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On April 2, 1731, the Massachusetts Legislature officially incorporated Worcester County and the very Judge John Chandler held the first Probate Court of Worcester County on July 13, 1731, and the first Court of Common Please and General Sessions on August 10, 1731. In 1754 Chandler was a delegate to the Albany Congress.
In 1848, he was appointed chief Judge of the Worcester County Probate and Insolvency Court. [1] Judge Chapin was later elected for three terms as Mayor of Worcester. [1] In 1853, Mayor Chapin was nominated by the Republican Party for a Congressional seat, which he declined. [1] A lifelong Unitarian, Chapin served in church leadership positions. [1]
William Forbes, the owner, was a local lawyer and politician who served in the state legislature and as a probate judge. His wife Harriette Merrifield Forbes is locally notable for her interest in, and photography of, local architectural history, and for organization of a local suffragette society that met at the house.
Lunenburg is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. ... Register of Probate: Stephen Abraham (D) County Sheriff: Lew Evangelidis (R) State government
He established a practice in Worcester in 1775, where his business flourished because most of the Worcester lawyers had been Loyalist and had fled to Boston. [2] From 1775 to 1781, he served as clerk of the court and probate judge of Worcester County , and served the town of Worcester in a variety of posts into the 1790s.
Mount Wachusett, the highest point in Worcester County. Worcester County (/ ˈ w ʊ s t ər / WUU-stər) is a county in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. At the 2020 census, the population was 862,111, making it the second-most populous county in Massachusetts. It is also the largest county in Massachusetts by geographic area.
Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 11th Worcester district, based on the 2010 United States census. Massachusetts House of Representatives' 11th Worcester district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Worcester County. [1]
Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Worcester district, based on the 2010 United States census. Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Worcester district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Worcester County. [1]