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[[United States Genealogy|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[United States Migration Internal|Migration]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[US Migration Trails and Roads|Trails and Roads]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Massachusetts Genealogy Guide|Massachusetts]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] '''Coast Path'''  

[[Image:{{CoastPathmap}}]]The '''Coast Path''' was a 45 mile (72 kilometer) migration route between Plymouth and Boston near the shore of 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> <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><br><br>  

'''[[Suffolk County, Massachusetts Genealogy|Suffolk County]]'''  

:*[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] (1630<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston Boston] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 14 October 2014).</ref>)  

:*[[Dorchester, Massachusetts|Dorchester]] (1630<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorchester,_Boston Dorchester, Boston] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 14 October 2014).</ref>)

'''[[Norfolk County, Massachusetts Genealogy|Norfolk County]]'''  

:*[[Milton, Massachusetts|Milton]] (settled 1640<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton,_Massachusetts Milton, Massachusetts] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 14 October 2014).</ref>)  

:*[[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]] (settled 1626<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy,_Massachusetts Quincy, Massachusetts] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 14 October 2014).</ref>)  

:*[[Braintree, Massachusetts|Braintree]] (1640<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braintree,_Massachusetts Braintree, Massachusetts] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 14 October 2014).</ref>)  

:*[[Weymouth, Massachusetts|Weymouth]] (settled 1623<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weymouth,_Massachusetts Weymouth, Massachusetts] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 14 October 2014).</ref>)  

:*[[Cohasset, Massachusetts|Cohasset]] (east side of Hingham)(settled 1670<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohasset,_Massachusetts Cohasset, Massachusetts] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 14 October 2014).</ref>)

'''[[Plymouth County, Massachusetts Genealogy|Plymouth County]]'''  

:*[[Hingham, Massachusetts|Hingham]] (settled 1633<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hingham,_Massachusetts Hingham, Massachusetts] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 14 October 2014).</ref>)  

:*[[Scituate, Massachusetts|Scituate]] (settled 1627<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scituate,_Massachusetts Scituate, Massachusetts] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 14 October 2014).</ref>)  

:*[[Marshfield, Massachusetts|Marshfield]] (settled 1627<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshfield,_Massachusetts Marshfield, Massachusetts] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 14 October 2014).</ref>)  

:*[[Duxbury, Massachusetts|Duxbury]] (settled 1627<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duxbury,_Massachusetts Duxbury, Massachusetts] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 14 October 2014).</ref>)  

:*[[Kingston, Massachusetts|Kingston]] (settled 1620<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston,_Massachusetts Kingston, Massachusetts] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 14 October 2014).</ref>)  

:*[[Plymouth Massachusetts genealogy|Plymouth]] (1620<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth,_Massachusetts Plymouth, Massachusetts] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 14 October 2014).</ref>)

:*[[Bay Road]] connects [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] (Massachusetts Bay) to [[New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford]] (Buzzards Bay).  

:*[[Kennebunk Road]] links [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] along the New England coast to [[Augusta, Maine]].  

:*[[King's Highway]] also known as the Boston Post Road goes from [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], Massachusetts to New York City, and south to [[Charleston County, South Carolina|Charleston, South Carolina]] with extensions on each end. In Massachusetts and Connecticut there were at least three competing routes for the Boston Post Road. Parts were laid out 1650 to 1735; its length remained in heavy use through 1783, and some parts are used to this day.  

:*[[Mohawk or Iroquois Trail]] This trail was established in 1722 from [[Albany, New York|Albany]] to [[Utica, New York|Utica]] to [[Rome, New York|Rome]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Oswego Fort Oswego] on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Ontario Lake Ontario]. The [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] to Albany side of that route probably preceded the Albany to Oswego route by many years.  

:*[[Old Connecticut Path]] a pre-historic Indian path from [[Boston, Massachusetts]] to the Connecticut River Valley at [[Springfield, Massachusetts]] and south to [[Hartford, Connecticut]].  

:*[[Old Roebuck Road]] goes from [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] to [[Providence, Rhode Island]] (Narragansett Bay).

*[https://www.themayflowersociety.org/ General Society of Mayflower Descendants]  

*[http://www.americanancestors.org/about/ New England Historic Genealogical Society]

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