Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Genealogy


 * This article is about a town in Plymouth County. For other uses, see Abington.

Brief History
The first land grant in this area was to Nathaniel Souther, Secretary of the Plymouth Colony, in 1654. The first settler was Andrew Ford in 1668. This area was part of Bridgewater at that time and set off as its own town in 1712. Abington was in Plymouth Colony. The town was placed in Plymouth County when counties were formed in 1685. For a brief time, the town was part of the Dominion of New England from 1686 to 1689. The town is still in Plymouth County, though was in limbo, until the "Colony" was merged with Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691 that became the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Town Hall
http://abington.depina.net/ 500 Gliniewicz Way Abington, MA 02351

Quick History
==== Establishment and former town name(s) ====

10 June 1712: Established as a town from part of Bridgewater and certain lands adjoining {Prov. Laws, Vol. XXI, page 605}

Archiac name: Manamcoskragin

Section/Villages within the town: Center Abington, Musterfield, North Abington, Thicket, West Abington.

Wikipedia

==== Boundary Changes ====

14 June 1727: Part included in new town of Hanover.

31 March 1847: Boundaries between Abington and Weymouth established.

21 March 1861: Boundaries between Abington and Hingham established.

9 March 1874: Part established as Rockland.

4 March 1875: Part included in the new town of South Abington (now Whitman).

7 March 1970: Town charter adopted.

Neighboring Communities
Brockton | Holbrook | Rockland | Weymouth | Whitman

Biography
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Genealogy
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History
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Maps

 * 1) USGS GNIS FID 613459
 * 2) Google
 * 3) Hometown Locator