1644 (c.)A second mill was built at Fox Hill.Economy and Industry, Industry

The General Court gave the town £20 to build a mill. This money was part of a legacy, to be used for charitable purposes, donated to the government by Richard Andrews of London. The mill was built on the north side of Alewife Brook near Cherry Street.

Babson, Roger, and Foster H. Saville. Cape Ann Tourist’s Guide. Cape Ann Community League, Inc., 1952. Massachusetts; Shurtleff, Nathaniel Bradstreet, 1810-1874; Massachusetts. General Court. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England. Printed by Order of the Legislature. W. White, 1853, https://archive.org/details/recordsgovernor00courgoog/page/n4/mode/2up

Other Events

1643
The town voted that Ten Pound Island be reserved for rams only.
1644
Five leaders of the Pennacook, Pawtucket, Nipmuc, Nashua, and Massachuset signed an oath of loyalty to the English Crown and the Massachusetts Bay Colony for equal rights and protection under English law.
1645
John Winthrop's Journal provides the earliest account of colonial vessels sent to the Grand Banks.
1646
A common highway was laid out of the woods.

1644 (c.)A second mill was built at Fox Hill.Economy and Industry, Industry

Other Events

The town voted that Ten Pound Island be reserved for rams only.

Five leaders of the Pennacook, Pawtucket, Nipmuc, Nashua, and Massachuset signed an oath of loyalty to the English Crown and the Massachusetts Bay Colony for equal rights and protection under English law.

John Winthrop's Journal provides the earliest account of colonial vessels sent to the Grand Banks.

A common highway was laid out of the woods.