Records of the Court of Assistants of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay 1630-1692. Volume #1

<p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(17 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>By: John Noble Pub. 1901 reprinted 2025 612 pages Index soft cover ISBN #978-1-63914-654-3. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement that covered much of central New England including portions of Massachusetts Maine New Hampshire and Connecticut. This settlement was considered a success with approximately 20000 puritans immigrants. The records of the Court of Assistants are public documents during the period of this Colonial Charter (1629-1692). These records include testimonies depositions writs warrants bonds and divorce petitions. The Court of Assistants was a predecessor of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and heard criminal cases divorces and some civil cases and appeals. The records within this volume #1 cover the years 1673-1692.</span></p>