Marker Logo HMdb.org THE HISTORICAL
MARKER DATABASE 		“Bite-Size Bits of Local, National, and Global History”
“Bite-Size Bits of Local, National, and Global History”
 
 
 
 
 
 
11 entries match your criteria.  

 
 

Historical Markers in West Newbury, Massachusetts

 
Clickable Map of Essex County, Massachusetts and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Essex County, MA (339) Middlesex County, MA (381) Suffolk County, MA (531) Hillsborough County, NH (71) Rockingham County, NH (141)  EssexCounty(339) Essex County (339)  MiddlesexCounty(381) Middlesex County (381)  SuffolkCounty(531) Suffolk County (531)  HillsboroughCountyNew Hampshire(71) Hillsborough County (71)  RockinghamCounty(141) Rockingham County (141)
Lawrence and Salem are both the county seat for Essex County
West Newbury is in Essex County
      Essex County (339)  ►
ADJACENT TO ESSEX COUNTY
      Middlesex County (381)  ►
      Suffolk County (531)  ►
      Hillsborough County, New Hampshire (71)  ►
      Rockingham County, New Hampshire (141)  ►
 
Touch name on this list to highlight map location.
Touch blue arrow, or on map, to go there.
1 ► Massachusetts, Essex County, West Newbury — America’s First Comb Industry —
On this site Enoch Noyes is reported to have started America’s First Comb Industry — — Map (db m155514) HM
2 ► Massachusetts, Essex County, West Newbury — At this site in 1952 —
At this site in 1952 Julian D. Steele was unanimously elected town moderator, becoming the first African-American in the Commonwealth to hold this position. — — Map (db m155670) HM
3 ► Massachusetts, Essex County, West Newbury — Birthplace of Cornelius Conway Felton —
Birthplace of Cornelius Conway Felton, born November 6, 1807. He was president of Harvard College from 1860-1862. — — Map (db m155513) HM
4 ► Massachusetts, Essex County, West Newbury — Birthplace of Jacob Bayley —
Birthplace of Jacob Bayley, born July 19, 1726. He made a settlement in Vermont on the oxbow of the Connecticut River in 1762, naming it for the place of his birth. — — Map (db m155512) HM
5 ► Massachusetts, Essex County, West Newbury — Camp Sylvester —
19th Masstts Vol. Regt. Encamped here from June 1-July 1, 1861 — — Map (db m155511) HM
6 ► Massachusetts, Essex County, West Newbury — First Site of the Second Parish Meetinghouse — 1731-1816 —
First site of the Second Parish Meetinghouse, 1731-1816 — — Map (db m155510) HM
7 ► Massachusetts, Essex County, West Newbury — Native American Raid —
Near this site a child was killed and nine other persons taken in a Native American raid on October 7, 1695. All were retaken. — — Map (db m155516) HM
8 ► Massachusetts, Essex County, West Newbury — Near This Site —
Near this site the first house on Crane Neck Hill was built in 1709 by Ensign Enoch Little. — — Map (db m155507) HM
Paid Advertisement
9 ► Massachusetts, Essex County, West Newbury — Near This Site —
Near this site the only Native American recorded killed in West Newbury was killed by Hananiah Ordway — — Map (db m155515) HM
10 ► Massachusetts, Essex County, West Newbury — Original site of the First Parish Meetinghouse. — Completed in 1711. —
Original site of the First Parish Meetinghouse. Completed in 1711. — — Map (db m155509) HM
11 ► Massachusetts, Essex County, West Newbury — Site of the Quaker Meetinghouse —
Site of the Quaker Meetinghouse erected 1825, torn down 1920. — — Map (db m155517) HM
 
 
CeraNet Cloud Computing sponsors the Historical Marker Database.
U.S. FTC REQUIRED NOTICE: This website earns income from qualified purchases you make on Amazon.com. Thank you.
Paid Advertisements
 
 
Copyright © 2006–2023, Some rights reserved. — Privacy Policy — Terms of Use — About Us — Contact Us
 
Dec. 1, 2023