1. Wilbraham is in Hampden County.....right next door to me. **Wilbraham originally was part of Springfield until 1763. ** new town of Hampden taken from part of W., 1878 There is a historical society in W. small town, zip code 01095 ------------------------------- 2. Sandwich.....formed 1638 * Bourne was est.from part of Sandwich, 1884. * Barnstable also formed 1638.......... Both towns were 1638......rest of the changes were just bounderies. Other town you may want to check out is created from Barnstable: * Mashapee..part of Mashapee, annexed to B.,1811. --------------------------------- 3, Wayne....dont know any info on a Wayne.....closest thing I have is Waveland which is a section * Hull in Plymouth Co. *Wayland which is in Middlesex Co. * Waymothe [ now Weymouth] in Norfolk Co. not far from Plymouth or Barnstable counties. ----------------- Source for the information: Historical Data Relating to Counties,Cities, and Towns in Massachusetts, Wm.F.Galvin, Sec. of Commonwealth, 1997 --------- Cynthia administrator for: [email protected] [email protected] *search the archives of MBC and CRV: http://archiver.rootsweb.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 8:09 PM Subject: [Ma-Bay-Colony] Sandwich - Bourne - Wayne, etc. > Did Sandwich become Bourne for a short period of time? Or is it a suburb of > Sandwich? If so, when did Bourne create? I am working on a published > genealogy and it makes a statement "died in Sandwich (i.e. Bourne), Mass. > > I'm also looking for a town named Wayne that is mentioned in this genealogy > as well. It doesn't indicate what state it is in nor what county. I can > only presume that it is referring to a town in Massachusetts in the late > 1700s. Does anyone know what county is was in or is in? > > Wilbraham - is it in Hamden county? I see on a current map that it is near > Springfield and Ludlow but I can't seem to see which way the county lines are > moving around in that area. Time period for this town would be 1809, so if > the county changed any between now and then, I would like the county it was > in for that time period rather than the current county name. > > Think that's it for the questions about towns today. > > Christie Trapp > > > ==== MA-BAY-COLONY Mailing List ==== > MAINE: > York County [email protected] > Maine was under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts until 1820. > > list moderator: [email protected] > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >