Dear WRG: Thanks to Janice Farnsworth from the Worcester County maillist, here is a listing of town name changes for Worcester County. AEG Subject: Towns of Worcester County, Mass. by John Chandler Worcester County - 1731 from Middlesex Ashburnham was Dorch._Canada 1765 Ashburnham part as Ashby 1767 Ashburnham part to Gardner 1785 Ashburnham part to Ashby 1792 Ashburnham part fr Gardner 1815 Ashburnham part fr Westminster 1824 Athol was Payquage 1762 Athol part to Orange 1783 Athol part to Gerry 1786 Athol part to Royalston 1799 Athol part to Royalston 1803 Athol part fr Gerry 1806 Athol part fr Orange 1816 Athol part fr New_Salem 1830 Athol part fr New_Salem 1837 Auburn was Ward 1837 Auburn part to Millbury 1851 Barre was Hutchinson 1776 Berlin came fr Bolton 1784 Berlin part fr Marlborough 1784 Berlin part fr Lancaster 1791 Berlin bound Northborough 1806 Blackstone came fr Mendon 1845 Blackstone part as Millville 1916 Bolton came fr Lancaster 1738 Bolton part as Berlin 1784 Bolton part fr Marlborough 1829 Bolton part to Hudson 1868 Boylston came fr Shrewsbury 1742 (North Precinct) Boylston part fr Lancaster 1742 Boylston part fr Lancaster 1762 Boylston part fr Lancaster 1780 Boylston part as W_Boylston 1808 (2nd Precinct) Boylston part to W_Boylston 1820 Braintree_Farms became New_Braintree 1751 Brookfield was Quobauge 1673 Brookfield part as Western 1742 Brookfield bound New_Braintree 1791 Brookfield part as N_Brookfield 1812 Brookfield part to Ware 1823 Brookfield part as W_Brookfield 1848 Brookfield part fr N_Brookfield 1854 Brookfield part as E_Brookfield ? >1920 Charlton came fr Oxford 1754 Charlton part to Oxford 1789 Charlton part to Sturbridge 1792 Charlton part to Oxford 1809 Charlton part to Southbridge 1816 Clinton came fr Lancaster 1850 Dana came fr Hardwick 1801 Dana part fr Greenwich 1801 Dana part fr Petersham 1801 Dana part fr Hardwick 1842 Dana part fr Petersham 1842 Dana gone 1938 Dorch._Canada became Ashburnham 1765 Douglas was New_Sherburne 1746 Dudley came fr Oxford 1732 Dudley annexed Middlesex_Gore 1794 Dudley part to Southbridge 1816 Dudley part to Southbridge 1822 Dudley part as Webster 1832 E_Brookfield came fr Brookfield ? >1920 Fitchburg came fr Lunenburg 1764 (Turkey Hill) Fitchburg part to Ashby 1767 Fitchburg part to Westminster 1796 Fitchburg part to Westminster 1813 Fitchburg part to Ashby 1829 Gardner came fr Templeton 1785 Gardner part fr Ashburnham 1785 Gardner part fr Westminster 1785 Gardner part fr Winchendon 1785 Gardner part to Winchendon 1787 Gardner part fr Winchendon 1794 Gardner part to Ashburnham 1815 Gardner part fr Winchendon 1851 Gerry came fr Templeton 1786 Gerry part fr Athol 1786 Gerry part to Royalston 1799 Gerry part to Athol 1806 Gerry became Phillipston 1814 Grafton was Hassanamisco 1735 Grafton part fr Sutton 1737 Grafton part fr Shrewsbury 1742 Grafton part fr Sutton 1742 Grafton part fr Shrewsbury 1826 Grafton part fr Sutton 1842 Hardwick was Lambstown 1739 Hardwick part to New_Braintree 1751 Hardwick part to Greenwich 1765 Hardwick part as Dana 1801 Hardwick part fr New_Braintree 1814 Hardwick part to Dana 1842 Harvard came fr Lancaster 1732 Harvard part fr Groton 1732 Harvard part fr Stow 1732 Harvard part to Boxborough 1783 Hassanamisco became Grafton 1735 Holden came fr Worcester 1741 (N Worcester) Holden part to Paxton 1804 Holden part to W_Boylston 1808 Holden bound Paxton 1831 Holden bound Paxton 1838 Hopedale came fr Milford 1886 Hubbardston came fr Rutland 1767 Hubbardston part to Princeton 1810 Hutchinson was Rutland_Dist. 1774 Hutchinson became Barre 1776 Ipswich_Canada became Winchendon 1764 Lambstown became Hardwick 1739 Lancaster was Nashaway 1653 Lancaster part as Harvard 1732 Lancaster part as Bolton 1738 Lancaster part as Leominster 1740 Lancaster part to Boylston 1742 Lancaster part to Boylston 1762 Lancaster part fr Shrewsbury 1768 Lancaster part to Boylston 1780 Lancaster part as Sterling 1781 (Chocksett) Lancaster part to Berlin 1791 Lancaster part as Clinton 1850 Leicester was Towtaid 1713 Leicester part as Spencer 1753 Leicester part to Worcester 1758 Leicester part to Paxton 1765 Leicester part to Ward 1778 Leominster came fr Lancaster 1740 Leominster part fr no_town 1838 Lunenburg was Turkey_Hill 1728 Lunenburg part as Townsend 1732 (Turkey Hill) Lunenburg part as Fitchburg 1764 (Turkey Hill) Mendon was Qunshapage 1667 Mendon part to Bellingham 1719 Mendon part as Uxbridge 1727 Mendon part as Upton 1735 Mendon part fr Uxbridge 1770 Mendon part as Milford 1780 Mendon part as Blackstone 1845 Middlesex_Gore joined Dudley 1794 Middlesex_Gore part to Sturbridge 1794 Milford came fr Mendon 1780 Milford bound Hopkinton 1835 Milford bound Holliston 1835 Milford part fr Holliston 1859 Milford part as Hopedale 1886 Millbury came fr Sutton 1813 Millbury part fr Auburn 1851 Millville came fr Blackstone 1916 N_Brookfield came fr Brookfield 1812 N_Brookfield part to Brookfield 1854 Naquag became Rutland 1713 Narragansett#2 became Westminster 1759 Narragansett#6 became Templeton 1762 Nashaway became Lancaster 1653 New_Braintree part fr Hardwick 1751 New_Braintree was Braintree_Farms 1751 New_Braintree bound Brookfield 1791 New_Braintree part to Hardwick 1814 New_Medfield became Sturbridge 1738 New_Sherburne was --- 1745 New_Sherburne became Douglas 1746 New_Sherburne part to Uxbridge 1746 Nichewaug was --- 1732 Nichewaug became Petersham 1754 Northborough came fr Westborough 1766 (2nd precinct) Northborough bound Berlin 1806 Northborough bound Marlborough 1807 Northbridge came fr Uxbridge 1772 Northbridge part fr Sutton 1780 Northbridge part fr Sutton 1801 Northbridge part to Sutton 1831 Northbridge part fr Sutton 1844 Northbridge bound Uxbridge 1856 Oakham came fr Rutland 1762 (West Wing) Oxford was --- 1693 Oxford part as Dudley 1732 Oxford part as Charlton 1754 Oxford part to Ward 1778 Oxford part fr Charlton 1789 Oxford part fr Sutton 1793 Oxford part fr Charlton 1809 Oxford part to Webster 1832 Paxton came fr Rutland 1765 Paxton part fr Leicester 1765 Paxton part fr Holden 1804 Paxton bound Rutland 1829 Paxton bound Holden 1831 Paxton bound Holden 1838 Paxton part fr Rutland 1851 Payquage became Athol 1762 Petersham was Nichewaug 1754 Petersham part to Dana 1801 Petersham part to Dana 1842 Phillipston was Gerry 1814 Phillipston part to Templeton 1892 Princeton came fr Rutland 1759 Princeton part fr Hubbardston 1810 Princeton part fr Westminster 1870 Quansigamond became Worcester 1684 Qunshapage became Mendon 1667 Quobauge became Brookfield 1673 Royalston was --- 1765 Royalston part to Winchendon 1780 Royalston part to Orange 1783 Royalston part fr Athol 1799 Royalston part fr Gerry 1799 Royalston part fr Athol 1803 Rutland was Naquag 1713 Rutland part as Rutland_Dist. 1749 Rutland part as Princeton 1759 Rutland part as Oakham 1762 (West Wing) Rutland part as Paxton 1765 Rutland part as Hubbardston 1767 Rutland bound Paxton 1829 Rutland part to Paxton 1851 Rutland_Dist. came fr Rutland 1749 Rutland_Dist. became Hutchinson 1774 Shrewsbury was --- 1717 Shrewsbury part as Boylston 1742 (North Precinct) Shrewsbury part to Grafton 1742 Shrewsbury part to Westborough 1762 Shrewsbury part to Lancaster 1768 Shrewsbury part to Westborough 1793 Shrewsbury part to Grafton 1826 Southborough came fr Marlborough 1727 Southborough part fr Framingham 1786 Southborough part to Marlborough 1843 Southbridge came fr Sturbridge 1816 Southbridge part fr Charlton 1816 Southbridge part fr Dudley 1816 Southbridge part fr Dudley 1822 Southbridge part fr Sturbridge 1839 Spencer came fr Leicester 1753 Sterling came fr Lancaster 1781 (Chocksett) Sterling part to W_Boylston 1808 Sturbridge was New_Medfield 1738 Sturbridge part fr Charlton 1792 Sturbridge part fr Middlesex_Gore 1794 Sturbridge part as Southbridge 1816 Sturbridge part to Southbridge 1839 Sutton was --- 1714 Sutton part to Westborough 1728 Sutton part to Upton 1735 Sutton part to Grafton 1737 Sutton part to Grafton 1742 Sutton bound Uxbridge 1769 Sutton part to Ward 1778 Sutton part to Northbridge 1780 Sutton part to Oxford 1793 Sutton part to Northbridge 1801 Sutton part as Millbury 1813 Sutton part fr Northbridge 1831 Sutton part to Grafton 1842 Sutton part to Northbridge 1844 Templeton was Narragansett#6 1762 Templeton part as Gardner 1785 Templeton part as Gerry 1786 Templeton part fr Phillipston 1892 Towtaid became Leicester 1713 Turkey_Hill became Lunenburg 1728 Upton came fr Mendon 1735 Upton part fr Hopkinton 1735 Upton part fr Sutton 1735 Upton part fr Uxbridge 1735 Upton part to Westborough 1763 Upton part fr Hopkinton 1808 Uxbridge came fr Mendon 1727 Uxbridge part to Upton 1735 Uxbridge part fr New_Sherburne 1746 Uxbridge bound Sutton 1769 Uxbridge part to Mendon 1770 Uxbridge part as Northbridge 1772 Uxbridge bound Northbridge 1856 W_Boylston came fr Boylston 1808 (2nd Precinct) W_Boylston part fr Holden 1808 W_Boylston part fr Sterling 1808 W_Boylston part fr Boylston 1820 W_Brookfield came fr Brookfield 1848 Ward came fr Worcester 1778 Ward part fr Leicester 1778 Ward part fr Oxford 1778 Ward part fr Sutton 1778 Ward became Auburn 1837 Warren was Western 1834 Webster came fr Dudley 1832 Webster part fr Oxford 1832 Westborough came fr Marlborough 1717 (Chauncy) Westborough part fr Sutton 1728 Westborough part fr Shrewsbury 1762 Westborough part fr Upton 1763 Westborough part as Northborough 1766 (2nd precinct) Westborough part fr Shrewsbury 1793 Western came fr Brookfield 1742 Western part fr Brimfield 1742 Western part fr Kingsfield 1742 Western part to Ware 1822 Western part to Palmer 1831 Western became Warren 1834 Westminster was Narragansett#2 1759 Westminster part to Gardner 1785 Westminster part fr Fitchburg 1796 Westminster part fr Fitchburg 1813 Westminster part to Ashburnham 1824 Westminster part fr no_town 1838 Westminster part to Princeton 1870 Winchendon was Ipswich_Canada 1764 Winchendon part fr Royalston 1780 Winchendon part to Gardner 1785 Winchendon part fr Gardner 1787 Winchendon part to Gardner 1794 Winchendon part to Gardner 1851 Worcester was Quansigamond 1684 Worcester part as Holden 1741 (N Worcester) Worcester part fr Leicester 1758 Worcester part as Ward 1778 no_town part to Leominster 1838 no_town part to Westminster 1838 http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/roots-l/genealog/genealog.towns-ma
The commonwealth of Massachusetts.....It is a wealth of names......Who would know that Narragensett #2 was formerly Westminster? I live in Hopedale....the land was purchased from Milford and Mendon....This list only shows the land pruchased from Milford... Then it is saying that Dorchester was formely Canada.....Dorchester is in Boston.......This is quite a lot information.....Thank you.....Maureen >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Worcester County, Town name changes >Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 23:48:26 EDT > >Dear WRG: > >Thanks to Janice Farnsworth from the Worcester County maillist, here is a >listing of town name changes for Worcester County. > >AEG > >Subject: Towns of Worcester County, Mass. by John Chandler > >Worcester County - 1731 from Middlesex >Ashburnham was Dorch._Canada 1765 >Ashburnham part as Ashby 1767 >Ashburnham part to Gardner 1785 >Ashburnham part to Ashby 1792 >Ashburnham part fr Gardner 1815 >Ashburnham part fr Westminster 1824 >Athol was Payquage 1762 >Athol part to Orange 1783 >Athol part to Gerry 1786 >Athol part to Royalston 1799 >Athol part to Royalston 1803 >Athol part fr Gerry 1806 >Athol part fr Orange 1816 >Athol part fr New_Salem 1830 >Athol part fr New_Salem 1837 >Auburn was Ward 1837 >Auburn part to Millbury 1851 >Barre was Hutchinson 1776 >Berlin came fr Bolton 1784 >Berlin part fr Marlborough 1784 >Berlin part fr Lancaster 1791 >Berlin bound Northborough 1806 >Blackstone came fr Mendon 1845 >Blackstone part as Millville 1916 >Bolton came fr Lancaster 1738 >Bolton part as Berlin 1784 >Bolton part fr Marlborough 1829 >Bolton part to Hudson 1868 >Boylston came fr Shrewsbury 1742 (North Precinct) >Boylston part fr Lancaster 1742 >Boylston part fr Lancaster 1762 >Boylston part fr Lancaster 1780 >Boylston part as W_Boylston 1808 (2nd Precinct) >Boylston part to W_Boylston 1820 >Braintree_Farms became New_Braintree 1751 >Brookfield was Quobauge 1673 >Brookfield part as Western 1742 >Brookfield bound New_Braintree 1791 >Brookfield part as N_Brookfield 1812 >Brookfield part to Ware 1823 >Brookfield part as W_Brookfield 1848 >Brookfield part fr N_Brookfield 1854 >Brookfield part as E_Brookfield ? >1920 >Charlton came fr Oxford 1754 >Charlton part to Oxford 1789 >Charlton part to Sturbridge 1792 >Charlton part to Oxford 1809 >Charlton part to Southbridge 1816 >Clinton came fr Lancaster 1850 >Dana came fr Hardwick 1801 >Dana part fr Greenwich 1801 >Dana part fr Petersham 1801 >Dana part fr Hardwick 1842 >Dana part fr Petersham 1842 >Dana gone 1938 >Dorch._Canada became Ashburnham 1765 >Douglas was New_Sherburne 1746 >Dudley came fr Oxford 1732 >Dudley annexed Middlesex_Gore 1794 >Dudley part to Southbridge 1816 >Dudley part to Southbridge 1822 >Dudley part as Webster 1832 >E_Brookfield came fr Brookfield ? >1920 >Fitchburg came fr Lunenburg 1764 (Turkey Hill) >Fitchburg part to Ashby 1767 >Fitchburg part to Westminster 1796 >Fitchburg part to Westminster 1813 >Fitchburg part to Ashby 1829 >Gardner came fr Templeton 1785 >Gardner part fr Ashburnham 1785 >Gardner part fr Westminster 1785 >Gardner part fr Winchendon 1785 >Gardner part to Winchendon 1787 >Gardner part fr Winchendon 1794 >Gardner part to Ashburnham 1815 >Gardner part fr Winchendon 1851 >Gerry came fr Templeton 1786 >Gerry part fr Athol 1786 >Gerry part to Royalston 1799 >Gerry part to Athol 1806 >Gerry became Phillipston 1814 >Grafton was Hassanamisco 1735 >Grafton part fr Sutton 1737 >Grafton part fr Shrewsbury 1742 >Grafton part fr Sutton 1742 >Grafton part fr Shrewsbury 1826 >Grafton part fr Sutton 1842 >Hardwick was Lambstown 1739 >Hardwick part to New_Braintree 1751 >Hardwick part to Greenwich 1765 >Hardwick part as Dana 1801 >Hardwick part fr New_Braintree 1814 >Hardwick part to Dana 1842 >Harvard came fr Lancaster 1732 >Harvard part fr Groton 1732 >Harvard part fr Stow 1732 >Harvard part to Boxborough 1783 >Hassanamisco became Grafton 1735 >Holden came fr Worcester 1741 (N Worcester) >Holden part to Paxton 1804 >Holden part to W_Boylston 1808 >Holden bound Paxton 1831 >Holden bound Paxton 1838 >Hopedale came fr Milford 1886 >Hubbardston came fr Rutland 1767 >Hubbardston part to Princeton 1810 >Hutchinson was Rutland_Dist. 1774 >Hutchinson became Barre 1776 >Ipswich_Canada became Winchendon 1764 >Lambstown became Hardwick 1739 >Lancaster was Nashaway 1653 >Lancaster part as Harvard 1732 >Lancaster part as Bolton 1738 >Lancaster part as Leominster 1740 >Lancaster part to Boylston 1742 >Lancaster part to Boylston 1762 >Lancaster part fr Shrewsbury 1768 >Lancaster part to Boylston 1780 >Lancaster part as Sterling 1781 (Chocksett) >Lancaster part to Berlin 1791 >Lancaster part as Clinton 1850 >Leicester was Towtaid 1713 >Leicester part as Spencer 1753 >Leicester part to Worcester 1758 >Leicester part to Paxton 1765 >Leicester part to Ward 1778 >Leominster came fr Lancaster 1740 >Leominster part fr no_town 1838 >Lunenburg was Turkey_Hill 1728 >Lunenburg part as Townsend 1732 (Turkey Hill) >Lunenburg part as Fitchburg 1764 (Turkey Hill) >Mendon was Qunshapage 1667 >Mendon part to Bellingham 1719 >Mendon part as Uxbridge 1727 >Mendon part as Upton 1735 >Mendon part fr Uxbridge 1770 >Mendon part as Milford 1780 >Mendon part as Blackstone 1845 >Middlesex_Gore joined Dudley 1794 >Middlesex_Gore part to Sturbridge 1794 >Milford came fr Mendon 1780 >Milford bound Hopkinton 1835 >Milford bound Holliston 1835 >Milford part fr Holliston 1859 >Milford part as Hopedale 1886 >Millbury came fr Sutton 1813 >Millbury part fr Auburn 1851 >Millville came fr Blackstone 1916 >N_Brookfield came fr Brookfield 1812 >N_Brookfield part to Brookfield 1854 >Naquag became Rutland 1713 >Narragansett#2 became Westminster 1759 >Narragansett#6 became Templeton 1762 >Nashaway became Lancaster 1653 >New_Braintree part fr Hardwick 1751 >New_Braintree was Braintree_Farms 1751 >New_Braintree bound Brookfield 1791 >New_Braintree part to Hardwick 1814 >New_Medfield became Sturbridge 1738 >New_Sherburne was --- 1745 >New_Sherburne became Douglas 1746 >New_Sherburne part to Uxbridge 1746 >Nichewaug was --- 1732 >Nichewaug became Petersham 1754 >Northborough came fr Westborough 1766 (2nd precinct) >Northborough bound Berlin 1806 >Northborough bound Marlborough 1807 >Northbridge came fr Uxbridge 1772 >Northbridge part fr Sutton 1780 >Northbridge part fr Sutton 1801 >Northbridge part to Sutton 1831 >Northbridge part fr Sutton 1844 >Northbridge bound Uxbridge 1856 >Oakham came fr Rutland 1762 (West Wing) >Oxford was --- 1693 >Oxford part as Dudley 1732 >Oxford part as Charlton 1754 >Oxford part to Ward 1778 >Oxford part fr Charlton 1789 >Oxford part fr Sutton 1793 >Oxford part fr Charlton 1809 >Oxford part to Webster 1832 >Paxton came fr Rutland 1765 >Paxton part fr Leicester 1765 >Paxton part fr Holden 1804 >Paxton bound Rutland 1829 >Paxton bound Holden 1831 >Paxton bound Holden 1838 >Paxton part fr Rutland 1851 >Payquage became Athol 1762 >Petersham was Nichewaug 1754 >Petersham part to Dana 1801 >Petersham part to Dana 1842 >Phillipston was Gerry 1814 >Phillipston part to Templeton 1892 >Princeton came fr Rutland 1759 >Princeton part fr Hubbardston 1810 >Princeton part fr Westminster 1870 >Quansigamond became Worcester 1684 >Qunshapage became Mendon 1667 >Quobauge became Brookfield 1673 >Royalston was --- 1765 >Royalston part to Winchendon 1780 >Royalston part to Orange 1783 >Royalston part fr Athol 1799 >Royalston part fr Gerry 1799 >Royalston part fr Athol 1803 >Rutland was Naquag 1713 >Rutland part as Rutland_Dist. 1749 >Rutland part as Princeton 1759 >Rutland part as Oakham 1762 (West Wing) >Rutland part as Paxton 1765 >Rutland part as Hubbardston 1767 >Rutland bound Paxton 1829 >Rutland part to Paxton 1851 >Rutland_Dist. came fr Rutland 1749 >Rutland_Dist. became Hutchinson 1774 >Shrewsbury was --- 1717 >Shrewsbury part as Boylston 1742 (North Precinct) >Shrewsbury part to Grafton 1742 >Shrewsbury part to Westborough 1762 >Shrewsbury part to Lancaster 1768 >Shrewsbury part to Westborough 1793 >Shrewsbury part to Grafton 1826 >Southborough came fr Marlborough 1727 >Southborough part fr Framingham 1786 >Southborough part to Marlborough 1843 >Southbridge came fr Sturbridge 1816 >Southbridge part fr Charlton 1816 >Southbridge part fr Dudley 1816 >Southbridge part fr Dudley 1822 >Southbridge part fr Sturbridge 1839 >Spencer came fr Leicester 1753 >Sterling came fr Lancaster 1781 (Chocksett) >Sterling part to W_Boylston 1808 >Sturbridge was New_Medfield 1738 >Sturbridge part fr Charlton 1792 >Sturbridge part fr Middlesex_Gore 1794 >Sturbridge part as Southbridge 1816 >Sturbridge part to Southbridge 1839 >Sutton was --- 1714 >Sutton part to Westborough 1728 >Sutton part to Upton 1735 >Sutton part to Grafton 1737 >Sutton part to Grafton 1742 >Sutton bound Uxbridge 1769 >Sutton part to Ward 1778 >Sutton part to Northbridge 1780 >Sutton part to Oxford 1793 >Sutton part to Northbridge 1801 >Sutton part as Millbury 1813 >Sutton part fr Northbridge 1831 >Sutton part to Grafton 1842 >Sutton part to Northbridge 1844 >Templeton was Narragansett#6 1762 >Templeton part as Gardner 1785 >Templeton part as Gerry 1786 >Templeton part fr Phillipston 1892 >Towtaid became Leicester 1713 >Turkey_Hill became Lunenburg 1728 >Upton came fr Mendon 1735 >Upton part fr Hopkinton 1735 >Upton part fr Sutton 1735 >Upton part fr Uxbridge 1735 >Upton part to Westborough 1763 >Upton part fr Hopkinton 1808 >Uxbridge came fr Mendon 1727 >Uxbridge part to Upton 1735 >Uxbridge part fr New_Sherburne 1746 >Uxbridge bound Sutton 1769 >Uxbridge part to Mendon 1770 >Uxbridge part as Northbridge 1772 >Uxbridge bound Northbridge 1856 >W_Boylston came fr Boylston 1808 (2nd Precinct) >W_Boylston part fr Holden 1808 >W_Boylston part fr Sterling 1808 >W_Boylston part fr Boylston 1820 >W_Brookfield came fr Brookfield 1848 >Ward came fr Worcester 1778 >Ward part fr Leicester 1778 >Ward part fr Oxford 1778 >Ward part fr Sutton 1778 >Ward became Auburn 1837 >Warren was Western 1834 >Webster came fr Dudley 1832 >Webster part fr Oxford 1832 >Westborough came fr Marlborough 1717 (Chauncy) >Westborough part fr Sutton 1728 >Westborough part fr Shrewsbury 1762 >Westborough part fr Upton 1763 >Westborough part as Northborough 1766 (2nd precinct) >Westborough part fr Shrewsbury 1793 >Western came fr Brookfield 1742 >Western part fr Brimfield 1742 >Western part fr Kingsfield 1742 >Western part to Ware 1822 >Western part to Palmer 1831 >Western became Warren 1834 >Westminster was Narragansett#2 1759 >Westminster part to Gardner 1785 >Westminster part fr Fitchburg 1796 >Westminster part fr Fitchburg 1813 >Westminster part to Ashburnham 1824 >Westminster part fr no_town 1838 >Westminster part to Princeton 1870 >Winchendon was Ipswich_Canada 1764 >Winchendon part fr Royalston 1780 >Winchendon part to Gardner 1785 >Winchendon part fr Gardner 1787 > >Winchendon part to Gardner 1794 >Winchendon part to Gardner 1851 >Worcester was Quansigamond 1684 >Worcester part as Holden 1741 (N Worcester) >Worcester part fr Leicester 1758 >Worcester part as Ward 1778 >no_town part to Leominster 1838 >no_town part to Westminster 1838 > >http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/roots-l/genealog/genealog.towns-ma > >