The colonists first settled the territory of Namasket in about 1660 and continued to add land purchases over several years to create the area known as Middleborough, MA. From town records.

The Original Purchasers of Middleborough


John Adams

William Bassett

Francis Billington

Thomas Bordman

William Brewster

Peter Brown

Edward Bumpus

Francis Cook

Philip Delanoy

Thomas Dotey

Samuel Eddy

Lt. Matthew Fuller

Samuel Fuller

Edward Gray

William Hodskins

John Howland

William Mullins

William Nelson

George Partridge

William Pontus (?)

Andrew Ring

John Shaw

Moses Simmons

George Soule

Francis Sprague

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