Dear WRG: This appeared on the MA/Middlesex maillist, and I thought it might be worth something to someone. Allan E. Green ****************************************************************************** I'll add an interesting former town name to the list for Middlesex County: Waterfield, which became Woburn and Winchester. There is a map of it from 1638 showing the land held by my ancestor, John Mousell. Susan Daily On 7/16/07, John Slaughter <maessexgenweb@hotmail.com> wrote: > Most of these pertain to Middlesex county. However, there may be those in > Essex county who have run across these and have an interest. This list was > published in the Vital Records of Townsend, MA published by NEHGS in 1992. > There will, quite obviously, be a lot of additional towns that are not on > this list. > > Dorchester, Canada: now Ashburnham > Groton, New Hampshire: now Mason and Wilton > Mile Strip, New Hampshire: now Hollis > Mont Vernon, New Hampshire: now Amherst > Nashville, New Hampshire: now Nashua > No 1, New Hampshire: now Warner > Packersfield, New Hampshire: now Nelson > Raby, New Hampshire: now Brookline > Simbrick, New Hampshire: now Stoddard > Sliptown, New Hampshire: now Sharon and Temple > Society Land, New Hampshire: now Francestown > Soliphan, New Hampshire: probably Sullivan > Solus, Maine: perhaps Solon > Suncook, New Hampshire: now Pembroke > Wardsobrough, New Hampshire: now in Vermont > Westown, Massachusetts: now Weston > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour