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  Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay, British America  

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Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America
Newtowne, Massachusetts Bay, British America

 


Notes:
Cambridge was established in 1630 as the town of Newetowne (written in some accounts as Newe Towne). In May 1638, the name was changed to Cambridge

City/Town : Latitude: 42.3750000, Longitude: -71.1061111

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See also: Boston
History of Cambridge
Abiel Holmes' History of Cambridge
Brief History of Cambridge


Birth

Matches 1 to 15 of 15

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Date and Place    Person ID   Tree 
1 Bradstreet, Hannah  SAY 1638 I22947 Duane's Ancestors 
2 Bradstreet, Rev. Simon  23 Feb 1639/40 I20507 Duane's Ancestors 
3 Bulkeley, Elizabeth  Abt 1638 I29123 Duane's Ancestors 
4 Champney, John  28 May 1641 I11347 Duane's Ancestors 
5 Champney, Mary  Oct 1635 I33104 Duane's Ancestors 
6 Champney, Mary  Nov 1639 I11331 Duane's Ancestors 
7 Champney, Sarah  May 1638 I11346 Duane's Ancestors 
8 French, Hannah  2 Apr 1641 I11363 Duane's Ancestors 
9 French, Sgt. Jacob  16 Jan 1639/40 I11327 Duane's Ancestors 
10 French, Joseph  4 Apr 1640 I11876 Duane's Ancestors 
11 Gibson, Mary  Mar 1637 I20480 Duane's Ancestors 
12 Moore, Sarah  3 Apr 1643 I10854 Duane's Ancestors 
13 Parker, Benjamin  Jun 1636 I35469 Duane's Ancestors 
14 Shaw, Benjamin  Jul 1641 I6929 Duane's Ancestors 
15 Shaw, Esther  Jun 1638 I6927 Duane's Ancestors 

Death

Matches 1 to 7 of 7

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Date and Place    Person ID   Tree 
1 ________, Catherine  28 Jul 1640 I17085 Duane's Ancestors 
2 ________, Jane  26 Dec 1639 I5797 Duane's Ancestors 
3 Crosby, Simon Sr.  Sep 1639 I9220 Duane's Ancestors 
4 Danforth, Capt. Nicholas  8 Apr 1638 I9538 Duane's Ancestors 
5 French, Hannah  20 Jun 1642 I11363 Duane's Ancestors 
6 Masters, John  21 Dec 1639 I5795 Duane's Ancestors 
7 Shaw, Mary  26 Jan 1639/40 I6928 Duane's Ancestors 

Office

Matches 1 to 2 of 2

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Date and Place    Person ID   Tree 
1 Crosby, Simon Sr.  26 Oct 1638selectman I9220 Duane's Ancestors 
2 Phillips, Rev. George  1642member of the Board of Overseers I19746 Duane's Ancestors 

Property

Matches 1 to 8 of 8

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Date and Place    Person ID   Tree 
1 Brigham, Anne  Mar 1639/40ten acres of her fence was to be moved and rebuilt at her expense I9221 Duane's Ancestors 
2 Brigham, Anne  6 Sep 1642held ten parcels: one dwelling house with barn and three acres; one dwelling house with four acres; eight acres in the west end; six acres in the Ox Pasture; four acres in the neck; four acres in the Great Marsh; six acres in Rock Meadow; four acres in Rock Meadow; one acre in the Ox Marsh; and ten acres on the southside of Charles River I9221 Duane's Ancestors 
3 Champney, Elder Richard  11 May 1638was granted seven acres "on the south side of the path" to Charlestown I11332 Duane's Ancestors 
4 Crosby, Simon Sr.  1639held eight parcels: "bought one house & three acres of land of William Spencser"; "bought one acre of ground of Mr. George Cooke"; "bought of Antonie Colby one house & two acres of land"; "four acres of upland in the neck bounding upon the sea"; "bought three acres of narsh ground lying at the Oyster Bank"; "bought eight acres of land in the West Field"; "given in the New Field next to Charlestowne line, six acres by the town"; and "bought of Thomas Marrit 1 acre of marsh in the Ox Marsh" I9220 Duane's Ancestors 
5 French, Lt. William  BY 1639"one house with garden and backside in the town" I11333 Duane's Ancestors 
6 French, Lt. William  6 Sep 1642held four parcels: "in the town one dwelling house with about half a rood of ground"; "in the New West Field two acres"; "on the south side of Charles River, eight acres more or less being in the seventh lot in the lower division of lots"; and "in the upper division of those lots eight acres more or less being the three and fiftieth lot there" I11333 Duane's Ancestors 
7 Morrill, Abraham  BY 21 Sep 1639held four parcels as such: "bought of Joseph Eason two acres of planting ground in the Old West [Field]"; "bought of Robert Parker six acres of land in the Old West Field"; bought of James Luxeford three acres of planting ground in the Old West Field"; and "bought more of James Luxeford two acres of ground in the Old West Field" I9076 Duane's Ancestors 
8 Morrill, Abraham  6 Sep 1642held five parcels as such: "in West End two acres of land"; "in the West Field nine acres"; "in the West Field two acres" (with marginal annotation "this parcel of 2 acres was Robert Parker's"); "in the Great Marsh six acres"; and "in the Great Marsh two acres" I9076 Duane's Ancestors 

Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay, British America Timeline

1636
28 Oct:  Harvard College is founded.HC 1stCC