Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Genealogy

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Town Hall
http://www.bridgewaterma.org/ 64 Central Square Bridgewater, MA 02324 508-697-0919

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

3 June 1656: Established as a town. "Ordered, that henceforth Duxburrow New Plantation bee allowed to bee a township of yt selfe, destinct from Duxburrow, and to bee called by the name of Bridgewater ..." (Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. III, page 101)

Archiac name: Duxburrow Plantation, Foords Farm, Hockomock, Ketitcut, Nunketest, Titicut

Section/Villages within the town: Bridgewater Iron Works, Bridgewater Junction, Dublin, Japan, Nippenicket Park, Paper Mill Village, Pratt Town, Scotland, Sprague's Hill, Stanley (former R.R. station), State Farm, Titicut.

Wikipedia

==== Boundary Changes ====

3 June 1662: Certain land granted Bridgewater

1 June 1675: Boundary line established, Court ordered "... to Run the line between Bridgewater and Middlebury (probably Middleborough)". (Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. XI, page 241)

11 February 1691: Lands between Bridgewater and Weymouth, called "Foords Farms", and parts adjacent annexed

10 June 1712: Part included in the new town of Abington.

20 November 1770: Part of Stoughton annexed.

8 February 1798: Part of Stoughton annexed.

15 June 1821: Part established as North Bridgewater (now Brockton).

16 February 1822: Part established as West Bridgewater.

14 June 1823: Part established as East Bridgewater.

20 February 1820: Part annexed to Halifax.

23 February 1823: Bounds between Bridgewater and East Bridgewater established.

20 March 1838: Bounds between Bridgewater and East Bridgewater established and part of each town annexed to the other town.

21 April 1931: Bounds between Bridgewater and East Bridgewater established.

Neighboring Communities
East Bridgewater | Halifax | Middleborough | Raynham | West Bridgewater

Church History and Records

 * Unspecified Church
 * Congregational


 * 1) First Congregational (United Church of Christ)
 * 2) North Congregational

Maps

 * 1) USGS GNIS FID 613482
 * 2) Google
 * 3) Homelocator