North Andover Historical Society, North Andover, Massachusetts

The North Andover Historical Society contacted me to see if I would be willing to do a post about their Society. Since I have a few ancestors from the town, and was in their facility in 2000, I accepted. But, I wanted them to do the write-up and to include a list of the earliest settlers. Their information is below, another list of 146 names are all the families up to the present day, the last list consists of street names.

The North Andover Historical Society is a private​ly supported​, not-for-profit​educational ​organization founded in 1913 and dedicated to preserving local heritage and bringing it to life through children​'s​​ and adult  programs,  workshops, exhibits, craft demonstrations, architectural walking tours and publications.

The Society is headquartered at 153 Academy Road and maintains other historical properties in North Andover. The S. Forbes Rockwell Library and Archive is​ also​ located at 153 Academy Road. The facility is open​ to the public​ for research and the collection includes original and copied documents, compiled genealogies, photographs, books and maps. It focuses on all aspects of the history of the town, including its citizens, businesses and churches.​Fees may apply.

​Appointments are required to use the Library which is open Tuesday through Fridays 10am – 12pm and 1pm – 3pm. Email inquiries are always welcome at archives.nahistory@gmail.com.

There are three lists, one an alphabetical index to the family surnames and town street names in our Library. For each of these names we have some information. The least we may have is a solitary newspaper clipping, the most may be a bound family history. In some cases we also have primary documents relating to the family in the Archive. The street names often have individual house files, especially for older properties, with title chains and histories. Often we have accompanying photographs of people and places.

There are several rooms where the material is held. I can assure you, if you have an ancestor from North Andover, this society has something for you. Below are various photos to peak your interest even more.

The first European settlers in this area are these names (the Town Records chronicle this is the order in which they came to town):

Bradstreet

Osgood

Parker

Barker

Stevens

Holt

Woodbridge

Frye

Faulkner

Barnard

Poor

Jacques

Aslett

Blake

Ballard

Lovejoy

Abbott

Russ

Allen

Foster

Chandler

These 146 names are all the families up to the present day. We are just as interested in people who settled here in the 1640s as those who came in the 1940s.

Abbott

Adams

Aslebee

Appleton

Armitage

Atkins

Austin

Bailey

Bamford

Barker

Barnard

Bencker

Berrian

Berry

Bixby

Blood

Blunt

Bolton

Bradstreet

Bridges

Brierley

Brodie

Brooks

Buckley

Butterworth

Callahan(Gardner)

Carlton (Wheeler)

Cazneau

Chadwick

Chandler

Carrier

Chubb

Clarke

Clifford

Crosby

Cunio

Dale

Dane (Deane)

Danforth

Daniels

Davis

Dawe

Donovan

Dow

Dwane

Eaton

Ellis

Farnum/Farnham

Farr

Faulkner

Fish

Flagg (Rice) 

Foss

Foster

Freeman

Frye/Frie

Fuller (Page)

Gee (Symmes)

Gilbert

Gile

Glennie

Greenwood

Grozelier

Heider

Hodges

Hogan

Holt

Hoskins

Howe

Hurd

Ingalls

Jacobs

Jewett

Johnson

Jones

King

Keating (McCarthy)

Kneeland

Lacy

Ladd (Chesley)

Lawrence

Lee

Leland

LeValley

Lew

Little (Bisson)

Livesay

Longbottom(Farrell)

Lord

Loring

McAloon

Marble

Mason

Mattheson

Meserve

Noyes

Osgood

Page

Park/e/s

Parker

Parsons

Perley

Pervere

Peters

Phillips

Phelps (Weed)

Poor(e)

Putnam

Ramsdell

Rea/Ray

Redman

Robinson

Rockwell

Rogers

Russ(e)

Ryan (Houghton)

Salisbury

Saltontall

Sanderson

Sessions

Sewall

Smith

Spofford

Stevens

Stillings

Stone

Sutton

Swan

Symmes

Town(e)

Thomson

Tucker

Tyler/Tiler

Wallwork

Wardwell

Welch

West

White

Whitehill

Wilson

Wood

Woodbridge

Wright

Street Names

Academy Road

Andover Street

Appledore Lane

Appleton Street

Ashland Street

Belmont Street

Berry Street

Beverly Street

Bixby Avenue

Bonny Lane

Boston Street

Boston Hill Road

Boxford Street

Bradford Street

Central Street

Chestnut Street

Chickering Road (Route 125)

Church Street

Clarendon Street

Clark Street

Coachman’s Lane

Commonwealth Avenue

Cobblestone Circle

Cochichewick Drive

Colgate Drive

Court Street

Dale Street

Davis Street

Dudley Street

Ellis Court

Elm Street

Elmcrest Road

Essex Street

Farnum Street

First Street

Forest Street

Foster Street

Furber Avenue

Gray Street

Great Pond Road

Greene Street

Harkaway Road

High Street

Highland Terrace

Johnson Street

Lacy Street

Main Street

Maple Avenue

Marblehead Street

Marbleridge Road

Massachusetts Avenue

May Street

Merrimack Street

Middlesex Street

Milk Street

Mill Road

Milton Street

Moody Street

Osgood Street

Park Street

Parker Street

Peters Street

Phillips Court

Pilgrim Street

Pleasant Street

Prescott Street

Putnam Street

Rea Street

Richardson Avenue

Riverview Street

Salem Street

Sandra Lane

Sargent Street

Saunders Street

School Street

Second Street

Sharpner Pond Road

Sherwood Drive

South Bradford Street

Stacy Drive

Stevens Street

Stonington Street

Summer Street

Sutton Street

Sutton Hill Road

Tavern Acres

Third Street

Thorndike Road

Turnpike Street (Route 114)

Water Street

Waverly Road

Wiley Court

Winter Street

Wood Lane

Woodbridge Cooperative