Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA (Cedar Crest) (South Duxbury)
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Where is Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA? Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
At first, those who settled in Duxbury came to work their new farms just in the warmer months and returned to Plymouth during the winter. It was not long, however, before they began to build homes on their land, and soon requested permission from the colony to be set off as a separate community with their own church. Duxbury, which originally included land that is now Pembroke, was incorporated in 1637.
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Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA (Cedar Crest) (South Duxbury)
 (South Duxbury) - John Alden House, Built 1653, Duxbury, Mass.
"The John and Priscilla Alden Family Sites is a National Historic Landmark consisting of two separate properties in Duxbury, Massachusetts, United States. Both properties are significant for their association with John Alden, one of the settlers of the Plymouth Colony who came to North America on board the Mayflower, and held numerous posts of importance in the colony. Alden and his relationship with Priscilla Mullins were memorialized by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in The Courtship of Miles Standish, a narrative poem that made the story a piece of American folklore.
One of the two properties contains the archaeological remains of the house John Alden built c. 1630, and is also significant in the field of historical archaeology as the mature field work of Roland Wells Robbins (1908-1987), an early historical archaeologist. It is on land owned by the Town of Duxbury. On the second property stands a house which was traditionally dated to c. 1657 as a work by Alden, but is, by forensic analysis, judged to have been built around 1700, probably by John Alden's grandson. This property has been under the continuous ownership of the Alden family; it is now managed by a family foundation as a historic house museum..." wikipedia)
John Alden House, Built 1653, Duxbury, Mass.
"The John and Priscilla Alden Family Sites is a National Historic Landmark consisting of two separate ... Read MORE...
Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA (Cedar Crest) (South Duxbury)
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Duxbury, Mass. Town Square.
Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA (Cedar Crest) (South Duxbury)
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1826 - The Ford Store established in 1826 was the first department store in the United States. (Duxbury)
www.town.duxbury.ma.us/ Public_Documents/ DuxburyMA_WebDocs/ townhistory
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7. DUXBURY. [Pop. 2,798. Inc. 1637.]
Its Indian name was Mattacheeset. Duxbury is supposed to be derived from Dux, which means...Read MORE...
Its Indian name was Mattacheeset. Duxbury is supposed to be derived from Dux, which means...Read MORE...
1859
DUXBURY, a township in the state of Massachusetts, U.S., 30 m. SSE of Boston. Pop. 2,798.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
DUXBURY, a township in the state of Massachusetts, U.S., 30 m. SSE of Boston. Pop. 2,798.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
1860 - Sea "Monsters"[Yes, this is an actual newspaper article from 1860 - unbelievable!]
A fortnight since, there...Read MORE...
Duxbury Massachusetts, 1890
Duxbury, one of the oldest and most notable towns of the State, is situated midway of the eastern...Read MORE...
Duxbury, one of the oldest and most notable towns of the State, is situated midway of the eastern...Read MORE...
1916
Duxbury, a post-village and summer-resort of Plymouth co., Mass., in Duxbury township (town), on a...Read MORE...
Duxbury, a post-village and summer-resort of Plymouth co., Mass., in Duxbury township (town), on a...Read MORE...
Ancestors Who Were Born Here
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Ancestors Who Died Here
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Ancestors Who Were Married Here
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Henry SAMPSON (SAMSON) (15 January 1604 - 24 December 1684) &
Ann PLUMMER (1610 - 24 December 1684)
married 6 February 1635 |
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Solomon LEONARD (LEONARDSON) (abt. 1610 - 1 May 1671) &
Sarah CHANDLER (abt. 1616 - 27 October 1675)
married abt. 1640 |
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William PABODIE (1616 - 13 December 1707) &
Elisabeth ALDEN (abt. 1625 - 31 May 1717)
married 26 December 1644 |
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John TRACY (1642 - 16 August 1702) &
Mary WINSLOW (abt. 1654 - )
married 17 June 1670 |
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Robert DENNIS (1646 - 5 June 1691) &
Sarah HOWLAND (1645 - 2 October 1712)
married 16 November 1672 |
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Samuel WASHBURN (abt. 1652 - 25 March 1720) &
Deborah PACKARD (1657 - )
married 1677 |
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John PARTRIDGE (29 November 1657 - 5 April 1731) &
Hannah SEABURY (7 July 1668 - )
married 24 December 1684 |
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Ebenezer RICKER (30 August 1783 - 15 December 1872) &
Mercy GLASS (3 July 1784 - )
married 3 January 1805 |
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Cemeteries in Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA (Cedar Crest) (South Duxbury)
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