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Essex, Essex, MA
Essex was incorporated as a town in 1819. It was previously a part of the town of Ipswich and was then called Chebacco Parish. The first European settlers arrived in 1634. At that time, the land formed part of an area inhabited by Native Americans of the Agawam tribe. wikipedia
Essex includes: Conomo, Lakeville, and Thompson Island.
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- 1634 - Essex is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1819 - Essex is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1845 - ESSEX [Pop. 1,450. Inc. 1819.]
Essex, formerly called Chebacco, was a parish of Ipswich until 1819.
The chief business, is ship-building, fishing, and agriculture....Read MORE... - 1854 - Essex
Essex, a post-village of Essex county, Massachusetts, on an arm of Squam bay, 28 miles N. E. from Boston. The industry of the inhabitants is directed ...Read MORE... 
1857 - CURIOUS INCIDENT.
In the snow storm on the night of the 18th, the dwelling house of Mr. William Perkins, a good-sized two-story house, located under the brow of a...Read MORE...- 1859
ESSEX, a township in Essex co. in the state of Massachusetts, 32 m. NE of Boston. Pop. 1,450.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859 - 1869 - O'Baldwin, the Irish giant, has been found guilty, in the Essex (Mass.) Superior Court, of prize fighting.
His counsel appealed and the case will go to the Supreme Court of Massachusetts.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
February 20, 1869 - Essex Massachusetts, 1890
Essex is a finely diversified and beautiful town in the easterly part of Essex County, long noted for shipbuilding and the hardy and enterprising...Read MORE... - 1895 - Essex
Essex, a post-village and township of Essex co., Mass., on the sea-coast, 28 miles N.N.E. of Boston, and at the terminus of a branch of the Eastern...Read MORE... 
Essex, Mass. - Centennial Grove.
On shore of Chebacco Lake
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Congregational Church, Essex, Mass.
Postcard- 1914 - Fried Clams are invented
Woodman's in Essex claims to have invented the fried clam. The story goes that Lawrence "Chubby" Woodman tossed a few clam strips in the fryer in...Read MORE... - 1916
Essex, a post-village and township (town) of Essex co., Mass., on the sea-coast, 28 miles NNE. of Boston, on the Boston and Maine R. It has...Read MORE... 
Essex, Mass. - Chebacco Lake from Centennial Grove
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Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Essex, Mass. - Centennial Grove.
On shore of Chebacco Lake
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Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Congregational Church, Essex, Mass.
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Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Essex, Mass. - Chebacco Lake from Centennial Grove
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1634 - Essex is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1819 - Essex is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1845 - ESSEX [Pop. 1,450. Inc. 1819.]
Essex, formerly called Chebacco, was a parish of Ipswich until 1819.
The chief business, is ship-building, fishing, and agriculture.... Read MORE...
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1854 - Essex
Essex, a post-village of Essex county, Massachusetts, on an arm of Squam bay, 28 miles N. E. from Boston. The industry of the inhabitants is directed ... Read MORE...
1857 - CURIOUS INCIDENT.
In the snow storm on the night of the 18th, the dwelling house of Mr. William Perkins, a good-sized two-story house, located under the brow of a... Read MORE...
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1859
ESSEX, a township in Essex co. in the state of Massachusetts, 32 m. NE of Boston. Pop. 1,450.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
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1869 - O'Baldwin, the Irish giant, has been found guilty, in the Essex (Mass.) Superior Court, of prize fighting.
His counsel appealed and the case will go to the Supreme Court of Massachusetts. St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
February 20, 1869
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Essex Massachusetts, 1890
Essex is a finely diversified and beautiful town in the easterly part of Essex County, long noted for shipbuilding and the hardy and enterprising... Read MORE...
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1895 - Essex
Essex, a post-village and township of Essex co., Mass., on the sea-coast, 28 miles N.N.E. of Boston, and at the terminus of a branch of the Eastern... Read MORE...
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1914 - Fried Clams are invented
Woodman's in Essex claims to have invented the fried clam. The story goes that Lawrence "Chubby" Woodman tossed a few clam strips in the fryer in... Read MORE...
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1916
Essex, a post-village and township (town) of Essex co., Mass., on the sea-coast, 28 miles NNE. of Boston, on the Boston and Maine R. It has... Read MORE...
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