Most of the first families of Massachusetts came over wither on the Mayflower in 1620 or with the Winthrop Fleet in 1630. See Category: First families of Massachusetts. This list is not to be confused with the Boston Brahmins, which a list of the first families that rose to prominence in the Massachusetts area. This is a list of all the first families of Massachusetts.
A[]
- Abbott family
- Adams family
- Alderman family
- Allen family
- Appleton family
- Apthorp family
- Amory family
- Archer family
B[]
- Bacon family
- Bates family
- Belcher family
- Belknap family
- Bent familys
- Boardman family
- Bourne family
- Boylston family
- Bradford family
- Bradlee/Bradley family
- Bradstreet family
- Brattle family
- Brewster family
- Brinley family
- Britnall family
- Brown family
- Bulfinch family
- Bulkley family
- Burrill family
- Burroughs family
C[]
- Cabot family
- Campbell family
- Carter family
- MacCarty family
- Chandler family
- Chapman family
- Champney family
- Chauncy family
- Choate family
- Clarke family
- Clifford family
- Cloyes family
- Codman family
- Coffin family
- Cooke family
- Coolidge family
- Cooper family
- Copley family
- Corwin family
- Cotton family
- Crowninshield family
- Cushing family
D[]
- Damon family
- Dana family
- Danforth family
- Davis family
- Delano family
- Derby family
- Devereux family
- Drury family
- Dudley family
- Dwight family
E[]
F[]
G[]
- Gage family
- Gager family
- Gallop family
- Gamlin family
- Gale family
- Gardner family
- Garrett family
- Gaskoyne family
- Gatcomb family
- Gaylord family
- Gibbs family
- Gibbons family
- Giles family
- Gillett family
- Glover family
- Godbertson family
- Goldwaith family
- Goodman family
- Gosse family
- Gott family
- Grafton family
- Grant family
- Green family
H[]
- Hall family
- Hathorne family
- Hayward family
- Hedge family
- Henchman family
- Higginson family
- Hinkley family
- Hobbs family
- Hodges family
- Hubbard family
- Hutchinson family
J[]
K[]
L[]
- Lamb family
- Lambert family
- Larkin family
- Lothrop family
- Lawrence family
- Leland family
- Leveret family
- Lodge family
- Lovett family
- Lowell family
M[]
- Mackmillian family
- Manning family
- Mansfield family
- Marrett family
- Massey family
- Mather family
- Maverick family
- Mayhew family
- Morse family
- Munroe family
N[]
O[]
P[]
- Page family
- Parkman family
- Patton family
- Peabody family
- Parkins family
- Phippen family
- Pickering family
- Prince family
- Proctor family
- Putnam family
Q[]
R[]
S[]
- Saltonstall family
- Sargent family
- Sawtell family
- Sears family
- Sedgwick family
- Sherman family
- Shripmton family
- Skerry family
- Skiff family
- Soule family
- Stearns family
- Stone family
- Sturgis family
T[]
- Taft family
- Tarbell family
- Thomas family
- Thorndike family
- Tripp family
- Town family
- Tudor family
- Turner family
- Tufs family
U[]
V[]
W[]
- Walker family
- Warren family
- Welch family
- Wentworth family
- Wigglesworth family
- Wiley family
- Williams family
- Winthrop family
See Also[]
- Boston Brahmin
- Henry Adams List of Famous Descendants
- Early Settlers of New England
- Adams in Massachusetts
- First Families of Andover, Massachusetts
- First Families of Barnstable, Massachusetts
- First Families of Boston, Massachusetts
- First Families of Danvers, Massachusetts
- First Families of Essex County, Massachusetts
- First Families of Haverhill, Massachusetts
- First Families of Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
- First Families of Ipswich, Massachusetts
- First Families of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
- First Families of Plymouth County, Massachusetts
- First Families of Salem, Massachusetts
- First Families of Sandwich, Massachusetts
- First Families of Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
- First Families of Topsfield, Massachusetts
- Famous Families of Massachusetts
- History of Massachusetts
- Chronological History of Massachusetts
- Politicians from Massachusetts
References[]
Books[]
- Descendants of George Abbott, of Rowley, Mass., of his joint descendants with George Abbott, Sr., of Andover, Mass.: of the descendants of Daniel Abbott, of Providence, R. I.; of some of the descendants of Capt. Thomas Abbott, of Andover, Mass,; of George Abbott, of Norwalk Ct.; of Robert Abbott, of Branford Ct.; with brief notes of many others of the name, original settlers in the United States. By Maj. Lemuel Abijah Abbott, 1842-1911.
- The Great Migrations Begins, by Robert Charles Anderson
Internet[]
- The Witchcraft Trial of Reverend George Burroughs
- FindAGrave.com-George Burroughs
- Medford Historical Society & Museum
- LexingtonMinutmen.com
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