| "A
Merrill Memorial" |
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References
to the town by the definitive Merrill document from
Samuel Merrill. Currently working on a searchable Acrobat version. |
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| History of Newbury Mass - 1635-1902 NEW |
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Written by John J. Currier, this copy is from the Harvard College Library. Taken from books.Google.com, this copy is incomplete in that one margin has been cut off deleting much of the text. 16 Mb download |
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| A Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport and West Newbury from 1635 to 1841 NEW |
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Written by Joshua Coffin, this copy is from the University of Virginia Library. Taken from books.Google.com, this copy is an excellent version of the original. 30 Mb download |
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| Census
- 1790 |
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Online
list of the inhabitants of the town of Newbury in
1790. |
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| Essex
County Resources |
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There
are a number of sources of Newbury information in
both Newbury and Newburyport as well as elsewhere
in Essex County. |
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| Essex-Roots
mailing list archives |
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Do
a lookup of the Essex county mailing list requests.
At the prompt, type in Essex-Roots-L |
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| The
Historical Society of Old Newbury |
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The
historic Cushing House Museum and Garden is the home
of the society and offers an abundance of information
on Newbury, Newburyport, West Newbury, Byfield and
Plum Island. Consider joining and supporting further
research into our genealogy on the local level. |
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| Landing
Place of the First Settlers |
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On
the Parker River is a stone commerating the arrival
of the first settlers to the town of Newbury. |
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| Maps
of Old Newbury |
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USGS
maps dating from 1894 showing detailed information
(SE corner).
Maps of Newbury - 1895,
1932, 1945,
1952 |
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| Newbury
Resources |
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A
great place to find a tremendous amount of information
of the town. |
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| "Ould
Newbury" |
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"Ould
Newbury" by John J. Currier has been long out
of print. It is so rare that the premier old book
dealer in Newburyport has seen only two copies during
his career. This facsimile reprint book is a priceless
collection of land ownership information, biographies
and background history on persons and places in both
Newbury and Newburyport, Mass. |
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| Parker
River Bridge |
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Gaining
access from one side to the other has been important
since the early 1600s. Check out some of these old
photographs. |
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| Parker
River Pavilion - New |
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A Trolley used to run with a stop on the south side of the Parker River bridge. |
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| Settler's Monument |
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The
first residents of the area are honored with a large
monument. |
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| Smallpox
Epidemic, Newbury, MA, 1759-60 |
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Sixty
four others contracted the disorder (including the
phisitions) out of which 24 died. Contribution by
Robert Chase. |
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| "The
Merrills of Old Newbury" |
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Portion
of article pertaining to Newbury by Jean Merrill Thurston |
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| "The
Richardson Memorial" |
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Including
information on the Newbury Richardsons. |
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| View
from Oldtown Hill |
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Detailed
pen and ink drawing taken from an 1892 photograph. |
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| Books
to Own |
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"A
Merrill Memorial"
- Samuel Merrill, 1928 |
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"A
Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport and
West Newbury"
- Joshua Coffin |
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"List
of Grantees and Genealogy of the First Settlers of
Newbury 1635-1700" - Joshua
Coffin, 1845, 34p |
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"Newbury
in 1700" - Sidney Perley,
52p |
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"Newbury
Town History" - extract, 1888,
36p |
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"Ould
Newbury" - John J. Currier,
1896, 729p |
