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0 s Looking Back The Tri-Town region is rich in reminders of the past. The hardships of settling, the quest for expression of re- ligious beliefs, and local government have all been fac- tors in the development of this area. It is with this past in mind that we are now molding our future. Middleton, once part of Salem Village, prospered in the colonial years as an industrial town. Its name was derived from its location — the middle town” between Salem Village and Topsfield. As well as farming, Middle- ton hosted industries such as a box factory, soap factory, and grist and lumber mills. The settlers, intending a last- ing village, built beautiful homes — many of which are still standing. Topsfield was originally called Shenewemedy” after a local tribe. It was renamed New Meadows,” and finally became Topsfield after Toppesfield, England. Although it had been a quiet town, a few stirring events occurred. For instance, there is the tale about Parson Capen’s slave who was said to have seen the devil. Also, during the Salem witch trials, two Tops- field women were convicted and hung for the charge of witchcraft. Today, both the old and the new are living side by side, as in the center of the town. Boxford, a small agricultural town named after the same town in Berkshire, England, consisted of about twenty farms and paid a yearly fee to the Rowley select- men for separation from that village. Boxford broke from the Topsfield church in 1702. The ordination of Reverend Symms on December 30, 1702, made the vil- lage a legally corporated town with a population of less than thirty. 2
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