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Plymouth Name Changes

From Plymouth Colony to Plymouth County - 1685

Name and boundary changes of cities and towns. (Note: in New England,a "town" is a political subdivision of a county, not merely a populated place.)

Each entry has a date, two names, and a "transaction". The latter is a code for the type of event and comes in two flavors, according to which name is given first.

Each event is entered twice, once with each name listed first. Some entries have remarks further explaining the locality. The entries within each county are listed alphabetically by the first name. The entries have the following patterns:

Abington came fr Bridgewater 1712
Abington part to Hanover 1727
Abington part as Rockland 1874
Abington part as S_Abington 1875
Bear_Cove became Hingham 1635
Bridgewater came fr Duxbury 1656 (New Plantation)
Bridgewater part as Abington 1712
Bridgewater part fr Stoughton 1770
Bridgewater part fr Stoughton 1798
Bridgewater part as N_Bridgewater 1821 (N parish)
Bridgewater part as W_Bridgewater 1822
Bridgewater part as E_Bridgewater 1823
Bridgewater part to Halifax 1824
Bridgewater bound E_Bridgewater 1846
Brockton was N_Bridgewater 1874
Brockton bound S_Abington 1875
Brockton part fr E_Bridgewater 1875
Brockton part fr W_Bridgewater 1893
Carver came fr Plympton 1790
Carver part to Wareham 1827
Duxbury was --- 1637
Duxbury part as Bridgewater 1656 (New Plantation)
Duxbury annexed Namassakeesett 1658
Duxbury part as Pembroke 1712 (Mattakeeset)
Duxbury part to Kingston 1857
E_Bridgewater came fr Bridgewater 1823
E_Bridgewater bound Bridgewater 1846
E_Bridgewater part fr Halifax 1857
E_Bridgewater part to Brockton 1875
E_Bridgewater part to S_Abington 1875
Halifax came fr Plympton 1734
Halifax part fr Middleborough 1734
Halifax part fr Pembroke 1734
Halifax part fr Bridgewater 1824
Halifax part fr Plympton 1831
Halifax part to E_Bridgewater 1857
Halifax bound Plympton 1863
Hanover part fr Abington 1727
Hanover part fr Scituate 1727
Hanover was --- 1727
Hanover bound Pembroke 1835
Hanover bound S_Scituate 1878
Hanover bound Rockland 1878
Hanson came fr Pembroke 1820
Hingham was Bear_Cove 1635
Hingham part as Cohasset 1770
Hull was Nantasket 1644
Kingston came fr Plymouth 1726
Kingston part fr Duxbury 1857
Lakeville came fr Middleborough 1853
Marion came fr Rochester 1852
Marshfield was Rexham 1640
Marshfield part fr Scituate 1788
Mattapoisett came fr Rochester 1857
Middleborough was Namasket 1669
Middleborough part to Halifax 1734
Middleborough part to Plympton 1734
Middleborough part as Lakeville 1853
N_Bridgewater came fr Bridgewater 1821 (N parish)
N_Bridgewater became Brockton 1874
Namasket became Middleborough 1669
Namassakeesett joined Duxbury 1658
Nantasket became Hull 1644
Norwell was S_Scituate 1888
Pembroke came fr Duxbury 1712 (Mattakeeset)
Pembroke part to Halifax 1734
Pembroke part as Hanson 1820
Pembroke bound Hanover 1835
Plymouth was --- 1620
Plymouth part as Plympton 1707
Plymouth part as Kingston 1726
Plymouth part to Wareham 1739
Plymouth part to Wareham 1827
Plympton came fr Plymouth 1707
Plympton part as Halifax 1734
Plympton part fr Middleborough 1734
Plympton part as Carver 1790
Plympton part to Halifax 1831
Plympton bound Halifax 1863
Rexham became Marshfield 1640
Rochester was Sippican 1686
Rochester bound Tiverton 1714
Rochester part as Wareham 1739
Rochester bound Fairhaven 1836
Rochester part as Marion 1852
Rochester part as Mattapoisett 1857
Rochester bound Wareham 1887
Rockland came fr Abington 1874
Rockland bound Hanover 1878
S_Abington bound Brockton 1875
S_Abington came fr Abington 1875
S_Abington part fr E_Bridgewater 1875
S_Abington became Whitman 1886
S_Scituate came fr Scituate 1849
S_Scituate bound Hanover 1878
S_Scituate became Norwell 1888
Scituate was --- 1633
Scituate part to Hanover 1727
Scituate part to Marshfield 1788
Scituate part to Cohasset 1823
Scituate bound Cohasset 1840
Scituate part as S_Scituate 1849
Scituate bound Cohasset 1897
Sippican became Rochester 1686
Tiverton bound Rochester 1714
Tiverton joined RI 1747
W_Bridgewater came fr Bridgewater 1822
W_Bridgewater part to Brockton 1893
Wareham came fr Rochester 1739
Wareham part fr Plymouth 1739
Wareham part fr Plymouth 1827
Wareham part fr Carver 1827
Wareham bound Rochester 1887
Whitman was S_Abington 1886