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Town of Acton

1735 Incorporation

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Map Town of Acton (At the time of incorporation)

The following is a list of family names in 1735

Town Officers Acton MA. July 21 1735

Map: Town of Acton

At the time of incorporation

Acton was originally known as “Concord Village” a part of Concord, MA. At the time of it's incorporation on July 21, 1735, Acton was well settled with families established over the entire area of the township .

The following is a list of family names in 1735

Barker	Farr	Law (Laws)
Barnes	Faulkner	Parlin
Barret (Barit)	Forbush (Furbush)	Piper
Billing	Fletcher	Prescott
Brabrook	Harris	Procter
Brooks	Hayward	Robbins
Cleaveland	Heald	Shepherd
Cragon (Cragin)	Hosmer	Wheeler
Cutting	Hunt	White
Davis	Jones	Wood
Dudley	Knight	Wooley
Emery	Lamson	Wright

Additional names appear among town officers chosen in 1737

Conant Darby Pierce

Town Officers , Acton, MA. July 21, 1735

Moderator	Lt. John Heald
Town Clerk	Thomas Wheeler
Selectmen and Assessor	Lt. John Heald
Selectmen and Assessor	Joseph Fletcher
Selectmen and Assessor	Thomas Wheeler
Constable	Jonathan Wheeler
Constable	Amos Prescott
Town Treasurer	John Barker
Surveyor of Highway	Jonathan Parlin
Surveyor of Hemp and Flax	John Cragon
Surveyor of Hemp and Flax	Samuel Hayward
Tythingman	Simon Hunt
Fence Viewers	John Brooks
Drover	David Procter
Drover	Jonathan Hosmer
Hogreeve	Jonathan Billings
Hogreeve	Daniel Shepherd
Hogreeve	Joseph Wheeler