History of Kingston, Massachusetts, USA

Journey back in time to Kingston, Massachusetts, USA

• 1620 - Kingston / Plymouth is settled
  
  Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  
  
• 1726 - Kingston is incorporated
  
  Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  
  
• 1839 - Kingston
  Kingston, Massachusetts
  Plymouth county. This town lies within Plymouth harbor, 4 miles N.W. from Plymouth, and 31 S.E. from Boston. Kingston has a good harbor, a considerable stream of water and some excellent land. There are a number of vessels engaged in the coasting trade, and some in foreign...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1845 - KINGSTON. [Pop. 1,440. Inc. 1726.]
  Kingston, while a part of Plymouth, was called Jones River
  Parish, after Captain Jones of the May Flower, the vessel that brought over the first settlers.
  
  This village was the residence of John Thomas, a Major-General
  in the revolutionary army, who succeeded to the command of the
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• 1854 - Kingston
  Kingston, a post-village of Plymouth co., Massachusetts, on Jones' river, and on the Old Colony railroad, 33 miles S. S. E. from Boston. It contains 3 churches, several stores, and from 50 to 60 dwellings. Population of the township, 1591.
  A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
  
  
•  1869 - Mr. Caleb Bates, of Kingston, Mass., has recently presented the New England Farmer with some sweet potatoes.
  He has raised them successfully for several years, and keeps them in good condition during eight months of the year.
  St Joseph Herald
  Saint Joseph, Michigan
  February 20, 1869
  
  
•  1869 - The landing of the Franco-American cable was appropriately celebrated at Kingston, Mass., on the 27th, by a grand banquet.
  
  St Joseph Herald
  Saint Joseph, Michigan
  August 7, 1869
  
  
• Kingston Massachusetts, 1890
  Kingston is an ancient seaboard town in the easterly part of Plymouth County, 33 miles southeast of Boston by the Old Colony Railroad. On its north are Pembroke and Duxbury; on the east, the latter and Kingston Bay; Plymouth lies on the southeast, and Plympton and Halifax on the southwest and west. ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - Kingston
  Kingston, a post-village of Plymouth co., Mass., on the Plymouth Branch of the Old Colony Railroad, at the junction of the Duxbury & Cohassett Railroad, and on Jones' River, 33 miles S.S.E. of Boston. It has a high school and a town hall. Kingston township borders on the Atlantic Ocean, and has 3...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Old Forge (Drew's Tack Factory)
  
  "1837. C. DREW & CO. is established at Stony Brook by Christopher Prince Drew and Thomas Bailey. Deacon Seth Drew, father of Christopher, provides financing for the new company...
  
  1854. C. DREW factory burns down, but a new factory is soon built for the company on the same foundations...
  
  1882. Edgar Reed & Thomas Prince establish a tack and rivet making business in part of the C. DREW factory." www.numismalink.com
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  Main Street (1906)
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  High School
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• 1916
  Kingston, a post- village of Plymouth co., Mass., on the Jones River, 33 miles SSE. of Boston, on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R. Kingston township (town) borders on the Atlantic Ooean and has manufactures of tacks, etc. ; pop. in 1900, 1955.
  Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher
  
  
•  1921 - RAILS KILL 4 CHILDREN IN TROLLEY ACCIDENT. FALLING ARM CAUSES FEED WIRE TO CHARGE TRACKS ON MASSACHUSETTS LINE.
  Kingston, Mass., Sept. 26. - Four school children were killed here today when a trolley arm fell from a car in which they were going to their homes. The arm broke the feed wire, one end of which fell on the rails, charging them so heavily that when the four children rushed from the car, panic...Read MORE...