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At least three routes in [[Massachusetts]] have been labelled the '''Bay Road''': (A) 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> (B) the [[Old Roebuck Road]] from Boston to Providence, and (C) the route from Boston to New Bedford.<ref>Frederic J. Wood, ''The Turnpikes of New England and the Evolution of the Same Through England, Virginia, and Maryland'' (Boston: Marshall Jones, 1919), 25. [https://archive.org/details/turnpikesofnewen00woodrich Internet Archive version online].</ref> But this article is only about the later pathway from Boston to New Bedford. | At least three routes in [[Massachusetts Genealogy|Massachusetts]] have been labelled the '''Bay Road''': (A) 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> (B) the [[Old Roebuck Road]] from Boston to Providence, and (C) the route from Boston to New Bedford.<ref>Frederic J. Wood, ''The Turnpikes of New England and the Evolution of the Same Through England, Virginia, and Maryland'' (Boston: Marshall Jones, 1919), 25. [https://archive.org/details/turnpikesofnewen00woodrich Internet Archive version online].</ref> But this article is only about the later pathway from Boston to New Bedford. | ||
The '''Bay Road''' followed an old Indian trail about 60 miles (97 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 [[Boston, Massachusetts|'''Boston''']] to [[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> Boston was founded in 1630; New Bedford was established in 1652.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Bedford,_Massachusetts New Bedford, Massachusetts] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia (accessed 30 October 2014).</ref> The Bay Road attracted European settlers along its route because it provided access to markets for settler goods and services. | The '''Bay Road''' followed an old Indian trail about 60 miles (97 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 [[Boston, Massachusetts|'''Boston''']] to [[New Bedford, Massachusetts|'''New Bedford''']] in [[Massachusetts Genealogy|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> Boston was founded in 1630; New Bedford was established in 1652.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Bedford,_Massachusetts New Bedford, Massachusetts] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia (accessed 30 October 2014).</ref> The Bay Road attracted European settlers along its route because it provided access to markets for settler goods and services. | ||
'''Overlapping routes'''. 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, that small portion of the Bay Road was also used as part of one of several main routes of the '''''lower [[Boston Post Road]] ''''' from [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] to [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]] to [[New York City New York genealogy|New York City]]. In the 1760s and 1770s that same small part of the '''Bay Road''' was also part of the '''''[[King's Highway]] ''''' from [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] to [[New York City New York genealogy|New York City]] and all the way south to [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]], South Carolina. | '''Overlapping routes'''. 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, that small portion of the Bay Road was also used as part of one of several main routes of the '''''lower [[Boston Post Road]] ''''' from [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] to [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]] to [[New York City New York genealogy|New York City]]. In the 1760s and 1770s that same small part of the '''Bay Road''' was also part of the '''''[[King's Highway]] ''''' from [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] to [[New York City New York genealogy|New York City]] and all the way south to [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]], South Carolina. | ||