jan 31, 1629 - Founding of Puritan colony

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One of the original English settlements in Massachusetts settled in 1630 by a group of about 1,000 Puritan refugees from England.
In 1629 the Massachusetts Bay Company had obtained from King Charles I a charter empowering the company to trade and colonize in New England between the Charles and Merrimack rivers. The grant was similar to that of the Virginia Company in 1609, the patentees being joint proprietors with rights of ownership and government.

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