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Charlestown, originally known as No. 4, was first settled in 1740 by three families from Lunenburg by the name of Farnsworth. In 1744 a fort was begun for safety reasons; the Cape Breton war had commenced and the Indians had taken up their hatchets. The c

This right to exclude, or "warn out", was exercised frequently. Some towns only warned out persons they thought likely to become a charge, others automatically warned out any and all newcomers. Many who were warned out never left, with the result that "a

This work contains comprehensive biographical and genealogical studies of fifty Great Migration immigrants to New England with newly discovered English origins of seven (shown in bold type), extended ancestry of sixteen more, and much heretofore unpublish