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1684: Town settles claims to Marblehead land
At a meeting of the commoners and proprietors of Marblehead James Quannapowit laid claim to all lands in Marblehead and argued that the town was giving out land that rightfully belonged to him. A committee composed of Moses Maverick, John Devereux, Captain Samuel Ward, Theodore Riddan, William Beale, Thomas Pitman, … Continue reading
have been adapted with thanks from Bill Purdin’s Marblehead History Timeline published by Marblehead Magazine.