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
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Student name(s)
Jack Donahue
Item sets
American Environmental History Student Submissions

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