Richard Cooke
The Early Settlers of the West End (1630 – 1645): Richard Cooke, Tailor
Era: New Fields (~1625-1780)
Early Boston, Trimount, farmland, mills, ropewalks, and early industry
Thomas Clarke
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…
Thomas Buttolph
The Early Settlers of the West End (1630 – 1645): Thomas Buttolph, Leather-Dresser
John Bigg
The Early Settlers of the West End (1630 – 1645): John Bigg, Artillery Officer
Alexander Beck
The Early Settlers of the West End (1630 – 1645): Alexander Beck, Laborer
Population Over Time in the West End
A report on the population of the West End from the late colonial period through the modern day.
James Barton
James Barton was the owner of a rope walk in the West End, on the land of descendants of Sir John Leverett.