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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Label Occurrences
Marshfield, Plymouth Colony canonical 6

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English colonial settlement ⓘ
historic town ⓘ
adjacentTo Duxbury, Plymouth Colony ⓘ
Scituate, Plymouth Colony ⓘ
archivalRecordsHeldAt Massachusetts state archives ⓘ
Plymouth County repositories ⓘ
associatedWithEvent King Philip's War (regional impact) ⓘ
linked to: King Philip's War
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 ⓘ
Early New England colonization ⓘ
languageOfEarlySettlers English ⓘ
legalSystem English common law adapted to colonial statutes ⓘ
locatedIn Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Plymouth Colony ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Marshfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
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 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 (Old Style) ⓘ
linked to: Julian calendar

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Referenced by (6)

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

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 ⓘ
William Thomas → locatedIn → Marshfield, Plymouth Colony ⓘ
William Thomas → residence → Marshfield, Plymouth Colony ⓘ