Robert Fairbanks
The Early Settlers of the West End (1630 – 1645): Robert Fairbanks, Public House Keeper
Era: New Fields (~1625-1780)
Early Boston, Trimount, farmland, mills, ropewalks, and early industry
The Early Settlers of the West End (1630 – 1645): Robert Fairbanks, Public House Keeper
Thomas Clarke The Early Settlers of the West End (1630 – 1645): Thomas Clarke, Speaker of the House of Massachusetts Bay Colony Thomas Clarke owned vast amounts of land and businesses across Boston. He was very much involved in the local government throughout his life and commanded the Suffolk Regiment in 1651. Later, he would go…
The Early Settlers of the West End (1630 – 1645): Thomas Buttolph, Leather-Dresser
The Early Settlers of the West End (1630 – 1645): John Bigg, Artillery Officer
The Early Settlers of the West End (1630 – 1645): Alexander Beck, Laborer
A report on the population of the West End from the late colonial period through the modern day.