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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Salisbury is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States on the New Hampshire border. The population was 7,827 at the 2000 census. The community is a popular summer beach resort town on the Atlantic Ocean north of Boston.
Additional demographic detail is available for the central settlement within Salisbury, as a census-designated place; please see the article Salisbury (CDP), Massachusetts.
History
Salibury was first settled in 1638, and was officially incorporated in 1639. Following is a list of the town's original settlers (ordered as given in original records):
Samuel Dudley, William Worcester, Francis Done, Henry Byly, Edward French, Richard Wells, John Rolfe, John Sanders, Isaac Buswell, John Severans, Thomas Bradbury, John Hodges, Josiah Cobham, Jarett Hodden, John Bayly, Sr., Henry Brown, Anthony Sadler, Roger Eastman, John Stevens, Robert Fitts, Samuel Hall, John Hoyt, William Holdred, Thomas Barnett, John Ilsley, William Allin, William Barnes, Richard North, Abraham Morrill, William Osgood, William Hook, John Hall, Christopher Batt, Robert Pike, William Partridge, Thomas Deemer, Henry Monday, George Carr, Samuel Fellowes, William Sargent, John Harrison, Philip Challis, Luke Heard, Anthony Colby, John Bayly, Jr., Christian Brown, Richard Singletary, Thomas Hauxworth, John Eyer, Sr., Thomas Rowell, John Dickson, Daniel Lad, John Fullar, Thomas Carter, Enoch Greeleaf, Richard Goodale, Richard Currier, Joseph Moys, Andrew Greeley, Ralph Blasdall, Robert Codnam, John Wheeler, Thomas Macy, Joseph Parker, and John Coles.
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