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(South Scituate)

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Norwell was first settled in 1634 as a part of the settlement of Satuit (later Scituate), which encompassed present-day Scituate and Norwell. It was officially created in 1849 and soon became known as South Scituate. The town changed its name by ballot to Norwell in 1888, after Henry Norwell, a dry goods merchant who provided funds for the maintenance of the town roads. kids.kiddle.co


Norwell includes: Accord (Queen Anne's Corner), Assinippi (Snappy), and West Scituate.


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Main Street

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Unitarian Church, James Library & School Building, Norwell, Mass.

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Residence of the Late Henry Norwell, Norwell, Mass., 1908

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Turner House & Store, and Residence of H. S. Turner
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Site of Old Block House Yard and Rocky Reach North River, Norwell, Mass., 1911

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Twelve Bags Rogers & Hubbard's Corn Manure (No other manure) Used on this Field

Field of Wm. Wilder's, Norwell, Mass., which the neighbors say "largest that they ever saw." This field has not been cultivated for over 15 years and some of the ears weighted two pounds apiece at the time of harvest.

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C. A. Berry's Greenhouse, 1913

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Ancestors Who Were Born or Died in Norwell, Massachusetts, USA

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male ancestorDavid BARNES (24 March 1731, Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA (Marlboro) - 26 April 1811, Norwell, Massachusetts, USA (South Scituate))
male ancestorCharles Henry SMITH (30 June 1878, Norwell, Massachusetts, USA (South Scituate) - 29 January 1962, Braintree, Massachusetts, USA)
female ancestorLucy Rogers LITCHFIELD (16 February 1879, Norwell, Massachusetts, USA (South Scituate) - , )
male ancestorWalter Allen DAMON (26 March 1879, Norwell, Massachusetts, USA (South Scituate) - , )
female ancestorBertha Maria STODDARD (29 March 1879, Norwell, Massachusetts, USA (South Scituate) - , )
female ancestorMary Abbie RICHARD (28 April 1879, Norwell, Massachusetts, USA (South Scituate) - , )
female ancestorEsther Fairman PRINCE (19 June 1879, Norwell, Massachusetts, USA (South Scituate) - , )
female ancestorEmily Jane HUNT (20 June 1879, Norwell, Massachusetts, USA (South Scituate) - , )
male ancestorWilliam H GENDER (1 September 1880, Norwell, Massachusetts, USA (South Scituate) - , )

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male ancestorCharles Henry SMITH (30 June 1878 - 29 January 1962) and female ancestorJosephine J BARDEN (31 October 1885 - 14 March 1955) married 6 February 1902
male ancestorVarnum Adoniram HEWITT (9 October 1914 - 12 October 1973) and female ancestorEmily Martha SMITH (8 February 1914 - 27 December 1994) married 4 September 1937
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