1701Gloucester was presented at a Quarterly-Session Court in Salem for neglecting to establish a school.Government and Public Service, State Government, Education

Although Thomas Riggs, Sr. was chosen as the official public schoolmaster in 1698, it is likely that the establishment of a public school didn’t quite get off the ground, or was quickly abandoned in the next few years.

Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed. History of Essex County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men. Vol. II. Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co., 1888. http://archive.org/details/historyofessexco02hurd

Other Events

1700 (ca.)
Bay View, Lanesville, Gallops Folly, Pigeon Cove, and Sandy Bay began to be settled.
1701
Samuel English, the grandson of Masconomet, deeded the land now known as Gloucester, including Sandy Bay, to the town.
1701
Householders were allowed to cut cordwood and sell out of town.
1701
The town voted that new householders would not automatically be granted a right to common land.

1701Gloucester was presented at a Quarterly-Session Court in Salem for neglecting to establish a school.Government and Public Service, State Government, Education

Other Events

Bay View, Lanesville, Gallops Folly, Pigeon Cove, and Sandy Bay began to be settled.

Samuel English, the grandson of Masconomet, deeded the land now known as Gloucester, including Sandy Bay, to the town.

Householders were allowed to cut cordwood and sell out of town.

The town voted that new householders would not automatically be granted a right to common land.