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 === Massachusetts Historical Data  ===
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+! width="12%" scope="col" | Dates
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+| in 1607
+| The Plymouth Company granted between 38°N (near Md.-Va. border) and 45°N (near Me.-N.B. border) which overlapped with the Virginia Company of London below 41°N (near Conn.-N.Y. border). After a failed attempt to colonize at the Popham Colony near present-day Phippsburg, Me., in 1607 (the settlers all left one year later), the patent fell into disuse. The London Company was re-chartered in 1609 for exclusive use up to 41°N.
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+| 3 Nov. 1620
+| The Plymouth Council for New England granted a [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/mass01.asp royal patent] for land between 34°N and 45°N. Plymouth Colony settled at Plymouth in that year, though not initiated by the Council.
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+| 10 Aug. 1622
+| The Council granted a [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/me01.asp patent for the Province of Maine] to Ferdinando Gorges and John Mason that covered between the Merrimack and Kennebec rivers. The men agreed to split this patent and Mason received the portion south of the Piscataqua River on 17 Nov. 1629 in a [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/nh01.asp grant]. This grant was [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/charter_007.asp reconfirmed] on 3 Feb. 1634/5. Gorges obtained a [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/me02.asp royal charter] for his portion in 1639.
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+| in 1624
+| The Council established a fishing village at present-day Gloucester financed and governed by the Dorchester Company. The Company withdrew their support at the end of 1625. A few settlers remained and eventually moved further south.
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+| in 1628
+| The Council created the "New England Company for a Plantation in Massachusetts Bay" (commonly called the Massachusetts Bay Colony) was established at Salem first with the remaining settlers from the Dorchester Company and 100 new settlers. This grant was for the land between the Charles and Merrimack rivers with a buffer of three miles above and below these borders. In 1629, 300 more settlers were sent to Salem. Concerned about the conflict in land claims, this group sought a [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/mass03.asp royal charter] for the colony which it received on 18 Mar. 1628/9. The shareholders decided to move the board to the colony (a first in the North American colonies), and the majority of the shareholders bought out those who did not want to emigrate. They elected John Winthrop to be the Governor of the new colony.
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+| 7 June 1635
+| The Plymouth Council for New England [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/charter_007.asp surrendered its charter] to the King.
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+| 18 June 1684
+| The High Court of Chancery of England cancelled the Charter of 1629 for Massachusetts Bay.
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+| 7 Oct. 1691
+| The new [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/mass07.asp Charter of Massachusetts Bay] issued that included land between 40°N and 48°N. - explicitly stating this being all of the former Colony of Massachusetts Bay, territory called New Plymouth, territory called the Province of Maine, and the territory between the Sagadahoc River and Nova Scotia, and specifically excluded the charter to John Mason now in the hands of Samuel Allen of London, merchant (i.e. New Hampshire) and the colonies of Rhode Island, Connecticut, and the Narragansett Country. Also included were the Isles of Cappawock (i.e. The Elizabeth Islands) and Nantucket (which seemingly included Martha's Vineyard).
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 === Massachusetts Counties  ===