Becket, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Genealogy

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Town Clerk[edit | edit source]

557 Main St
Beclet, MA 01223
Phone: 413-623-8934 x 11
Fax: 413-623-6036
Email: townclerk@townofbecket.org
Website

Brief History[edit | edit source]

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Town of Becket in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.


Migration[edit | edit source]

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Migration routes for early European settlers to and from Becket, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Genealogy included:[1]

  • Hampden and Berkshire Turnpike  from near Springfield, MA to the Becket Turnpike  at Becket, MA; toll booths open from 1829 to 1852; now I-90.[2]
  • Massachusetts 10th Turnpike 1800

Adjacent towns: Berkshire Co.: Lee | Otis | Tyringham | Washington | Hampden Co.: Blandford | Chester | Hampshire Co.: Middlefield

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Towns in Berkshire County in Massachusetts, United States Genealogy articles
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Ceded Districts:

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 847-61. WorldCat entry; FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
  2. ↑ Frederic J. Wood, "The Hampden and Berkshire Turnpike" in The Turnpikes of New England and the Evolution of the Same Through England, Virginia, and Maryland (Boston: Marshall Jones, 1919), 203-205. Internet Archive version online.
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