Genealogy Projects tagged with early American settlers on the Geni Family Tree

Early and Notable Families of Charlestown, Massachusetts 1629-1818

Early History of Charlestown== Thomas Walford and his wife Jane Walford (Guy) were the original English settlers of Mishawaum (later Charlestown); they settled there in 1624. They were given a grant by Sir Robert Gorges, with whom they had settled at Wessagusset (Weymouth) in September 1623. John Endicott, first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, had sent William, Richard and Ralph Sprague t...