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Wenham, Essex, MA
In September 1643, the General Court of Massachusetts granted that Wenham should be a town in its own right and send a representative to the General Court. It was the first town to be set off from Salem. Because many of its early settlers came from Suffolk County in England, it is presumed that the name of the town derives from two small villages there—Great Wenham and Little Wenham. Wenham means "home on the moor". kids.kiddle.co
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- Wenham was first settled in 1635 as a part of Salem
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - In September 1643, the General Court of Massachusetts granted that Wenham should be a town in its own right and send a representative to the General Court. It was the first town to be set off from Salem.
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - The year 1692 saw the witchcraft hysteria in which Sara Good, raised in Wenham, was hanged as a witch.
www.wenhamma.gov/ wenham_history.php - 1845 - WENHAM. [Pop. 689. Inc. 1643.]
While a part of Salem, Wenham was called Enon. [John 3 : 23.] The inhabitants are mostly farmers, and the soil is generally good. Wenham Pond, on...Read MORE... - 1854 - Wenham
Wenham, a post-township of Essex co., Massachusetts, intersected by the Eastern railroad, 21 miles N. by E. from Boston. The manufacture of boots and ...Read MORE... - 1854 (Wenham) - In 1854, it was voted to build a Town Hall since the Meeting House was no longer adequate.
www.wenhamma.gov/ wenham_history.php 
1868 - The citizens of Wenham, Mass., have resolved that no bees shall be kept in that town.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
April 11, 1868- 1869 - One hundred and fifty acres of woodland in Wenham, Mass., belonging to Mr. White, were burned over lately. Two thousand cords of hard wood ready for market were also destroyed.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
May 15, 1869 - 1890 Wenham Massachusetts
Wenham lies in the southern part of Essex County, 22 miles northeast of Boston on the main line of the Eastern Division of the Boston and Maine...Read MORE... - 1895 - Wenham
Wen'ham, a post-village in Essex co., Mass., in Wenham township, on the Eastern Railroad, 22 miles N.N.E. of Boston. It has 2 churches, and...Read MORE... 
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View from Wenham Lake, Mass.
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Wenham, a post-village of Essex co., Mass., in Wenham township (town), on the Boston and Maine R., 22 miles NNE. of Boston. Here is Wenham Lake. Pop. ...Read MORE... 
Pumping Station, Wenham Lake, Mass.
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Wenham, Massachusetts, USA
View from Wenham Lake, Mass.
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Wenham was first settled in 1635 as a part of Salem
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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In September 1643, the General Court of Massachusetts granted that Wenham should be a town in its own right and send a representative to the General Court. It was the first town to be set off from Salem.
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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The year 1692 saw the witchcraft hysteria in which Sara Good, raised in Wenham, was hanged as a witch.
www.wenhamma.gov/ wenham_history.php
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1845 - WENHAM. [Pop. 689. Inc. 1643.]
While a part of Salem, Wenham was called Enon. [John 3 : 23.] The inhabitants are mostly farmers, and the soil is generally good. Wenham Pond, on... Read MORE...
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1854 (Wenham) - In 1854, it was voted to build a Town Hall since the Meeting House was no longer adequate.
www.wenhamma.gov/ wenham_history.php
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1854 - Wenham
Wenham, a post-township of Essex co., Massachusetts, intersected by the Eastern railroad, 21 miles N. by E. from Boston. The manufacture of boots and ... Read MORE...
1868 - The citizens of Wenham, Mass., have resolved that no bees shall be kept in that town.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
April 11, 1868
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1869 - One hundred and fifty acres of woodland in Wenham, Mass., belonging to Mr. White, were burned over lately. Two thousand cords of hard wood ready for market were also destroyed.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
May 15, 1869
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1890 Wenham Massachusetts
Wenham lies in the southern part of Essex County, 22 miles northeast of Boston on the main line of the Eastern Division of the Boston and Maine... Read MORE...
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1895 - Wenham
Wen'ham, a post-village in Essex co., Mass., in Wenham township, on the Eastern Railroad, 22 miles N.N.E. of Boston. It has 2 churches, and... Read MORE...
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1906
Wenham, a post-village of Essex co., Mass., in Wenham township (town), on the Boston and Maine R., 22 miles NNE. of Boston. Here is Wenham Lake. Pop. ... Read MORE...
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