Weymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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former municipality historic town settlement in colonial New England

Weymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay was a colonial New England town in what is now Massachusetts, notable as the birthplace of future First Lady Abigail Adams.

Aliases (1)

Weymouth, Massachusetts ×5

Statements (31)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former municipality → historic town → settlement in colonial New England →
associatedWithEvent	early settlement of Massachusetts Bay →
birthplaceOf	Abigail Adams →
countryDuringExistence	Kingdom of Great Britain →
governedBy	Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay →
hasColonialStatus	chartered town in Massachusetts Bay →
hasEconomicActivity	agriculture → fishing → small-scale trade →
hasGovernmentType	colonial town meeting →
hasHistoricalSignificance	birthplace of a future First Lady of the United States →
hasLanguage	English →
hasNotableResident	Abigail Adams → John Adams (by marriage and residence connection) →
hasReligion	Congregationalism →
hasSettlementType	town →
locatedIn	British America → New England → Province of Massachusetts Bay → Thirteen Colonies →
locatedInPresentDay	United States → Weymouth, Massachusetts NERFINISHED →
locatedNear	Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay →
namedAfter	Weymouth, Dorset, England →
partOf	Massachusetts Bay Colony → Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay →
timePeriod	colonial era →
usedCalendarSystem	Gregorian calendar (after British adoption in 1752) → Julian calendar (during early colonial period) →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Braintree ("Weymouth, Massachusetts") → Quincy ("Weymouth, Massachusetts") →	borderedBy
Norfolk County ("Weymouth, Massachusetts") → Norfolk County, Massachusetts ("Weymouth, Massachusetts") →	contains
Abigail Adams → William Cranch →	placeOfBirth
Braintree, Province of Massachusetts Bay →	adjacentTo
Quincy Center ("Weymouth, Massachusetts") →	hasBusConnectionsTo