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[[United States Genealogy|United State[[Category:Migration routes]]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go t[[Category:Migration routes]]] [[United States Migration Internal|Migratio[[Category:Migration routes]]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go t[[Category:Migration routes]]] [[US Migration Trails and Roads|Trails and Road[[Category:Migration routes]]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.pn[[Category:Migration routes]]] [[Massachusetts Genealogy Guide|Massachusett[[Category:Migration routes]]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.pn[[Category:Migration routes]]] '''Coast Path'''  
[[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'''  


Did an ancestor travel the '''Coast Path''' of Massachusetts? Learn about this settler migration route, its transportation history, and find related genealogy sources.  
Did an ancestor travel the '''Coast Path''' of Massachusetts? Learn about this settler migration route, its transportation history, and find related genealogy sources.  


[[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 onlin[[Category:Migration routes]].</ref><br><br>  
[[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>  


=== Background History  ===
=== Background History  ===
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The Coast Path passed northwest to southeast through Suffolk, Norfolk, and Plymouth counties:  
The Coast Path passed northwest to southeast through Suffolk, Norfolk, and Plymouth counties:  


'''[[Suffolk County, Massachusetts Genealogy|Suffolk Count[[Category:Migration routes]]]'''  
'''[[Suffolk County, Massachusetts Genealogy|Suffolk County]]'''  


:*[[Boston, Massachusetts|Bosto[[Category:Migration routes]]] (1630<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston Bosto[[Category:Migration routes]] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 14 October 2014).</ref>)  
:*[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] (1630<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston Boston] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 14 October 2014).</ref>)  
:*[[Dorchester, Massachusetts|Dorcheste[[Category:Migration routes]]] (1630<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorchester,_Boston Dorchester, Bosto[[Category:Migration routes]] 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 Count[[Category:Migration routes]]]'''  
'''[[Norfolk County, Massachusetts Genealogy|Norfolk County]]'''  


:*[[Milton, Massachusetts|Milto[[Category:Migration routes]]] (settled 1640<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton,_Massachusetts Milton, Massachusett[[Category:Migration routes]] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 14 October 2014).</ref>)  
:*[[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|Quinc[[Category:Migration routes]]] (settled 1626<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy,_Massachusetts Quincy, Massachusett[[Category:Migration routes]] 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|Braintre[[Category:Migration routes]]] (1640<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braintree,_Massachusetts Braintree, Massachusett[[Category:Migration routes]] 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, Massachusett[[Category:Migration routes]] 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|Cohasse[[Category:Migration routes]]] (east side of Hingham)(settled 1670<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohasset,_Massachusetts Cohasset, Massachusett[[Category:Migration routes]] 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 Count[[Category:Migration routes]]]'''  
'''[[Plymouth County, Massachusetts Genealogy|Plymouth County]]'''  


:*[[Hingham, Massachusetts|Hingham]] (settled 1633<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hingham,_Massachusetts Hingham, Massachusett[[Category:Migration routes]] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 14 October 2014).</ref>)  
:*[[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|Scituat[[Category:Migration routes]]] (settled 1627<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scituate,_Massachusetts Scituate, Massachusett[[Category:Migration routes]] 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, Massachusett[[Category:Migration routes]] 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|Duxbur[[Category:Migration routes]]] (settled 1627<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duxbury,_Massachusetts Duxbury, Massachusett[[Category:Migration routes]] 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|Kingsto[[Category:Migration routes]]] (settled 1620<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston,_Massachusetts Kingston, Massachusett[[Category:Migration routes]] 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, Massachusett[[Category:Migration routes]] 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>)


'''Connecting Routes''' Over time the Coast Path connected with half a dozen new migration routes out of the Boston end of the Coast Path:  
'''Connecting Routes''' Over time the Coast Path connected with half a dozen new migration routes out of the Boston end of the Coast Path:  


:*[[Bay Road]] connects [[Boston, Massachusetts|Bosto[[Category:Migration routes]]] (Massachusetts Bay) to [[New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford]] (Buzzards Bay).  
:*[[Bay Road]] connects [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] (Massachusetts Bay) to [[New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford]] (Buzzards Bay).  
:*[[Kennebunk Road]] links [[Boston, Massachusetts|Bosto[[Category:Migration routes]]] along the New England coast to [[Augusta, Main[[Category:Migration routes]]].  
:*[[Kennebunk Road]] links [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] along the New England coast to [[Augusta, Maine]].  
:*[[King's Highwa[[Category:Migration routes]]] also known as the Boston Post Road goes from [[Boston, Massachusetts|Bosto[[Category:Migration routes]]], Massachusetts to New York City, and south to [[Charleston County, South Carolina|Charleston, South Carolin[[Category:Migration routes]]] 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.  
:*[[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|Alban[[Category:Migration routes]]] to [[Utica, New York|Utic[[Category:Migration routes]]] to [[Rome, New York|Rom[[Category:Migration routes]]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Oswego Fort Osweg[[Category:Migration routes]] on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Ontario Lake Ontari[[Category:Migration routes]]. The [[Boston, Massachusetts|Bosto[[Category:Migration routes]]] to Albany side of that route probably preceded the Albany to Oswego route by many years.  
:*[[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, Massachusett[[Category:Migration routes]]] to the Connecticut River Valley at [[Springfield, Massachusett[[Category:Migration routes]]] and south to [[Hartford, Connecticu[[Category:Migration routes]]].  
:*[[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|Bosto[[Category:Migration routes]]] to [[Providence, Rhode Island]] (Narragansett Bay).
:*[[Old Roebuck Road]] goes from [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] to [[Providence, Rhode Island]] (Narragansett Bay).


'''Modern parallels.''' The modern road that roughly matches the old Coast Path from Boston to Plymouth is:  
'''Modern parallels.''' The modern road that roughly matches the old Coast Path from Boston to Plymouth is:  
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*Robert Charles Anderson, ''The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633'', 3 vols. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, c1995). {{WorldCat|33083117|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|22717|item|disp=FHL Book 974 W2a}}.
*Robert Charles Anderson, ''The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633'', 3 vols. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, c1995). {{WorldCat|33083117|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|22717|item|disp=FHL Book 974 W2a}}.


*[https://www.themayflowersociety.org/ General Society of Mayflower Descendant[[Category:Migration routes]]  
*[https://www.themayflowersociety.org/ General Society of Mayflower Descendants]  
*[http://www.americanancestors.org/about/ New England Historic Genealogical Societ[[Category:Migration routes]]
*[http://www.americanancestors.org/about/ New England Historic Genealogical Society]


=== External Links  ===
=== External Links  ===
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{{Massachusetts|Massachusetts}}  
{{Massachusetts|Massachusetts}}  


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