Alford, Massachusetts, USA
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Where is Alford, Massachusetts, USA? Alford, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
Alford was first settled in 1756 as part of a land purchase from the Shauanum Stockbridge Mahican tribe by a group led by Timothy Woodbridge. The town, originally part of Great Barrington, separated in 1769 and was officially incorporated in 1773. It was named for Colonel John Alford of Charlestown, who was known for preaching Christianity to Native Americans and for sponsoring a theology professorship at Harvard College's Divinity School...wikipedia
Alford, Massachusetts, USA
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Alford Massachusetts was originally settled in 1750 as a farming community, and was bought from the Stockbridge Indians, the Shawanon Purchase of 1756.
http://townofalford.org/about-our-town/history/
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The first gristmill was erected in Alford in 1763.
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http://townofalford.org/about-our-town/history/
Alford, originally part of Great Barrington, separated in 1769 and was officially incorporated in 1773.
http://townofalford.org/about-our-town/history/
http://townofalford.org/about-our-town/history/
Alford, originally part of Great Barrington, separated in 1769 and was officially incorporated in 1773.
http://townofalford.org/about-our-town/history/
http://townofalford.org/about-our-town/history/
General Henry Knox and his troops passed through here in the winter of 1775-76 with a load of 59 cannons pulled by teams of oxen.
The cannons were captured from the British at Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point. They were...Read MORE...
The cannons were captured from the British at Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point. They were...Read MORE...
The Alford Village Church was built in 1817
http://townofalford.org/about-our-town/history/
http://townofalford.org/about-our-town/history/
26. ALFORD. [Pop. 481. Inc. 1778.]
This small, irregularly shaped town was composed of land purchased of the Stockbridge tribe of...Read MORE...
This small, irregularly shaped town was composed of land purchased of the Stockbridge tribe of...Read MORE...
Alford Town Hall was built in 1855
http://townofalford.org/about-our-town/history/
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Alford Massachusetts, 1890
Alford is a small, mountainous farming town in the southwestern part of Berkshire County, 150 miles ...Read MORE...
Alford is a small, mountainous farming town in the southwestern part of Berkshire County, 150 miles ...Read MORE...
1916
Al'ford, a township (town) and hamlet of Berkshire co., Mass., 10 miles SSW. of Lenox and about 2...Read MORE...
Al'ford, a township (town) and hamlet of Berkshire co., Mass., 10 miles SSW. of Lenox and about 2...Read MORE...
Ancestors Who Were Born Here
 
James BARNAM
(1786, Alford, Massachusetts, USA - 18 March 1870, Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA)
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George E BUNCE
(1828, Alford, Massachusetts, USA - 3 July 1884, Monterey, Massachusetts, USA)
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Frederick CHURCH
(1798, Alford, Massachusetts, USA - 1 April 1875, Egremont, Massachusetts, USA)
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Adeline HAMLIN
(19 January 1807, Alford, Massachusetts, USA - 2 May 1809, Alford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Jane Adeline HAMLIN
(28 March 1814, Alford, Massachusetts, USA - , )
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John Randolph HAMLIN
(6 June 1805, Alford, Massachusetts, USA - 13 February 1876, , Minnesota, USA)
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Julia HAMLIN
(14 September 1810, Alford, Massachusetts, USA - , )
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Milton Pratt HAMLIN
(17 December 1803, Alford, Massachusetts, USA - , )
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Orville HAMLIN
(9 October 1808, Alford, Massachusetts, USA - , )
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Michael J. HOLLENBECK
(1784, Alford, Massachusetts, USA - 28 May 1857, Egremont, Massachusetts, USA)
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James KELSEY
(1816, Alford, Massachusetts, USA - 8 October 1873, Egremont, Massachusetts, USA)
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Baker LESTER
(17 May 1789, Alford, Massachusetts, USA - 21 April 1808, Alford, Massachusetts, USA)
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John MAKELEY
(1828, Alford, Massachusetts, USA - 2 November 1873, Tyringham, Massachusetts, USA)
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Mary J. SHOOK
(1835, Alford, Massachusetts, USA - 11 November 1861, Egremont, Massachusetts, USA)
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Ancestors Who Died Here
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Robert BACKLEW
(1807, - 11 November 1842, Alford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Dorcas BARNES
(6 November 1743, East Haddam, Connecticut, USA - 9 September 1827, Alford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Eleazer BARRITT
(1733, - 15 March 1823, Alford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Cynthia Cordelia FENN
(1796, - 22 November 1818, Alford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Louis FENN
(1797, - 2 February 1811, Alford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Abiatha FOWLER
(1755, - 1 June 1843, Alford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Adeline HAMLIN
(19 January 1807, Alford, Massachusetts, USA - 2 May 1809, Alford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Henry L HINMAN
(1816, Canaan, Connecticut, USA - 5 September 1867, Alford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Achsah Mariah HURLBUT
(25 November 1795, - 28 January 1819, Alford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Nathan KINNE
(13 March 1785, Groton, Connecticut, USA - 10 March 1844, Alford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Jabez D. LAWRENCE
(1792, - 13 July 1842, Alford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Charlotte LESTER
(1 October 1792, Montville, Connecticut, USA - 8 February 1815, Alford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Hubbard LESTER
(1789, - 18 December 1811, Alford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Isaac LESTER
(1792, - 12 May 1814, Alford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Norman LESTER
(1761, - 25 September 1842, Alford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Sally LESTER
(20 October 1785, Montville, Connecticut, USA - 21 April 1806, Alford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Baker LESTER
(17 May 1789, Alford, Massachusetts, USA - 21 April 1808, Alford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Sally OSBORN
(1775, - 28 May 1842, Alford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Calvin PRESCOTT
(1780, - 21 November 1843, Alford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Ira SPEARY
(10 January 1785, - 7 May 1822, Alford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Zipporah TURNER?
(1764, - 10 February 1816, Alford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Samuel WILLOUGHBY
(1757, - 31 January 1843, Alford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Ancestors Who Were Married Here
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Erastus HAMLIN (28 August 1779 - 1 January 1863) &
Harriet TOBEY (abt. 1787 - 1865)
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