Duxbury

Duxborough was founded by Myles Standish as an expansion of the Plymouth Colony. Massasoit sold a tract of land 14 miles square to Myles Standish and others of the Plymouth Colony in 1649 to alleviate tension and maintain the peace between his people and the colonists. The sale took place atop Sachem Rock, an outcropping on the Sawtucket River in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Duxbury was incorporated in 1637. Other notable residents of Duxbury included John Alden, William Brewster, and Governor Thomas Prence.

Johnson Direct Line Ancestors who lived in Plymouth and Duxbury:

Places to visit in Duxbury

Bay Farm - 100 Parks St, Duxbury, MA 02332 (Loring St.) - Stephen and Tryphosa Tracy’s property.
George Partridge’s 5 acre grant on “Batchelor’s Row,” Powder Point. was on both sides of Russell Road beginning at King Caesar Rd. and continuing about two thirds of the way to Powder Point Ave.
George Partridge, 30 acres “at the head of Mr. Hicks land.” - Intersection of Park St. and Tremont St.
George Partridge’s 40 acres - south of Tremont St. between Old Mill Lane and White Pine Ln.
Crooker Memorial Park. - Garden St. and Old Toby Garden St. - which is on or close to the 40 acres George Partridge owned on the banks of Island Creek Pond.
Myles Standish Burial Ground, Chestnut St at Pilgrim Byway, Duxbury- where Tryphosa Lee Tracy and the Partridges are probably buried.
North River –Stephen Tracy and George Partridges grants of 80 acres each adjoining each other.
Alexander Standish House, built in 1666
Art Complex Museum: the Carl A. Weyerhaeuser collection^[23]
Captain Daniel Bradford House
Capt. Gamaliel Bradford House
Duxbury Beach
Duxbury Free Library
First Parish Church, Unitarian Universalist: Founded in 1632, it was the second religious body of the Plymouth Colony. ^[24]
Capt. Gershom Bradford House: An early 19th-century house
John Alden House, built in 1653, home of Pilgrim John Alden
King Caesar House ^[26]
Myles Standish Monument State Reservation ^[27]
North Hill Marsh Pond: The Massachusetts Audubon Society's 129-acre sanctuary on Mayflower St.
Old Shipbuilder's Historic District
Pillsbury Summer House
Mill Pond, Island Creek Pond, Island Creek Information
Wright Memorial Library, - Drew Archival Library of the Duxbury Rural and Historical Society
Nathaniel Winsor Jr. House, headquarters of the Duxbury Rural and Historical Society

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Colony

https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/united-states-and-canada/us-history/plymouth-colony

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrims_(Plymouth_Colony)

http://www.pilgrimhallmuseum.org/pdf/The_Plymouth_Colony_Patent.pdf

http://www.histarch.illinois.edu/plymouth/townpop.html

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t0js9v01x;view=1up;seq=14

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duxbury,_Massachusetts

https://www.town.duxbury.ma.us/historical-commission/pages/town-history

A History of the Town of Duxbury, Massachusetts, with Genealogical Registers by Justin Winsor

duxburyhistory.org/local-history/

Research of LaMont Healy, published in the Duxbury Clipper.