Do you have ancestors from there? Tell us YOUR story! It is named for the seaport of Sandwich, Kent, England. It was incorporated in and is the oldest town on Cape Cod. Read on! The soil is better than that of other towns in the county, which grows Read MORE Sally Ransted, widow of the late John Ransted, aged 80, and an invalid, was burned to death today, her clothing taking The northern terminus of Massachusetts Route is near the intersection of Routes 6 and 6A within town.
The road passes along the eastern side of Otis on its way towards Mashpee. Freight rail service is provided by the Massachusetts Coastal Railroad. The nearest private and regional air service can be found in Barnstable, and the nearest national and international airport is Logan International Airport in Boston.
As of the census of , there were 20, people, 7, households, and 5, families residing in the town. The population density was There were 8, housing units at an average density of The racial makeup of the town was Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.
There were 7, households out of which The average household size was 2. In the town, the population was spread out with The median age was 40 years. For every females there were For every females age 18 and over, there were About 2. Sandwich, Massachusetts facts for kids Kids Encyclopedia Facts.
Quick facts for kids. Location in Barnstable County and the state of Massachusetts. All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles including the article images and facts can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:. The Massachusetts Bay authorities reacted by banishing Quakers and finally in by executing them.
Plymouth authorities undertook gentler steps of fines and other forms of retaliation. Quaker Christopher Holder had arrived in Sandwich from England in Preaching the inner light as the source from God of personal and societal inspiration, he converted many Sandwich residents to the new faith, and the first Quaker Meetings occurred in Sandwich as early as Though Sandwich was under the thumb of Plymouth Colony and though the fines impoverished Sandwich Quakers, the movement continued to add new converts.
Nevertheless, the fear of Indian attacks at the beginning of War or perhaps even earlier had led to the creation at the Wing Fort House in East Sandwich of what was probably a fortified palisade as a refuge and defense against Indian raids. Tupper and Bourne had learned the Algonquin Indian language and had helped to build Indian churches, and Bourne had been essential in establishing Mashpee and its Meeting House on the border of Sandwich as a legal tract owned by the Native Americans themselves and recognized under Colony law.
Three men found guilty of theft from a Sandwich resident, who in earlier years would have been fined or imprisoned, were sentenced to perpetual slavery to be used or sold by him as he saw fit. During the Revolutionary War and the years leading up to it, Sandwich firmly supported the Patriot cause, but there were enough Tories in the Town to provoke factional disputes and discord.
On Monday, September 26, Patriots erected a Liberty Pole, probably somewhere near the home of Melatiah Bourne who had given the timber for the pole. On the following day, September 27, at 6 a. Freeman who had been chosen leader, in double-file order set out on the highway for the Barnstable Courthouse. By 10 a. Freeman was on the steps of Courthouse surrounded by a crowd of a thousand or more. During the day and into the following morning all thirteen Justices signed agreements defying the Acts of the English Parliament, and the Sheriff resigned.
On that same September 28, word arrived that the Sandwich Liberty Pole had been cut down. Twenty-two Patriots were immediately sent to Sandwich to apprehend the perpetrators.
Three were captured and forced to help re-erect the Sandwich Liberty Pole. On the evening of October 5 Dr. Freeman, who lived near the Old Town Sandwich Burial Ground, received a somewhat suspicious message that a patient required his attendance. He set out on foot and passing by the Newcomb Tavern on his return he was severely beaten by six men, all Tories, and bleeding about the head from a long cut he was rescued by friends and carried home.
Because the culprits were in danger of being lynched, they were immediately tried, fined, and released, but with mob violence against them still threatening, several leading citizens of Sandwich had them re-arrested and brought to the Sandwich Liberty Pole where Dr. The Newcomb Tavern, the site of the attack on Dr. Brigadier General Timothy Ruggles lived in Sandwich for many years and had become owner of the Tavern after his marriage to the widow Bathsheba Newcomb.
In when Massachusetts published a list of the three hundred most despicable Tories in the State, Ruggles was the third on the list.
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