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DUXBURY , a township of See also:Plymouth See also:county, See also:Massachusetts, on Massachusetts See also:Bay, 36 m. S.S.E. of See also:Boston. Pop. (189o) 1908; (1905, See also:state See also:census) 2028. See also:Area, 25.5 sq. m. Duxbury is served by the Old See also:Colony See also:system of the New See also:York, New Haven & See also:Hartford railway. In the township are the villages of Duxbury, See also:South Duxbury, See also:West Duxbury, See also:North Duxbury, See also:Island See also:Creek and Millbrook. The See also:soil is sandy, the See also:surface of the See also:country well wooded and broken by a number of ponds and creeks. Duxbury is a summer resort, with a large hotel at See also:Standish See also:Shore. Duxbury has a public library, and is the seat of the See also:Powder Point school for boys, and See also:Partridge See also:Academy, founded in 1828 by a See also:bequest of $ro,000 from See also:George Partridge of Duxbury, and incorporated in 183o. On See also:Captain's See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill is the Standish See also:Monument (begun in 1872), a circular See also:tower, on an octagonal See also:base, of rough Hallowell See also:granite, surmounted by a statue of See also:Miles.Standish, 124 ft. from the ground. The Standish See also:house, built in 1666 by Miles's son, See also:Alexander, is still in existence. In South Duxbury is an old burying ground, in which the See also:oldest marked See also:grave is that of See also:Jonathan Alden (d. 1697), son of See also:John Alden. For many years there were important See also:cod and See also:mackerel See also:fisheries here and Duxbury clams were famous; there were large shipyards in Duxbury in the 18th See also:century. and in the first See also:half of the 19th. At See also:present cranberries are the only product of importance. The first See also:settlement was made here in 1631 by Miles Standish (to whom Captain's Hill was granted) ,See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Brewster, John Alden, and a few others. In 1632 a See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church was organized and the present name was adopted from Duxbury See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall, See also:Lancashire, the old seat of the Standish See also:family; the See also:Indian name had been Mattakeeset.. The township was incorporated in 1637; itoriginally included See also:Bridgewater and parts of See also:Pembroke and See also:Kingston.
See See also:Justin See also:Winsor, See also:History of Duxbury (Boston, 1849) ; and Laurence See also:Bradford, Historic Duxbury in Plymouth County (Boston, 1900).
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