FREE genealogy since 1999 - History belongs to all of us!
Add YOUR Family To This Page
History of Georgetown, Massachusetts, USA
Journey back in time to Georgetown, Massachusetts, USA
Visit Georgetown, Massachusetts, USA. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.
Are you from Georgetown? Do you have ancestors from there? Tell us YOUR story!
Georgetown, Essex, MA
Georgetown was incorporated in 1838 but its birth was 200 years before when a small group of Yorkshire families led by Rev. Ezekial Rogers set sail in 1638 from Rowley, England for Salem, Massachusetts on the ship "John". Mr. Rogers and his party of about 100 men, women and children, having arrived late in the year, remained in Salem for the winter living in common houses.
In the spring of 1639, the group, now numbering over 200 individuals, purchased a tract of land between the villages of Newbury and Ipswich and named their plantation Rowley. This territory included the present day towns of Rowley, Georgetown, Groveland, Byfield and Boxford. georgetownma.gov
Georgetown includes: Glen Mills, Marlboro, Baldpate Station, and Byfield Parish.
netronline.com/ mass_lookup.htm
There is MUCH more to discover about Georgetown, Massachusetts, USA. Read on!
- 1639 - Georgetown is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1838 - Georgetown is incorporated
- 1845 - GEORGETOWN. [Pop. 1,540. Inc. 1838.]
This thriving town was formerly the western part of Rowley, and called New Rowley. It is watered by a branch of Parker's River, and may be...Read MORE... - 1854 - Georgetown
Georgetown, a post-village of Essex county. Massachusetts, 29 miles N. from Boston. It contains 3 churches, and a bank with a capital of $100,000....Read MORE... - 1859
GEORGETOWN, a village of Essex co., in the state of Massachusetts, 31 m. NE of Boston, watered by a branch of Parker's river. Pop. 1,540.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859 
1879 - At Georgetown, Mass., the son of a widow married a girl whose brother married the widow, and a child born to the first couple has an uncle and a grandfather and a grandmother and an aunt in the same persons.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 15, 1879- 1883 - Injured His Eye
While the Georgetown steamer was playing, Henry Mack, who was assisting in holding the nozzle, for a moment had his attentions called off, during...Read MORE... - Georgetown Massachusetts, 1890
Georgetown is a prosperous agricultural and manufacturing town in the central part of Essex County, 31 miles north of Boston by the Danvers and...Read MORE... - 1895 - Georgetown
Georgetown, a post-village of Essex co., Mass, in Georgetown township, on the Boston & Maine Railroad, at the junction of 2 branches of the same, 30...Read MORE... 
Georgetown, Mass. York Grove
Postcard
Pentucket Square
Postcard
Postcard- 1916
Georgetown, a banking post-village of Essex co., Mass., in Georgetown township (town), on the Boston and Maine R., 30 miles N. of Boston. The town...Read MORE...
Old Photos, Pictures, Advertisements and Postcards from Georgetown, Massachusetts, USA
Georgetown, Massachusetts, USA
Postcard
Georgetown, Mass. York Grove
Georgetown, Massachusetts, USA
Postcard
Pentucket Square
Georgetown, Massachusetts, USA
Postcard
History, News and Stories of Georgetown, Massachusetts, USA
Add History/News/Story-
1639 - Georgetown is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
-
1838 - Georgetown is incorporated
-
1845 - GEORGETOWN. [Pop. 1,540. Inc. 1838.]
This thriving town was formerly the western part of Rowley, and called New Rowley. It is watered by a branch of Parker's River, and may be... Read MORE...
-
1854 - Georgetown
Georgetown, a post-village of Essex county. Massachusetts, 29 miles N. from Boston. It contains 3 churches, and a bank with a capital of $100,000.... Read MORE...
-
1859
GEORGETOWN, a village of Essex co., in the state of Massachusetts, 31 m. NE of Boston, watered by a branch of Parker's river. Pop. 1,540.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
1879 - At Georgetown, Mass., the son of a widow married a girl whose brother married the widow, and a child born to the first couple has an uncle and a grandfather and a grandmother and an aunt in the same persons.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 15, 1879
-
1883 - Injured His Eye
While the Georgetown steamer was playing, Henry Mack, who was assisting in holding the nozzle, for a moment had his attentions called off, during... Read MORE...
-
Georgetown Massachusetts, 1890
Georgetown is a prosperous agricultural and manufacturing town in the central part of Essex County, 31 miles north of Boston by the Danvers and... Read MORE...
-
1895 - Georgetown
Georgetown, a post-village of Essex co., Mass, in Georgetown township, on the Boston & Maine Railroad, at the junction of 2 branches of the same, 30... Read MORE...
-
1916
Georgetown, a banking post-village of Essex co., Mass., in Georgetown township (town), on the Boston and Maine R., 30 miles N. of Boston. The town... Read MORE...
Georgetown, Massachusetts, USA Genealogy
Ancestors Who Were Born or Died in Georgetown, Massachusetts, USA
We currently have information about ancestors who were born or died in Georgetown.View Them Now (sorted by year of birth)
Ancestors Who Were Married in Georgetown, Massachusetts, USA
We currently have information about ancestors who were married in Georgetown.View Them Now
Not the place you are looking for? Try again!
Search for Your Family by Place
Updated: 12/10/2019 9:51:13 AM
Are you from Georgetown? Do you have ancestors from there? Tell us YOUR story!
If you'd like to be contacted by others who have ancestors from Georgetown, leave a message here!The comments you read here belong only to the person who posted them. We reserve the right to remove off-topic and inappropriate comments.