Archive:Town Origins, Essex County
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Essex County - 1643
| Agawam | became | Ipswich | 1634 |
| Amesbury | came fr | Salisbury | 1668 (New Town) |
| Amesbury | part fr | Salisbury | 1844 |
| Amesbury | part as | Merrimac | 1876 |
| Amesbury | part fr | Salisbury | 1886 |
| Andover | was | --- | 1646 |
| Andover | part as | Middleton | 1728 |
| Andover | part as | Lawrence | 1847 |
| Andover | part as | N_Andover | 1855 |
| Andover | part to | Lawrence | 1879 |
| Andover | bound | Tewksbury | 1903 |
| Beverly | came fr | Salem | 1668 (Bass River) |
| Beverly | part fr | Salem | 1753 |
| Beverly | part to | Danvers | 1857 |
| Boxford | came fr | Rowley | 1685 (Rowley Village) |
| Boxford | part to | Middleton | 1728 |
| Boxford | part fr | Rowley | 1808 |
| Boxford | part fr | Ipswich | 1846 |
| Boxford | part to | Groveland | 1856 |
| Boxford | part to | Georgetown | 1897 |
| Bradford | came fr | Rowley | 1672 (Rowley Village) |
| Bradford | part as | Groveland | 1850 |
| Bradford | joined | Haverhill | 1896 |
| Colchester | became | Salisbury | 1640 |
| Danvers | came fr | Salem | 1752 (Salem Vill. + Middle
Prec.) |
| Danvers | bound | Salem | 1840 |
| Danvers | part as | S_Danvers | 1855 |
| Danvers | part fr | Beverly | 1857 |
| Essex | came fr | Ipswich | 1819 (Chebacco) |
| Georgetown | came fr | Rowley | 1838 |
| Georgetown | part fr | Boxford | 1897 |
| Gloucester | was | --- | 1639 |
| Gloucester | part as | Rockport | 1840 (Sandy Bay) |
| Groveland | came fr | Bradford | 1850 |
| Groveland | part fr | Boxford | 1856 |
| Hamilton | came fr | Ipswich | 1793 (Hamlet) |
| Hamilton | bound | Ipswich | 1896 |
| Haverhill | bound | Salisbury | 1641 |
| Haverhill | was | --- | 1641 |
| Haverhill | bound | Salisbury | 1654 |
| Haverhill | part as | Methuen | 1725 |
| Haverhill | annexed | Bradford | 1896 |
| Ipswich | was | Agawam | 1634 |
| Ipswich | part as | Topsfield | 1648 (Village) |
| Ipswich | bound | Topsfield | 1694 |
| Ipswich | part to | Topsfield | 1774 |
| Ipswich | part to | Rowley | 1785 |
| Ipswich | part as | Hamilton | 1793 (Hamlet) |
| Ipswich | part as | Essex | 1819 (Chebacco) |
| Ipswich | part to | Boxford | 1846 |
| Ipswich | bound | Hamilton | 1896 |
| Lawrence | came fr | Andover | 1847 |
| Lawrence | part fr | Methuen | 1847 |
| Lawrence | part fr | Methuen | 1854 |
| Lawrence | part fr | Andover | 1879 |
| Lawrence | part fr | N_Andover | 1879 |
| Lynn | was | Saugust | 1637 |
| Lynn | part as | Reading | 1644 (Lynn Village) |
| Lynn | part as | Lynnfield | 1782 (Lynn End) |
| Lynn | part as | Saugus | 1815 |
| Lynn | part as | Swampscott | 1852 |
| Lynn | part as | Nahant | 1853 |
| Lynnfield | came fr | Lynn | 1782 (Lynn End) |
| Lynnfield | bound | N_Reading | 1857 |
| Manchester | came fr | Salem | 1645 (Jeffryes Creek) |
| Marblehead | came fr | Salem | 1633 |
| Merrimac | came fr | Amesbury | 1876 |
| Methuen | came fr | Haverhill | 1725 |
| Methuen | part to | Lawrence | 1847 |
| Methuen | part to | Lawrence | 1854 |
| Middleton | came fr | Andover | 1728 |
| Middleton | part fr | Boxford | 1728 |
| Middleton | part fr | Salem | 1728 |
| Middleton | part fr | Topsfield | 1728 |
| N_Andover | came fr | Andover | 1855 |
| N_Andover | part to | Lawrence | 1879 |
| Nahant | came fr | Lynn | 1853 |
| Naumkeag | became | Salem | 1629 |
| Newbury | was | --- | 1635 (Wessacucon) |
| Newbury | part as | Newburyport | 1764 |
| Newbury | part as | Parsons | 1819 |
| Newburyport | came fr | Newbury | 1764 |
| Parsons | came fr | Newbury | 1819 |
| Parsons | became | W_Newbury | 1820 |
| Peabody | was | S_Danvers | 1868 |
| Peabody | part to | Salem | 1882 |
| Rockport | came fr | Gloucester | 1840 (Sandy Bay) |
| Rowley | was | --- | 1639 |
| Rowley | part as | Bradford | 1672 (Rowley Village) |
| Rowley | part as | Boxford | 1685 (Rowley Village) |
| Rowley | part fr | Ipswich | 1785 |
| Rowley | part to | Boxford | 1808 |
| Rowley | part as | Georgetown | 1838 |
| S_Danvers | came fr | Danvers | 1855 |
| S_Danvers | bound | Salem | 1856 |
| S_Danvers | became | Peabody | 1868 |
| Salem | was | Naumkeag | 1629 |
| Salem | part as | Marblehead | 1633 |
| Salem | bound | Saugust | 1635 |
| Salem | part as | Wenham | 1643 (Enon) |
| Salem | part as | Manchester | 1645 (Jeffryes Creek) |
| Salem | bound | Topsfield | 1658 |
| Salem | part as | Beverly | 1668 (Bass River) |
| Salem | part to | Middleton | 1728 |
| Salem | part as | Danvers | 1752 (Salem Vill. + Middle
Prec.) |
| Salem | part to | Beverly | 1753 |
| Salem | bound | Danvers | 1840 |
| Salem | bound | S_Danvers | 1856 |
| Salem | part to | Swampscott | 1867 |
| Salem | part fr | Peabody | 1882 |
| Salisbury | was | Colchester | 1640 |
| Salisbury | bound | Haverhill | 1641 |
| Salisbury | bound | Haverhill | 1654 |
| Salisbury | part as | Amesbury | 1668 (New Town) |
| Salisbury | part to | Amesbury | 1844 |
| Salisbury | part to | Amesbury | 1886 |
| Saugus | came fr | Lynn | 1815 |
| Saugus | part fr | Chelsea | 1841 |
| Saugust | bound | Salem | 1635 |
| Saugust | became | Lynn | 1637 |
| Swampscott | came fr | Lynn | 1852 |
| Swampscott | part fr | Salem | 1867 |
| Topsfield | came fr | Ipswich | 1648 (Village) |
| Topsfield | bound | Salem | 1658 |
| Topsfield | bound | Ipswich | 1694 |
| Topsfield | part to | Middleton | 1728 |
| Topsfield | part fr | Ipswich | 1774 |
| W_Newbury | was | Parsons | 1820 |
| Wenham | came fr | Salem | 1643 (Enon) |
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