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Raynham, Bristol, MA
Raynham was incorporated as a town on April 2, 1731. The Leonard, Jones, Washburn, King, Shaw, Dean, Hall, Gushee, Williams, Gilmore, Andrews, Hathaway, White, Tracy and Knapp are cited as the founding families of Raynham, and their descendants held prominent positions in the town until well into the 20th century. town.raynham.ma.us
Raynham includes: Judson and Prattville.
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1652 - Raynham is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1731 - Raynham is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1845 - RAYNHAM. [Pop. 1,329. Inc. 1731.]
Raynham is situated, upon Taunton River, above Taunton, of which it was once a part.
The outlets of certain ponds give a water-power that... Read MORE...
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1854 - Raynham
Raynham, a township in Bristol co., Massachusetts, intersected by the Taunton railroad, 33 miles S. from Boston. Pop., 1541.
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.
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Raynham Massachusetts, 1890
Raynham in the easterly part of Bristol County, and long associated with the cruder manufactures of iron, is 30 miles from Boston on the Taunton... Read MORE...
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1895 - Raynham
Raynham, rain'am, a post-village in Raynham township, Bristol co., Mass., on the Old Colony Railroad, 31 miles S. of Boston, and 3 miles N.N.E. of... Read MORE...
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1899 - Raynham
Raynham. - This was the tenth town formed in Bristol county and was set off from Taunton April 2, 1731. It forms a part of the Twelfth Congressional... Read MORE...
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1906
Raynham, a post-village in Raynham township (town), Bristol co., Mass., on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 31 miles S. of Boston. It... Read MORE...
1928 - Serious Accident
Miss Adelaide Sims and her brother, William S. Sims, Jr., a student at St. George's School, son and daughter of Admiral and Mrs. William S. Sims,... Read MORE...
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