Talk:History of Lowell, Massachusetts

message: I just wanted to say that this is a great article with a ton of information on this historical town and it is a good standard for other historic towns.Yamaka122 17:08, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
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message: This is in responce to the line in the History of Lowell (MA) that says that Wamiset was forcably annexed by the Town of Chelmsford (MA).  This is correct, but only the part of Wamiset on the western side of the Concord River was annexed.  The eastern half had already been incorporated as part of Billerica in 1655.
According to Henry Hazen's book "The History of Billerica", the praying Indian Village of Wamesit was located on both sides of the Concord River south of the Merrimack.
When Billerica was incorporated in 1655, it took in the eastern part of Wamesit.  In 1724 the families that lived within the reservation wanted to incorporated ALL of Wamesit at a seperate town.
Billerica agreed to the incorporation of Wamesit as long as they met the guidelines set forth by the Great and General Court of Massachusetts.  1- Have a meeting house errected within two years.  2- Have a Minister in place.  3- Set well definded borders.
The borders were set when the reservation was established and meeting house was built, but the families failed to get a minister in place.  Because of this, Wamiset failed to become a town and the western part of the reservation was annexed to Chelmsford while the easter part remained with Billerica.
In 1729, after failing to gain a charter, the families of Wamiset tried again.  Only instead of trying to get the western part of Wamiset away from Chelmsford (now the village of East Chelmsford), they looked to the southeast.  They wanted to take land from Billerica between the Great Swamp and the Shawsheen River.
A new meeting house was errected and a minster in place by 1730.  The people of Wamiset asked the town of Billerica to support their petition for a charter.  Billerica agreed to a border to be established "half way between the Andover and Billerica meeting houses".  But the official incorporation of the town did not happen until December of 1734.  Why? Despute over the name of the town.  Wamiset was rejected because the majority of the land and the families who live there were not part of the reservation.  North Billerica was considered since Andover had been split into two towns (Andover & North Andover), but it was Tewksbury that was chosen since the majority of the settlers were from Tewksebury, Gloucestershire, England.
When Lowell was settled and incorporated in 1830s, it took most of the original Wamiset Reservation.  A small part still remains in Chelmsford and is still called East Chelmsford while a small part remained in Tewksbury and is called Wamiset to this day.
Along Rte 38 in Tewksbury just before the jct with I-495, there is a small common with a statue dedicated to the Wamiset Indians.  This is considered the center of Wamiset Village by the Town of Tewksbury.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jph0917 (talk • contribs) 20:33, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
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message: What is missing from the city timeline article? Please add relevant content! Contributions welcome. Thank you. -- M2545 (talk) 11:02, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
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