1625-1630Some early colonists settled at Kettle Cove.People and Communities, Economy and Industry, Land Ownership, European Colonists
According to Manchester historian D.F. Lamson, William Jeffries, John and Richard Norman, and William Allen settled at Kettle Cove.
Lamson, D. F. (Darius Francis). History of the Town of Manchester, Essex County, Massachusetts, 1645-1895. [Manchester, Mass.] : Published by the Town, 1895, http://archive.org/details/historyoftownofm00lams. Gloucester (Mass.) Tercentenary Committee, and James Pringle R. The Book of the Three Hundredth Anniversary Observance of the Foundation of the Massachusetts Bay Colony at Cape Ann in 1623 and the Fiftieth Year of the Incorporation of Gloucester as a City. Publication Board of the Three hundredth anniversary executive committee, 1924.