Familypedi… Editing (section) Massachusetts 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h2>Name</h2> <p data-rte-fromparser="true"><img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22image%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFile%3ANational-atlas-massachusetts.png%7Cthumb%7C450px%7CProminent%20roads%20and%20cities%20in%20Massachusetts.%5D%5D%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22National-atlas-massachusetts.png%22%2C%22params%22%3A%7B%22alt%22%3A%22National-atlas-massachusetts%22%2C%22thumbnail%22%3Atrue%2C%22caption%22%3A%22Prominent%20roads%20and%20cities%20in%20Massachusetts.%22%2C%22width%22%3A450%2C%22captionParsed%22%3A%22Prominent%20roads%20and%20cities%20in%20Massachusetts.%22%7D%7D" data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" alt="" src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/genealogy/images/8/87/National-atlas-massachusetts.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/450?cb=20071107065932" width="450" height="347" class="image thumb withCaption" data-image-name="National-atlas-massachusetts.png" data-image-key="National-atlas-massachusetts.png" type="image" /> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->The <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Massachusetts%20Bay%20Colony%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Massachusetts%20Bay%20Colony%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMassachusetts%20Bay%20Colony%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony" title="Massachusetts Bay Colony">Massachusetts Bay Colony</a> was named after the indigenous population, the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Massachusett%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Massachusett%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMassachusett%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" class="new" title="Massachusett (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTWFzc2FjaHVzZXR0P2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Massachusett</a>, whose name can be segmented as <i>mass-adchu-s-et</i>, where <i>mass-</i> is "large", <i>-adchu-</i> is "hill", <i>-s-</i> is a <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22diminutive%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22diminutive%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bdiminutive%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" class="new" title="Diminutive (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvRGltaW51dGl2ZT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">diminutive</a> suffix meaning "small", and <i>-et</i> is a <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22locative%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22locative%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Blocative%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" class="new" title="Locative (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTG9jYXRpdmU/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">locative</a> suffix, identifying a place. It has been translated as "near the great hill",<span data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%7B%7BCite%20web%20%7C%20first%20%3D%20William%20Wallace%20%7C%20last%20%3D%20Tooker%20%7C%20url%20%3D%20http%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fbooks.google.com%5C%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DU5cqAAAAYAAJ%26pg%3DPA175%20%7C%20title%20%3D%20Algonquian%20Names%20of%20some%20Mountains%20and%20Hills%20%7C%20year%20%3D%201904%20%7C%20postscript%20%3D%20%3C%21--%20Bot%20inserted%20parameter.%20Either%20remove%20it%3B%20or%20change%20its%20value%20to%20%5C%22.%5C%22%20for%20the%20cite%20to%20end%20in%20a%20%5C%22.%5C%22%2C%20as%20necessary.%20--%3E%7B%7Binconsistent%20citations%7D%7D%7D%7D.%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-0 class=reference"><a 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data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" href="#cite_note-0"><span data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>1<span data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> "by the blue hills", "at the little big hill", or "at the range of hills", referring to the <a 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of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Milton%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Milton%2C%20Massachusetts%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMilton%2C%20Massachusetts%7CMilton%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" href="/wiki/Milton,_Massachusetts" title="Milton, Massachusetts">Milton</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Canton%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Canton%2C%20Massachusetts%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BCanton%2C%20Massachusetts%7CCanton%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" href="/wiki/Canton,_Massachusetts" title="Canton, Massachusetts">Canton</a>.<span data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" 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data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" href="#cite_note-Camp-1"><span data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>2<span data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span><span data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3EBright%2C%20William%20%282004%29.%20%27%27Native%20American%20Place%20Names%20of%20the%20United%20States%27%27.%20Norman%3A%20University%20of%20Oklahoma%20Press%2C%20p.%20270%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-2 class=reference"><a 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data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" href="#cite_note-2"><span data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>3<span data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> Alternatively, Massachusett has been represented as <i>Moswetuset</i>, from the name of the <a 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not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvU3F1YW50bz9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Squanto</a>, a <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Native%20American%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Indigenous%20peoples%20of%20the%20Americas%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BIndigenous%20peoples%20of%20the%20Americas%7CNative%20American%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" class="new" title="Indigenous peoples of the Americas (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvSW5kaWdlbm91c19wZW9wbGVzX29mX3RoZV9BbWVyaWNhcz9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Native American</a>, met Chief Chickatawbut in 1621.<span data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" 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data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" href="#cite_note-neal-history-of-ne-4"><span data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>5<span data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">The official name of the state is the "<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Commonwealth%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Commonwealth%20%28U.S.%20state%29%20%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BCommonwealth%20%28U.S.%20state%29%20%7CCommonwealth%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" href="/wiki/Commonwealth_(U.S._state)" title="Commonwealth (U.S. state)">Commonwealth</a> of Massachusetts".<span data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%7B%7Bcite%20web%20%7C%20title%20%3D%20Part%20One%3A%20Concise%20Facts%20%5Cu2013%20Name%20%7C%20publisher%3DSecretary%20of%20the%20Commonwealth%20of%20Massachusetts%20%7C%20accessdate%20%3DMay%2022%2C%202010%20%7C%20url%20%3D%20http%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.sec.state.ma.us%5C%2Fcis%5C%2Fcismaf%5C%2Fmf1a.htm%7D%7D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-5 class=reference"><a 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data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" href="#cite_note-5"><span data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>6<span data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> Colloquially, it is often referred to simply as "the Commonwealth". While this designation is part of the state's official name, it has no practical implications. Massachusetts has the same position and powers within the United States as other states.<span data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%7B%7Bcite%20web%20%7C%20title%20%3D%20Kentucky%20as%20a%20Commonwealth%20%7C%20publisher%3DKentucky%20Department%20for%20Libraries%20and%20Archives%20%7C%20accessdate%20%3DMay%2022%2C%202010%20%7C%20url%20%3D%20http%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.kdla.ky.gov%5C%2Fresources%5C%2FKYCommonwealth.htm%7D%7D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-6" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-6 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2240-11472533645f92464d1fb52%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ7eb3a8511a77a97d-nowiki-00000013-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E7%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2240-11472533645f92464d1fb52%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ7eb3a8511a77a97d-nowiki-00000014-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-6%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-6%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2259%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E7%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2260%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" href="#cite_note-6"><span data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>7<span data-rte-instance="40-11472533645f92464d1fb52" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p> <br /><strong data-rte-washtml="1" class="error" data-rte-attribs=" class=error">Cite error: <code data-rte-washtml="1"><ref></code> tags exist, but no <code data-rte-washtml="1"><references/></code> tag was found</strong><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key genealogy:rte-parser-cache:16023 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. 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