Free School

Free School is a Massachusetts historical marker in Essex, Essex County, dedicated 1930.

Essex County · dedicated 1930 · Route 121, Northern Avenue, Essex · location approximate

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A free school for Chebacco Parish was opened in an upper room of this house in 1695 by the appointed master, Nathaniel Rust, Junior. The town gave "six acres of pasture land for the benefit of the school and one-quarter acre for Mr. Rust's house."

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Marker data: Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930 (Commonwealth of Massachusetts)

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