MIDDLEBORO  , a township of See also:

• PLYMOUTH
• PLYMOUTH, EARLS OF

Plymouth See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, U.S.A., in the S.E. See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, bounded on the N.W. by the See also:

• TAUNTON
• TAUNTON, HENRY LABOUCHERE, BARON (1798–1869)

Taunton See also:

• RIVER

river . Pop . (1890), 6065; (1900), 6885—of whom 920 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; (1910 See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 8214 . See also:

• AREA

Area,about 70 sq. m . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• VILLAGE

village also is named Middleboro; it is 35 M . S. of See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, is served by the New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, New Haven & See also:

• HARTFORD

Hartford railroad and by electric lines connecting with Taunton, Boston, New See also:

• BEDFORD

Bedford and Cape See also:

• COD

Cod, and has a See also:

• TOWN

town-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, a soldiers' See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument, and a public library housed in a See also:

• BUILDING

building erected from a fund (part of which is used as a permanent. endowment) bequeathed by See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Sprout See also:

• PEIRCE, BENJAMIN (1809-188o)

Peirce (1823-1901), a See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant of the township, who, in addition, bequeathed about $500,000 as a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• TRUST

trust-fund for the use and benefit of the town of Middleboro; the income has been spent largely in the construction of macadam roads, the erection of an See also:

• ALMSHOUSE

almshouse and the See also:

• INSTALLATION

installation of special courses in the high school . The village, a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of considerable natural beauty, is a summer resort, and has various manufactures . Other villages in the township are See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North, See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East and See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Middleboro, and See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

Rock . The township had important See also:

• HERRING (Clupea harengus, Haring in German, le hareng in French, sill in Swedish)

herring See also:

• FISHERIES

fisheries in See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early times and manufactured See also:

• STRAW

straw hats (from 1828) and ladies' See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress goods . Middleboro was settled about 1662 under the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian name Nemasket; became a part of the township of Plymouth in 1663; and in 1669 was incorporated as a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate township, taking its name probably from See also:

• MIDDLESBROUGH

Middlesbrough, North See also:

• RIDING

Riding, York . See Thomas See also:

• WESTON, THOMAS (1737-1776)

Weston, See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston, 1906) .