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- Holliston, then part of Sherborn, was first settled by Europeans in 1659 by Massachusetts Bay Puritans.
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Aug 14, 2016 · Where did Holliston come from? We all know that Holliston was founded in 1724 and many know that Holliston was originally part of Sherborn. But, like any good family tree, our roots run beyond Sherborn. In fact, Holliston is a descendent of Dedham. Dedham was founded in 1636. A short 13 years later, in 1649, part of Dedham seceded and called ...
Jun 24, 2011 · HISTORY: Holliston before it was Holliston. Town histories written in the 19th century typically began with the first settlers. Holliston’s historians, beginning in the 1850s, were no different ...
25-30700. GNIS feature ID. 0618225. Website. www.townofholliston.us. Holliston is a New England town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States in the Greater Boston area. The population was 14,996 at the 2020 census. [1] It is located in MetroWest, a Massachusetts region that is west of Boston.
Mar 7, 2024 · Originally part of Sherborn, the picturesque town of Holliston was incorporated on December 3, 1724 by virtue of approval by the General Court petition requesting that “the western part of Sherborn be a Town.”
Dec 26, 2010 · Holliston had Dog Corner (at Washington and Rockland Street) and Cat Hill at Washington and Summer Street, known much longer as Metcalf, where there was once a train station, and the old Metcalf ...
Sep 5, 2021 · Asa Bullard, a private with the Militia in 1775, and listed on the 1790 census, died in 1803, at the age of 73, “of a cancer under his ear.”. Deacon Aaron Phipps, died 1792, Central Burying Ground. “The Smallpox, in the natural way, usually carried off 8 out of 100. By inoculation, one dies, nearly out of 300.
May 27, 2024 · Holliston is one of the even fewer towns in America where he stopped for a drink – at the Tavern. George actually traveled through a corner of Medway, thanks to Holliston’s old boundary lines: From Underwood Street to almost Summer Street, that was Medway until town lines were re-drawn in 1829.
