lydia BUTLER (abt. 23 February 1629 - 24 January 1667)
married 19 May 1647 |
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Edward BRECK (1595 - 2 November 1662) &
Isabel RIGBY (1610 - 21 June 1673)
married August 1647 |
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Timothy MATHER (1628 - 14 January 1683) &
Catherine Elizabeth ATHERTON (1628 - 20 February 1710)
married abt. 1650 |
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James BLAKE (1623 - 28 June 1700) &
Elizabeth CLAP (22 June 1633 - 16 January 1694)
married 1 January 1652 |
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John BLACKMAN (abt. 1625 - 28 April 1675) &
Mary POND (abt. 1620 - 28 April 1675)
married abt. 1655 |
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William BILLINGS (ab. 1629 - 16 March 1712) &
Mary ATHERTON (30 April 1636 - 27 February 1718)
married 5 February 1658 |
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James TROWBRIDGE (1636 - 22 May 1717) &
Margaret ATHERTON (30 April 1638 - 17 August 1672)
married 30 December 1659 |
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John ROCKWELL (18 July 1627 - 13 September 1673) &
Deliverance HAYNES (HAWES) (11 June 1640 - )
married 18 August 1662 |
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Increase ROBINSON (14 March 1642 - November 1699) &
Sarah PENNIMAN (6 May 1641 - )
married 19 November 1663 |
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Thomas DEWEY (16 February 1640 - 27 April 1690) &
Constant HAWES (17 July 1642 - 26 April 1703)
married 1 June 1663 |
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Joshua HEMMINGWAY (9 April 1643 - 29 October 1716) &
Joanna EVANS (1648 - )
married 16 January 1666 |
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John MINOT (22 January 1648 - 26 January 1690) &
Elisabeth BRECK (abt. 1649 - 6 April 1690)
married 11 March 1670 |
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Henry WHITE (1654 - 17 May 1713) &
Mary WEEKS (10 November 1656 - 27 July 1741)
married 5 March 1677 |
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Richard MATHER (22 December 1653 - 17 August 1688) &
Catherine WISE (8 December 1658 - 12 September 1686)
married 1 July 1680 |
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James BLAKE (15 August 1652 - 22 October 1732) &
Ruth BATCHELDER (9 May 1662 - 11 January 1752)
married 8 July 1684 |
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Ephraim PAYSON (20 February 1658 - 18 October 1732) &
Catherine LEADBETTER (28 February 1662 - 25 May 1739)
married 12 June 1684 |
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Thomas BLACKMAN (24 January 1691 - 1751) &
Mary HOUGHTON (30 June 1695 - 8 April 1767)
married 26 March 1713 |
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