Weymouth
Indian region called Wessagusset. Site of Thomas Weston's Colony, 1623. Attacked by Indians and rescued by Captain Miles Standish. Named after Weymouth in Dorset, from which many of its settlers came in 1635.
1930 text, presented as a historical document.
Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDigital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library
Marker data: Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930 (Commonwealth of Massachusetts)
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