Old Newbury
Subtitle: a brief history
By: Bethany Groff.
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781596294813
Subjects: Newbury (Mass.) -- History -- 17th century; Newbury (Mass.) -- History -- 18th century; Newbury (Mass.) -- Social conditions; Newbury (Mass.) -- Economic conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: To 1635 : pre-contact and exploration; title: Arrival : first settlement, 1635; title: Working the land, gathering the church; title: Autonomy : power over its own affairs; title: The Passaconnaway Affair, 1642; title: Travel : roads and ferries; title: Growth and change : a new town center, 1642-1646; title: Resettlement : land records from memory, 1646-1650; title: Civic order : keeping the peace; title: Persecuting the Quakers; title: Scandalous behavior; title: Schism : Woodman v. Parker 1665-1675; title: King Philip's War and its aftermath; title: The witch and the wizard, 1679; title: The port, Plum Island, and the poor; title: Church and state; title: Attack, 1695; title: Execution, 1701; title: Newbury militiamen in the field, 1700-1710; title: Dissenting dissenters : Anglican again; title: Expansion and the great awakening; title: Moses Titcomb at Louisburg, 1745; title: The end of an era : 1764 and after.