Info from Massachusetts cities and towns Name and boundary changes of cities and towns of Massachusetts Washington part to Lee 1777 Washington was Hartwood 1777 Washington part to Middlefield 1783 Washington part to Lenox 1795 Washington part to Lenox 1802 Site is at http://www.vineyard.net/vineyard/history/allen/mass_cities_full.htm May answer many peoples questions regarding the make up of Massachusetts .........john ----- Original Message ----- From: "Formel" <lemrof@taconic.net> To: <MABERKSH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 10:09 AM Subject: Re: Town of Washington > The town of Washington is near Lee, Ma., north of Becket; the town of Mt. > Washington is in south county near the New York state border. It was the > latter town that was part of the land dispute. > > Debra Winchell wrote: > > > I just looked at the records for the Town of Washington on the Berkshire > > County usgenweb page. They seem to start late in the 1700s. Weren't > > there people living here before then? I know it was part of the land > > disputed by New York State at the behest of Robert Livingston and > > Massachusetts and the border wars included people living on the land in > > dispute. If there were people living here before the earliest dates > > officially recorded, where would I look for the vital records? Also, > > does anyone know who the Dutch families were who were supposed to have > > been living there when the first English people came? > > > > Thank you very much. > > > > Debbie Winchell > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >