Lynn & Nahant
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Hello, my name is Shaun Cook.  I am the Lynn/Nahant town GenWeb coordinator.  Thank you for visiting! Please feel free to e-mail  me.  I will be happy to help you however I can.  If you notice any errors, have any suggestions or would like to volunteer help this site grow please e-mail  me.   

Lin -- ..."The Third Plantation occupied a central portion of this charming coast territory, and was parent of the renowned City of Lynn or "Lin," as it was spelled in the act bestowing the name; a place known and respected wherever shoes are worn and bay fish eaten.  Several other towns are honored by the same parentage; but Lynn seems always to have ranked as the most eminent of the beautiful offspring of that memorable settlement (Plymouth Plantation); and hence the whole Plantation is occasionally distinguished by her euphonious name.  It was in 1629 that the good old Third Plantation was commenced...." (pp 12-15)

- "LIN: OR NOTABLE PEOPLE AND NOTABLE THINGS OF THE EARLY HISTORY of LYNN"  
                  --Obadiah Oldpath (1890)





Nahant
-- "Native Americans called the area "Nahant," meaning "the point" or "almost an island." Located on a rocky peninsula jutting into Massachusetts Bay, it was first settled in 1630, and often used by citizens of  Lynn for grazing cattle, sheep and goats. The first hotel was built in 1803, and in 1817 a steamboat ran daily between Boston and Nahant. The town was officially incorporated in 1853."

                --Wikipedia

 
1629
1637, November 20
1782, July  03 
1814,   
1815, February 17
1850, April 10
1850, April 18
1852, May 21
1853, March 29

Settled
Mass. Rec., Vol. I., p. 211. "Saugust is called Lin."
Part of Lynn established as the district of Lynnfield.
Part of Lynn established as Lynnfield.
Part of Lynn established as Saugus.
Lynn incorporated as a city.
Act of Incorporation accepted by the town.
Part of Lynn established as Swampscott.
Part of Lynn established as Nahant.


 


Lynn and Nahant are located in Essex County, MA
,  about 11 miles north of Boston, situated on the Atlantic Ocean.  To the north are
Salem and Peabody ; Revere is to the south in
Suffolk county ; on the Northeast is Swampscott ; and in the west areSaugus andLynnfield .


Michelle W. Cook, Essex County Co-Coordinator
Jodi Salerno, Essex County Co-Coordinator

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