Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Puritan settlement colonial settlement in New England former municipality historic town

Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony was one of the early Puritan settlements near Boston that became an important town in the early governance and religious life of colonial New England.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony canonical	11
Roxbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay	7

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Puritan settlement ⓘ colonial settlement in New England ⓘ former municipality ⓘ historic town ⓘ
adjacentTo	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony Brookline, Massachusetts, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Brookline, Massachusetts Bay Colony Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
associatedWith	colonial New England town governance ⓘ early New England Puritan clergy ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
demographics	predominantly Puritan English settlers ⓘ
economy	mixed subsistence agriculture and local trade ⓘ
foundedBy	English Puritan settlers ⓘ Massachusetts Bay colonists ⓘ
governmentType	New England town meeting ⓘ Puritan town government ⓘ
hasColonialStatus	town in Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup	English colonists ⓘ
hasFeature	common land for community use ⓘ farmland surrounding town center ⓘ meetinghouse-centered town layout ⓘ
historicalEra	17th century ⓘ Colonial America ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	English colonial law ⓘ
locatedIn	Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ New England ⓘ
locatedNear	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony
mergedInto	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
partOf	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ Massachusetts Bay Colony town system ⓘ Massachusetts Bay Puritan religious network ⓘ Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ surface form: Province of Massachusetts Bay (after 1691)
presentDayLocation	Roxbury ⓘ surface form: Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, United States Suffolk County, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
region	Greater Boston ⓘ
religion	Puritanism ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Congregational churches ⓘ
significance	important center of early Puritan religious life in New England ⓘ important center of early colonial governance in Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ important early Puritan settlement near Boston ⓘ
transportConnection	overland routes to Boston ⓘ regional roads linking surrounding towns ⓘ
usedFor	agriculture ⓘ local self-government ⓘ religious community life ⓘ small-scale trade ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

Thomas Dudley → deathPlace → Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ

Thomas Dudley → residence → Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ

Joseph Warren → placeOfBirth → Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ