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=== Background History === | === Background History === | ||
[[Image:New England Migration Routes.png|right|400px|New England Migration Routes.png]]At least three routes in [[Massachusetts]] have been labelled the '''Bay Road''' | [[Image:New England Migration Routes.png|right|400px|New England Migration Routes.png]]At least three routes in [[Massachusetts]] have been labelled the '''Bay Road''': (1) the [[Old Connecticut Path]] from Boston to Hartford,<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Post_Road Boston Post Road] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia (accessed 16 October 2014).</ref> (2) the [[Old Roebuck Road]] from Boston to Providence, and (3) the route from Boston to New Bedford. But this article is only about the later pathway from Boston to New Bedford.<br><br> | ||
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> | 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> | ||
Part of the '''Bay Road''' followed the exact same route as a part of the '''[[Old Roebuck Road]]''' at least as far as Norwood. Moreover, this section of the Bay Road was also used as one of several main routes of the '''[[King's Highway]]''' or lower '''[[Boston Post Road]]''' from [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] to [[New York City New York genealogy|New York City]] and from there on to [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]]. | Part of the '''Bay Road''' followed the exact same route as a part of the '''[[Old Roebuck Road]]''' at least as far as Norwood. Moreover, this section of the Bay Road was also used as one of several main routes of the '''[[King's Highway]]''' or lower '''[[Boston Post Road]]''' from [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] to [[New York City New York genealogy|New York City]] and from there on to [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]]. | ||
The history of Cobb's Tavern reflects on the history of the Bay Road. The land which eventually held the Cobb's Tavern in Easton was first purchased in 1725 by the Hixon brothers. Later, Elizah Fisher purchased the land in 1797 and operated a tavern there. He sold out, and Jonathan Cobb significantly expanded the tavern as traffic along the Bay Road improved about 1800. In 1819 he was appointed postmaster, and the role of the building as post office continued until at least 1895. | |||
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