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From: "Chris Sackett" <>
Subject: [SACKETT-L] Fw: Newtowne (Cambridge) First Settlers
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 21:24:18 -0000

A reply of sorts from Anderson's office! I'll leave it a couple of weeks to
see if the great man himself decides to answer my question and then, if
necessary, I'll try again. I'll be offline until 12 Mar - off skiing to
France and Switzerland.

Regards,
Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Great Migration" <>
To: "'Chris Sackett'" <>
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 5:01 PM
Subject: RE: Newtowne (Cambridge) First Settlers


> Dear Mr. Sackett:
>
> Thank you for your interest in the Great Migration Study Project. I have
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>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Sackett [mailto:]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 5:07 AM
> To:
> Cc: Sackett Family Discussion List
> Subject: Newtowne (Cambridge) First Settlers
>
>
> For the attention of Robert Anderson.
>
> Dear Mr Anderson,
>
> I refer to the undated list appearing at the beginning of the Cambridge
> (Newtowne) Town Records -
>
> The Towne [ ]
> Newtowne
> Inhabitants then
> Tho = Dudly Efqr
> mr Symon Bradftreet
> mr Edmond Lockwood
> mr Daniell Patrike
> John Poole
> William Spencer
> John Kirman
> Symon Sackett
>
> In the entry for Simon Sackett in The Great Migration you date this list
as
> "probably from 1632".
>
> A plaque in Cambridge states -
>
> "SETTLEMENT IN NEWTOWNE
>
> By July 16, 1631, eight houses were completed and occupied by Dudley,
> Bradstreet, Lockwood, Poole, "Capt." Patrick, Spencer, Kirman, and
Sackett."
>
> It seems clear that whoever caused the plaque to be erected used the Town
> Records as a source (notwithstanding the switching of the names Patrick
and
> Poole).
>
> My question concerns the date. Do you have any information, perhaps
> discovered after publication of the first volume of The Great Migration,
> concerning the source of the date July 16, 1631?
>
> Sincerely,
> Chris Sackett
>
>

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