Thomas Mayhew
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Governor Thomas Mayhew, the Elder established the first European settlement on Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, and adjacent islands in 1642. He is one of the editors of the Bay Psalm Book, the first boo
Thomas Mayhew
Marker for Thomas Mayhew homestead in Watertown, Massachusetts
Edgartown, Massachusetts
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Edgartown is a town on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, for which it is the county seat. The town's population was 5,168 at the 2020 census. It contains the census-designated place of the same name
Thomas Mayhew
…himself followed four years later. Together he and the younger Thomas established Martha's Vineyard's first settlement and called it Great Harbor, now Edgartown. Mayhew and his fellow settlers found a large and economically stable native population of about 3,000 living in permanent villages, led by four sachems…
Edgartown Harbor, with the Edgartown Memorial Wharf (center)
View of Edgartown Lighthouse on Martha's Vineyard at dawn. This is one of 5 lighthouses on the island. It is located at the opening of Edgartown harbor. It can be viewed by walking north on North Water street to an area adjacent to the Harborview Inn.
Photo of the Whale Tail Sculpture in downtown Edgartown
Cannonball Park, Edgartown, Massachusetts