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Generations
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| The Massachusetts Bay Colony town of Newbury was established in May of 1635, with the founders arriving via the Parker River and settling what was to become known as "Olde Towne" nearby. The region along the Merrimack River was apportioned into 4 acre lots and settled in 1644 ~ which historians considered to be the year the Waterside was itself founded. By 1646, the Waterside people, so called, began growth and development in earnest ~ and by 1725 the ambits of the Waterside Third Parish of Newbury would be defined by the Comity's report to the General Court which the Court, accepted three years later. It would be the ambitions of the 5th generation of the Waterside people that resulted in the petition for separation of the Waterside Third Parish of Newbury (in 1763) which was granted, incorporating the separate town of Newburyport on February 4, 1764. In the year 1851, Newburyport's bounds annexed Joppa and Belleville (restoring the 1644 ambits of the Waterside, so called) ~ and with this incorporation, a city form of government would be inaugurated on June 24th of that year. To follow is the delineation of the Waterside people's generations ~ with each generation of 30 years consisting of six 5-year terms of the Waterside Plan in Motion. The foundation of these generational milestones is a cairn of living stones ~ which today's generations of the Waterside people build upon, stone by stone: |
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1644
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1st
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the Waterside of the Massachusetts Bay town of Newbury settled | ||||
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1674
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2nd
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1704
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3rd
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1734
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4th
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in 1725, the Comity reports bounds and limits of the Waterside Third Parish | ||||
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1764
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5th
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1st
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the Waterside Third Parish of Newbury established as town of Newburyport | |||
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1794
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6th
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2nd
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1824
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7th
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3rd
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1854
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8th
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4th
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in 1851, Newburyport with its present bounds was organized as a city | |||
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1884
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9th
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5th
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1914
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10th
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6th
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1944
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11th
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7th
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1944-45, turn of events at WW II war fronts; victorious, soldiers home again | |||
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1974
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12th
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8th
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2004
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13th
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9th
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the 5- year term (1999-2004) began the Waterside Plan in Motion anew as guiding principles for the Master Planning process, coinciding with the planning and celebration of Newburyport's 150-year milestone as a city form of government in 2001. (Link within to milestones/cairn as an index of progress.) | |||
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