Harvard, Massachusetts, USA
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Where is Harvard, Massachusetts, USA? Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Europeans first settled in what later became Harvard in the 17th century, along a road connecting Lancaster with Groton that was formally laid out in 1658. There were few inhabitants until after King Philip's War, in which Groton and Lancaster were attacked and substantially destroyed. Over the next 50 years the population grew until it had reached a point adequate to support a church. A new town including parts of Lancaster, Groton, and Stow was incorporated in 1732, subject to the proviso that the inhabitants "Settle a learned and Orthodox Minister among them within the space of two years and also erect an House for the publick Worship of God." It is uncertain how the town obtained its name, though the Willard family, among the first settlers and the largest proprietors in the new town, had several connections to Harvard College.
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Harvard, Massachusetts, USA
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Harvard, Massachusetts, USA
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"Fruitlands Museum is a cluster of small historic buildings in Harvard, Massachusetts on the former site of the unsuccessful utopian community Fruitlands. The buildings were constructed in 1910 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997 as the Fruitlands Museums Historic District...
Fruitlands, inspired by Transcendentalism and Amos Bronson Alcott's ideas of societal reform, was established on 90 acres purchased by Charles Lane in May 1843. People interested in joining the community began moving in the next month and the site was optimistically named "Fruitlands" despite having only a small cluster of apple trees. The community was based on self-sufficiency, using no hired labor and growing all the food they needed themselves. The community ultimately failed because of the difficulty in growing crops. Community members began moving away as early as October 1843; Lane and Alcott abandoned it in January 1844..." wikipedia)
Indian Museum, Harvard, Mass.
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32. HARVARD. [Pop. 1,571. Inc. 1732.]
This town was taken from Lancaster, Stow and Groton, and named
in honor of Rev. John Harvard, the...Read MORE...
This town was taken from Lancaster, Stow and Groton, and named
in honor of Rev. John Harvard, the...Read MORE...
1848 - Harvard
This town was taken from Lancaster, Stow, and Groton, principally from the two former. It was...Read MORE...
This town was taken from Lancaster, Stow, and Groton, principally from the two former. It was...Read MORE...
1859
HARVARD, a township in Worcester co., in Massachusetts, U.S., 32 m. NW of Boston, skirted on the W...Read MORE...
HARVARD, a township in Worcester co., in Massachusetts, U.S., 32 m. NW of Boston, skirted on the W...Read MORE...
1868 - Mary Woodward on TrialMrs. Mary Woodward, of Harvard, Mass., has been held in $1,000 for trial on a charge of inhumanly...Read MORE...
1886 - Once Rich, Now PoorThere was, it is said, admitted to the Harvard (Mass.) poor-house the other day a man who at one...Read MORE...
Harvard Massachusetts, 1890
Harvard is a fine farming town forming one of the north east angles of Worcester County, and is 38...Read MORE...
Harvard is a fine farming town forming one of the north east angles of Worcester County, and is 38...Read MORE...
1916
Harvard, a post-village of Harvard township (town), Worcester co., Mass., on the Boston and Maine...Read MORE...
Harvard, a post-village of Harvard township (town), Worcester co., Mass., on the Boston and Maine...Read MORE...
Ancestors Who Were Born Here
 
Joel D. BOWERS
(27 September 1819, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA - 29 December 1886, Ayer, Massachusetts, USA)
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George Hearsay BRIDGE
(17 March 1838, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA - 15 September 1875, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA (North Amherst) (South Amherst))
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Sara BURGES
(1789, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA - 21 August 1874, Boxborough, Massachusetts, USA (Boxboro))
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Elizabeth DARBY
(16 October 1738, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA - , )
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Joshua DARBY
(17 October 1751, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA - 13 September 1825, Leominster, Massachusetts, USA)
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Hannah FARNSWORTH
(10 August 1716, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA - , )
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Nathaniel FARNSWORTH
(1 September 1711, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA - 9 March 1784, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA)
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Priscilla FARNSWORTH
(9 September 1709, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA - 16 May 1800, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA)
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Simeon FARNSWORTH
(12 July 1718, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA - 21 March 1805, Washington, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, USA)
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Susanna FARNSWORTH
(28 April 1717, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA - , )
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Caleb Agustus MAYNARD
(15 January 1847, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA - 22 March 1869, Northborough, Massachusetts, USA (Northboro))
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Simeon WETHERBEE
(1801, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA - 7 July 1874, Boxborough, Massachusetts, USA (Boxboro))
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Ancestors Who Died Here
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Mary DARBY
(29 April 1744, Leominster, Massachusetts, USA - 29 April 1794, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA)
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Ephraim FARNSWORTH
(2 January 1703, Groton, Massachusetts, USA - 18 February 1737, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA)
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Jonathan FARNSWORTH
(10 June 1675, Groton, Massachusetts, USA - 16 June 1748, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA)
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Jonathan FARNSWORTH
(27 March 1701, Groton, Massachusetts, USA - 1 August 1775, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA)
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Phinehas FARNSWORTH
(15 September 1707, Groton, Massachusetts, USA - 17 April 1752, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA)
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Reuben FARNSWORTH
(28 April 1705, Groton, Massachusetts, USA - 1755, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA)
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Nathaniel FARNSWORTH
(1 September 1711, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA - 9 March 1784, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA)
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Priscilla FARNSWORTH
(9 September 1709, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA - 16 May 1800, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA)
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Thomas HOUGHTON
(9 February 1696, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (South Lancaster) - 9 March 1764, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA)
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Maria MOORE
(9 August 1699, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (South Lancaster) - 22 June 1791, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA)
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Elizabeth NURSE
(17 August 1715, Billerica, Massachusetts, USA (North Billerica) - 9 September 1767, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA)
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Elizabeth ROBERTS
(3 August 1690, Reading, Massachusetts, USA - 29 May 1739, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA)
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Betty SPAULDING
(4 December 1728 , Westford, Massachusetts, USA - 7 October 1799 , Harvard, Massachusetts, USA)
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James STONE
(11 August 1727, Groton, Massachusetts, USA - 24 June 1788, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA)
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Ancestors Who Were Married Here
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Joseph DARBY (15 December 1716 - 7 September 1792) &
Elizabeth NURSE (17 August 1715 - 9 September 1767)
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Simon WILLARD (29 September 1727 - 9 January 1825) &
Elizabeth DARBY (16 October 1738 - )
married 25 September 1766 |
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