In 1660, Thomas Danforth, an official of the Bay Colony received a grant of land at "Danforth's Farms" and began to accumulate over 15,000 acres (100 km 2).īetween 1675-1676, King Philip's War created great tensions between English settlers and the Nipmuc people in the area. The first European settler in the area was John Stone who established a farm on the west bank of the Sudbury River in 1647. Many of the Nipmuc people were forced into praying towns including nearby Natick. During the initial period of colonization of the region by Puritan settlers, the Nipmuc suffered a rapid decline in population due to the introduction of foreign infectious diseases to which they had no immunity and violence related to settler colonialism. The ancient Native trail later known as the Old Connecticut Path also ran through this area. The Nipmuc people used game management techniques through the hunting of deer and beaver, fishing in ponds and streams, as well as established growing areas for the Three Sisters (squash, corn, beans) in the nearby hills. They lived in settlements established alongside the Washakamaug (“eel fishing place”) or what is today called Farm Pond. Prior to European colonization, the region around Framingham was inhabited by the indigenous Nipmuc. See also: Historic places in Framingham, Massachusetts
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