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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWDX_lynn_Lynn-MA.html
The Indian region called Saugus, settled 1629 by people from the Puritan colony at Salem, named for Lynn Regis in England, 1637. First place in North America to make boots and shoes for export.
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/HMWCC_old-burial-hill_Marblehead-MA.html
Established in 1638, one of the oldest graveyards in New England. Site of first meetinghouse. Six hundred Revolutionary heroes and several early pastors were interred at the top of the hill.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWBY_leslies-retreat_Salem-MA.html
Here, in defiance of King George III, local minutemen hid 17 cannons, and were confronted by 300 British troops under command of Colonel Leslie. The Redcoats were routed, with only Joseph Whicher of Salem being wounded. This was the first open res…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWBW_saint-peters-episcopal-church_Salem-MA.html
The first congregation of the Church of England gathered in Salem in 1626. Driven underground by the puritans, it re-emerged in 1733 as Saint Peter's Parish, built on land given by Philip English, one of the accused Salem witches. Just before the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWBV_newbury_Newburyport-MA.html
Indian region called Quascacunquen, settled 1635 under leadership of the puritan clergyman Thomas Parker
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWBU_watts-cellar_Newburyport-MA.html
Near this spot was "Watts Cellar," a landmark before the settlement of Newbury in 1635. An excavation used for the storage of fish by fishermen who visited the New England coast.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWBT_edward-rawson_Newburyport-MA.html
On this site dwelt Edward Rawson, secretary of the bay colony for thirty-six years, deputy to the General Court for twelve years, elected clerk of the House of Deputies in 1645, he died in Boston 1693.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWBH_approach-to-carrs-ferry_Newburyport-MA.html
First ferry across the Merrimack river from Newbury to Salisbury, established about 1639, and the only route from Boston to the eastern frontier. In 1641 George Carr was appointed ferryman with rights which continued in his family for generations.