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The Court also has general equity jurisdiction. The Probate and Family Courts of Massachusetts serve 14 counties: Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, and Worcester. In addition to probate matters, the courts archive divorce and estate records, wills ...
Jacob Hersey Loud (February 5, 1802 – February 2, 1880) was a Massachusetts lawyer [3] and an American politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, the Massachusetts Senate, for twenty two years as the Register of Probate for Plymouth County, Massachusetts, and twice as the Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts.
Colonial America: Plymouth Colony 1620 – A short history of Plymouth Colony hosted at U-S-History.com, includes a map of all of the New England colonies. The Plymouth Colony Archive Project Archived March 4, 2013, at the Wayback Machine – A collection of primary sources documents and secondary source analysis related to Plymouth Colony.
In 1685, the county was created by the Plymouth General Court, the legislature of Plymouth Colony, predating its annexation by the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Plymouth County is part of the Boston–Cambridge–Newton, MA–NH Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Plymouth (/ ˈ p l ɪ m ə θ / ⓘ PLIM-əth; historically also spelled as Plimouth and Plimoth) is a town and county seat of Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.Located in Greater Boston, the town holds a place of great prominence in American history, folklore, and culture, and is known as "America's Hometown".
A probate court (sometimes called a surrogate court) is a court that has competence in a jurisdiction to deal with matters of probate and the administration of estates. [1] In some jurisdictions, such courts may be referred to as orphans' courts [ 2 ] or courts of ordinary.
Register of Probate of Plymouth County; In office 2001–2015: Preceded by: John J. Daley: Succeeded by: Matthew J. McDonough: Member of the Massachusetts Senate; In office January 1, 1975 – January 7, 1981: Preceded by: John M. Quinlan: Succeeded by: Edward P. Kirby: Constituency: Bristol, Plymouth and Norfolk district (1975–1979) 2nd ...
Built in 1749, the two-story wood-frame building is believed to be the oldest wooden courthouse in the United States; it stands on the site of the first courthouse built by Plymouth Colony settlers, and may incorporate elements of a 1670 building. The site was originally the site of Edward Winslow's first house in Plymouth. [2]