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Medfield at 375: How a Town Took Shape

1600s, Allen, Bullen, Clark, Hamant, John Ellis, John Frairy, John Turner, John Wight, Medfield, Morse, Thomas Wight, Timothy Dwight / Jo Ellen Heck

Oct 1, 2026 Long before there was a town called Medfield, Indigenous peoples lived on and used the land along the Charles River. The river, its tributaries, woods and meadows were part of a landscape with a history far older than the English settlement. Medfield’s 375th anniversary commemorates the founding of a colonial town, while

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Bullen or Boleyn? A Royal Link to Medfield?

July 15, 2024 A few months ago, Norma Vogel wrote an article entitled “Letter from Boston,” about Medfield’s Committee of Correspondence and its interactions with the Boston Committee. She noted that Moses Bullen (1731–1802) of Medfield was chosen to represent the town in the General Court in Salem (Tilden, p. 162). As a direct descendant