Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Town Clerk
Registrar of Voters 141 Oak St, Temporary City Hall Taunton, MA 02780 Phone: 508-821-1044 Fax: 508-821-1202 Email: [mailto:pbergevin@taunton-ma.gov pbergevin@taunton-ma.gov] Website

History
Taunton is one of the first communities where a woman was instrumental in it's founding and the heroic patriots of Taunton raised the Liberty and Union flag on Taunton Green on October 21, 1774 presenting the first patriotic flag to fly in the American colonies.

Migration
Migration routes for early European settlers to and from included:


 * Bay Road from Boston, Massachusetts to New Bedford, Massachusetts about 1652