Marshfield, Plymouth Colony

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Marshfield, Plymouth Colony was a 17th-century English settlement in what is now Massachusetts, notable as the home of several early colonial leaders.

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Marshfield, Plymouth Colony canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English colonial settlement
historic town
adjacentTo Duxbury, Plymouth Colony
Scituate, Plymouth Colony
archivalRecordsHeldAt Massachusetts State Archives
surface form: Massachusetts state archives

Plymouth County repositories
associatedWithEvent King Philip's War
surface form: King Philip's War (regional impact)
continent North America
country Kingdom of England
economy agriculture
fishing
livestock raising
salt marsh haying
foundedInCentury 17th century
foundedInDecade 1640s
foundedInYearApprox 1640
geography North River vicinity
coastal town
salt marshes
governmentType colonial town government
hadMeetinghouseBy mid-17th century
historicalEra Colonial America
New England Colonies
surface form: Early New England colonization
languageOfEarlySettlers English
legalSystem English common law adapted to colonial statutes
locatedIn Massachusetts Bay
Plymouth Colony
locatedInPresentDay Marshfield, Massachusetts
United States of America
surface form: United States
mergedInto Province of Massachusetts Bay
mergedIntoYear 1691
militaryRole local militia organization
namedFor marshy coastal landscape
notableResident Edward Winslow
Josiah Winslow
William Bradford (frequent visitor and landholder)
William Thomas
partOf New England
presentDaySuccessor Marshfield, Massachusetts
surface form: Town of Marshfield, Massachusetts
primarySettlementPattern dispersed farmsteads
regionType frontier settlement in early decades
religiousInstitution Congregational church
religiousTraditionOfEarlySettlers Puritanism
roleInColony agricultural community
residence of colonial governors
settledBy English colonists
underJurisdictionOf Plymouth General Court
usedCalendar Julian calendar
surface form: Julian calendar (Old Style)

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Josiah Winslow residence Marshfield, Plymouth Colony
Duxbury, Plymouth Colony adjacentTo Marshfield, Plymouth Colony
Peregrine White residence Marshfield, Plymouth Colony
Peregrine White deathPlace Marshfield, Plymouth Colony