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  History of Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA

Journey back in time to Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA

(Rexhame) (East Marshfield)

Visit Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

     

• 1632 - Marshfield is settled
  
  Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  
  
• 1640 - Marshfield is incorporated
  
  Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  
  
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  Monument dedicated to Early Settlers of Green Harbor, MA located in Winslow Cemetery in Marshfield, MA
  
• 1773 - Tea Rock Hill - On this Hill in December 1773 the Staunch Whig Jeremiah Lowe Applied the Torch and Burned the Tea Confiscated by the Patriots from Public and Private Stores in the Town of Marshfield
  
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• 1845 - MARSHFIELD. [Pop. 1,761. Inc. 1641.]
  Marshfield belonged to Plymouth till 1640, and was called Rexham.
  
  It is pleasantly situated on North and South Rivers, and does something...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1854 - Marshfield
  Marsiifield, a post-township of Plymouth co., Massachusetts, on Massachusetts bay, 28 miles S. E. by S. from Boston. The farm and country residence...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1867 - The Marshfield Fair was established in 1862 by the South Marshfield Farmer's Club.
  Later called the Fairgrounds Association, it was incorporated as the Marshfield Agricultural and Horticultural Society in 1867. The inspiration for...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1869 - There is now living in Marshfield, Mass., an aged couple who are enjoying their 75th year of married life. There are both well, and bid fair to celebrate their diamond wedding.
  
  St Joseph Herald
  Saint Joseph, Michigan
  March 13, 1869
  
  
• Marshfield Massachusetts, 1890
  Marshfield is a beautiful seaboard town in the northeastern part of Plymouth County, about 30 miles southeast of Boston on the South Shore line of...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  First Congregational Church (Organized 1632)
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• 1895 - Marshfield
  Marshfield, a post-township of Plymouth co., Mass., about 28 miles S.E. of Boston, is bounded on the N.E. by Massachusetts Bay, and intersected by a...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  The Original Daniel Webster House, 1869, Marshfield, Mass.
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  Ocean Street, Ocean Bluff, Marshfield, Mass.
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  Beach Scene, Brant Rock, Marshfield, Mass.
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• 1906 - Reginald Fessenden - First AM Radio Broadcast
  Fessenden reported that on the evening of December 24, 1906 (Christmas Eve), he had made the first of two radio broadcasts of music and entertainment ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1906
  Marshfield, a post-township (town and village) of Plymouth co., Mass., about 28 miles SE. of Boston, on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., is...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  The Bluff, Brant Rock
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  McLauhthlin's Store and Post Office, Green Harbor
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  Prospect Street looking South, Marshfield Hills
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  Birdseye View of Marshfield, Mass. from Zion's Hill
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  Main Street, G.A.R. Hall, Marshfield Hills
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  The Fieldston on the Atlantic
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  Post Office
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  Town Hall
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