"Tools of the Trade - Gloucester Records," by John C. Reilly, May 1991, 2. Early settlers used the Connecticut River to travel and transport goods, while the introduction of the railroad in the 19th century made Springfield a major travel center. city directory 1962 Internet Archive, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) Notes and additions to the history of Gloucester : Second series. 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Early feedback has been positive, with readers . 1976 - [[citizens voted to change the City Charter replacing a city manager with a mayor elected every two years. 1805 - Daily Boston-Gloucester stagecoach begins operating. The last wolf bounty in Massachusetts was paid in the nineteenth century at the end of a successful eradication program that took over 200 years to complete." The population of Boston continued to grow in the 17th and early 18th century, despite small-pox outbreaks in 1690, 1702 and 1721. The history of Gloucester, Massachusetts is fascinating. About First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts: Genealogical Notes and Contributions. "GAR Blacklist," by Priscilla O. Kippen-Smith, August 1993, 7. city directory 1946-1947 Internet Archive, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) reporting, "My Cornell roommate, Bruce Whilton, of Gloucester, MA, and Punta Gorda, FL, passed away peacefully in June 2022 in Punta Gorda after a long and well-lived life. city directory 1877 LDS Genealogy, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) city directory 1875 LDS Genealogy, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) Warnings Out provides information regarding the names of the new town residents, their place of origin, date of arrival in town and/or the date that the warning out was recorded. city directory 1903 LDS Genealogy, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) Ronnberg said, this went on for over a century before there were serious attempts to colonize Cape Ann. city directory 1894 LDS Genealogy, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) city directory 1896 LDS Genealogy, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) city directory 1913 Internet Archive, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) Gloucester historic houses - 17th & 18th Century houses of Essex County Each entry includes historical information about the memorial and color photographs of the memorial. 1856-1857, Gloucester Daily News. Shute & Merchant became the fifth firm to join the Gorton-Pew Fisheries Company |url=. (Gloucester [Mass.]) History of New Gloucester Maine - University of Maine North Shore North - Newspaper Begins (Mike Ryan, James Oliver, Gregg B. Smith), 2003 Gloucester Island News - Newspaper Begins (James Oliver, Gregg B. Smith), 2013 - Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute (. Holdings: An attempt to nip in the bud, the unscriptural doctrine of . Historic Place of the week: Gloucester's White-Ellery House Warnings Out were recorded when a person moved to the town of Gloucester, MA. Gloucester - Witches of Massachusetts Bay Another son may have been Richard Bills who was a soldier in the Great Swamp Fight, 19 December 1675. The hometown of the Andrea Gail fishing crew has a long and storied past. city directory 1880-1881 Internet Archive, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) Polls and real and personal property valuations, 1795-1861, Gloucester (Mass.). 1828 - First Parish Church built on Middle Street. city directory 1976 Internet Archive, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) Early settlers FamilySearch Library, Notes and additions to the history of Gloucester : Part First: early settlers. 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Call Number: F 74 G9 G9 Gloucester records [1642-1874] Call Number: Microfilm A 632 Assorted town records such as records of deeds (1701-1914) and the Commoner's book (1707-1820). city directory 1866 LDS Genealogy, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) city directory 1869 Internet Archive, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) city directory 1939-1940, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) city directory 1946-1947, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) Proposition 2 1/2 and your taxes. The Pioneers of Massachusetts, 1620-1650 - Ancestry [1] 1630 or 1631 - Abraham Robinson, son of John Robinson (pastor), and band of Pilgrims, establishes settlement and fishing stage at Annisquam. See Category: First families of Massachusetts. city directory 1977, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) 1716 - Second Parish Church incorporated. . The early records of Groton, Massachusetts. The early settlers of Beverly were primarily farmers and fishermen. It is the second-oldest town in Massachusetts and you'll love exploring it. Tercentenary of European settlement of Gloucester. city directory 1900 LDS Genealogy, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) city directory 1911 LDS Genealogy, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) 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By 1623, the English knew there was an . Mostly cloudy skies. city directory 1967 Internet Archive, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) The population of Gloucester at different periods was as follows: 1765, 3,763 1800, 5,313 1830, 7,510 Copyright 2005-'21 The Massachusetts Vital Records Project city directory 1941-1942 Internet Archive, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) city directory 1953-1954 Internet Archive, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) Get some new ideas by using our Ancestor Source Finder tool. city directory 1909 LDS Genealogy, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) (Gloucester, Mass.) Notes and additions to the history of Gloucester : Part First: early settlers. city directory 1890 Internet Archive, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) 1992 - William S. Rafter Jr. becomes mayor. city directory 1948-1949, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) Death registers, 1851-ongoing, Gloucester (Mass.). Archive Grid, Military records of Annisquam, Gloucester, Mass. NEIGHBORHOOD OVERVIEWS - Gloucester, MA city directory 1951-1952, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) High 59F. city directory 1892-1893, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) Gloucester, Massachusetts is a charming coastal community located on Cape Ann, about 40 miles north of Boston. It lists over 5000 persons who settled the colony and were instrumental in its growth. Gloucester Veterans of World War II (PDF)complete list. city directory 1915, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) The Indian name for the locality was Naumkeag. 1849-1851, Gloucester Telegraph and News. Winds SSW at 20 to 30 mph.. . We welcome your suggestions through our Contact Us page, On Defining Success in Genealogy Research. city directory 1896, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) city directory 1944, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) A list of the men and women who served in World War II including their name, branch of service, birth date, and source of the information. 1852 - Company G., 8th Regiment organized. "Jacob Lurveys Apprenticeship Paper in Gloucester Records," by John C. Reilly, February 1993, 4. city directory 1975 Internet Archive, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) The new settlers homesteaded and fished, but the area was also thickly wooded, so initially timber, not fish, was Gloucester's primary export. 1884-1901, Gloucester Daily Times and Cape Ann Advertiser. city directory 1948-1949 LDS Genealogy, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) Plymouth Colony was first settled in 1620. Selectmen's records, 1698-1873, Gloucester (Mass.). city directory 1955-1956 Internet Archive, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) city directory 1880-1881, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) History of the town and city of Gloucester, Cape Ann, Massachusetts Historians have long appreciated the importance of English local customs in the early North American settlements, but the explicit political significance of English corporate and manorial approaches to land law in these settlements, and in the expansion of the Massachusetts Bay regime during the 1640s, have not been properly understood. city directory 1875, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) 1620-1988 Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, Gloucester Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths from Gloucester Church Records 1703 to 1835 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection), Gloucester Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1634-1727, Gloucester Births, Deaths, Intentions, and Marriages, 1716-1739, Gloucester Births, Deaths, Intentions, and Marriages, 1782-1806, Gloucester Births, Marriages and Deaths (from Massachusetts Town Records collection), Gloucester Births, Marriages, Intentions and Deaths in the Town of Gloucester (from Massachusetts Town Records collection), Gloucester Births, Marriages, Intentions, and Deaths in the Town of Gloucester from 1772 to 1807 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection), Gloucester Church Records, with Baptisms, Burials, Births, Marriages, and Deaths (from Massachusetts Town Records collection), Gloucester Vital Record Transcripts (from Massachusetts Town Records collection), Gloucester, Massachusetts, births, deaths, marriages, and marriage intentions, 1640-1861, Gloucester, Massachusetts, vital records 1701-1910, Illegitimate Births in Gloucester, MA, 1855-1894, Massachusetts Birth Index, 1901-1960 and 1967-1970, Massachusetts Vital Records Index 1841-1895, Massachusetts vital records -- Gloucester, 1634-1895, Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1926-present, Record of births, deaths & marriage, 1739 to 1794, town of Gloucester, Vital records of Gloucester, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, births, Ancient dead in Old Cape Ann graveyards : Old Yard, Bridge Street; Universalist Yard, Church Street; Unitarians Yard, Propect Street; Thompsons Yard, West Parish; Annisquam Yard, near Bradstreet school house; Annisquam Yard, back of Harvey Stables; Sandy Bay (Rockport), old yard. city directory 1913, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) For the complete volume, arranged alphabetically viewVeterans Memorials (PDF). "Warnings Out in Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1705-1792," by John C. Reilly, May & August, 1993, 5. John White, a reverend in Dorchester, England at the time, aided the group in securing the patent. First Settlers of Amesbury, Massachusetts, 1654 - Geni Compiled by the Gloucester Archive Committee and Archive Volunteers, the following resources are intended to facilitate the study of various subjects relating to Gloucesters history. Oldest cities in America city directory 1877 Internet Archive, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) This page was last edited on 11 March 2023, at 06:51. . November 2: "Mechanic Engine Co. had a grand parade.". Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry, Gloucester and Rockport, 1884 Map (in U.S. city directory 1925 LDS Genealogy, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) Warrants for town meetings, 1752-1873, Gloucester (Mass.). city directory 1946-1947 LDS Genealogy, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) . city directory 1909 Internet Archive, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) He graduated with a . -- History Publisher Gloucester, Mass. ! city directory 1907 LDS Genealogy, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) city directory 1962 LDS Genealogy, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) Amesbury was settled in 1655 as a part of Salisbury, but was separated from Salisbury in 1666 and incorporated as the town of Amesbury in 1668. city directory 1955-1956 LDS Genealogy, Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) William Bill - In 1640, first settlers in Barnstable, Massachusetts - Geni "Moments in History," by Edith M. Sparling, May 1993, 6. The following information about the Veteran Memorials in Gloucester was compiled by Karen Andrews of the Gloucester Engineering Department in 2008. October 16: North Shore Tricycle Run arrives in Gloucester. . The first European settlers landed in Gloucester on Half Moon beach and settled nearby in . Note: Affiliate links are used within the directory on this site and a small contribution goes to the website for some purchases made. Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Library, 2 Dale Avenue. From addict to attorney: City native pens book on overcoming shame Gloucester, MA 01930 (978) 325-5600 The first settlers of Stage Fort Park in 1623 built fishing stages upon their arrival, which led to the area being called Stage Head.