History of New Marlborough
In 1735 the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony instructed that four towns be opened between Westfield and Sheffield as part of the road from Boston to Albany in which each would be 6 miles square and contain 63 house lots of 60 acres each. The four towns were numbered so that what is today’s Tyringham was township number one, New Marlborough number two, Sandisfield number three, and Becket number four. The township number two land (New Marlborough and what is now part of Monterey) was purchased from Chief Konkapot of the Mohican Indians for 300 pounds. The court granted individuals called the Proprietors, most of whom were from Marlborough near Boston rights to develop the township.They met at the Inn of Jonathan Howe in Marlborough Massachusetts in 1737 to begin the process of opening township number two to European settlement.
New Marlborough Historical Society
The New Marlborough Historical Society is a private 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that was formed in the 1970s, dedicated to the preservation of the history of New Marlborough through restoration of historical structures and education concerning the history of New Marlborough.