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MAPS

   
"South Part of New England" 1634
If you look closely, you can spot some
recognizable town names
Lots Granted to the First Settlers
1636    
"Merrimack Street" is now Route 1A
"High Street" is now Newman Road
"Street" at lower right is likely Cottage Road
Newbury  1640
Today, this area includes Newbury, Newburyport, and West Newbury
     
Ferry Routes  1641, 1655 Upper Green c. 1690 Newbury with Property Lines  1700
The road running vertically in the middle
of the map is now High Street (Newburyport).
"Greenleaf's Lane" is now State Street;
"Chandler's Lane" is now Federal Street
     
    
Byfield Parish Church
 
Interior Plan of the 1702 meetinghouse
West Parish (West Newbury) 1729
Left image is the map;
right image is the legend
Merrimack River  1741
     
Byfield Parish Church
 
Interior Plan of the 1746 meetinghouse
Parker River  1746 Spencer-Peirce Farm  1778
     
 
Newbury with Parish lines  1795
 
Byfield Parish Church
 
Interior Plan of the 1833 meetinghouse
and record of the purchase price
for each family's pew
 
     

DOCUMENTS

   
Page of Baptismal Records
 
from Byfield Parish Church
Excerpt from 1713/1714
George Lowell Court Summons
 
1746
Woodbridge School Dedication
1899
     
    
List of Vessels
belonging to Newburyport
 
1870
Railroad Ticket
Georgetown to Newburyport
Payment Receipt to Richard Short
for work on the Newburyport Turnpike
1803
     
   
West Newbury Tax Statement
They couldn't avoid them
even back in 1881.