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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 8: civil History. (search)
of the County of Middlesex. By order in Council, &c. John West, Dy. Secy. This is a true copy, taken out of the original, 4th day of Decem. 88. As attests, Laur. Hammond, Cler. There remains no reasonable doubt, that Newtown, which received its name December, 1691, was separated from the town of Cambridge, and was declared to be a distinct village and place of itself, or, in other words, was incorporated as a town, by the order passed Jan. 11, 1687, old style, or Jan. 11, 1688, according to the present style of reckoning. The orders in council are dated Jan. 1687; but that this was in the Old Style, calling March 25th the first day of the year, and thus equivalent to Jan. 1688, commencing the year, as we now do with the first day of January, is certain, because (1) according to the present style, Wednesday was not the eleventh day of January in 1687, but it was in 1688; and (2) King Charles II., died Feb. 6, 1684-5, and consequently the third year of the re