Twenty-five years ago, Gov. Bill Weld made history when he abolished Middlesex County. Middlesex was established in 1643 as one of Massachusetts Bay Colony’s original three counties.

The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded by the Puritans in 1630, and the two colonies merged to become the Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1691. Plymouth history: The oldest town in MA is older ...

The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded by the Puritans in 1630, and the two colonies merged to become the Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1691. Plymouth history: The oldest town in MA is older ...

Meet the American who shared sensational accounts of UFO encounters. John Winthrop was the leader of the Massachusetts Bay Colony — his journal of colonial life is essential to American history.

Harvard University was originally founded by a vote by the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony on Oct. 28, 1636, less than 20 years after the Pilgrims first landed in ...

In 1930, the Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission distributed 275 cast-iron markers to 95 cities and towns across the Commonwealth to recognize the 300th anniversary of the original ...

Puritans, the religious fanatics of the 17th century Massachusetts Bay Colony, were part of a political movement that flopped. Centuries later, the Trump administration is institutionalizing ...