Excerpt from Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Vol. 1: Births Salem was planted in 1626 by Roger Conant and his asso ciates who came from a fishing settlement at Cape Ann. The first colony of settlers arrived in 1628 under the leadership of Capt. John Endecott. The Indian name for the locality was Naumkeag. Bounds between Salem and Saugus (now Lynn), and Salem and Marble Harbor (marblehead), were established Mar. 4, 1635. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.