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Easton, Massachusetts, USA - Oldest House in Easton, Erected 1717.

Easton, Bristol, MA

Easton was first settled in 1694 and was officially incorporated in 1725.

In 1694, the first settler, Clement Briggs, established his home near the Easton Green. In 1711, the Taunton North Purchase area became Norton, and in 1713, the sixty-nine families settled in Easton and hired Elder William Pratt as their first minister. kids.kiddle.co

Easton includes: Poquanticut, Unionville, Eastondale, and Furnace Village.
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Oldest House in Easton, Erected 1717.

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Swift Bros Grocers, Easton, Mass.

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Soldiers' Monument and Town Hall, Easton Centre, Mass.

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

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female ancestorRebecca BROOKS (12 April 1657, Scituate, Massachusetts, USA - 2 April 1712, Easton, Massachusetts, USA)
male ancestorSamuel KINSLEY (6 June 1662, Braintree, Massachusetts, USA - 17 December 1713, Easton, Massachusetts, USA)
female ancestorMary WASHBURN (1669, , Massachusetts, USA - 28 February 1740, Easton, Massachusetts, USA)
female ancestorRachel LINCOLN (16 September 1677, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton) - 18 February 1715, Easton, Massachusetts, USA)
female ancestorLydia FIELD (9 October 1679, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA - 1717, Easton, Massachusetts, USA)
male ancestorThomas MANLEY (11 July 1680, Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA - 6 June 1743, Easton, Massachusetts, USA)
female ancestorHannah LEONARD (1680, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA - 22 April 1753, Easton, Massachusetts, USA)
female ancestorElizabeth GURNEY (5 May 1689, Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA - 21 April 1728, Easton, Massachusetts, USA)
male ancestorJohn SEALEY (10 April 1697, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA - 3 December 1783, Easton, Massachusetts, USA)

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male ancestorBenjamin KINSLEY (16 May 1701 - 13 March 1759) and female ancestorPriscilla MANLEY (1712 - 8 November 1798) married 9 April 1732
male ancestorNehemiah RANDALL (22 November 1720 - 22 November 1766) and female ancestorMercy DRAKE (17 July 1725 - ) married 3 December 1746
male ancestorNehemiah RANDALL (12 April 1748 - ) and female ancestorLydia DRAKE (24 January 1747 - ) married 25 February 1773
male ancestorZebediah KINSLEY (27 July 1746 - ) and female ancestorMargaret KEITH (12 June 1747 - ) married 28 October 1773
male ancestorThomas DRAKE (March 1708 - ) and female ancestorLydia BRIGGS (1716 - ) married 8 July 1846
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