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First Settler
Rockport, Massachusetts
· 1630 - 1930
Historical Marker Database · Michael Herrick
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Richard Tarr, founder of the Tarr family on Cape Ann, came to Marblehead in 1680, then settled in Sacco, Maine. Driven from there by Indians, he became the first settler of Sandy Bay (Rockport) in 1690.
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