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Founding of Orleans. Isaac Snow’s participation in the American Revolution is a remarkable and iconic story that took place on Cape Cod, in Boston and Newport, at sea on several American privateer vessels, in Portugal, France, and England.
Orleans was settled in 1693 by Pilgrims from the Plymouth Colony who were dissatisfied with the poor soil and small tracts of land granted to them. The town was officially separated from Eastham and incorporated in 1797.
History Before 1620 Overview. The history of the land that became Orleans did not begin with the incorporation of the town in 1797. Nor did it begin in 1644, when the first English colonists arrived from Plymouth Colony to settle here.
The Origins of Orleans. The history of the town of Orleans is inexorably linked to the town of Eastham, and has deep roots in the original Plymouth Colony established in 1620. For some time, the colonists there had considered moving the colony to a better location due to the “straightness and baroness” of the land at Plymouth.
The Town of Orleans was born in 1797. On March 1, both houses of the Massachusetts legislature passed, and on March 3 Governor Samuel Adams signed “An act to divide the town of Eastham in the County of Barnstable and to incorporate the Southerly part thereof into a town by the name of Orleans.”
The Massachusetts Historical Commission maintains a database on all properties in Massachusetts that are listed on their town’s historic inventory.
Historic Places. Significant Sites in Orleans. Cemeteries. Orleans History. History before 1620. Settlement of Nauset. Founding of Orleans. 19th and 20th Century History. Research a Property.
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