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FAIRHAVEN , a township in See also:Bristol See also:county, See also:Massachusetts, U.S.A., on New See also:Bedford Harbor, opposite New Bedford. Pop.
(1890) 2919; (1900) 3567 (599 being See also:foreign-See also:born); (1905, See also:state
See also:census) 4235; (1910) 5122. See also:Area, about 13 sq. m. Fairhaven is
served by the New See also:York, New Haven & See also:Hartford railway and by electric railway to Mattapoisett and See also:Marion, and is connected with New Bedford by two See also:bridges, by electric railway, and by the New York, New Haven & Hartford See also:ferry See also:line. The See also:principal See also:village is Fairhaven; others are See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, Naskatucket and Sconticut See also:Neck. As a summer resort Fairhaven is widely known. Among the principal buildings are the following, presented to the township by See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry H. See also:Rogers (1840–1909), a native of Fairhaven and a large stockholder and See also:long See also:vice-See also:president of the See also:Standard Oil Co.; the See also:town 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, a memorial of Mrs Rogers, the Rogers public See also:schools; the Millicent public library (17,500 vols. in 1908), a memorial to his daughter; and a See also:fine See also:granite memorial 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 (Unitarian) with See also:parish See also:house, a memorial to his See also:mother; and there is also a public See also:park, of 13 acres, the See also:gift of Mr Rogers. From 1830 to 1857 the inhabitants of Fairhaven were chiefly engaged in whaling, and the fishing interests are still important. Among manufactures are tacks, nails, See also:iron goods, See also:loom-cranks, See also:glass, yachts and boats, and shoes.
Fairhaven, originally a See also:part of New Bedford, was incorporated as a See also:separate township in 1812. On the 5th of See also:September 1778 a See also:fleet and armed force under See also:Earl See also:Grey, sent to punish New Bedford and what is now Fairhaven for their activity in privateering, burned the See also:shipping and destroyed much of New Bedford. The troops then marched to the See also:head of the Acushnet See also:river, and down the See also:east See also:bank to Sconticut Neck, whets they camped till the 7th of September, when they re-embarked, having meanwhile dismantled a small fort, built during the See also:early days of the See also:war, on the east See also:side of the river at the entrance to the See also:harbour. On the evening of the 8th of September a landing force from the fleet, which had begun to set See also:fire to Fairhaven, was driven off by a See also:body of about 150 See also:minute-men commanded by See also:Major See also:Israel Fearing; and an the following See also:day the fleet departed. The fort was at once rebuilt and was named Fort Fearing, but as early as 1784 it had become known as Fort See also:Phoenix; it was one of the strongest defences on the New See also:England See also:coast during the war of 1812. The township of Acushnet was formed from the See also:northern part of Fairhaven in 186o.
See See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James L. See also:Gillingham and others, A Brief See also:History of the Town of Fairhaven, Massachusetts (Fairhaven, 1903).
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