History, News and Stories of Wenham, Massachusetts, USA

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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.
  
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• 1839 - Wenham
  Wenham, Massachusetts
  Essex county. This town is 20 miles N. by E. from Boston, 6 N. from Salem, and 16 S. from Newburyport. First settled, 1643. Population, 1837, 689.
  
  Wenham or Enon pond is a beautiful sheet of water, about a mile square, and affords an abundance of excellent fish. It is much ... Read MORE...
  
  
• 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 the edge of Beverly, is a beautiful sheet of water.
  
  Distance from Salem, 6 miles; from Boston, 21.
  An Elementary Geography for Massachusetts Children by William Bentley Fowle and Asa Fitz, 1845
  
• 1854 (Wenham) - In 1854, it was voted to build a Town Hall since the Meeting House was no longer adequate.
  
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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 shoes is an import ant branch of business. Wenham pond furnishes large quantities of ice for exportation. Population, 977.
  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.
  
•   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 Railroad, which has a station at the central village. The post-offices are Wenham and Wenham Depot. The villages bear these names; also, of Maple-wood,... 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 manufactures of boots and shoes. Here is Wenham Lake, from which large quantities of ice are exported. From Wenham Station branch railroads extend to Essex and ... Read MORE...
  
  
• 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. of the town in 1900, 847.
  Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906
  
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