Good morning, This morning on one of the Mailing Lists someone brought up the MOORE surname. I had posted a query on Francis MOORE of Cambridge, MA, a few months ago. I haven't yet found my (paper) notes, so that I can offer a summary of what I found, but it just occurred to me .. that there is not a CambridgeMA List .. at www.rootsweb.com This is surprising because, as I understand it, Cambridge (then Newtowne or Newe Towne) was incorporated in 1630 .. I think before Boston was incorporated. And, this city has a wonderful history .. going through each century. I just found the web site for the Cambridge Historical Society and was disappointed that it did not offer a "History" section: http://www.cambridgehistory.org/ But, I found the web site for the Cambridge Historical Commission, and it does offer a "brief history" ... http://www.ci.cambridge.ma.us/~Historic/cambridgehistory.html I'm always wondering how close in time.. the founding of Boston and Cambridge were, and I just found this web site which seems to help explain it: Some time after landing, Winthrop found a clear spring of water on a peninsula called Shawmut, and there he took up his abode, founded a town, and called it Boston. Newtown, now Cambridge, was the first capital, but Boston was soon chosen as the seat of government. Meantime, Roxbury, Charlestown, Watertown, Dorchester, and other towns were founded. http://usahistory.info/New-England/Massachusetts.html http://www.bostonhistory.info/ Actually, I just found a different web site which offers the following: By mid-July of 1630, Winthrop’s fleet had reached the shores of Massachusetts, but their first landing at Salem was a disappointment as the settlement was short of food and not able to support another thousand inhabitants (much like cars today). Though they found their way to the mouth of the Charles River, their health had deteriorated so badly that at least 200 had died. Across the Charles River, William Blackstone, a former clergyman, was living an isolated existence as a trapper on the Shawmut Peninsula - the original land mass of Boston. Word came to him from Indian friends of the difficulties his fellow countrymen were having. He sent a message to John Winthrop advising him that the Trimountain hills on his side of the river were far more suitable for settlement http://www.iboston.org/mcp.php?pid=taleOfTwoBostons It now seems that both Cambridge and Boston were founded in .. 1630! Thank you for your time. Betty (near Lowell, MA) "There are two lasting bequests we can give our children; one is roots, the other is wings." Hodding Carter, Jr.