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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As we prepare to celebrate the founding of this nation, let’s keep this in mind: Religious liberty is fundamental to American ...

The "Penalty for Keeping Christmas" was a law enacted under Puritan rule in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1659. For the next 22 years, ...

The city of Quincy, Massachusetts, is named after Col. John Quincy, a prominent figure in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the grandfather of Abigail Adams.

The result was the Massachusetts Bay Colony, starting from Plymouth Plantation. The rest, as they say, is history. However, despite paving the way in terms of social liberalism, ...

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 ...

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 ...