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- Name:Town of Marblehead
- Country:United States
- Continent:North America
- Label:Town of Marblehead, MA, USA
- Coordinates:42.49N / -70.83W
- Price:$19.99
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About Town of Marblehead
Marblehead is one of five towns mentioned in the song "Sixteen Miles on the Erie Canal" as being on the canal which runs from Buffalo to Albany. The others are: Tonawanda, Lockport and Medina (all New York) and Albion (Pennsylvania). The town of Marblehead was settled by Europeans in 1629 with a grant from James I to John Winthrop, Jr., who arrived at Salem Harbor aboard his ship Abigail with 30 Puritan settlers. He was given 600 acres (2.4 km2) for a "plantation" at what is now called Marbledale, across the harbor from Salem; he also built a house there for himself near Fort Hill Park where he lived until his death in 1676/77.