Sudbury Men Granted Land From Massachusetts General Court

Date Range

May 1656 – 1660

Title

Sudbury Men Granted Land From Massachusetts General Court

What occurred

In May of 1656, a group of men from Sudbury, led by John Howe, Edmund Rice, and John Ruddocke went to the Massachusetts General Court to petition for more land. They received a grant of 6 sq. miles of land southwest of Sudbury and named it Whipsufferadge, after the Indian Hill Whipsuffenicke. This land would later go on to be known as Marlborough. The environment of this area would forever be changed.

Location

Marlborough, MA

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Student name(s)

Jack Donahue

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