Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts Genealogy

United States Massachusetts  Bristol County  Fall River

Town Clerk
Board Of Elections 1 Government Center, RM 636 Fall River, MA 02722 Phone: 508-324-2633 Email: [mailto:lcamara@fallriverma.org lcamara@fallriverma.org] Website

Brief History
'''In 1653, Freetown, Massachusetts was settled at Assonet Bay by members of the Plymouth Colony, as part of Freeman's Purchase, which included the northern part of what is now Fall River. In 1683 Freetown was incorporated as a town within the colony. The southern part of what is now Fall River was incorporated as the town of Tiverton, as part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1694, a few years after the merger with the Plymouth Colony. In 1746, in the settlement of a long colonial boundary dispute between Rhode Island and Massachusetts, Tiverton was annexed to Rhode Island, along with Little Compton and what is now Bristol County, Rhode Island. The state boundary was placed approximately at what is now Columbia Street.

In 1703, Benjamin Church, a prominent veteran of King Philip's War, established a sawmill, a gristmill and a fulling mill on the Quequechan River. In 1714, Church sold his land, including the water rights, to Richard Borden of Tiverton and his brother Joseph.'''

Cemeteries
Cemetery records often reveal birth, marriage, death, relationship, military, and religious information.

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Newspapers
Obituary Index of the Fall River Herald News provided by the Fall River Public Library:1946-2010

Adjacent towns: Bristol Co.:  Dartmouth | Freetown | Somerset | Swansea | Westport | Rhode Island: Bristol Co.:  Bristol | Warren | Newport Co.:  Portsmouth | Tiverton

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