1626Roger Conant and a small group of survivors elected to leave Cape Ann and settle in Naumkeag (now Salem).People and Communities, European Colonists

These men included John Woodbury, John Balch, and Peter Palfrey. The cattle were taken to Naumkeag. The path that they took was most likely a Native trail that follows what would later become the highway between Gloucester and Salem (through Ravenswood Park).