1675 – 1676

Marlborough Meeting House and Town Destroyed by Indians

In 1675, the Marlborough meeting house was the subject of an attack from the Indians during the King Phillip War. Though no one was killed, the Indians destroyed much of the infrastructure of the town, as well as burned the crops and killed the livestock of the town inhabitants. The King Phillip War ended a year later in 1676 and although the town was able to recover, the attack on the Marlborough meeting house caused tensions to rise between the Colonists and the Indians from the surrounding areas.

Marlborough, MA

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Jack Donahue