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Auburn, Massachusetts, USA (Ward)

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Where is Auburn, Massachusetts, USA? 

Auburn, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
The Auburn area was first settled in 1714 as of today outer parts of Worcester, Sutton, Leicester and Oxford, Massachusetts, and the town was officially incorporated on April 10, 1778 as the town of Ward,in honor of American Revolution General Artemas Ward. The town changed its name to Auburn in 1837, after the Post Office complained that the name was too similar to the nearby town of Ware.wikipedia

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Auburn, Massachusetts, USA (Ward) - The Elms, Auburn, Mass
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47. AUBURN. [Pop. 1,183. Inc. 1778.]
This small town was a part of Worcester, Sutton, Leicester, and Oxford. Until 1837, it was...Read MORE...

1848 - Auburn
This town was formerly part of Worcester, Sutton, Leicester, and Oxford, incorporated a town by the ...Read MORE...

1859
AUBURN, a township in Worcester co., Massachusetts, 5 m. S by W of Worcester. Pop. 669.

A...Read MORE...

Auburn Massachusetts, 1890
Auburn is a pleasant little town near the centre of the southern half of Worcester County, 50 miles ...Read MORE...

1916
Auburn, a post-village of Worcester co., Mass., in Auburn township (town), 5 miles S. of Worcester, ...Read MORE...

1926 - Rocket
The first successful liquid fuel rocket launched by Dr. Robert Goddard in Auburn.

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Ancestors Who Were Born Here


Bowzy
flag  Nancy BOWZY (1800, Auburn, Massachusetts, USA (Ward) - 18 September 1875, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA)

Drury
flag  George A. DRURY (1823, Auburn, Massachusetts, USA (Ward) - 19 June 1846, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA)
flag  Thomas DRURY (1777, Auburn, Massachusetts, USA (Ward) - 26 April 1846, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA)

Drusy
flag  Phebe DRUSY (1771, Auburn, Massachusetts, USA (Ward) - 5 November 1857, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA (North Amherst) (South Amherst))

Sturtevant
flag  Samuel STURTEVANT (19 January 1744, Auburn, Massachusetts, USA (Ward) - 15 April 1787, Auburn, Massachusetts, USA (Ward))
 

Ancestors Who Died Here


Archambault
  Leda E ARCHAMBAULT (23 February 1911, - 25 July 2003, Auburn, Massachusetts, USA (Ward))

Gaboury
flag  Alfred A GABOURY (29 August 1906, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA - July 1985, Auburn, Massachusetts, USA (Ward))
 flag  Marjorie Rose GABOURY (23 April 1927 , Webster, Massachusetts, USA - 9 March 2009, Auburn, Massachusetts, USA (Ward))

Peake
flag  Bethiah PEAKE (20 February 1698, Woodstock, Connecticut, USA - 5 August 1779, Auburn, Massachusetts, USA (Ward)) gravestone

St. Jean
flag  Rita I ST. JEAN (1924, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA - 25 October 2013, Auburn, Massachusetts, USA (Ward))

STURTEVANT
flag  Samuel STURTEVANT (19 January 1744, Auburn, Massachusetts, USA (Ward) - 15 April 1787, Auburn, Massachusetts, USA (Ward))
 

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