Family-owned Chapman, Cole & Gleason Funeral Homes merged with the Sylvia Funeral Home that was located in Vineyard Haven on the island of Martha's Vineyard in 1983. Five years later, a more centrally located, spacious facility was built in the...
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In 1993, family-owned Chapman, Cole & Gleason established a branch in the town of Wareham, merging with funeral director David P. Matoes and the Stott Funeral Home . As we have in other towns, Chapman, Cole & Gleason constructed a new, more...
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Facts about the city
Cuttyhunk Island is the outermost of the Elizabeth Islands in Massachusetts. A small outpost for the harvesting of sassafras was occupied for a few weeks in 1602, arguably making it the first English settlement in New England. Cuttyhunk is located between Buzzards Bay to the north and Vineyard Sound to the south. Penikese Island and Nashawena Island are located to the north and east respectively.The island has a land area of 580 acres (0.91 sq mi; 2.3 km2), and a population of 52 persons as of the 2000 census. It is the fourth largest in area of the Elizabeth Islands and home to the village of Cuttyhunk. It lies entirely within the town of Gosnold.
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History
After exploring the islands for less than a month, 'The Concord' returned to England. Cuttyhunk Island is the outermost of the Elizabeth Islands in Massachusetts, located between Buzzards Bay (bay) Bay to the north and Vineyard Sound to the south. In 1688, Peleg Sanford acquired his partners’ rights in the island, and sold half of it to Ralph Earle of Dartmouth, Massachusetts who immediately sold his property to his son, Ralph Jr., who became the island’s first permanent settler. These men stripped the island of all of its lumber, leaving it bare and wind-swept. In 1606 the Elizabeth Islands were included by grant of the King to the Council of New England, which dissolved in 1635, after which the islands became the property of Alexander, Earl of Sterling.
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