Woodstock Tercentenary (1686 - 1986)

FrontJohn Eliot and Daniel Gookin visited
"Wabquisset" in 1674 to preach to upward
of one hundred and fifty Indians. Soon
after, King Philip''s war broke out and by
August 1675, Captain Nathaniel Thomas of
Providence reported "A very good inland
country, well watered with rivers and
brooks. special good land, great quantities
of special good corn and beans and
wigwams as I never saw the like, but
not an Indian to be seen."

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On April 1, 1686, thirteen men from Roxbury,
Massachusetts "Went to spy out" a settlement.
They "Set up a house on Plaine Hill"
where, on August 25, 1686, was held the
first public meeting. "Being met at New
Roxbury alias Wapaquasset" the planters
agreed "that the place where home-lots
shall begin shall be upon the Plaine
Hill," A high way was laid out extending
from Sawmill Brooke to North Running Brook.
Samuel Sewall renamed Woodstock in 1690
"Because of its nearness to Oxford for
the sake of Queen Elizabeth...."

Donated by the Citizens National Bank, April 13, 1986
in celebration of Woodstock's 300th anniversary.

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