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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26CZ_straitsmouth-island_Rockport-MA.html
Straitsmouth Island was first sighted in 1614 by Captain John Smith. He also spotted nearby Thacher and Milk Islands and named all three the Turks' Heads.
Lighting the Way
Built in 1834, the island's first lighthouse was 19 feet tall. Its c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26CX_first-congregational-church-of-rockport-steeple-rehabilitation_Rockport-MA.html
The Project
This is the bell from the steeple of the First Congregational Church of Rockport. It is the bell that is rung hourly by the Town Clock, still owned by the Town of Rockport. It is also rung by means of a rope and bell wheel on specia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F3Q_samuel-de-champlain_Rockport-MA.html
Due east from here on July 16 1605 the Sieur De Monts sent Samuel De Champlain ashore to parley with some Indians. They danced for him and traced an outline map of Massachusetts Bay. These French explorers named this promontory, The Cape of Islands.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DYS_the-first-settlers-of-sandy-bay_Rockport-MA.html
To the glory of God and in honor of the first settlers of Sandy Bay
The First Parish in Rockport was constituted in 1755. The corner stone of this meeting house laid in 1803. The tower was shattered by a British bombardment in 1814.
Reveren…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DYR_benjamin-tarr-house_Rockport-MA.html
1630 - 1930 Benjamin Tarr House — Answering a sudden alarm to meet at the house of Lieutenant Benjamin Tarr, grandson of Richard Tarr the first settler, sixty-six men from this village under Captain John Rowe, marched to Charlestown and foug…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWXV_john-pool_Rockport-MA.html
Here stood the first framed house in Sandy Bay (Rockport) built in 1700 by the second settler John Pool. He built the first sawmill, bridge and vessel in this settlement, and furnished the lumber used in building Long Wharf, Boston, in 1710.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWXU_old-first-parish-burying-ground_Rockport-MA.html
Original plot given by the first settler, Richard Tarr, who was buried here in 1732. Here lie most of the early settlers and many of the officers and soldiers of the French and Indian, Revolutionary and 1812 Wars.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWCF_first-settler_Rockport-MA.html
Here stood the cabin of Richard Tarr founder of the Tarr Family on Cape Ann. He came to Marblehead in 1680, then settled in Sacco, Maine. Driven thence by Indians, he became the first settler of Sandy Bay (Rockport) in 1690.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWCE_bear-skin-neck_Rockport-MA.html
Named from a bear caught by the tide and killed in 1700. Commercial and shipbuilding center of Rockport for 160 years. First dock built here 1743. Sandy Bay Pier Company organized 1809. Site of Stone Fort and Sea Fencibles Barrack during War of 1812.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO8W_james-babson-farm_Rockport-MA.html
James BabsonFarmGranted by Special Town Act December 23, 1658James and his mother Isabel were the first Babsons to reach America, arriving in 1632. James' father died on shipboard while crossong. ———————&…