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The history of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1635–1699, begins with the first settlers' arrival in 1635 and runs to the end of the 17th century. The settlers, who built their village on land the native people called Tiot, incorporated the plantation in 1636.
Dedham (/ ˈ d ɛ d ə m / DED-əm) is a town in, and the county seat of, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Located on Boston 's southwestern border, the population was 25,364 at the 2020 census .
Dwight was born in Woolverstone, England circa 1601 [2] and came to Massachusetts in 1635. [3] [4] [2] [5] He originally settled in Watertown, Massachusetts before becoming one of the original incorporators of Dedham, Massachusetts the following year. [2] He brought his wife, Hannah, and children, including Timothy Dwight.
By 1860, a priest was available to say mass in South Dedham every other week. [25] During the Civil War, the Dedham Transcript wrote that "Almost to a man," the Catholic men of Dedham "answered Lincoln's call," [13] [9] and sadly "no church in Dedham lost so many men in proportion to their numbers as did St. Mary's."
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Mother Brook and the Mills of East Dedham. Damianos Publishing. ISBN 978-1-941573-66-2. Parr, James L. (2009). Dedham: Historic and Heroic Tales From Shiretown. The History Press. ISBN 978-1-59629-750-0. Slafter, Carlos (1905). A Record of Education: The Schools and Teachers of Dedham, Massachusetts 1644-1904. Dedham Transcript Press. 1642-3.
The Dedham Square Planning Committee voted to recommend the old police headquarters be demolished and a new town green be built on the site in December 2021. [11] A six-person working group was created to oversee the project in April 2022.
Wilson Mountain Reservation is a state-owned, public recreation area and protected woodland park in Dedham, Massachusetts, managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. [2] It features hiking trails, open space and a summit view of the Boston skyline, and is an important wildlife preserve. [ 3 ]