Records of the Court of Assistants of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, 1630-1692, Volume 1

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The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement that covered much of central New England, including portions of Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Connecticut. This settlement was considered a success with approximately 20,000 puritans immigrants. The records of the Court of Assistants are public documents during the period of this Colonial Charter (1629-1692). These records include testimonies, depositions, writs, warrants, bonds and divorce petitions. The Court of Assistants was a predecessor of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and heard criminal cases, divorces and some civil cases and appeals. The records within this volume 1 cover the years 1673-1692.

John Noble

(1901), 2025, index, 588 pp.

ISBN: 9781639146543

117-MA14