Haverhill in Essex County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)

Pentucket-Haverhill

1630 - 1930

Photographed by Michael Tiernan, October 4, 2011

1. Pentucket-Haverhill Marker

Inscription. On this spot the Indians signed a deed granting Pentucket, now Haverhill, to the white settlers for three pounds ten shillings. The original deed dated November 15, 1642, is now in possession of the Haverhill Historical Society.

Erected 1930 by Massachusetts Bay Colony-Tercentenary Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Massachusetts Bay Colony—Tercentenary Commission Markers series list. A significant historical date for this entry is November 15, 1936.

Location. 42° 46.512′ N, 71° 4.09′ W. Marker is in Haverhill, Massachusetts, in Essex County. It is on Mill Street 0.1 miles south of Hope Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Haverhill MA 01830, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Boston

and in the Merrimack Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in New England,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North

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America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: America’s First Comb Industry (approx. 3.4 miles away); Camp Sylvester (approx. 3½ miles away); First Site of the Second Parish Meetinghouse (approx. 4.4 miles away); Near This Site (approx. 4.4 miles away); Col. Thomas Knowlton (approx. 4.7 miles away); Boxford Remembers the World War (approx. 4.7 miles away); Boxford Spanish American War Memorial (approx. 4.7 miles away); Birthplace of Jacob Bayley (approx. 4.9 miles away).

Also see . . . Historical Markers Erected by Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission (1930). Original 1930 publication by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts of Tercentenary Commission Markers, commemorating the three hundredth anniversary of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. (Submitted on August 10, 2011, by Russell Chaffee Bixby of Bernardston, Massachusetts.)

Photographed by Michael Tiernan, October 4, 2011

2. Pentucket-Haverhill Marker

Pentucket-Haverhill Marker seen from across the street. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Tiernan, October 4, 2011

3. Pentucket-Haverhill Marker seen from across the street.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 10, 2011, by Russell Chaffee Bixby of Bernardston, Massachusetts. This page has been viewed 1,894 times since then and 61 times this year. Last updated on October 4, 2011, by Michael Tiernan of Danvers, Massachusetts. Photos: 1. submitted on October 4, 2011, by Michael Tiernan of Danvers, Massachusetts. 2. submitted on October 7, 2011, by Russell Chaffee Bixby of Bernardston, Massachusetts. 3. submitted on October 4, 2011, by Michael Tiernan of Danvers, Massachusetts. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.