What a wonderful look at life in the 1800’s.  This Historical CD contains stories of Abington, Massachusetts and its people.

This is a scanned copy on CD of the original Book published in 1866.

History

of the

Town of Abington,

(Plymouth County,)

Massachusetts

From its First Settlement

By

Benjamin Hobart

1866

Boston:

T.H. Carter and Son

453 pages on 1 CD

An essential resource for Genealogists

Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. Some scans are imperfect.

This book on CD is SEARCHABLE * 

CONTENTS

Chapter I. Location 
Chapter II. Roads 
Chapter III. Beech Hill 
Chapter IV. Population, Valuation and Polls 
Chapter V. School districts 
Chapter VI. Schools - Continued
Chapter VII. Agriculture and horticulture 
Chapter VIII. Agriculture and horticulture - Continued 
Chapter IX. Statistics of the first religious society 
Chapter X. Rev. Samuel Niles, the third minister of the first religious society 
Chapter XI. Rev. Samuel Niles, third minister of the first religious society – Continued  
Chapter XII. Rev. Holland Weeks, fourth minister of the first religious society 
Chapter XIII. Rev. Holland Weeks, fourth minister of the first religious society - Continued
Chapter XIV. First Society of the New Jerusalem in Abington 
Chapter XV. Physicians practicing in Abington in past times, and at the present time 
Chapter XVI. Manufactures 
Chapter XVII. Manufacture of boots and shoes 
Chapter XVIII. Incorporation of the second religious society 
Chapter XIX. East Abington Religious Society (Congregational) 
Chapter XX. Politics 
Chapter XXI. Politics - Concluded
Chapter XXII. Oration, July 4, 1805 
Chapter XXIII. Organization of the "First Baptist Church" in Abington, and its present state 
Chapter XXIV. A statement of the rise, progress, and present state of the "Baptist Church of Christ in East Abington," including a declaration of their belief and covenant 
Chapter XXV. Congregational Society and Church in North Abington 
Chapter XXVI. Historical sketch of the First Universalist Society, Abington 
Chapter XXVII. The Catholic church 
Chapter XXVIII. Proceedings at the Semi-Centennial Celebration, June 10, 1862 
Chapter XXIX. Municipal affairs of the town 
Chapter XXX. The first settlements in different parts of the town 
Chapter XXXI. Some account of the slaves and their owners 
Chapter XXXII. Miscellaneous items of events and persons 
Chapter XXXIII. Distinguished characters, and their doings
Chapter XXXIV. The first tack factory built in town
Chapter XXXV. The Southern rebellion. Men and other aids for suppressing the rebellion 
Chapter XXXVI. Southern rebellion 
Chapter XXXVII. Reception of the returned soldiers 

Appendix.

Blake 
Blanchard 
Brown 
Cobb 
Cook 
Corthell 
Dunbar 
Dunham 
Dyer 
Ford 
Gurney 
Hobart 
Howe 
Howland 
Hunt 
Jacobs 
Jenkins 
King 
 Lane 
 Nash 
 Noyes 
 Payn 
 Pool 
 Pratt 
 Reed 
 Stetson 
 Studley 
 Thaxter 
 Torrey 
 Walker 
 Wheeler 
 Whitman