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Land Purchase
- When
- 1637
- Where
- Taunton area
English settlers purchased land from the Wampanoag in 1637.
The English founders purchased the land from the Wampanoag Natives in 1637 as part of the Tetiquet Purchase. This transaction facilitated the settlement, and remaining native families were subsequently relocated to the praying town of Ponkapoag.
Sources
- Taunton, Massachusetts Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-11
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