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Chatham, Massachusetts, USA - Ruins of the Chatham Light, 1898  Historic Towns of New England. (1898). United Kingdom: G. P. Putnams sons.

Chatham, Barnstable, MA

Explorer Samuel de Champlain landed here in October 1606 at a place he christened "Port Fortuné", where he contacted (and skirmished with) the Nauset. Twelve years later another group of Europeans gave it the name "Sutcliffe's Inlets". Neither name stuck, and the location was not permanently occupied by Europeans until English settlers reached Monomoit in 1664. The town was incorporated on 11 June 1712, at which point it was renamed after Chatham, Kent, England. kids.kiddle.co

Chatham includes: Windmere, Chathamport, Harding Corner Station, and Monomoy.
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Ruins of the Chatham Light, 1898

Historic Towns of New England. (1898). United Kingdom: G. P. Putnam's sons.

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Dill Street

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Joseph C. Lincoln's Home at Chatham, Cape Cod, Mass.

"Joseph Crosby Lincoln (February 13, 1870 – March 10, 1944) was an American author of novels, poems, and short stories, many set in a fictionalized Cape Cod. Lincoln's work frequently appeared in popular magazines such as the Saturday Evening Post and The Delineator...

In Chatham, he lived in a shingle-style house named "Crosstrees" that was located on a bluff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean..." wikipedia

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

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male ancestorRobert Eldred ELDRIDGE (1630, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (North Plymouth) (White Island Shores) - 18 January 1682, Chatham, Massachusetts, USA (South Chatham))
male ancestorGeorge David GODFREY (2 January 1640, Chatham, Massachusetts, USA (South Chatham) - 1688, Eastham, Massachusetts, USA )
female ancestorHannah HACKETT (1645, Chatham, Massachusetts, USA (South Chatham) - 1688, Chatham, Massachusetts, USA (South Chatham))
female ancestorSarah MATTHEWS (21 July 1649, Yarmouth, Massachusetts, USA (South Yarmouth) (West Yarmouth) (Yarmouth Port) - 1718, Chatham, Massachusetts, USA (South Chatham))
male ancestorJohn TAYLOR (1652, Yarmouth, Massachusetts, USA (South Yarmouth) (West Yarmouth) (Yarmouth Port) - 1722, Chatham, Massachusetts, USA (South Chatham))
male ancestorMoses GODFREY (27 January 1667, Eastham, Massachusetts, USA - 16 April 1743, Chatham, Massachusetts, USA (South Chatham))
male ancestorWilliam NICKERSON (1668, , Massachusetts, USA - 15 November 1742, Chatham, Massachusetts, USA (South Chatham))
male ancestorDaniel HAMBLETON (1669, Newport, Rhode Island, USA - 8 December 1738, Chatham, Massachusetts, USA (South Chatham))
female ancestorHopestill HORTON (1677, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Cotuit) (Centerville) (Hyannis) - March 1734, Chatham, Massachusetts, USA (South Chatham))

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male ancestorGeorge David GODFREY (2 January 1640 - 1688) and female ancestorHannah HACKETT (1645 - 1688) married 1661
male ancestorJohn CROWELL (3 January 1662 - 15 October 1728) and female ancestorBethia SEARS (3 June 1662 - 5 July 1724) married 27 May 1684
male ancestorWilliam ELDRIDGE (1687 - 1753) and female ancestorHannah TAYLOR (1687 - 15 January 1772) married 1 October 1713
male ancestorCaleb NICKERSON (1713 - 18 December 1749) and female ancestorMary GODFREY (4 September 1711 - 24 April 1782) married 1732
male ancestorJoshua NICKERSON (27 May 1733 - 16 April 1821) and female ancestorEsther RYDER (4 March 1734 - 9 February 1819) married 15 December 1754
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