Sudbury Men Granted Land From Massachusetts General Court
- Date Range
- May 1656 – 1660
- Title
- Sudbury Men Granted Land From Massachusetts General Court
- What occurred
- In May of 1656, a group of men from Sudbury, led by John Howe, Edmund Rice, and John Ruddocke went to the Massachusetts General Court to petition for more land. They received a grant of 6 sq. miles of land southwest of Sudbury and named it Whipsufferadge, after the Indian Hill Whipsuffenicke. This land would later go on to be known as Marlborough. The environment of this area would forever be changed.
- Location
- Marlborough, MA
- Image Citation
- http://www.bfmresearch.com/uploads/6/5/7/3/6573759/6006710_orig.jpg
- Student name(s)
- Jack Donahue