Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts Genealogy

United States Massachusetts  Bristol County  Taunton

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