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[[Image:New England Migration Routes.png|right|400px|New England Migration Routes.png]]The '''Bay Road''' stretched about 62 miles (99 kilometers) from | [[Image:New England Migration Routes.png|right|400px|New England Migration Routes.png]]The '''Bay Road''' stretched about 62 miles (99 kilometers) from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay Massachusetts Bay] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzzards_Bay Buzzard's Bay]. It went from the city of [[Boston,_Massachusetts Boston]] in [[Suffolk_County,_Massachusetts Suffolk County]] through [[Norfolk_County,_Massachusetts Norfolk County]] into [[Bristol_County,_Massachusetts Bristol County]] to the city of [[Taunton,_Massachusetts Taunton]], and thence to the city of [[New_Bedford,_Massachusetts New Bedford]] in [[Massachusetts]].<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 9th ed. (Logan, Utah: Everton Pub., 1999), pages 531 and M-48. {{WorldCat|48077118|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|740321|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 1999}}.</ref><br><br> | ||
Part of the '''Bay Road''' followed the exact same route as a part of the '''[[Old Roebuck Road]]''' at least as far as Dedham. Moreover, this was also used as one of several routes of the '''[[King's Highway]]''' or '''[[Boston Post Road]]''' from Boston to New York City. | Part of the '''Bay Road''' followed the exact same route as a part of the '''[[Old Roebuck Road]]''' at least as far as Dedham. Moreover, this was also used as one of several routes of the '''[[King's Highway]]''' or '''[[Boston Post Road]]''' from Boston to New York City. | ||