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From: "Cyndy and John" <>
Subject: [CRV] Background on Deerfield..........YOU NEED TO KNOW
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 17:25:27 -0400

1. Deerfield was settled about 1677 by 20 families from
Hatfield,Mass.
2. Deerfield was attacked in 1673(around) as nearby Northfield
(Northfield was not rebuilt until 1713/4)
3. Deerfield rebuilt in 1678
4. town offices are in South Deerfield
(South Deerfield is a "section" of Deerfield)
5. South Deerfield area also known as "Bloody Brook" due to the
massacre of 1704.
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Between 1712-1811: the following towns had land annexed from
Deerfield.
1753: to "District" of Greenfield
1764: to Deerfield and Huntstown(Ashfield)
1767: "District" of Conway
1768: "District" of Shelburne
1791: part annexed to Conway
1810: part annexed to Whately

Some "section or village names" that you may see in old records for Deerfield
-Bardwell's Ferry; Cheapside; Deerfield Center; East Deerfield; Great River;
Hillside, Hoosac, Mill & Barr; Mill Village; Old Deerfield; Petty's Plain;
Pine Nook; Riverbank; Stillwater; South Deerfield; The Bars; Wapping;
West Deerfield.
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source: Historical Data Relating to Counties, Cities, and Towns in Massachusetts;
William F. Galvin,Sec.of Commonwealth, NEHGS, 1997
This book cost me around $9.00 from the New England Historical Genealogical Society
in Boston...and worth every cent for those doing early Massachusetts research.
ISBN 0-88082-066-7
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Cynthia
list admin for Mass Bay Colony

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