Posted on June 11, 2023 by Jenny ONeill
TRIPP FAMILY BURYING GROUND 6 Fallon Drive, Westport MA Research by Todd Baptista Saving the cemetery The Tripp Family Burying Ground was established by Ebenezer Tripp (1710-1791), the grandson of master carpenter John Tripp (1611-1678), who landed at Newport, Rhode Island in 1630 after leaving his home in Northumberland County, England. When Ebenezer died at […]
Continue ReadingPosted on May 25, 2023 by Jenny ONeill
Do you have information, photos, personal memories/memorabilia relating to the Westport Grange #181 or Watuppa Grange #365? Please contact Westport Historical Society to learn more about our effort to document this community organization. Nearing its 100th birthday, Westport’s largest work of art, the historic painted stage curtain at Westport Grange # 181, has received some […]
Continue ReadingPosted on March 13, 2023 by Jenny ONeill
In April 2020 we asked for Westport residents to report on their experiences of the Coivd-19 pandemic which was in its early stages. These are the comments made by 8 individuals Can you describe how your personal situation has changed since the Covid-19 crisis hit our world? Do you remember the day when you realized […]
Continue ReadingPosted on March 3, 2023 by Jenny ONeill
Dr. Thomas Richmond 1811 to 1845 WHS 2004.170.026 The Practice of Medicine in Westport from 1811 to 1843 The Westport doctor of one hundred years ago was Dr. Thomas Richmond, who came to Westport from Dighton to practice medicine. Shortly after Richmond settled in Westport, he married Miss Mary Sherman of Swansea. Dr. Richmond’s grandfather, […]
Continue ReadingPosted on February 27, 2023 by Jenny ONeill
For Women’s History Month, we highlight artist Betsey Douglas Macdonald, the creator of the popular series of posters commemorating the Westport Harvest Festival. The original watercolors from this series form part of the Westport Historical Society’s collection. The limited-edition posters adorn walls of many Westport homes (as well as Lees Market) and are sought-after collectors’ […]
Continue ReadingPosted on February 23, 2023 by Jenny ONeill
Written and researched by Richard Gifford This research is ongoing. Please contact Westport Historical Society with comments/questions. GENEALOGICAL TABLES (SIMPLIFIED) — Individuals with Biographical Entries in Boldface Type QUEBBIN-WAINER Dorcas (—) married Nathaniel Quebbin Resided: Slocum’s Neck, Dartmouth –Margaret Quebbin married (—) Wainer Resided: Division Road, Dartmouth —Michael Wainer (ca1748-1815) m. 3) […]
Continue ReadingPosted on February 22, 2023 by Jenny ONeill
Video of Westport Little League Reunion February 25, 2023 We were young baseball players from a small town in Massachusetts, driven by the love of playing baseball and inspired by our heroes, who played at Fenway Park. When we started winning we didn’t realize it would lead to a state championship. At the time, […]
Continue ReadingPosted on February 21, 2023 by Jenny ONeill
West. Trafford and Co. Wonderful Discovery West Trafford’s Wonderful Discovery and Brownell’s Kidney Medicine. The former here sketched life size is of clear glass with a ball neck. Gus Gonet, local authority on bottles, dates it sometime early in the last third of the 19th century. Whether West and Trafford’s Discovery soothed internally or externally […]
Continue ReadingPosted on December 30, 2022 by Jenny ONeill
Fragments of Westport’s History Preserved in Scrapbooks The Westport Historical Society’s scrapbook collection includes more than 30 volumes, amounting to more than 1000 pages. Many of the scrapbooks have been digitized for easy access via our online collections database. The collection provides a valuable miscellany of local news, spanning a timeframe from the late 1800’s […]
Continue ReadingPosted on December 27, 2022 by Jenny ONeill
By Donald M. Allen (March 13, 1926 – December 17, 2022) My name is Donald Macomber Allen, and I was born in Fall River, Massachusetts in 1926. As my name indicates, most of my ancestors were from southeastern Massachusetts, and some were born in Westport, MA. From about 1911 to 1964, some of my close […]
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