Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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English colonial settlement former town historic place

Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony was one of the earliest English settlements in New England, established in 1630 in what is now part of Boston, Massachusetts.

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Label Occurrences
Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony canonical 4
Dorchester, Province of Massachusetts Bay 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English colonial settlement ⓘ
former town ⓘ
historic place ⓘ
adjacentTo Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Milton, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Milton, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
colonialCharterJurisdiction Massachusetts Bay Company ⓘ
colonialStatus self-governing town under Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateMergedInto 1870 ⓘ
economyInitiallyBasedOn fishing ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
establishedByMigrationFrom southwest England ⓘ
surface form: West Country of England
founded 1630 ⓘ
foundedBy Dorchester Company ⓘ
Puritan settlers from England ⓘ
governingBody town meeting ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance early center of Puritan settlement in Massachusetts ⓘ
one of the first organized town governments in New England ⓘ
hasNotableEarlyInstitution Dorchester ⓘ
surface form: Dorchester Town Meeting

First Parish Church of Dorchester ⓘ
Mather School ⓘ
hasNotableEarlySettler John Maverick ⓘ
John Warham ⓘ
Richard Mather ⓘ
hasNotableGeographicFeature Dorchester Bay ⓘ
Neponset River ⓘ
hasSettlementType town ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
New England ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
mergedInto Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: City of Boston
namedAfter Dorchester, Dorset, England ⓘ
nowPartOf Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ
oneOfEarliestEnglishSettlementsIn New England ⓘ
partOf Greater Boston ⓘ
presentDayState Massachusetts ⓘ
region Suffolk County ⓘ
surface form: Suffolk County (historical and present-day)
religion Puritanism ⓘ
timePeriod 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
usedCalendar Julian calendar (at time of founding) ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Increase Mather → birthPlace → Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
William Stoughton → birthPlace → Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
William Stoughton → residence → Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Braintree, Province of Massachusetts Bay → adjacentTo → Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dorchester, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony → adjacentTo → Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ